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 self of  all  bad  habits,  you  may  become  conformable  to His  divine  image  and  likeness. Frequently entertain yourself in  prayer,  and  "Come  ye  to  the  Lord,  and  be enlightened,  and  your  faces  shall  not  be  confounded." (Ps. xxxiii.  6.)

I. "His face  did  shine  as  the  sun,  and  His  garments became  white  as  snow." (Matt. xvii.  2.)  The  Evangelist has no  other  more  exalted  terms  of  natural  comparison, but it  is  certain,  that  these  terms  were  far  inferior  to the  brightness  of  His  face,  and  the  whiteness  of  His  garments. Congratulate your  Lord,  and  His  sacred  humanity for  this  array  of  glory,  which  was  always  indeed, His due,  but  of  which,  He  divested  Himself  for  your  salvation. Rejoice that  your  beloved  is  "white,  and  ruddy, chosen  out  of  thousands." (Cant. v.  11.)

II. There appeared  with  Him,  "Moses  and  Elias,"  two chief lights  of  ancient  law,  to  show  mankind,  that  both Moses and  the  prophets  gave  testimony  of  Christ. Conceive what was  their  joy,  at  beholding  their  Redeemer, the long-wished  for  of  all  nations,  and  the  desire  of  the eternal hills,  whose  coming,  they  themselves  had  so often  foretold. Recollect, that  they,  like  Christ,  had observed a  fast  of  forty  days,  and  were  therefore  made companions with  Him  in  glory.

III. "They spoke  of  His  decease,  which  He  was  to accomplish  in  Jerusalem." (Luke ix.  31.)  Christ  in  the height of  His  glory  conversed  on  His  ignominious  and bitter passion. This fact  teaches  you,  what  importance