6o ,A De[crzptio1i of the confirmed I .in g herein. It is, fure, the Truth and 'Faithfi1lnefs of God;, ftands engaged for 1 . An\ichrift's Fall, _as well as for Salvation 1Jy Chrift, and fince he bath faid, this Adverfa~y ihall be . broke and brought rlow11, it 1nuft furely be, tho' the Duft of the Ground ihoulcl rife for this End, and now is the Faith of the Saints called for l:>eco1ning the 'Greatnefs of fuch an Affur~ · · , ance, on which are the Eyes of Men, of their o\vn ·Confciences, of the eleB: ·An– .. gels, yea, of the glorious God, to fee whD'does indeed cr~dit him in this Day, 'When there is no fenfible Support herein; and tho' it no\v threate~1s forel y the De– l)arture of 1~1any fro1n the '· Faith,-who haa fame v1fible Profeffion thereof, yet ·111ay it be hoped for, that the .Turn of the . next "fide !hall bring in more, with a fa– lid and /tr~e Increafe to tile Church, than 'thefe fad Days do now take off. \ . CHARACTER . VI. I , ' . . .. . ' ' It is thus a confirmed Chriftian fhoulcl be fi1ecially confidered, as one, who is · not only at Reft on the·known Certainty ()f his :Faith, but is ready to render fome · ·-· · ·· · Account , ·. I ,,
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