or of his sufficiency. Then you must, as a poor perishing sinner, look to Christ, to wash you in his blood, and to clothe you in the unspotted robe of his righteousness. Then, having obtained a hope of acceptance through him, you must seek to be " sanc- tified throughout, in body, soul, and spirit." And further, having obtained a measure of holiness, you must not be self-confident, but, like the Apostle Paul, must " keep your body under, and bring it into subjection, lest after all your high professions, you prove a cast-away at last"^." To the latest hour of your life, you must retain the frame recommended by the Apostle, " Be not high-minded, but fear." " Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall"." And, whilst you acknowledge Christ as '' the author of your faith," you must look to him, and to him alone, as "the finisher of it°."
Further, seek all these blessings for the only just and legitimate end, the glory of God. The mind of all the glorified saints must be your mind. They all " prostrate themselves before the throne of God, and cast their crowns at the Saviour's feet p." They are nothing ; and He is all. This is the true end of all religion, " that God in all things may be glorified through Christ Jesus "J." An adoring frame of mind is that which you should cultivate to your dying hour. Whilst you are in that frame, God, if I may so speak, is in his place, and you in yours. Even the angels that never sinned, are all upon their faces before God^ Much more should you, who have never done any thing but sin, and yet have been redeemed from condemnation by the blood of your incarnate God. The higher you are exalted by God, the lower you must lie before him : and the deeper your sense of your own unworthiness, the more devoutly will you join in the song of the redeemed, " To him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests
m 1 Cor. ix. 27. " Rom. xi. 20. 1 Cor. x. 12.
» Heb. xii. 2. P Rev. iv. 10,
<i 1 Pet. iv. 11. "■ Rev. vii. 11.