Christ has wrought out for us ) , and the blessedness of
the end to which it leads. This will quicken us more than any thing else. Let us see the excellency of a life of faith; and that will make us despise the things of sense. Let us also get Pisgah views of the land of Canaan ; and we shall value nothing that can be offered us in this dreary wilderness. Look at Christ as the way, and Christ as the end ; and you will soon *' cast away the besetting sins that impede you," and "run with alacrity the race that is set before you^."]
Address,
1 . Young people —
[Greatly do you need to offer the petition in our text. Oh ! bear in mind what is the true character of earthly things : they
are ^'vanity" altogether Bear in mind your danger
from them : they will ensnare, and, if the snare be not broken,
destroy, your souls Bear in mind your need of Divine
grace to counteract their influence. It is God only than can preserve you : and, if not preserved by him, you will fall and perish "]
1. Those who make a profession of godliness —
[Think not that you are above temptation. Satan tempted even our blessed Lord himself, by " shewing him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them." And you will he tempt in like manner. Nor imagine that you may not fall : for Demas was as eminent as any of you, and yet fell at last, through love of this present world '^. In every Church the sad effect of worldly and carnal lusts is seen. You yourselves see it in others. Oh, beware lest it be seen in you also. It is your duty, and your hap- piness, to " be crucified unto the world, and to have the world crucified unto you'." You may use this world, if God have given it to you ; but you must " so use it, as not to abuse it'' ;" and so flee from all occasions of evil, that you may be " found of God at last without spot, and blameless'."]
^- Heb. xii. 1,2. ^2 Tim- iv. 10 with Col, iv. 14. & Phil. '24.
' Gal. vi. 14. '' 1 Cor. vii. 29—31. ' 2 Pet. iii. 14.
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