The Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, grace, and free justification vindicated against the libertines…

I. I believe that the Libertines (commonly called Antinomians) whose Doctrines I have in many Books opposed, do use those ill Notions, and Methods which on pretence of magnifying Christ and free grace, do by plain consequence wrong Christ and Grace, and Subvert the Gospel, and should rather be thence denominated, than from their denying the Law. (The Law of Innocency as a Covenant, and of Moses as Jewish being truly ceased.)

II. I believe that yet most of those that thus err in notions, are not so bad in their Judgment of the matter it self as their words import; but that want of Skill in Terms and Method hath seduced men of dull wits, slight popular studies, and undigested thoughts, to speak worse than they think, and had they more exact distinguishing and expressive Skill, they would show that they mean mostly as others do.

II. I believe that yet most of those that thus err in notions, are not so bad in their Judgment of the matter it self as their words import; but that want of Skill in Terms and Method hath seduced men of dull wits, slight popular studies, and undigested thoughts, to speak worse than they think, and had they more exact distinguishing and expressive Skill, they would shew that they mean mostly as others do.

III. I believe that unskilful contending with the Papists hath occasioned all this, while in the heats of Controversy men bend all their wits to disgrace the Doctrine of their adversaries, not fearing enough unsafe expressions and contrary extremes while they seem to serve their present turn: And then departing from Scripture terms as necessary to set their hearers far enough from their adversaries, are next carried into a multitude of new made articles or notions, contrary also to Scripture sense, when they have once thus left the words.