TO THE WORLD THE DUTY OF ALL TRUE CHRISTIANS. BY THE REV. A. CURRIE, ABERCORN, AUTHOR OF BELIEVERS' TEARS PRECIOUS IN GOD'S SIGHT; 'What is the world ?-a wildering maze, Where sin hath tracked ten thousand ways, Her victims to ensnare; All broad, and winding, and aslope, EDINBURGH: THOMAS GRANT, 21 GEORGE STREET. CONTENTS. Non-conformity to the World in its Principles alluded Non-conformity to the World in its PRACTICES treated of, viz. :- Non-conformity to the World in Lying, Non-conformity to the World in Swearing, 9 10 Non-conformity to the World in Uncleanness, Non-conformity to the World in Drunkenness, ferred to, Non-conformity to the World in its Sin-fostering PURSUITS discussed, viz. :-- Non-conformity to the World in other Sin-fostering Pursuits that might be considered, . Duty of Universal Non-conformity to the World, Page INTRODUCTION. AMONG the many titles which are applied in Scripture to all who are in a state of nature, one of the most significant is "the world." At first sight, this title may not seem either very significant, or very sinful. But, when we reflect for a moment upon the character of the world, and remember that it is declared, on the highest authority, that "the whole world lieth in wickedness," or under the power of the Wicked One, our ideas of the term become totally dif ferent. Accordingly, not only are we all naturally "of the world," but, as a necessary consequence, we all "speak of the world" as the supreme subject of our affections; and, in one way or another, we all, more or less, "walk according to the course of this world, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind;" and, likewise, serve the "god of this world." So it A |