There's no Body can think it worth my while to bestow a Six-penny _Pamphlet_ upon either of these _Gentlemen_, but for all that, they shall not be altogether slighted and neglected by me. I have made a Collection of their Rhetorical Flowers, which occasionally shall be presented the Publick, to the Admiration of their Wit, Reason, Learning and Eloquence. And at present only take Notice, that they are _both_ for the Persecution of me; but not so much for my Opinions, as the Indecency, Irreverence, and Immorality of my Stile; forsooth! which is just such a Distinction, as may be easily stretch'd to the Justification of the Persecution of all Authors, whom the Priesthood in Power shall not like. Mr. _Atkinson_'s Argument for the Persecution of me, is much the same with that, which _John Calvin_ used for the Persecution of that great Philosopher _Servetus_; the Injustice and Cruelty of whose Death and Sufferings is a greater Reproach to the Name of _Calvin_, than the Martyrdom of any _Protestant_ can be to the Memory of any Popish Prelate. To conclude, what I have written, in these _Six Discourses_, is with a View to the Glory of God, the Advancement of Truth, the Happiness of Mankind, the Demolition of _Babylon_, the Edification of _Jerusalem_, and the Demonstration of the Messiahship of our Spiritual _Jesus_, to whom be Glory for ever. _Amen._ ~_FINIS._~ [Illustration] FOOTNOTES: [309] Revelations, Chap. xviii. 11. [310] _In his Pastoral Letter_, P. 35. [311] Daniel, Chap. vi. 17. [312] Adducor ut credam Pilati Annulo & hunc Lapidem signatum. _In Loc. Matt._ [313] _Upon the Place in_ Matthew. [314] Si Jesus volebat re vera declarare suam divinam Potentiam, debuerat suis Insultatoribus, ipsique Præsidi qui capitalem sententiam contra se tulerat, denique cæteris omnibus se ostendere. _In Orig. Lib._ ii. _contra Celsum_. [315] In _Limborchii_ Amica Collatione cum Judæo. [316] Magna sane Res & miranda occurrit hoc loco, quæ non solum aliquem ex vulgo Credentium exercere posset, sed perfectiores etiam; cur non Dominus post Resurrectionem æque ac superioribus temporibus conspiciendum se præbuerit. _In Lib._ ii. _cont._ Celsum. [317] Quamvis Celsus has Jesu post Resurrectionem Apparitiones conferre conetur cum vulgaribus Spectris & Visionibus. _In Origen. Lib._ ii. _contra Celsum_. [318] Comminatus est periculum Accusatoribus Christianorum. _Tertul. Apol. Cap._ v. [319] Justin Matyr. _In Apol._ ii.