exquisite delight in committing yourselves altogether to him. Nor must this be an occasional act, but the daily habit of your minds: "The entire life which you now live in the flesh, you must live by the faith of the Son of God, who has loved you, and given himself for you p." Nor must there be in you the least bearing towards any righteousness of your own. You must indeed endeavour to be " righteous even as he is right- eous'1:" but your dependence must be on him alone,]
2. Let your confession of him be uniform and unreserved —
[Never, for a moment, should you give way to fearr, or suffer any carnal consideration to influence your minds, so as to damp your zeal in his service s. It is not necessary that you should be obtrusive, and force religious subjects on those who are utterly averse to them : this would be to " cast pearls before swine." But you should watch for opportunities to honour the Saviour, and to lead others to the knowledge of him. And on no account should you ever be " ashamed of him1:" but should be ready, at all times, to " follow him with- out the camp, bearing his reproach11. If you possessed, like Moses, all the treasures of Egypt, you should consider them as of no account in comparison of the infinitely richer treasure which you will find in " the reproach of Christ*." If only " Christ may be magnified in you," it should be equally a wel- come service to you, " whether it be by life or by death y."]
p Gal. ii. 20. <i 1 John iii. 7. r Luke xii. 4, 5.
s John xii. 42, 43. l Mark viii. 38. « Heb. xiii. 13.
x Heb. xi. 24— 2<5. 9 Phil. i. 20.