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Rh Obadiah 11,18. Pſalm li. 18.

Exh. 36. Reſolve upon ſufferings for Chriſt; be at leaſt martyrs in reſolution; if 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 know not what you may meet with ere you go off the ſtage of time: Arm yourſelves againſt all peradventures. Matth. xvi. 24.

Exh. 37. Mind religion as your main buſineſs; 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. 16.

Exh. 38. Propoſe God's glory as the chief end of all your actions, and make his word the rule of them: take heed that baſe, ſelfiſh by-ends be not your main end either in duties towards God, or towards man: He that walketh uprightly, walketh ſurely. 1 Cor. x. 31. Prov. x. 9.