What of ſaintſhip is there in encouraging people to profane the Lord's Day? What of ſaintſhip in falſehood and perjury? What of ſaintſhip in repeated robberies and patriots, into gaolſ? What of ſaintſhip in overturning an excellent civil conſtitution:—and proudly graſping at an illegal and monſtrous power? What of ſaintſhip in the murder of thouſands of innocent people: and involving a nation in all the calamities of a civil war? And what of martyrdom is there, in a man's bringing an immature and violent death upon himſelf, by being wicked overmuch? Is there any ſuch thing as grace, without goodneſs! As being a follower of Chriſt, without following him? As being his diſciple, without learning of him to be juſt and beneficent? Or, as ſaintſhip without ſanctity? If not, I fear it will be hard to prove this man a ſaint. And verily one would be apt to ſuſpect that that church muſt be but
- ↑ Ecclef. vii. 17. * Is it any wonder that even perfons who, do not ivalk after their onvii lujis, ^Qid feoff zl fuch faints as this, both in ihsfrji and the laji days, even from e^erlafiing to eijerlafling F 2 Pet. iii. 3,4.—But perhaps it will be faid, that thefe things are MYSTERIES, which ( although very true in themfelves ) laf-underfiaitdings cannot comprehend: Or, indeed, any other perfons amongft us, befides thofe who being INWARDLY MOVED BY THE HOLY GHOST, have taken a trip acrofs the Jtlantic to obtain epifccpal ordination and the i?idelible charaSIer.—However, if thefe conlecrated gentlemen do not quite defpair of us, it is hoped that, in the abundance of their charity, they will endeavour to illucidate thefe dark points; and, at the fame time, explain the creed of another of their eminent faints, which we are told, that unlefs we believe faithfully, ( i. e. belie'vingly) n.ve cannot be fafved: which creed, ( or rather riddle ) notwithftanding all the labours of the pious and metaphyfcal Dr. Waterland, remains fomewhat tvnigmatical ftijj. poorly
