Of the Religious. I I 3 ficiently even by l--Ieathen pens. Nay, we _ ·-fhall fo far comply with the con1mon fen,_. timents of the world, as to acknowledge, that high birth and liberal education m,ay contribute nntch to elevate the n1inds of n1 ~n, and accufl:on1 then1 to great tlioughts. B1t fure, whatever advantages any may pretend to by their birth, there are none to· be preferred to the children of God, the· blood-royal of heaven, the brethren of Chrift; of who1n we n1ay fay, that; as he Is, fl are they, eacb one refembling the fln. oj a king. If·we trace the llnes ofearthly extrac:– tion, we ihall find them all n1eet in one· point, all terminate in d '~fi and· earth. B'ut in the herardry of heaven we fhall find a · · twofol'd pedigree. Sin is ·the offspring of hell, and wicked men ar.e of their father the· devil whofe work they perforn1. On the. other hand', holine.fs is the feed of Qod, and1 the faints have obtained to be called the· fins of the Mofl I-Iigh. And think not. thefe are ernp.ty titles, and big_ words, to; amufe the world; no, they are equally jull:': and itnportant. Pious men are reaHy par– takers ofthe divine nature, and ihall obtairil an intereil in the. inheri'taoce wliiclt is en– tailed on that. r.eEnion. Never w.ere rhek .3' qualities~
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