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THE HIDDEN LIFE
OF
A
CHRISTIAN.
;
{SERM.
Ix.
him
too;
for he who
is
the highest
Son
of God,
is
also
the
holiest
of
the
sons
of
men
;
he who
is
personally
united
to
the godhead,
and
is
one with
his
Creator,.
is
the humblest
of
every
creature.
HYMN
FOR
SERMON
VIII.
A
HOPEFUL
YOUTH FALLING SHORT OF HEAVEN.
COMMON
METRE.
THUS
far 'tis well
:
You
read,
you
pray,
You
hear God's holy
word,
You hearken what your parents
say,
And learn
to
serve
the Lord.
Your friends are pleas'd
to
see
your
ways,
Your practice they approve
;
Jesus
himself would give you praise,
And
look with
eyes
of
love:
But if
you quit the paths
of truth,
To
follow foolish
fires.
And
give a loose
to
giddy youth,
With all
its wild
desires.
If
you
will
let your
Saviour
go,
To hold your riches
fast;
Or
hunt
for
empty
joys
below,
You'll
lose
your heaven
at
Iast.
The rich young
man whom
Jesus lov'd
Should
warn you to forbear
!
His
love
of
earthly treasures prov'd
A
fatal golden snare.
See, gracious God, dear Saviour, see
How youth
is
prone to
fall
:
Teach them
to
part
with all for
thee,
And
love
thee
more
than all.
SERMON
IX.
THE HIDDEN
LIFE
OF
A
CHRISTIAN.
COL.
iii. 3.
For ye are dead, and your
life
is
hid
with
Christ in God.
THE
FIRST PART.
DEATH
and
Life
are
two
words
of
a
solemn
and
im-
portant
sound.
They carry
so
much
of
force and
mo-
ment
in
them, as must awaken
mankind
to
attention
;
and therefore the Spirit
of
God
often
uses
them
as
me-
taphors,
to
express things
unseen
and spiritual,
and
to
describe
the
state both
of
saints and sinners
:
So
that
all
who
are
alive on
the
face
of
the earth,
in
the
language
of
scripture, are
said to
be
dead
too,
but
in different
senses.
Those
who
are
in
a state
of
nature, and under
the