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( 2 ) THE RICHES OF CHRIST.

PON this conſideration, we may raiſe our largeſt thoughts to an exceeding height. For, if wc purchaſe this pearl of great price ; if we buy this field. We have a portion laid up, ſufficient to ſatisfy the moſt deſirous mind and craving appetite, not only in this world, but in the world to come ; the conſideration of which made the apoſtle cry out, as in a rapture, ‘ O the heighth and depth 'of the riches and mercy of God in 'Chriſt Jeſus.’ In this there is no fading richeſ, that ‘ make themſelves wings and fly away,’ or are periſhng and cannot reprieve us in our greateſt neceſſity : But this is an unſpeakable and everlaſting treaſure, beyond what the world can afford ; this treaſure of riches is above the value of a thouſand worlds. Would you have length of days ? here you may,find it held out in one hand. Would