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for "our God is a consuming fire."

be not unmindful of hospitality: for thereby some have unknowingly entertained angels.

let your morals be free from avarice, being contented with what you have: for he hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."

Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever. be not then misled by artful, novel doctrines:

for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd.

for Jesus likewise suffered without the gate, to show he was the expiatory victim for the people.

for we have. no settled corporation here, but are in expectation of that which is approaching.

but don't forget to be beneficent to the community; for such sacrifice is acceptable to God.

Confide in your guides, and be respectful: that they who are vigilant, as being accountable for your souls, may discharge themselves with cheerfulness, and not with anxiety, which would be to your prejudice.

Pray for us, for we trust we have a clear conscience, and desire our virtuous conduct may appear to all the world.

but let him be fully persuaded of the lawfulness of what he asks: for he that is diffident about that, is like the waves that fluctuate with the wind.

let the rich be humbled by his instability: for he is as transitory as a flower in the field.

happy is he that can stand the tryal: for when he has undergone the test, he shall receive that crown of life which the Lord has promised to those that love him.

Let no man under temptation, say, it is God that tempts him; for as he is incapable of moral evil, he can't influence any one thereto.

for he that is not dispassionate is a stranger to the practice of true virtue.

for a bare auditor without practice is like one who sees his image form'd by a mirror:

If a person of an ungovernable tongue pretends to religion, he abuses himself: for his religion is meer illusion.

if you should respectfully say to the suit of fine cloths, sit you there, that's for quality; and to the poor man, stand thou there, or place your self at my feet:

for he that violates but one precept of the whole law, is as obnoxious to punishment, as if he had broke thro' all the rest.

for he that has not shewed mercy, shall be condemn'd without mercy: while the merciful shall triumph at his trial.