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gels. Would you be always in light? Here you need no Sun by Day, nor Moon by

Night; the Lamb is the Lamp; and the Light of hi Countenance fills the Manſions of Eternity with dazling glory, and rays of brightneſs, tranſcending all the brightneſs this World is capable of, for beyond what the Sun affords when ſhining in its full lustre, compared with a glimmering taper. If the Queen of Sheba come to admire the Wiſdom of Solomon, behold a greater than Solomon is here! Behold here the wiſdom of the Father, the eternal word, by whom all things were made that are made; and yet he offers himſelf, with all that can be counted rich and glorious, so thoſe that will freely embrace his tender Love. O! what would not ſome Men do for a ſmall Portion of Earth, which at laſt they must be ſeperated from? How do we behold worldling grovelling below after vain tranſitory Thing, and ſpare no Pain, Coſt, Hazard or Danger, to acquire momentary Trifles, and neglect to purchaſe when ſuch a Pearl of Price is to be had; may even neglect to deſire it, preferring a ſmall Weight of periſhing Earth before an exceeding Weight of Glory to prefer ſickneſs, trouble and Diſeaſes, before (illegible text)e, caſe and immortal Happineſs. Oǃ conſider how infinitely the Terms are good, and what Infinite Gain may be had for the like Time well improved that is ſpent in looking af-

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