Excerpt from The Independent Whig, Vol. 3: Or a Defence of Primitive Christianity, and of Our Ecclesiastical Establishment, Against the Exorbitant Claims and Encroachments of Fanatical and Disaffected Clergymen I'r ii a Difpute, whether we are to lil'ten only to divine' clearly, or to the Fancies of Men turning it into endlelis Doubts and Riddles, fetting up ih deed for Guides and Interpreters, yet {lill difputing about the Road, and the Mean ing of the Directions how to find it5 whe ther the human Soul be to be convmced by Perfualion, or by Force 5 and whether the meek Golpel of Peace can be advanced by Penalties, Rage, and Cruelties, or pofiibly approve, or even admit of them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.