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Ziph, and escaped the danger that was then impending 

 over him.* Much more I could say on this subje(5t, but 

 as my present limits will not admit of it, I must conclude 

 by informing you, that this said sacred science is of 

 divine institution and appointment, and will stand the 

 test in the midst of a world that licth in wickednessf 

 and ignorance, as Jong as the Bible will. For they ara 

 both supported by one divine power and authority, and 

 although devils roar, and witked men mightily resist 

 them, yet they will always stand fast : their foundations 

 cannot be moved, otherwise all these things would have 

 been done long before this time. Some will say, the 

 world is now much wiser than what it formerly was ; I 

 grant it may, in vice, wickedness, temporal things, and in 

 the common arts of this life ; but in respeft to celestial 

 and spiritual subjects the generality of them are only 

 babes Mhen compared with the knowledge and most 

 extensive wisdom of the ancients, and primitive Cliristians ; 

 and it is reasonable enough to suppose, that the spirit et' 

 wisdom will not descend from on high upon atheists, 

 deists, unbelievers and the workers of iniquity : this 

 would be contrary to the laws of the great Creator of the 

 uiiiverse ; and therefore can never come to pass: and 

 remember reader, in all 30ur contemplations on these 

 subjects, that God is a spirit, and those that worship him 

 must worship him in spirit and in truth, John iv. 24; 

 and also that the bodies of all such worshippers are the 

 temple of the Holy Ghost, 1 Cor. iii. IG, 17. vi. 19, 20 ; 

 and also that as when the spirit and soul of man leavetb 

 its body, there then rcmaineth nothing except a dead 

 corpse : So it is in like matiner with the stars and planets 

 which are placed in the tirniameut of heaven, and if you 

 only go so far as to consider them in respect to (he body 

 of each star and planet, leaving out of your calculation 

 all those spiritual beings who reside and dwell in the 

 same, you will nsjver be a'ole to make much progress in 

 these divine subjects, &c. I would advise you to duly 

 examine the conclusion of this book, unto which I now 

 beg leave to refer you. 



♦1 Sam. xx\\\. 10, J J, 12, 13. fl John v. 19. 



