Veil of the _Letter_ upon their Hearts in reading of the Old Testament." Hence it was too, that they said, "That the Gospel was but _in Part_, and that too in a very _little Part_, reveal'd at _Christ_'s first Coming; the full Revelation of it being reserv'd for his second and more glorious Advent, which the World is now in great Want of, for the curing of their spiritual _Blindness_, _Deafness_, and _Lameness_; that is, for the Correction of their gross Ignorance and Errors in Religion; for the Healing of their Divisions; for the Manifestation of Truth; for the Conversion of _Jews_ and _Gentiles_; and for the Reformation of the Manners of Mankind. Dear _Jesu_, to what a sad Purpose have our Hired Priesthood and _Ministers_ of the _Letter_, of all Denominations, hitherto studied and preach'd, even till they have lost the true, primitive, and Apostolical Notion of "the _Gospel_; "of _Revelation_; and "of the _New Testament_! The Bishop of _London_ has of late publish'd two _Pastoral Letters_ on the Certainty, Necessity, and Use of Revelation, against _Infidels_, particularly against my self, whom he (God help his Understanding!) takes for a Favourer of Infidelity: And to do the _Man_ Justice, I believe he's sincere, and laments at his Heart the Unbelief of this Age: But however, when the true _Gospel_, otherwise call'd the _Revelation_ of the Law and the Prophets, or the _New Testament_ (which will be fatal to the Ministry of the Letter, and an hired Priesthood) shall be republished, restored, and repreach'd, I dare say, without Censoriousness, or pretending to a prophetick Spirit, that He, of all the Inhabitants of _London_ and _Westminster_, will be the greatest Enemy to it; and for no other Reason than his own, "because of his Unwillingness to part with his worldly Interests, which will induce him to embrace any Arguments against it, and to cherish any Doubts and Scruples concerning it." Whether the Bishop of St. _David_'s intends to proceed in this Controversy against me, as he has begun, I know not. He promised us his _Second Volume_ last Winter, but has adjourn'd the Publication of it to the next, and I am apt to think he'll defer it to _latter Lammas_: For being, I suppose, sensible, that his _First Volume_ is built on the false Bottom of my supposed Infidelity, he'll hardly trouble the World with another of that kind. But however, I'll not release him out of the Controversy. I shall insist upon his letting me know his Opinion on my _Rabbi_'s Objection against _Jesus_'s Messiahship, herein contain'd, which if he'll favour me with, I'll forgive him all the Virulence, and pass by all the Impertinence (to say no worse) of his _Vindication_: Otherwise I shall be tempted to do an unpleasant Work to myself, as well as an ungrateful one to him; that is, further to expostulate with him for his false Accusations, Misrepresentations, and other ill Usage of me.