210 Aveid all that is againi't Chrifhansty. 37, 3 8, 39. Lull. io, 27. And fo doth the A- pofile Rm.. x3. to. t Pet. '1. 22. t fohn. 3. t r, 14, 23. 4. 7,' t t, 12, z0. 2 Job. 5. And the fruits of the fpirit are manifeft Gal. 5. 22, 23. pines faith, that pure Religion and undefiled before God even the father es this, to zrifit the fatherlefsand »idors in adverfity, and to seep our felves tinf potted of the world, Jam. I.27. Paul faith, t Tim. 1.5. The end of the Commandement-is charity oyat of a pure heart, and ora good confcience and offaith unfeigned And then addcth , From which force havingfwar- ved, haveturned a(ide to vain jangling; In a word [The ef feEfual belief o fpardon and eter- oz4 Glory given through Chrif , and the Love of god and man, with the denial of our (elves , and jlefily de ares, and contempt of all things in the world, »hicb are competitors with God and our falvationi, »ith a humble patient enduring cf all which muff be ftffeyedfcr thefe ends] is the nature and fumof the hrifianRelgion. Do nothing therefore as a duty which is a hin- drrance to any of this. Contentious preachings, and faóious fïd+rgs which weaken Love, are not ofCod. The f.ervant of the Lcrd n:uft not firive, but legentle to ell men, 2 Tim. 2.24. When youcome into a family and find that their Religion confff- eth in promoting fame odd of~inion, and pleading for a party, and vilifying ethers, be frire that this is aReligious way of ferving, the devil , being contrary to the great and certain duties of a god- When you fall into company , which ftiELth all talk of Heaven, and all Heartfearch- ing and Heart-bar: tiling conference , by pleading f, r tii or that r pinion, be file that it is but one way
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