66 ~ A Defcription of the confirmed , - yea, fome fi1ch fingular Confirmations– in the /Journal o( their Life, that fhould not be eafy to hid~ under the Ground~ where the flrength_ening of others here.. hy is concerned ; and that fuch fhoulcl not then leave the Crofs of Jefus Chrifl: at a Lofs, or part therewith without their Teftimony, whi.ch hath left them at fo great ail Advantage. And tho' this -is not to offer 11articular Rules in fuch a Duty, but that Chriftian ·wifdotn muft dir~Cl: herein, as the prefent Cafe is circutnftantiated, yet might it be hoped, · \vere this more taken to Heart, it fhoulcl 'be a fingular Means to make tnore deep ImpreHions of Mens dying Work on their Spirits. :Even. whilft -they are in – Healtl1, to excite their furviving Friends, and to keep Religion thus a- . live in a Family State and Rel_ation, and gain a 1nore venerable Refpecr to the fame on Mens Confciences; yea, ~ to· fix: alfo ftronger' Engageinents on ·.the ~ fucceeding Offspring. ' Thus is pr~fented here, a fhort Idea of the folid -and judicious Work of Chrifrian Confirmation in the rfruth, under thefe foregoing CharaCters, to ' · , · ihew 1 • , ..
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