...degraded and enslaved by base and tyrannous lusts. " As ye have yielded," said Paul to the Romans, " your members servants to uncleanness, and to iniquity...members servants to righteousness unto holiness." But, above all, and in order to all this victory, we must struggle to overcome the filthiness of the...

...God, and to walk mournfully before the Lord of hosts? Mai. ii. 14. we ought to say with St. Paul, " What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye...now ashamed ? For the end of those things is death," Rom. vi. 21. 2. Consider next how piety influences our reputation. I am aware that worldly men by decrying...

...store. Ver. 18. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, &c. n Rom. vi. 21. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye...now ashamed ? for the end of those things is death. Ver. 23. For the wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ...

...Cursed shiiü he~ the fruit of thy hody, and the fruit of thy land, ke. Cnj Rom. 6. 21,23. What frmt had ye then in those things, whereof ye are now ashamed ! for the end of those things is death. For the wages of sin is death. (~oj 2 Thess. 1. o. Who shall he punished with everlasting destruction...

...v. 18. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the; fruit of thy land, &e. f«J Rom. 6. 21, 23. What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are now ashamed ? lor the end of those things is death. For the wages of sin is death. Coj 2Thess. 1. 9. Who shall...

...no profit bj my labor." — " Then you know some thing of the apostle's meaning, when he asked — ' what fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed ?' " " Thank God," said he "I do; and I also know, that now being freed from sin, and having become...

...flesh t for as ye have yielded your members ser. \"ants to uncleanness, and to iniquity unto iniquity i even so now yield your members servants to righteousness,...from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those tilings whereof ye are now ashamed ? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free...

...and unprofitable ; wearying themselves with very vanity. The apostle asks the giddy worldling, — " What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye...now ashamed ? for the end of those things is death." How many school boys neglect their lessons, and waste the time that ought to be employed in gaining...

...but are now returned unto the shepherd and bishop of your souls. \ Peter 2. 25. What fruit had you then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed ? For the end of those things is death. Rom, 6. 21. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were...

...was impracticable, "Being then,' ** made free- from sin, ye became the servants of righv " teousness. For when ye were the servants of sin, "ye were free from righteousness." Secondly, you may serve two masters by serving one of them in reality, and the other in pretence. But...