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 eyes, to be cast into hell fire. No one can for a moment suppose that the Lord is here literally speaking of entering heaven in this maimed, halt, or crippled state. The words relate to certain conditions of mind. They teach us, that it is better for a man to be in simple goodness of heart, and altogether ignorant of the truth, and thus enter into life spiritually maimed, or halt, or defective in sight, or knowledge, than to know the truth of God, and to live opposite thereto; for in this case he fondly cherishes the offending member, and is cast into hell fire. The grovelling, sensual state of the wicked, with its perpetuity, is strikingly described by the worm dying not:—while the lusts and cupidities of the evil within are ever bursting forth, as the fire that is not quenched.

Let it be our care not only to see the Truth, but to love it; so shall it be to us our staff and our stay, as well as our sure guide to the kingdom of heaven, where peace and everlasting life will be our sure reward,

HE spiritual idea of to sell is to give up or part with that which we now possess, in order that we may obtain something more valuable, or that we stand more in need of. Have we nothing to sell—to give up, abandon, or part with? What say our