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·:
,,
of
RELIGION.
17 :
·_
cy
of Evidence
with
the Chriftian Faith,
.~·
as tnakes any
l)onbtfulnefs herein
filn–
l)ly
_impoffible,
throtigh want 'of the /
greateft Advantage of
Means;
yea, fuch
' as are of a
not
her Kind than
·to
induce '
only
a
probable Perfwojion
of the
fan1e.
-vi.
BEe
AusE
-it
is
one
of the fad-.
deft
Sympto1ns
of
the prefent
State of
Religion,
I
that
:fo
few
altn~ft
in
whole
Congregations, can give any clear Aifent
to the
Truth and
Certainty
thereof, but
to
Amazement, both live and die Stran–
gers
to
t~e
fame;
yea,
'how
tnany
of
-thefe
who
ate
otherwife
fer
ions
in Reli-
- gion, yet
have
their
:Filith
flarfed
this
Way,
and are
deft~tute
of
any
fuch
Sup–
port,
but,
as it is not
the
Nunzeroufizefs
of
Profejfors,
hut
the
Strettgth and
So–
lidity
of
thefr
Faith,
·\vherein
the
Chur–
ches Strength moff lies, and hath tnore
flourifhed
.in
a few fuch to beget a grea..
ter
Awe·and Veneration of
.Religion
a- ,
Inongft
Men,
than ; at other
rfitnes
in
the greateft
Multitude; fo
is 'it the_ fJ1ory
of Divine·Truth, that
it
can fubfift
by
its own proper Evidence, and
preferve
.its Station
in
the worH of Ti;ne-s, when .
all external
Arguxnents
do
m
oft vifibl
y
ceafe.
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