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CHRIST ADMIRED
AND
GLORIFIED
[DISC.
v.
unpolished
;
but
he has shining graces
in his soul,
in
-which
Christ
shall
be
admired
in
the last
day,
and
how
Barest thou
make
him thy
laughing-stock
?
Wilt thou
be
willing to
hear
thy scornful
jest
repeated
again
at that
day
when
the
poor
derided christian has
his
robes
of
of
glory
on,
and
the
Judge of
all shall acknowledge him
for one
of
his
favourites
?
The
second
hint of caution
is
this,
"
you
that
shall
be
the glory
of
Christ
in
that
day,
dare
not
do any
thing
that
may
dishonour
him now."
Walk
answerable to
your
character
and your hope,
nor indulge
the
least
sin
-
ful
defilement.
Say
within yourselves,
"
Am
I
to make
one
in
that
splendid
retinue of
my
Lord, where
every
one
must appear
in
robes
of
holiness,
and shall
I spot
my garments with the
flesh
?
When
I
am
provoked
to
anger and
indignation,
let
me
say, Both
wrath
and
blus-
ter
become a follower
and an
attendant of
the
meek
and
peaceful
Jesus
?
When
I
am
tempted
to
pride and vanity
of
mind,
will
this be
a beauty or a
blemish to
that
as-
sembly,
that
shines in glorious
humility? Or, perhaps,
I
am wavering,
and ready to
yield,
and
become
a cap-
tive
to some foolish
temptation
;
but
how
then can I ex-
pect a
place
in
that
holy
triumph,
which
is
appointed
for none
but
conquerors? And
how
shall
I
be able to
look
my
blessed
General
in
the face on
that
day,
if
I
prove a coward under
his
banner,
and
abandon
my
pro-
fession
of
strict
holiness,
at
the demand
of
a
sinful
and
threatening
world
?"
V.
The
last
use
I
shall make
of
the text,
is
matter of
consolation
and
joy
to two
sorts
of
christians.
First,
To
the poor,
mean and despised
followers
of
Christ, and
in
whom
Christ
himself
is
despised
by
the
ungodly world.
Read
my
text,
and
believe,
that
in
you
Christ
shall be glorified and admired,
when,
with a mil-
lion
of
angels, he shall
descend
from heaven, and
make
his
last appearance upon earth
;
mean
as
you
are
in
your
own
esteem,
because of your ignorance and your
weak-
ness
in
this world, you shall
be
one
of
the
glories
of
Christ
in
the world
to come
:
Little and
despicable
as
you are
in
the
esteem
of
proud
sinners,
they
shall
be-
hold your Lord exalted
on his
throne, and
you
sitting
among the
honours
at
his
right
-hand,
while they shall
rage afar
off,
and
gnash
their teeth
at
your
glory
:
When