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himself though an unknown Person, often gives theWorld no more than his bare Word in Matters ofthe highest Consequence, and, I presume, expectsneverthelelels to be believed, though pafl Ex-perience jujlly makes us not a little cautious howwe credit unsuppoi'ted Assertions from Men ofhis Principles. But it is the constant Practiceof Infidel Writers to call the rest of Mankindto jtricl Proof, and to remain loose and indefi-nite themselves : To decline all publick and rea-sonable Judgment, and yet to expect Submissionto their own private Diblates, As to the Cafeof the Author in hand, his Editor tells us in thePreface , that he was obliged to omit his Namefor a very obvious Reason. And indeed theReason meets us in almost every Page of theBook: For besides innumerable Prevarications,it contains plain Falsehoods enough to ruin thebest Name in the World.

P. 97. He charges the General Council of Con-JlantinoplehCid An. 692. with drawing up an in-consistent Article. For he fays, " The Fathers of“ that Council by approving that of Carthage " consequently receive the Revelations, and by" approving this of Laodicea , they reject them" at the same Time.” And he observes further,that none of this numerous Council could pointout this Inconfifiency. But this to every conside-rate and candid Man is an Argument, that theCouncil of Laodicea, in the Opinion of that ofConftantincple, had not rejected the Revelations:Otherwise this Inconsijtency had been too plain toescape the Notice of such an Assembly. Of this

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