fifth edition in 1741, the same year as Webster wrote a refutation of his own arguments, published under the pseudonym Andrew Freeport as The Draper Confuted. Christopher Smart addressed to Webster his seventh ode, complimenting him on his ‘Casuistical Essay on Anger and Forgiveness’ (London, 1750). Other works were: ‘The Clergy's Right of Maintenance vindicated from Scripture and Reason,’ London, 1726; 2nd edit. 1727. ‘The Fitness of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Christ considered,’ London, 1731. ‘The Credibility of the Resurrection of Christ,’ London, 1735. A Complete History of Arianism from 306 to 1666. To which is added the History of Socinianism translated from the French of Louis Maimbourg and Bernard Lamy, London, 1735, 2 vols. ‘Tracts, consisting of Sermons, Discourses, and Letters,’ London, 1745. ‘A Vindication of his Majesty's Title to the Crown,’ London, 1747. ‘A Treatise on Places and Preferments,’ London, 1757. ‘A plain Narrative of Facts, or the Author's case fairly and candidly stated’ (London, 1758), asking for money. References . Notes Attribution 1689 births 1758 deaths 18th-century English non-fiction writers 18th-century English male writers 18th-century English Anglican priests English religious writers