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which will be followed by such an inconceiv ably great reward. The text proves evidently that the eternal God has respect to the little actions of' our lives ; and if they be conform able to his holy commandments, he wil? not fail to fulfil his gracious promise, and greatly to reward them in the next life. " Had the prophet bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it? and how much more when he saith, wash and be clean," was the reproof that Naaman's servant gave him when he rejected Elisha's advice, and refused to make use of the means he had pre scribed for the recovery of his leprosy. And may not the Almighty make the application to those servants whom he hath ordered to be faithful in that which is least, and for encou ragement hath promised to make great in the kingdom of heaven ? Heavy, without doubt, will be the condemnation of those who neglect to secure the mighty recompense of Heaven, from not observing to fulfil the jots and tittles of the law. He cannot have a due sense of the value of those good things which God hath preparedfor all xvho love himy who refuses any