...which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. If there be. therefore, any consolation in Christ, if t any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit,...any bowels and mercies: fulfil ye my joy: that ye be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind/' With this compare Acts, xvi....

...this time, shake off all slothfulness, and be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord ? Dear brethren, if there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort...love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels of mercies, let us, I beseech you, fulfil the joy of the apostles and of all good men, by being like...

...If there be any confolation of CHRIST, if " any comfort of love, if any fellowfhip of " the fpirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil " ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having " the fame love, being of one accord and of " one mind."8 It is an obvious reflection from the ufe which...

...schisms, and they must bo perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment ; they must be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind," 1 Cor. i. 10. Philip, ii. 2. Bui the Christian world is at present so divided, as it was also anciently,...

...be taken notice of in the world. JJiow frequent are the exhortations to christian love and unity ? " Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, and .of one mind/' Phil. '2. 2. " Hereby shall men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one another,"...

...the sun." But how much more to see the Sun of Righteousness, continually shining upon the soul ! And if there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any peace that passeth all understanding, if any rejoice in hope of the glory of God, they all belong to...

...pleasures of religion ; all those which it affords to truly religious men, even in the present life. " If there be any consolation in Christ ; if any comfort of love," in the love of God, and of all mankind; if any " joy in the Holy Ghost ;" if there be a peace of God,...

...sake, having the same conflict which ye sort/ in me, and now hear to be in me. If there be, therefore, any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love,...bowels and mercies : fulfil ye my joy ; that ye be like minded, having th« same love, being of one accord, of one mind." With this compare Acts xvi....

...all. If there be therefore any conso" lation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellow" ship of the spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye...the same " love, being of one accord, of one mind." The enemy knows the importance of union and harmony: he therefore labors to separate; and unhappily...

...amongst men ! Let us hear them, as if addressing us in the words of one of that bright assembly — If there be any consolation in Christ, if any comfort...love, if any fellowship of the spirit, if any bowels of mercy, fulfil ye our joy, by being like minded, of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done...