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worse than those who fancy they see them upon every occasion; for those carry their notions further, even to annihilate the devil, and believe nothing about him, neither of one kind or other the next step they come to, is to conclude, '* There is no God/* and so atheism takes its same sink, with a carelessness" about futurity. But there is no occasion to enter upon an argument to prove the being of the Almighty, or to illustrate his power by words, who has so many undeniable testimonies in the breasts of every rational being to prove his existence: and we have sufficient proofs enough to convince us of the great supenintendency of Divine Providence in the minutest affairs of this world; the manifest existence of the invisible world; the reality of spirits, and intelligence between us and them. What I have said, I hope, will not mislead any person, or be a means whereby they may delude themselves; for I have spoken of these things with the utmost seriousness of mind, and with a sincere and ardent desire for the general good and benefit of the world.

THE END

From

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TilOMAS WiLSoN

and SON, lIigh'Ousegate,Griu