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God, the omnipotent glory and divine Majeſty, ⟨is⟩ charity, for he has ſent his only begotten Son ⟨to⟩ ſuffer for our sins, and to redeem our drooping ⟨ſouls⟩ that lay wallowing in blood, and being dead ⟨in⟩ fins and treſpaſſes, that by laying hold on Chriſt, we have free acceſs to the tribunal seat of ⟨grace⟩, to cry Abba, Father. Secondly, Chriſt ⟨Jeſus⟩, our bleſſed Redeemer, is charity, for he ⟨thought⟩ it no ſhame nor ſcorn, being equal to God, exalted above the ſacred quire of angels, to ⟨become⟩ man, and undergo the perſecution of the ⟨tyrannical⟩ Jews, at laſt to ſuffer his precious ⟨blood⟩ to be ſhed, and his fleſh nailed to the croſs, ⟨and⟩ all this to ſave his people from the puniſhment of eternal death. Thirdly, The Holy Ghoſt is charity, for whoſoever hath the faith of Chriſt, hath the Holy Ghoſt to be his comforter. They need not fear that are ſtedfaſt in faith, what ⟨man⟩ can do to them, for man can deſtroy the ⟨body⟩ only: But fear God who can caſt into hell (illegible text)re both ſoul and body: And our Saviour faith, Whoſoever is brought before a Magiſtrate for the ⟨teſtimony⟩ of the truth, needs not fear what to ⟨ſpeak⟩, for the Holy Ghost will teach them, ⟨Mark⟩ xiii. from the 9th, to the 14th verſe.
Gentle reader, you ſhall find both the joys and ⟨ſorrows⟩ the ſaints do endure; but, ſays our bleſſed ⟨Lord⟩ and Saviour Jeſus Chriſt, He that endureth ⟨to⟩ the end ſhall be ſaved.
Then ſeeing it is ſo, that God is the God of ⟨love⟩, and Chriſt the Sun of glory, let me exhort ⟨you⟩ all in the name of our bleſſed Redeemer, not ⟨to⟩ worſhip any other gods but him, neither in ⟨heaven⟩ nor in earth; and let not the riches of the ⟨world⟩ ſteal away your hearts to adore money as
