Certain disputations of right to sacraments, and the true nature of visible Christianity defending…

The fourth and last particular in which I offend some few Brethren by my judgement, is that which is the subject of these ensuing Disputations. But I can truly say of this as of the rest, 1. That if I should change my judgement and please these Brethren, its like I should displease many more. For 2. I take it for granted, that I go in the common rode that the Church of Christ hath gone in from the beginning to this day; so far am I from singularity. 3. I ⟨image 11⟩am most certain that my thoughts were so far from intending singularity or the disturbance of the Church, by these or other points in Controversy, that I apprehended them strongly to be the truths that must be instrumental to the Churches peace when ever God seeth us meet to attain it. And though I never took a point for true eo nomine, because it was in the middle, or tended to peace, yet I purposely chose out these truths rather then other to vindicate, because they tend to peace. And to the praise of God I speak it, that in those ancient common disturbing Controversies between the Arminian and Antiarminian, Lutheran and Calvinist, Jesuit and Dominican, I have discerned those Principles which quiet my own mind, and which I am confident, were they received according to their evidence, would quiet the now-contending Christian world: But I am past doubt, to be derided as arrogant for this confidence; and should the Principles in a Method with Evidence be propounded, though purposely to heal the divisions of the Church, many of the several parties would but rage at the Reconciler, and pour out their impotent accusations and reproaches against him, because he would attempt the healing of their ⟨image 12⟩divisions, and would feign him to be the Author of some new Sect, for seeking to put an end to Sects. But let any man make good my just demand, that the Principles propounded shall have an impartial reception according to their Evidence, and I will give you security to make good my confidence, that they shall quiet the Christian world hereabouts. But I know this is to be expected from none but God; nor at all on earth in any perfection.

The fourth and last particular in which I offend some few Brethren by my judgement, is that which is the subject of these ensuing Disputations. But I can truly say of this as of the rest, 1. That if I should change my judgement and please these Brethren, its like I should displease many more. For 2. I take it for granted, that I go in the common rode that the Church of Christ hath gone in from the beginning to this day; so far am I from singularity. 3. I