...Lord, with many of us the night may lie far spent, and the day nearer than we are aware. Enable us to cast off the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light. May we be always endeavouring to do good, as long as we continue in the world; but let us not take...

...you to awake out of sleep — to1 rouse yourselves from the torpor of insensibility — to cast away the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light ! — It is a lamentable consideration, that the most important truths, when delivered from the pulpit,...

...of the Lord cbrne not unto you as a snare." (Rom. xiii.) The Holy Ghost doth* command to cast away the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light, and he rehearseth unreasonable eating and banqueting and drunkenness among them. He doth appoint no certain...

...grace, to implore God's pardon, and to make solemn promises and resolutions, for the future, to east off the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light; and not only so, but to redeem the precious minutes I have squandered away, by husbanding those that remain...

...assisted in making me fill out three years in this Gaol. I have desired and attempted " to east awny the works of darkness and to put on the armour of light." This is the whole duty of man : and for performing this duty how have 1 been punished ? We, the Anti-Christians,...

...throne of grace, to implore God's pardon, and to make solemn promises and resolutions, for the future, to cast off the works of darkness, and to put on the armor of light ; and not only so, but to redeem the precious minutes I have squandered away, by husbanding...

...for now "the night being far spent and the day near at hand," the whole Church hastens "to cast away the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light." All Christendom hears the voice — " Prepare ye the Wiiy of the Lord, make straight in the desert...

...subjects for reflections, new grounds of hope and springs of consolation. Hence the believer is required to " cast off the works of darkness, and to put on the Lord Jesus Christ." In complying with this command he not only promotes his own welfare, but also re*...

...who seriously and sincerely intends to co-operate with the grace of God, for which c 2 he prays ; " to cast off the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light," must not content himself with general resolutions. He must minutely acquaint himself with the nature...

...: not only new expressions, but new actions. The new creation engageth men to a new course of life, to " cast off the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light, to walk honestly as in the day." What a change doth it make in men.s employments; their backs are now...