in the Soul of Man. 75 eye, and inflru8 us in the way wherein 7Ve' ought f'J _..UJalk. This care and watchfulnef.s over our ac– tions n1uft be fecondcd by fre- we muft often quent and ferious reflections examine our upon them, not only that vVC aCtions. may obtain the divine mercy and pardon for our fins, by a humble and forrowful acknowlegment of then1; but alfo that we n1 ay rein f()rce and firengthen our rcfolu– tions, and learn to decline or rcfifl: the temptations by whicb we have been for– n1crly foiled. It is an advice worthy of a chriH~ian , tbough it ciid firil: drop fron1 a heathen pen, that before we bctake ourfelves to reft, we review and examine all the paffages of the day, that we 111ay have the comfort of what we have done. aright, and may redrcfs what we find to have been an1iis, and make the ihipwrccks of one day be JS m3rks to direCt our courfe in another. 1~bis n1ay be c::d!ed the very art of virtuous living, and would contribute wonderfully to adv2.nce our re– form1tion and prefervc our innocency. But ,., ithal we n1uft not forget to in1plore the divine affiftance, efpr cialiy againO: thofe fins that do n1oft eafily befet ~s. Aed though it be fi.1ppofed that our beans are not yet n1oulded into that fpiritnat G 2 frame
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