rit,-in other words, having been enabled by His counsel to resemble Him in righteousness, they shall be advanced in the world to come, so as to resemble Him in personal aspect and splendour; they shall shine like that Sun of Righteousness Himself, in the kingdom of their Father, and like Him, be crowned with glory and honour.

You will readily imagine, that they who inherit such glory, shall experience with it an equal degree of felicity. Earthly glory is, indeed, commonly a weariness, and a vexation to it's possessors. Oftentimes, the head sickens, and the heart faints, and the mind grows painfully restless under it, as under a burden grievous to be borne. For it is conferred on other accounts, not as the fruit or recompense of inward righteousness; a man knows himself to be unfit for his glory, and considers how quickly it will pass, or be taken from him. But the glory to which the faithful shall be received in heaven, can be accompanied by no such causes of uneasiness. Although represented by St. Paul, in comparison with his temporal afflictions, as " a greater and a far more exceeding weight," (2 Cor. iv. 17.) it will never prove at all burdensome, or any thing, except an occasion of the purest delight and joy. The brows shall ache no more which are encircled

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with a crown of heavenly glory; for that is likewise a crown of righteousness, yea, and of life, which fadeth not away. No heart shall Dever experience heaviness or disturbance, beneath the white and glistening robes, wherein the righteous shall hereafter be arrayed; because their "inward parts" shall have been previously washed, and made white in the blood of the Lamb, and suitably adorned with Christian graces. In the mansions of heaven, happiness shall invariably keep pace with glory. There shall be none of those painful apprehensions and drawbacks, which prevent the case - from being so on the earth. There shall be neither rivalry, and consequent fightings without, nor tormenting fears and terrors of conscience within, nor, in short, any thing not entirely conducive to perpetual health, and rest, and joy.

Wherefore, my brethren, in conclusion, let me persuade every one of you to consider, whether or not he hath properly ordered himself, and is guided by the Divine counsel of the Holy Spirit of Christ, and of God. Resorting on all occasions unto His sanctuary, do you hearken diligently to what the Lord God will say, by His minister, concerning you, and receive it with all meekness and humility, and go forth with a hearty purpose to abide by it, and to

walk continually by the light of His word, disallowing the advice of the world and of the flesh? And, thus going forth, do you find a good understanding and consolation (I do not say a perfect assurance and satisfaction) about the things which you have to witness, and to undergo? Do you experience a Spirit within you, by which you can set aside, or get the better of, mere earthborn distresses and discontents? Have you minds prompt, at need, to remember the everlasting judgments of the Most High-His always righteous, though for a time mysterious, dispensations; to trust in His loving mercy and faithfulness, and still to hold by Him, and praise His name in adversity? Are you so habitually under the influ ence of His grace, that, when worldly hopes are apparently at an end, you can say unto Him unfeignedly with the Psalmist,-" Whom "have I in heaven but Thee? and there is "none upon earth that I desire beside thee:

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my flesh and my heart faileth; but God is "the strength of my heart, and my portion for 66 ever." If you have come, or are giving earnest diligence that you may come, to be of this description, in such case, it will surely behove you to suppose yourselves" vessels of mercy," whom God is preparing unto glory, and to rejoice evermore, according to the progress which

you are making in the hope of so excellent a blessing. Then, while many still foolishly forsake Him, and fall, and perish at the rebuke of His countenance, expect, for your own part, that you shall in due time "see the felicity of His chosen, and rejoice in the gladness of His people, and give Him thanks, face to face, "with His inheritance."

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SERMON XVII.

2 KINGS X. 29.

Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from

after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.

IN this verse, there is made mention, at the same time, of Jeroboam, and of Jehu, as two unworthy kings of Israel. The former, we are told, had instituted a peculiar sin amongst his subjects, and the latter would not abolish, or discontinue it.

The latter king, namely Jehu, had been specially commissioned, and raised to the throne by God, to execute His vengeance on the house of Ahab, for the murder of Naboth, and their many abominable idolatries. However, he is represented not to have been himself of a properly righteous and godly character. In all his proceedings, he appears to have been actuated more by guile, and cruelty, and worldly policy, than by a becoming zeal for the Lord. It was undoubtedly right that Jezebel should be slain, and that the worshippers of Baal