For I am the least of the Apostles; that am not meet to be called an Apostle, because I perse- But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace, which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, NECESSITY AND BENEFITS OF BAPTISM. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever house, did eat their meat with gladness and sin- Praising God, and having favour with all the SERMON XVI. THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT EXEMPLIFIED IN THE CHARACTER OF JOSEPH. GEN. xli. 38, 39. And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such an one as this is, a man in whom is the Spirit of God? And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art. AMONG the various excellencies which recommend the books of the Old Testament to our attention, it is not one of the least that they abound in admirable examples of the most exalted virtue. It is true indeed, that several of those examples are occasionally represented as polluted with moral defilement, the consequence of their |