111' ... ' , State of a CHRISTIAN~ 39 there 1nay be of inferior Ends, thaJ this· great, and ultirnate End of the Works of " God is fecured herein ; and the Glory of his rrruth cloth fuine forth in the -Jnofl: .ftrange ai1d a1nazi11g Acts of his Provi– dence, whereat tnany are ready to ftag· ger, vvhen they do not wifely confider the fa1ne. 4· · l-Ie fees now ~ikewife, fo high a Value which the Lord puts on the rfrial of his People's Faith, and that the great . Difpenfation whereby he deals \vithMen, js by Truft, and on the Credit ot his Word,/as it adds further to his Confinna– tion, to fee all human and vifibleRefu- ' ges oft taken out of · hi~ _Church's Sight.' Yea, his greatefr Works in the Earth, 1nake the greateft Delay ere tQey be / brought forth, and his Church's Cafe is lJUt fo far beyonc1 Help before a Cure, as _the .:firft quickning ·of her Grnfhed, and ___/ al1noft dead Hope, tnuft be at the Mouth of the Grave ; and he is thus her_ein more fingularly Hrengthned, that vvhen the Lord fpeaks the iatne in the Vlayof Pro~ vidence, .whieh he hath fpoke in his Word, (not by Might nor _by Power,) that ·he doth with unfpeakable Advan– tag~, fupply and fill ,the Room thereof ' by
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