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4 times ten thouand, and thouands of thouands aying with a loud voice, 'Worthy is the Lamb that was lain, to receive power, and riches, and widom, and trength, and honour, and glory, and bleing.' And if I heard 'every creature, which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth and uch as are in the ea; and all that are in then (as John heard them) aying, Bleing, and honour and glory, and power be unto him that itteth up on the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.' I mean not any uch viible reign of Chrit on earth, as the Millenarians fancy. I believe (Lord help my unbelief) the doctrine of the holy Prophets, and the Apotles of our Lord Jeus Chrit contained in the books of the Old and New Testament, to be the undoubted truth of God; and a perfect rule of faith, and the only way of alvation And I do acknowledge the um of the Chritian religion, exhibited in the Confeions and Catechim of the reformed protetant churches. And in the National Covenant, divers times worn by the King Majety, the tate and church of Scotland, and ea ed by the tetimony and ubcriptions of the Noble Barons, Gentlemen, Citizens, Miniters and Profeors of all ranks: as alo in the Solemn League and Covenant, in the three kingdoms of Scotland England, and Ireland. And I do judge, and in my concience believe, that no power on earth can abolve and liberate the people of God from the bond and acred ties of the oath of God. I am peruaded, that Aa acted warrantably, in making a law that the people hould tand to the covenant, and in receiving into the covenant uch as were not his kingdom, 2 Chron. xv. 6, 10. As did alo Hezekiah, in ending a proclamation through all the tribes, from Dan to Beerheba, that they hould come and keep the paover unto the Lord at Jerualem, 2 Chron. xxx. 6, 7. though their own principles