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ver ceafing Praises; the Lamb who was Slain for us, and Parchas'd us with his Blood, the Son of thy Love, the Lord Je fus Chrift. Amen.

Here follows the other Meditation upon the fame Argument.

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I have often Dreamt to have found great Riches, or to have been in much Trouble, when yet I have known my Self to have < been in a Dream, and have faid to my felf, tho' I hug thefe Treasures never fo " much, I fhall not be able to keep them, < they will vanish before Morning, and I fhall awaken without them. So alfo when I have been in fear and much trouble, I have faid to my felf, come let me ftrive to ' awaken out of this troublesome Dream, and have awoke upon it. But then it has been a miferable delufion, and a grievous 'trouble,, when I have thought all real, and have not known it to be a Dream, then my Sleep has been profound indeed.

What is this World, O my Soul, is it any more than a Dream? Thou art hap< py when thou canst know it fo, then thy Senses are awake. But fadly art thou immerft in Senfe, when thou takest it for a reality, thy carnal flumber is then too profound. Are not our true Senfes as much 'oppreft with the Clog of this Body of Sin,

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as our vital Senfes are by Sleep? Can it be other than a Dream, when we are fubject to fo many Thoufand delufions in our opinions of things, and to fuch frequent

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forgetfulness of our true awakened state • in another World? Sin, O Sin, is a pro'found Sleep, and Grace brings fome degrees of awakedness to let us know that here we are but in a Dream, and see but 'Duskifhly and in part. The more fenfual I am, the more wretchedly I fleep and 'forget my felf, and all things, but those deluding Phantoms about me, which I take 'for realities.. When I look about me and fee the Fields adorn'd with Flowers, and the Trees with Leaves, and fine Houses Built of lafting Fabric, I pretend to reafon, and fay, are all these things nothing? 'Tis 'true they are fomething, but nothing to thee. Alas what is one Generation of Men, or thy fhorter fpan of Life; God in his Wifdom has provided these things for a proportionable End, even for many • Generations and Series of inhabitants, which he has brought, and ftill defigns to bring into the world. We have but a Life in them, and that very short and uncertain; we must leave them to our Succeffors, and be accountable for the use. They are things of durable continuance, and what proportion do they bear to thy • Moment of Time which thou haft to spend among them? None at all, and fo they C are nothing to thee. They are not made for thee, but for many Succeffions of 6 Mankind, thou art only to view them and pass away. But have I then no proper

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ty nor Inheritance any where? Yes, look up and thou shalt fee thy Portion among the Saints; lift up thy Eyes to Heaven, there is thy Treasure laid up fecurely for thee, there is thy home, there thy being. Look down on this World, and know affuredly that it is but a Dream at best 9 fee if it has not all the Properties of a Dream, of all the Riches which we hug, of all the Pleafures we enjoy, we can carry no more out of it than from a Dream; the good Man knows this, and therefore defpifes them, the Sinner is drown'd in flumber, and therefore Infatiably embraces them. And of all the Evils we fuffer, none can purfue us out of this World; we fhall awaken in our Rofie Bed of Blissful Security and Reft, and find all the dreadful Phantoms vanifht with our mortal sleep. The good Man knows this, and regards them not; ignorance oppreffes the Sinner, and therefore he lives in perpetual Terror and is overwhelm'd with Trouble; O lift ' up thine Eyes to the Hills, from whence cometh thy Help, look up to the top of the Rock, and behold thy Bed of Reft:, Long to awaken there and be prefent with thy God, that the Night may país away, and the Day of eternal Happiness fhine upon thee. This is not thy home, nor can all the malice of Devils, (thofe Rulers of darkness, and domineering Tyrants of the Night) keep thee here long among their Terrors, and more dangerous Allurements.

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Keep thy felf awake, O my Soul, in this thy Dream, dare to look up to Heaven, and fay, there is my Inheritance, my Treasure, my Home. Let neither Terrors fright thee, nor Allurements charm thee, to think this World any thing, or forgez thy native Country. O my dear God, let down a Ray of Heavenly Light, a Beam of thy Divine Glory,and enlighten the dark corners of my Heart, that with patience ' and forbearance, I may spend the remain<der of this mortal Dream, and tho' feeing " thee but as in a Glass and darkly, I may never forget my Condition, or look upon this World as more than it is, (at leaft my share and fpan in it) till Shadows depart, and the Light of Glory arise full upon me, that fo with full awakedness 1 may fee thee whom my Soul loveth, even C as Thou art. And in the mean time, may 'think nothing too much to do, too hard

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to fuffer, or too dear to part with for thy fake, and the hopes of thy Love in my dear Saviour. Amen.

Thus did he Arm himself against all Covetous Suggestions, by Proper Arguments and Devout Prayers; and both had their due Effect; for he was entirely fatisfi'd with his Condition, and ever firmly rely'd upon Providence for his Support: And not only was he Content with his own State, but that of Others alfo; unless of the Poor and Neceffitous, whom he study'd to Comfort and Relieve. But the Sig of Envy found no

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room in his Soul; and those who knew him beft, can witnefs, how far he was from betraying any discontent at the Profperous Condition of others; at their Encreasing in Fortune, Honour, or Fame. For he knew that the only Happy, were the Religious and the Good: And their Graces, were the Subject of his Praises; but never the Occafions of his Envy.

In the Duties of Temperance and Chaftirance and Pu-ty, he was nicely ftrict and Religiously rity. fevere, and kept the opposite Vices at the greatest distance. He employ'd his Time too Usefully at Home, to allow any of it to thofe Places, which are the ufual Scenes of Intemperance and Folly. He confider'd that Abstinence was one of the most effectual Inftruments of Divine Grace, to Restrain and Subdue our Paffions and Defires; and that it ought to be a Chriftian's great study and care, to Govern and Calm, not Exafperate and Inflame them. His Converfation was nicely Pure and Modeft, and never fully'd with an Expreffion, which could raise a foolish Thought; but all was Tranfacted, according to the Severest Rules of Decency and Religion.

But that we may have as Full and Right How he per a View of Mr. Bonnell as I can give, I shall form'd the du- now confider him with Refpect to Others, ties we owe to and fhew what an Example he was, in the our Neighgreat Duties of Juftice and Charity, and other Social Virtues. For 'tis the Property of true Religion, not only to make us Pious

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