AN EXHORTATION TO MARTYRDOM. 61 distress,or persecution,or hunger, or nakedness,or peril,or sword ? As itiswritten,Because forThy sake we are killed allthe day long,we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in allthesethingswe overcome on accountof Him who hath lovedus."1 And again: " Ye arenot your own, forye are bought with a greatprice. Glorifyand bear God in your body."1 And again: " Christ died for all,that both they which livemay not henceforthliveunto themselves,but unto Him which diedforthem, and roseagain."3 • f-. 7. That thosewho are snatchedfrom the jaws of the devil, and deliveredfrom the snaresof thisworld,4ought not againto returnto the world,lestthey shouldlose the advantageof theirwithdrawaltherefrom. In Exodus theJewish people,prefiguredas a shadow and image of us,when, with God fortheirguardianand avenger, they had escaped the most severeslaveryof Pharaoh and of Egypt — thatis,of the deviland the world— faithlessand un gratefulin respectof God, murmur againstMoses, looking back to the discomfortsof the desertand of theirlabour; and, not understandingthe divine benefitsof libertyand salvation,they seekto return to the slaveryof Egypt — that is,of the world whence they had been drawn forth— when they ought ratherto have trustedand believedon God, since He who deliversHis people from the deviland the world, protectsthem alsowhen delivered. " Wherefore hast thou thus done with us," say they, " in castingus forth out of Egypt ? It is betterfor us to serve the Egyptians than to die in thiswilderness.And Moses said unto the people, Trust, and standfast,and seethe salvationwhich isfrom the Lord, which He shalldo to you to-day. The Lord Himself shall fightfor you, and ye shallhold your peace."5 The Lord, admonishing us of thisin His Gospel,and teaching that we shouldnot returnagaintothedeviland to theworld, 1 Rom. viii.35-37. * 1 Cor.vi.20. 3 2 Cor.v.15. 4The Oxfordeditionhereinterpolates,"iftheyfindthemselvesin straitsandtribulations."i Ex.xiv.11-14.