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

VI. Mr. W. represents Me as insisting on some Way of judging the State of such as are admitted to Communion, by their inward & spiritual Experiences, diverse from judging by their Profession and Behaviour. So, P. 7. b. If their outward Profession & Behaviour be the Ground of this Judgment, then it is not the inward Experience of the Heart. "— P. 55. b. Which Judgment must be founded on something beyond and beside their external Calling, and visible Profession to comply with it, and to be separated for God: And therefore this Judgment must be founded, either upon Revelation, or a personal Acquaintance with ⟨p. 16⟩their Experiences. &c. In like Manner he is abundant, from one End of his Book to the other, in representing as tho' I insisted on judging of Men by their inward & spiritual Experiences, in some peculiar Manner. Which is something surprising, since there is not so much as a Word said about relating, or giving an Account of Experiences, or what is commonly so called, as a Term of Communion. Mr. W. (P. 6. a.) pretends to quote two Passages of mine, as an Evidence, that this is what I insist on. One is from the 5th Page of my Book. 'Tis true, I there say thus, It is a Visibility to the Eye of the public Charity, and not a private Judgment, that gives a Person a Right to be received▪ as a visible Saint by the Public. And I there say, A public and serious Profession of the great and main Things wherein the Essence of true Religion or Godliness consists, together with an honest Character, an agreeable Conversation, and good Understanding of the Doctrines of Christianity, and particularly those Doctrines that teach the grand Condition of Salvation, and the Nature of true saving Religion; this justly recommends Persons to the good Opinion of the public; whatever Suspicions and Fears any particular Person, either the Minister, or some other, may entertain, from what He in particular has observed; perhaps the Manner of his expressing Himself in giving an Account of his Experiences, or an Obscurity in the Order and Method of his Experiences, &c. —But the Words don't imply, it may be demanded of the Candidate, that he should give an Account of his Experiences to the Minister, or any Body else, as the Term of his Admission into the Church;

VI. Mr. W. represents Me as insisting on some Way of judging the State of such as are admitted to Communion, by their inward & spiritual Experiences, diverse from judging by their Profession and Behaviour. So, P. 7. b. If their outward Profession & Behaviour be the Ground of this Judgment, then it is not the inward Experience of the Heart. "— P. 55. b. Which Judgment must be founded on something beyond and beside their external Calling, and visible Profession to comply with it, and to be separated for God: And therefore this Judgment must be founded, either upon Revelation, or a personal Acquaintance with