/ of R E L I G I o· N. 1 i 7 no\V in thefe latter Days, nor can there . be any Pretence - to·feek another Light,– (either from the Sta rs above, or the Di..; viners of this 'rimeJ when fo woful a Trade hath got np in. the World, Jhat Men will thus go to the God ,af Ekr_on, as tha' there were not a God in Ifrael, or fuch a Thing., as hisn\vritten Oracles to e11quire at, when 'tis fure tliefe 'lie o– })en, ·and with a clear and difiinct Sound ·fpeak to all ·who have a ferious and un– l)rejudgecl Spirit. . I, That the Church, under the ~ewTeftalnent, bath nov; paffed and gone through that mofl: difn1al ancl .continued Trial herein~ which was to go .oyer her Head, under Antichrifl's Reign .atid Height, and whatever Appearance he i1ow hath in great Wrath, yet is it fore and evident, that the Winter is· paft, and .the Church's Spring begun; and a few Steps further off, that J udg- ·. 1nen~ which ·is now haftning on, will at length end the Quarrel;_ fo that by a ne C} r Converfe vvith the ~Word, " we may clearly fee fro1n what Point the-Church's Courfe and Motion this Day lies, and · how exa~Hy it keeps, in the Certai1~¥ · thereof, by the clear Conduct of the Scrtp- / tures - .
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