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Show Imam/m I j_ Time is hallening, when we are to give an Ae- gaged to be 0%", provided we give a ful- count of every 'l‘rzmliitftion religious, civil, or commercial; and then, when We Niall a} v-pear table Diligence to make our Calling and Eleétion fure. ' [ 21 ] us, that the Happinefs of this Life, and the » in the Prefcnce of that Judge, who placed us here in a probationary State, and who is [0 punilh or reward eternally, we fhali fill find, minim" are prom/ed, are m- ‘-‘ m..JLA Profpeé‘ts of another, ,4 glu- L‘I we rte AW [ 20 l and all thefe Things ought to be confidered only as prepa story to a future \tate. For the that our Obedience to the Chrillian Rule, tho'a necefiliry Qialilication, is not the meritorious Caufe of our Pardon and Acceptance. Indeed Religion, as a Rule of Life, lerves extremely well for the Purpofes of this \Norld; but Religion, as a Syllt-m of Belief in the Blood of a Redeemer, is the grand Inf‘tiument to open our l'rofpeéls of Joy and Immortality into a future State. Therefore the Scheme of Reconciliation is by no Means to be tlropt, when we confider the Extent of our Duty and Obligation: Nay, it is the Muller-Spring of all; it is a neceflhry, it is a leading Part in the Religion of a Chriflian; it animates our prelent Hopes, it liibdues our Fears, it flrengthens our Relolutions even in Regard to the p-elint Life 3 10 that, in lhort, every good and ulef'ul l‘un is bettered by it: and by that Means, it Ilietvs plainly, how thC Godlhcfs relating to this life, and thflt which is to come, center in one. They are both profitable, they both concur t0 affine us, SERMON ll, |