The awful worth and very high dignity of the soul, arising from its immortality; and the necessity of caring for its future well-being / [James Graham].

  • Graham, James, 1745-1794
Date:
[1787?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The awful worth and very high dignity of the soul, arising from its immortality; and the necessity of caring for its future well-being / [James Graham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Friend, be humble—be fober—be pure and cbafte in the fingle—and continent in the married fiate. Be watchful, patient, and refigned to the Will of God in all things* Consult not with human Wifdom:—lean not on an arm of flefh. Let your chief, or your only Prayer bes Not mine, but Thy Will, O Lordl be done,” Keep Eioft flri£lly holy every Sabbath-day, Be regular in going to Church, and in partaking worthily of the Sacred Ordi¬ nance of the Holy Supper. Honour and comfort your pa¬ rents. Do your duty to the bodies and to the fouls of your children, and of your fervants. Be active in the fervice of your family, and of your fellow-creatures. Defpife the pleafures, the wealth, and the honours of this poor, fleeting, wicked world. Afpire to purer Pleafures, to true Riches and Honours, and to the moil: permanent Felicities. Be mofi flridtly honeft in all your dealings: —and lay up your Treafures in Heaven, which will endure forevermore. Avoid paflion—anger—wrath. Forgive and. pray for your enemies, Refent not any injury done to you or to your concerns. Avoid, refill, and flee from the FIRST motion, inclination, or temptation to fin:—and allow not yourfelf to go on in the commiffion of even the fmalleft fin or immorality. Omit not any one known duty. Relieve the poor and needy. Pity, pray for, and endeavour to reclaim the vicious, Inflru£t the ignorant. Vifit the fick and the prifoner. Plead for thofe who cannpt plead for themfelves. Be kind and courteous to all. In a word—be zealous in promoting the honour and glory of God in the higheft;—lov^our neighbours;—and work out with fear, trembling, diligence, and hope, your own falvation, through the infinite and raoft wondrous merits and mediation of our dearefi: Lord Jefus Chrifl!—and under the Sacred and Benign influences of that Hq1/s and Om-