'. ' 44 ' - ·qhe co!ifirmzng ·. Work .·: .. continuedand perfected .in the Revelati~ .. ·., J. on of the Gofpei~ a:r~d. but one entire, Frame. . · · ; " ~ t ~II. THAT its D~e1~verance .was by no .,. }Jr1vate Deed, but by a pubfl(~ Trufl: fo . ·· the whole univerfal Church; ·!o as it · -~ \vere more eafy..in the way of Reafon, to queftion the moft fun9am'ental Statutes and Laws of any Nation, by which Mens ·· p_rivate Right an~ · Property is fecured, than the Truth -hereof. · IV.' TRAT, uqder the Gofpel, it bath ~een fo fully dif1)er,fed. over the World, . .and in fuch variou~ Languages ; _that an· ...: · . .• innumerable Company of Chriftians .. ~ · .? thefe 16ooYears paft, have been as corn- 7 ..·.· ·} rno.n livilig Books of th~ fa'tne. ' I -.~ • ": V. THAT thofe numerous Verfions -·. and Cotnmentaries ·writtep thereon i1j:~:~·; ... :·~~in diverfe Languages, do fully - eviden&e~.~~ ;:::: · they bad the fa-tne Scripture, and no o..-'~; -~. 1- · ther than what we have this Day. . ;"~·~ _:§'~_~,~·..;:. . VI. rr HAT this was delivered fo t1r<f~·:-~~~.· ~. Ch~uch, not only inWriting, pu~ in t !1~r~:_;r . F,orm of found Words, ·for keep1ng c~o(e . ,.·_y thereto, ~s cou_1d admit of. no JJo~ql~ · ·_l'1 Tendency ~ to cor:upt or altar th~ fan1e·~ ,:- · .~ .. r .:. befides the continued and pubhe Reference that bath been fince the fir:ft Age$ . · .of ... . \ ' :
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