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Since you know the true God, and are in
him, let your light and love guard you against all that is advanced in opposition to him,
or competition with him. Flee from the false gods of the heathen world. They are not
comparable to the God whose you are and whom you serve. Adore not your God by statues and
images, which share in his worship. Your God is an incomprehensible Spirit, and is
disgraced by such sordid representations. Hold no communion with your heathen neighbours
in their idolatrous worship. Your God is jealous, and would have you come out, and be
separated from among them; mortify the flesh, and be crucified to the world, that they may
not usurp the throne of dominion in the heart, which is due only to God. The God whom you
have known is he who made you, who redeemed you by his Son, who has sent his gospel to
you, who has pardoned your sins, begotten you unto himself by his Spirit, and given you
eternal life. Cleave to him in faith, and love, and constant obedience, in opposition to
all things that would alienate your mind and heart from God. To this living and true God
be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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