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NordidlftudythefeMiftenesout of more affc- aiontoefteera then of true holinefs, but have ran- ked my difcoverles thus according to the Order of the infpircdChriftians: The ho)y and divme life of a good man defcribcd in the Holy Guide^ is eafily loft in man, if it be not produced, and Confervcd by a Radical acknowledgment of thofe grand truths iXi the Hsrmeny of the World, viz. theexift^nce of the eternal God, aud a certain expeaation of more confumate happinefs upon the dijfolution of this mr^ talBody: For to pretend toveitue and hohnefs, without reverence to God^and a life to come,is but tofallintoamore dull and flat kind ofStoicifme, or to be content to feed our Cattel one this fide of Jordan, in a more difcreet and Religious way of Epicurifme, or at Icaft of degenerate Famihrme.
Thefe experienced Divine Truths, we have fown unto Poftcrity and the Immortal God, whofc Di- vine Majefty wc humbly implore through his Son and our Saviour, that he would vouch fa fe Grati- oufly to accept thefe and fuch like •Sacrifices of Hu- mane underftanding feafoned with Religion and 5eraphical Illumination, as with ^alt and Incenfed to his Glory,
After this you wufi follow the method of our Booh Itttituledy The Holy Guide.
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