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If ye love me, keep my CommandHe that hath my Command'ments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me, fhall 'be loved of my Father, and I will love ' him, and manifeft myself to him. If a Man love me he will keep my Words. He that loveth me not, keepeth not my Sayings. Ye are my Friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you, John xiv. 15, 21, 23, 24, and xv. 14.

One comes to him, and afks him, faying, Mafter, what fhall I do to inherit. eternal Life? Jesus said unto him, if thou 'wilt enter into Life, keep the Commandments, Matt. xix. 16, 17.

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This is my Commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. Thefe Things I command, that ye love one another, John xv. 12, 17.

And when he had called the People unto him, with his Difciples alfo, he faid unto them, Whofoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his Crofs, and follow me, Mark viii. 33. any Man will come after me, let

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him deny himself, and take up his Crofs daily, and follow me, Luke ix. 23.

He that taketh not his Crofs, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me, Matt. x. 38.

If thy Right Eye offend thee, [that is, any Luft as dear as a right Eye] pluck it out, and caft it from thee; for it is profitable for thee, that one of thy Members fhould perifh, and not that thy whole Body fhould be caft into Hell, Matt. v. 29. And if thy right Hand offend thee [that is, any Luft as dear as a as dear as a right Hand] cut it off, and caft it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy Mem'bers fhould perish, and not that thy whole Body fhould be caft into Hell, Matt. v. 30..

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Enter ye in at the ftrait Gate, for wide is the Gate, and broad is the Way that leadeth to Destruction, and many there • be that go in thereat; because ftrait is the Gate, and narrow is the Way which leadeth unto Life, and few there be that find it, Matt. vii. 13, 14.

He that loveth Father or Mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth Son or Daughter more than me, is not worthy of me, Matt. x. 37.

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309 • Whofoever shall be afhamed of me, and of my Words, of him fhall the Son of Man be afhamed, when he shall come ' in his own Glory, and in his Father's, ' and of the Holy Angels, Luke ix. 26.

'Peter began to fay unto him, Lo, we have left all and followed thee. And Je'fus anfwered and faid, Verily I fay unto you, there is no Man that hath left House,

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ther, or Wife, or Children, or Lands for

my Sake, and the Gofpel's; but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this 'Time, Houses, and Brethren, and Sifters,

and Mothers, and Children, and Lands, 'with Perfecutions; and in the World to come, eternal Life, Mark x. 28, 29, 30. 'Whofoever will fave his Life, fhall lofe it, but whofoever shall lofe his Life for my Sake and the Gofpel's, the fame shall ' fave it, Mark viii. 35.

• What shall it profit a Man, if he shall gain the whole World, and lose his own Soul? Mark viii. 36.

This is the Will of God, even your Sanctification, Theff. iv. 3.

• Blessed are they that do his Commandments, that they may have Right to the 'Tree of Life, and may ent r in through

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• Grace and Peace be multiplied unto you through the Knowledge of God, and of Jefus Christ our Lord, that hath called us to Glory and Virtue; whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious Promifes; that by these you might be Partakers of the Divine Nature, having efcaped the Corruption that is in the • World, through Luft,' 2 Pet. i. 2, 3, 4.

A Prayer in our Retirement after we are returned Home from the Lord's Table.

O LORD, my God! I acknowledge with all Thankfulness of Heart, thy great Mercy and Goodness, in giving me an Opportunity of approaching thy Holy Table, and in difpofing my Mind to commemorate the infinite Love of my crucified Saviour, to render him Thanks and Praise for laying down his Life as a Sacrifice for the Sins of the World, and to prefent unto thee that Sacrifice, as a full Satisfaction for them, whereby thou doft incline me humbly to hope for all the Benefits of his Death and Paffion.

What Thanks, moft gracious God, can I return unto thy Divine Majefty for impreffing a Senfe of my Duty upon my Mind, and for that Strength and Power whereby. thou haft in fome Measure enabled me to perform it? I will praise and magnify thy great and glorious Name, and I will entirely devote myself to thy Service, as long as I have any Being.

Blessed be thy Name for those fresh Supplies of Grace I have received; grant that they may make me run the Way of thy Commandments with Delight and Pleafure, that I may never any more faint or droop, or tire in my Duty.

Blessed be thy Name for thofe comfortable Affurances thou haft given me of Pardon and Forgiveness. Let this thy compaffionate Goodness be a perpetual Obligation to Love and Gratitude. Let it put me upon my Guard, that I may watch over all my Ways, and do always that which is well-pleafing in thy Sight.

Bleffed be thy Name for that Peace and Quiet thou haft restored to my Soul, for thofe Refolutions thou haft wrought in me to perfevere in thy Service to the End of my Days: make them firm, vigorous, and

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