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 the temple wherein he might be magnified, and dwell for ever! all glory be to my God; angels and aints praie ye him; O thou earth; yea hills and mountains be glad; you hall not be wearied any more with the burden of corruption, whereunto you have been ubject thro' the wickednes of mankind. Lift up your heads and be glad, for a fire hall make you clean from all your corruption and vanity, wherewith for many years you have been infected. Let the bride rejoice, let all the aints rejoice, for the day of the marriage with the bridegroom, even the Lamb of God, is at hand, and his fair white robes hall be given her, he hall be arrayed with the golden vetry and the needle work of his manifold graces that hall be put under her; he who is her life, hall quickly appear, and fire hall quickly appear with him, in the glory and happines of a conummate marriage.

But I mut remember myelf, I know I have been greatly trengthened by your prayers, (honourable lady, and dearly beloved in our Lord Jeus) continue I pray you, as you have begun, in wretling with the Lord for me, that Chrit may be magnified in my mortal body, whether living or dead that my oul maybe lifted up to the third heavens, that I may tate of thee joys that are at the right hand of my heavenly Father, and that with gladnes I may let my pirit go thither where my body hall hortly follow. Who am I that he hould firt have called me, and then contitute me a miniter of the glad tidings of the gopel of alvation thee years already, and now lat of all to be a ufferer for his caue and kingdom. Now let it be o, that I have fought my fight, and run my race, and now from henceforth is laid up for me that crown of righteounes, which the Lord that righteous God will give, and not to me only, but to all that love his appearance, and chooe to witnes this, that Jeus Chrit is the king of aints, and that his church is a mot free kingdom, yea as free as any kingdom under heaven, not only to convocate, hold and keep her meetings, and conventions aemblies; but alo to judge of all her affairs, in all her meetings and conventions amongt her members and ubjects. Thee two points. Firt, That