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not in all their thoughts?" And is it not expressly said, by the authority of Him who searcheth the heart-that "the wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations (and therefore all the individuals) that forget God?" Oh, what must be the accumulation of guilt contracted, if, with respect to sins of thought alone, a charge can be substantiated, of a nature sufficiently heinous in the sight of God to require a sentence of eternal banishment from his presence! Hasten, then, to his throne of grace, lest he summon thee, at an unexpected hour, to his throne of judgment! Supplicate, in the name of the only Saviour, deliverance from the wrath to come! Pray that the thoughts of thine heart,

as well as the sins of thy life, may be forgiven thee. And, O, what an inducement to offer that prayer, is the assurance, that, with the God whom thou hast insulted and forgotten, "there is forgiveness!"-"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Let those vain thoughts be for ever abandoned, which fostered vain hopes, and delusive expectations.

No longer expose to final condemnation your immortal soul, by trusting in yourselves, as though you were righteous, or by neglecting to seek an interest, by faith, in the righteousness

of Jesus.

Never let it be absent from

your minds, that "he was made sin for us though he knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." "Let, then, the word of Christ, the glorious gospel which bringeth salvation, dwell in you richly, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding." Let it be the purifier of your heart, the regulator of your thoughts. Let the treasures of truth divine be amply stored within your hearts, and let them be employed as the materials of pleasurable thought, "when you are sitting in the house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you are lying down, and when you are rising up.""Then will the peace of God which

passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds through Christ

Jesus;" to whom be glory for ever Amen.

III.

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TEMPER.

Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And, above all these things, put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. Col. 3. 12-14.

THE word Temper, is usually employed to denote the prevailing spirit and disposition of the mind; so that the Government of the Temper comprehends that habitual regulation of all the feelings, whether transient

or

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