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 original sin, and one only master to serve, love, and obey. The

When I look upon, reminds me of the two testaments, viz the old and new, containing the law and the gospel, the two contrary principles struggling in man, viz. virtue and vice; also the two covenants, viz. the covenant of works made with our first parents in Paradise, which they broke by giving ear to the devil, and the covenant of grace made with Christ, as also the great misery of being under the former, and great happiness being of the letter. The

Brings to my mind the great love of the sacred trinity, the father, son, and holy spirit, in forming the glorious plan of man’s redemption, by the sufferings and death of our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ for our salvation; it likewise reminds me of the three theological graces, viz. faith, hope, and charity, the three days that Jonah was in the whale’s belly, and the three hours our Saviour hung upon the cross, and the three days he lay in the heart of the earth. The

Calls to my mind the four holy evangelists, viz. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, as also the four seasons of the year, the four theological virtues, the four last things, death judgment, heaven and hell. The

Reminds me of the live senses given by God to man, viz. hearing, seeing, tasting, feeling smelling, it also reminds me of the five virgins that were ordered to trim their lamps, (your worship may remember there were ten indeed) but five were foolish. The

Reminds me, that in six day God created the heavens, the earth, and the sea with all things therein, it also reminds me of the six christian virtues, the six petitions contained in the Lord’s prayer, the six days of the week that I have to work for my bread, and