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imdft of thee. Deut . 7. 1 5*. And the Lord will 

 take away from thee all Sicknefs, and will 

 fut none of the evil Ttifeafes .of Egypt 

 (which thou knowefl) upon thee. Prov. 3. 

 7, 8. Fear the Lord and depart from evil: 

 It Jhall be health to thy Nave I, and Mar- 

 row to thy Bones* Prov. 3.16. It is faid of 

 Wifdom, That length of days are in her 

 right hand. Pfal. 34. n. What man is he 

 that dejireth life, and loveth many days, 

 that he may fee good? Keep thy tongue from 

 evil, and thy lips that thou fpeak no guile. 

 *Depart from evil, and do good, &c. > re- 

 peated i Tet. 3. 10. On the other fide Sick- 

 nefs and grievous- Difeafes and premature 

 Death are often threatned as Puniihments 

 of Sin and Difobedience : T>eut. 18.60,61. 

 If thou wilt not obferve to do all the words 

 of this Law, &c. He will bring upon thee 

 all the evil ^Difeafes of Egypt, &c. aljo 

 every Sicknefs^ and every 'Plague which is 

 not written in this Law. Prov. 1.12. The 

 wicked jhall be cut off from the earth, and 

 the tranfgreffors Jhall be rooted out of it. 

 Prov. 11.19. <^ s right eoufnefs tendeth to life, 

 fo he that purfueth evil, purfueth it to his 

 own 'Death. 



i. Health and Long Life are the natural 

 confequents of fome Virtues commanded 

 by God: As, C 3 i.Tem- 



