Bible does not warrant this doctrine.

This is

the language of Scripture-we are justified through faith in Christ, by reason of His blood being shed for the remission of our sins; and being thus justified through His blood, sinful as we are, we are in Him made righteous by the power of the Holy Ghost. And thus the righteousness of the saints, which is spoken of as "the fine linen, clean and white," in which they stand arrayed before the throne of the most holy God, is not the transfer to themselves of another's merits, but the holy character-the holy life-to which, by God's mercy, through Christ, they have attained. It is just what the words of St. John, already quoted, declare," he that doeth righteousness, is righteous." There is free and full forgiveness through the death of Christ, so that through Him we are accounted righteous before God: but it is upon this, the Scriptures uniformly declare, that our future destiny must ultimately turn, are we actually righteous-or are we workers of iniquity? In telling you, therefore, of the future glory of the saints of God, I may not say to any, but to the actually righteous, that it shall be well with them. I may not flatter the sinner in his sin, or lead him to suppose, that there is little difference,

1 Rev. xix. 8.

if any, between him and others. For as there is verily a reward for the righteous, so there is, doubtless, a God that judgeth the earth. And, my brethren, that God will soon arise, and the world must stand before Him. Judgment long delayed, will not be delayed for ever. The day of wrath, which has been hanging over the world so long, will at length burst upon its careless, pleasure-seeking children: and then it will be evident to all, that the threatenings of God are not idle words, nor his promises unmeaning declarations. Oh! how little are most men prepared for the con ng day of God! How seldom do their thoughts dwell upon this sure and ever approaching event! One could hardly have believed that men had ever been told, that they must prepare to meet their God; so careless, and so unconcerned they seem to be! But yet, my brethren, our God will come and will not keep silence. The predicted day will come, and the appointed Judge will come, and we shall all of us, have to give an account of ourselves to Him. The rich and the great no less than the poor and the despised-the young as well as the old-the wise as well as the foolish : we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. And then, woe to the despisers of God, whosoever they be! Woe to the lovers of sin: the mockers at holiness: the

men of the world: the gay, the thoughtless, the dissipated! Woe to the covetous man, whose money is his god! Woe to the man of business, who has made no provision for eternity! Woe to the trifler, who has wasted his days in vanity! Woe to us all, if we are not lovers of God more than lovers of pleasure: if we have not made it our daily concern to do our Father's will, instead of buying and selling, and building and planting, in faithless forgetfulness of God. But joy to all those, who love the Lord Jesus in sincerity. Joy to those, who walk in the ways of God. Joy to those, who are living day by day, with heaven and eternity in view! Yes, joy and gladness to all, who are faithful servants of Christ, in the midst of a perverse generation. Peace and prosperity to all, whose hearts' desire it is, in all they do, to do all to the glory of God. For great is their reward in heaven: everlasting the joy, that shall be given them: unspeakable and incomprehensible, the glory which they shall inherit. For, when every careless and rebellious child of man, shall be put to confusion, and every humble and devoted follower of Christ, shall be promoted to honour; shall it not then be said-shall it not then be seen, that "verily there is a reward for the righteous doubtless there is a God that

SERMON 111.

THE RECORD OF GOOD AND EVIL,

JOHN iv. 39.

"He told me all that ever I did."

THESE words were spoken by the woman of Samaria, while bearing witness to a fact, which had served to convince her, that Jesus was the Christ. At first she had expressed her surprise, that He being a Jew, should have asked drink of her, being a Samaritan. Next she enquired, apparently in incredulity, whether He was greater than their father Jacob, who had given them the well, near to which the conversation took place. But afterwards, upon hearing our Lord say, that whosoever should drink of the water which He would give them, should never thirst, she asked, that she might receive of that water herself, so as to be saved the trouble of going daily to the well to draw. Upon this, Jesus said to her, "Go, call thy husband, and come hither." And when she replied, with what precise meaning, it is not perhaps easy to determine, that "she had no