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1 Be ye followers of God, as dear children. let every man that hath this hope in him, purify himself, even as he is pure; and be righteous, even as he is righteous.

2 As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, be ye holy, for I am holy.

3 Be ye perfect, even as your Father, which is in heaven is perfect: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

5 Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

6 Let us

wavering.

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PERSEVERANCE.

hold fast the profession of our faith without

Continue ye in the faith, grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel which ye have heard.

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Beware, lest being led away by the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end.

'If ye continue in my word, then (saith Christ) are ye my disciples indeed.

1 Eph. v. 1. 1 John iii. 3.

v. 48. Phil. ii. 15.

3 Matt.

21 Pet. i. 15, 16.

4 Matt. v. 16.

6 Heb. x. 23.

7 Col. i. 23.

8 2 Pet. iii. 17.

5 Matt. v. 20. Heb. iii. 14.

'They which have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. Keep yourselves therefore in the love of God; wait on God continually; and be constant to do his commandments.

2 Look to yourselves, that ye lose not those things which ye have wrought; but that ye receive a full reward.

3 Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.

Let us not be weary in well-doing: For in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

5 Till I die I will not remove my integrity from me: my righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

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Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold; but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doth, all his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned; in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

If they that had escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, are again entangled therein and overcome; the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after

Hosea xii. 6.

3 1 Cor. x. 12.
Matt. xxiv. 12, 13.

1 Chron. xxviii. 7.
4 Gal. vi. 9.
5 Job
7 Ezek. xviii. 24.

1 Titus iii. 8.

2 2 John viii.

xvii. 5, 6.

Pet. ii. 20, 21.

Jude 21.

they had known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

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As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him; holding faith and a good conscience, and continuing in the love of Christ; that when he shall appear, ye may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

"The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

CHAPTER X.

Concerning Repentance.

IN GENERAL.

3 GOD commandeth all men every where to repent, and to turn to him, and to do works meet for repent

ance.

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* God requiteth that which is past; therefore let every man repent him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?

5 Our transgressions are multiplied before God, and our sins testify against us; yea, the very best of our works, are not found perfect before God: let us be zealous therefore and repent.

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Stand not in an evil thing. Wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved: how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

1 Col. ii. 6.

xvi. 31. Jer. viii. 6.

1 Tim. i. 19.

John xv. 9. 1 John ii. 28.

3 Acts xvii. 30. 5 Isa. lix. 12.

Acts xxvi. 20.

2 Prov.

4 Eccles. iii. 15.

Rev. iii. 2. 19.

6 Eccles. viii. 3.

1 Return unto the Lord with all your hearts. For the Lord is not willing that any should perish; but that all should come to repentance.

2 Return unto me, (saith the Lord) for I have redeemed you: Return unto me, and I will return unto

you.

3 Repent ye, and believe the Gospel. Turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

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Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity.

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Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance. But except ye repent, ye shall all perish.

EXAMINATION.

Examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith: Prove your ownselves.

7 Prepare your hearts unto the Lord; bethink yourselves, and repent every one, saying, How many are mine iniquities and sins? Lord make me to know my transgression and my sin.

Thus saith the Lord, consider your ways.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again unto the Lord. Let us think on our ways; so shall we turn our feet unto his testimonies.

16 To the law, and to the testimony; for the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper

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Haggai, i. 7.

9 Lam. iii. 40. Psal. cxix. 59.

10 Isa. viii. 20.

Heb. iv. 12.

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than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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Enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy door about thee. Commune with thine own heart, and let thy spirit make diligent search; that thou mayest find out all thy iniquities whereby thou hast sinned, and whereby thou hast transgressed against the Lord.

2 Let every man prove his own work; and then shall he have rejoicing in himself.

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A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright he directeth his way.

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Every one of us shall give account of himself to God: and every man shall bear his own burden. Therefore let us judge ourselves, so shall we not be judged.

'If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. But let us take heed that we be not deceived in the judgment we make of ourselves. For the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?

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Let us judge truly whether we have lived in all good conscience before God; whether we have sinned ignorantly in unbelief; or whether we be of those that rebel against the light; who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things as we have committed, are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them,

1 Isa. xxvi. 20. 2 Gal. vi. 4.

1 Cor. xi. 31.

Psal. iv. 4.

3 Prov. xxi. 29. 5 1 John iii. 21.

xxiii. 1. 1 Tim. i. 13.

Job xxiv. 13.

Psal. lxxvii. 6.

Jer. xxxiii. 8. Gal. vi. 5. 6 Acts

4 Rom. xiv. 12. Gal. vi. 7. Jer. xvii. 9. Rom. i. 32.

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