And _Blasphemy_ lastly does the _Bishop_ accuse me of: And this is a sad _Bugbear_ Word, that has frighted Abundance of People into dreadful Apprehensions of my Guilt, even to the Abhorrence of me. But the _Bishop_ should first have defined, what is meant by _Blasphemy_, and have proved me guilty of it, before he had made his Exclamations: Or the _Turks_ may say that a Jest upon their _Alcoran_, in which there are no Contradictions, is as much a _Blasphemy_, as any Ludicrousness upon the _Gospels_, which are full of Inconsistencies. That there is such a Sin or Error, call'd _Blasphemy_, according to the Scriptures, is certain: But our _Divines_ are undetermined about the Nature of it. I intend to take my Opportunity to treat on the Sin of Blasphemy, and to prove, _Ministers_ of the _Letter_ are the only Persons that can be guilty of it. _Ministers_ of the _Letter_, upon the Authority of the Fathers, are the Worshippers of the _Apocalyptical Beast_; and anti-allegorical Expositions are that _Blasphemy_, St. _John_ writes of, which the _Beast_ and his Worshippers will open their Mouths in, against the most High. This shall be proved as clear as the Light. But when I do it, I would not have any think, it is with an Intention to bring the Bishops of _London_, _Litchfield_, and St. _David_'s, or any other _Divines_, under Prosecution for that heinous Sin: No, my God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent; and knows how and when to reckon with such Blasphemers, without calling upon the Civil Magistrate to do it for him. Should I importune the Civil Authority to execute Vengeance upon them, I should make a foolish _Calf_ or a Senseless _Idol_ of my God, that was unable, or knew not how, nor when to vindicate his own Cause. Surely the _Bishop_ of _London_, upon his Prosecution of me for _Blasphemy_, must think his God now _asleep_ or _gone a Journey_ from Home; or he would not be for taking God's own Work out of his Hands, and committing it to the Care of the Civil Magistrates. The _Bishop_ moreover should consider, that the Words _prophane_ and _blasphemous_ are of no Use and Signification among Philosophers, who in Disputation never cast them at each other, however they may differ in Opinion. Philosophers are all supposed to be such profound Venerators of the Deity, as they would not be guilty of _Prophaneness_ and _Blasphemy_ for the whole World. If any of our School of _Free-Thinkers_ should say of his Opponent that he's _prophane_ and _blasphemous_, he would be reprimanded for want of Wit, Temper and good Manners; and be told that he's like a _Billingsgate Scold_, who has Recourse to impertinent bad Language, when her Reason fails her for better Rhetorick. But it may be, for ought I know, the _Bishop_ has some Design in his Accusations against me for _Profaneness_ and _Blasphemy_; but I hope it is a better than to prejudice the Civil Magistrate, or to incense the Populace.