That it is a Transgression of the Law of the Land to write against Christianity, establish'd in it, I'll not question, since I have your _Lordship_'s Word for it: But for all that, I could wish, for the Sake of Christianity, that such a Liberty was indulg'd to _Infidels_. Whatever our zealous _Clergy_ may think, one Persecution of an _Infidel_ does more Harm to Religion, than the Publication of the worst _Book_ against it. Liberty is so essential, _My Lord_, to the Enquiry after Truth, that where It is wanted, Truth will want that Splendor, which it receives from Disputation: And Christianity would be the more tryumphant over its Enemies, for that unbounded Liberty, they may enjoy to contest it from the _Press_. I say this, not for the Security of my self; against future Prosecutions but, from a Heart, full of Zeal for the Religion of the Holy _Jesus_. Ever since the _Reformation_, which was founded on our Natural and Christian Rights to Liberty of Conscience, has this great Blessing of Liberty, at Times, been interrupted by Persecutions: But whether any of them hitherto have done any Service to _Church_ or _State_, your _Lordship_ is a good Judge. However, tho' the Prosecution of my self, which was founded on a grand Mistake, is attended with no ill Consequence; yet I hope our _Ecclesiasticks_ will grow cautious by it, and no more sollicit the most indulgent Civil Magistracy of this Kingdom to the Persecution of any other, much less of, [Sidenote: London May 25. 1730.] _My Lord_, _Your Lordship's_ _Most Obedient and_ _Humble Servant_, Tho. Woolston. [Illustration] A SECOND PART OF THE DEFENCE, _&c._ It's Time now to publish another _Part_ of my _Defence_, which, in my former, I gave my _Readers_ some Reason to expect from me. If I should keep Silence much longer, my _Adversaries_ will be ready to charge me with Cowardice, or Insufficiency; and say, that I'm either absolutely confuted by the _Writers_ against me, or so terrified by the Civil Magistrate's Authority, that I either can't, or dare not, engage afresh in the same Cause. And I must confess, that if I was not convinced of the Goodness of my Cause, which is no other than God's, and of my Ability to defend it, I should chuse to hold my Peace, and be glad that it has fared no worse with me.