Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's…

In P. 34. a. he expressly says, Mr. S. does not say, That when the Rule which God has given for Admissions is carefully attended, it leaves Reason to believe, that the greater Part of those who are admitted, are Enemies to God, &c. [True, he does not say this in Terms; but he says, More unconverted Persons will be admitted, than converted: — which is equivalent.] And in P. 134, a. Mr. W. presumes confidently to affirm, that Mr S. says this [the Thing forementioned] not with peculiar Relation to his own Scheme, but only as an Application of a Saying of Mr. Cotton's, who was of a different Opinion, and said upon a different Scheme; to show, that upon their own Principles, the Matter will not be ⟨p. 58⟩mended. But this is contrary to the most plain Fact. For Mr. S. having said, The Apostles admitted many unconverted, he immediately adds the Passage in Dispute, Indeed by the Rule, &c. plainly expressing his own Sentiment; tho' he backs it with a Saying of Mr. Cotton's. So, Mr. Cotton's Words come in as a Confirmation of Mr. S—d's; and not Mr. S—d's as an Application of Mr. Cotton's.—However, Mr. VV. delivers the same Sentiment as his own, once and again, in his Book: He delivers it as his own Sentiment (P. 34.) That probably many more Hypocrites, than real Saints, do make such a Profession, as that which must be accepted. He delivers it as his own Sentiment (P. 61. e.) That the Apostles judged it likely, that of the Christians taken into the Church under their Direction, as many were Hypocrites in Proportion to their Number, as of those that were taken into the Jewish Church. And as to the latter, He delivers it as his Sentiment (P. 24. a.) That the Body of the People were not regenerate. So that, according to his own Sentiments, when the apostolical Rule of taking in is observed, the Body of those who are admitted will be Hypocrites.

In P. 34. a. he expresly says, Mr. S. does not say, That when the Rule which God has given for Admissions is carefully attended, it leaves Reason to believe, that the greater Part of those who are admitted, are Enemies to God, &c. [True, he does not say this in Terms; but he says, More unconverted Persons will be admitted, than converted: — which is equivalent.] And in P. 134, a. Mr. W. presumes confidently to affirm, that Mr S. says this [the Thing forementioned] not with peculiar Relation to his own Scheme, but only as an Application of a Saying of Mr. Cotton's, who was of a different Opinion, and said upon a different Scheme; to shew, that upon their own Principles, the Matter will not be