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ity, or discovered him to be a hypocrite, or a mere false professor. To the same purpose may be ad- duced the example of those of whom the apostle speaks when he says, “For many walk of whom I have told you before, and now tell you weeping that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.” And in the same category, too, must be included all those who assume a mere “Outward form of godli- ness,” but at the same time practically “deny the power thereof,” for by so doing such persons are simply convicting themselves of not being what they verbally profess, and consequently from all such the church is required to turn away and to count them as nothing better than “heathen men and pub- licans.” In short, none are to be esteemed as sin- cere members of the church, if they manifest a pre- vailing inclination to any kind of wickedness, or if they do not by the prevailing tenor of their daily life evince a proper submission of their personal consciences and their personal possessions to the re- vealed authority of Christ as their acknowledged Lord and Master; and also if they do not show an honest desire to yield a cheerful obedience to his divine will in all things. “For,” says the Apostle, “I have written unto you not to keep the company of any man that is called a brother, if he be a forni- cator or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one, no not to eat.” “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God?” Be not de- ceived, neither fornicators, nor adulterers, etc., shall

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