Excerpt from The Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Containing a Full Accurate and Universal History
The first and greatest object that should most materially engage the attention of Mankind is, the pursuit of that knowledge which tends to promote their welfare while on this transitory stage of life, and their eternal happiness in that which is to come. No measures whatever can be taken to effect this, but the most earnest endeavors to make themselves perfectly acquainted with, and strictly to follow the example of Our Blessed Redeemer, the great Captain of our sufferings - the preserver of our souls from death to life everlasting - the grand pattern of sanctity, humility, meekness, and charity - the King of Glory - the guiding star to righteousness - and who, as himself expresses it, is "the Way, the Truth, and the Life."
As, therefore, in Our Blessed Redeemer only, rests the whole of our eternal salvation, let Him only engross our most serious attention: and let the examples of his Holy Apostles, who have sealed their faith with their blood, inspire us with resolution to make us emulous to be accounted voluntary servants of Christ, who condescended to suffer an ignominious and painful death, to clear us from our sins, and the punishment due to our manifold officers.
In seriously perusing the Life and Transactions of the Great Redeemer of Mankind, we shall there find those balmy sweets those solid comforts, which, if properly attended to, will promote our felicity here, and secure to us eternal happiness hereafter.
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