...and ordinances of God. " Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever 1 command you," John xv. 14. " Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected : hereby know •we that we are in him. He that saitli he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk even as he walked," 1 John. ii. 4, 5 5....

...and complete in the will of God, Col. iv. 12. Perfect love casteth out fear, John iv. 18. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected, ii. 5. Let us goon to perfection, £c. Heb. vi. 1. These are sufficient, (and many more might be added*)...

...commandment, That we should believe on the uame of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another." " But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected : hereby know we that we are in him." 1 John ii. 5. andTii. 23. To leave us without any excuse for not, being assured of our state, the apostle...

...privileges. 1 John ii. 3, &c. •- Hereby do we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments; 'Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected. Hereby know we that we are in him." Chap, iii. 3. " Every one that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure." Chap....

...HEREBY av do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. And ver. 5. Whoso keepeth his word, iv HIM VERILY is the love of God perfected : HEREBY know we that we are in him. And chap. iii. 18. 19. Let us love in deed, and in truth : HEREBY we know that we are of the truth....

...love his brother also." And the natural effect of this love is the keeping of his word : " For whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected. Hereby know we that we are in him." The same strain of sentiment runs through his short epistle to the elect lady : for it was evidently...

...saith I know him, and keepcth not nis commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected." The poor woman with eyes full of tears, went silently away, leaving the heart of the benevolent widow...

...the above essential proof in our hearts, that we are one with Christ, and Christ with us ; for, whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected (1 John, ii. 5) : hereby know we that we are in him. May we all henceforth strive to keep ourselves...

...his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him xerily is the love of God perfected : hereby know we that we are in him. He that siiith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk even as he walked." See also the 3d chapter...

...sayeth I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected." I shall conclude this discourse with some observations upon the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's...