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 with other Cares, he looks on himſelf as abroad from the place of its Abode, where it is for him to be: There he conſiders himſelf as well and moſt at eaſe, he haſtens to return hither and wearie Abroad.

There is a place, whither pious Souls may as often as they will retire themſelves, where they may find Peace, Eaſe and Reſt, and unſpeakable Solace amidst all their Troubles in the World: This Place is the Secret of his preſence; a Secret Place, where they may be hid, where, when they are, no Hand can reach them, which Lurking place, no other beſides them ſelves can find.

They come to JESUS, who (being ſenſible of the Sin and Miſery, and finding that they cannot by any Means ſave alive their own Souls, and knowing by the Report of the Goſpel that He is able to ſave to the moſt all, who come unto GOD by Him) do ( the Party to which formerly they adhere to and forſaking the corrupt courſes of the World)  themſelves under the Banner of JESUS, and to his Yoke upon them, and follow him.

To keep GOD's Commandments is to lay them up our Minds, & to hide him in our Hearts, and to preſerve them ſtill in our ſight & View. It is not only