...rise to a new and heavenly life ; when we seek, b Rom. iv. 25. ° Phil. iii. 10. and savour, " those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.'" This is that excellent knowledge of Christ, for which the apostle " counted all things but loss and...

...delivered from its baneful influence. His words are these — "If then ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."* This passage teaches us that the Colossians...

...how difficult the duties whiclv our profession imposes. " If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above; not on things on the earth: for ye are dead, and your life is hid...

...of obtaining it, the one in order to the other. So St. Paul, Coloss. iii. 1, 2. Seek T« «v», the things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth ; that is, aspire to that heavenly...

...condition of obtaining it, the one in order to the other. So St. Paul, Coloss. iii. 1, 2. Seek TO. aw, the things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth ; that is, aspire to that heavenly...

...delivered from its baneful influence. His words are these — "If then ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of Kod. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ n God."* This passage teaches us that the Golossians...

...and our cares alone. We then more deeply feel our own mortality, and the necessity of seeking those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Thus the memory of the just is blessed, and their names are indelibly engraven upon our hearts. Mr....

...with Christ in the heavenly places." And again he saith, "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth, at the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, and not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life...

...come, he shall guide you into all truth. John xvi. 13. If then ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Col. iii. 1. We ourselves were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures,...

...presseth this exhortation : ' If ye be risen with Christ, seek the things which arc above;' and ' seek the things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.' To explain the nature of this duty, I ahall consider the act, and the object. I. 1 . For the act, here...