Part 25

4. Let us learn, lastly, to follow that direction of the great apostle, _Be not high-minded, but fear_. Let us fear sin, more than death or hell. Let us have a jealous (though not painful) fear, lest we should lean to our own deceitful hearts. _Let him that standeth take heed lest he fall._ Even he who now standeth fast in the grace of God, in the _faith_ that _overcometh the world_, may nevertheless fall into inward sin, and thereby _make shipwreck of his faith_. And how easily then will outward sin regain its dominion over him? Thou therefore, O man of God, watch always; that thou mayest always hear the voice of God. Watch that thou mayest pray without ceasing, at all times and in all places, pouring out thine heart before him. So shalt thou always believe, and always love, and never commit sin.