The Holy Ghost also dwells in him —
[He is a temple of the Holy Ghost "^j who ahides in him more manifestly and more effectually than in the whole universe besides : and so desirable a residence is his heart accounted by the Holy Spirit, that, in comparison of it, the temple of Solo- mon itself was held in utter contempt'.]
He is of the same family with all the glorified saints and angels —
[There is but one family, whether in heaven or earth, of which Christ is the head™: and so far is he from being dis- owned by them, that there is not an angel before the throne that does not account it an honour to wait upon him, and to minister unto him".]
What does any worldly man possess, that can be
compared with this?
[Whose child is hel " A child of the wicked one":" as our Lord has said, " Ye are of your father the devilP." True it is, that in the last day the holy angels will minister to them also ; but it wiU only be to " gather them together" from every part of the universe, and to " bind them up in bundles," and to cast them headlong into the fire of hell i. Tell me, then, to which of these the superior excellency belongs ?]
Let us trace this,
H. In his principles —
The righteous man is altogether under the influ- ence of faith and love —
[He looks for salvation solely through the blood and righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. He has no hope whatever, but in the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. As for any righteousness of his own, he utterly disclaims it. He knows, that if he were judged by the best act he ever per- formed, he must for ever perish. The way which God him- self has provided for the salvation of sinners is that which he affects, and in which he glories : the language of his inmost soul is this, " God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom (or by which) the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world^"
At the same time that he looks thus to be saved as a sinner, he labours to walk as a samt, and to " adorn tlie doctrine of God his Saviour in all things." Nor is he impelled to this by any slavish fear of punishment : no : " the love of Christ
^ 1 Cor. vi. 19. ' Isai. Ixvi. 1,2. m Eph. iii. 15.
n Heb. i. 14. " Matt. xiii. 38. 1 John iii. 10.
P John viii. 44. i Matt. xiii. 30. r Gal. vi. 14.