fracas, cryed out to them aloud, O Ye Sympletons, leave off these idle disputes, and be content in taking the Medicines prescribed to You. This Outrage, instead of Curing, will effectually destroy you all. But what was the confequence? Instead of liftening to this wholesome advice, their utmoft rage was raised against him that gave it, they attack him as their common enemy, and he hardly escaped out of the Door with his life.

WE laugh at the violent difputes there were in former times concerning the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary, and the Day of celebrating Easter, about the cut of a Prieft's Beard, about the Fafhion of a Francifcan's hood and the Property of the Bread he eat, and many other Questions as important as thefe. But let us take care, that Pofterity will not have their reasons likewife to laugh at us, for difputes as infignificant and as ridiculous.

THE

THE Clergy of the Church of Rome fubscribe to 24 Articles of Religion. The Clergy of the Church of England, as more Orthodox, subscribe to 39.

IT is obferved by witty men that the difference between the Church of Rome and the Church of England is this, that the former cannot err; and the latter is always in the right.

ALL Divinity is comprehended in two Books, the Book of Nature and the Book of Scripture. A Divine fhould only be employed in confulting and explaining these and if as much pains were taken to clear up what is obfcure in these two Books, as there is taken to darken what is clear, fo much Light would foon fhine out, as to make us fee, that All things in the Word, as well as the Works, of God are very good.

QUERIES.

QUERIES.

ift. 2.

HETHER the Socratic

W Method of afking Quef

tions, be not a proper Method to find out Truth?

2d. 2, WHETHER it be a Sufficient Reason, Because a Man was of one Opinion on Monday, that he should not, upon better information, be of another on Tuesday?

3d. 2. WHETHER Unchangeableness be not a DIVINE Attribute?

4th. 2 WHETHER it is not high Prefumption, in any Creature, to pretend to it?

5th. 2:

5th. 2. WHETHER it is not becoming, yea honourable, in a Man, when he finds that he has been in an Error, to acknowledge and retract?

6th. 2. WHETHER Confcience ought not to be the grand Director of Life?

7th. 2. WHETHER Sincerity is not at the bottom of All true Religion?

8th. 2, WHETHER every Man who continues to act in the Affairs of Religion, contrary to his inward persuasion, is not an Heretic, in the worst sense of the Word?

9th. 2 WHETHER Every Member of Civil Society has not a Right to profess what Opinions in Religion appear to him to be true, which are not inconfiftent with the Good of the State?

10th. 2

10th. 2. WHETHER a Man may not be a good Subject in Great Britain, a good Christian, and an useful Member of Society, though he do not give his Affent and Confent to ALL and EVERY THING contained in the Book of Common Prayer, Ordinals and 39 Articles?

11th. 2. WHETHER there are an hundred People in the whole Island, who do give an unfeigned Affent and Confent to

them?

12th. 2 WHETHER the only reason the Clergy have for Subfcribing their unfeigned Affent and Confent to All and Every thing contained in the Book of Common Prayer, Ordinals and Articles, is not the Act of Parliament which makes this Subscription neceffary, in order to enjoy Ecclefiaftical Preferment?