I. The Question propos'd to CHRIST at the 17th Verse, thus worded, Is it lawful to give Tribute unto Caesar, or no?

II. CHRIST's wise Answer to that Captious and insnaring Question, Viz. Render unto Caesar the Things which are Caesar's; and unto GOD the Things that are GOD's.

III. Ult. The admirable Effect of that Answer; which was, That when they had heard these Words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

After I had enlarged upon those Points, and distinctly explained them, I endeavour'd to make my Auditory sensible of the indispensable Obligation incumbent on all of us to be Thankful to ALMIGHTY GOD for the Blessing, which by our Church, is this Day commemorated, and which (through a Series of Providences) has brought in this greater, viz. that of our having now on the Throne, so Wise, so Just, and so Excellent a MONARCH (Our Most Gracious KING GEORGE, Whom GOD long preserve) to rule over us. When I had done discoursing upon this Subject, I concluded the Whole with suitable Admonitions to the Condemn'd Prisoners; exhorting them to consider, How they had broke the Laws of GOD and of the KING, and how it behoved them therefore to repent and amend their Lives, before their Dissolution (now approaching) should come.

On the Lord's Day the 31st of the said Month of May, I preached again to them, and others there present, both in the Morning and Afternoon; and this was my Text. 1 Joh. 3. 3. Every man that hath this Hope in him, purifieth himself, even as He is Pure.

From which Words, first explained in general, I shew'd in particular.

How a Man may know, whether he shall go to Heaven; and that is by treading in the Paths that lead thither; which are these, viz.

I. A just Conformity to CHRIST's Purity and Holiness.

II. A continual Striving after the Attainment of the utmost Perfection thereof (as far as possible) in the due Exercise of Christian Love.

III. And lastly, A constant Perseverance therein; being perswaded of this comfortable Truth; That the more we love GOD and our Neighbour, the clearer Vision and the fuller Fruition we shall have of the DIVINE MAJESTY, when we come to Heaven; and, the more we are like to CHRIST in Grace here, the higher we shall sit by Him in Glory hereafter.