II. Whatsoever your circumstances may b« in this world, still value your bible as yeur best treasure; and •whatsoever be your employment here, still look upen re.-> ligion as your best business. Your bible contains eternal life in it, and all tbe riches of the upper world; and religion is the only way to become a possessor of them.
- III. To direct your carriage towards God, converse particularly with the book of Psalms: David was a man of sincere and eminent devotion. To behave aright among men, acquaint yourself with the whole book of proverbs : Solomon was a man of large experience and wisdom. And to perfect your directions in both these, read the gospels and the epistles; you will find the best of rules and the best of examples there, and those more immediately suited to the Christian life.
IV. As a man, maintain strict temperance and sobriety, by a wise government of your appetites and passions: as a neighbour, influence and engage all around you to be your friends, by- a temper and carriage made up of prudence and goodness ; and let the poor have a certian share in all your yearly profits: as a trader, keep that golden sentence of our Saviour's ever before you, What*soever you would that men should do unto you, do you also unto them.
V. While you make the precepts of scripture the constant rule of your duty, you may with courage rest upon the promises of the scriptures as the springs of your encouragement. All divine assistances and divine recompenses are contained in them. The spirit of light and grace is promised to assist them that ask it. Heaven and glory arc promised to reward the faithful and the.obedient.
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