As to the Expediency of prosecuting _Infidels_ for their Writings (in whose Cause I am the farthest of any Man from being engaged) I will here say nothing. The Argument, _pro_ and _con_, has already, by one or other, been copiously handled. And I don't know but I might be, with your _Lordship_, on the persecuting side of the Question; but that it looks as if a Man was distrustful of the Truth of Christianity, and conscious of his own Inability to defend it; or he would leave that _good Cause_ to God himself and the Sword of the Spirit, without calling upon the _Civil Magistrate_ for his Aid and Assistance. That scurvy _Writer_ of the _Scheme of literal Prophecy_, &c. which your _Lordship_ must have heard of, would insinuate, that they are only atheistical Priests, who, for fear of their Interests in the Church, set Persecutions on foot: But after your _Lordship_ has publish'd a strenuous Defence of Christianity to the Purpose of our present Controversy, I'll have no such Suspicions of you. Your _Lordship_'s persecuting (or, if you will, prosecuting) Humour, is reputedly all pure Zeal for God's Glory; and, with all my Heart, let it be so accounted, whether it be according to Knowledge or not. Against Popery and Infidelity you are all Ardency! Who does not commend you? Who can question the Sincerity of the Zeal of a Protestant _Bishop_, and of a Protestant _Clergy_, when they persecute the Enemies of their Church, that considers their own Steadiness to Principles against Interest, under all Changes, since the Reformation; and their Abhorrence of Extortion upon the People, for the Duties of their Function, in and about this City. Such Honesty and Constancy in their Profession, is a Proof of the Integrity of their Hearts, or I know not where to find one. But that your _Lordship_'s Zeal for Religion is very remarkable and successful, I could prove by many Instances; one is, _that_ of your routing a turbulent Sect of _Peripateticks_ out of St. _Paul_'s Cathedral; and if you could as effectually clear _Christ_'s Church of _Infidels_, what a glorious Bishop would you be! And what Pity is it, that _Infidels_ likewise are not to be quell'd with your Threats and Terrors! which (without the Weapons of sharp Reasonings, and thumping Arguments, that others are for the Use of) would transmit your Fame to Posterity, for a notable Champion for Christianity, as certainly as, that your judicious Prosecution of the _Moderator_ for Infidelity is here remember'd by, [Sidenote: London, _April_ 17, 1727.] _My_ ~LORD~, _The Admirer of Your Zeal Wisdom and Conduct, Thomas Woolston_. [Illustration] A DISCOURSE ON THE MIRACLES OF OUR _SAVIOUR_, &c.