i1t the Soul of M a11. 85 And fo, for begetting in us an univerfal charity towards n1en, we mufi be frequent– ly putting up willies for their happinefs, and bleffing every perfon that we fee; and when we have done any thing for the re– lief of the n1ifcrable, we may fecond it with earnefl: defires that God would take care of them, and deliver them out of all their diftreffes. Thus fhould we exercife ourfelves unto godlinefs. And when we are employing the powers that we have, the Spirit of God is wont to firike in, and elevate thefe acrs of our foul beyond the pitch of na– ture, and give them a divine impreffion ; and, after the frequent reiteration of thefe, we fhall find ourfelves more inclined unto them, they flowing with greater freedon1 and eafe. I ihall n1ention but two other n1cans for begetting that holY and Confideration, a divine temper of fpirit which great infl:rument is the fu bjc'ct of the prcfcnt of religion. difcourfe. And the firtl is, ·a deep and ferious confideration of the truths of our religion ·and. that bqth as to the certainty, and in1portance of · them. The· affent \vhich .is ordinarly giv.en to divine truths, is very faint and languid, very weak and ineffectual~ ; flowing only frotn a blind G inclination
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