...Chrift-sfake hath forgiven you. Eph. v. 1. Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children. Col. iii. 12. 13. Put on therefore (as the elect of God, holy and beloved) bowels of mercies, kindnefs, humblenefs of mind, meeknefr, hng-fufering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another,...

...fake hath forgiven " you." Chap. vi " Be ye therefore followers of " GOD, as dear children." Col. iii. 12, 13. " Put " on therefore (as the elect of GOD, holy and belov" ed) bowels of mercies, kindnefs, humblenefs of " mind, meeknefs, long-fuffering ; forbearing...

...fet afide by the force of the Apoftle's argument, and the language which he exprefly ufes, Col. iii. 12, 13. " Put on, therefore, (as the elect of GoD, holy and beloved) bowels of mercy, kindnefs, humblenefs of mind, meeknefs, long-fuffering, forbearing one another,...

...Saints." ix. 25, " I will call her [the Gentile church] beloved, which was not beloved." Col. iii. 12, "Put on therefore as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies," &c. 141. Rom. iii. 23,24, "For all have finned, and come fliort of the glory of God ; being j ufliiicd...

...29- And, accordingly, such persons are exhorted by St. Paul, Col. iii. 12, to " put on, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness," &c. These things become them, and are required of them, on account of their interest in...

...? Let us only obtain such a spirit as this, and the assurance we want will be actually within us. " Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,...forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any have a quarrel against any : even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all things...

...circumcision nor un circumcision, Barbarian, Scydiian, bond nor free ; but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,...kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering ; 1 3 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any ; even...

...other kinds of iniquity, which are to be mortified. After which he adds this beautiful exhortation ; " Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,...kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering." (iii. 12.) Many other graces he enumerates, which may be studied in that passage ; and also in various...

...live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world." It leads us to " put on, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering." It bid» us to " come out from the world, and be separate, and touch not the unclean thing." It plainly...

...— the royal law, according to the scriptures. I conclude with the exhortation, Col. iii. 12, 14. " Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering : — And above all these things, put on charity, which...