·~g A Vefcriptid" of the conjirm,ed drep rife not up and fay, we .have not heard, n~r have / 9ur Fathers ,faithfully cotnmuntcated to us,~ the \vondrous Wor'ks which the Lord hath wrought in·. their Titne. 3· He is thus alfo taught to fee the de monftrative Cau!es of the moft ftrange , J ucl gtnents on the Church, to be as clear 1n the Scripture, as they are in the Event. And tho' the holy God, in the Day of his · Patience and Long-fuffering_, is not alike CJUick in the Execution of the Sentences of his Word; yet, does he ever efta.. blifh the Authority of his Laws, by the Works ofhis.Provide)1Ce, in the 1noft op– })Ortune Seafon( anp as Judgment deferred is -110 Acquittance, fo does it 1nore . "' threaten its being the greater, when it con1es, than a quick and · prefent Dif– l)atch ; ~ yea, tho' this Tetnpeft, which now blo\vs on the Churches of Chrift, come to a greater I-Ieight, and the Dqrknefs be fuch, as no·Moon, or Stars, 1nay for many Days yet appear of any ~ vifible Signs of Hope; yet is his Soul thus at Reft, whilft he can fee the Credit of the Truth cleared, on which he hath more ·iu Truft than any Adventure within Time; and doth rej{)ice, whatever 1nifcarrying · -~ - - --· ·- · t here •
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