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Word of Advice to my own Heart and thine: Thou art a Profeſſor, and partakeſt of all Ordinances; thou doſt well, they are glorious Privileges. But if thou haſt not the Blood of Chriſt at the Root of thy Profeſſion, it will wither, and prove but painted Pageantry to go to Hell in.

If thou retain Guilt, Self-Righteouſneſs under it, thoſe Vipers will eat out all the Vitals of it at length. Try and examine with greateſt Strictneſs every Day, what Bottom thy Profeſſion and thy Hope of Glory is built upon, whether it was laid by the Hand of Chriſt; if not, it will never be able to endure the Storm that muſt come againſt it. Satan will throw it all down, and great will be the Fall thereof, Mat. 7. 27.

Glorious Profeſſor, Thou ſhalt be winnowed; every Vein of thy Profeſſion will be tried to purpoſe: 'Tis terrible to have it all come tumbling down, and to find nothing but it to bottom upon.

Soaring Profeſſor, See to thy waxen Wings betimes, which will melt with the Heat of Temptation. What a Miſery is it, to trade much and break at length, and

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