12 · q. De[cription_ ·of the confirmed r.ifh. And tho' no fuch Attainments of I Ljg~t can bear out then, without prefent 1 · and 11nmediate Influences fromlabove and that it is {tire, accordi'i1g to the D.ay, fo· ~ muft the Chrifl:ian's Strength be, .yet does he fee .alfo the "\Vant of an efl:ablifhed Judgt!len.t, and of fo1ne proper Stock1ai~ . up of A1ds and Affiftances this Way a– gainft a ibarp Stor1n, is 1 ike to' tnake fad. W"orle an1ong the Profeffors of this Aga, ere the 1~rials of fuc'l1 a Time --have dane their \Vor k: . , 8. He fees alfo, how the greateft: Con~ teft, which is this n~ay in the World; ,is r I betwixt God and Man, upon the Truth ~nd AfJurance of his Word ; and that the higheft·Trial ~lid Frobation of a ~Chrifl:i~ ,~n, ' in w.hich a1I the Trials of his.-Life do ftill1neet, 1nay be refolved here ; ·if they r ecei ve the/ 1:eftin1ony· of God, in his I · · Word, as an abfolute Security to rely on, yea, or not. ·· And tho' this is the pe~uli- ~ ar Glorv of the only tru.e Gad, to have . ari abf~lute ·Dependen.ce of his· whole Work on .himfelf, and to be the-· alone ,. ·centre of his People's Refi; yet.may ~o- •~hing be ~more evident, than t_hat w1t!t . n1oft -he bears that Name of be1ng their · , ) !'ruft ; when th~ .. wh~~~ .;Bur~Wen ·.anhd . ( . . ~ _e1g t ·
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