in tht Sottl of M an. 3 I · . ed to chuft, and caz~/efl to aproach tt11to thee-. B le/Jed be thine infinite mercy, 711ho fintefl thine own Son to dv./e I mnong men, and inJlruil the;,z by his exarnple as ·well aJ his la'ws, g iv ing· them a perfe8 patent of what th~y ought to be. 0 that the holy life of ' ~. the blejfed Jefus may be always in my thoughts, and before mine eyes, tilf I re– ceh;e a deep fin le and impre(jion of thofi ex– cellentgraces thatjhined fi eminently in him; and let me never cea/e nry endeavours till . ,_that new and druine nature prevail in tr':7 ·foul~ and Chrifl beffJrmed 'withitt me. AND now, -my dear. friend, having dif:.. covered the nature of true religion, before I proceed any further, it will not perhaps. be unfit t6 fix our me- The e~cei. ditations a little on the excellencyand ad– lency and advantages of it; that vantage of b - religion. we may e excited to the n1ore vigorous and diligent profecution of thofe· · methods whereby we n1ay attain fo: great a felicity. But alas! what ~ords .fhall we find to exprefs that inward fatisraetion~ . ttofe hidden plea.fu.res which ea n never he rightly underftood , but by thofe holy fouls who feel them? A flranger h1termedd-eth not with th.eir joy *· .Holinefs is the right ten1pcr • Prav. xiv. IO·. .J /
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