like the fhining Light. 2 g f that entertainment, is rendered very uncom- S E R Nr. fortable ; fo is the knowledge of religious XII. wifdom to the fincerely virtuous mind, and the righteous goes on his way rejoicing, for * great peace have they who love God's law, nothing 'hall offend them. The t ways of wifdom are found to be ways of pleafantnefs, and all her paths are peace. They are a delightful objedt of the mind's contemplati- on ; but when they are reduced to pradtice, and the life is regulated by them, it is ac- companied with an uninterrupted feries of flowing pleafures, a pure, a rational, and folid joy, which nothing elfe in the whole compafs of human life and affairs can yield. Not only fo, the principles of religion plant- ed in the heart, and diffufing their influence thro' the whole fcheme of life, fet every thing about us in a fair and amiable light. To an uninlightened mind the world ap- pears full of diforder ; puzling difficulties arife upon every fubjedl it can turn its thoughts to, how to reconcile the appearances of na- ture to ruling intelligence, and the events of time, particularly in the condition of man- kind, to a wife, a righteous, and good ad- miniftration : Thefe are points too high for * Pfal. cxix. 165. t Prov. iii. 17. U 2 the
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