Englands duty under the present gospel liberty from Revel. III, vers. 20

The Babylonian, Persian, Grecian, Monarchies have destroyed and ruined one another, —Sic Medus ademit Assyrio, Syroque tulit moderamina Perses, &c. but still the Church of Christ lifts up its Head, and beholds their ruins.

The Babilonian, Persian, Grecian, Monarchies have destroyed and ruined one another, —Sic Medus ademit Assyrio, Syroque tulit moderamina Perses, &c. but still the Church of Christ lifts up its Head, and beholds their ruins.

Secondly, This Presence of Christ in and with his Ordinances is undeniably evinced, from their Supernatural effects upon the Souls of Men; 2 Cor. 10. 4. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds. 'Tis the Spirit of Christ that gives them their success and efficacy: The Sword of the Gospel hath its point and edge, but it is impossible the Heart of a stupid hardened sinner should ever be pricked or wounded by it, if the Spirit of Christ did not manage it. When sinners fall down convinced under the authority of the Word, they feel, and readily acknowledge, that God is in it of a truth, I Cor. 14. 25. Ruffinus reports, that at the Council of Nice, a godly man, of no great learning, was the instrument of converting a learned Philosopher, whom the Bishops with all their Arguments could not persuade; of which the Philosopher himself gave this remarkable account, Whilst you reasoned with me, said he, against words, I opposed words, and what was spoken, I overthrew by the art of speaking; but when, in stead of words, power came out of the ⟨p. 33⟩mouth of the speaker, words could no longer withstand truth, nor Man resist the power of God.

Secondly, This Presence of Christ in and with his Ordinances is undeniably evinced, from their Supernatural effects upon the Souls of Men;