Animadversions on a treatise entitled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion,…Animadversions on a treatise intituled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion,…

With his three following Paragraphs, from pag. 82. unto 108. which have only a very remote and almost imperceptible tendency unto his purpose in hand, though they take up so long a Portion of his Discourse, (seeming to be inserted, either to manifest his skill and proficiency in Philosophical Scepticism▪ or to entertain his Readers with such a delightful diversion, as that having taken in it a taste of his ingenuity, they may have an edge given their appetite unto that which is more directly prepared for them,) I shall not trouble my self, nor detain my Reader about. If any one a little skilled in the Discourses of these days, have a mind to vie conjectures and notions with him, to vellicate commonly received Maxims and vulgar Opinions, to expatiate on the events ⟨p. 178⟩of Providence in all Ages, he may quickly compose as many learned leaves; only if he would be pleased to take my advice with him, I should wish him not to flourish and guild over things uncertain and unknown, to the disadvantage of things known and certain; nor to vent conjectures about other worlds, and the nature of the heavenly bodies, derogatory to the love of God in sending his Son to be incarnate, and to dye for sinners that live on this Earthly Globe. Neither do I think it well done, to mix St. Paul and his Writings, in this Scepticism, mentioning in one place his fancy, in another his conceit, which he seems to oppose; such is the reverence these men bear to the Scripture and holy Pen-men thereof; so also, that whole scorn that he casts on Man's Dominion over the Creatures, reflects principally on the beginning of Genesis, and the eighth Psalm.