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SURPRIZE.IN
DEA'Ii.
vii. 24.
" I
run,
I
fight,
I
subdue
my body,
and
keep
it
under
;"
I
Cor.
ix
26,
9,7.
I
am crucified
to
the
world, and the world to
me
;
the
life
which
I
live in
the
flesh, I
live
by
the faith
of
the
Son
of
God
;"
Gal.
ii.
vi.
14,
When
he
was
ready
to be offered up, and
the
time
of
his
departure
was
at
hand,
from
the edge
of the
sword,
and the
borders of
the grave,
he
could look back
upon
his
former
life,
and
say,
I
have fought
the
good'
fight,
I
have
finished
my
course,
I
have
kept the faith,
henceforth there
is
laid up for
me
a
crown
of righteous-
ness, which the
Lord,
the
righteous judge,
will give me ;"
9,
Tim.
iv. 7, 8.
5.
"
The
unwatchful christian,
at
the
hour
of
death,
has the
pain
and anguish
of
reflecting,
that
he
has
omitted many duties
to
God and
man, and these
can
never
be
performed
now
;1'
that
he has
done scarce
any
services for
Christ
in
the world,
and
those
must
be
left
for ever undone
:
"
There
is
no
further
work
or
device,
no labours
of
zeal,
no activity
for
God
in.
the grave,
whither
we
are hastening
;"
Ec.
ix.
10.
"
Alas
!
I
have
brought
forth
but
little
fruit
to
God
and it
is
well
if
I'
be
not
cast
away as
an
unprofitable servant.
My
talents
have
laid
bound up
in
rust, or been
but
poorly employed
whilst
I
have lain
slumbering and inactive
:
The
records
of
my life, in
the
court
of
heaven,
will
spew
but
very
lit-
tle service for
God
amongst
men:
I have
raised
few
monuments
of
praise
to
my
Redeemer, and
I
can
never
raise them
now.
I
shall have
but
few
testimonies for my
love
and
zeal
to
appear
in
the
great
day
of
account,
when the martyrs, and
the
confessors,
and the
lively
christians shall
be
surrounded
with
the living ensigns
of
their
victories over
sin
and the
world,
and
their
glorious
services for
their Redeemer. Wretch
that
I
am
!
that
I
have loved
my
Lord at
so
cold
a
rate, and lain
slumber-
ing
on
a
bed
of
ease, whilst
I
should have been fighting
the
battles,
of
the
Lord, and gaining
daily
honours
for
my
Saviour
!"
6.
"
As
such sort
of
christians
give
but
little
glory
to
God
in
life,
so
they
do
him
no
honour
in
death;
they are
no ornaments to religion
while they
continue
here;
and
leave
perhaps but little comfort
with
their
friends when
they
go
hence
:"
Doubtings
and jealousies,
about their
eternal
welfare;
mingle
with
our
tears and
sorrows
for
a.