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2. As we are concerned for them. There i• ⟨p. 211⟩duty of love that we owe to our Neighbour, and among other ways in which we are to express it, one is to pray for them. and particularly that their Sins may be forgiven, Jam. 5. 16. We should desire their Salvation, and as long as they lie in sin, and are not converted and healed, they are far from it; it may be they are Kard hearted, and do not see or confess their own sins; we should do it for them, and beg that God would give them an heart to see, bewail, and acknowledge them to him. So did Moses on the account of them, Exod. •2. 31. But our first and great business is about our own Sins, such as we have contracted Guilt to our selves by; for,

2. As we are concerned for them. There i• ⟨p. 211⟩duty of love that we owe to our Neighbour, and among other ways in which we are to express it, one is to pray for them. and particularly that their Sins may be forgiven, Jam. 5. 16. We should desire their Salvation, and as long as they ly in sin, and are not converted and healed, they are far from it; it may be they are Kard hearted, and do not see or confess their own sins; we should do it for them, and beg that God would give them an heart to see, bewail, and acknowledge them to him. So did Moses on the account of them, Exod. •2. 31. But our first and great business is about our own Sins, such as we have contracted Guilt to our selves by; for,

1. It is our own Salvation that we are nextly and principally concerned about. We ought indeed to seek the Salvation of others, but nextly our own. Our love to our selves is the Rule of our love to others; and the first thing we have to do, is to see that the peace be made between God and us; ow they are only our own sins that stand in the way of our Salvation: and if they be forgiven us, the Sins of other men shall not ruin us; and if we be reconciled to God, we shall certainly be saved; that is consolation enough,