. I ' ,. Of the Religious. I I 5 conten1plates that infinite being, whofe per– fettior1s can never enough be ~dn1ired, but {till afford new n1atter to aftoniih and de-· light him, to ra·vifh his affections, to raife his wonder. He ftudics the law of God, which nzakes him rzuifir then all hi1 teachers. As the reverend Dr. Tillot.fon hath it, " It " is defervedly ,accounted an excellent piece " of knowledge, to undcrftand the laws of " the land, and cuftoms of the country \VC " live in; how much n1ore td know the " fi:atutes of heaven, the eternal laws of '' righteofnefs,' the will of the univerfal mo– " narcb, and the cufion1s of thar country ·" v1here we hope to live for ever." And, if he have ·a mind to the fiudies of nature and hun1an fcience, he is befl: difpofed for it, having his faculties cleared, and his un– derfianding heightened by divine conten1plations. But his knowledge cloth not refl: in fpe– culations, but direCteth his praCtice, · and detern1ineth his choice. And he is the n1oft prudent as well as the n1ofl: knowing per– fan. He knows how to fecure his grcatdl: interefi, to provide for the longefi life, to prefer folid treafures to gilded trifles, the foul to the body, eternity to a n1oment. He knoweth the ten1pcr of his own fpirit; - he
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