36 The conjir1ning Work ' II. THAT we fee the worft ofMen fo j -~ < conftrained ~.o an~~ f~1r S~nfc and Regard of Truth and Welt-doing; a1 dto acknow- , ledge the I ...ovelin.::ofs ancf Excellency ·_ hereof,as does make thetn feek their own . · own Repute, by a falf~ Shew and Coun... terf.eit ·of the fatne ;' and gives fl.1ch a· B~ing and Rife to that dreadful Impofture of flypocrify. . · · . I I I. THAT· 'tjs the Truth's Privilege ever to outlive FaHhood, and l)revail o– ver the fatne, yea ,- to have the gre.ater Triumph after its foreft Conflicts; and how this is of as fundamental a Confl:i– tution, in the Courfe. of Providence, as · the moft firm Eftabliflunent of Nature. ·. IV. THAT, in no 1'ime·fince Man · was fortned in the---Earth, cloth true Joy and Serenity of ~-ind, ceafetobe t~e hative Refult of Well-doin·g, or the Fruit of Righteoufnefs to be ·Peace and Affur.. ance of Mind, nor hath it ever wanted a Witnefs, even bef.ore ab-y .Word given of , the Lord's taking Ple~rure herein . .. ~ . ·V. THAT 'tis fo evident, in the .1nofl: , difmal 'Tin1es, what a public ·Bleffing fuch a~e, who by more extraordinary · Trials, have been put to the higheft Ex– ercife of their Gra<;~ and Patience; .y~a, . ~. r ·~ llow I' -' ..
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