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 the glad tidings of free ſalvation!—Be, my ears, reſolutely ſhut, againſt the malevolent whiſpers of ſlander, and the contagious breath of filthy talking; but be  to hear the inſtructions of wiſdom, be  attention, when your Redeemer ſpeaks;  the precious truths and convey them  to the heart.—Carry me my feet,  the temple of the ; to the beds of  ſick, and houſes of the poor—May all  members, devoted entirely to my divine , be the willing inſtruments of  his glory.

Then, ye embalmers, you may ſpare your : theſe works of faith, and labours of ; theſe ſhall be my ſpices and perfumes. Enwrapped in theſe, I would lay me gently and ſleep ſweetly in the bleſſed ; that God will "give commandment of concerning my bones;" and one day fetch  up from the duſt, as ſilver from the, purified, "I ſay not, ſeven times, but ſeventy times ſeven."

Reſurrection! that chearing word eases mind of an anxious thought, and ſolves  moſt momentous queſtion. I was going aſk, "Wherefore do all theſe corpſes lie here, in this abject condition? Is this their final ſtate? Has death conquered? and will the tyrant hold captivity captive? How long wilt thou forget them, O Lord? For ever?——"No, saith the voice from