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 good, he, in the multitude of his tender mercies, had compaſſion upon her. Let us alſo beware of ſetting our affections too much upon the tranſient and periſhable things in this world; but let us lay up treaſures in heaven, which will never fade away. For it is the language of inſpiration, "That will not give his glory to another, nor his praiſe to graven images." And our Saviour expreſsly ſays, "That whoſoever loveth father, or mother, or ſiſter and brother, or wife and children, or houſe and land, more than him, is not worthy of him." And what ſhould we be advantaged, if we gained the whole world, at the expence of our immortal ſouls?

, The reſurrection of this young man to life, is a ſaint emblem of the glorious and triumphant reſurrection of the juſt to eternal life. This life is indeed a life of trouble, but let us alſo remember that it is of ſhort duration. Our days are few and full of evil, and the moment is at no great diſtance, when all ſublunary joys and ſorrows with regard to us ſhall be, as if they had never been. Was death to cloſe the ſcene forever, and to prove (as the