' Jtate of a CHRISTIAN, ~) · . . / J?eritnents an~d Pro_ofs, t-h~y .pave oft had of the fame 1n their own fr1al. 4· n. doth more fpecially call for a d,etnonftrative clearing of the Credit of this/Teftimuny, as·one Df the Services of Religiot), to promote the J{ingdom of Chrift ·a1norigft Men, \v·hich feems leaft )· - 1mproved of any, with refpea to the ge– neral State of fuch ·who . are within the Church, who are fo gr-eat Stra:1gers to " / tJ1e fame ; yea , fhould be judged one of the great Wants of this Day, \vhen Athe– iftn is ·now at fo aftonifhing a Height, that it is not more ftudied to have the ex· periment.al Par_t · of Religion, (whieh in ~ itfeif lies deep a11d hid; and , is a Secret bet\vixt God and ·the Chriftian's Soul,) • I 'with ~uch Clearnefs, ·and ·by thar Manner of Ev1dence demonftr~ted to the Wor1d, as tnight tend to beget fotne more awful Senfe and Conviction hereof,: when fuch clear and npanfiverable Grounds might be . improved for this ~ne}; '011. thofe who look thereon, as fotne Hra1)ge an_9 dark Rid– dle, fo as ,they could no more ,deny, or_ ,withfta_nd _the Evidences hereof, than that they have a li ving Soul which yet they .· 1 never fa\v; or could ever be the Object of 'human Seflfe. And, how fad a Prof- .. / peel: \
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