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

Now if so, what Need of Men's being to rational Charity converted already, in Order to their Coming to the Lord's Supper? Is it reasonable to suppose God would institute this Ordinance directly for that End, that Sinners might be converted by it; and then charge his Ministers and Churches not to admit any that they had not reasonable Ground to think were converted already?— Mr. W. (in P. 83. b.) supposes two Ends of Christ's appointing the Communion of the Christian Church; That such as have Grace already should be under proper Advantages to gain more, and that those who have none, should be under proper Advantages to attain Grace. But this ill consists with other Parts of his Scheme.— If a King should erect a Hospital for the Help of the Poor, and therein has two Ends; One, the nourishing of such as are in Health, and the Other, the healing of the Sick; and furnishes the Hospital accordingly, with proper Food for the Healthy, and proper Remedies for the Sick: But at the same Time charges the Officers, to whom he commits ⟨p. 62⟩the Care of the Hospital, by no Means to admit any, unless it be under a Notion of their being in Health, and from Respect to such a Qualification in them, and unless they have reasonable Ground and moral Evidence, to induce 'em to believe that they are well: And if this Pretence should be made to justify such a Conduct, that the Hospital was indeed designed for the Healing of the Sick, yet it was designed to confer this Benefit only on such diseased People as were Hypocrites, and made a Profession and Pretence of being in Health; will any Man presume to say, that such a Conduct is agreeable to the Dictates of the Understanding of rational Beings? And to suppose, that such should be the Conduct of the infinitely wise GOD, is as unscriptural, as it is unreasonable. We often read in God's Word, of Men's being convinced of their Wickedness, and confessing their Sins, as a Way to be healed and cleansed from Sin: But where do we read of Men's pretending to more Goodness than they have, and making an hypocritical Profession and Show of Goodness, in order to their becoming good Men?^* Where have we a divine Institution, that any who are Wolves should put on Sheeps Clothing, and so come to his People, that they may believe 'em to be Sheep, and under this Notion receive 'em into the Flock, to the End that they may truly become of his Sheep?

Now if so, what Need of Men's being to rational Charity converted already, in Order to their Coming to the Lord's Supper? Is it reasonable to suppose God would institute this Ordinance directly for that End, that Sinners might be converted by it; and then charge his Ministers and Churches not to admit any that they had not reasonable Ground to think were converted already?— Mr. W. (in P. 83. b.) supposes two Ends of Christ's appointing the Communion of the Christian Church; That such as have Grace already should be under proper Advantages to gain more, and that those who have none, should be under proper Advantages to attain Grace. But this ill consists with other Parts of his Scheme.— If a King should erect a Hospital for the Help of the Poor, and therein has two Ends; One, the nourishing of such as are in Health, and the Other, the healing of the Sick; and furnishes the Hospital accordingly, with proper Food for the Healthy, and proper Remedies for the Sick: But at the same Time charges the Officers, to whom he commits