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ommuidments. Let not therefore your heart b<.^ troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in Christ, and be ^ved from iOAt TUh ClIHSK AA TO BODILY LABOUU. [Dis. your present evil conditioD, and from the vrralb to come. Aa many, therefore, m regard the Gospel of Christ, be stirrtd up with zeal in yout van- ous eoDditions, to take an interest in all wbo s|>e»k your latij^u»{;e, ^iid wear your n»iem- blaiicv : give pains to vDligbteu lbi;m and th<^ir children; and if you have not the time, help those who have it, and are willing to bestow it* Thus will crime, the daughter of senac aitd ignorance, be prevented, which is better than crime correct- ed ; souU wiJl be saved, the Lord tnad« favour- able to the land, and the ble^^ing of tko«e who are ready to pcTLsb will come upon you and your children lo many generations. And what 1 reconimeud for the eake of oibera, 1 much more recommend for the sake of your- selves; thata>( many of yon as are under the yoke of such inc«^H^Eit bond:ige as I have Ihis day de- lineated, whether bondage of bodily labour or feverish anxiety of mind, labour of long and te- dious hours, with little repose, of whom 1 know there are niauy before me» — tbeae I entreat not to be di^ontented or refractory against the provi' deuce of God, but to be aware of> and alive to. the ilanger>» of tlieJr condition ; to beware of the encroachments of that principle, whatever it n, for which these many houra are expended : if for gain, to beware of avarice ; d' for the sake of ap- pearance in the world, to beware of vanity ; if for the Aakt* of ;i nia«ler, (o refin'inbertbat Ihey have a MasLrr in heaven. So let them expend their time iu the aigh: of God, and under a «ense of rei$pon«ibility toGod, having God with thetn in all their tranBactions, wd the law of God pro- I 4 4 v.] THE GVa&E AS TO BODILY LA&OUIl. 1093 sent in their inward Ihoughls, Then, though every hour were at another's command, as was the c*sc with mnny of the firHt converts; and (hough your labour wert* downright Negro ?*lavery ; and tboiigh you had no worldly hope to cheer you, nor ^ense of growing prosperity to carry you on. if you so work and labour as seeing bim that is inviaible» and as in obedief>c« to Uie discipline of Cbriat» you shall be as happy, and grow as luiich iti grace, yea, ye ahall increase m patience and endurance for the croiis of Christ, and resignation to the will of providence, and in all oboclience, ag much aa if yoa were your own masters from rooming to ntg-ht, the ind