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 with princely diamonds, to illuſtrate their happineſs with more glory.

O my beloved friends, heaven itſelf is lovely, beautiful, rich, full of pleaſure; joy and felicity; it is a manſion of virtue, a paradiſe of pleaſure, the kingdom of God, and the crown of glory. Then, ſince Chriſt was born to redeem us, let us run that we may obtain, let us lay hold on Chriſt by faith, and follow the ſteps of his apoſtles, and follow the true worſhip of God; but let us not follow every whimſical brain which diſturb both the church and the ſtate. One ſays, Here is Chriſt; another ſays, Lo there is Chriſt; but believe them not, but ſearch the Scriptures, and there you ſhall find where our bleſſed Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt is ſitting at the right hand of God in power and glory.

Alſo take our bleſſed Saviour's words for a teſtimony of this truth. Read Matth. xxiv. quite through, which fortelleth of falſe Chriſts, and falſe prophets: And ſo in the Epiſtle of Jude, you ſhall find that the prophecies of old are now come to paſs; for how many new Chrifts, and new prophets, and ſtrange confuſed opinions have we had in this latter age? And ſure enough there is but one God, one faith, one baptiſm, and one entire commandment, which is according to the words of our bleſſed Redeemer. Matth.xxii. 27. And Jeſus ſaid unto them, Thou ſhalt love the Lord thy God with all thy ſoul, with all thy heart, and with all thy mind. I know no purer religion than this is, firſt to love God above all, and your neighbour as yourſelf, and according to the ſaying of our bleſſed Lord and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt, for every one to do unto another, as he would they