O then, since you are thus obliged to holiness of life, thus singu- larly assisted for it ; and since there are such great dependencies upon it, and uses for it, both now and in the world to come, see that ye be holy in all manner of conversation. See that, " as ye " have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so ye walk in him ;" always remembering, that for this very end, Christ hath redeemed, or " delivered you out of the hands of your enemies, that you " might serve him without fear, in righteousness and holiness all " the days of your lives," Luke i. 74, 75. And to how little purpose will be all that I have preached, and you have heard, of Christ, if it be not converted into practical godliness ? This is the scope and design of it all.
And now, reader, thou art come to the last leaf of this treatise of Christ, it will be but a little while, and thou shalt come to the last page or day of thy life ; and thy last moment in that day. Wo to thee, wo and alas for ever, if an interest in this blessed Redeemer be then to get. The world affords not a sadder sight, than a poor Christless soul shivering upon the brink of eternity. To see the poor soul that now begins to awake out of its long dream, at its entrance into the world of realities, to shrink back into the body, and cry, 0, / cannot, I dure not die. And then the tears run down. Lord, what will become of me ? O what shall be my eternal lot ? This, I say, is as sad a sight as the world affords. That this may not be thy case, reflect upon what thou hast read in these sermons. Judge thyself in the light of them. Obey the calls of the Spirit in them. Let not thy slight and formal spirit float upon the surface of these truths, like a feather upon the water ; but get them deeply fixed upon thy spirit, by the Spirit of the Lord ; turning them into life and power upon thee ; and so ani- mating the whole course and tenor of thy conversation by them, that it may proclaim to all that know thee, that thou art one who esteemest all to be but dross, that thou mayest win Christ,
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