Acts xvii. 23. As I paffed by, and beheld your Devotions, I found an Altar with this Infcription, To THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly WORSHIP, him declare I unto you.

24. God that made the WORLD, and all THINGS therein, feeing that he is Lord of Heaven and Earth, dwelleth not in Temples made with Hands:

25. Neither is WORSHIPPED With Mens HANDS, as though he needed any thing, feeing he giveth to all LIFE, and BREATH, and all Things. Phil. ii. 3. We are the CIRCUMCISION, which wORSHIP GOD in the SPIRIT, and rejoice in Chrift Jefus, and have no Confidence in the

FLESH.

Heb. i. 6. And again, when he bringeth in the First-begotten into the World, he faith, And let all the ANGELS of Gon worthip him.

Chap. xii. 28. Wherefore we receiving a Kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have GRACE, whereby we may ferve GOD acceptably, with Reverence and GODLY Fear.

29. For our GOD is a CONSUMING FIRE.

1 Pet. iii. 15. SANCTIFY the LORD GOD in your Hearts: and be ready always to give an Answer to every Man that asketh you a Reafon of the HOPE that is in you, with MEEKNESS and FEAR.

Chap. ii. 5. Ye alfo as lively Stoncs, are built up a fpiritual House, an holy Priesthood, to offer up fpiritual SACRIFICES, acceptable to GoD by Jefu Chrift.

Rev. xiv. 7. Saying with a loud Voice, Fear Gon, and give Glory to him, for the Hour of his JUDGMENT is come: and WORSHIP him that made Heaven and Earth, and the Sea, and the Fountains of Waters.

Chap. xv. 4. Who fhall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy Name? for thou only art holy: for all Nations fhall come and woRSHIP before thee; for thy Judgments are made manifeft.

Chap. iv. 8. And the four Beafts had each of them fix Wings about him, and they were full of Eyes within; and they rest not Day and Night, faying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

10. The four and twenty Elders fall down before him that fat on the Throne, and WORSHIP him that liveth for ever and ever, and caft their Crowns before the Throne, faying,

11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive GLORY, and HONOUR, and POWER: for thou haft created all Things, and for thy Pleasure, they are and were created.

The Nature of true Charity, reprefented in the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

Luke AND behold, a cer

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tain Lawyer food up, and tempted him, faying, Mafter, what fhall I do to inherit Eternal Life?

26. He faid unto him, What is written in the Law? how readeft thou?

27. And he answering, faid, Thou shalt love the LORD thy GOD with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy Strength, and with all thy Mind; and thy NEIGHBOUR as thy felf.

28. And he faid unto him, Thou haft anfwered right This Do, and thou fhalt LIVE.

29. But he willing to juftify himself, faid unto Jefus, And who is my Neighbour?

30. And fefus answering, faid, A certain Man went down from Jerufalem to fericho, and fell among Thieves, which tripped him of his Raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

31. And by chance there came down a certain PRIEST that way; and when he faw him, he paffed by on the other fide.

Exod xxiii. 4.

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F thou meet thine ENEMY's Ox or his Afs going aftray, thou shalt furely bring it back to him again.

Deut. xxii. 1. Thou shalt not fee thy Brother's Ox or his Sheep go aftray, and hide thy felf from them thou shalt in any cafe bring them again unto thy Brother.

2. And if thy Brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him

not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own Houfe, and it fhall be after it, and thou shalt reftore it to with thee until thy Brother seek him again.

3. In like manner fhalt thou do with his Afs, and fo fhalt thou do

with his Raiment, and with all loft

thing of thy Brother's, which he hath loft, and thou haft found, fhalt thou do likewife.

Levit. xxv. 35. And if thy Bro

ther be waxen POOR, and fallen in DECAY with thee, then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a Stranger, or a Sojourner; that he

may live with

32. And likewife a LE VITE, when he was at the Place, came and looked on him,

Pfalm xviii. 25. With the MERCIFUL thou wilt fhew thy felt merciful; with an UPRIGHT MAN thou wilt fhew thy felf upright.

Pf. xli. 1. Bleffed is he that confidereth the Poor, the Lord will

deliver him in time of Trouble.

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him, and paffed by on the other fide.

33. But a certain Samaritan, as he journey'd, came where he was: and when he faw him, he had COMPASSION on him.

34. And went to him, and bound up his Wounds, pouring in Oil and Wine, and fet him on his own Beaft, and brought him to an Inn, and took care of him.

and if he be thirfty, give him Wa

ter to drink:

22. For thou shalt heap Coals of Fire upon his Head, and the Lord fhall reward thee.

Rom. xii. 19. Dearly beloved, avenge not your felves, but rather give Place unto Wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, faith the Lord.

20. Therefore if thine Enemy hunger, feed him, if he thirit, give him drink: for in fo doing thou fhalt heap Coals of Fire on his

Head.

35. And on the Morrow, when he departed, he took out two Pence, and gave them to the Hoft, and faid unto him, Take Care of him; and whatfoever thou spendcft more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

36. Which now of thefe three, thinkeft thou, was NEIGHBOUR unto him that fell among the Thieves?

37. And he said, He that fhewed MERCY on him. Then faid Jefus unto him, Go, and do thou likewife.

29. Be not overcome of EVIL, but overcome Evil with Goop.

Gal. vi. 9. Let us not be weary in WELL-DOING: for in due Seafon we fhall reap, it we faint not.

10. As we have therefore Opportunity, let us do Goon unto all Men, efpecially unto them who are of the Houfhold of Faith.

Col. iii. 12. Put on therefore (as the Elect of God, holy and beloved) BOWELS of MERCIES, Kindness, Humbleness of Mind, Meekness, Long-fuffering;

14. And above all things put on CHARITY, which is the Bond of Perfe&nefs.

I Cor. xiii. 1. Though I fpeak with the Tongues of Men and of Angels, and have not CHARITY, I am become as founding Brafs, or a

tinkling Cymbal.

2. And though I have the Gift of Prophecy, and understand all Myfteries, and all Knowledge; and though I have all Faith, so that I could remove Mountains, and have no CHARITY, I am nothing.

3. And though I beltow all my Goods to feed the Poor, and though I give my Body to be burned, and have not CHARITY, it profiteta me nothing.

4. CHARITY fuffereth long, and is kind; CHARITY envicth not; CHARITY vaunteth nct itself, is not puffed up;

5. Doth not behave itfel unfeemly, fecketh not her own, is not cañly provoked, thinketh no Evil,

6. Rejoiceth not in Iniquity, but rejoiceth in the Truth:

7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8. CHARITY never faileth: But whether there be Prophecies, they fhall fail; whether there be Tongues, they fhall ceafe; whether there be Knowledge, it fhall vanifh away.

13. And now abideth FAITH, HOPE, and CHARITY, thefe three; but the greateft of thefe is CHARITY.

1 John iii. 11. For this is the Mcffage that ye heard from the Begin ning, that we fhould LOVE one another.

12. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and flew his Brother.

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CHRIST'S Difcourfe to the Scribes and Pharifees, wherein he feverely reproves them for their Pride, Hypocrify, Covetoufnefs, and Oppreffion; and denounceth fevere Judgments against them.

CHRIST difputes with the Pharifees about the Traditions of the Elders, and reprefents the great Wickedness and Deceit that is in the Hearts of Men.

Matthew xv.

Mark vii.

HEN came together unto [M] Jefus, [Mr.] the Pharifees, and certain of the Scribes which came from Jerufalem. And when they faw fome of his Difciples eat Bread with defiled (that is to fay, with unwafhen) Hands, they found fault. For the Pharifees, and all the Jews, except they wafh their Hands oft, eat not; holding the Tradition of the Elders. And when they come from the Market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other Things there be, which they have received to hold; as the washing of Cups and Pots, brafen Veffels, and of Tables. Then the Pharifees and Scribes asked him, Why walk not thy Difciples according to the Tradition of the Elders, but eat Bread with unwafhen Hands? [M] But he anfwered and faid unto them, Why do you alfo TRANSGRESS the COMMANDMENT of God by your TRADITION? [Mr.] Well hath Efaias prophesied of you HYPOCRITES, as it is written, This

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