446 Ot patinonpofMie Zdbine2fttributev Chap.z r. Myftery of Godlinefs,that Ghrfi rra believed on in the 0. ./' World. There is nothing but Supernatural, as in the I Tim. 3. rd. birth, fo in the progrefs of Chriftianity. Ergo vinamus 3 . T he laflingChange made by the Gofpel is the cum occiai_ effect of Infinite Power. .Philofophy though maintain' d mur, p.lures efficimur, quo- by the fuccefliveforce of the greateft Wits, yet declin'd tiesmetimur a and came to nothing. But Chriftianity attended only vobis : Setnen eft sanuis by its own Authority,eftablifht its Dominion, and rais'd Chriíiiano- anEternal Empireof Truth and Holinefs in the World. rum Tertel. Apo. 1. The Reafon of Man cannot infpire into its Produ6tions a Principle of Life; only that Power whichconveys to Dioclefan. ya,,,an. o Man an immortal Soul, can derive to its Inftitutions a Meximinia- Spirit to animate and preferve them. And this 'vino- Nereus- rims permanent Virtue of the Gofpel is more admira- su, Cafares, ..[ugeeßi. Am- ble, in regard it prevail'd without the aíliftance, and plificato per againfl the oppofition of all. Nothingcould effe`ival- Occident em ly refift the facred force ofnaked Truth. The more it Imperio Ro- was oppreft the more it profper'd. It gain'd Credit and mano, & no- mine Chrifi- Difciples by Contradidion and Perfecution ; it was anor. qui multiplied by the Deaths of its followers. The Cloud Reap, ever- aebant extin- of Witneffes diflolving in a fhower of Blood, made the at, Church Fruitful. For many fpettatours that faw the Chriftian Faith fo fiercely perfecuted, from a delire to know the caufe that made it fo hateful, by fearching for its fuppofedguilt found its real innocence. And thus to difcover the Truth,the tempefts it fuffer'd were more ferviceable than the calm it enjoyed. Although Tome Perfecutors haveboafted of their utter abolifhing the Chriftian Name in all parts of the Empire ; yet thofe Infcriptions are the proud Monuments of their Vanity,not Vi'tory.. Tyrants are perifht, but Truth remains for ever. By which 'tis evident, that as the Gofpel had a higher Principle than what.is frombelow, fo it was antedwith more thanHumane Power. To Alm up in fhort what háth been amplified ; How glorie oufiy
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