he is not here, but is risen: remember what he told you, when he was yet in Galilee,

I declare unto you, he that heareth my doctrine, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

when Jesus heard that, he said, the disease is not to be mortal, but is design'd for the glory of God, that the son of God might be glorified thereby.

this is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but is become the chief of the angle.

nor buffoonry, which they call pleasantry, but is indecent: be you rather exercised in social virtue.

that mystery, which has been hid from ages and generations, but is now made manifest to his saints:

such wisdom is not derived from heaven; but is terrestrial, sensual, demoniacal.

on the contrary, he heaps his favours upon you. wherefore 'tis said, "God defeats the proud, but is gracious to the humble."

for what the world is so full of, sensuality, avarice, and pride, is not deriv'd from the creator, but is the offspring of a vicious world.