of Temporal Pegoizs. 3 37 double minded and uni/able in all his ways : SER M. Yet is it very proper that we fhould revolve XII. it often in our thoughts, and take pains to `°`"""' inculcate it on our minds ; for no principle will, efpecially this will not operate, unlefs it be carefully attended to, feeing we have always fuggeftions from our fenfes which have a tendency contrary to it. Let us, therefore, often meditate on the neceffary difference between good and evil, the dignity and excellence of the former and the turpitude of the latter, which muff appear to our minds as often as we attend to it deliberately; on the moral government of the fupreme be- ing over all rational creatures and moral` agents, from which we cannot but infer that it ¡hall be well with the righteous and ill with the wicked ; and let us frequently confider the exprefs declarations of the holy fcripture, relating to the different parts of our own con - ftitution and their interefts, to the prefent and future ftate. Our bleffed Saviour putteth thefe plain queftions, lirongly infinuating how much it concerneth us to provide for our fouls preferably to our bodies, what ¡hall it profit a man if he fhould gain the whole world and lofe his own foul? And what ¡hall a man give in exchange for his foul? The apoftle teacheth us, that the pleafures offin are but VOL. IV. Z for
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