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adhering to Welley. Spangenberg, Molther, and many others adhering to Count Zinzendorf, and fo remain to this Day: The one diftinguished by the Name of Methodists, the others by the Name of Moravians: The former endeavouring to reafon the latter over to them; and to gull the reft of Mankind into their Principles. Their Attempts in this Cafe hath been hitherto vain, as to the Moravians, too fuccefsful upon the reft of the World. For although the Methodists have renounced the grofs Wickedness of the Moravians; yet as they were initiated into this Foolery by their gradual Subtleties, and that they rolled fo long together indifcriminately, the Mind was and is ftrongly tinctured by the Poison of their Tenets; and by their Enthufiam raised above the Level of its proper Sphere, wherefore they ftill retain fome Degrees of their Doctrine, the strongest Tincture of their Difcipline, and almost all their Manner of Practice.

AMONG others that joined the Moravians at that Time, the worthy Labourer in Agricola, our own dear Mr. Cennick was one, and fo remains: Though he was converted by Means of, and for the moft Part inftructed by, Mr. Whitfield; as he tells in his Life, written by himself, in the fame wonderful, furprizing, and prodigious Strain that Mr. Whitfield hath written his. Nothing but fucceffive Scenes of Tempta

tions, Illuminations of the Spirit, fignificanA Dreams, and real Prefences of the Trinity, filled up the Span of his Life. He juft copies his Life, after his Mafter Whitfield's in this Refpect. There is not a Perfon of the Holy Trinity (if we can know their Meaning by their Words) that those happy Men have not been with, in familiar Dialogue! Indeed, one fays in plain English, that he converfed with God as a Man doth with his Friend*. [Proud Reptile! What fpiritual Pride, what Arrogance of Expreffion, and Vanity of Thought is here couched under the feeming Veil of a lowly Mind, and their boafted Poverty of Spirit? and yet it is nothing to the almoft innumerable Inftances that might be produced.] Here is Moravian Practice in its ftrongeft Colours, And in this and fuch like the Moravians cannot outvie the Methodists.

MR. Cennick was born at Reading in Berkhire, he ferved fome Time to a Pattenmaker, but the Calls of the Spirit would not allow him to follow that Bufinefs. He yielded to the Call, met with Mr. Whitfield and was converted about the Age of fixteen, On the 14th of June, 1739, (he fays, Page 17 of his Life) The Burden of the Lord came upon him, and he began to open bis Mouth to testify of JESUS CHRIST; and according to the Word of God, (in a familiar Dialogue they had fome fhort Time before) be (the Lord) has been with him and a

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Mr. Whitfield in his Account of God's Dealings, &C.

MOUTH to him, ever fince. The 15th of June, 1739 (without any other Authority than his imaginary Notions of a spiritual Call) he preached at King fwood among the Colliers; and has too fuccefsfully followed that Trade fince, under the Banner of Count Zinzendorf, the Vicar of Agricola upon Earth.

SINCE the Days of Father Agricola, none was more laborious or zealous for the Eftablishment of that worthy Caufe; nor ever took more artful, cunning, Methods to do it than he. Or ever during fo fhort a Time, laid a better Foundation than this fame Mr. Cennick to bring about his or his Mafter Zinzendorf's Defires. He hath now a good Preaching (or Meeting) House prepared for him, and handfome Improvements in Dublin. Above 1000 Souls of his Party; a great many Friends; a fubfcribed-for Fund of between 2 and 300 l. a Year (as I was crediby informed by one that was of them) to answer his, and his Fellow Preachers Calls. Which Sum is collected at the Rate of 12 Shillings a Year paid quarterly, from every Head of a Family. He is perpetually labouring in the Country, fpreading his Infection through the Provinces of Leinster and Ulfter; from whence he comes to Dublin perhaps once a Month, or once in two Months, to fee how his Coadjutors manage to keep up the Spirit amongst the Brethren. And fome

time flips to England to concert Matters with the worthy Brethren of the Tabernacles there; and commonly brings a fresh Set of Teachers.

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Ir is remarkable that when he honours Dublin with a Vifit, his mifled, unhappy Flock are more rejoiced thereat, than they would if vifited by an appearing Angel. And when he leaves Things in proper Settlement with them, he withdraws to his Country Calls: Sometime with his Family, and sometime without them. Thus is he working his Way filently, and making ftrong his Party in Country, as well as City (like his former Brethren of New England) and it is probable waits to be raised to a fufficient Strength, and for a proper Opportunity, to pluck off the Veil, and fhew the true Effects of his Doctrine as they did.

UPON a Review of this whole Scene; if we can allow one Minutes Reflection, is it poffible to avoid the highest Deteftation, as well as Pity, of the Depravity, Folly, and Servility of any Part (even the loweft) of our Country; who could fuffer themselves to be, (when Ignorance feems to have taken her Flight) fo grofly cheated, fo ridiculously fooled, not only out of their Reafon and Fortunes, but gulled of their very Souls! And by whom, or what.----I shall not proceed further, left in the Humour a Sente of this ridiculous, yet dengercus ConL duct,

duct, has raised me to; I might chance to fay fomething unbecoming one that protrudes his Amufements on the Public; fomething below the Dignity of a rational Creature, and tranfgreffive of the Duty of a Chriftian.

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INCE the foregoing Account was written, I was favoured by a Gentleman curious in his Collections, with the Pam-phlet already mentioned in a Note, Page24, written by the Rev. Mr. Gilbert Tennant of New Jersy, with a Recommendatory Preface by Dr. Coleman and feveral other eminent Divines of New England; and republished at London in 1743, with a well written Preface by fome Gentlemen there.

THE Titule Page runs thus: "Some Ac"COUNT of the PRINCIPLES of the Moravi

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ans: Chiefly collected from several CON"VERSATIONS With Count Zinzendorf; and "from fome Sermons preached by him "and published in London." It is certainly a true Picture of Moravian Practice, which is the Point he confeffes he had, chiefly in View, to expofe; having (as he fays) neither Leifure nor Inclination to enter into a Refutation of their Doctrine: Tho' he lays open very truly most of their Tenets.

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