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In All God's Providences, It Is Good To Compare His Word And His Works Together; For We Shall Find A Beautiful Harmony Between Them, And That They Mutually Illustrate Each Other.

Wherever The Fear Of God Rules In The Heart, It Will Appear Both In Works Of Charity And Piety, And Neither Will Excuse Us From The Other.

Why Wilt Thou Be So Sottish, Such An Enemy To Thyself, As To Prefer Puddle-water, And That Poisoned Too And Stolen, Before Pure Living Waters Out Of Thy Own Well?

That Which Is Won Ill, Will Never Wear Well, For There Is A Curse Attends It, Which Will Waste It; And The Same Corrupt Dispositions Which Incline Men To The Sinful Ways Of Getting, Will Incline Them To The Like Sinful Ways Of Spending.

Those, And Those Only, Can Expect To Be Taught By God, Who Are Ready And Willing To Do As They Are Taught... Those Who Go Up To The House Of The Lord With An Expectation That He Will Teach Them His Ways, Must Go With A Humble Resolution That They Will Walk In His Paths.