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know not; that you who feel better, instruct those who feel not ; that you who follow better things, admonish them who follow worac ? Oh why should the ar- tifieial diifcrcncc of rank between master and servant hinder us from dropping a word of evan- gelical waiiiing, or admointion against an oath, an exhortation against Subbatli-breaking, a frown upon intemperance I Why should interest alone bind the relationships of immortal men? why should servants be paid only in money t why should they be praised only for their dexterity and management ; blamed only for ihcir itiatteo- tion to our interest? Or why should Belial dmv % cloud of vaia ceremony, or Satan draw a non- conducting atmosphere of pride between them and -ti8 in things moral, spiritual, and eternal? Brc- .thrcn, assuredly the i^ord will hold us rcsponai- iblt: for our 0]iportunities of speaking a word in I VJ THE CUIt»E AB TO BODILT LABOVR. tOOl ■Mson. H^ doth n»t joinus together for nothing. iTnmortal %m\\% h« jtiine.lh to be ^crriccablc [to each other, not ftjr tim«f alone but fur eternity* Tlicrefore. beloved brethren^ ihe conclusion of fill that hath been %z\i\ is this; That now the na- tural way umo God. through things seen and tem- poral, hath bceaahut, and i» forever shut; and ft new way to honniir and glory and ble«sednesfi Bi opened up> Thai new and living way is the Lofd Jfiflus Christ. He i» the way unio the Fa- ther; no man Cometh unto the Father but through him. No knowledge nor natural understanding, no labour nor accumulated wealth, no fame nor reputation; nothing, in!ihorl, of all that in named amongst men for our honour aud glory, avatletb to restore us to our lost condition, but in general doth «in1c UK the deeper, and alienate ^^% the more from the spiritual life for which our race was ere- «led, and to which it t^ now by Christ recalled* There is no way of approaching unto God> but ihis NJnglc one, — through Christ All others l>eiDg closed and barred up by the blindness and aliena- iliM of our mind, this alone remainelU. But what of that! it is open unto all- '* Come, all ye who are weary and heavy laden. Ho everyone that thirateth/' Therefore, beloved hrclhrcn, let Christ be yoor trust: let Christ be your teacher, your wisdom^ your righteous neiis, your saiicli flea t ion and redemption. He wtlt restore you to your lost condition, and bring you unto the mansions in his FfttherK house, which hehnth i;one before to pre- pare for those who. by patient continuance in well-doing, are obeying his c