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THE UNIVERSAL RULE
OF
EQUITY.
[SEAM.'
XXXIII.
treat
our
fellow
-
creatures;
but
we
ask our lust and our
passions,
we
enquire not of our
ambition
-and
pride,
our
covetousness,
our 'wrath
and revenge,
how
we
should
behave towards others.
Reflect,,
-O
my
soul,
how often
thou hast turned
aside
from.
this blessed
rule
of
thy Saviour,
by
consulting
with
the
corrupt
principles
of
flesh
and blood.
How often
hast
thou neglected
this holy
precept,
to follow
the
vici-
ous customs
of
a
sinful world,
and
a'degenerate
age
!
A degenerate
age
indeed,
that
has
forgot the practice of
truth
and
love
!
Where
shall
we
write this rule in large
and
golden letters,
that
the
whole city might
read
it
daily
?
Shall
we
engrave it on every door,
that
all
who
pass
by
may
see
it
?
Shall
it
stand
fixed
to every
post
of
the
house,
that
it
may
direct
all
your
domestic
conduct?
Shall
it
meet
us
at
the
entrance
of
every
shop,
and thus
guard our
traffic
from iniquity,
and
sanctify
all our
com-
merce
?
Shall
we
make
a
philactery
of
it,
and
wear
it
on
the
borders
of
our
garments,
that
we
may
never
put
it
off,
unless
we
lie down to sleep,
and cannot act
?
But
the
Spirit of
Christ
is
the
best'
writer
of
his own
golden
rule,
and the
heart of
man
is
the best table
to receive
and
hear
this writing. O
that
the Holy Spirit woùld write
this sacred law
of
justice
and
love
more deeply, more
effectually in
all
our
hearts,
.
that
the religion
of
our
Saviour might
look
like
itself, all
amiable and holy;
and
that
while
we
give
glory to
God
on
high,
for
his
saving grace, we might
'find
peace and
truth
spreading
through
all
the earth, and
good
-will
multiplied among
the children,
of
men.
Thus
the
will
of God
would be
done
On:
earth,
as
it
is
in
heaven, and the kingdom
of
our
Redeemer
come in its
expected
glory. Amen.
Even
so come
Lord Jesus.