The Preface. . in corijunCt:ion with others Lufl:s and Intere~s of the c~r~ nal minds ofmen, it hath filled the \Vorld tt felf \Vith blood and confufion. . The·Re-inthroning ofthe Pedon, Spirit, Grace and Authority of Chriil: in the hearts and confciences of men, is the only way vvhereby an end tnay be put unto thefe \Voful confliers. But thi~ is not to be expetted in any degree of PerfeCtion, amongfl: thetn \Vho.fl:umble · at this Stone of offence, whereunto they are appointed,. though in the iffue he will herein alfo fend .forth Judg– ment unto Vietory; and all the meek of the Earth !hall follow after it. In the mean titne, as thofe unto vvhotn is thus a Rock of offence; in his Perfon, his Spirit,. ) .his Grace, his Office and Authority, are diligent arid rdl:lefs (in their various w~ies and forms, in leffer or higher degrees, in fecret Artifice.,, or open contradi– Ctions unto any or all of thetn, un~ervarious pretences, · and for divers ends, even Secular Advantages fome of them, which the craft of Satan hath prepared for the enfnaring ~fthem) in .all waies o.f oppofition m1to his . Glory ; fo it is the highefl: Duty of thetn unto whom he is precious, whofe principal defign is to be found built , on hirri as the fure foundation; as to hold the rfruth concerning him, (his Perfon, Spirit, Grace, O$ce and Authority) and to abound in all Duties of Faith, . ,Lov~, T rufl:, Honour and Delight in hin1 ; fo alfo to, declare his Excellency, to plea? t~e caufe of ~is G.lory'· ·tO
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