redemption ; all that he has done and suffered ; all that he is now doing ; all that he has engaged to do ; all that can be known of him, is there set forth ; and there may we behold all the glory of the Godhead shining in his face. This, then, is what we have to learn : the knowledge of Christ is all and in all. Come, then, and sit at the feet of Jesus : come, and learn of him with all docility of mind, as little children : en- treat him to take away the veil from your hearts, and to " mani- fest himself unto you as he does not unto the world." Then shall you " behold his glory, even the glory as of the only- begotten of the Father ;" and know Him, whom to know is life eternal. And let no one be discouraged because of his want of intellectual powers : for " what he has hid from the wise and prudent, he will reveal to babes and sucklings ;" and " his strength shall be perfected in their weakness."]
2. Those who desire to adorn the Gospel —
[Take not the world's standard of duty as that which you should aim at : for I declare and " testify," that that will not suffice ; nor can you ever please God by such a measure of sanctification as the best of unenlightened men affect. No ; "you must not walk as other Gentiles walk;" nor as the merely nominal Christian walks. You must soar far above him : you must see how Christ himself walked, and follow him in all his ways ; being " pure as he was pure," and " per- fect as he was perfect." And never imagine that you have yet attained. To your latest hour there will be remnants of " the old man to be put off," and larger measures of " the new man to be put on." It is not in your life and conversation merely that you are to be " renewed," but in the entire " spirit of your mind :" from being earthly, sensual, devilish, you must become heavenly, spiritual, divine ; and never cease, till you have attained to the full measure of the stature of Christ himself. This is to walk worthy of your vocation ; and in this shall your " learning of Christ " most surely issue. If you truly hear him, and are taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus, you cannot so walk as the world around you walk; nor can you but "walk, as Christ himself walked."]