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trouble the water, for we can come unto him by night or day, for God is a spirit, and seek to worship him in spirit and in truth, for love covereth a multitude of sins, for brotherly love binds us hand in hand, and heart to heart, so that we can stand in the sanctuary of the most high; we can always find shelter, and have that pleasent gale that drives away the fear of death and makes wicked men and devils stand back, while here we say peace, that peace the world cannot give nor take away. It is like the previous ointment on the head and glory in the soul: this is more than the world can find out.
We; the ministers of God, ought to bind up his sacred testimonies and seal his holy law in our hearts, and in the faith stand fast and continue to look for him that dwelled) in Mount Sinah. It is a duty they owe to God to instruct the simple in the knowledge of the gospel, so that we may all live in peace in time and in eternity; together we stand but if divided we are sure to fall and great will be that fall; this is well known to the ignorant men, for the wise man Solomon said, in the multitude of counsel there is great safety; this will answer in civil and religious government, for union is the strength of ail society, justice is her wall, love is her foundation, and victory is her cover. See Isa, 8 c. 10 v. Warning for ministers to keep concealed the mysteries and counsels delivered unto them, from the devil; that, is, always to keep Christ in your hearts. Deut. 29 c. 29. Hold fast to the great faith in Christ, every day is a day of benevolence, and we as ministers, ought so to receive it, sincerity and plain dealing in preaching the word with a pure heart. And now the lite and death of him that sayeth I am a minister sent from God unto a nation to call them to come to Christ, and when the people come inquiring the way to Cod, he could not tell them, nor show them nothing hut the road, that is the bible; and he could toil them no dangers that was in the road, and when his time was out with them he left them worse than he found them: he fed them for the fleece and not for the soul: he delighted mere in the sums of money that he got than the souls he could win to Christ. How is it possible that I can tell the people any thing of the law and the situation of purgatery, unless God by revelation or some apostle, or in his sacred writing had given me some
