“I desire that we may consider the increase of Arminianism: an error that maketh the grace of God lacquey it after the will of man; that maketh the sheep to keep the shepherd; and makes mortal seed of the immortal God. I desire that we may look into the very belly and bowels of the Trojan horse, to see if there be not in it men ready to open the gates to Romish tyranny and Spanish monarchy. For an Arminian is the spawn of a Papist; and if there come the warmth of court favour upon him, you shall see him turned into one of those frogs that arise out of the bottomless pit. “If ye mark it well, you shall see an Arminian reaching out his hand to a Papist; a Papist to a Jesuit; a Jesuit gives one hand to the Pope, and the other hand to the king of Spain. And these men (that is the Arminians, then newly sprung up) having kindled fire in our neighbour’s country, (that is in the Dutch provinces) have now brought over some of it hither, to set on flame this kingdom also.” Heu, pietes! Heu, prisca fides! Alas, Religion! Alas antient faith! I must also recommend to your diligent attention “Dr. Owen, on Arminianism,”—“Dr. Gill’s cause of God and Truth,”—“Huntington’s Arminian Skeleton, and Funeral of Arminianism,” with Mr. Toplady’s “More Work for John Wesley.” Praying for a spirit of judgment (_Isaiah_ iv.) and burning, that the filth, (_the Arminianism_) of the daughters of Zion may be purged, according to his very precious promise. Many shall be purified and made white, and tried: not forgetting the exhortation that speaketh to you as to children. “Let thy garments be always white, and thine head lack no ointment: let thy fountain be always blessed, and rejoice with the _wife_ of thy youth (the _truth_ as it is in Christ); let her be as the loving hind and the pleasant roe; let her breasts (of consolation) satisfy thee at all times, and be thou always ravished with her love; and why wilt thou my son be ravished with a strange woman, (error) and embrace the bosom of a stranger, for the ways of man are before the Lord, and he pondereth his _goings_.”—_Proverbs_ v. But the Lord is faithful, which will establish you and keep you from evil. Yours, truly, J. C. LETTER XXIII. “Howbeit when _He_, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth.” To —