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LOVE THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW.

ROMANS xiii. 8, 9.

Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that

loveth another, hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou

shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt

not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt

not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is

briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt

love thy neighbour as thyself

THE LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR NECESSARY IN ORDER

ROMANS XV. 5, 6.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be

like-minded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God,

even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

And there was great joy in that city

THE CIRCUMCISION OF THE SPIRIT.

ROMANS ii. 28, 29.

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that

circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a

Jew which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of

the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise

is not of men, but of God

THE OBLIGATIONS RESULTING FROM A DUE SENSE OF

ROMANS xii. 1, 2.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,

that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, accept-

able unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be

not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by

the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is

that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God

THE MIND WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.

ISAIAH xlii. 3.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man

that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts

THE RESURRECTION.

JOHN ii. 18-22.

Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign

shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple,

and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews,

Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt

thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple

of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead,

his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them;

and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus

THE APOSTLES' GROWTH IN GRACE AFTER PENTECOST.

ACTS v. 41, 42.

And they departed from the presence of the council, re-

joicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for

And daily in the temple, and in every house,

they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ 239

ST. PAUL IN PROSPECT OF DEATH.

2 TIм. iv. 6, 7, 8.

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my de-

parture is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have

finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth

there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which

the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me at that day :

and not to me only, but to all them that love his ap-

THE DUTY OF CHURCHMEN WITH REFERENCE TO

POPULOUS TOWNS.

EPHESIANS V. 14.

Awake thou that sleepeth, and arise from the dead, and

Christ shall give thee light

CHURCH BUILDING A HOPEFUL AS WELL AS A NEEDFUL

PSALM XXVii. 4.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after,

that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of

my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire

in his temple
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THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE.

1 PETER ii. 1—5.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypo-

crisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as new-born

babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may

grow thereby if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is

gracious. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disal-

lowed indeed of men, but chosen of God and precious, ye

also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an

holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable

to God by Jesus Christ

MEN'S APPETITE FOR FALSE DOCTRINE.

ISAIAH XXX. 10, 11.

Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Pro-

phesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth

things, prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn

aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to

cease from before us

SINS OF OMISSION.

MATTHEW xxv. 30.

Cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there

shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth

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