...those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth". CHAP. IV. OF SOBRIETY AND TEMPERANCE IN OPPOSITION TO GLUTTONY AND DRUNKENNESS....

...for his preservation of the Apostles (John, xvii. 15), And I prin/ not that thoit shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil; that is, the danger of it, the temptations it abounds with, and every thing that may weaken their faith,...

...danger. This, however, is not God's way. / pray not, said the Saviour, that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil, John xvii. 15. It is proper, therefore, to inform them, that thrvugh much tribulation they must enter...

...through thine own name those that thou hast given me ;" ver. 15, "I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil." O blessed word ! Alas, we daily walk among snares and traps, allurements of a sinning world, oppo*...

...those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil. Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth. Father, I will that they also, whom tbou hast given me, be with me where 1 am,'...

...our common human callings and avocations purely and truly. "I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil." The simple keeping from the evil that tempts us in all our daily uses, and duties, and pleasures, by...

...art converted, ed, strengthen thy brethren. a John xvii. 15. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil. 1 Thes. v_ 23. And the Л|гy God of peace sanctify you wholly : and I pray God your whole spirit,...

...which the great teacher's own words have so clearly established, — " not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil." There are many ways in which even they who confess Christ and bear his name have eluded the right inference...

...whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are. — I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them...from the evil. — Sanctify them through thy truth. — Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;...

...effectual, and who, addressing his heavenly Father, said, " I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil." All the outward hints of these fratelli will not do — for alas! the leprosy lies deep within. What...