will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God; wherefore turn, and live ye”

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ance and obedience which they showed to the end of their lives. If men believe the sins of good men to have been such as the Scripture declares, they must, in all fairness, believe their repentance and subsequent holy lives, on the same authority.

Money is so needful for the purposes of commerce, that men do not presently refuse all exchange of the precious metals, because some of the current coin is de based. The knowledge of the fact serves to awaken vigilance, but it does not paralyze effort. True and genuine religion is absolutely needful to every one, before he quits this world; and how much more to those who are advancing in years! The young indeed may die, but

the old must die. O then let not these refuse to seek true godliness, because many have taken up with a counterfeit of it. "Be not deceived, God is not mocked; whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap: he that soweth to his flesh.. shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he

that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit life everlasting."

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If you do not begin the work of your salvation until all objections to the doctrines of divine revelation, and to a holy life are removed from you, death will surprise each one of you, Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke; then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. Will he esteem thy riches? No, not gold, nor all the forces of strength." Objections to religion vanish before the light of divine truth, as the darkness before the light of the morning. Your prospects may be dark, when first you attempt to find the way of life and salvation; but you are warranted to expect divine guidance : "But unto you that fear my name shall the Son of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.' "God filleth the hungry with good things, but the rich he sendeth empty away." Blessed are they which do hunger and

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thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled."

4. Men are induced to believe that those who avow their neglect of religion, are worthy of more regard than those who make a profession of it.

We frequently hear from persons advanced in life, words of this sort: "I make no profession of religion-I make no pretentions to be better than others;" "I am no hypocrite." This language is put forth,-first, to form a valid excuse for themselves in having throughout their whole lives, neglected the great salvation of God; secondly, it is intended to pass a censure upon those who make profession of serious piety, as if, in so doing, they only designed to deceive mankind. Surely in excuses of this kind, there is something very disin genuous, and which savours so much of disloyalty and treason against God and his Son Jesus Christ, that we must fear lest