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190 his body; and that, consequently, it is a spiritual principle, and of course hath its origin in a power superior to man, which power can be no other than that of the and, Who, in testification of His possessing this power, has been pleased to declare to His chosen people, “I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought on the Egypttans: for I am  that healeth thee,” &#91;Exod. xv. 26.]; and again, “Bless the  , O my soul; Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who  all thy diseases,” &#91;Psalm ciii. 2, 3.]; and again, “Heal me, O  , and I shall be healed,” &#91;Jer. xvii. 14.]

Behold here then, my good Friend, the true source, and at the same time the surest preservative of bodily health! Its true source is the and, Whose high and holy name is ; and its surest preservative is to remove those obstructions which have a tendency to close the communication between this  and the soul and body of man. Do you ask what those obstructions are, and how they are to be removed? I do not scruple to answer,—they are all those selfish, worldly, and sensual affections and lusts which tempt man to look downwards towards himself, the world, and the flesh, rather than to look upwards to his ,