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T. H. ANd first I assure your Lordship, I find in it no new Argument, neither from Scripture nor from reason, that I have not often heard before, which is as much as to say, that I am not surprised.
J. D. THough I be so unhappy, that I can pre∣sent no novelty to T. H. yet I have this comfort, that if he be not surprised, then in reason I may expect a more ma∣ture answer from him, and where he failes,
I may ascribe it to the weakness of his cause, not to want of preparation. But in this case I like Epictetus his Counsell well, that the Sheep should not brag how much they have eaten, or what an ex∣cellent pasture they do go in, but shew it in their Lamb and VVool. Apposite an∣swers and down right Arguments advan∣tage a cause. To tell what we have heard or seen is to no purpose, when a respondent leaves many things untouched, as if they were too hot for his Fingers, and declines the weight of other things, and alters the true state of the question, it is a shrewd sign either that he hath not weighed all things maturely, or else that he maintains a desperate cause.