1111111111 PART I. Concerning the Nature of the Affe&ions, and their Importance in Religion. picà,?îà,s(Ds;f,@?pgtA{O8(G {{AcDDiDc I PETER i. 8. Whom having not f Peen, ye love : In whom, though nowye fee him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with Joy unfeakable, and full of Glory. fa:6 5*6 {i;6 {G N thefe Words, the Apoftle reprefents the State of the Minds of the Chriftians he wrote to, under the `` Perfecutions they were then the Subjeas of. Thefe V,g9tt. I og{e, Perfecutions are what he has Refpeet to, in the two aa6A et preceeding Verfes, when he fpeaks of the `Trial of 6A6kWuj{bel their Faith, and of their being in Heavinefs through manifold Yemfitations. Such Trials are of threefold Benefit to true Religion : Hereby the Truth of it is manifefted, and it appears to be indeed true Religion They, above all other Things, have a Tendency to diffinguith be- tween true Religion and falle, and to caufe the Difference between them evidently to appear. Hence they are called by the Name of Trials, in the Verfe nextly preceeding the Text, and in innumera- ble other Places : They try the Faith and Religion of Profeffors, of what Sort it is, as apparent Gold is tried in the Fire, and manifefted, whether
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