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 gave all diligence to write unto you1  
of the common      ,salvation2 it was   
needful for me to write unto you1 and   
exhort you1      that ye should         
earnestly contend for the ,faith1 which 
was once      delivered unto the        
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,,sir1    ,,as you have solicited me to 
vindicate myself from the things laid to
 my  charge1 ,i take this opportunity of
 making public the sentiments ,i hold2  
and ,i will answer the rest of the      
charges at the close of my confession   
of faith4  ,the charges brought against 
me1 are these four2 ,first1 ,that  ,i   
hold and propogate ,antinomian          
sentiments4  ,secondly1 ,that ,i create 
divisions wherever ,i preach4  ,thirdly1
 ,that after ,people come to hear  me   
preach1 they cannot with pleasure hear  
their own ,ministers again4  ,and1      
,fourthly1 ,that ,i do not preach to    

,sinners4  ,these are heavy  charges    
indeed6  ,with respect to the first1 as 
my sentiments are deemed  ,antinomian1  
,i think it my duty to make them public3
 the rest of the  charges are not worth 
an answer4  ,but1 ,i can assure you1    
,sir1 that the  leading doctrines ,i    
preach1 are in harmony with the ,word of
 ,god1 which is  the only rule of faith 
and practice3 ,i embrace and propogate  
no other  doctrines than these1 set     
forth in the doctrinal ,articles of the 
,church  of ,england2 the ,westminster  
,confession of ,faith2 and what your own
  ,ministers1 who belong to the         
,associations1 generally hold1 as       
appears  upon their circular letters2   
namely1 receiving the ,scriptures of the
 ,old  and ,new ,testament1 as their    
only guide in faith and practice2 and   
thence  deriving their belief1 in the   
important doctrines of three equal      
,persons1  in one divine essence2       
,eternal and personal ,election2        
,original ,sin2  ,justification1 by the 

imputed righteousness of ,christ2       
,efficacious ,grace  in ,regeneration2  
the final perseverance of ,believers to 
eternal ,glory2  the resurrection of the
 ,dead2 the last ,judgment2 the         
everlasting  happiness of the           
,righteous2 and the punishment of the   
,impenitent4  ,these1  ,sir1 are the    
leading doctrines ,i preach1 and they   
stand in no need of an  apology3 but1 as
 ,i am set for the defence of that      
gospel ,i have felt and  enjoyed1 ,i am 
not ashamed of one of its glorious      
doctrines2 nor did ,i  ever             
intentionally deviate from them in one  
sentence ,i ever pronounced1  since ,i  
have felt their power1 seen their       
beauty1 and have been enabled  to       
declare them2 and that good hand that   
instructed me in them1 and has  owned   
and blest them1 by me1 as an instrument1
 ,i trust1 will enable me to  maintain  
them to the close of life2 then1 ,i hope
 to feel them supporting  my soul1      
comforting my heart1 and giving me a    

sweet assurance of an  entrance into    
that kingdom1 that cannot be moved4     
,the following doctrines ,i have been   
enabled to declare amidst great         
opposition1 and1 as they are a part of  
the revealed will of ,god1 those  who   
oppose them1 are fighting against ,god  
himself4  ,as to the loss of the  favor 
and friendship of those ,ministers who  
are strangers to the power of           
,godliness1 and averse to the           
humiliating doctrines of the ,cross of  
,christ1 this1 ,i hope1 will not break  
my heart2 and while they are loading  me
 with reproach1 ,i shall not render     
railing for railing2 for while they     
curse1 ,i will bless2 while they        
condemn1 ,i hope ,god will justify2     
while  they oppose1 ,i know he will lead
 on2 and1 ,i hope1 ,i shall be enabled  
to  put up that charitable prayer for my
 enemies1 which the ,redeemer did for   
his2 8,father1 forgive them30 in the    
language of dying ,stephen1 8,lord1 lay 
not this to their charge30 and in the   

pious breathings of the ,church of      
,england ,litany1 ,i would pray1 8,that 
it may please thee1 to forgive our      
enemies1 persecutors1 and slanderers1   
and to turn their hearts40  ,and  while 
many in our day are shy of the doctrines
 of the gospel1 7which is  an awful     
proof they never felt their power1 and  
never tasted their  sweetness1 so that  
they are but little consequence to      
them27 ,i hope1 ,i  shall be enabled to 
stand fast in the faith1 and hold the   
beginning of my  confidence firm1 unto  
the end2 not at all terrified by any of 
my  adversaries1 however popular they   
may be4  ,if ,i could palliate and      
comply  with their dead barren dry      
system of legality1 ,i believe that they
 would  cease to reproach me4  ,but1    
because ,i maintain and declare the     
whole  counsel of ,god1 ,i am deemed an 
,antinomian2 a ,troubler of ,churches2 a
  ,sower of ,dissentions2 a ,creator of 
,divisions2 ,one that ,disaffects       
,hearers  with their own ,ministers2    

,one that does not preach to ,sinners2  
and1 in  fact1 every thing that is      
disrespectful in the estimation of proud
  ,legalists1 and self-righteous        
,pharisees4    ,the following           
,confession1 ,i read at my ,ordination1 
with a few additions2  and as many of my
 friends have so repeatedly intreated me
 to make it  public1 ,i take this       
opportunity of doing it1 praying that   
the best of  blessings may accompany the
 same1 as they are sentiments calculated
 to  display the glory of ,god1 and     
bring joy and peace to that ,sinner who 
is  made sensible of his lost condition4
          ,a ,confession of ,faith4     
,i4  ,i believe1 that the ,scriptures of
 the ,old and ,new ,testament are the   
word of ,god1 and the only rule of faith
 and practice4    ,,ii4  ,i believe1    
that there is but ,one only1 living1 and
 true ,god2 that  there are ,three      
,persons in the ,godhead1 who are equal 
in nature1 power1  and glory2 and1 that 
the ,son and ,holy ,ghost1 are as truly 

and properly  ,god1 as the ,father4     
,these ,three divine ,persons are       
distinguished from  each other by       
peculiar relative properties4  ,these   
,three divine distinct  ,persons1 ,i    
profess to reverence1 serve1 and        
worship1 as the ,one true ,god4         
,,iii4  ,i believe1 that before the     
,world began1 ,god did elect a certain  
number of ,mankind unto everlasting     
life1 whom he did predestinate to the   
adoption of ,children1 by ,jesus        
,christ1 of his own free grace1 and     
according to the good pleasure of his   
will2 that he appointed holiness as  the
 means2 and that no one has a right to  
consider himself as a chosen  vessel1   
till he is effectually called by the    
grace of ,god4 #f    ,,iv4  ,i believe1 
that ,god made all things in ,creation1 
out of nothing1 to  display his         
goodness1 wisdom1 power1 and glory2 and1
 that by the same  power1 he upholds and
 governs1 rules and directs all things  
in ,heaven and  ,earth2 and1 that he    

displays his sovereignty according to   
the counsel of  his own will1 or his    
eternal plan1 formed before all ,worlds4
    ,v4  ,i believe1 that there is one  
,mediator between ,god and ,man2 the    
,man1  ,christ ,jesus2 that he stood in 
his mediatorial capacity as our         
representative and head1 in the covenant
 of eternal redemption and grace2       
engaged to be all that to his people1   
they could possibly need in time1  and  
their bliss through eternity4    ,,vi4  
,i believe1 that ,god made ,man upright2
 but mutable and liable to  fall3 and1  
being left to the freedom of his own    
will1 through the  influence of ,satan1 
he broke the covenant of works1 and fell
 from the  ,image of ,god2 that all     
,mankind sinned in him and fell with    
him1 as their  head and representative2 
and both him and his posterity became   
liable to  the curse and penalty of a   
violated law4    ,,vii4  ,i believe1    
that all ,mankind are conceived and born
 in sin1 ,children  of disobedience1    

enemies to ,god1 violaters of his       
commands1 averse to  good1 prone to     
evil1 ,children of wrath1 obnoxious to  
the justice of ,god1  and the           
condemnation of his law3 and ,i believe1
 that no ,creature can help  or deliver 
himself1 out of that wretched state into
 which he has fallen4  ,i solemnly      
believe1 that this is the state of all  
,men by nature4    ,,viii4  ,i believe1 
that according to the eternal           
appointment of ,god the  ,father1 and   
the ,covenant engagements of the dear   
,redeemer1 that1 in the  fulness of     
time1 ,god sent his ,son into the world 
to redeem fallen ,men2  that part of the
 human race1 that was given him in      
eternity2 that their  redemption was    
obtained by the shedding of his blood2  
that this  redemption is special and    
particular1 designed only for the elect 
of ,god1  the ,sheep of ,christ1 who    
only share the special and peculiar     
blessings of  it4  ,and1 in order to    
accomplish our redemption1 ,i believe1  

it was  necessary that the ,redeemer    
should take upon him our nature1 a human
 body  and soul1 created and formed by  
,god the ,spirit1 conceived in the womb 
of  the ,virgin ,mary1 born of a ,woman1
 made under the law1 that he might      
redeem his people from it2 work out a   
righteousness adequate to its  demands1 
make an atonement by suffering the death
 of the ,cross1 satisfy  divine         
,justice1 glorify all the attributes of 
,deity1 and open a way1 for  the        
communication of all those blessings1   
which are needful for the  ,saints of   
,god1 both for time and eternity4       
,,ix4  ,i believe1 that the matter of   
the ,sinners' justification before a    
holy ,god1 is the righteousness of      
,christ imputed to them2 which is1 his  
perfect1 spotless obedience to the law1 
in their room and stead1 without  the   
consideration of any works done by them2
 and1 that the full and free  pardon of 
all their sins1 past1 present1 and to   
come1 is only through the  blood of     

,christ1 according to the riches of his 
grace2 and1 that none can  be justified 
in any other way4  ,this righteousness  
being seen by the eye  of faith1 and    
embraced by the hand of faith1 we are   
manifestly justified  and freed from the
 law2 that1 being dead wherein we were  
held1 we live to  ,god1 and by love     
serve the ,lord1 having our fruit unto  
holiness1 and the  end1 eternal life4 #i
    ,x4  ,i believe1 that all the       
objects of eternal love1 the subjects of
 his  choice1 and the purchase of the   
,redeemer's blood1 are effectually      
called  in one way or another1 by the   
efficacious and irresistible grace of   
,god  the divine ,spirit2 and not by an 
act of ,man's free will and power4  ,i  
believe they are washed1 justified1 and 
sanctified1 in the name and by  ,god the
 ,spirit1 in some part of their lives4  
,,xi4  ,i believe1 that all ,saints are 
kept by the mighty power of ,god1       
through faith1 to eternal ,salvation2   
and1 that as sure as they are  called1  

justified1 and sanctified1 they will    
infallibly persevere3  because of the   
perpetuity of ,god's love1 the liability
 of his covenant1  and his faithfulness 
to his absolute promises4    ,,xii4  ,i 
believe1 that the ,church of ,christ    
consists of true believers in  his name2
 that these are his mystical body1 of   
which1 he is the only  head1 and there  
is no other3 and1 that all the ,children
 of ,god derive  spiritual life from    
him1 by virtue of union to him2 that he 
is our life2  and in consequence of     
that1 we are now quickened by his       
life-giving power  in conversion2 our   
bodies shall be quickened in the last   
day1 and all  ,believers shall enjoy    
eternal life1 in glory for ever4        
,,xiii4  ,i believe1 that in the new    
testament ,church of ,christ1 there are 
but two ,sacraments2 ,baptism1 and the  
,supper of the ,lord4  ,i believe1      
,baptism to be an outward and visible   
sign2 first1 of the sufferings1  death1 
burial1 and resurrection of our ,lord   

,jesus ,christ2 secondly1 of an  inward 
and spiritual operation of the ,holy    
,ghost1 upon the hearts of  believers2  
and is a grand emblem of a death unto   
sin1 and a new birth  unto              
righteousness2 for being by nature the  
children of wrath1 we are by            
regeneration1 manifested to be children 
of grace4  ,i believe1 that only  those 
who profess the name of ,jesus1 have any
 right thereto4  ,that it  should be    
administered to ,adults alone1 in the   
name of the adorable  ,trinity2 and1    
that it is to be performed by immersion4
  ,i believe1 that  the ,lord's ,supper 
was instituted the night on which he was
 betrayed1 to  represent his sufferings 
and death2 and is to be attended too by 
all  ,believers1 until his second       
coming4    ,,xiv4  ,i believe1 that it  
is the duty of every ,christian to obey 
the laws  of their ,country2 not to     
speak evil of ,dignities2 but1 to pray  
for the  ,king1 his ,family1 and the    
,government under which we live2 to     

study to be  quiet1 peaceable1 and      
submissive1 according to the laws of    
,jesus ,christ1  which is our rule of   
conduct3 and1 who has said1 8,render    
unto ,csar1 the  things which are his20 
and1 by his holy ,apostles1 has         
commanded 8,that  every ,soul should be 
subject to the higher powers2 that we   
should honor  all ,men1 love the        
,brotherhood1 fear ,god1 honor the      
,king40    ,,xv4  ,i believe1 that it is
 the duty of all ,believers1 to take the
  commands of our ,lord and ,saviour    
,jesus ,christ1 as their rule of        
conduct2  that1 while they are relying  
on his ,righteousness1 for              
justification2 on  his ,blood1 for      
pardon2 and1 on the ,spirit1 for        
internal sanctification2  they1 from a  
principle of love shed abroad in their  
hearts1 are made  willing to obey his   
laws1 as ,king in ,mount ,zion3 and1    
that his  commandments are the          
,believer's rule of life3 that it is    
their duty to  stand fast in one        

,spirit1 with one mind1 striving        
together for the faith  of the gospel3  
that it is their duty to walk in wisdom1
 to them that are  without2 to exercise 
a conscience void of offence towards    
,god and ,man1 by  living soberly1      
righteously1 and godly in this present  
world3 that it is  their duty to walk   
with each other in all humility and     
brotherly love2 to  watch over each     
other's conversation2 to stir up one    
another to love and  to good works2 not 
forsaking the assembling of ourselves   
together1 as we  have opportunity2 to   
worship ,god1 according to his revealed 
will2 and1  when the case requires1 to  
warn1 rebuke1 and admonish one another1 
according to the rules of the gospel3   
and1 that it is our duty to  sympathize 
with each other1 to bear with one       
another's weaknesses1  failings1 and    
infirmities2 and1 particularly to pray  
for one another4  ,all these duties we  
are bound to perform1 and every other   
law of ,christ's  spiritual house1      

through the gracious influence of a     
,spirit of love1 of  power1 and of a    
sound mind2 ever remembering1 that we   
are to obey the  laws of our ,sovereign1
 as ,king1 on his holy hill of ,zion4   
#ab    ,,xvi4  ,i believe1 that all the 
,ordinances of divine appointment ought 
to  be attended unto1 by all that       
profess their faith in1 and love to our 
,lord ,jesus ,christ1 as the head of his
 ,church2 hearing the ,word1 public     
,prayer1 ,baptism1 and the ,lord's      
,supper3 singing of ,psalms1 ,hymns1 and
  ,spiritual ,songs1 vocally2 this is an
 ordinance of the gospel1 to be         
performed by ,believers2 but1 as to     
time1 place1 and manner1 every one      
ought to be left to their liberty in    
using it4    ,,xvii4  ,i believe1 that  
there will be a ,resurrection1 both of  
the just and  unjust2 and1 that ,christ 
will come a second time1 to judge both  
quick and  dead2 when he will take      
vengeance on the wicked1 and introduce  
his own  ,people into his kingdom and   

glory1 where they shall be for ever with
 him2  and1 then shall the mediatorial  
kingdom be delivered up to the ,father1 
by  the ,redeemer2 the mystery of ,god  
be finished3 ,heaven will be the ,saints
  final home2 and1 ,god1 ,father1 ,son1 
and ,spirit1 be all in all1 for ever    
and ever4    ,,xviii4  ,i believe1 that 
the felicity of the ,saints will be     
eternal2 and ,i  as firmly believe1 such
 will be the eternity of misery2 unless1
 the never  dying worm dies1 and the    
unquenchable fire goes out2 which will  
not1  cannot be2 for the mouth of the   
,lord hath spoken it4                   
99 99 99 99 99    ,the above ,articles  
are the doctrines ,i preach1 which ,i   
did not learn of  ,man2 but1 by the     
teachings of the ,spirit1 by the ,word4 
,the rest of the  ,charges are not      
worthy my notice1 as they arise from    
pride and envy2 and1  ,i shall only     
remark1 that all faithful preaching ever
 did create  divisions4  ,god having put
 an enmity between the seed of the      

,woman1 and  the seed of the ,serpent2  
this enmity is stirred up wherever these
 two  seeds meet4  ,the history of      
,truth1 in all ages1 prove that this is 
no new  thing4  ,the dear ,redeemer1    
asks an important question1 8,suppose   
ye1 that  ,i am come to give peace on   
the earth8  ,i tell you1 nay2 but rather
  divisions20 see the #abth chapter of  
,luke1 from the #djth to the #edth      
verse4  ,as to the disaffection of the  
,people to their own ,ministers1  after 
hearing me preach1 as ,ministers inform 
you2 how can ,i help that8  ,i  do not  
speak against them2 but1 advise my      
hearers to follow after truth1  in its  
beauty1 simplicity1 and power4  ,but ,i 
am not accountable for the  imprudencies
 of my hearers4  ,none ever heard me in 
public or in private1  drop a           
disrespectful hint of any ,ministers    
around me2 although1 ,i am  informed1   
they have said many cruel things of me3 
for which1 ,i trust1 the  good ,lord    
will pardon them1 for ,i do2 as ,i know1

 ,god1 for ,christ's sake1  hath        
forgiven me4  ,as to the last ,charge   
you intimate1 that ,i do not  preach to 
,sinners4  ,this is an absurd accusation
 indeed6  ,for who do ,i1  or who can ,i
 preach to1 but fallen ,sinners1 by     
nature and practice2 as  faith the voice
 of wisdom1 8,unto you1 ,o ,men1 ,i     
call1 and my voice is to  the ,sons of  
,men40  ,but1 ,i suppose the meaning of 
this ,charge is1 that ,i  do not command
 dead ,sinners to quicken their own     
souls2 and suppose ,i  did1 would they  
obey me8  ,that ,i do not tell blind    
,sinners to open their  own eyes8  ,if  
,i thought they could do it1 ,i would   
tell them to do it1  from the pulpit4   
,that ,i do not tell all ,men it is     
their duty to believe8  ,whereas1 ,god  
says of many1 they never shall believe4 
,that ,i do not  command carnal ,persons
 to perform spiritual acts8 and how     
should they8  seeing they are enemies to
 ,god1 and the slaves of sin and error4 
,that ,i  do not tell all ,mankind1 that

 ,christ is offered to them1 if they    
will but  accept of him8  ,no4  ,sir4   
,i leave all this ,baxterian stubble1   
and  declare the whole counsel of ,god4 
,whereas1 the above ,calls to ,sinners1 
form no part of that counsel4  ,god does
 not condemn ,men because he has  been  
pleased to withold that precious gift of
 faith from them3 there is  sin enough  
in all ,men1 to render them obnoxious to
 the curse of the law3  and the ,saviour
 himself says1 8,think not1 that ,i will
 accuse you to the  ,father2 there is   
one that accuseth you already1 even1    
,moses1 in whom ye  trust40  ,to command
 all ,men1 where the gospel comes1 to   
obey the internal  call of it1 is not my
 work3 but1 to tell ,people1 it is their
 duty to be  found in the means1 is     
another thing4  ,the former1 ,i shall   
not do2 the  latter1 is in harmony with 
many parts of ,god's ,word4  ,but ,i    
know it is  fashionable1 to tell        
,sinners to believe1 and to receive an  
offered  ,christ2 to open the door of   

their hearts to him2 and1 in fact1 the  
,sinner  is set to do that1 which the   
,holy ,ghost only can do for him4  ,this
 is the  modern doctrine so much admired
 in our day2 which is calculated to     
cherish the pride of ,man1 and make     
,sinners contented with a form of       
godliness without the power4  ,but1     
8,from all false doctrine1 heresy1 and  
schism1 good ,lord deliver us40         
,i am yours1 in gospel bonds1           
,j4 ,,church4                           
99 99 99 99 99                          
,cheney1 ,printer1 ,banbury4            
,footnotes4      #f  ,this doctrine is  
clearly revealed in the ,scriptures1    
embraced by our  ,reformers1 as set     
forth in the #agth ,article of the      
,church of ,england1 and  in the        
,westminster ,confession of ,faith4     
,the ,seventeenth ,article of the       
,church1 thus expresseth this           
doctrine3--8,predestination to ,life1 is
 the  everlasting purpose of ,god1      
whereby 7before the foundations of the  

world  were laid7 he hath constantly    
decreed by his counsel1 secret to us1 to
  deliver from curse and damnation those
 whom he hath chosen in ,christ out  of 
mankind1 and to bring them by ,christ to
 everlasting salvation1 as  vessels made
 to honour4  ,wherefore1 they which be  
endued with so  excellent a benefit of  
,god1 be called according to ,god's     
purpose by his  ,spirit working in due  
season2 they through grace obey the     
calling2 they  be justified freely3 they
 be made sons of ,god by adoption3 they 
be made  like the image of his          
only-begotten ,son1 ,jesus ,christ3 they
 walk  religiously in good works1 and at
 length1 by ,god's mercy1 they attain to
  everlasting felicity40--,this is the  
noble testimony of our ,reformers1 as   
agreed and subscribed to by every       
conscientious ,churchman2 to this agree1
  the ,westminster ,confession of       
,faith1 as exprest in the #bjth ,article
 of  the shorter ,catechism4  ,god      
having out of his mere good pleasure1   

from  all eternity1 elected some to     
everlasting life1 did enter into a      
,covenant  of grace1 to deliver them out
 of the estate of sin and misery1 and to
  bring them into an estate of salvation
 by a ,redeemer4  ,a vast many  passages
 of scripture can easily be brought to  
prove this important  ,article2 and1    
happy for those1 who have got the sweet 
evidence of ,god's  ,spirit1 witnessing 
their adoption into his family4  ,if    
this is  ,antinomianism1 ,i am willing  
to bear the name1 and enjoy the         
blessings of  an everlasting ,covenant  
of ,election and ,sovereign ,grace4     
#i  ,this doctrine of a ,sinner's       
justification before ,god1 as exprest in
  this ,article1 is held forth in almost
 every part of ,god's ,word that        
relates to our ,salvation4  ,this       
doctrine1 however despised in our day by
  modern ,pharisees1 is a glorious and a
 precious truth3 it was received by  our
 ,reformers1 as noted in the ,eleventh  
,article of the ,church of ,england1  on

 the justification of ,man4  8,we are   
accounted righteous before ,god1  only  
for the merit of our ,lord and ,saviour 
,jesus ,christ1 by faith1 and  not for  
our own works or deservings3 ,wherefore1
 that we are justified by  faith only1  
is a most wholesome doctrine1 and very  
full of comfort1 as  more largely is    
expressed in the ,homily of             
justification40  ,see also1 the         
,thirty-third ,article in the           
,assembly's ,catechism3 8,justification 
is an  act of ,god's free grace1 wherein
 he pardoneth all our sins1 and         
accepteth  us as righteous in his sight1
 only for the righteousness of ,christ  
imputed to us1 and received by faith    
alone40  ,happy ,believer1 that can  say
 in sweet assurance1        8,jesus1 thy
 blood and righteousness1      ,my      
beauty are1 my glorious dress2          
',midst flaming ,worlds1 in these       
array'd1      ,with joy shall ,i lift up
 my head40    ,and this honor have all  
the ,saints4    #ab  ,if it can be      

proved1 that this ,article has a grain  
of ,antinomianism  in it1 ,i ask1 are   
not these the practical truths of the   
gospel1 which we1  as ,believers1 are to
 obey1 as a proof we are passed from    
death unto life1  and are brought to    
serve the ,lord1 in newness of ,spirit1 
and not in the  oldness of the letter2  
not working for life1 but from a        
principle of life  received1 as being   
not without law to ,god1 but under the  
laws of our  present ,husband1 ,christ4 
,the moral law being fulfilled in our   
stead1 we  are by faith enabled to serve
 him1 who has done so great things for  
us4  ,it is the ,believer's desire1 that
 the moral law should be fulfilled2 and1
  to use the language of a good and     
great ,man1 it is evident this law is   
fulfilled in a fourfold sense2 ,first1  
8,in precept and penalty1 by the        
,redeemer himself40  ,secondly1 8,in the
 ,believed1 when the love of ,god is    
shed abroad in his heart40  ,thirdly1   
8,in the exercise of a conscience  void 

of offence1 by the internal operations  
of the ,spirit1 enabling us to  walk in 
our degree1 as he walked40  ,fourthly1  
8,in the execution of its  awful        
sentence upon the wicked2 and ,heaven   
and ,earth shall pass away1  before a   
tittle of this law can fail1 till it be 
fulfilled40  ,it is  strange1 that those
 ,ministers1 who maintain the holiness1 
goodness1  truth1 and justice of the    
moral law1 should be traduced as        
,antinomians2  whereas1 they are the    
only characters that handle the law1    
lawfully2 by  representing it to        
,believers as fulfilled in their stead1 
by their  covenant ,head and ,husband2  
laying them under eternal obligations to
 love  and serve him in newness of the  
,spirit4  ,the term ,antinomian1 cannot 
belong to the above characters1 but to  
all ,men in a state of nature1  whether 
professors or prophane1 they are in a   
state of enmity against the  law1 and   
its adorable giver2 and1 although they  
may plead for it1 they  are enemies to  

it1 ignorant of it1 and condemned by it4
  ,it is evident1  this was the case of 
,paul1 before his conversion1 8,i was   
alive without  the law once20 he was    
ignorant of its nature1 its author1 its 
demands1  and its curse3 but1 when ,god 
led him to see himself in that glass1 he
  exclaimed1 8,the law is spiritual1 but
 ,i am carnal1 sold under sin40  ,when  
,david was taught the same lesson1 he   
crys out1 8,i have seen an end of all   
perfection1 but thy commandments are    
exceeding broad40  ,all that are        
cleaving to this law1 as a covenant of  
works1 are enemies to the ,lord  ,jesus 
,christ2 and1 all that die under it1    
must be judged by it4  ,now1  because ,i
 hold forth the grand doctrines of the  
gospel1 and enforce a  knowledge of this
 law1 by the teachings of the ,spirit of
 ,god1 that  ,sinners may be brought to 
see their need of a ,mediator1 and a    
,surety  righteousness2 for this1 ,i am 
condemned as an ,antinomian6  ,but1 if  
this  ,article of my ,confession1       

teaches anything like it1 ,i must say it
 is the  ,antinomianism of the gospel1  
which ,i shall consider as my duty to   
enforce1 as ornamental to the ,religion 
of the ,son of ,god4  ,i shall only     
add1 that ,i was much pleased to see    
this subject ably handled1 in that  best
 of monthly publications1 the ,gospel   
,magazine3 one paragraph ,i shall       
insert1 see vol4 #i1 page #cgb4  8,the  
doctrine of the total abolition of  the 
covenant of works1 and the perfect      
deliverance of all true ,believers  from
 its power and authority1 by the        
substitution1 obedience1 and  atonement 
of ,christ1 breaks the arms of          
ungodliness1 demolishes the whole       
empire of sin1 and makes the church of  
the first born fruitful to ,god4        
,fruitful in heart1 fruitful in life1   
fruitful in every good work4  ,the      
proof which the ,scriptures afford of   
the truth of these assertions1 mocks    
all contradiction1 and bids defiance to 
all assault40