...5. The penitent will readily own he has been a rebel against God all his life ; that he has indeed " left undone those things which he ought to have done...done those things which he ought not to have done." The law of God is spiritual ; it reaches to the most secret thoughts, desires, wishes, and purposes...

...in dismay at his utter inconsistency, his miserable short-coming ;—he perceives how constantly he has "left undone those things which he ought to have...done, and done those things which he ought not to have done;"—and he feels the guilt in which he has involved himself. And thus a voice has been awakened...

...contemplation of the greatness of the task before him, that he has indeed, in a thousand instances, " left undone those things which he ought to have done,"...done those things which he ought not to have done?" II. But, though we have occasion to be sorrowful, the Christian need not utterly despair. If left to...

...by much amiableness of temper and usefulness of life, that yet in ten thousand instances he has both left undone those things which he ought to have done,...done those things which he ought not to have done. He is deeply convinced of those manifold sins, and of that wickedness which he, from time to time,...

...universal experience. Every man is, in a greater or less degree, conscious of guilt ; is persuaded that he that he has done those things which he ought not to have done. Every man is, on account of this conviction...

...devoid of love to God, let him bring his conduct before the tribunal of his conscience, and try if he has left undone those things which he ought to have...done those things which he ought not to have done ; and if he discover that he has not wilfully neglected his duty, or persevered in offending against...

...much the devices and desires of his own heart, that he has offended against God's holy laws, that he has left undone those things which he ought to have done, and that he has done those things which he ought not to have done, and that there is no health in him....

...with a humbling sense thereof, both that he has done those things which he ought not to have done, and has left undone those things which he ought to have done, and that there is no health in him. Do you ask then how the text is to be applied to ourselves — to what...

...humbling sense thereof, both that he has done those things which he ought not to have done, and that he has left undone those things which he ought to have done, and that there is no health in him. Every one must look to his own gifts, and ask himself whether he makes...

...career. And all this had come to pass, though he knew so well that he might have done better. He had ' left undone those things which he ought to have done,...done those things which he ought not to have done,' and he said so over and over again to himself, and to his parents too. For the thought that would have...