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~ of RELIGIOi'l~
;
n1nnion
with him, the
Joy
arid
Gorn·
forts of the
H··O
L
y GHosT, vthen \ve
are under
fuch
Pre!fures of 'Trouble as
are above the Support of Nature.
I
I
I.
THAT
the furt heft
Account,
why
1noft~
go
under the
N~une
of
Ghrijlia1ls_,
rather than of
any
qther Fonn, can rife no
higher than
Cufto1n
and
Education,
that .;
it
did befpfak
··t
he1n -frotn
their Birth,
and \vas the Rengion
of their Ar1ceftors
1
yea,
becutne
in
Jhat Manner
natu1~al
to
thetn, as
the
Cufto ~11 S
and Lant5"Jage
of
theit Country.
\\"hit.:h are Grounds that
would detennin_e to the
very
oppofite
•
Profeffion, 1f they were
ftated under
~
"the fatne
Circumftances,
and 'hacl
the
fame
l\1otives to be
Mapometans;
fince /
it
is fure thefe can
found
no ·other
.Af-
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·· fent, than is
fuitable
to
the
Na'ture
and
Strength thereof.
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IV. 1,
HAT,
thu$
it
i~
p'lain; the moll:
numerous Part
of
vifible
Profe:flors,
are
deftitute of
any
Defence 'from
intern~!
.~
-Motives, and folid Conviction
o.f
the
1'ruth
they profefs, upon its own Evi-
dence; and
there
was
never
tnore
Caufe
-
to fear fon1e
unuf~al
Apofl:acy
fron1
the
very vifible
ProfeHion
of
CH
R1sT,
upon
any
violent Trial
and
A(Tault this
Way.
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A
.2
,
When
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