I own here again, what I have done before, that I did lay a Trap for our _Clergy_; but little imagined that two such great _Bishops_, as of _London_ and St. _David's_, would, to my Pleasure and Satisfaction, have been caught in it. If I had not baited my Trap well with _Ridicule_, I dare say, they would have kept themselves clear of it. But when I experienc'd the hard Usage the Bishops had given me upon my _Discourses_, and the Fury with which they attack'd me, it surprised me, and brought to my Mind _Origen_'s Prediction[354] of this _very_ War and Controversy of the _Spirit_ against the _Letter_ of the _Scriptures_, and of the Violence it would be carried on with. For all my Veneration for the Authority of the Fathers, I did here suspect the Truth of _Origen_'s Prediction, believing him to be mistaken, and that the Controversy would be manag'd in a _calm_, _decent_, and _sedate_ Manner; and so it had been, but for the Interests of the _Clergy_ that are at Stake in it, which I was not aware of. Finding then the Truth of _Origen_'s Prediction contrary to my Expectations, I had the Curiosity further to consult the Fathers about the Issue of this Controversy; and they presently, with their mystical Fingers, pointed to a Prophecy of it in the _Revelations_ of St. _John_; but, to say no more at present, assur'd me, that the _Spirit_ would get the Better of the _Letter_ in the Conclusion of it. Tho' I am accounted an Infidel, I am so easy and credulous a Christian as to believe all this; and I thank God have so much Courage in me, as to try the Truth of it.