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SEAM.
ELI
THE
PRIVILEGE
OF
THE
LIVING,
&C.
185
may humbly wait for
a reward
in
proportion
to the work,
according
to
the
encouragements
of
the
bible,
while
we
still acknowledge
that
it
is
free and sovereign grace
both
enables
u's
to hold
out
working,
and
bestows
the rich
re-
ward."
Amen.
HYMN
FOR
SERMON
XXXIX,
THE
RIGHT IMPROVEMENT
OF
LIFE.
AND
is
this life prolonged
to me
?
Are
days and
seasons
given
?
Shall
I
not
then prepare
to be
A fitter heir
for
heav'n
?
I'll
never let these
moments pass.
These
goldeh hours
be gone
:
Lord,
I
accept thy
offer'd
grace,
I
bow
before thy
throne.
Now cleanse
my soul from
ev'ry
sin
By
my
Redeemer's blood:
Pow
let
my flesh
and
heart begin
The
honours
of
my God.
Let
me
no more
my
soul
defile
With sin's deceitful toys
:
Let
cheerful hope increasing
still.
Approach
to
heavenly joys.
My thankful
lips shall loud proclaim
The wonders
of thy praise,
And spread
the savour
of
thy
name
Where'er I
spend
my
days.
On
earth
let
my example shine
:
And when
I
leave this state,
May heav'n
receive this
soul
of
mine
To bliss
divinely great.
SERMON XL.
THE
PRIVILEGE
OF
THE
LIVING
ABOVE
THE
DEAD.
I
COR. lai.
21.
--
Whether
life
or
death,
all
are yours.
WHEN
these words were
explained,
this
doctrine
was
drawn
from
the
first
part of
them,
viz.
"
When
life
is
given
or continued
to
the
saints,
it
is
for
their advan-
tage."
The
first
thing proposed, in our meditations
of
this
truth,
was
to make
it appear
by
a variety
of
instances,
that
life
is
designed for
the benefit
of
christians.
I
proceed
now to
the
.
Second, viz. to amplify
and
confirm this
doctrine
yet
further,
by
representing what
various graces
may
be
ex-
ercised on earth, which can have
no
place in heaven
;
M3