I \' ' oJRELIGIOJ.Y. · 2) ' in that N1anne_r ·appear to have the_ dark W,orld, get a n1ore clear and convuJcing, ,ProfpeB:-of .the h(ghefl rational Denzonjlra-:– tiofzs ofChriftia:zity, as Injght through the Lord's gracious Concurrence bring Men ; once to an inq'uifitive and ferious Spirit about the fatne. Oh ! t hat-fuch may be rai- _fedlup in thisdifinalHour,with fomething . the ancient Spirit, to tr~vel with Defire ··· .for the Salvation of Mankind, and of . wholn it may be fajd, as of blefi Nehe- ,. · .• 1n.z'dh, thofe are indeed corne to feek the _. J17elfare of their People, in their greateft IntereH:. - ,- Ill. .A:Nn this further Excitement we' are now l;lnder for this End, in a Tizne when Popery feetns to be upon one of its )aft. and greateft Affaults, againft the Church ; fince 'tis fo clear, that ·what– ever tends to confirmMen in Chriflia– nity;_frotn their own Trial"ana Enqui– ry upon the confirming Evidences there– of, tnnft have the fan1e· native Refult \ to n1ake fuch confirmed Proteftants ; yea,_ nothi.ng is more demonftrable than that the Method and Grounds that are taken., both' to engage a]Jd fix Men jn t_he Popi{h Profeffion, have the ·fame ratio– nal Tendency to promote Atheifin, and ' -~ ; C to . ~ '
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