Christ being the Light, dwells always in the Light; and if our walking be thus, and in every Affair and Concern we faithfully follow this Divine Leader, he preserves from giving just Cause for any to quarrel with us: And where this Foundation is laid, and mutually kept to, by Families conversant with each other, the Way is open for these Comforts in Society, which our Heavenly Father intends as a Part of our Happiness in this World; and then we may experience the Goodness, and Pleasantness of dwelling together in Unity; but where Ways of Living take place, which tend to Oppression, and in the Pursuit of Wealth, People do that to others which they know would not be acceptable to themselves, either in exercising an absolute Power over them, or otherwise laying on them unequitable Burdens; here a Fear lest that Measure should be meted to them, which they have measured to others, incites a Care to support that by Craft and cunning Devices which stands not on the firm Foundation of Righteousness: Thus the Harmony of Society is broken, and from hence Commotions and Wars do frequently arise in the World. _Come out of_ Babylon _my People, that ye be not Partakers of her Sins, and that ye receive not of her Plagues_. Rev. xv. 3, 4. This _Babel_, or _Babylon_, was built in the Spirit of Self-exaltation: _Let us build us a City and a Tower, whose Top may reach to Heaven, and let us make us a Name_. Gen. xi. 4. In departing from an humble Trust in God, and following a selfish Spirit, People have Intentions to get the upperhand of their Fellow Creatures, privately meditate on Means to obtain their Ends, have a Language in their Hearts which is hard to understand. In _Babel_ the Language is confounded. This City is represented as a Place of Business, and those employed in it, as Merchants of the Earth: _The Merchants of the Earth are waxed rich through the Abundance of her Delicacies_. Rev. xviii. 3. And it is remarkable in this Call, that the Language from the Father of Mercies is, my People, _Come out of_ Babylon _my People_. Thus his tender Mercies are toward us in an imperfect State; and as we faithfully attend to the Call, the Path of Righteousness is more and more opened; Cravings, which have not their Foundation in pure Wisdom, more and more cease; and in an inward Purity of Heart, we experience a Restoration of that which was lost at _Babel_, represented by the inspired Prophet in the _returning of a pure Language_. Zeph. iii. 9.