4. Let your Conversation be, as it becometh the Gospel of Chrift and fo, that ye may adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. b. He who faith, he abideth in Chrift, ought himfelf alfo fo to walk, even as he walked. c. Be Be ye Followers of God, as dear Children: And, let every Man, that hath this Hope in him, purifie himself, even as he is pure; and be righteous, even as he is righteous. d. As he which hath called you is holy, fo be ye holy in all manner of Converfation: Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. e. Be ye perfect, even as your Father, which is in Heaven, is perfect: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the Sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse Nation, among whom ye fhine as Lights in the World. f. Let your Light fo fhine before Men, that they may fee your good Works, and glorifie your Father which is in Heaven. g. Except your Righteoufnefs fhall exceed the Righteoufnefs of the Scribes and Pharifees, ye fhall in no wife enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. (a) Phil. 1. 27. Tit. 2. 10. (b) 1 Joh. 2.6. (c) Eph. 5. 1. 1 Joh. 3. 3. (4) 1 Pet. 1. 15, 16. (e) Mat. 5. 48. (f) Mat. 5. 16. Phil. 2. 15. (g) Mat. 5. 20. PERSE PERSEVERANCE. a. Let us hold faft the Profeffion of our Faith, without wavering. b. Continue ye in the Faith, grounded and fettled, and be not moved away from the Hope of the Gospel, which ye have heard. c. Beware, left, being led away by the Error of the Wicked, ye fall from your own Stedfastnefs: For we are made Partakers of Chrift, if we hold the beginning of our Confidence stedfaft unto the end. d. If ye continue in my Word, (faith Christ) then are ye my Disciples indeed. e. They which have believed in God Thould be careful to maintain good Works: Keep your felves therefore in the Love of God, wait on God continually; and be conftant to do his Commandments. f. Look to your felves, that ye lose not those things which je have wrought; but that ye receive a full Reward. g. Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed left he fall. a. Let us not be weary in well-doing: For in due feason we fhall reap, if we faint not. b. Till I die, I will not remove my Integrity from me: My Righteoufnefs I hold fast, and will not let it go; my Heart fhall not reproach me fo long as I live. c. Because Iniquity fhall abound, the Love of many fhall wax cold: But he that fhall endure unto the end, the fame fhall be faved. d. When the Righteous turneth away from his Righteousnefs, and committeth Iniquity, and doth according to all the Abominations that the wicked Man doth, all his Righteousness that he hath done fhall not be mentioned; in his Trespass that he hath trespassed, and in bis Sin that he hath finned, in them fhall he die. e. If they that had efcaped the Pollutions of the World, through the Knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift, are again intangled therein, and overcome; the latter End is worse with them than the beginning: For, it had been better for them not to have known the way of Righteousness, than after they have known it to turn from the holy Commandment delivered unto them. (a) Gal. 6. 9. a. As a. As ye have therefore received Chrift Jefus the Lord, fo walk ye in him: Holding Faith, and a good Confcience; and continuing in the Love of Chrift; that when he shall appear ye may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. b. The hoary Head is a Crown of Glory, if it be found in the way of Righteousness. (a) Col. 2, 6, 1 Tin. 1. 19. Joh. 15, 9. 1 Joh. 2. 28. (b) Prov. 16. 31. СНАР. Х. Concerning REPENTANCE, 4. In General. QD commandeth all Men, every where, to repent; and to turn to him, and to do Works meet for Repentance. b. God requireth that which is past; therefore let every Man repent him of his Wickednefs; faying, What have I done ? c. Our Tranfgreffions are multiplied before God, and our Sins teftifie against us; yea, the very best of our Works are not found perfect before God: Let us be zealous therefore, and repent. d. Stand not in an evil thing. Wash thine Heart from Wickedness, that thou mayeft be faved: How long shall thy vain Thoughts lodge within thee? e. Return unto the Lord with all your Hearts: (4) Act. 17.30. (6) Eccl. 3. 15. Act. 26. 20. Jer. 8. 6. (c) If. 59. 12. Rev. 3. 2, 19. For |