I J I I l.~tatt of a 'CHRlS':'fiAN. . 1~ Weight tber~of1ies alone upon vifibl.e Grounds ;·fo that thofe Bonds and Prom1- / fes which · he hath himfelf g~ven unto 1 M~n, do bear no:more Credi!, ·than they nave fon1e external Surety of 111 the Earth, which they ftilllook· after, to ftand, as it were, good and refponfible-{Qr the fame,· which is the hig_heft Ind}gnity can be o~~ ·- fered to the glorious MaJefty of God. · . 9• He does n1ucll take to Heart this prefe~t Period of Titne, w~erein ~he flu ... auat1ng Sufpence, andhaltuigof fo n1any under a· vifib)e Prdfefiion qf the Tr~th, . is now oqe of the mofl: diftnal Signs here· .of r·and that it feen1s to be the Time, ·,vherein the Lord will, in an. ui1fual \Vay, •take this Generation off frotn any ·impli.. _ cite Profeffion of the fame; - and when · that great Roll of vifible Profeffors in all ·· the Reforrped Churches, 1nay be ere long . in that Manner called, as each rr1uft an... . fwrr to ·hi.s own Natne, ·~nd be pu_t to · ftanctto the Proofbeforethe World; when no tetnporal Intereft, btlt internal Mo- . !ives, and.Certainty .of the Truth, pjqJ':.. 1ts own Ev1dence, mtJf!= bear one out; y~a-·-: .. · that _the n1oft eft.abbfhed may er~· loiig \_. '. ~.nd 1t not- eafy to be kep! from fiagg~e~-- ., · ~11g ; and a fewDaysco1ne 1n the Ghur.~li~~ · .. - . w· .t ... . --- • .,'. • ·~. I ~-......... -ay-.. . ·-- '· ' i -
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