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    I . From Rev . Thomas Newman * to Mr . Paice , -f on his going into Business . Dear Joseph , T TNDERSTANDING that you are \^ J now ac tually engaging in business and entering upon the world , my affection to you , and concern for your real welfare , put me upon lending you

    my best assistance towards your happiness , which I wish as heartily as 1 do my b * vn . It is not in my power to instruct you in business , nor to secure you one correspondent if you live to the end of your apprenticeship . All I can propose is to assist you in

    maintaining a reputation with God , with yourself and the world , whereby you will bid fairest for safety and comfort , and for that degree of success as shall render you more happy than the greatest wealth without such a

    reputation will do . Accordingly , I would recommend the following counsels to you , which have been tried and have never yet failed of procuring happiness , which is what , I presume , you desire , and what your tender parent and affectionate relations wish you .

    1 . Remember that the providence of God hath a supreme and sovereign influencb upon all causes and events . He can blast what is most promising , or he can prosper what is very unlikely to succeed ; he can deprive you of the most valuable friends , or he can

    render those friends to you from whom you expect nothing : hereupon as you now set out in the world , set out with God , I mean by serious daily applications to him . Before you enter upon business , recommend yourself to his

    guidance , protection and blessing , and act as under his continual inspection a the day . Be sure to make him your friend , who is the Author of all your blessings , upon whom all your hopes and happiness have a dependence ,

    ¦ - > ' ' . — ¦¦ ' *¦ ' ¥ ¦ ' ¦ m^^— nwi » i ¦—^^ . ¦ ¦¦ tm ¦ i m m — n » i ¦¦¦¦ i i ¦ i t * Minister of the Presbyterian Congre - gation in Carter Laue , London : born iw the year 169 $ ; died Dec . 6 , 1758 . He was the Autjior of Sermons oo Happiness , two v olqnies Svq . and of other Sermons . t * For a pleasing proof of the conformity jjf Mr . Paipe ' s life to the direction * of his JJU hful preceptor , see the accounts of him , Won . Repos . V . 45 S , 602 , 640 . VI . 640 .

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    infinitely beyond what they can have upon all other friendships and causes put together that friendship you are more sure to obtain by a desire of pleasing him in all you do , than you are of obtaining any that are human , and there is infinitely more in it when obtained .

    2 , Whatever business your place and relation call upon you to attend to , discharge it with that diligence and faithfulness as if it was your own , arid do it in obedience to God , or because he requires it : therein you will be as acceptable to him as in any acts of

    devotion and worship , but still look upon this as your most important business , and therefore to be regarded , whatever degree of other business you have to attend to . Whilst you express all dutiful regards to a father and master on earth , remember there is an

    honour due to your Father , and & service due to your Master in heaven , which nothing can justify the neglect of . Let these then gx > together . 3 . Set it down with yourself , as a certain truth , that religion was

    designed for your happiness : whatever pleasures that forbids you to gratify , are only those that would entail misery and pain upon you , and will be found bitterness in the latter end ; and this consequence can no more be prevented ,

    than you can prevent the fire burning any thing that is thrown into it . There is no one law or rule of religion that you violate , but is attended with proportionable mischief to yourself in this world .

    4 . Place your happiness in the approbation of your Maker , and in the peace of your own mind . If your own lieart condemns you for doing any thingamiss , you will have no satisfaction in what others say or think of you ; for what doth it signify to be thought

    well of by the world , whilst your conscience tells you , you do not deserve it ? There is nothing so hard to bear as your own accusing mind or your own reproaches of yourself- Innocence is attended witli peace , guilt in followed sooner or later with torment and terror , and no external circuinstance can make up the loss of peace no advantage can be a gain under that

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1817, page 643, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2470/page/3/