we are prepared for the jadgment day. To lore what God lores, to liate what God hates, and to improve what God approTes, is the highest style of Christiaiiity. The moment we find onrselres hononiing anything which in the sight of God is lighily esteemed, we may be sure there is something wrong in onr sonls.
These Terses teacli ns, lastly, the dignity and sancHty of the law of Gods Onr Lord Jesns Christ declares that ** it is easier for heayen and earth to pass, than for one tittle of the law to faiL''
The honour of God's holy law was frequently defended by Christ during the time of His ministry on earth, ^metimes we Jd Him defending it a^nxan-nude additions, as in the case of the fourth commandment. Sometimes we find Him defending it against those who would lower the standard of its requirements, and allow it to be transgressed, as in the case of the law of marriage. But never do we find Him speaking of the law in any terms but those of respect. He always "magnified the law and made it honourable." (Isaiah xlii. 21.) Its ceremonial part was a type of His own gospel, and was to be fulfilled to the last letter. Its moral part was a revelation of God's eternal mind, and wae^ to be per- petually binding on Christians.
The honour of God's holy law needs continually de- fending in the present day. On few subjects does ignorance prevail so widely among professing Christians. Some appear to think that Christians have nothing to do with the law, — that its moral and ceremonial parts were both of only temporary obligation, — and that the daily sacrifice and the ten commandments were both alike put