Wesley Corpus

vengeance upon it. Now surely this will be abundantly sufficient, if you believe it, to per suade you totally to renounce the world, and to set your affections on things above: ye have seen that no less a degree of religion than this wilj profit you ; that whoever wilfully falls short of this falls short of the mercy of God : be strong therefore and quit yourselves like men, be bold, to assert your liberty, to vindicate the dignity of your redeemed nature, to shake off the bondage of corruption, and to demean yourselves as be comes the children of God, and inheritors of, the kingdom of heaven. Our gracious God, he assured, is infinitely worthy of our highest love, abundantly deserving of our best services he hath created and preserved us, and therefore, has a claim to all we are, and all we can dpy in return for such inestimable benefits. Nay, he, has redeemed us from sin, and delivered up from the bondage of corruption ; and therefore we can never repay the least of his blegsjngs Bqt his mercy is pleased to accept such service as we are able to perform, in consideration o" our weakness, and the poor corrupted state, of pur nature, and . since we have ijothingce-