g them. Again, before the Coming of Christ, God's
Will was but imperfectly reveal'd; and it was necessary that there
should be Fore-runners to prepare the way against his Coming, and raise
the Expectation of him in the People, that they might be the better
prepar'd to receive him. But after he was once come, who was to compleat
and fulfil all; after _God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners,
spake in time past unto the fathers by the Prophets,_[44] had, _in these
last days, spoken unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed Heir of all
things,_ &c. _who was the Brightness of his Glory, and the express Image
of his person_, &c. I say, after God had, by this glorious Person,
manifested and reveal'd his whole Will to us, and declared whatsoever he
requir'd to be believ'd and done by us, whilst in these Mortal Bodies;
there was no longer need of Revelation to those who had received the
most perfect one that could be deliver'd. So that all those Reasons
being remov'd, which were to be given for a Succession of immediately
inspired Prophets before the Coming of Christ; it is altogether
groundless, to say no worse of it, to expect any now he is come. What
Methods God will use, when his time is come, to bring in the Fulness of
the Gentiles, and to convert the Jews; or what Endowments he will bestow
upon those Persons whom he shall please to make use of as his
Instruments to compleat that great Work, will then be best known when it
is come to pass. There is no Question but that he will use sufficient
means. All that I contend for is, that those which he has already
afforded, are abundantly sufficient for those who have the Happiness to
be baptized, and brought up in the Profession of the Christian Faith;
and consequently, that it is unreasonable to expect any other
Assistances, or to seek any other means of serving God, than what are
deliver'd in his Holy Word, and made use of in his Church.

Sec. 18. To return to our Argument. If these things, contended for by
Enthusiasts, were not granted either under the Jewish or Christian
Dispensation, as I hope has been sufficiently prov'd; it follows, _a
majori,_ that those who are depriv'd of those Advantages, which both
Jews and Christians enjoy'd cannot have them: And therefore in vain do
we search for Persons so endow'd amongst _Mahometans_ or _Heathens._ For
without any Breach of Charity, in respect to those Persons, who never
were so happy as to have the Gospel preach'd to them;