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ing place in the bo&om of God ; and his sufferings have an audience in the ear of God. 60 soon as the inward agitations of the mind are composed and brought into a divine quiea- cence, the inuriunrin^ sileiired, itn* spirit of r*.*- venge put to de:ith, llie dark scheming disquiet of the mind extiof^ai^hod, the c\mning and artifice which tyranny begetssot straight, and all the other 4 A I0B2 TKK CLlftftt: AS TO BODILY LABOUR. [Dfr^ erildispositioTi^of the soul putaway; then come IJ their room ihefrjiiftor the Spirit, which are pei joy,Iong'Sufrerin^,^ciJleDes8,iDcekness, patie< &nc) temperance; and from this time Ibi emancipation of the slave is complete, bis tcnance i& changed, and the whole leoor of actions U altered. All his feeling «ffiubserviei pa«suvcrio anottier Muster, wlio^e service is Jm lie is Christ's freeniaii» and be lives no unto bimscir but unto him that died for btm roflc sgain. Every action ia now done by guidance of cott^ciencc, and out of the epirit love : he obeys an earthly inaHter, hut be knoi it not ; for it is liis Master in heaven npoii wbom 6xelh his eye> Therefore the «en«e of servitin which had been \vroughtinto him like an iiv4ij is wrought out again; and the scndO of all^ to Christ is wrought intu him like an in.sUnct. Ai he is no longer a slave in nny thing* but a «0B God in every thing. True, he obeys his mastef : hut why? not because he fcar« him, but b«cmute God haih bo commanded, and Christ bath taugtrt him to love hi»nei^tiboura^ hlm^lf. Hjg master beats him: he takes it patiently, and revetigHk not, remembering how ('hrist wa» beaten moi bruised for his sake. His spirit goes cbeerfuli; about hiK labour all the day long, and at nigH he lays him down in the arms of bis Maker. He mc^ in the morning from under the shadow of hii wings, and goes forth m the lightof hisproteciioo^ Itis spirit is charitable to all, his manner oficn- aive to none: he lookn to Im ma»tcr'A interolai to bis own. and to all hi^ fellow- atervaaui as bi» ihrcn. His labouris a labour of love, his patieace is a patience of hope, his ^ufferii^ make his v.] TMK CUftSF: At TO RriDILV LA|lO0n> 1063 6pirit perfect; and his i^pini, |^wm^ perfect, comforU him under bi& sulTerin^s; and bis con* ICntmcnt and Lmppincss are complete. Thua, by aveiding those questions of outvrard and worldly conditioas which make men to dis- agree, and by calling a truce u|)on all Uiese points on which the ranks of society are liore, the Go- spel ^eckft for iuelf an entrance among; them oIL Agitating; no questi