Excerpt from A Defence of Modern Calvinism: Containing an Examination of the Bishop of Lincoln's Work, Entitled a Refutation of Calvinism Thbauthor's first intention was merely to incorporate a few Strictures on Bishop tomline's Refutation in a new edition of another work, on Divine Equity and Sovereignty, -which he still means to publish. This design was accordingly announced; but finding many of his friends desirous of having the Strictures in a detached form, and containing a pro fessed Reply to his Lordship's attack on modern Calvinists, he has taken their advice; and now offers his Examination to the candid perusal of the dignitar)r whose work is the subject of it, and to the tribunal of the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.