Press on to perfection
Lastly, if in time past you have abused this blessed hope of being holy as he is holy (1 Peter 1:16), yet do not therefore cast it away. Let the abuse cease; the use remain. Use it now to the more abundant glory of God and profit of your own soul. In steadfast faith, in calm tranquility of spirit, in full assurance of hope, rejoicing always for what God has done (1 Thessalonians 5:16), press on to perfection (Hebrews 6:1). Daily growing in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:18), and going on from strength to strength (Psalm 84:7), in resignation, in patience, in humble thankfulness for what you have attained and for what you shall attain, run the race set before you, looking to Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-2), till through perfect love you enter into his glory!
1771 text
7. Lastly, If in time past you have abused this blessed hope of being holy as he is holy, yet do not therefore cast it away. Let the abuse cease, the use remain. Use it now to the more abundant glory of God and profit of your own soul. In stedfast faith, in calm tranquillity of spirit, in full assurance of hope, rejoicing evermore for what God hath done, press ye on unto perfection. Daily growing in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, and going on from strength to strength, in resignation, in patience, in humble thankfulness for what ye have attained, and for what ye shall, run the race set before you, looking unto Jesus, ’till through perfect love ye enter into his glory!
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Sermon 42 in the 1771 Works. Second Corinthians 2:11.
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