, I I . " ) 4 1"'he confirnling Work its internal and vital ACts, than in any ·, outward Form or Snow: , Yea, in the · ~· ,Way of Self-denial, Meeknefs, and Po– verty of Spirit, cloth fuch an Excellen- ' ,cy appear, as in its own Nature, bath as vifible a Difference fron1 the proud and : ~· vindictive Spirit of this World, as the .. Day hath fron1 t.he Night. · I V. . ·rhat ftJ (:h , Cbriftianity can be kno,vn, byno naked doclririal · Difcovery of the fame to Me11s J ndgme11t, or fuch Rules as any hutnan Science is acquired by, without an inward 'Power, and P,rin:– ciples of a new ·Li(e; nor can t her~ ever be a rjghtKnowJedge of Divinit_y, until it be firft ingrafted in a divine Heart. So far is thisMyftery above all hu1nan Rnle·and Contrivance. - - VI. 'That it is ftate9 in the gr_eateft Orpo·fiJion to at?Y falfe Show of Hypo– cnfy ; yea, bnngs iuc-h Inforce1nen ts there\vith of Candor, and Truth, and of · Love, Tendernefs and Sympathy towards othtrs, as alltnuft fee, is not on.. 1 • ly the higheH: ·Ornament and Perfect~on of our Nature, but the greateft Blefl1ng to the \Vorld that ever was kno\vn. . VII. That fuch a native Luflre and Fragrancy cloth attend the Truth, and Simpli~ .. I , / - ';
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