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

I would here take Notice of it as remarkable, that tho' Mr. W. had owned that a natural Man can claim no saving Blessings by God's Promise, yet to help out his Scheme of a natural Man's engaging & promising, even with an Oath, the Exercises of saving Grace, he (in P. 27, 28. especially P. 28 e) speaking of the great Encouragement on which unsanctified Men can promise these Things, supposes God has given such Encouragement to them who promise and engage themselves to God, with that Degree of Earnestness & Sincerity which he often speaks of as requisite to Communion, that we have Reason to determine that God never will fail of bestowing on them saving Grace; so that they shall fulfil their Promises. I say, he supposes that we have Reason to determine this, because he himself determines it. His ⟨p. 88⟩Words are these: Tho' there be no Promise of saving Good, exclusive of Faith, yet there being a Command and Encouragement, there are suitable Springs of his Endeavour and Hope, in his engaging himself to God and casting himself upon his Mercy with all the Earnestness and Sincerity he can. GOD NEVER will be worse than his Encouragement, nor do less than he has encouraged; and he has said, To him that hath shall be given. Now if this be so, and if this will make it out, that an unconverted Man who is morally sincere may reasonably, on this Encouragement, promise immediately to believe and repent, tho' this ben't in his own Power; then it will follow, that whenever an unconverted Man covenants, with such moral Sincerity as gives a lawful Right to Sacraments, God NEVER will fail of giving him converting Grace that Moment, to enable him from thence-forward to believe and repent, as he promises. And if this be so, and none may lawfully covenant with God without moral Sincerity (as Mr. W. also says) then it will follow, that never any one Person comes, nor can come lawfully to the Lord's Supper, in an unconverted State; because when they enter into Covenant lawfully (supposing them not converted before) God always converts 'em in the Moment of their covenanting, before they come to the Lord's Table.—And if so, what is become of all this grand Dispute about the Lawfulness of Person's coming to the Lord's Table, who have not converting Grace?

I would here take Notice of it as remarkable, that tho' Mr. W. had own'd that a natural Man can claim no saving Blessings by God's Promise, yet to help out his Scheme of a natural Man's engaging & promising, even with an Oath, the Exercises of saving Grace, he (in P. 27, 28. especially P. 28 e) speaking of the great Encouragement on which unsanctified Men can promise these Things, supposes God has given such Encouragement to them who promise and engage themselves to God, with that Degree of Earnestness & Sincerity which he often speaks of as requisite to Communion, that we have Reason to determine that God never will fail of bestowing on them saving Grace; so that they shall fulfill their Promises. I say, he supposes that we have Reason to determine this, because he himself determines it. His