...but if even the faithful few who have chosen God for their portion, and whose affections are set on things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God, are not exempt from the criminality of inordinate desires, — if these latter are conscious of an...

...affections NEW THANSLATIOH. CHAP. III. 1 (Ei, 128.) fiince then ye have been raised with Christ, seek , the things which ARE above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. 2 (Qptwrt) Set your affections on things above, not on things ufion the earth. 3 For ye are dead :...

...follow the commandment of St. Paul, that saith, " If ye then be risen again with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God," we shall neither depart from the vain transitory goods of this world, nor from this wretched and mortal...

...the dead, and become the jirst fruits of them that slept, tfc." Wheatly, page a 11, Oxford edit. " which are above, where Christ sitteth at the " right hand of God. We must set our affec" tions on things above, and not on things be" neath, being dead, and having our...

...Wherefore, your hearts should be there also, Col. iii. 1 . " If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where •Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." Let the serpent's seed go on their belly, and eat the dust 6f this earth ; but let the members of Christ...

...your hearts should be there also, Col. iii. . 1 . " If ye then be risen •with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." Let the serpent's seed go on their belly, and eat the dust of this earth ; but let the members of Christ...

...follow the commandment of St. Paul, that saith, " If ye then be risen again with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God," we shall neither depart from the vain transitory goods of this world, nor from this wretched and mortal...

...that is an heavenly." . Would you hereafter " appear with Christ in glory ?" you must now " seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." " To be carnally minded is death: but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." May it by the blessing...

...heaven, and happens 40 days after Easter. B 4 " If we then be risen with Christ, let us seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God."—Coloss. iii. 1. 12. WHITSUNDAY.—Whitsunday derives its name from a word which means 8; being...

...turned his thoughts almost entirely from terrestrial things, and endeavoured to fix them upon those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Neither did he always enjoy serenity and the meridian sun. On the contrary, he was sometimes " tossed...