yourselves to do him all the good you can, you will prove yourselves Christians, not in word and profession only, but in deed and in truth. You will show, that you possess the spirit of your heavenly Master, and that you feel deeply impressed with the awful conviction of having to account to him for every talent committed to your charge. You will run your race of righteousness, revered by the just, blessed by the poor and unfortunate, and, under every trial and vicissitude of your being, protected in an especial manner by the good providence of the Almighty. And when death shall cut the thread of an honourable life, you will pass, in all the joy and triumph of your faith, into the realms of immortality and

peace.

SERMON,

ON OUR DUTY TO OURSELVES.

PREACHED IN

ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH,

WESTMINSTER,

ON SUNDAY, THE 22D OF MARCH,

1812.

SERMON VI.

1 PETER, V. 8.

BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT.

HAVING considered your Duty towards God and your Neighbour, it remains that I call your attention to your Duty towards Yourselves.

The proper understanding and practice of this Duty are absolutely necessary to the observance and discharge of the other two. If a man does not believe in, and fear, and love God, he will feel no restraint from doing his neighbour wrong, nor impulse to do him good; neither will he be induced to rectify the obliquities of his own mind, and control the intemperance of his own passions. If he does not love his neighbour, he cannot have any regard or reverence for the commands of God, and must, in the violation of this duty, frequently yield to the suggestions of an evil heart, and transgress the limits