ON JEALOUSY AND ENVY. 40 the Father,thatin the honour and praiseof living,God may be glorifiedin man ; as He Himself exhorts,and warns,and promises to those who glorifyHim a reward in theirturn, saying," Them that glorifyme I willglorify,and he who despisethme shallbe despised."1For which glorification the Lord, forming and preparingus,and the Son of God in stilling* the likenessof God the Father,saysin His Gospel: " Ye have heard that it hath been said,Thou shaltlovethy neighbour,and hate thineenemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies,and pray for them which persecuteyou ; that ye may be the childrenof your Father which is in heaven, who maketh His sun to riseon the good and on the evil,and sendeth rain upon the justand on the unjust."3 If itisa source ofjoy and gloryto men to have childrenliketo them selves— and itismore agreeabletohave begottenan offspring then when theremaining4progeny respondstotheparentwith like lineaments— how much greateris the gladnessin God the Father,when any one is so spirituallyborn thatin his actsand praisesthe divineeminence of race5 isannounced ! What a palm of righteousnessisit,what a crown, to be such an one 6 as thatthe Lord shouldnot sayof you, " I have be gotten and broughtup children,but theyhave despisedme !"7 Let Christratherapplaud you,and inviteyou to the reward, saying," Come, ye blessedof my Father,receivethe kingdom which ispreparedforyou from the beginningof theworld."* 16. The mind must be strengthened,belovedbrethren,by these meditations.By exercisesof thiskind itmust be con firmed againstallthe dartsof the devil. Let therebe the divine reading in the hands,9the Lord's thoughts in the mind ; let constantprayer never cease at all; let saving labour persevere. Let us be always busied in spiritual » 1 Sam.ii.30. 2 " And engenderinginthesonsofGod."— Oxforded. 8 Matt.v.43-45. 4Or," successive." 5 " Generositas." 6 Or, " thatoneshouldbe such;" or," thatthoushouldstbesuch." 7 Isa.i.2. *Matt.xxv.34. 9 Pamelins,fromfourcodices,reads," Lettherebe thedivinereading beforetheeyes,goodworksinthehands." CTP. — VOL. II. D