explained and recommended. 3 9 authority, it may be reafonably expected we S E R na, fhould do more than others; that our affec- XV- tionsJhould be fat on things above, that being ---v renewed in the f irit of our minds, wefbould prove what is the good, and acceptable, and perfe5 will of God, and that we fhould live, as the apoftle faith he did, Gal. ü.'20. by the faith of the fon of God, that is, order our whole converfation conformably to his donrine. In conclufion, let us every one for our - felves judge whether we walk by faith or fight, or what is the true character of our temper and converfation. One would think it fhould not be very difficult for men to know the governing principle of their own anions ; what are the motives which ge- nerally influence them, and the views they habitually and uniformly purfue; yet fo it is, that many deceive themfelves in this im- portant matter ; they are confcious of be- lieving the truths of religion, and pay fome re- gard to it in practice, at leaft, fo far as to attend its pofitive inftitutions, and abftain from grofs as of impiety, at the fame time their affec- tions to things on earth are very ftrong, and they have a principal fhare in their purfuit. I hope what bath been faid may affift us in determining this point, if we are difpofed to
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