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Rh grow, the more viſible, if I may uſe the expreſſion, will God become: for wiſdom conſiſts in ſearching Him out, and goodneſs in endeavouring to copy His attributes.

To attain any thing great, a model muſt be held up to exerciſe our underſtanding, and engage our affections. A view of the diſintereſted goodneſs of God is therefore calculated to touch us more than can be conceived by a depraved mind. When the love of God is ſhed abroad in our hearts, true courage will animate our conduct; for nothing can hurt thoſe who truſt in Him. If the deſire of acting right is ever preſent with us, if admiration of goodneſs fills our ſouls, we may be said to pray conſtantly. And if we try to do juſtice to all our fellow-creatures, and even to the brute creation; and aſſiſt them as far as we can, we prove whoſe ſervants we are, and whoſe laws we tranſcribe in our lives.

Never be very anxious, when you pray, what words to use; regulate your thoughts; and recollect that virtue calms the paſſions, gives clearneſs to the underſtanding, and Rh