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RELIGION. '
11
the
furtheft .Light .
and Atlurance of
Mind, atnidft the great
Trials
of fuch
a:
Time~
I
I
IX. T
HA·T
'tis this
\\ray
alfo·
the
v:r
or
ld
is rendered inexcufable
for their
Mifbe–
lief of the Gofpel., when
unde~r
fuch Suf–
ficiency ·of
Means
gi ;en
for
this
End,
by
, fo great a Difcovery of the.coi1finning·
Evidences of its Truth, fo as
they
can. ,
have
no Pretence
he~ein,
but
an
Obfti-
/
. ..
nacy
and.
Re!olution
not
to
be
~on
vi
need;
on ·which Ground cloth our bleffed Lo
R
o
teftify,
tha·t
it
\vas no Want ofLight, -up–
on
the
Certainty lof
his
Truth_,
why Men .
did .not receive it, 'but ·that they loved.
Darknefs
better
than Ljght, becaufe their
Deeds were evil; and when fuch clear,
rational,
and .
convincing
Evide~ces
are
laid
open
to
their View,
how moft Men .
poffibly
can
get thefe put by or
rejetl:ed·,
is not eafy to comprehend, but that
a .
real
Irrit6Jtion
and
torment
of
Spirit,
fron1 fuch Clearnefs of Evidence, cloth·
thus more tend to harden than convince.
/
/
PosiT.
IV.
'I
HA
er
there .
Is a conti–
nued Necej[ttv of fuch
a
Confinnation
ih -
the Faith,
to
~his
Day,
whatever
can
be,
objefted
of
fo
lo1!g
a
Conftnt and
Pre-
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