TH iv. The Preface to legal Principles have crept in among us: We with the Differences amongll us were only in the Manner of Exprefficn; er that it were only a Reproach call upon us by our ,Enemies But alas! Even the Church of Scotland's-be/1 Friends have, with Grief of Heart, fibb'd out their Com- plaint on this Head, whereof many Inflances might be given. Jim§ adduce only three, whole Names are jayowl in this Land, and who, in their Day, were loath fo much as to inlinu- ate a Reftexion on any, if there were not too ap- parent Ground. The Firft is of the bleß'd Au- thor of the following Evangelical 7"reatife, who, in the Memoirs of his Life wrote ky himfelf; bath theft remarkable Words; I law little of the Glory of Chrift appear in the Writings of fame, and that the mofl Part, yea of Mi- nifters, did wofully confound the two Co- venants, and were of an Old Tefiament Spirit. The Second is that fhining Light, Mr. fames Webfier, who, in his Preface before little VaElate,intituled, The Covenants of Re- demption and Grace difplay'd, exprejjeth him- lf on the Head, la the Mowing Words 'awl thy of our Notice ; IndiftinEt Notions of the Co- venants have been a 'plentiful Source of ma7 ny Errors that have corrupted the Church a great many of the Pelagian, Popith, Soci- nian Arminian Errors take their Rife from are owing to an utter Ignorance of, c Miaake about them : Yea, many in our Time
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