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Rh, ,” [Rev. i. 8.]. Such a Christian is further persuaded therefore, and this on the authority of the, that the of this  is a , and thus is the  of worship on the part of angels and men, being the  of all , and consequently of every grace and virtue connected with life, and also of every truth and knowledge conducting to life, agreeable to the testimony of  Himself, “I am the , the , and the ,” [John xiv. 6.]. The sincere Christian then, in every article of his bodily food, sees and acknowledges the continual bounty of this and, and receives it, as from His own hand, with a becoming gratitude. In the food also of his mind, or in all the heavenly affections of love and of wisdom, of goodness and of truth, with which his mind is every day nourished and replenished from the, he is delighted to discern and confess the same bounty, ascribing all to the above , and connecting all with this its benevolent and.

Behold here, then, the grand and ultimate end of all bodily eating and drinking, as presented to the view of the devout Christian, and exalted both in his life and practice! For in the idea of every such Christian all