CHAP. III. THE MANIFESTATIONS OF CHRISTIAN PIETY. The Scriptures describe the Spirit of Christian Piety And Piety must be a growth, prepared by a combina- tion of influences, exerted through a series of time. To whom it is ascribed in Scripture. And by the Church of England. And the Means which they should use for its attain- ment: viz. Intercourse with themselves - with - For the natural condition of all men is similar. And similar must be the process of their deliverance 98 Is demanded, under that very term, by our best Divines And from its own nature,-and the Scripture state- As the effects attributed to its reception, further show. The whole subject suggests Inquiry concerning our experience of this new disposition towards God And this Hope is an humble and a sanctifying one. 195 CHAP. I. THE NECESSITY OF DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES. Devotion is the Natural Effusion of the spirit of |