A Further Defense of the Report, Defense
A further DEFENCE OF THE REPORT.
Was once, as I ſuggeſted in the Preface to my Appeal, Reſolv'd againſt Anſwering ſome Objections, not only, as I then ſaid, becauſe it was ſo difficult for their Authors either to … Contradiction; or forbear Perſonal Reflecti…; but, becauſe what was objected, appeared to …to be very Weak, Impertinent and Frivolous: But, …g aſſured by ſome Learned and Judicious Di…s, who have Read Mr. Alſop's late Rhapſodie, …, paſſing by his Rude and Uncomely Invectives, Falſe and Injurious Accuſations; the whole of ſtrength lieth in Noiſe and Clamour, which he …es upon the account of my ſaying nothing to …e of his Trifling Objections; and, as he pretends …uſe of my Quarrelling with my Brethren about …ers of no moment, &c. I will, without giving my … the trouble of Reading that Book which hath …d the Hearts of his moſt Godly, Learned and …icious Friends with unconceivable Grief, Exa…e thoſe Objections, which, when I wrote my …ince, I did not anſwer, and give ſome Reaſons, … I think the Differences amongſt us are more than Verbal, and that they are about ſome of t… moſt ſubſtantial Articles of our Holy Religion.