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and much ; conceived that a Pharlfce under Chrif^, was fiill woife than a 

 Phaiifce under Mofes. He oppofed then ihcfe modern Pharifees ; and 

 had for it the authority of his mailer Jefus, who thus attacked the Phari-* 

 fees of old. — * Do not ye after the works of the Scribes and Pharifees, fot 



< they Jay and do nor. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be 



< borne, and Uy them on men's (boulders ; but they therafclves will not 



* rr.ove them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to 



* htfeen of men* — And again, < Two men went up into the temple to 



< pray ; the one a Pharifee and the other a Publican. The Pharifee flood 



* and prayed thus with himfelf : "God I thank thee, that I am not as 

 *' other men arc ; extortioners, unjuft, adulterous ; or even as this Publi- 

 ** can : I fall twice in the week ; I give tithes of all I poflefs.** And the 



* Publican, Handing afar ofF, would not lift fo mnch as his eyes unto hea- 



< yen, but fmote upon his bread, faying, *♦ God be merciful unto me a fin 

 « ner." I tell you, this raaa went down to his houfe juftified, rather ihan^ 



< the other.* — And again more pointedly : * Not every one ihat/zi//) un- 



< to me, Lardi Lord, Ihall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that 



* doeth the will of my father which is in heaven. Many will fay to roe 



* in that day : ** Lord, Lordy have we not prophefied in thy name ? and 

 *' in thy name have call out devils ? and in thy name done many wonder-: 

 <• ful works V* And then will I profefs unto ihem, * I never knew ye s 



* depart from me, ye thatwcr^ iniquity*'^. — Kliyogg, in ailing under im- 

 prellions like thefe, deferved the thanks of the clergy ; and we find that he 

 received them. It was tn(y to be a friend to religion, without being 

 friendly to thofe who debafed and made a mall; of it. 



The indudry of Ktiyogg rofe peihaps beyond the necefiary ftandard - 

 finee few can propofe to themfelves to purfue only one occupaipn or to 

 poflefs only one amufement, namely that of bodily labor. Kliyogg's 

 thirft for fuch labor was incelTant and implacable, and ifsefftfls bore down 

 every thing before it. It was the piecife iliuftraiion of Virgil's * Labor 



* om7iia*vi»cJt Im/>rohus.*-"But if everyone cannot attain to Kliyogg'a 

 paffion for fuch induftry, (of which however he fucceeded in infufing a 

 portion into his family ;) yet at leaft the powers of thi'j cieaiive quality 

 have become fufiiciently raanifeft in his hands, to make ftrenuous and Hea- 

 dy exertions appear in the light of a profitable duty.-. It muft be obfetved 

 here, that the induftry of Kliyogg was accompanied with judgn^enr, (yi. 

 tern, and economy ; and operated through a long period of time. 



Without going through the whole of Kliyogg's perfuafions in the con- 

 duct of his lifeand of his family, let it be obferved once for all, that it is 

 neither pretended here to recommend his example, nor even to vindicate 

 him from cenfure, in every particular.— The variety which occurs in the 

 fituationa of mankind, form likewife a new xeafoDj fot leaving the chiet^ 



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* Set Matthc-jj xxiii. 3— «: ; Luie xviii, 19—13 ; tt^JMaithcrQ v^^ 



