evils, and overcome them, and put them away, in that degree good from the Lord will flow in, and with it the light of heaven, and we shall thereby have an internal conviction and confirmation that there is a God of love and goodness, a true and heavenly Father, an everlasting Friend, who will watch over us and keep us all our life long, and gift us at length with life eternal in heaven; and with our minds filled with such belief and perception, our worship will be genuine, and tender, and from the heart; and every act of such worship will conjoin us more closely with the Lord.
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