/f .:R E ·f -IG IO·N. , )3 . Excellencies ; a1zd that # is no lefs ef . fentially · Good ·in itftlf, than e-vid~ntly true f · ·_ '; Anfw. 1.· ·It ·Js undeniable even to thofe that live ·at a Di'ftatrce, that fuch ~_ . is the 1.,nith of ,Chrift, . that .tho, a1l: vifi· hle and hurnati Props :llioti1d fail, . it can fnbfift by its O\\'n: Evidence, and Autho– rity over- Mens Co'nfciences ; .and hath thus ever preferved its Station in ·the worft of Times. ' II. That, .as it holds fort11 the tnofl: ex- . ,· quifiteRuleof Pe~feB:ion to fo11ow, fodoth it bring the greateft Relief to the Difternpers of the Mind, and tho{e Miferies which attend the human State here; fo that a hjgher-'Glory ·doth thus refult "' to the holy GOD, by thrs Difpenfation of Grace _to fallen Man, than if he had flood in .his Pri1niti ve State. Ill. That it is fure the Truth and 'Do• -arine of Chr·ifi, dot h natively .tei1cl to £x Men in a State of I.~ight · and Con1n1nnion with GOD, and in a State of Separation in their Principles, Affection, and Converfation fro1n the World. · · IV. That it d.oth tnore brightly fhine , forth in Si~1)licity, and Truth, and in , .E 3 . its · -. /
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