5. Nor will the real christian escape the awful hurricane, if I may so speak, of judgment! Then, on him, indeed, as well as on the whole assembled world of men, will "the rain descend, and against them will the floods beat and the winds blow!" August, solemn, and trying, indeed, will be this mighty tempest! Then "shall every man's work be made manifest; for that day shall declare -it," 1 Cor. iii. 13. Then, shall it be known, "what manner of spirit we are of!" Then will hypocrisy drop its mask, and every one appear in his genuine character! Then will it be known to all, on what foundation we have erected the superstructure of our hopes of salvation; whether on the sand, or on a rock!

But, the real christian, having received Christ Jesus by faith, as his God and Saviour, resting with firmness on this foundation, he will not only remain unmoved, when "the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat," Pet. iii. 10-but, with holy transport, will cry aloud, "Come, Lord Jesus! come quickly!" Come, take me to thyself! Come, put me in possession of that kingdom, which was prepared for thy redeemed, from the foundation of the world! Matt. xxv. 34.

'Such is the wisdom, and such is the happiness, of being christians indeed! of "hearing the sayings of Christ and doing them;" of indulging only scriptural hopes of salvation; of building our expectation of eternal blessedness on the rock Christ Jesus, and not on the sandy foundation of ignorance, delusion, or error! But, are there not many who thus build? and may it not be useful to present the characters of such to view? do, when,

This I shall

III. I shall notice what is meant by "hearing the sayings of Christ, and not doing them." But for want of time, I must here draw a line, and defer the sequel of this subject to the after part of the day.

May what hath now been delivered, be treasured up in our minds, and on us have salutary effects!

SERMON XVIII.

WARNING AGAINST SELF-DECEPTION.

(IN TWO SERMONS.)

Matt. vii. 24, 25, 26, 27.

"Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock: and the rain de scended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock," &c.

BY THE REV. UZAL OGDEN, D.D.

Newark.