cerning them that brought in damnable heresies, and denied the Lord that bought them, he said 'they did but think the Lord had bought them, but they were not bought, but they thought they had been so.'

A. Here again with thy damnable doctrine, thou dost go about to make Peter and Jude liars, who speakest contrary to scripture, and pervertest their doctrine; and the words of Peter are thus, even denying the Lord that bought them.' 2 Pet. ii. 1. and the words of Jude iv. ' denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.' And thou sayst the Lord had not bought them, but they thought he had bought them: wo and misery will be thy portion, that thou shouldst so wickedly pervert the apostles' doctrine and the scripture, Acts xiii. 10. and bring in such damnable and devilish doctrine, and speak such lies in hypocrisy, whose conscience is seared with a hot iron. 1 Tim. iv. It is time for people to turn away from you, who have so long deceived them.

P. Concerning these words of Ezekiel xviii. 28. If the righteous man turn away from his righteousness, his former righteousness shall be no more remembered;' and he said, 'the meaning of that scripture was, they thought they had been righteous, but they were not, but supposed it had been so.'

A. Here in this thou art a minister of unrighteousness; thou goest about to make God a liar, and the prophets, and pervertest the scriptures; for if the righteous man forsakes his righteousness, and commits sin and iniquity, and trespasses, he shall die, and not live in the former righteousness; but if he forsake his sin, trespasses, and transgressions, in the righteousness that he hath done, and doth, he shall live; so God's ways are equal. Ezek. xviii. And thou sayst, they thought they had been righteous, but it was not so. And the Lord by the prophet saith it was so, that they should live in their righteousness, and should die if they departed from it, and transgressed: here thou art a diminisher from the prophets and apostles' words, whose name is diminished out of the book of life; read Rev. xxii. 19.

P. He denied that Christ died for all men, but for the elect.'

A. Contrary to John's doctrine, who saith, 'He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world.' 1 John ii. 2. And so it is the unbelievers that are, shut out by not believing in the light that men are enlightened with, with which light they might see the one offering, who tasted death for every man, Heb. ii. 9. and which doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world, that all through him might believe. And they that believe not in the light are condemned, John iii. 18. but believing in the light, they shall come out of condemnation. And he is the saviour of all men, but especially of them that believe. 1 Tim. iv. 10. And 'the grace of God which brings salvation hath appeared to all men,' which was the saints' teach