We appeal to experience
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But the grand objection is still behind. We appeal, they say, to experience. Our light did shine. We used outward things for many years, and yet they profited nothing. We attended all the ordinances, but we were no better for it, nor indeed anyone else. No, we were the worse. For we fancied ourselves Christians for doing so, when we did not know what Christianity meant.
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6. But the grand objection is still behind. “We appeal, say they, to experience. Our light did shine: we used outward things many years: and yet they profited nothing. We attended on all the ordinances: but we were no better for it; nor indeed any one else: nay we were the worse. For we fancied ourselves Christians for so doing, when we knew not what Christianity meant.”