(4) The Title ofyour Religion greatly pleafeth me, and is the fame that I allume : For we are, I perceive, agreed in this, that it is [ the Apoftolical Chriftianity 3 that is the true and fafe Religion : And hath God left the matter fo obfcure as that we cannot come to an agreement in fo weighty a matter ofFad, as to know what [ the Apoftoli- cal Chriflianity ] was ; when even Common Hiffory giveth us notice what the Athenian Philofophers held, and what the ancient Romans held, and fo of almoff every literate Nation ? r'ou fludy, and we ffudy ; rem pray, and we pray: You would know the truth, what- ever it coft you, and fo would We. As a Man that look- eth daily when I am called away toGod, I folemnly pro- teft, that ifI could find that Popery were the true Apo- ftolick Chriffianity, I would joyfullyquit all theFriends, Hope, and Intereffs of thisWorld, toembrace it. What is it that is your advantage, andwhat is our difadvan- tage ? Are you more impartial in your fearch ? I am fo Con fcious of my Impartiality, that I cannot believe that this maketh the difference. Is it that we have not read the Papiffs writings ? I have reafon tobelieve that I have read as many of them, at leaft, as yo,? F e done, ifyou are not much above fixty years of ae you are not near it). But you have Converted with mere ofthem than I havedone ? It's like youhave : But is that the reafon of my miffake ? You earneftly invite your Relations to Converfe with the Papifts, becaufe mens writings may be miffaken : And on this ground I per- ceive you build all the certainty of your Faith, That our Fathers and our Grand-Fathers have told is Infallibly, what they received from their Fathersand Grand-Fathers, and foon. This is your certainty. I will tell you briefly what I take for the Apoffolical Chrifti..
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