1 1 Tim. i. 3, 4, 6, 7, 19, 20. and iv. 1, 6. and v. 12, 15. and vi. 3 — 5, ("from such withdraw thyself,") 20, 21. and 2 Tim. i. 13 — 15. and ii. 16 — 18, 23. and iii. 5, (" from such turn aivay") 6—9, 13. and iv. 3, 4, 14, 15. Tit. i. 9—11, 13, 14. and iii. 9—11. See also Rom. xvi. 17, 18. before cited, " avoid them;" and 2 Pet. ii. 1, 2. and 1 John ii. 19. and iv. 1. and 2 John, ver. 7, 10, 11. " receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed,'" fyc. and 3 John, ver. 10. and Jude, ver. 4. and Rev. ii. 14, 15, 20, 24,
ra Heb. xiii. 9. 2 Pet. iii. 17.
» 1 Tim. i. 1. Eph. ii. 14—17. Col. iii. 11.
0 Tit. iii. 2. P Rom. xii. 18. <i Rom. xiv. 19.
r Acts xx. 29, 30. s Matt. vii. 15. * 2 Pet. ii. 14.
u Heb. vi. 6. x Luke viii. 18. with Mark iv. 24.
were subverted3"' in the days of the Apostles, and "all the Christians in Asia were turned away from" the ministry of St. Paul2, there is no minister whom we may not be induced to forsake, nor is there any one so established in the truth but he has need to pray that he may be kept from error.
Surely we need no stronger arguments to enforce the exhortation of the text. Let us get the know- ledge of the Gospel : let us receive it, not as a theory merely, but as a practical and living principle, that shall influence our hearts and lives. And when we have received it, let us be tenacious of it ; let us " hold fast the form of sound doctrine that we have received3." Let us make use of it to keep us firm in the midst of difficulties, and steadfast in the midst of errors. Let us " be ever on our guard, lest any root of bitterness springing up, trouble us, and thereby many be defiled V Finally, let us " stand fast in the Lordc:" so we shall, like our Lord himself, "endure the cross, and despise the shame, and sit down as victors on the right hand of the throne of Godd."
y Tit. i. 11. z 2 Tim. i. 15. a 2 Tim. i. 13.
b Heb. xii. 15. c Phil. iv. 1. d Heb. xii. 2.