...following declaration of our blessed Lord, " Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father who is in heaven ; but whosoever...will I also deny before my Father, who is in heaven." Lord, we believe ; help thou our unbelief, and increase our faith ; that we may be of the number of...

...and this God our Saviour requires. "Whosoever "shall confess me before men, him will 1 confess also be"fore my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever...men, him will I also deny before my Fa"ther who is hi heaven." Fifthly, As a renunciation of every sentiment, and every thing dishonorable to the importance...

...a connection betwixt it, and his confession of us in a future world. " Whosoever," says he, " shall confess me before men, " him will I also confess before my Father which is in " heaven ; but whosoever shall deny me before met;. " him will I also deny before my Father...

...Christian character. For Christ has said, " Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall...will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. "f It is therefore certain, that Christ will be confessed by those who are saved by him. And the duty...

...belongs also to all his followers; " Whosoever -shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall...will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven." Matt. x. 32, 33. You are therefore to make open confession and acknowledgement of the divine truth...

...saith the Prophet, " shall shine as the stars for ever and ever a." And our blessed Lord hath said ; " Whosoever shall confess " me before men, him will I also confess before my Fa" ther which is in heaven b." And in another place, " Whosoever shall confess me before men, him...

...him, we shall also reign with him;" and, as he himself said, " Whosoever confesseth me before xx . men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven." 5. In " the short and simple annals " of Dorothea, the circumstance that principally claims our admiration...

...is the greater necessity of our being nobly singular. Let us never forget our Lord's declaration ; "Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before ray Father who is in heaven ; but whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my...

...neglect of important duty. Scarcely any duty is urged more pressing! y, than this. " He that confesseth me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. And he that denieth roe before men, him will I also deny before my Father, who is in heaven." Would...

...in the cause of Christianity. See ante, 163. And this is agreeable to Matt, x. 32. & Luke xiv. 26. " Whosoever shall " confess me before men, him will I also " confess before my Father which is in " glory and honour and power ; " for thou hast created all things, " and for thy pleasure...