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 with the persecuted people  God in foreign churches; daily pray  the blinded Jews and heathen nations,  God may take pity and convert them  make the light of the gospel shine  the world. Acts ix 26, 29. Obadiah,—18. Psalm li. 18.

Exh 36 Resolve upon sufferings for Christ; be at least martyrs in resolution you have a mind for Christ and the crown, you must also be content to take Christ and the cross; this is one of the special articles in his new covenant bargain with sinners; prepare for trials, you  not what you may meet with ere  go off the stage of time: Arm yourselves against all peradventures Math, xvi. 24

Exh 37 Mind religion as your main businesss; and all your other affairs but as petty by businesses; be not as the bulk and body of the blinded demented world, who live without God, without Christ, and without hope; who live as if they were not to die, as if there were neither heaven nor hell, nor a day of judgement after this life. Eph ii. 12 Tit I. 10