SEAM. VIII. FALLING SHORT OF HEAVEN. 129 advantage, and take up their cross, and follow their Lord, till they are all joined to the glorious assembly above, and made possessors of everlasting riches! Amen. HYMN FOR SERMON VII. A HOPEFUL YOUTH FALLING SHORT OF HEAVEN. LONG MUST all the charms of nature then, So hopeless to salvation prove? Can hell demand, can heaven condemn The man whom Jesus deigns to love ? The man, who sought the ways of truth, Paid friends and neighbours all their due, A modest, sober, lovely youth, And thought he wanted nothing now ? But mark the change : thus spake the Lord, Come part with earth for heaven to day : The youth astonisb'd.atthe word, In silent sadness went his way. METRE. Poor virtues, that he boasted so, This test unable to endure, Let Christ, and grace and glory go, To make his land and money sure ! Ah foolish choice of treasures here ! Ah fatal love of tempting gold ! Must this base world be bought so dear ! And life and heaven so cheaply sold ? In vain the charms of nature shine, If this vile passion governs me : Transform my soul, O love divine ! And make nie part with all for thee: SERMON VIII. A HOPEFUL YOUTH FALLING SHORT OF HEAVEN DIARK X. 21. Then Jesus beholding him, loved him, THE SECOND PART. WHEN our Saviour dwelt upon earth, he found a young man in the coasts of Judea, that preferred the riches of this world to all the treasures of heaven; and yet Jesus cast an eye of love upon him. In the foregoing discourse upon these words, it has been considered what sort of love Christ could shew to a man, whose soul was so vain and carnal ; and what good qualities appeared in this youth, that could engage the love of our Saviour, notwithstanding the guilt of his covetousness; and some remarkswere made upon a man so lovely, and so beloved of Christ. VOL. I. 1 M
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