- 1 3·68· Of the Importance ancl D/Jfictdty~ office of the n1inrftry, faid to his friend~. ~' I now look back on my afpiring thoughts, .' ' t1nd I think myfelf more happy, than if " I had attair1ed what I fo ah'lbitiouily) ' '~ thirflcd for. And 1 can now behold the '' court with an impartial eye, and fee " plai'nly, that it is m11de up of fraud:, and "' titles, and flattery, and n1any ft~ch other. " in1agi'nary painted:·· pleafures. My greatefr " an1bition fren1 heB:ccforth fuall be than c' 1 bring glory to my J efus., whon1 I have "'. this day taken tv be my n1~fler·and gover– " nor; and an1 fo proud of his fcrvice, that: " I will ahvays obfcrve and obey, and do ".his wil_l; and always call hin1 Jefos my " majler. I will always· contemi:1·my birth, " and: any tit-le or dignity that can be con~ " ferred upon me, when f fhaH compare " them with the titleyof being a Pricft, and " ferving at the altar of Jefus n1y matler." I· an1 afraid 1 have encroached too far on your patience. 1 fhall clofe up all \vith the ferious obtdl:ation of our great Apofl:le _ to Timothy; which you may believe l durf} not · utter in.. my own !lan1e, but in the I na·me of the great mafter of us all: 1 charge thee before God, and tpe LordJefus Chr~fo~. who jhall judge the qui{k and the l ead at- his. appearing, and his kingdom•: preach
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