Exhortation —
[Permit me now to address myself to every individual amongst you. And what terms can we find more apposite, than those wherein Moses addressed his father-in-law ? " We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you. Come with us, and we will do thee good ; for the Lord hath spoken good concerning IsraelV Consider, what a blessed way it is : it is " the good old wayc, wherein the Prophets and Apostles walked ; yea, and wherein our blessed Lord himself walked, " leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps d." What way can the world point out that is comparable to this ? Think too of the end to which it leads : shall not this thought engage you to come with us ; and not only to begin with zeal, but also to " run with patience, the race that is set
before you ? " As for you who have commenced your
journey heavenward, lift up your hearts to God, that he would enable you to " hold on your way e," and " so to run that you may obtain the prize f." Pray that you may never be weary, never halt, never turn back; but that your course may be uni- formly holy ; or rather, that "your light may shine more and more unto the perfect dayC]
z Rev. vii. 9 — 17. a Rev.xiv. 13. withxxi.4.
b Numb. x. 29. See also Mic. iv. 2. c Jer. vi. 16.
,l 1 Pet. ii. 21. 1 John ii. 6, e Job xvii. 9.
f 1 Cor. iv. 9. e Prov. iv. 18.
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