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Show [34] [35] _ , V Faculties of his Mind :--~And lal'tly, when in all his Enjoyments, he has a Reward t0 the In. fluence he may have over others, f0 as to let Friends and determined Foes of Religion would make us believe. For what are thefe harfli Conditions? They are, as far as the prefent 3%" them no bad or dangerous Example. Subjeft is concerned, no more than this,-~-That -_ p j ‘3 ‘f é ‘ '3" Now wholbever will limit his Pleafures, Di- we ought to ufe the World, but not abufe it :--- '33 g .‘ E 1 verfions, or Fxptnces, by thefe Regulations, he is not a luxurious, but a temperate Man: He doth not abuie the good Things of Provi- They are what a prudent Man would do for his own Sake, were there no Hereafter:---They are what a benevolent Man would do for the '3: fl i. _. to do lefs, were he to deny himfelf fuch Grati- God, and for the Sake of his own immortal fications as can be enjoyed compatibly with thefe 50111. Rules, he would not fill the Station, nor live up to the Rank and Charaeter allotted for him. In fhort, he would be the covetaus .Mzm, whom God abhorreth ; a Man, who, by not ufing the Vv'orld enough, does not promote that Circulation of Labour and Induftry in it which he ought to do. He is therefore injurious to Society by a Defefi, as the other was proved to be by an Ewe/J. VVHEREFORE 3dly, and to conclude,-~If both thefe Extremes are detrimental to the pUbllC Welfare, as well as ofienfive to Almighty GOd) WC fee by this lnftance, as by every other, that Virtue and good Morals have the Promifc of this Life, as well as of that which is to come. Surely then the Terms and Conditions required of us, in order to be happy hereafter, are not lb hard and fevere, as both the indifcreet Friends ‘ .‘i. . i ‘ would do in Obedience to the Commands of v a , Nay, were he lyiiflll~ v Willi/Mllflrri" W i i_ Sake of the Public :---And what a Chrif‘tian gracious Delign of the Donor. v? é denee, but rightly utes them, according to the |