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60 He was deeply sensible of the great necessity of personal holiness. Hence his faith led him to "renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world," and to present himself at the throne of heavenly grace, where he diligently sought and in due time found "that peace which the world cannot give." And having "the Holy Ghost given unto" him, all those graces that adorn and beautify the Christian character, viz., virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly-kindness, charity, all these were manifest in his life and conduct. For it is further said of him, that, 2. "He walked in the truth" His course through life was in accordance with the requisitions of the gospel. He adorned the gospel of God his Saviour by a holy walk and chaste conversation—living soberly, righteously, and godly amidst a crooked and perverse generation. Though he could not have regarded himself as having attained perfection,