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20 opened up for us by the blood of Jesus, they "fled for refuge to lay hold upon" that "blessed hope," which is "set before us" in the gospel. They found shelter from the wrath of God, the curse of the law, under the protection of the all-sufficient sacrifice of Christ. From his inexhaustible fulness, they receive fresh supplies of grace to enable them to "live soberly, righteously and godly, in this present world"—"to use the world as not abusing it"—"to pass through things temporal, so as not to lose those things that are eternal." My brethren,—the experience of a goodly number of you, I trust, has thus been briefly sketched. Some among you have been timely awakened to see the vanity of all that here dazzle and delude the thoughtless and impenitent. You have been enabled, through grace, to loosen your attachment to them, and to prefer those joys that are pure, spiritual and heavenlyheavenly. [sic]