An apology for the nonconformists ministry containing I. the reasons of their preaching, II.…

Now the sins which we fear being of the greatest sort that Hell suggesteth, Perjury, and owning the Perjury of thousands, and doing that which is equivalent to the preaching of Impenitency to them, and say Repent not, for I declare that it is no sin; and lying deliberately; and making a public Ministerial profession of Usurpation and Church-Corruption, and of our resolution never to obey God in doing any duty of ours in order to a reformation; and other such like; I say these being the sins we fear, what can we think less than that the fornicators; drunkards, swearers, thieves, &c. that hear us should say, Is ours a sin, and is Ministerial Perjury, &c. none? What an hypocrite is this wretch, to talk against Lying and Swearing, with a deliberate Lying, Perjured tongue, and to consent to be a public, ministerial, professed, impenitent Liar, and Perjured, on condition that he may have leave to serve God in persuading us from Lying, Swearing, and other sins? Shall we believe his Sermons, or his profession and practice? Or can we believe that he believeth himself? What doth he mean by talking against sin? Is there any sin much greater than that ⟨p. 222⟩which he listeth himself a defender and practiser of? And are we like to win Souls on such terms as these? yea, or can we expect that God should bless our labours, when we offer him Lying, Perjury, &c. for a sacrifice, and so blaspheme him? as interpretatively, to say, I deliberately commit these sins against thee, and will declare them to the Congregation to be no sins, that so I may have leave to Preach against sin. This is the scandal which we fear, and plead against.

Now the sins which we fear being of the greatest sort that Hell suggesteth, Perjury, and owning the Perjury of thousands, and doing that which is equivolent to the preaching of Impenitency to them, and say Repent not, for I declare that it is no sin; and lying deliberately; and making a publick Ministerial profession of Usurpation and Church-Corruption, and of our resolution never to obey God in doing any duty of ours in order to a reformation; and other such like; I say these being the sins we fear, what can we think less than that the fornicators; drunkards, swearers, thieves, &c. that hear us should say, Is ours a sin, and is Ministerial Perjury, &c. none? What an hypocrite is this wretch, to talk against Lying and Swearing, with a deliberate Lying, Perjured tongue, and to consent to be a publick, ministerial, professed, impenitent Lyar, and Perjured, on condition that he may have leave to serve God in perswading us from Lying, Swearing, and other sins? Shall we believe his Sermons, or his profession and practice? Or can we believe that he believeth himself? What doth he mean by talking against sin? Is there any sin much greater than that