j4 v-1. Defcription' of the confirmed tend .to his further firengthning .in the \Vay of the Lord, when he does now clearly fee, · I · I. How Tribulation, and the Crofs, 1nake one of the 1noft illuftrious and beautiful Part)) of the \V'hole Fran1e of 11rovidence about the Church, and in the Lot of -each ' Chriftian; fo,- as there ca·n be no poffible finn1bling to any for Wan't of Light here, that f()re Trials and l)i.. ftreffes ihould 1noft te1narkably follow thofe in the Journey, who have an eter- .. nal Bleffednefs before thetn in the clofe hereof;· when fo great a Part of theScrip.. ture is direCted,' not only for Cotnfort, but for clear ·Conduct of the Chriftian's ·Faith, through all the Intricacies and La.. -byrinths of fuch a Difpenfation. He fees ho\v highly.congruous it is to the infinite. "\Vifdom of God, that fo ftrait and nar– row a Way, in fi1ch a State of Trial as is lu~re, fhoqld go before the State ·of ever 4 ~ l afting Enjoyn1ent; that there fhou1d be . fuch a _._'3tage and Theatre a1fo, whereon the paffive G~aces of the. Spirit, t?lay n?t only be exerc1fed, but d1fplayed 111 the1r true I~uftre, and Glc;ry before Angels, and j'\t{en. Yea, that thus the Redeemed · of - ·
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