Which is the true church? the whole Christian world, as headed only by Christ…

But not long after he Printed a Reply to the Book which I had published, and called it, Novelty repressed: which when I perused, I saw that a Rejoinder would be of little use, because it must consist for the far greatest part, of the detection of his fallacious words, and of the vindication of a great deal of Church-History; and the former would rather tire than edify the Reader, and the later would profit none but those that were already well acquainted with Church-History, or such as would fully search the Authors cited, till they understood by them who it is that citeth them aright: He that will not do this cannot judg of our case, and he that will do it needeth not my help. Wherefore having much better work, and no time to spare, expecting that my change was near, my Conscience forbade me such a frivolous expense of time as a Rejoinder to his Reply would prove. But having since written many Books against Popery, to none of which I can procure yet a word of answer, and hearing that they are obliged not to answer me till I am dead, (which they may shortly expect) by the persuasions of some I have attempted to make this Return to this one Reply, which is all that ever they published against me, that I know of.

But not long after he Printed a Reply to the Book which I had published, and called it, Novelty represt: which when I perused, I saw that a Rejoinder would be of little use, because it must consist for the far greatest part, of the detection of his fallacious words, and of the vindication of a great deal of Church-History; and the former would rather tire than edisie the Reader, and the later would profit none but those that were already well acquainted with Church-History, or such as would fully search the Authors cited, till they understood by them who it is that citeth them aright: He that will not do this cannot judg of our case, and he that will do it needeth not my help. Wherefore having much better work, and no time to spare, expecting that my change was near, my Conscience forbad me such a frivolous expence of time as a Rejoinder to his Reply would prove. But having since written many Books against Popery, to none of which I can procure yet a word of answer, and hearing that they are obliged not to answer me till I am dead, (which they may shortly expect) by the perswasions of some I have attempted to make this Return to this one Reply, which is all that ever they published against me, that I know of.