. . ofRELIGION• . >7 there was no vifil1e Povver, :by which· it gained the1nof1: favage a11d dark Parts ·of the Earth to take on the Yoak of ChriH:, and prefer the Objects ·of Faith to the n1oH def ·able Objects ofSenfe. V. Yea, the' Gofpel hath not only , had ft1ch vi tal Influence on Mens HeaJts and' f rctctice to ch ::n~ ge . it into the fa me Inl8ge· bnt that herein the Doctrine of the Cr~fs o' f Chrifi) in the greateft Sim– plicity, · harh fri ll been the tnofi effectu-· al Vlav of its Conqueft, and the greateft Attrad.ive on l\1:'ens Souls to receive the · fa1ne .. --. -~ -- - -- ·-.;..._- · Queft. VI. l-iow is t.t demonflrable; th,at . fuch reinarkable Suffer£ngs of 'limes paft -for the '1ruth of Chrijl, were both found· ed on the alone Certain~y thereof, and car-· ried oyt by a di""Vine Spirit ,abo-ve any Af jijlance of Nature i' ~ , Anfw. That it is ftlre, I . Here was t1o Con1edy~ Play, or perfonated S·lffe rings which the Pritniti ve Chrifti8ns, then, and in after ~ ·T.1mes, · did endure for _Chrift; or, that thefe unexpre11ible 'for– tnents and Pains were any Drea1n, ·and , . Delufion, either to the;nfelv~s, or the _. , World '
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