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Hat is to Acquaint our Selves with GOD, diligently to conſider Him, as he Repreſents Himſelf to us in his Word and Works; and to and fix our Minds upon theſe Glorious and  perfections, which ſhine forth therein; and eſpecially thoſe which have a tendencie to move, perſwade and attract our Souls to him, ſuch as his infinite Power and Juſtice, by which we may be awakened to fear his Wrath due to us for our ſins; his Patience, Goodneſs, Mercy, and Love, by which we may be encouraged to ſeek his Favour, and moved to quite all things for him, and to chooſe him for our only Portion. And to conſsider all that he propoſes in his Word for moving to walk in his ways and all the Effects of his Providence in the conduct of humane Affairs, wherein he to be ſeen his Care and Concernedneſs for good Men and his Severity towards Impenitent and Sinners; and often to reflect upon what we  to know of GOD and to mind in as often, in ſo  as he is known to us.

GOD, who is the only true God of Man, offers to us in His Son JESUS CHRIST, and is to be found by us. To ſeek him then, is fixedly to deſign the attainment of that infinite Good, and to direct our whole Courſe thitherward, and diligently to apply our ſelves to walk in thoſe ways, which are preſcribed leading Men to the Poſſeſſion of it.