at " glorifying God as God," and Christ as Christ. Let us then contemplate Christ in all his offices, as our Prophet, as our Priest, as our King. Let us not be contented with a theoretical or superficial survey of his character, but let us search into it, and ruminate upon it, and get our souls suitably impressed with it. Let us get such views of him, as shall render us insensible to all created excellency ; as a man who looks at the meridian sun is blinded to all inferior objects. Let us in these holy exercises seek to obtain a conformity to his image ; agreeably to what the Apostle has said, " We beholding his glory are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lordu." Let no measure of resemblance to him ever satisfy us ; ho efforts in his service ever content us. Let us, even if we have attained an apostolic measure of zeal and holiness, " forget it all, and reach forward" to higher attainments x. Let our trust in him be simple ; our fellowship with him intimate ; our confidence in him assured ; our expectation from him large ; our devo- tion to him ardent ; our obedience uniform ; our surrender of ourselves to him entire, and unreserved. Let us live for him, and " walk worthy of him ;" so that he may be glorified, yea, and " be magnified in us" also, both in life and death y."]
u 2 Cor. iii. 18. x Phil. iii. 13, 14. y Phil. i. 20.