viii A Preface. think. 'Tis enough for the mot} tobe boldly wicked, and credit their common Caufe, by an openContempt ofGod and Religion. The other warrant them fafe, and confidently tell them they mayfe- curely disbelieve all that ever hath been Paid, to makea religious regular Life be thought neceffary : As only invented Frauds, of four and ill- natured Men, that envy to Mankind the Felicity whereof their Nature hath made them capable, and which their own odd pre- ternatural Humour makes them neglea, and cenfure. And for there Defenders of the lithe- a real Caufe, it being their Part and Province to cut off the Aids of Reafon from Religion, to make it feem an irra., tional, and a ridiculous thing, and to warrant and jufiify* the difufe and con- tempt of it, and, as it were, to cover the Siege, wherewith the common Rout have begirt the Temple of God ; they have had lefs leafure themfelves, to debauch and wallow inmore groflyfenfuallmpu- rities. Herewith the thinking part did lefs agree : And they might perhaps count it a greater thing to make Deb bauchees than to be juch, and reckon 'twas Glory enough to them to head, and
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