in prayer to God for them and for yourselves'. "One humble and private prayer to God to assist your efforts in His service, and in the furtherance of His Son's Gospel, will do more," it has been forcibly remarked, "in influencing the hearts and affections of your flocks, than all the treasures of human wisdom, and all the powers of human eloquence without it!" The great Apostle, when he was weak, found himself strong; he spake and wrote and taught not by human aid, but by the grace given unto him. Respect every constituted authority, and respect your vows to Christ. Matt. xii. 21. "Render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's; and unto God the things that are God's." Every soul is God's property; every soul in your parish must be your care. The soul of the master, and the soul of the slave, will takes of it, he does not think himself the more approved of God and of all good men, and of his own conscience, and does not think he shall give a more joyful account of his charge in the day of judgment."-Bishop Fleetwood's Primary Charge to his Clergy. Works, p. 464. 1 "Content not yourselves with reading prayers at Church, but take care also that there be daily prayers in your families, at least morning and evening and some time every day retire to your studies, and there upon your bended knees, earnestly beseech Almighty God to have mercy on you, to direct and assist you in your studies, and to give you good success in your labours. Pray for the souls of the people committed to your charge; pray for your own souls, that while you preach to others, you yourselves may not be cast-aways.”—Bishop Bull. See Office for the use of the Clergy, in Hele's Devotions. Part 3. equally be required at your hands'. "Meditate then upon these things. Give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself and unto the doctrine; continue in them, for in doing this, thou shalt both save thyself, and those that hear thee." 1 Tim. iv. 15, 16. 1 cc “ Εξ ὀνόματος πάντας ζητεῖ. Δούλους καὶ δούλας μὴ ὑπερηφάνει. ἀλλὰ μηδὲ αὐτοὶ φυσιούσθωσαν, ἀλλ ̓ εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ πλεῖον δουλευέτωσαν, ἵνα κρείττονος ἐλευθερίας τύχωσιν ἀπὸ Jεov."-Sti. Ignatii Epist. ad Polycarpum.-Cotelerii Patr. Apost. tom. ii. p. 91. |