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for the natural effect of light, is universal benevolence, justice, and truth:

for it is a shame even to mention what they practise in secret.

do not drink to excess, for that tends to dissoluteness, but be regal'd with spiritual entertainments:

and this the burthen of the song, "thanks be to God, even the father, for his son Jesus Christ our Lord."

for the husband presides over his wife, as Christ presides over the church: and he it is that preserves the whole body.

You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her:

the scripture says, "for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and they two shall be as one."

Children, obey your christian parents: for this is the law.

and not to men: considering that whatever good any man doth, he shall be rewarded for it by the Lord, whether he be a slave or free.

for our conflict is not barely with men, but with principalities, with potentates, with the princes of darkness, with wicked aereal spirits.

Pour out your souls unto God upon all occasions, watching in prayer with all perseverance and supplication for all christians:

in particular for me, that I may have leave to speak without any restraint, and make known the mystery of the gospel,

for which I am an embassador, tho' in chains: that I may duely represent it to the full.

grace be with all those that have love uncorrupted for our Lord Jesus Christ. amen.

and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank God, for your remembrance of me,

never pray without praying for you all with joy, for your liberality to the gospel,

for God is my witness, that I love you with a christian tenderness.

the others act from affection, as knowing that I suffer for having defended the gospel.

for I know that this shall turn to my deliverance, thro' your prayers, by the spirit, which Jesus Christ will supply me with,

agreeably to that expectation and persuasion I have, that I shall not labour in vain; but as I always have, so I shall still glorify Christ in my body, whether it be by life or by death: for if I live, I live to Christ;