To· tHe Reader:· nieffthy Saviour inwords or works ,; and they (Jft di.. reaand command thee to feek for glory, and honour, and immortality, : by patient continuance in well– doing; to be faithful unt~ death, whatever it cofi: thee, that thy Lord may gtve thee a crown ef life. Tbefe may feem bard {aying~, but they contain nothing, like a reafonable difcouragement: There is mi{erymore tban enoug" in b.ell, to '!feceffitate apreventionby any tem.. porary labours, wants and fufferings; and an abu"4dant– lj fufficient happirie{s in hea7.len) to encourage a ftedfafl: j~rfeverarrce in the 11or,Jt~;of the Lord, .though it were more . 6arjh ani gri~vozu than {inners imagine. · And even at · prefent, R:eligion isnot without. areward; yea, thou wilt :Jnd it,if tbou trie/t M tbou jbouldft,tt re~ard to it {elf; ~ ~hen..the maindifficulties at jirft are over;; -thy duty will · grow daily -eafier, if 'PI ill bave ·maJJy plea(ures mixed .. w~th it, and. become at l~ngtb it felf t~e greateJi:: It · "f!Jl.lnot ~ abrtdge thy.appetttei of any defirable gratifica- .. t.ions-, but give them ane~ deliciozu_relijh of the foun– tain from 'tPhicb theJ fto~~: Infiead' of the t;irds and · ipinges of a bad CIJJt[.cience, and. ·dread of an after.rec– k~1Ung, 'twill'{~ttle peacewitbin, andfill thee withcom– #JJrtable refieClipns, and joyful hopes ; .and a lcving, tf?(uzkfut, p_raifing o.bedience will by degrees bec?me tb} jweetejl employment.. . Tberein.th~u mayeftrlraw fhll nea- · rer ,to God, delicht thy felf in, and receiye from · birn thedefires·ot thine heart: Thou mayeft o ~all{. al- · J.~llys in ·the light of his countenance, and feed on l1is · loving ki~dnefs, which is bette.r·.than life. Jn (h(Jrt·, Before thou. afcemleft to heaven, thou mayeft · lie in an be:t·ve14 on earth, an,t ji11d by happy exptrience, zt;.u tbe way '(Q bave all tbou ca11jt "fi}h berestf ter, i.r ttJ . ~e anddo what i rbelt for rhy [elf here, ... · }._ ..
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