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to God and Jesus Christ, and that the law and gospel are treated with so much contempt in our world. Let us be wise, and hearken to the voice of the compassionate Redeemer. "Enter "ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the

way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go "in thereat; because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, "which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

Wherefore, now, my dearly beloved brethren, let us be exhorted to stir up our hearts to love the Lord our God. He is surely infinitely worthy of our highest esteem and respect; there fore, let us devote our whole souls to him in the warmest love, in the most sincere, ardent, and exalted affection. Ochritians, love the Lord more, and let his commandments, precepts, statutes and ordinances, your precious Saviour, and the glorious gospel, be your delight.

As for those of you, my unhappy fellow mortals, who are still by the profanity and wickedness of your lives, carrying on war against heaven; still maintaining your énmity against the Almighty, how long will it be e'er you cease from your hatred, and the unavailing contest? O that you could be persuaded to lay down the weapons of your rebellion, relinquish your evil practices, and turn unto the Lord, that ye may live and not die. "A fire ❝is kindled in mine anger, saith the Lord, and shall burn unto "the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her encrease, "and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. I will heap "mischief upon them. I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me, saith God."

SERMON XXXVI.

LOVE TO OUR NEIGHBOUR EXPLAINED.

GALLATIONS v. 14.

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

One thing is very

THE epistles of Paul have all of them something which exhibits him as a person of a very superior mind. There is a peculiar reach of thought, arrangement of ideas, and force of argument discernable by every attentive reader. observable in most of his letters. The first part of them is appropriated to stating, explaining, and establishing some important doctrines of christianity; the latter, in an improvement of these doctrines, by a deduction from them of the practical duties of religion, and an enforcement of the same upon the conscience, by the most powerful exhortations. This shows us the Apostle's method of preaching, and no doubt a very proper model for all ordinary ministers. He inferred the practice of christianity from. its doctrines. The one was the foundation; and the other, to wit, the duties of religion, the superstructure.

In this epistle to the Gallatian christians, who by their own itching ears, and the countenance they had given to false teachers, had greatly swerved from the christian faith; he reproves

to God and Jesus Christ, and that the law and gospel are treated with so much contempt in our world. Let us be wise, and hearken to the voice of the compassionate Redeemer. "Enter "ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the 66 way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go "in thereat; because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, "which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

Wherefore, now, my dearly beloved brethren, let us be ex horted to stir up our hearts to love the Lord our God. He is surely infinitely worthy of our highest esteem and respect; there fore, let us devote our whole souls to him in the warmest love, in the most sincere, ardent, and exalted affection. Ochritians, love the Lord more, and let his commandments, precepts, statutes and ordinances, your precious Saviour, and the glorious gospel, be your delight.

As for those of you, my unhappy fellow mortals, who are still by the profanity and wickedness of your lives, carrying on war against heaven; still maintaining your enmity against the Almighty, how long will it be e'er you cease from your hatred, and the unavailing contest? O that you could be persuaded to lay down the weapons of your rebellion, relinquish your evil practices, and turn unto the Lord, that ye may live and not die." A fire "is kindled in mine anger, saith the Lord, and shall burn unto "the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her encrease, " and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. I will heap "mischief upon them. I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me, saith God."

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SERMON XXXVI.

LOVE TO OUR NEIGHBOUR EXPLAINED.

GALLATIONS v. 14.

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

THE epistles of Paul have all of them something which exhibits him as a person of a very superior mind. There is a peculiar reach of thought, arrangement of ideas, and force of argument discernable by every attentive reader. One thing is very observable in most of his letters. The first part of them is appropriated to stating, explaining, and establishing some important doctrines of christianity; the latter, in an improvement of these doctrines, by a deduction from them of the practical duties. of religion, and an enforcement of the same upon the conscience, by the most powerful exhortations. This shows us the Apostle's method of preaching, and no doubt a very proper model for all ordinary ministers. He inferred the practice of christianity from its doctrines. The one was the foundation; and the other, to wit, the duties of religion, the superstructure.

In this epistle to the Gallatian christians, who by their own itching ears, and the countenance they had given to false teachers, had greatly swerved from the christian faith; he reproves

them for wishing to return to circumcision, and other jewish rites and ceremonies, and opens and establishes the great doctrines of the gospel, especially justification by faith, and salvation by free grace without the deeds of the law. Then he proceeds to impress upon their minds, the absolute necessity of the practical parts of religion; among which, he mentions love to our neighbour, as one of the highest importance. Hence, he makes use of the strong language in our text, " For all the law is fulfilled in one "word, even in this; thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." By the word law, here is intended the moral law, and the term all, is employed as a usual figure, where the whole is expressed for a part; hence our Apostle's meaning is evidently the same with our Lord's, when he comprehends the whole second table of the law in these very words: "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Now, by the observation of this precept, we give tes timony to the world that we are the followers of Christ. "By

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this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

In an explication of this subject, three enquiries present themselves to our contemplation.

First, Who is meant by our neighbour.

Secondly, What we are to understand by this love to him.

Thirdly, What is intended by the measure or degree of this love, loving him as ourselves.

First, Who is meant by our neighbour ?—It may be here observed, that the jews, like most other people, esteemed only those their neighbours who were of their own nation and religion, and comprehended in their own narrow circle. They had no dealings with the Samaritans. "Yea, they would not so much as keep company with one of another nation." Our Lord, in the plainest manner, teaches who is intended by our neighbor, in answer to an inquisitive Pharisee, about the great commandment of the

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