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66 according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." Nor can it be said of the luke-warm Christian, that his soul prospers. He is self-condemned. The language of his agonizing heart is:—

The luke-warm professor is thus addressed by the great Head of the church: "I would thou wert cold or hot, because thou art luke-warm, and neither cold or hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." The man of whose soul prosperity can be truly affirmed, has been created anew