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This must be done; You must by a solemn Dedication of your Selves and your All unto the LORD, become the Lords. It must therefore be your Desire to have all your Talents, all your Possessions, and Enjoyments and Interests, Employed for the Honour of the Lord: And owning the Lord, as the Great Giver, and Owner, the Lord-Proprietor of all that you have, you must be ready to submit unto the Will of God, when He pleases with afflictive Dispensations, to take any of it from you. This is that Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.

This must be done; You must by a solemn Dedication of your Selves and your All unto the LORD, become the Lords. It must therefore be your Desire to have all your Talents, all your Possessions, and Enjoyments and Interests, Employ'd for the Honour of the Lord: And owning the Lord, as the Great Giver, and Owner, the Lord-Proprietor of all that you have, you must be ready to submit unto the Will of God, when He pleases with afflictive Dispensations, to take any of it from you. This is that Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.

This must be done; You must Remember, That the Eye of the Omnipresent GOD is upon you. You must often bring this to Remembrance, God sees me, hears me, knows me, is acquainted with all my ways. A sense of your being under the Notice of God, and of the Account unto which you shall be called by God, must make you Afraid of incurring His Displeasure; Afraid, even of Secret Miscarriages. This is that Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord.

This must be done; You must make it your Exercise to keep a Conscience clear of Offence towards God, and towards Man. You must labour to be acquainted with your whole Duty; And your Acquaintance with the Will of God, must be followed with proportionable Desires and Labours after Obedience to it. You must Pray always, with all Prayer; with Secret ⟨p. 21⟩