(247, . +irp s,' at d t 4n Anfber to Dr. Stillingfleets Book of the Un- reafonablenefs of Separation, in Defence of the Vindication of Non-Confórmifl"s from the Guilt of Schi fine. HE Preceding Difcourfe was written for the molt part, before the publifhing of the Treatife of the Reverend Dr. Stillingfleet, the Únreafonablenef ofseparation. Yet was it not fowithout a Profpe&, at leaft a probable Conje&ure, that fomething of the fame kind and ten- dency with the Do Jers `Book, would be publifhed in Defence ofthe Caufe which he had undertaken. And"I was not without hopes, that the whole ofit might have been both finifhed and communicated unto publick view, before any thing farther were attempted againff our Caufe, whereby many e 4ì,ffakes might have been prevented. For, as I was willing, yea very defirous, ifit were the Will of God, that I might fee beföre my de- parture out of this World,. the Caufe of Conformity, as things are now fiated. between_us and the Church of .England, pleaded with Judgment, Moderation, and Learning, with the befit of thole Arguments whereby our. Principles or Praaifes are oppofed ; fo confidering onA
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