) . -· Stat~, of a_CHRISTIAN: II here ~ : That whatever tet1ds to a1nore lull Confirtnation ·oft he fatne, he reckons alfo one ofthe greateJl: Additions tohis Joy ' . · and Comfort withinTime; arid that thefe. manifold Affiftances, (with -fuch Redu– })lication thereof,) whieh the Lord hath hitnfelf given for this .End, are· fuch, that no Fragtnents of fo, rich a Tale~1t fhould be loft .; -and tho he knows the greateft De1nonftrations of our Faith;~aa ~dd nothing .to the Certainty of divine Truth in itfelf; y~t are they thus given, in regard . of the ftrong Trials of a Chri– fiian's IJife, -and of what their Weakneffes ·. · ftand in need of for Support. , ~ · · 7· 'Tis in this Study, he fees and takes .toHeart~ how not only the Condition of . . Man in the Earth., · but the Prof~flion of · Chrift alfo calls for .fuch a .Reckoning, that he -tnay have Trial-s in that Mann~r difpenfed,- that no vifible Refuge will' be . found in the leaft to ftand . by him, but all human ·Cotnfort and Affiftance will fail hirrf, fo that he n1uft needs lay in · · Eallaft now in its -Seafon, and "be found.. · I ed.thereon,_w-ith that Affiuance of J udg- . ' ·ment, as is n~edful for that Day, when ~ he muft either get through in-the alone· ~ay of believing, againft Senfe; or l)e.. _ ' B 3 ~ ri~ . )
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