tt11d perpetual/ quide. hetetie.a!J,andApofi:aticall ·C hurches,than an in,. dividuall and neceffary mark ofthe tme Church;. yer,if unto.~ur ·unparallel'd Peac~,both for d~ra< tion and entireneffe, we adde our many and mua.. · · culous deliverances,fl:range defeatments,and pre– ventions of Popiih Plots ; of their Bulls, Con.. fpiracies,and hoftile IpvaGons; of their _Powder~ Poyfons.,Daggers, Dags, and all manner· of exe– crablcattempts,machinations)and underminings:- . , .w.hicheither Hell c.ould devife, or that dcfperate. and bloudy Fa&ion advenrme.upon,and manage: 1 fay., if. all thefe be put tog~ther,andwell weigh– ed; it is impoffible, but that wee.fhoul&thercin fee, acknow1edge,-and -adorc .tl~ fpcciall finger of · Gods holy providence) ur}10lding his owne Arke '· amongfrhi<S owne people; and pointing out to · aii the vVorld, the truth of that Church, upon whofe fi~e,and for whole fafctie and glory hee fo mightily fi-and~. This nio!lextmord1narie grace and favOLlr of Divine aiftitance, having not in one · thi'ng;or two, rhcwed. it felfc, nor for- fome few dayes or yecr~s appeared ; but in fuch fort, fo · long continued, otlr manifold Gnnes and tranf– gre!ii€>ns .!hiving to the contrary: What doth it elfe import, or what canwee ldfe thereupon con- · elude, than 'that God W'{)Llld thereby tell and · teach theWor1d, Thatlhe thingwhieh lfee blef- . feth, defendcth, and·keepeth fo firangdy·,. .can- : not but be of him,,, and his faving :a.nd··facred .' Tmth ? . . - . · ~- · : Ill doe they then, who t:ranfportcdwith'a:pang · of fpirltuaU Prid~, abandon, forfake,and feparate :: frotn ·• 1l7 ' I ,, .
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