. Christianity as old as the creation, or, The gospel, a republication of the religion of nature. from rheuncertain opinions of weak and fallible Men; not ro fay the whimsies & reveries of crack-braind Enthuftafts? How fnocking is it to hear Divines cry, that * „ Certain things, „ were they not to be adord aj Mylieries, ought to „ be exploded as .If we fuppofe any arbitrary Commands in theGofpel, we place Christians in a worfe condition thanthofe under no Law bur that of Nature, which re-quires nothing but what is moral; and confequently- the greatett patt of Mankind, who are to
. Christianity as old as the creation, or, The gospel, a republication of the religion of nature. from rheuncertain opinions of weak and fallible Men; not ro fay the whimsies & reveries of crack-braind Enthuftafts? How fnocking is it to hear Divines cry, that * „ Certain things, „ were they not to be adord aj Mylieries, ought to „ be exploded as .If we fuppofe any arbitrary Commands in theGofpel, we place Christians in a worfe condition thanthofe under no Law bur that of Nature, which re-quires nothing but what is moral; and confequently- the greatett patt of Mankind, who are to be jueadby the Law they know, & not by the Law they donot know, are, on this fuppoiition, in a better con-dition as to the nest world than Chnfiians; became:heydo notharsrd :hc favour orGod byany rntrhies,or omiffions in fuch matters. To fuppofe feme Men, , i/She Law of Nature, may. yet be punuhd,: •aaily, for not obeying another Law betides, wguji be- -/--- ? • . ; -- . to . ..? * Stubs Serm. Vol. 3. psg. 3:6, . w^ALSSis&yw. 2w5.«aSfc»*e*i
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