Fleming - BT60 F54 C66 1743

20 The co1!ftrnzing Wo;::k gi~n ; when one of the moft - ruining rhings to th_e Church lies here, that the Profeffion of moftis laid in fo deep_ an Ignorance, as they have altnoft nothing to fay for the fan1e, but a naked Affirma.. tion. I kno\v the Difficulty hereof, for the Weak may be objected, but without juft Caufe; fince .as the Pritne ·rru.ths of Religion ar.e few, eafy and plain ·-for , the 1neaneft Capacity, fo alfo are the pri~nary Evidences and Den1onftrations · .. of our Faith, if fuch once with- that -ue... fire did feareh after the fatne, as for , a hidden and invaluable Trea{ure ·; wherein this Refpecr ihould be ftill had to di'f.. ference betwixt \vh_at is Initial and of a more fundamental Concern for the > Weak, and what may tend to an higher Growth and _ Increafe of others. - I II. IT ihonlcf_~e of greatefl: Ufe and ·Advantage alfo· for -the fam,e End, that 1 the young Growth now cotning up in ~h~. Chur(~h, were l)ut to give jfotne explicit . E-vidence of their Cd t. fent and Choice of the Profeilioo ·of CHRIS ·r, fe far as tnay witnefs a Ratification, of the Ba.pti/mal Co-vetiant, now as their own pro1~er lJeed, w-herein- they / were ifl!plicitel}' engaged in their lnfanQy. Sotne.fpecial 7 GrDunds • .'-- / I

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