inwardly sincere, than outwardly glorious. "The king's daughter is all
Algerius, an Italian martyr, had rather be in prison with Cato than
with Caesar in the senate-house.
But to conclude this word of counsel, the new man walks by a new
rule. As soon as ever God has made a man a new creature, he
presently sets up a new rule of life to walk by, and that is no other but
that which God himself sets up for his people to walk by, and that is
his written word: Isaiah 8:20, "To the law and to the testimony;"
Psalm 119:105, "Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto
my path;" ver. 133, "Order my steps in your word;" Gal. 6:16, "And as
many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them and mercy,
and upon the Israel of God." This rule he sets up for all matters of
faith, and for all matters of fact. The word is like the stone
Garamantides, which has drops of gold within itself, enriching of
every soul who makes it his rule to walk by. Alexander kept Homer's
Iliads in a cabinet, embroidered with gold and pearls; and shall not
we keep the word in the cabinet of our hearts, that it may be always
ready at hand as a rule for us to walk by? Well, friends, whatever you
do forget, be sure that forever you remember this—namely, that none
can or shall be glorious creatures, but such as by grace are made new
creatures. But,
4. The fourth word of advice and counsel is this—Labor to be more
inwardly sincere, than outwardly glorious. "The king's daughter is all
glorious within," Psalm 45:13. Oh labor rather to be good, than to be
thought to be good; to live than to have a name to live, Rev. 3:1, 15-
17. Whatever you let go, be sure you hold fast your integrity. A man