...rules of a lax and not always correct morality, passes for virtue. To "be holy, for God is holy;"1 "to be perfect even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect;"2 to follow the example of him who was " God manifest in the flesh,"3 incarnate holiness,...

...wherewith we are called," and under the motion of divinely generated love, to follow God, to labour to be " perfect, even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect ; " and in the prospect of eternal union with the Holy One, " to purify ourselves even as He is pure."...

...may conclude it on the decline ; for there is that in its nature which forbids the standing still. " To be perfect, even as our Father which is in Heaven is perfect," may not be looked for whilst we dwell in the flesh : but nothing less must be our desire, nothing less...

...powers will permit him. Thus, Revelation, whilst it teaches us the corruption of human nature, bids us be perfect even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect. Aristotle's theory of the existence of natural virtue bears a close resemblance to Bishop Butler's...

...even in this world ? We may, by the divine grace, or otherwise we should never have been commanded to " be perfect, even as our Father, which is in heaven, is perfect." I proceed with the order of my nightly queries.* Have I, in honesty of heart, constantly adhered to...

...even in this world ? We may, by the divine grace, or otherwise we should never have been commanded to " be perfect, even as our Father, which is in heaven, is perfect." I proceed with the order of my nightly queries.'* Have I, in honesty of heart, constantly adhered to...

...at first thought, that we are to be like angels. But no ; that will not satisfy a soul which strives to be perfect even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect. " We know that we shall be like him, — for we shall see him as he is." A special transforming power...

...author of this calling is holy, so are we to be holy in all manner of conversation, (1 Pet. i. 15,) and to be perfect, even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect. Matt. v. 48. Here will therefore be room for improvement, not only during our continuance in the present...

...absolute perfection should satisfy our minds : we should strive to be " holy, as God himself is holy," and to be " perfect, even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect." Now, need I say that these efforts are very rarely seen ? and that, when seen, they are almost universally...

...and on the good, and sends rain both on the just and unjust:" and our duty is to resemble him, and to be " perfect, even as our Father which is in heaven is perfectb." If we be doubtful how far this precept is to be obeyed, the parable of the good Samaritan...