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with them, and for them all, recommending them 

 to God and to the word of his grace. And I know- 

 not where better to leave you, than in the prac- 

 tice and actual exercise of a duty so fairly recom- 

 mended ; and shall, therefore, desire you to turn 

 your wearied eyes from me and lift them up to 

 Heaven, (from whence every good and perfect 

 gift descends,) to seek from thence the smoothing 

 of all difficulties, the solving of all doubts, the 

 calming of all animosities, and the uniting of all 

 affections : and to beg of that Father of Mercies, 

 and God of all Consolations, that he will (every 

 day more and more) turn again our captivity, like 

 the rivers in the south ; that they who sow in 

 tears may reap in joy : that he would send forth 

 his good spirit to move upon the waters of our 

 Massah and Meribah, to digest that chaos and 

 confusion, and strife of opinions into one beautiful 

 and harmonious composure ; and, finally, that he, 

 who, by the hand of his holy Apostle, founded 

 this Church of Crete in Titus and his Elders, in a 

 meet and decent imparity and subordination, 

 would maintain his own ordinance amongst us 

 also, and justify his institutions to the utmost 

 against all gainsay ers ; that the Rod of Aaron may 

 again bud and blossom, and bring forth fruit 

 amongst us ; that his Urim and his Thummin may 

 be with his holy ones ; that he would bless their 

 substance, and accept the work of their hands, 

 and smite through the loins of them that hate 

 them, that they rise not again : that so there may 



