St. _James_ says, that _Faith without Works is dead_, and how a Man ought to show his Faith by his Works, without which Faith is an empty and airy Nothing. Accordingly I am making what haste I can to show the Sincerity of my Faith by these my _Works_ and _Discourses_ of this Kind. And by the Grace of God, I hope our Bishops will find me as unmoveable as a Rock in the said Faith. According to the foresaid Articles of this my Faith, I am so fully convinced, not only of the Error of the _Ministry_ of the _Letter_, but of the Mischiefs and Inconveniences of an _Hireling-Priesthood_, that, having set my Shoulders to the Work, I am resolv'd, by the Help of God, to endeavour to give _both_ a Lift out of this World. This is fair and generous Warning to our _Clergy_ to sit fast, and look to their own Safety, or they may find me a stronger Man than they may be aware of. And tho' I don't expect long to survive the Accomplishment of so great and glorious a Work; yet I am delightfully ravish'd and transported with the Forethought and Contemplation of the Happiness of Mankind, upon the Extinction of Ecclesiastical _Vermin_, out of God's House; when the World will return to its _Primogenial_ and _Paradisaical_ State of Nature, Religion and Liberty; in which we shall be _all taught of God_, and _have no need_ of a foolish and contentious Priest, hired to harangue us with his Noise and Nonsense. Which blessed State of the World God of his infinite Mercy hasten, for the sake of our Spiritual Messiah, Mediator and Redeemer _Jesus Christ_. To whom be Glory for ever, _Amen_. ~_FINIS._~ [Illustration] FOOTNOTES: [270] Mat. ix. Mark v. Luke viii. [271] Luke vii. [272] John xi. [273] Quot autem mortuos visibiliter suscitaverat quis novit? non enim omnia quæ fecit scripta sunt. _Johannes_ hoc dicit, multa alia fecit Jesus, quæ si scripta essent, arbitror totum Mundum non posse Libros capere. Multi ergo sunt alii sino dubio suscitati, sed non frustra tres commemorati. _In Serm._ xcviii. [274] John xxi. 25. [275] Non autem vacat a Mysterio, quod, cum plures Dominus suscitaverat, tres tantum Evangelistæ eum suscitasse scripserunt. _In Homil. Feriæ quintæ post Dominis. 4tam._ [276] Suscitaverat Dominus filiam Jairi Principis Synagogæ, sed adhuc mediante morte, adhuc viante Spiritu, adhuc Anima Claustra Tartari nesciente. Suscitavit & unicum Matris filium, sed sic ut retineret Pheretrum, ut anticiparet Sepulchrum, ut Corruptionem suspenderet, & præveniret fætorem; ut ante mortuo Vitam redderet, quam tota mortuus jura Mortis intraret. Circa Lazarum vero quod geritur totum singulare est, quem circa Vis tota Mortis impleta est. _In Pet. Chrysol. Serm._ lxiii. [277] Inter omnia Miracula quæ fecit Dominus noster Jesu Christus, Lazari Resurrectio præcipue prædicatur. _St. August. in Loc. Johan._ [278] Mirum videri potest Historiam hanc tam illustrem a Matthæo & Marco omissam. _In Loc. Luc._