2. Take care that your conduct be such as be- cometh the Gospel of Christ —
[You clearly see, in my text, that principles and conduct must go together : neither will stand without the other. Without faith in Christ, you can never hope to receive the Holy Spirit, or to be renewed in the spirit of your mind : nor, on the other hand, will any change whatever avail you, if you rely not entirely on the Lord Jesus Christ for righteous- ness and salvation. It is in vain to build a superstructure, if it be not founded on Him ; and it is in vain to think you are founded on him, if your faith do not manifest itself by a superstructure of good works. You must never forget, that " faith without works is dead." You must " be led by the Spirit of God, if ever you would approve yourselves sons of Godx." The world, as I have before shewn you, must be put under your feet : sin, in all its actings, must be mortified and subdued : the whole soul must be given up to God ; and holi- ness become the very element in which you breathe and live. Indeed, it is not a mere formal observance of duties that will suffice : we must " have the very mind that was in Christ," and " walk in all things as Christ himself walked." This will
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0 Gal. iv. 4, 5. P Phil. iii. 6. <J Rom. vii. 9, 10. r Rom. ix. 30—33. and x. 3. s Gal. iii. 24.
1 Rom. x. 4. u Phil. iii. 9. x Rom. viii. 14.