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Art thou not brought home to sit down with them, to partake of all the sacred privileges of God's house with them, and to have a share in all their prayers! It is below the high and soverreign dignity thou art raised to. Art thou born from above, a prince, a favourite of heaven, an heir of both worlds! and yet not content?

Lastly, Consider, all thy afflictions, troubles, and sorrows are nothing, in comparison of what other saints have met with; nay, to those Jesus Christ met with himself for thy sake, and art thou not content! Besides, are they not less than thy sins deserve? Nay, all those hard things thou meetest with, God intended to work for thy good. All the bitter things thou art ever like to meet with, in this world will yield nothing but sweet hereafter! All thy troubles will soon be gone, they are but for a moment. They are intermixed with many mercies and much sweet. On the whole, therefore, thou shouldst even rejoice in tribulation, and be glad of the manifold blessings it is designed to secure.

No sooner had Consideration laid all these things and many other of the like nature before him, but lo! to his joy, Contentment came in, and was immediately welcomed by Godliness' heavenly retinue. It cannot be imagined what rejoicing there was now in poor Thought

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ful's house; it would have diffused joy through every benevolent mind, to see how the scattered powers of the enemy were forced to fly into concealment. Apollyon himself was forced to withdraw; Despond was vanquished: Disquiet and Murmur could find no place. Oh! this was to him the joyful day of days.

Now that blessed Contentment was fairly settled in the house, he, with the kind retinue which Godliness had brought in before, soon began to set the affairs of Thoughtful in order. Constant Supplication proved himself an excellent help. Careful, Hospitality, Holy Sympathy, Love-All, and others, contributed to secure the respect of all his neighbours. His residence in the town of Religion proved a public blessing; and so long as my knowledge of him continued, he remained happy and prosperously, ever blessing the day he became acquainted with TRUE GODLINESS, and employed much of his time in thanksgiving and praise to God and the Lamb.

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Godliness, having received a Commission to travel,
and visit the Children of Men, comes to a cer-
tain Town on the Confines of Babylon, where
Riches dwelt. His Usage and Treatment there, 41

CHAPTER V.

Godliness, in his Travels, came to a Cottage,
where dwelt Poverty, with whom he earnestly
desired to make his Abode, but was denied,

CHAPTER VI.

Godliness applies to Youth, who pleads various
Excuses, and at last utterly declines, receiving
him at present,

CHAPTER VII.

Godliness at the Door of Old-Age; the Reasons
why he refused to entertain him,

CHAPTER VIII.

True Godliness, after this, travelled towards the
city Jerusalem, near to which was a small vil-
lage called Religion, in which dwelt Mr. Le-
galist, at whose door he knocked. The cause
why he did not entertain him,

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CHAPTER IX.

Godliness encounters a Man of strange Counte-
nance, who it appears was an Antinomian,

CHAPTER X.

Godliness came to Mr. Formalist's door, who bid
him very welcome; but he suspecting his In-
tegrity, and that he harboured divers grand
Enemies of his, particularly one Hypocrisy,
hesitated to go in. How Hypocrisy came to be
discovered. Formalist at last refused to enter-
tain True Godliness,

CHAPTER XI.
Godliness, travelling farther into the Town,
(called Religion,) saw many people who had
been great professors, retiring from the town as
fast as they could. In the discourse he had
with one of them, the nature and danger of
Apostacy is described,

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CHAPTER XII.
Godliness, coming to Thoughtful's house, found
there his friend Consideration whom he had a
long time sought for. The great opposition
Consideration met with,

CHAPTER XIII.'
Thoughtful, though he had embraced Considera-
tion, and was resolved to receive Godliness into
his house, is hindered by Old-Man, Wilful-
Will, Carnal-Affections, and Apollyon. He is
aided by Laborious, but had not prevailed had
it not been for another who came to his assis-
tance,

CHAPTER XIV.
Thoughtful, meeting with his friend Contentment,
and finding now nothing wanting in order to the
making of his Life sweet and comfortable, sang
Hallelujahs, Hymns of Praise, and Thanksgiv-
ing to God and the Lamb,

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THE

CHRISTIAN LIBRARY,

Now publishing by LINCOLN & EDMANDS, comprises the following works.

BAXTER'S CALL. A new and beautiful stereotype edition, with Chalmer's Introductory Essay, and several Minor Works of Mr. Baxter, 18mo.

BAXTER'S SAINTS' REST.

From Rev. Dr. Wayland, President of Brown
University.

I am gratified to perceive that you have published a handsome edition of Baxter's Saints' Rest. Of the value of the work itself it is superfluous to speak. It has few equals in any language. The ordinary copies are most palpably beneath the value of the work.

THE IMITATION OF CHRIST, by Thomas à Kempis, with Dr. Chalmer's Introductory Essay. A new edition, edited by Rev. Howard Malcom, of Boston.

MEMOIR OF MRS. ANN H. JUDSON, late Missionary to Burmah. Including a History of the American Baptist Mission in the Burman Empire. By James D. Knowles. Fifth edition.

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