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household of God-Oh! how should thou live as a pattern of mercy!
Redeemed, restored soul! what infinite sums dost thou owe Christ! With what singular frames oughtest thou to walk and to do every duty! On Sabbaths, what praising days, singing of hallelujahs, should they be to thee! What a heaven is communion with Christ, and angels, and saints! What a drowning the soul in eternal love, is burial with Christ, dying to all things besides him? Every time thou thinkest of Christ be astonished, and wonder. When thou seest sin, look at Christ's grace which did pardon it;- when thou art proud, look at Christ's grace, that will humble, and strike thee down in the dust.
Remember Christ's time of love: when thou wast naked, Ezek. xvi. 3. 9. then chose he thee. Canst thou ever have a proud thought-remember whose arms supported thee from sinking, and delivered thee from the lowest hell, Psalm lxxxvi. 13. And shout in the ears of angels and men, Pealm cxlviii. and for ever sing, 'Praise, praise: grace, grace.' Daily repent and pray: and walk in the lights of grace, as one that hath the anointings of grace upon thee. Remember thy sins, Christ's pardonings; thy deserts, Christ's merits; thy weakness, Christ's strength;
