ye have not reason to thank your God; or rather, whether your every breath should not be an effusion of praise ?
But forget not that the path by which alone you can arrive at your desired home is that of faith and holiness. This is the king's " highway0," by a patient continuance in which you are to " obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ." " Hold fast then the faith without wavering;" and pray constantly to God for fresh " supplies of his Spirit," that you may be sanctified throughout, and " be changed into his image from grace to grace, and from glory to glory." Meditate deeply and continually on his word, and treasure it up in your hearts, that you may be "sanctified by the truthd:" and ever re- member, that to the very last it is by the word that the Lord Jesus Christ will perfect his good work within youe. Thus, whilst " those who loved unrighteousness, and were therefore given over to a delusion to believe a lie," are left to the " damnation" which their own sins have merited f, you shall have all the purposes of God's electing love completed in you, and shall spend an eternity in singing praises " to Him who loved you, and washed you from your sins in his own blood, and hath made you kings and priests unto your God for ever and everC]
c Isai. xxxv. 8. d John xvii. 17. e Eph. v. 25 — 27.
f ver. 10—12. b Rev. i. 5, 6.