The Preface. ~t· Yea frpm t¥ beginniri~ they yvere fo. far from be~ tng the only way of prefervmg T ruth,that It was almofl: confl:andy prejudiced by the Addition oftheir Authori• ty unto the confirmation of it. Nor was there any .one of them ·wherein the Myfl:ery of Iniquity did not j\vork unto the laying of fome rubbifh in the foundation of that fatal Apofl:acy, \Vhich aftenvards openly enfued. The Lord Chrifl: himfelf hath taken it upon him, to build his Church on this Rock of- his Perfon, · by trpe Faith of it and in it. He fends his Holy Spirit to bearte· fl:itnony unto him, in all the bleffed effe6ts of his Power and Grace. He COJ:1tinueth his \'Vord with the faithful Minifl:ry ofit, to rev~al, declare, make knovvn, and vin... dicate this facred Truth unto the conviction of gain.. fayers.. He keeps up that Faith in him, that Love unto him, in the hearts of all his Elett, as fhall not be pre.. vailed againfl:. Wherefore although the oppofitions un.. to this facred Truth, this_fundamental Article of the . Church and Chrifl:ian Religion, concerning his Divine , Perfon,its conLtitution anq ufe, as the Humane Nature _ conjoyned fubfl:antially unto it, and fubfifl:eth in it, are in this lafl: Age encreafed ; although they are tnanaged under fo-great a variety of forms,.as that they are ' not re'" ducible unto any l-Ieads of Oder; although they are pro· 1noted \Vith tnore , fubtilty and fpecious pretences than in former Ages ; yet if we are not wanting unto our Duty,\Vith the Aids of Grace propofed unto us, we fball - - fin~~
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