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( 19 ) they ſhall ſee that glory and ſalvation to be theirs. Sights will cauſe applications. I may be aſhamed to think, in the midſt of ſo much profeſſion, that I have known little of the blood of Chriſt, which is the main thing of the goſpel. A Chriſtleſs, formal profeſſion, will be the blackſt light, next to hell, I that can be. Thou mayeſt have many good things, and yet one thing may be a-wanting, that may make thee go away ſorrowful from Chriſt. Thou haſt never ſold all thou haſt, never parted with all thine own righteouſneſs, &c. Thou mayſt be high in duty, and yet a perfect enemy and adverſary to Chriſt, in every prayer, and in every ordinance. Labour after ſanctification to thy utmoſt; but make not a Chriſt of it, to ſave thee; if ſo, it muſt come down one way or other. Chriſt's infinite ſatisfadion, not thy ſanctification, muſt be thy justification before God. When the Lord ſhall appear terrible out of his holy place, fire ſhall conſume that as hay and ſtubble. This will be found religion, only to bottom all upon the everlaſting mountains of God’s love and grace in Chriſt, to live continually in the ſight of Chriſt’s infinite righteouſneſs and merits,they are ſanctifying, without them the heart is carnal,