Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's book, intitled, The true state of the question concerning the qualifications necessary to lawful communion in the Christian sacraments. / By Jonathan Edwards, M.A. Minister of the Gospel at Stockbridge. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]

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Title:	Misrepresentations corrected, and truth vindicated. In a reply to the Rev. Mr. Solomon Williams's book, intitled, The true state of the question concerning the qualifications necessary to lawful communion in the Christian sacraments. / By Jonathan Edwards, M.A. Minister of the Gospel at Stockbridge. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]
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THE PREFACE.

Misrepresentations corrected, and Truth vindicated.

PART. I Observing the general Misrepresentations Mr. WILLIAMS makes concerning the Book he writes against.

SECTION I. Concerning the DESIGN of my writing and publishing my Book, and the QUESTION de|bated in it.

SECTION II. Observing Mr. WILLIAMS'S Misrepresenta|tions of the Principles and Tenets, delivered in the Book which he undertakes to answer.

PART II. An Examination of Mr. Williams's SCHEME, in the various Parts of it.

SECTION I. Mr. Williams's Concessions.

SECTION II. Some of the plain Consequences of the foregoing Concessions of Mr. WILLIAMS.

SECTION III. The Inconsistence of the foremention'd Con|cessions with the Lawfulness of unsanctified Persons coming to the Lord's Supper, and their Right to Sacraments in the Sight of God.

SECTION IV. Concerning Mr. W—ms's Notion of a publick Profession of Godliness in Terms of an in|determinate and double Signification.

SECTION V. Shewing that Mr. Williams, in supposing that unsanctified Men may profess such Things, as he allows must be profess'd, and yet speak true, is inconsistent with Mr. Stoddard, and with himself.

SECTION VI. Concerning Visibility without apparent Probability.

SECTION VII. Concerning the Lord's Supper's being a con|verting Ordinance.

SECTION VIII. The Notion of moral Sincerity's being the Qualification, which gives a lawful Right to Christian Sacraments, examined.

SECTION IX. A View of what Mr. W. says concerning the publick Covenanting of Professors.

The CONCLUSION of this second Part.

PART III. Containing some Remarks on Mr. Williams's exceptionable Way of Reasoning, in Support of his own Scheme, and in Opposition to the contrary Principles.

SECTION I. General Observations upon his Way of argu|ing, and answering Arguments; with some Instances of the first Method excepted against.

SECTION II. Instances of the second Thing mentioned as exceptionable in Mr. W—ms's Method of managing this Controversy; viz. His mis|representing what is said in the Writings of Others, that he supposes favour his Opinion.

SECTION III. Instances of the third Thing observed in Mr. W—ms's Manner of arguing, viz. His pretending to oppose & answer Arguments, by saying Things which have no Reference to 'em, but relate to other Matters, perfectly foreign to the Subject of the Argument.

SECTION. IV. The fourth Thing observed in Mr. W—ms's Method of managing the Controversy, par|ticularly considered, viz. His advancing new and extraordinary Notions, not only manifestly contrary to Truth, but also to the common & received Principles of the Chris|tian Church.

SECTION V. Instances of the fifth and sixth Particulars, in Mr. W—ms's Method of disputing, viz. his using confident & peremptory Assertions, and great Exclamations, instead of Argu|ments.

SECTION VI. Instances of the seventh Particular observed in Mr. W—ms's Way of disputing, viz. His wholly overlooking Arguments, pretend|ing there is no Argument, nothing to answer; when the Case is far otherwise.

SECTION VII. What is, and what is not begging the Question; And how Mr. W. charges me, from Time to Time, with begging the Question, without Cause.

SECTION VIII. Shewing how Mr. W. often begs the Question Himself.

SECTION IX. Mr. W—ms's Inconsistence with himself, in what he says in Answer to my third and fourth Arguments, and in his Reply to my Arguments from the Acts, and the Epistles.

SECTION X. The Unreasonableness and Inconsistence of Mr. W—ms's Answer to my Argument from the Man without a Wedding Garment, and concerning Brotherly Love, and from 1 Cor. xi.28. and of what he says in Sup|port of the 15th Objection.

SECTION. XI. The Impertinence of Arguments, that are in like Manner against the Schemes of both the controverting Parties: And this exemplified in what Mr. W. says concerning the Notion of Israel's being the People of God, and his Manner of arguing concerning the Members of the primitive Christian Church.

SECTION XII. The great Argument from the Jewish Sacra|ments, of the PASSOVER, and CIRCUM|CISION, considered.

SECTION XIII. Concerning Judas's partaking of the Lord's Supper.

SECTION XIV. Concerning that great Argument, which Mr. W. urges in various Parts of his Book, of those being born in the Church, who are Chil|dren of Parents that are in Covenant.

SECTION XV. A particular Examination of Mr. W—ms's Defence of the 9th Objection, or that boasted Argument, that if it ben't lawful for un|converted Men to come to the Lord's Supper, then none may come but they that know themselves to be converted.

SECTION XVI. A Consideration of Mr. W—ms's Defence of the 10th Objection, against the Doctrine of the Unlawfulness of unsanctified Men's coming to the Lord's Supper, That it tends to the great Perplexity and Torment of many godly Men in their Attendance on this Ordinance.

SECTION XVII. Containing some further Observations on what is said by Mr. W. in Support of the 13th Objection, concerning God's commanding all the Members of the visible Church, that are not ignorant nor scandalous, to attend all external Covenant-Duties.

An APPENDIX. BEING A LETTER to the People of the first Church and Congregation in NORTHAMPTON.

ERRATA.

An INDEX, Or Alphabetical TABLE of the principal Contents.