A Sermon at th"e Fu11erat famed faints of the Romifh chureh are fluf.:_ fed with; but it was. a plain life, of jufiice. and; charity., n1eeknefs and htl1nility, pa– tience and contentednefs, and' a readinefs: to do good· to all- n1en; a life that is iilli-– t.able by all, fron1. the greateft·prince to the poorefi peafant. Tlie very importance of our nan1e and profeillon, the calling our~ felves Chrifiians,. obliges us to follow the example, and lead the life of Chrift. And,__ i:f we mean not this by it, we mean no– thing ,to the purpofe: for !Je that foitb he– abideth in him, ought himfelf affo ·to walk, e– ven as /Je walked. Nay, it is this only; the being endued with his Spirit, that can intitl~ us to an interefi in hi1u, and that happi-:– nefs he bath purchafed for us: . for. ifa11y · man liath' no!' the Spirit.of Chrijl, he is none1 ofhis; fo great· arid n1any are th_e obljga– tion-s that we have to f6liow Jejiu. His. commands are nothing but the tranfcript of his .own life and Spirit: we ought al1. - ways to have hin1 ih our eye, and in every difpofition _of our foul; in every llndertak1ng and defign ; to confider how our bkf-' fed mafier would have done in thefe cir– cun1fianccs, and afpire always to have the fan1e mind that was in hin1; and never refr tilt C]ldfi_be for.n1e9 in.us;>. nut~ · JJ;JI "' •
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