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

And accordingly he supposes, that John the Baptist never inquired into the doctrinal Knowledge of those he baptized, because they were already in Covenant with God, and Members of his visible Church, and not yet turned out: And he suggests, that John knew many of them not to be of a good moral Character. (P. 98.) So he largely insists, that the three Thousand Jews and Proselytes that the Apostles baptized (Act. ii.) were not taken into Covenant, but only continued in Covenant. (P. 46, 47.) So he supposes the Eunuch, before Philip baptized him, was a Member of the Church, and in Covenant with God. (P. 50.) Tho' he inconsistently mentions those same Persons in the 2d of Acts, and the Eunuch, as admitted into the Church by the Apostles, and ⟨p. 84⟩primitive Ministers. (P. 9. e. P. 10. a. P. 59. a.) And so (P. 8. d. P. 26. a.) he mentions God's taking all Israel into Covenant: He mentions the Profession which the Israelites made (P. 25. e.) and (P. 5. d.) he speaks of the Words which the Israelites used, in their entering into Covenant with God. And (P. 36. d. e. P. 37. a b.) he speaks of their Profession in Moses Time, which God trusted so far as to admit 'em into Covenant. Whereas indeed, according to Mr. W. they were not taken in, nor did they enter into Covenant, neither in the Plains of Moab, nor at Mount Sinai. He says expressly, that they were in Covenant before that Time, when in Egypt, being taken-in in their Ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob. (P. 91. b.) But then we read of no Words, that these Patriarchs used at their entering into Covenant.—And it will undoubtedly follow, on Mr. W—ms's Principles, that we must go further back still for Israel's being taken into Covenant; we must go up even to Adam himself, the first Father of Mankind, who was visibly in Covenant, and so his Posterity, in the Line of Noah's Ancestors, without the Line's being broken by a visible cutting off, and casting out by God, as we have all Reason to suppose. And after the Flood, we have Reason to think, God had a Covenant-Race continued in Shem's Posterity, especially in the Line of Abraham's Ancestors. And tho' Terah, Abraham's Father, was tainted with the then-prevailing Idolatry; yet there is no Appearance of the Line's being then cut off, in the Way Mr. W. speaks of, by God's visibly casting him out.

And accordingly he supposes, that John the Baptist never inquired into the doctrinal Knowledge of those he baptized, because they were already in Covenant with God, and Members of his visible Church, and not yet turned out: And he suggests, that John knew many of them not to be of a good moral Character. (P. 98.) So he largely insists, that the three Thousand Jews and Proselytes that the Apostles baptized (