An humble apology for non-conformists with modest and serious reflections on the Friendly debate…

Answ. No, by no means: The Presbyterians and others used to declare against Antinomianism, and to preach Repentance towards God, as well as Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ; to him that was sensible of sin, and weary of it, and that mourned for it, they were willing to preach glad Tidings of Remission, and Reconciliation: They were and are Enemies both to presumption ⟨p. 76⟩and desperation, and seek to save Souls from perishing either way: They are ordinarily first Boanerges's then Barnabas's; and seek first and most to wash the inside of the Platter, than the outside; first they aim to cleanse the Heart, then the Hands: They press men first to seek God in prayer with their whole heart for pardon and grace, and then direct them how to pray (whether with or without a Book in private) as shall be most expedient for them; they deny (those that I converse withal) that they dissuade any from the use of the Liturgy or Common Prayer. This indeed is a Maxim with them in Religion, Quod cor non facit non fit; and that the devotion of the Soul, is the soul of Devotion.

Answ. No, by no means: The Presbyterians and others used to declare against Antinomianism, and to preach Repentance towards God, as well as Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ; to him that was sensible of sin, and weary of it, and that mourned for it, they were willing to preach glad Tydings of Remission, and Reconciliation: They were and are Enemies both to presumption ⟨p. 76⟩and desperation, and seek to save Souls from perishing either way: They are ordinarily first Beanerges's then Barnabas's; and seek first and most to wash the inside of the Platter, than the outside; first they aim to cleanse the Heart, then the Hands: They press men first to seek God in prayer with their whole heart for pardon and grace, and then direct them how to pray (whether with or without a Book in private) as shall be most expedient for them; they deny (those that I converse withal) that they dissivade any from the use of the Liturgy or Common Prayer. This indeed is a Maxime with them in Religion, Quod cor non facit non fit; and that the devotion of the Soul, is the soul of Devotion.