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(((with the Lamb, & the Leopard shall lie down with the Kid, & a little Child shall lead them;" "When truth shall spring out of the earth, & righteousness shall look down from Heaven;" "when the Lord shall comfort the waste places of Lion, & make her wilderness like Eden, & her desert like the garden of the Lord;" when "joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanks giving and the voice of melody."))) We are now to consider thirdly, that in order to derive from the truths thus attested the spiritual & eternal advantages, they are calculated to afford, we must understand them believe them & practise them. Man surely, should listen when God speaks; (((should receive whatever he condescends to communicate; and should obey in all that he is pleased to enjoin.))) To do otherwise, is to frustrate his gracious purposes in relation to ourselves. It is to contemn his wisdom, to abuse his mercy, and to spurn the blessings of the life to come. 1. In order to understand what God has revealed in the Scriptures, we must read them

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