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good, both fpiritual and temporal; butTuch 

 fricndfhip cannot be contracted and conti- 

 nued but only between perfons truly reli- 

 gious, that love and fear God. We can- 

 not expeft fidelity and the benefits before 

 recited from any but thofe who are fo qua- 

 lified : And thole that are fo, their friend- 

 ihip is courted by all Men, and who fo hap* 

 py as they that can get an intereft in it ! 



CHAP. XL 



Of the Happinefs of the Inward Man. 



I Proceed now to treat of the Happinefs 

 of the Inner Man^ the Soul or Spirit, 

 and that confifts in the love of God^ and 

 of our Neighbour ; whatever makes the Soul 

 happy, muft be fuitable and agreeable to 

 the Nature of it. Now the Soul is a fpi- 

 ritual fubftance, and therefore its Objective 

 Happinefs muft be fo too. The Soul is 

 immortal, and therefore the Objeft which 

 makes it happy muft be of eternal duration. 

 The defires of the Soul are very vaft and ex- 

 tenfive ; nay, infinite ; and therefore not to 

 be fatisfied but by an Infinite Good. 



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