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Eloquence Is Vehement Simplicity.

Let Family Worship Be Short, Savory, Simple, Plain, Tender, Heavenly.

When A Founder Has Cast A Bell He Does Not Presently Fix It In The Steeple, But Tries It With His Hammer, And Beats It On Every Side To See If There Be Any Flaw In It. So Christ Doth Not Presently After He Hath Converted A Man, Convey Him To Heaven; But Suffers Him First To Be Beaten Upon By Many Temptations And Then Exalts Him To His Crown.

Faith Laughs At The Shaking Of The Spear; Unbelief Trembles At The Shaking Of A Leaf.

The Only Instance Of Praying To Saints, Mentioned In The Bible, Is That Of The Rich Man In Torment Calling Upon Abraham; And Let It Be Remembered, That It Was Practised Only By A Lost Soul And Without Success.