make for peace^ and thofe whereby we may
edify one another.
May the union that takes place this day
be never difTolved by our follies and fins !
May Ephraim never more envy Judah, nor
Judah vex Ephraim ! May England and
Scotland be for the future as much one in
inclination and affedion, as they are obliged
to be by their duty and intereft ; that what
has been folemnly confirmed on earth, may
" Job 17. S".
Z 2 be
34© -^ thankfgtving fermon for the union,
be ratified in heaven ; and that what God
has joined together, no man may put afun-
der ! That this union may be like that of
Judah and Ifrael, predi »S.
Aa 3 ^
358 A thankfgivtng fermon for the
a man *, whatever fome have advanced to
the contrary ; it may feem very ftrange that
the author of this epiftle fhould declare,
he was ^without father^ ^without jnothe?^ 'with-
out defcent, or genealogy " -, having neither be-
ginning of daySy nor end of life : and that
l>eing made like the Son of God^ he abides a