. The book of similitudes: . retend, let him save you will come down from the cross, where wehave put you, we will then believe you. Thus, (Oastonishing thought,) the Lord of life and glory endured the contradiction of sinners against him-self, and despising the shame, has left his fol-lowers a bright example of meekness, patience andendurance, under the most aggravated insults whichcan be offered. It has been the lot of some of Gods people, whenin their dying moments, to endure cruel mock-ings from their enemies. Amid barbarous men,to whom they went on errands of love, the devotedheral
. The book of similitudes: . retend, let him save you will come down from the cross, where wehave put you, we will then believe you. Thus, (Oastonishing thought,) the Lord of life and glory endured the contradiction of sinners against him-self, and despising the shame, has left his fol-lowers a bright example of meekness, patience andendurance, under the most aggravated insults whichcan be offered. It has been the lot of some of Gods people, whenin their dying moments, to endure cruel mock-ings from their enemies. Amid barbarous men,to whom they went on errands of love, the devotedheralds of the cross have been seized and put todeath in extreme tortures. While crying, in theirlast moments, on the Lord Jesus to receive theirsouls, their dying groans have been mocked, theadorable name on which they called, blasphemed,insulted, and derided, as a being unable to. deliverthose who trust in him. Others have been burntto ashes, amid the triumphant shouts and derisiveveils of demons in human form. SIMILITUDES. 149. When lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin, and sin, when it is finished,bringeth forth death. Jas. L 15. FOUR FATAL STEPS. Behold in truthful types depicted here,Four downward steps in errors mad career:First Debt, the parent source of many an ill,Incites to covet, keeps him anxious still ;Then Falsehood comes, the debt he cannot pay,Will prompt his lips a lying tale to say;Then Theft, that by dishonest means obtainsThe sum he cannot raise by honest gains;Next, theft found out, Murder must then concealThe crime, his victim else would soon reveal—Beyond all these, the dreary future shows,The hangmans gibbet is the fearful close. It is a direction of infinite wisdom, through theApostle, to owe no man anything, &c, which,though primarilarly spoken in reference to that lovewhich we owe to one another, yet no doubt includesthe pecuniary obligations due to our fellow men. 150 THE BOOK OP The wisdom of this command is apparent, whenwe see that an opposite
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