...life.' Then, said I, you do not hold with the doctrine of OUT Lord and his apostles ; our Lord says, ' Be ye perfect eve.n as your Father in heaven is perfect,' and the apostle says, 'The blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin.' When are we to be made perfect ? '...

...Spirit of the Lord straitened ? Has he changed ? Nay, our pattern and our standard are even higher: " Be ye perfect, even' as your Father in heaven is perfect ; " and Christ himself — not the highest mortal virtue — is our example. The defect is, that we do not...

...heedless of all men's self-flatteries, as if another perfection were required of men, does ever say, " Be ye perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect," and, "As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation." The grand error...

...assimilated to His 75 image, and the more successful shall we be in whatever our hand findeth to do. "Be ye perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect :" and nothing is more Godlike, than for a Legislator to deal with the criminal population of a country, as...

...me very thankful that as a boy I never experienced it. I felt very early the force of the words, ' Be ye perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect,' and as a teacher, or friend, or counsellor of youth, I would hold forth no other motive to exertion than...

...was most and very wicked comparatively. See post chap. x. pp. 57—8. That relatively to the command Be ye perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect, and before the eye of his own pure reason, the best of men may deem himself mere folly and imperfection,...

...most and very wicked comparatively. See post Chap, x., p. 67 — 8. That relatively to the command Be ye perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect, and before the eye of his own pure reason, the best of men may deem himself mere folly and imperfection,...

...most and very wicked comparatively. See post Chap, x., p. 57 — 8. That relatively to the command Be ye perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect, and before the eye of his own pure reason, the best of men may deem himself mere folly and imperfection,...

...was most and very wicked comparatively. See post chap. x. pp. 57—8. That relatively to the command Be ye perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect, and before the eye of his own pure reason, the best of men may deem himself mere folly and imperfection,...

...was most and very wicked comparatively. See post chap. x. pp. 57-8. That relatively to the command Be ye perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect, and before the eye of his own pure reason, the best of men may deem himself mere folly and imperfection,...