such a man must not expect any answer from the Lord.

every thing that is valuable, every gift that leads to perfection is deriv'd from heaven, it descends from that original light, which knows no change, no shadow, or decline:

for a bare auditor without practice is like one who sees his image form'd by a mirror:

have not you made an arbitrary distinction, don't your judgments flow from a vicious principle?

By that we give praises to God the father: and that pronounces curses even against men, who are form'd after the divine resemblance.

from the same mouth shall blessing and cursing proceed? this ought not to be practis'd, my brethren;

such wisdom is not derived from heaven; but is terrestrial, sensual, demoniacal.

but wisdom deriv'd from heaven is first dispassionate, then pacific, equitable, and obsequious: full of beneficence, and all social virtue, free from partiality, and hypocrisy.

Surrender therefore to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

As for you, my brethren, bear your sufferings with constancy, till the advent of the Lord. the farmer, from the prospect of a golden crop, patiently expects the showers of the spring and the autumn.

the prayer that proceeds from faith, shall save the sick; the Lord will raise him up, and his sins that may have been the occasion, shall be forgiven.

My brethren, when any of you deviates from the truth, whoever sets him right, may be assured,

that the retrieving of a sinner from his erroneous habits, is saving a soul from ruin, and cancels a multitude of sins.