SE;A41. XXI.1 TRUTH, SINCEAITY, &C. 3¢9 deceit and falsehood ? Do I neither flatter my neigh- bour, nor spread a false report of him ? Am I watchful to make no promises, but what I mean sincerely to ful- fil? And am I as careful to performmy vows and all my engagements? Am I sincere in the profession of godliness, and constant in my practice of it at all times and circumstances, in all places and companies whatso- ever ?" Let us ask our hearts again, `c While we bave heard this discourse, howmanyof us have sat here judging our neighbours, and not ourselves : Have we been distribut- ing abroad the shameful characters of insincerity, false- hood, unfaithfulness, and inconstancy, among our ac- quaintance ? Or have we applied the words as a test to our own souls, as a trial of our christianity ? Have we taken a secret and malicious pleasure in fixing these scandals upon others? Or have we begged of God to fix the conviction upon ourselves ifwe are guilty ? And which of us can stand up and say in the face of heaven, We are innocent, entirely innocent of all these charges ?" Omay the blessed Spirit, the Convincer and the Sancti fier, shew each of us our own concern in this sermon, awaken each of us to a sense of our own iniquities, and by his almighty grace work in us repentance, and restore us to truth and holiness ! SERMONXXI. CHRISTIAN MORALITY, viz. TRUTH, SINCERITY, Ste. PHILIP. iv. S. Whatsoever things are true, think on these things.. TRUTH is a name of wide extent. It includes in it the blessings of the head and the heart. Happy the man whose head is furnishedwith a large knowledge of divine and human truth, and so far delivered frommistakes and errors, as to lay a foundation for wisdom and holi- .ness ! But all the furniture of the head is not sufficient
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