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Show itfelf, nlturally, and ab(lracting from our Saviour's Injunction, abfolutcly neceffary to qualify us for enjoying that Happinefs, to which the Chri!lian Religion is intended to raife thofe who embrace it. 7• Thofe, to whom Chri!lianity is propofed, obliged, after a candid and fincere Examination of the Proof,, fo receive ir, and fubmit themfelves to its Laws'. 8. Two very fimple, but fignificant, O.bfervances appointed by the Author of our Religion, :as outward Te!ls of our Profetlion, to wit, Baptifm, and the Lord's Supper. The fir!l intended as a Ceremony of Initiation into his Religion, and the fecond as a Memorial of Him, and of what lie has done for us, particularly of his Sufferings and Death•. 9· The Aflurance of heavenly Atli!lance to fupport the faithful, penitent, and obedient Chri!lian in the Performance of the Duties of Religion, and in the Difficulties of the prefent State •. 10. The future Refurrection of all Mankind from the Dead afccrtaincd by the Refurrcclion of Jefus Chri!l r. c: Mat. viii. 21·--zS. x~ 14, 15. jz, 33· ri. 6. xii. -tO. 42. xiii. tg--·21- xvi. 24---28. xxi . 33---44· xxii. 1---14. d Mat. xxvi. z6. xxviii. 19. lu~e xxii. I 7· Alls ii. 38. viii. 37· x. 47· 1 Cw. xi. 23. c Rom. viii. 9---16. 26. 1 Cor. ii. 1 z. iii. 7· 16. vi. I g. xii. 8. 2 Cor. i. 22. v. 5· Ephif. iv.13o. 'Th~ v. 16. I John iii. 9· 24· . I Cor. Vl, q. XY. 12---zz. 35---58,2 Cor, JV. 14. v. I. xiii. 4· Colo(. i. 1 8. iii. 1--·4· 'Tl•ejf. iv. I 3• 14. 16. v. 10. Jam, iii. 21, 22. iv. 13. 1 Pet. i. 3· /.It'll, ""·4··-7· JI, The J 1. The final Retribution of everlafiing Happinefs, or unfpeakable Mifcry, to every Perfon, according as they have lived agreeably to thedivine Laws, or the contrary~. 12. The future Appearance of Jefus Chrifi, as Judge of the whole human Race, to allot to every Man his Portion in the next Life"· To hear the Chrifiian Religion recommended, to fee the Beauty and Propriety of moll: of itsLaws, and to let it pafs, without oppofing it, but at the fame time without being in a rational Manner convinced of its being truly of divine Original ; fuch a Reception as this will nevet" effectually engage any one to it, nor fecure him from explaining away many very important Parts both of a found Belief, and of a firictly regular Practice. But he, who receives and embraces it, becaufe he has, upon a thorough Examination, found it to bear the Marks and Characters of an Appointment of God, will not venture to trifle with any of either its Doctrines or Laws, but will be !ledfa!l and unmoveablc to the la!l, in the Belief of the one and the Practice of the other, in fpite of all the trivial Objeclions and Cavils of Dei!ls again!! itll Doctrines, or Libertines again!l it Precepts •. And he, who on rational Grounds receives and I See our Saviour's Difcourfe!l in the Gofpels, and Rom. ii. s---11. t6. I Cor. iv . 5· 2 Cor. v. 10. 2 Thej[. ~- 6--~.I 1. I Pet. v. 4· 2 Pet. iii. 10: .. '4· Jude 13. Reru.JJ. 7· 10, 11. 17. 23. 26---28. JJJ. 5· 12. z 1• vii. 15. xiv.11..xx. 4· 12 . xxi. 6. xxii. 7· 12. , 4, 11 Mat. xiii. 4'· xxiv. 30, &c. xxv. 31, &c. LuRe xiii. 2-4. Alls i. 1 l. See alfo innumerable Paffages in the Epifiles, and our Saviour's Speeches to the Churches in R~v. at the Beginning. embraces |
