. A Vindication of the Dissenters : in answer to Dr. William Nichols's Defence of the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England : in three parts. VINDICATION O F T H E DIS S ENTE RS: OR, AN APPEAL T DForeign Divines, Professors^and all other Learned M^n ofthe Reform d Religion^ PART L Reverend and Dear B r e T h R e K, N reading Dr. Nicholss book, Icould not but often wonder, ourEpifcopariansfliould, at length, ap-peal to you. And when I confiderhow very differently they havebeen accuftomd for a long timeto treat Foreigners, I cannot for-bear congratulating you this newfriendship. We wi
. A Vindication of the Dissenters : in answer to Dr. William Nichols's Defence of the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England : in three parts. VINDICATION O F T H E DIS S ENTE RS: OR, AN APPEAL T DForeign Divines, Professors^and all other Learned M^n ofthe Reform d Religion^ PART L Reverend and Dear B r e T h R e K, N reading Dr. Nicholss book, Icould not but often wonder, ourEpifcopariansfliould, at length, ap-peal to you. And when I confiderhow very differently they havebeen accuftomd for a long timeto treat Foreigners, I cannot for-bear congratulating you this newfriendship. We wifh it may provelafting, not being apprehenfive ofany ill confequence from fuch Arbitrators. We have alwayscieiird \\utAriJloQratkaUoxm ofChurch Government, which C Yoa. 2 -<4ViNDicATioN<?f Part. I. you have defervedly made choice of, as moR confonant tothe holy Scriptures: we have eaineJlIy pleaded for the abro-gation of thofe rites and ceremonies, which you have ofyour own accord laid afide : and we are well affurd ofyour approbation of thofe articles of faith, which theDiflenters have always teftified a regard to ; but v/hichour (tho they fubfcribd to them) have mife-rably rackd and torturd, to make them favour the Armi-nian and Jefuitical fcheme, in fpight of the fenfe of thecompofers of them, and the plain lenfe of the words inwhich they are exprefsd. You therefore. Brethren, muftfirft quit your old fentiments, before you can honeftly cen-fure us. However we cant but take it a little amifs of thefegentlemen, that they fliould hypocritically endeavour tobeguile and impofe upon our Brethren abroad. Tis wellknown, they who chufe Arbitrators pretend, they are wil-ling to refer the whole matter in controverfy to their ar-bitration.
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