Spiritual Peace and comfort. 321 that reat Renewing Work of the Spirit upon myfoul ; andfo that all my Religion but rneer Opinion, or 7:- tions in my Br.e1n. ANSWER. z . A L L the Religions in the world, befides the Chritl ian Religion,have either much error & wickednefs mixt with force Truth of God, or they contain force leffer parcel of that Truth alone ( as the Jews) Only the Chriftian Religion bath that whole Truth which is Paving. Now fo much of Gods Truth, as there is in any of thefe Religions, fo much it may work Good effects upon their fouls ; as the knowledge of the Godhead , and that God is Holy ; Good , Juft , Mercifull , and that he theweth them much undeferved Mercy iti bis daily providcmes, e -c. But mark thefe two things, r. hat all perfons of falle Religions do more eafily and greedily embrace the falfe part of their Religion then the true; and thofe they, are zealous for, and prattice with all their might, be- caufe their natural corruptionBoth befriend it, and is as combuftible fewel for the fire of Hell tocatch in but that Truth of Godwhich is mixt with their Er- ror,if it be prat.ical, they fight againfi it andabhor it while they hold it, becaufe it croífeth their lufts: in- fomuch that it is ufually but force few of the more convinced and civil that God in providence rnaketh the main [nfruments of continuing thofe Truths of his in that part ofthe wicked world :For we find that even among P4g,Has the prophaner and more fenfual A a, fort
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