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1.-'be confirniing Work
b.,ut
th~!
none can
gi \
7
e a
true
-:Affen! and
Confeiuon of the
fan1e,
but
fron1
thefe
I
Grounds
and Argtllnents,
which
are
re.. ,
_veal eel
by
the
Holy
Ghoft
unto Men
for
this End ; and, as
'tis
certain, that thefe
Cha_ra8ers and
E
Yidence
~~
l)z"Yi1Zity,
I
· vvluch ate
jn1printed
en -the
whole
Reve-
, lation of
the G_ofpel,
tnay
be
tlear
a1ld
,
demanfl:rative to our
Judgment,
fo are
I
· they as
truly
Divine,
as the Dotl:rine
vvhich
is
confirn1~d
thereby..
. .
V.
BEc.AusE
there
can be nopoffib!e
Caufe
for
U nbelief of the
Truth
frotn
:1ny intricate
Obfcureneis
of the Jatne,
when the LoRD
hatJ1
given
[uch
great
.AHiH:ances to our
Faith, to
he
as 1V.lifk
jor
Babes,---
as \ve1l
qs At/eat
to
flrong
Men~
And tho'
it
be
objected,
that
the
furthefl:
objective Evidence
of the
Gof...
..
pel, with
{o
clear
and ftrong
a Convey–
ance
thereof, is yet fo
little
operative
6i1
1noft;
the fanie
1night
be fa id alfo
of
the whole Letter
of
the "Scripture; but,
tho' this tends riot in the leaft to
refol
ve
. our Religion
into-
any
n1eer
Exercife of
H.eafon,
and leaves the
whole Work
of
the
Spirit,
in
its
Energy
anA
O_pe~ation
"
therew:ith on
Mens Souls,
111t1re ;
yet
doth
it
' fully
1
evince fuch a
Sufficien~
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