13. Guard them with reverence, lest per
chance the enemy despoil any who have grown slack; or lest some heretic
pervert any of the truths delivered to you. For faith is like
putting money into the bank Matt. xxv. 27; Luke xix. 23. See note on Catech. vi. 36:
“Be thou a good banker.”, even as we have now
done; but from you God requires the accounts of the deposit. I
charge you, as the Apostle saith, before God, who quickeneth all
things, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good
confession, that ye keep this faith which is committed to you,
without spot, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus
Christ 1 Tim. v. 21; vi. 13, 14.. A treasure of
life has now been committed to thee, and the Master demandeth the
deposit at His appearing, which in His own times He shall shew, Who
is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of
lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in light which no man can
approach unto; Whom no man hath seen nor can see. To Whom be
glory, honour, and power 1 Tim. vi. 15, 16. for ever and
ever. Amen.