able to make Timothy, taught by maternal piety, wise unto salvation. If you are still ignorant of falvation, how will you plead excufe? Oh, that more prayerful meditations were brought to bear on the word of God! It would be a fedative against the ftimulants of the age, and the best preventive against being carried to and fro by the various doctrines that blow over the Church's floor. By them we may be wife unto falvation, through faith which is in Christ Jefus. By them the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. What higher teftimony could be defired-a teftimony written by the finger of God? Where, then, have you claffed yourselves, dear brethren ? Amongst the ftudents of God's wordvaluing it above rubies-feeking from it your guidance in life and your comfort in a dying hour? Or have you found your

felves in either of the three gradations of alienation from God? Ye who are walking in the counsel of the ungodly, part company with them; and as Enoch did, walk with God-live the life of the righteous, in order that you may die his death. Or, are you halting-standing in the way of finners-liftening to them-fympathizing with their fentiments, and about to adopt their practices? Rather "ftand fast in the faith;" watch ye; be ftrong; "for now,' as St. Paul fays, "we live, if we stand fast in the Lord."

Are ye even fitting in the feat of the fcorners? "How long will the fcorners delight in their fcorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you," pleads God, "turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you. I will make known my words unto you.” (Prov. i. 22.) In your prefent character you are

repulfive to God, for He fcorneth the scorners, but to the lowly He giveth wifdom. Turn ye, then; turn ye: for why will ye die? Seek that Spirit which God promises to fuch as feek aright—the Spirit of contrition - the Spirit that will take of the things of Christ and show them to you -who will pluck you even as a brand from the burning, that you may be pardoned from all your fins, fanctified wholly, body, foul, and spirit, and be preserved blameless until the day of Chrift.

SERMON III.

EARTHLY AND SPIRITUAL JOY.

Thou wilt Show me the path of life: in Thy prefence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleafures for evermore.—— Pfalm xvi. II.

THE title of the pfalm from which my

text is taken is "Michtam of David "that is, being interpreted, "a golden pfalm." It contains indeed wisdom more precious than gold, yea than fine gold. May it be our privilege to fearch out and appropriate to