A brief declaration and vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity as also of…

It was always supposed, and known to some, that there are sundry Persons in this Nation, who having been themselves seduced into Socinianism, did make it their business under various pretences to draw others into a compliance with them in the same way and persuasion. Neither hath this for sundry years been so secretly carried, but that the design of it hath variously discovered it self by overt acts of Conferences, disputations, ⟨p. 6⟩and publishing of Books; which last way of late hath been sedulously pursued. Unto these three is now a visible Accession made, by that sort of People whom Men will call Quakers, from their deportment at the first erection of their way, long since deserted by them; until by some new Revolutions of Opinions, they cast themselves under a more proper denomination. That there is a conjunction issued between both these sorts of Men, in an Opposition to the holy Trinity, with the Person and Grace of Christ, the Pamphlets of late published by the one and the other do sufficiently evince. For however they may seem in sundry things as yet to look divers ways, yet like Sampson's Foxes, they are knit together by the tail of consent in these fire-brand Opinions, and jointly endeavour to consume the standing Corn of the Church of God. And their joint management of their business of late, hath been as though it were their design, to give as great a ⟨p. 7⟩vogue and report to their Opinions, as by any ways they are able. Hence besides their attempts to be proclaiming their Opinions under various pretences, in all Assemblies whereunto they may intrude themselves, as they know without trouble, they are exceedingly sedulous in scattering and giving away, yea imposing gratis, and as to some ingratiis, their small books which they publish, upon all sorts of persons promiscuously, as they have advantage so to do. By this means their Opinions being of late become the talk and discourse of the common sort of Christians, and the Exercise of many, amongst whom are not a few, that on sundry accounts, which I shall not mention, may possibly be exposed unto disadvantage and prejudice thereby, it hath been thought meet by some, that the Sacred Truths which these men oppose, should be plainly and briefly asserted and confirmed from the Scripture;

It was alwaies supposed, and known to some, that there are sundry Persons in this Nation, who having been themselves seduced into Socinianism, did make it their business under various pretences to draw others into a compliance with them in the same way and perswasion. Neither hath this for sundry years been so secretly carryed, but that the design of it hath variously discovered it self by overt acts of Conferences, disputations,