...above, where Christ sitleth at tlie right h*nd of God, and to be with him in heaven ; of which said he, we ought not to doubt, if we can evidence to ourselves our own conversion, true faith, and love, and live in the exercise of those chris'ian graces, and virtues,...

...XXIII. [For Easter Day.] * * • • , COLOSSI ANS ill. 1. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. THE resurrection of our LORD JESUS CHRIST from the grave, which we have this day been celebrating,...

...hand of God in glory. So saith St. Paul (Col. iii.), " If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." And again (Phil, iii.), '•' Our conversation is in heaven, from whence we also look for the Saviour,...

...NECESSITY OF RISING WITH CHRIST. CoLOSSIANS, III. 1, 2. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things . which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth. THERE are few persons who have not...

...NECESSITY OF RISING WITH CHRIST. CoLOSSIANS, III. 1, 2. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, not on things en the earth. THERE are few persons who have not...

...alive to Jesus, his honour and cause, his blessing and favour. "If ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." And "when Christ who is our life shall appear, then also appear with him in glory." — Pp. 120, 127. Of...

...hath promised salvation to the upright in heart ; to those " who are risen with Christ, and seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God !" Hour after hour would glide on, while with the sacred volume open before her, she would dwell on...

...be valued.' — " I am going out of the world (said he, a little before his death) and I now desire to seek those things which are above, where Christ...ought not to doubt, if we can evidence to ourselves conversion, true faith, and charity, and live in the exercise of these Christian graces and virtues...

...sufficient to fill the most enlarged capacity of their souls. Being risen with their Lord, they " seek the things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." They are dead to whatsoever is confined to their present state of existence ; and the new life they...

...faith may be invigorated, our hope enlivened, our charity confirmed, and our affections elevated to the things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God ! The veil now thrown over the preliminary state, and concealing from our view celestial objects, shall...