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 nor yet an earneſt enquiry after the deſired land, for we are not to form our conception of them different from the deſcription given by the King's Scribes.

Q Is it not exceedingly hard, that I muſt deny myſelf an object ſo agreeable?

A. The king of glory denies nothing that is good; therefore, if this was really good, it would not be denied me, he only denies thoſe things which he knows would be evil, and it is a real kindneſs to us to be denied of them; but ſuppoſe I thought it a real good, is it hard that he ſhould deny me one favour who has given himſelf to me, with all the bleſſings in heaven and earth?

Q. What if I never find one ſo agreeable, who travels the happy read?

A. If I had the object now before me, my happineſs muſt entirely depend on the bleſſing of God, and have I not more reaſon to expect a bleſſing on the right way than on the wrong? Beſides, as nothing is withheld or denied but becauſe it is evil, whatever God is pleaſed to beſtow in his own way muſt be agreeable.

Q. May not the valuable qualifications attending this perſon be ſo bleſſed, as to be a mean to make me happy and uſeful in the way, though the walks not in it herſelf?

A. Have I any reaſon to expect to be