A Letter to the Reverend Dr Clarke, Rector of St James's Westminster; In Answer to His Letter to Dr Wells - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1713. Excerpt: ... LETTER TO THE Reverend TCLARKE Rector of Sljamss fVeftminJier, la ANSWER to his LETTER to y WELLS. SIR, YOUR printed Letter to Me is come to my hands. And, whereas you are pleas'd to fay in the first paragraph thereof, that my fymarks did not answer the Opinion you bad conceivd of my Abilities, this is no other than what I expected You would say of Course. I have been us'd by my former Antagonists to such sort of Answers, even in relation to those very Controversial Papers, whereby, you yourself in the fame paragraph observe, I have acquir'd a Name and Character in the World. Besides, to your Opinion I could oppose the Opinion of Persons of the Greatest Note, would Modesty permit Me to be the Publisher of what has been said concerning my Remarks, and that not to My self. I could also Re A tort tort your Words, on your self) was it material to the Cause in hand. _ You say in the fame Paragraph, that for above a year and a half Nothing came out against your Scripture-doctrin of the Trinity, but Pamphlets set forth by such Unintelligible Writer/, as you thought might well be left to the Common Sense even of the Meanest Readers to judge of rc'ithout your Interposing any further. Now a Writer may be sty I'd Unintelligible, on account either of the Obfcureness of his Sty le j or of the Sublimenefs of his Subject. 'Tis hardly to be suppos'd, that of the Several Writers of the Said Pamphlets All should happen to be. infected with Such Obseurenesi of Style. Or if they were, surely you took a very Improper Method with them, in thinly ing they might Well be left to the Common Sense of the Meanest Readers to judge of For under Obfcureness of Style may (as there be not wanting Instances to prove) ly very Good Sense and Argument; which tho' the Meanest Readers may not ...
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