"TO fear God, is one of the first and greatest Duties of his rational Creatures."

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"TO fear God, is one of the first and greatest Duties of his rational Creatures."

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"If notwithstanding, a Rebellion of the same Kind now afflicts this Country, we should not infer that this Institution is useless, or should be laid aside; but just the Reverse."

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