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has left this to some other Hand. But how comes it to pass that Daniel receives all the Articles of the Directory, concerning Church Government as agreeable to the Word of God? Is it not because his Conscience tells him they agree? In this case his Conscience must be Judge of this Agreement, and therefore he receives it because of the Judgment of his Conscience. Is not this doing what he blames in others? Suppose another Person makes the same Comparison, and finds that the whole Bible and the Directory differ, must not this Man follow his Conscience as well as Mr Frazer? How does Daniel embrace the Bible as a Revelation from God, except from a Consciousness that it is given by God? And is it not manifest in this case, that the Judgment of Conscience goes before an Acceptation of the Word of God. It is no Virtue to receive, what we are not conscious is right, whoever may be the Author; and we only know that God is the Author, of Divine Revelation, by comparing it by those Attributes of his Name, which we already understand. It would not be very difficult to prove this same Frazer an Atheist: For if there are not some Rules by which our Consciences can judge from the known Attributes of God, whether the Scriptures are like these Perfections, we are not sure if there is any Deity at all. Mr Frazer's Doctrine concerning Conscience, is point Blank Atheism. Suppose Daniel Frazer was to bring his Bible to anIndian