

-of
R_ELIGIO J.V.
9
. IV.
THAT
herein
did
th~
Mini-ftry
of
Apollos
[o
bright}
y
ihine forth,
Atls
xviii.
28.
Ana .
was then of
tnoft
fingular
Ufe to
the
Church,
by
that Clearnefs
ot
rational Conviction
and de.rnon{J:rati
ve
Argutnents
for
the. Tr}ith
of
CH
RI S'T,
/
as the greatefl: Gainfayers could
uot
withftand. ·
·
-
V.
TH -AT
'tis
fure,
it
\vas
then
with–
~
out
~xception,
exprefly·required of
the
meanefi \Vithin the Church,
tb
be
always
· ready
tCY
render
the
Realons
of
their
·Hope
to all who
asked:
And
not
only
to
~
know
"'~bat
they did
believe., but
\vhy ·
they did
fo,
as is ·clear,
l'
Pet. :
iii.
I
5'.
l'his
cnnld not be
by
-bringing
forth
of ,
interrial
Evidences~ -
for
Convittion -of
o... '
thers, but
by·
giving
them.
an Account
of
the
111oft
cogent
Gro_unds and De–
monftrations
of
the
.Gofpel,
as
tnight
~~
tnoft
prevalent,
~nd
confirn1ing to
the
. Weak, and
leave
others 1nexcufable ·:
And
iee1ns
to-
have
been
then
ipecially
lJreifed
in
thefe
Pritni.tive
I'imes, as
a
proper Teft of
their ChriH:ian
Profeilion.
VI.
ANn
we
fee
herein
alfo,
how
much thefe
excellent
Bereans
\Vere
taken
up,
· an~l
were fo
-highly
c~mtnended
of
the
Holy G.hofl, Ac1s
xvii.
II.
rfo know
f
~
,
the