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ward to others ; that can spy the mote that de- 

 forms their brother's eye, but the beam that 

 shades their own is no impediment. Thus some 

 gaze at their own pageantry, and too frequent- 

 ly answer their own petitions ; that say to them- 

 selves, all is well, when nothing's well but what 

 is ill ; that live so near the portalls of death, as if 

 there were no death in dying. Such men as 

 these think the sun shines blessings no where 

 but in their chimney-corners ; that build their 

 habitation upon a sandy foundation ; that judg 

 and pre-judg both moralist and heathen, (that 

 rather deserves their pity and charity ;) and cen- 

 sure all the world, when they themselves cann't 

 live without it. 



Arn. What crazy props such men lean upon, 

 that exchange their profession for profit. If 

 Christ be our foundation, let's believe as Christ- 

 ians ; not barely to honour the appellation of 

 Christianity, but live the life and practice of 

 Christians, otherwise we build on a sandy foun- 

 dation, that sinks beneath the surface, or tumbles 

 down in the storm. We daily observe the earth 

 a fix'd body, yet it bears not the heavens, nor 

 itself neither ; because it hangs by poize of its 

 own, and the providence of God supports it. 

 For our blessed Saviour that made the world, is 

 the support of the world ; for none less than he 

 that made the world, had power to redeem man, 



