on what terms your sentence shall be passed in the last day : " If you suffer with Christ, you shall also reign with him; but if you deny him, he will deny you. If ye believe not his tes- timony, yet he abideth faithful; he cannot deny himself";" but will assuredly execute judgment, in perfect conformity to this rule.]
3. What an incentive we have to cultivate piety in the highest possible degree —
[The more our light shines before men, the more shall we put to shame the wickedness of tlie ungodly, and encourage the exercise of all that is good in the world. And who can tell how far our influence may extend? If we be the means of leading one sinner to repentance, " we save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sinsi'." And what may be the ulti- mate effects on that person's family, or even on his remotest posterity, who can tell? Let this then operate as an induce- ment with us to " shine as lights in the worlds." I say not but that the saving of our own souls should be our first motive : nevertheless, a strong additional motive we may find in the subject before us. Nor ought it to have light weight on our minds : for, whilst we benefit the world, we greatly honour our God ; who is most glorified in those who most reflect his image, and most advance his kingdom in the world.]
o 2 Tim. ii. 12, 1,3. v Jam. v. 19, 20. i Phil. ii. 15, 16.