... :. N I N E DlSCOUR· SES 0 N IMPORTANT SUBJECTS. The· fuperior Excellency of the Religious. p R 0 V. xii. 2 6. The Righteous is more excellent than his · · Neighb(mr: HE who confidereth the excellency and advantage of piety and re- . ligion, how conforn1able it is . to the hefi principle of our nature, and how profitable to our interefis, may jufl:Iy wonder and be furprifed at the. had entertainment it receives in the world; and eafily conclude, that this n1u{l: needs flow fron1 fon1e grofs mi 1 ftakes about it·, \ and prejudices againfl: it; fince it is fo na– tural to us to love that which i·s good, and delight in that which is amiable, when things are not mifreprefented. Certainly all who are enen1ies to holiK · nefs,
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