<​Sunday 21​> like Columbus when he was invited to a banquet, where he was assigned the most honorable place at table & served with the ceremonials which were observed towards Sovereigns— A <​shallow​> Courtier present, who was meanly jealous of him, abruptly asked him whether he thought, that in case he had not discovered the Indies, there were not other men in Spain, who would have been capable of the enterprize? Columbus made no reply, but took an egg & invited the company to make it stand on end. They all attempted it, but in vain— whereupon he struck it upon the table, so as to break one end & left it standing on the broken part— illustrating that when he had once shewn the way to the New World, nothing was easier than to follow it.

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we contend <​earnestly​> for the like precious faith with the Apostle Peter, & add to your faith virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness. brotherly kindness, charity, for if these things be in you & abound, ye shall neither be barren or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; another point, after having all these qualifications, he lays this injunction upon the people, but rather make your calling & election sure— he is emphatic upon the subject, after adding all this virtue, knowledge &c make your calling & election sure— What is the secret, the starting point? according as <​to​> his divine power which hath given unto us all things that pertain to life & godliness— How did he obtain all things? through the knowledge of him who hath called him, there could not any thing be given pertaining to life & <​godliness without​> noledg [knowledge] Wo Wo Wo to Christendom especially the Divines & Priests, if this be true.

Salvation is for a man to be saved from all his enemies, for until a man can triumph over death, he is not saved, & <​a​> knowledge <​of the ,​> alone will do this.

The Spirits in the eternal world are like the Spirits in this world— when these spirits have come into this world & received tabernacles, then died, and again have used & received glorified bodies, they will have an ascendancy over the spirits who have no bodies, or kept not their first estate like the Devil. The punishment of the Devil was, that he should not have a habitation like men— The Devils retaliation is, he comes into this world, binds up men’s bodies & occupies them himself, when the authorities come along they eject him from a stolen habitation.

The design of the great God in sending us into this world & organizing us is to prepare us for the eternal worlds I shall keep in my own bosom at present.

We have no claim in an eternal compact, in relation to eternal things unless our actions & contracts & all things tend to this end. but after all this you have got to make your calling & election sure. If this injunction would lay largely on those to whom it was spoken, how much more those of the present generation

1st. Key Knowledge is the power of Salvation

2nd. Key Make your calling and Election sure

3rd. Key It is one thing to be on the Mount & hear the excellent voice &c &c & another to hear the voice declare to you, you have a part & lot in that Kingdom. [p. 34]