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 capital  and  sworn  enemy! "Thou hast  forsaken  the God  that  begot  thee,  and  hast  forgotten  the  Lord  that created  thee." (Deut. xxxii.  18.)  Ponder  this  expression of  God  and  be  confounded.

III. Your Lord  and  Sovereign  will  visit  you  to-day,  in the  Holy  Eucharist,  to  take  a  fuller  and  more  perfect  possession of  you;  for  although  He  does  not  stand  in  need of you,  He  wishes  you  to  belong  entirely  to  Him. " The Lord  thy  God,  thou  shalt  adore,  and  Him  only  shalt  thou serve." (Matt. iv.  10.)  Renounce,  therefore,  every  connection and  league  with  the  devil,  the  world,  and  the flesh. Present your  heart  to  Him  again,  ask  His  pardon for your  former  disloyalty,  and  permit  Him  to  dispose of you  as  He  pleases  in  everything. In fine  let  it  be your  future  care  to  please  Him  alone,  in  your  every thought, word,  and  deed,  for  "no  man  can  serve  two masters."

I. "  And  behold  a  woman  in  the  city  who  was  a  sinner." (Luke vii.  37.)  She  was  a  sinner  against  the  virtue  of purity,  although  it  be  not  specified,  because,  as  the  Apostle observes,  the  very  name  ought  not  to  be  pronounced among Christians,  so  odious  is  the  vice  in  those,  who pretend to  virtue  and  sanctity. It is  probable  she  heard our Lord  preach;  and  being  touched  to  the  heart  with repentance, she  did  not  wait  for  the  opportunity  of  time or place,  but  immediately  "  rushed  into  the  banquet,"  as