\ cjRELI,GION. . - ..,-1.nfw. Tho' I ihould firive againft the , ConviCtion 6f fuch a Miracle, and De- , monftr:ation of the Gofpel., as Cqnver:G– on is, yet were it not poffible to deny · fuch demonftrative Evidences as the ' W orId hath hereo£ . I. Th.at it is ftue~ fuch a Change is ~· 1nade effentially · t~equifi t~ to. t~e Be– ing, and Conftitution of a Chriftian, l)y the whol~ Confent of the Scripture. II. That there was never yet an ...t\r– gu:ment in Nature., ~ for one's being a Chriitian in the Life and Power thereof; \tvhatever 1nay be for , a I1aked For1n or Show. · , - · ·111. That tbey are nof a few, but !11· nu1nerabJe Inftances in all Times, and of all Rt.1nks and Conditions of Men, on whnrn fo great a Change and Difference, hath been made thus evid~nt, bothfrom 1 then1feJvc:s, "tV hat once they were, .and / from the Refidue of the World. . IV. That ~this . bath been, not m11yup· on fuch as have been ·fignally iin1)ioug in their Pracli~e, but who. in th~ir Judg– ment vvere wont to dende Hohnefs as a Fancy; fo ~s Afheifts 1nuft grant that there have been as profeft Atheifts fon1e... times as the1nfelves, who have been G 2 1nade I ' -- '. ..
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