law, and ignorant of the way in which your guilt is to be removed :) on the contrary, your " peace should flow as a river," and, as " children of Zion, you should be joyful in your King."
But further, it is declared in your law,
III. That all who are thus saved, must be holy in heart and life.
God, as you know, requires you to be " holy as he is holy ;" and to be " a peculiar people unto him above all the people upon earth." And I the rather bring this to your minds, because you are ready to think that we wish to proselyte you to Christianity, that we may have to glory in such an accession to our cause. But I beg leave to assure you, that I would not move a finger to proselyte your whole nation to our religion, if I did not at the same time raise them to be better men, fitter to serve their God on earth, and fitter to enjoy him for ever in heaven. And this I entreat you to bear in mind. It is to the divine image that we wish to bring you, and to the full pos- session of that blessing promised to you by Jehovah himself ; " I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. And I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and to keep my judgments and do themm." This is necessary for you, as it is also for us : nor have we ourselves any other rule of conduct than that which was prescribed to you in the Ten Commandments. The advantage we have in the New Testament is not that new things are revealed to us, but that the things originally revealed to you are made more clear and intelligible. Not that in your Scriptures there is any obscurity in relation to this matter : we may truly say, " It is not far off, nor is it hidden from you ; but it is very nigh unto you, even in your hands and in your mouth :" I pray God we may be
m Ezek. xxxvi. 25 — 27.