~ 30 -_ 'Ihe co11jir11Jing_Work 1no.ft nea~ly concern the Vitals of Religi– ·on, a1id an inward Life 'of Cotnn1union . \Vith God. , V. \Vhich pleadsan impartial Trial of ·all its Adverfaries, whether the Princi- . 1)Ies of our l)r.ofeifion, or of Popery, give the greateft Security to Civil Go– vernment, and founds ,the ftrongeft Obli– ~gations fo Magiftracy, and to all Civil -and Moral Duties; by'which-the Awe a11d venerable Efieetn of Religion is kept up in a Na'tion. It is high Titne, that Men -· , fhould ceafe to be i1nplicite, anC1 becon1e exprefs upon this -greatefi Intereft they -have within Titne., which is {he Truth of their P~ofeffion -ili the Matter of Religion; \vhen a Deceit or Miftake here 1s of an eternal Concern : Upon which Account; \vithout ref1~ea to Intereft, Party_, or Education, I have •this Day fought to know the Truth, and what Adverfaries could poffi bly ,pretend I to rei1roa~h_, or prejudge any for the Reformed Rehgton; all they ·can do, is but--to charge lVIens i Corruption and Offepces in their Pra[tice, _ up.on the R~le and· P.rin_cip_les o_f their J>rofeffion, tb_at car1 never-gtve the ,leaft Latitupe .or -Connivance ' therefo, but is clear as, ~ the · Sun; when, ·on the other · Hand,
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