...offers of divine mercy ; and if, consequently, we are proper subjects for reward or punishment ; let us abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good. Since we are called upon, in this day of grace and salvation, to choose whom we will serve, let us...

...death is the end of all men;" grant us therefore grace to lay it to heart, to despise the world, " to abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good;" to delight in thy word, to study thy will, to observe thy law, and to take all possible care to promote...

...with Jesus Christ, and him crucified ; shewed us the difference between good and evil, that we might abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good; reasoned with us many a time about our souls and another world ; set before us life and death, the...

...is obtained over our vicious inclinations. Wherefore give him grace, we beseech thee,.O Lord, " to " abhor that which is evil, and cleave to "that which is good." Let him religiously avoid all blasphemy and profaneness, all drunkenness, riot, and laseiviousness...

...flee from, and despise such abominations, and with purpose of heart cleave to the Lord (Acts xi. 23), abhor that which is evil and cleave to that which is good (Rom. xii. 9) ; by this the distinctiveness of the believer from an unbeliever is visible. And I further...

...base love of any thing here below, nor be oppressed with the cares of this life : but assist us to " abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good." Let us " use this world as not abusing it." Give us true humility of spirit, that we may " not think...

...sins be as scarlet, may they be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, may they be as wool. ,May we abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good. May we be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing...

...the vows of God are upon you, and that you have laid yourselves under the most binding obligations to abhor that -which is evil, and cleave to that which is good. Be, then, what your profession imports. Labour to maintain a happy consistency of character; and, having...

...Reformers, accounts of the lives and deaths of martyrs, and whatever else may excite them at once to " abhor that which is evil," and " cleave to that which is good." If you have Protestant feeling yourself, whoever you may be, and in whatever station, seek to stir...

...prayer. As such, I would employ them for your sakes ; I would thereby the more assiduously teach you to ' abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good : ' and above all, I would with the more earnestness and dependence on the covenant grace of God, present...