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his Flock; and he requires you with the
with the grea-
test Fidelity and Care to break the Bread of
Life unto them in due Seafon. And this
Spiritual Food will prove moft falutary to all
who Taste its Sweetness, but the fureft Poifon
to those who taste it not. Who then is fuffici

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Beware you do not mix any Thing of your own with the Provifions of God's Houfe. Preachnot yourself but CHRIST JESUS, the Lord and him crucified. Make yourself well acquainted with the Nature and Perfections ofGod; the Relation that fubfifts betweenGod and us; our Apoftacy from God' by Sin, and the Way of Salvation thro' the Lord JESUS CHRIST. Faithfully explain these and all other Interesting revealed Truths, in as clear and full a Manner as you are capable. Faithfully and frequently warn the careless and secure Sinner, and those who live at Eafe in Zion of their dangerous Situation. Set their Sins in Order before them, cry aloud and Spare not. Thunder the Sentence of the violated Law in their guilty, Ears. Give them no reft while they remain deftitute of the Grace of God; for if you warn them not, and they die in their Iniquities, their Blood ball be required at your

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Hands. But while, by the Terrors of the Lord you perfwade Men to be reconciled to God, ftudy to enlighten the Understanding, and to convince them that you difinterestedly aim at their Salvation.

But when you have informed Sinners of their Danger, fhew them alfo the Way of ef cape. Lead them to JESUS the City of Refuge; prefs them to believe in him, and tolay hold on the Hope fet before them in the Gofpel. Study the Scriptures of the old and new Teftament; they will prove a Light unto your Feet and a Lamp unto your Paths.

Devote yourself wholly unto the momentous Bufinefs to which you are now called; I mean, as much as your Circumftances in Life will poffibly admit. Take heed unto yourself and unto all the Flock over which the Holy Ghoft hath made you an Overfeer to feed the Church of God, which he had purchased with his own Blood.

You must expect, Dear Sir, to meet with innumerable Difficulties in the faithful Difcharge of your facred Office, and to pafs thro' evil Report as well as good Report.

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Your Lord and Mafter did fo before you. But lay hold of the gracious Promife, which he was pleased to give his difconfolate Disciples; "In the World ye fhall have Tribulation; "but in me ye fhall have Peace: Be of "good Cheer, I have overcome the World.

You ferve a kind and gracious Mafter, who will always vouchfafe to fupport and reward you while you continue faithful in his Service; and he hath faid, I will never leave nor forSake thee.

You are engaged in a noble and glorious Cause which is worthy of your greatest Fidelity and Zeal. You are called from the mean and fervile Employments of this World to promote a Defign which engages the Attention of all the heavenly Hofts: a Defign, which God himself has been carrying into Execution from the Beginning of Time to the present Hour, and will compleat at the Confumation of all Things. Be then faithful to God, to your own Soul, and to the Souls committed to your Care.

And in the Words of St. PAUL to TIMOTHY, I charge you before God, and the Lord JESUS CHRIST who ball judge the quick and

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the Dead at his Appearing and Kingdom, preach the Word in Season, and out of Season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. Take Heed unto thyself, and unto thy doctrine, continue in them: For in doing this, thou falt both fave thyself and them that hear thee.

Adminifter the Ordinances of the Gospel, Baptism and the Lord's Supper; and faithfully discharge every minifterial Duty in its proper Time and Place. Set before your People a wife and prudent Example in all Things. Be faithful and loyal to the illuftrious House of Hanover: Be fubject to the Government under which you live, in the Lord.

Meddle not with Politicks any further than is neceffary to preserve the Peace of your own Mind; avoid a Party Spirit. And study to build up the Kingdom and Interest of JESUS CHRIST in the Souls of Men. This is the great and momentous Bufinefs for which you are now folemnly fet a-part.

Spend and be spent therefore in this glorious Caufe. Be harmless as the Steward of God, mot felf-willed, not foon angry, not given to

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Wine, not a Striker, not greedy of filthy Lucre: but a Lover of Hofpitality, a Lover of good Men, fober, juft, temperate Holding faft the faithful Word, that you may be able by found Doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the Gainfayers.

Finally, Stand faft in the Lord; be vigilant and indefatigable in your facred Employment. Live near to God; Pray without ceafing, afk Direction in every Thing. Lean not to your own Understanding, but lean on the Lord your God; and make him all your Dependance; for in him your great Strength lieth; in him and by his gracious Aid, you can do all Things, but without him you can do nothing. At the fame Time furnish yourself with, and diligently make ufe of all poffible human Helps: And earneftly plead with God to qualify you more and more for your facred Employment.

And for your Encouragement thro' the whole of your Miniftry, be affured, that every Soul which God fhall make you instrumental of bringing Home to himself, will prove an illuftrious Gem in your immortal Crown of Glory. Amen.

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