. \ 116 '1he conjir'mt·ng ·Work \ . in the Titne when the Lord thus appear ... · ed herein. - \ · · \ / .s E C T I 0 N lii. \ \ ' \ ~ t \< I \ , . wHat prefent Judgment are we cal· .. 1 led t.o ha-v~ of this Time, 'lfpon ~ clear a11d ajfored Ground_s fr:om\lhe Sci:ip· '( ·ture ; that we may know under wbat !\f- .peB: thereof, the prefent State of Religi– oi1, andofthe Reformed Churches is un– der, whe1t fo great a Crifis is this Day, ' tis...wot-tld feent to be in the ~ery Height ~f its Conjlifl; whether as to Lift·or Death f '· ., ~ Anfw. It is no prefent Appearance of the Titne that muft direCt our.Faith, nor ihoulcl we either ftretch our Fears or Ex– pectations of Thin~ and.Events, b.ey,o1:d ·what the God of ~ ruth doth werrant J:n· his Word,' but 'tis clear, if we credit the Hune, and ad1nit the Divinity of the ' New Tefta.ment, there is no juft Caufe _ of' Hefitation or DarknefS, as to what .. the'Lord is bringin& forth for his ChurQh now , ... l .
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