ON JEALOUSY AND ENVY. 45 conscience. Whoever you are that are envious and malig nant, observehow crafty,mischievous,and hatefulyou are to thosewhom yon hate. Yet you are the enemy of no one's well-beingmore than your own. Whoever he iswhom you persecutewith jealousy,can evade and escapeyou. You can not escape yourself. Wherever you may be,your adversary iswith you ; your enemy isalways in your own breast; your mischiefisshut up within; you are tiedand bound with the linksof chainsfrom which you cannotextricateyourself; you are captiveunder the tyranny of jealousy; nor willany con solationshelp you. It isa persistentevilto persecutea man who belongs to the graceof God. It isa calamitywithout remedy to hatethe happy. 10. And therefore,beloved brethren,the Lord, taking thought forthisrisk,that none shouldfallintothe snareof death through jealousyof his brother,when His disciples asked Him which among them should be the greatest,said, " Whosoever shallbe leastamong you all,the same shallbe great."1 He cut offallenvy by His reply. He plucked out and toreaway every causeand matterof gnawing envy. A discipleof Christ must not be jealous,must not be envious. With us therecan be no contestforexaltation; from humi litywe grow to the highestattainments; we have learntin what way we may be pleasing. And finally,the Apostle Paul, instructingand warning, thatwe who, illuminatedby the lightof Christ,have escaped from the darknessof the conversationof night,shouldwalk in the deeds and works of light,writesand says," The night has passedover,and the day isapproaching: letus thereforecast away the works of darkness,and letus put upon us the armour of light. Let us walk honestly,as in theday ; not in riotingand drunken ness,notinlustsand wantonness,notinstrifesand jealousy."2 If the darknesshas departedfrom your breast,ifthenightis scatteredtherefrom,ifthegloom ischasedaway, ifthebright ness of day has illuminatedyour senses,ifyou have begun to be a man of light,do thosethingswhich areChrist's,because Christisthe fightand the day. 1 Luke iz.48. * Rom. xiii.12,13.