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of
RE.LJ(JJON.
I)
- II.
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c
A
u,s
E
this
is
not to drive
any ·
to doubt or queftion
the
leafi: fincere I)e- .
gree
of
Affint,
tho'
i't be
t)Ot
with fuch
Strength
of
Evidence
as in
others,
nor
can
by
-that
fonnal
Argun1entation
give
the fatne
Account · thereof; fince
a
fe\V
Grounds
tnis Way
n1ay
fpe~ially
help to
fom~
iolicl Convidion, and confinuing of
_ their Mind, when
they
tnay .be
ignorant
of
many
other cogent
Argntnents for
this - ·
End; ·but
it
is certain
Hlfo',
the
greater
Clearnefs of
Evidence,
cloth
ftilL in
the
appointed
Way of
11eans
lead
in
to
a
more firn1 and
ftrong
Affent of
the
Judg–
lnent,
to
the
Truth
of
our Religion.
I
I
I.
BEcAusE
the
Strength
of
the
Foundation · in itfelf cannot be enough,
. jf
it be not
\V
it h fiich a kno\vn Evidence,
as
Men
111ay
build
fir~1ly
and
'.Vith
Af-
1
furance
theseon: Nor bath
the
LORD
thus
only
defigned to
give
his People an
infallible and fqre
rfeftin1ony
to
adven·
ture
on,
but
that 'it
ihould
be
n1ade
fure
alfo to
then.l.
. IV. BEcAusE none can in Truth
fa)'~ ·_
that
7cfus-
£s~
the L--ord, but
by
the
Holy
Ghofl,
I
Cor.
xxii.
3
by
which is
not
to..
be nnder11:6od
fo tn
uch
the _
Nece
ffity
of
fupernatural Grac,e,
fat'
a
{aving
Faith,
~
B
2
,
.
·
but
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