...overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Abftain from the very Appearance of Evil. Yea! In a Word ; Be ye perfect even as your Father, who is in Heaven, is perfect. And, in fo doing you will greatly praile, the Great Jehovah; Let nothing then deter you from...

...of men. • , When we meet thefe excellent fcriptural exhortations to moral perfection and purity, " be ye perfect even as your father who is '" in heaven is perfect," and " he, that hath " this hope," the Gofpel-hope of an happy immortality, "in him," God,...

...of eternity, that the IbiTOwful paflages of this life, which are fo uneafy and frightful to nature, may vanifh, or be borne with patience. Example. Pardon...mifled by any evil example of mine. Matth. v. 48. Be ye perfeft, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfeff. O divine repairer of our corrupt nature,...

...pronoun u^fi?, ye, is ufed without any particular emphafis, or contraft: a*, when our Saviour fays, Matt. v. 48, Be ye perfect even as your Father who is in heaven is perfeff. Matt. xiii. 18, Hear ye therefore the p arable of the Jq.wer. Where is the contraft here ?...

...imitation of the all-perfect God hinifelf. This was exprefsly inculcated by our Saviour, Matt. v. 28. " Be ye perfect, even " as your Father who is in heaven is perfect ;" by the apoftle Paul, Eph. vi " Be ye followers of " God, as dear children ;" and the apoftle...

...which our Saviour hath exprefsly commanded us to devote ourfelves. For, are not thefe his words ? ** Be ye perfect, ** even as your Father who is in heaven is ** perfect." — Once more, What hath been faid on this fubject ought to quicken the zeal and activity...

...purity is sometimes proposed as the model of our purity : " Be ye followers of God as dear children — Be ye perfect even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect." Here it is proposed as the reason : " Be ye hoJy, for I am holy." Other motives might be...

...threatens to every sinner the pains of eternal death. The Lord Jesus Christ says to his disciples, " Be ye perfect, even as your Father, who is in heaven, is perfect." By the apostle, the HolySpirit often requires Christians to be perfect in holiness. He says...

...gold, furniture, learning, reputation or barren •purposes and desires, but in good works. Matthew v, 48. " Be ye perfect, even as your Father who *' is in Heaven is perfect." O divine repairer of our corrupt nature, may thy all powerful grace make me as perfect as...

...and happiness, to all eternity ? This constant progress is declared by the Lord when He says, — " Be ye perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect ;" (Matt. v. 28.) for this evidently implies that as our Father in heaven is infinitely perfect,...