State of a, CHRIsTIAN. _ 3I the fame J{ind, in fuch a Place of the Earth, \\ 7 Rich were only inhabited vvith Beafts. , '· 6. By confidering (alfo, \vith a deep, and ferions RefleCtion hereon, that fure and kno\rvn Conjunction, which is be– twixt the tnoft rare Experiences of a 1 Chriftian's Life, and the moft fearching Trials thereof, with that uniformConfent ' · that bath in all Ages of the Church been, in f uch marvelous Things, as thefe. . I. What folemn Tokens and Teftimo~ nies of the Love of God, and his .Accept– tance, are found ufually to meet his .,Pea- · 11le in the Entry of fame great Tria1 or .Service for him; even .in fame unufual · Manner then, in the Senfe whereof, as it was with Ellj'ah, they have been tnade to go ·many -Days after in a Wildernefs– .State; yea, ho\v this does not refi)ect Per– fans only, but Churches\ that the Word fl:i11 ufeth \o go before with fo1ne re1nar,k- , · able confirming · Work, " to fecure the , Heart before the Crofs, and fon1e fpecjal , Trial of Perfecution comes. 2 .. That, as each Day bath its · proper Burden anet Work·, fo bath it its proper Allowance ]?fovided for the fame; which fuouid be J. no le!s fought after by a Chriftian, than -· -·· - D his
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