609 ADVERTISEMENT. WE doubt not it would be acceptable to the reader, to receive some information concerning the Author of these ensuing excellent treatises; but as very little is met with to assist us in this respect, we must be contented with saying, that though the transactions of his life are in a great measure unknown to us, his writings are a monument to his praise, which shew the good understanding he had received in the weighty concerns of life and salvation. CONTENTS. PAGE. PAGE. The Stumbling-stone; or, a discovery of the of- fence which the world takes against Christ himself, his true word, true worship, his true Church, his true government, his true minis- The Doctrine of Baptisms, reduced from its an- cient and modern corruptions: and restored to its primitive soundness and integrity; accord- The Trial of Spirits, both in teachers and Hear- ers; wherein is held forth, the clear discovery, |