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, take heed how ye fight a^itisi the word of ihc Lord, ftnd take arms ogaio^t the aiiomted of the Lord. It sbaJIcome to noueht, and you shall he bmught hawing dnwn to Gonfesa unto the Lun] your stn. Ituletnl ill thitde«^littctioti of rhe trihuH of Israel the great lesson is taught of coiiver&ioo unto the Ixird, and the zeal with nvhioh we nhould aeck to undo alWhichinthcdayaofourbliudQesswehadftougbt to do. — 3d1y, BretlLrei), ThiAOU}fht to open a door of hope to our nation and church, which, alaKl have Air departed from the ways of the Lord, but hare not yet apostatised from him, like ttie tribes of Uraet, Oh that the Lord would enable us to lay to heart his long-sulfenng fQllhfuLne^^ to hifi covenant made with our fathers, and move us, by the exam*- pie of hift grace before ub, to return unto him with weeping and lamentation for our ainst ami the aim of our (atbers, that we might happily Jind fevonr in hta 9ight for oar bedimmed eroWD of glory, ere yet it become like a fading flower. I do pray the Lord that wc who have bctakeo our- aelvea to the »t«dy of his prophetic word and ua- errin^ providences, may give the t^xample of such humility and derottfin for our mother church and for the end of our fathers^ In the third place, We should not forget the honour Uiat i» due untoCliristaft the only Head of the kingtlom and Ihc church. We should be of good cheer in the midst of all our trials, and in the midst of all Itielriak which abidfos, holding f&gt faith and a good conscience, aod ready at all ltme» to render an account of the faith that ia in OS with mecttucafi and with fear. Hoping all litid IHK KltfOB OF THIt KAVT, [i)». all thii^ from Uac Lords patieoce aiul long- fiulTcrJng witli hU former church. And this IcGson I do tho more wilhu^ljr tc^ich and urgcDtly iru- |kre:^ upon you. because 1 have nai heattated to lull out tJte bondage aud backKlidiii|jijf tht: pre- BefitadaiiriiHtratioiisuf the cburcb, the unfaithful* nets and expedieQcy of ihe preheat adnaim^tia- UoDB of the state ; and I now do not hesitate to declare, that* if we wotild tura unto the Lord aa a naUou, call a fast and a ttoleniD aaacdnbly. and fiubniU ourselves to the Lord* Uod would be gra- cious to us ; and that if we who adntinialer tbe or- dtoaacts of the church would look out for tlio old ways and walk therein, we would also do well. It itt not the cry of despair, it i* not the voice of denuDCiation, it is not the stem altematiFe of jiidgmeut, that wehaTC declared; butitij thect; to rv'penUtiice, Ihe voice (if rebuku,