gone from a Man, there remaineth then nothing elfe but Lightnéfs of Life, extreme Rafhnefs, Forgetfulness of God, and running headlong into Sin and Mischief.

He that rightly feareth God, and esteemeth well the Excellence of his Majesty from his Heart, cannot forget fuch Precepts as he received of God, but will always think upon the Obfervance of them..

The Fear of God doth not only withdraw the Hand, and other parts of the Body, from committing Evil; but also it helpeth to cleanse the Mind, and withdraw the Confent thereof to Evil.

Let Man never leave God's Help for any Mortal Man's, left that God depart from him in his greatest Neceflity. As God is full of Mercy, fo alfo is he a juft God: As well in Adverfity, as in Profperity; Rejoice, and thank God. Mar. Aur.

119

When thou wilt faft, purge thy Soul from Filth, and abstain from Sin, for God is better pleafed therewith, than abstaining from Meats.. Hermes. Above

BS

Above and before all things, wor Thip God.

Defire God at the beginning of thy Works, that thou may'ft by his Help bring them to a good Conclufion. Xenoph.

Prayer is the chiefeft Thing that a Man may prefent God withal. Hermes.

Prayer is a Divine and Heavenly Effect of the Soul, and fignifieth (generally) the Defire of all Things that are of Neceffity to the Suftenance and Nourishment of the Soul and Body, especially from the Hand of God. With

True and acceptable Prayer unto God, is to crave any thing at the Hand of God answerable to his Will, having our Hearts lifted up unto Him, during all the time of Prayer. - A pure Mind is the beft Service of God; the moft Religious Worshipping of God, is to follow Him; the only Honouring of God, is not to be Evil. Seneca. Hermes.

Worship God with a pure Heart, pray unto Him, and He will advance thee. Xenophon.

The

The only and beft way to worship God, is to mind and obey whatfoever He commands. Socrates.

Pray Earnestly for Repentance, and continually make thy faithful Peti tion and Supplication to the Everlafting God; Call upon Him in the Day, and forget Him not in the Night.

C..

When Temptation invadeth thee, or giveth unto thee a cruel and fharp Affault, then earnestly, faithfully, and heartily call on God for his Help, and that by Prayer; wherein being continual, perfect and pure, thou may't prevail, and obtain the Victo-ry. Pythagoras.

The fureft way for Men to efcape the Danger of their Enemies, iş always to be ardently imploy'd indevout Praying, and to be continually mindful of Well-doing. Antifthenes.

Confider the Majefty, the Goodnefs, the venerable Mercies of the. Almighty! a Friend that is always at be to Hand: What Delight Canalways Him, the Slaughter of fo many th nocent Creatures, or the Worship of Bloody Sacrifices? Let us purge our Minds,

Minds, and lead Vertuous and Ho neft Lives. His Pleafure lies not in the Magnificence of Temples made with Stone, but in the Piety and Devotion of confecrated Hearts. Seneca. Vertuous and Well-difpofed Men do daily pray unto God, for the cleanfing of the Impurity of the Heart, and do watch it with all the diligence they can, and labour to refrain the Corruption thereof, that it burft not out, either to the hurt of themselves or others..

God hateth the Prayers and Sacrifices of Wicked People. Socrates. All Things living, both in Heaven and Earth, owe unto God due Worfhip and Obedience. There be two moft fpecial and weighty Caufes, why God ought to be honoured and worThipped; the one is, because he ought of Duty to be worshipped; the other, because it is for our Benefit, or rather Neceflity. Solon..

To worship God, and to ferve him truly, is to pleafe him, or to be thankful unto him: But no Man can rightly pleafe him, but by doing of his Will Wherefore all kind of Wor

fhip, which is rather grounded upon the Will of Man, than upon the Will of God, is to be utterly refused in his fight, and imputed as vain before him, ingrateful, hurtful, and void.

The God of all Gods is our God-... He is a Word, a Spirit, Love, &c. and is not pleafed with Worldly Riches, but with Holy Works, and Thanks for his Grace. Dindimus."

A

God ought to be worshipped. and ferved, as he himself commandeth. Socratess

3

The fincere and incorruptible Ser→ vice of God is done but in a few. He cannot be a true Server of God; who ferveth him not in the Spirit of his Mind, and in. Truth, but. Fantastically, and in Hypocrisie. Auguftin.

True Worship of God, which is done in Spirit and in Truth, requireth not any Outward or Worldly Beauty, but rather a Spiritual Beauty or Comelinefs..

Where Men's Souls are deeply and frequently employed in that Spiritual Retirement, and waiting for Divine Strength, and are often exercised in Meditation upon the Divine Mind,

holy