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 4. This Plant is renowned not only for his Verdure, but for his Virtue. We read, Rev. xxii. "That the leaves of the Tree of Life were for the healing of the nations." That Tree of Life is the very same with this Plant of Renown; the leaves of this Plant are for healing of the nations; and we that are Ministers are come this day to scatter the leaves of this Tree of Life, of this Plant of Renown; try if you can get a leaf of it applied and set home upon your souls. Depend upon it, there is virtue in every word of his. Sirs, mingle faith with a word, and you will find it will have the same efficacy with you, as it had with the poor woman with the bloody issue, that was healed with a touch of the hem of his garment, who had spent all her living on Doctors. O see if you can find him? I assure you he is here; he is behind the door of every man’s heart: "Behold I stand (says he) at the door and knock! If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me." And O let him in there is virtue in him for curing you all, though there were ten thousand millions of you more than theerthere [sic] are; there is virtue in him for healing every one of you. But then,

5. This blessed Plant is not only renowned for his Virtue, but likewise for his Fertility. He is not a barren Plant he would not be re-