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Real Treasure

FOR A

PIOUS MIND.

COMPILED BY A LADY.

From the Collections and Writings of

THE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON, MRS. ROWE,
MISS HARVEY, DR. WATTS, MR. PERIN,
MR. SMITH, AND OTHERS.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN WILSON,
No. 249 Pearl-street.

J. C. TOTTEN, print.

1806.

REAL TREASURE

FOR THE

PIOUS MIND.

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Desires of the Soul.

THAT wanteft thou, O my foul! with what imaginable excellency wouldst thou clothe thyself? What defirable objects wouldft thou pitch upon? Is it beauty? The righteous fhall fhine forth as the fun in the kingdom of heaven, and the wife as the brightness of the firmament for ever and ever. Is it riches? Wealth and riches are in the house of God; every one in his family fhall have a rich, a glorious, an incorruptible and eternal inheritance among the faints. What is it then? Is it honour? What honour like to this, to be a friend and a favourite of God, and a spouse of Christ? To have a crown of righteousness, of life, and of glory? Yet more, a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory fet upon thy head. Yet again, is it pleasure? The juft fhall enter into their maf ter's joy, and there are rivers of pleasure at his right hand for evermore. In a word, what wouldst

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