Manton's epistle to reader

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uberkermit

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On some editions of the Westminster Confession of Faith, a letter written by Thomas Manton is prefixed. In this letter he quotes "a very learned and godly divine" from a private letter that had come into his hands. He ends the quote with this:

Thus far he, whose name I shall conceal, (though the excellency of the matter, and present style, will easily discover him,) because I have published it without his privity and consent, though, I hope, not against his liking and approbation.

Any thoughts as to who this 'mystery writer' was?
 
On some editions of the Westminster Confession of Faith, a letter written by Thomas Manton is prefixed. In this letter he quotes "a very learned and godly divine" from a private letter that had come into his hands. He ends the quote with this:

Thus far he, whose name I shall conceal, (though the excellency of the matter, and present style, will easily discover him,) because I have published it without his privity and consent, though, I hope, not against his liking and approbation.

Any thoughts as to who this 'mystery writer' was?


Yeah. It was Richard Baxter.
 
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