with a price," let us strive to the uttermost to " glorify him with our bodies and our spirits, which are his1."]
Address,
1. Those who are yet in bondage to sin and Satan —
[Why should you continue in bondage another day ? May not the past time suffice to have served such hard masters ? and is not liberty at this moment proclaimed to you ? " Be- hold, this is the accepted time, this is the day of salvation. " Think not of the difficulties that are in your way, but of the power that will enable you to surmount them. He who rescued Israel from Egypt, yet liveth ; and " will shew himself strong in behalf of all who call upon him." If you continue in your bondage, O think of the wages that you will receive ! " the wages of sin is death :" — but if you assert your liberty, you shall be numbered among " the freemen of the Lord," and have him for your portion in time and in eternity.]
2. Those who profess to have been freed from
their bondage —
[You have seen wherein you are to glorify your God. Remember, that it is in relative life especially you are to shew forth the power of divine grace. Let it be seen in your house- holds, that you are enabled to walk worthy of your high calling. It is in your families that the truth and excellence of your principles is to be displayed. It is easy enough to be kind and liberal abroad ; but look to it that these graces are exercised at home : let your wife, your children, your servants, reap the benefit of your conversion. Let liberality be in your hearts, and the law of kindness in your lips. Shew that religion is an operative principle ; and that it is uniform in its operation : and know that a profession of religion without such an exhibition of its power, will be accounted no better than hypocrisy either by God or man. If you would be approved of God at last, you must " adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things."]
1 1 Cor. vi. 20.
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