since the salvation of your souls is the reward you receive for your faith.

and since you invoke him as your father, who without respect of persons judges every one according to his actions; while you are passing thro' this world, be fearful of offending him:

since your regeneration is not owing to any corruptible principles, but to the unchangeable word of the immortal God.

which is without any mixture, and will make you thrive. Since you have tasted how good the Lord is,

this will conciliate the divine favour. and this is the condition of your vocation, since Christ himself has suffer'd for us,

for since it is the will of heaven you should suffer, it is better you should suffer for your virtue, than for any crimes.

Since then Christ has with respect to his mortal nature died for us, arm yourselves with this reflection, that he, who is dead with respect to sensuality, has renounced sin;