wits produce like these incomparable ar guments? Take then away your pains ful trifles, and give me the words off Eternal Life. All that your Audies prož Omifen vanity all they perform is vexation of Spirit: bere 'tis alone you must feek for folid truth, and bere alone find your Souls. Take then. I Lesson 80. 80.2

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Judge not, that you be not judged? For, with what judgment you judge, you fhall be judged, and with what meaure you mete, it fhall be measured to you again. Judge not, and you fhall not be judged; condemn not, and you fhall ot be condemned, forgive, and you hall be forgiven: Give, and it fhall be given to you; good meafure, prefs'd CI down, and fhaken together, and running over, thall they give into your bofom. And He fpake to them a fimilitude, Can the Blind lead the Blind? fhall they not both fall into the ditch? The Difciple is not above his Mafter; but every one fhall be perfect,if he be as his Mafter. And why feeft thou the mote that is in thy bro

thers

eye,

but confider'ft not the beara

that is in thine own? or, how wilt thou

fay

fay to thy Brother, Brother, let me pu the mote out of thine eye; when t felf feeft not the beam in thine own Hypocrite, calt firft the beam out thine own eye; and then fhalt thou clearly to take the mote out of Brothers,

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Refp. How thick and clofe does this He venly Sower Scatter His feed! eu h line is a new lesson, and every leon rule of perfection: O the magnificeer Bounty of our God! He gives us barely the measure we give others press'd down, and fhaken together, running over into our happy bofoms. are we then fo flow and dull to learn t divine inftructions? why fo remifs practice them? Are they not Sweet a excellent in themselves? are they not i finitely profitable to us? the my

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Leffon 81.

Give not that which is Holy to Dog nor caft your Pearls before Swine, lea perhaps they trample them under the feet, and turn again and tear and it shall be given you, feek and you fhall find, knock and it fhall be opene

you.

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you. For, every one that asks reives, and he that feeks finds, and to im that knocks it fhall be opened. What an is there among you, who, if his

ask him bread, will reach him a one; or, if he ask a fifh, will reach him Serpent? If you, then, being evil, now how to give good gifts to your hildren; how much more (hall your ather who is in Heaven give good hings to them that ask Him? All things, herefore, whatever you would that men hould do to you, do you even fo to them: this is the Law and the Prophets. m ter you by the ftraight gate: for wide the gate, and broad is the way that ds to deftruction, and many there re that go in by it: but, ftraight is the and narrow is the way which leads life; and few there are that find it. Rep. Hark, Omy Soul! how thy graci O Lord again repeats this Golden rule, gain exalts it as the Sum and Quin fence of all His Commandments. *Whatever you would that men should do you even fo to them; for,

doto you

this is the Law and the Prophets. Lay then afide all rude and churlish bumours,

and

Stand prepared for the peaceful influen of Heaven: ask of thy mild Redeem who kindly invites thy prayer, and duftrionfly follicites thy hope: ask He furely will give thee the virtue H Self fo particularly recommends. *Wy ever you

by Lesson 8201

Beware of falfe-Prophers, who a to to you in Sheeps cloathing, but inwa ly are ravening Wolves. By their fru yon fhall know them: Do men gath Grapes on Thorns, or Figs on Thille A good tree cannot bring forth badfrait nor a bad tree bring forth good frui Every tree that yields not good fruit h be cut down and caft into the fire. What fore by their fruits you shall know the A good man, out of the good trea of his heart, brings forth that which good and an evil man, out of the e treasure of his heart, brings forth th which is Evil? for, of the abundance the heart the mouth fpeaks. And wh call you Me Lord, Lord, and do noth things which I fay? Not every one fays to Me, Lord, Lord, thall enter int the Kingdom of Heaven; but, he tha

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ges the will of My Father who is in aven, he shall enter into the Kingdom Heaven. Many will fay to Me in that Lord, Lord, have we not Prophefied Thy Name; and in Thy Name caft ut Devils? and in Thy Name done maMiracles? And then will I profefs to hem, I never knew you; depart from de you that work iniquity.

elp. 'Tis not, I fee, a few fair leaves or promifing blossoms, but the fruit it bears that commends the tree: 'tis not a form of words or outward ceremonies that can fave our Souls: But, the cordial love of God and our Neighbour. Though we hould know all Myfteries, and Speak them with the Tongues of Angels though we had all Faith, and could remove Mountains yet, if we aim at Heaven, nahing can carry us thither, nothing can enter us there, But the

LeBon 83.

Every one that comes to Me, and hears thele My words and does them, I will

hew

you to whom he is like; he is like a wife man who built a houfe, and digg'd deep, and laid the foundation on a Rock. And the rain defcended, and the Floods

came,