S!ate_ of a CHRIsTIAN. . 67 , fuew, ho\v rare ?11 Attainme11t of , Reli– gion. this i~, .yea, · to pr~fent ·hefein a fpec1al Ser1es and· Scale of the great_efl: Steps in this confirmatory Work, by / which it fhould be follo\ved. "' .And none - . .of , thefe may be · parted . from other, tho' fome be · of an higher and more abfolute Ufe - for fuch an End. 1.nd . if it fhould be objecred, r le}ere, What .. ~ needs any , ·fuch Expence of 'Ti1ne, or Pains in this Cafe, \Vhen 'tis fure the Jeffential Truths of the 'GoflJel are l?ot 1 • queftioned, and that .without internal t Evidence · of the Spirit, no external .Means of this J{ind .can be of Ufe. J, ]cnow that ~tis\ the alone .Work. of -the Holy ·Ghoft, to beget ,a d~vine and fu– ·pernatural Faith; without which~ the 1 furthefh Light and ' objeB:ive Evidence, tho' backed with a continued Difpen- .. fation of .:external Miracles, .could ne.. , ver bear Chriftians ot~t, either ·as f(}. Duty or Co1nfort, in their · PaJfage, thorow _Time-; ye~, nothing is in the leafl: here to fubjeCl: the Credit of our Faith to Mel)s ratiQn'll Cothprehenfr... on, but rat{ler tends to enervate whol1y the · Strength of any ~ fhch Tenet, G · ·and \ I - .~
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=