'OfMr. Henry Scouga1. 373 and fame he acquired ·in planting the gof– ,pel there, and by others in fincerity, ·and ~out of love ~nd gqod-wi.ll. -- So that he hop– ._ed, whether by life or death, Chrifi .fhould be. magnifiea in hin1 .; if he ·lived, by his :conflant ·preaching his go(pel, .and :Jiving_ ~Iris life; ,if he .died, bjT figning the tRltb :of . ~it with\ his blood : For me -to live i'.f 'Chrifl.. · ·" The whole ,of my life in this wor:ld, the ,,, end ~f myfivin.ghere, :t~1e great aimof.all '" n1y thoughts, and defigns, and aCl:inns, is '" Chrifl: ; to be ·endned with his Spirit, :and " lead his lifct; to fpread 1 ris gofpel, and '"'' enlarge his kingdom.. l have ·no other ~' clcfigo ·than this. God kflows, :aR<l the '' w~dd fees, \yhether [ m:ind ·fiches, tt '' pleaftues, or glory atnong men. N:o~ I '' have corrfecrated my life and .fp:ii-it to n1y ·"' bleifed Lord atad n1after; and they !haU '" be emp,loyed in his fervice. .Chi~fi is my ·'-' life: lo that I {ive; yet ·not fo tnuch l, ·~' as Chrifl: that liveth in me." Few words but full of fenfe 'and trotb'O 'They are not like thofe airy .expreffions, ·which when fearched intG> have nothing hut fancy"'and imagination at the bottom <>f then1; bu,t ·they contain 'the very nla:r– row of Chrifl:ianity, and · the whole -of ~ Chrifiian (pirit, the con1.pleat dlaraeter of I i hi.s
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