.I ftlfe ...inriching examination• · TheJidlof thefe graces, which every worthy rand fit receiver mufr neceffarily iinde i'n him17 I .felfe, is : , Knowledge. Of the neceffity ,; difference~ Trial! of our " Knowledge. parts,.and meafure ofwhich I have fpoken gene· rally in ailotheriSermon. · This knowledge is a right underfianding, ancl. found apprehenfionof fupernatura11 principles, heavenly myfreries, and divine truth neceffary tofalvation. And·this at leafr mufi: bee aknow– ledge of therfundamentall, principall, mofima– teriaU.,.·and neceffary points and principles of rheChrHHan faith. StrchMare: . : ~.•. OfG0ds· Majeltie. 2. Our owne mifery. ,3· Themeanes ofiremedy and recovery. 4·The . nature, ufe, andend of the Sacrament. · Of'God.sMajefl:ies we mufl: conceive, as the facred and faving light of ~is . pure and holy Word, fhall guide and informe us :· . . 1 ~ , That h€ is one, infinite, invifibfe, and indivL· · flble effence:> and thre~ truly difl:infr perfons; ·the Father begetting, the Sonne begotteJ;J, the ' holy·Ghofr proc~ingfrolll the Father and the ,, . .Sonne. · Tliat he is the omnipotent Creator and con– ferver of the whole world, and all things there– in ; the fearcherand feer of all hearts and fecrets. Mofl:.holy, mofi mercifuiJ) mofr ;ufr, almighty, · everlafl:ing, without beginningor end; prefent ih all places ; the fpeciall protector and portion ofhis children, .&c. Knowledge of. this point may \ I '
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