. / ( 4 ' A 'Defi·ription of the conjirnzed the Contributions that .can be, not only to,ftrengthet1 the Chriflian's Faith, to b~ar_ out againft the firong Aifaults of. Infide.. lity,. but to gain alfo more Credit and Veneration to the rfrnth, w'ith thofe who are not eafily dealt with, ·~ut l)y fuch Means -as bear fotne Congruity to their llatural Light qnd Reafon ; for which End the Lord hath afforded his THinifte~ rial Helps, to render the Unbelief\of the' World, and all Pretence of Hefitation a– bout his rrrut hs more inexct1fable. . \ 3· H~alfo fees, that· the moft 1tnpor– tant,and fundamental Truths of Chriflia– nhy, need the· greateft ~or1firmation in · I his Faith ; _and thofe, who enter into•,fo high and diferiminating a Profeffion fro)n the Refidue. of the World, need to know in what Manner they etnbrace the -fan1e. lie fees, that the nat_ural Order qfThings 1 . does abfolutely require tp have the Foun.. dation fure laid, on which fo · great a Su- - J>erftrnB:ure1 n1idt reft, fo .as he judgeth it a work by itfelf, and to need fome pe– culiar retiring his Soul in the n1oft feri.. ous Rece~s, and C~on1pofure thereof, to attain a Stedfaftnefs in the 'Truth, apd to _know the flrong and firm Conveyai1ces of that greateft Myftery of ·the Gofpel;' in ,. ,- fuch,. \ .
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