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Fifthly, if you would walk so, as to draw others in love to communion with you, labour to manifest the power of godliness, by doing such things as the men of the world cannot do; if the men of the world can see, that men that make profession of Religion are able to do that they cannot do, they see now there is some reality in Religion. You know how it was with Pharaoh and his Magicians; all the while Moses wrought such things that Pharaohs Magicians could do, Pharaoh was not convinced; but when Moses did such things, that the Magicians could not do, this convinced them: and so for you to do that the men of the world do, or can do, this does not convince them; says Christ, If I had not done such things as no man did, you had had no sin.

Fifthly, if you would walk so, as to draw others in love to communion with you, labor to manifest the power of godliness, by doing such things as the men of the world cannot do; if the men of the world can see, that men that make profession of Religion are able to do that they cannot do, they see now there is some reality in Religion. You know how it was with Pharaoh and his Magicians; all the while Moses wrought such things that Pharaohs Magicians could do, Pharaoh was not convinced; but when Moses did such things, that the Magicians could not do, this convinced them: and so for you to do that the men of the world do, or can do, this does not convince them; says Christ, If I had not done such things as no man did, you had had no sin.

What is it to do those things which the men of the ¹world cannot do?

1. 1Quest.

First, the resisting of strong temptations; every