Excerpt from Sermons on the Mode and Subjects of Baptism: Intended for the Use of Individuals, Families, and Social Meetings If the author has expressed his Views with confidence and bold ness, he hopes his readers will not impute it to obstinacy of temper, or unwillingness to listen and yield to calm and conclusive reason ing. This he feels himself bound to do, but to yield his views Without evidence, hic labor, hoc opus est, this is impossible. If any man, therefore, (to use the language of Bunyan, ) shall count my papers worth the scribbling against, let him deal with mine arguments, and things immediately depending upon them, and not conclude he hath confuted a book, when he hath only quar elled with words. I have done when I have told you, that I strive not for mastery, nor to show myself singular but, if it might be, for union and communion among the godly And count me not an enemy because I tell you the truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.