The Excellency of a Christian.

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Christian! You are a child of God's love, an heir of His glory, and reckoned among His favourites! O think upon your dignity, and consider: 

Will an Emperor live like a beggar? 

Is it befitting for those who are clothed in scarlet—to wallow in the mire? 

Am I born of God—and shall I live like a beast? 

Has God raised my soul to the purest excellencies—and shall I stain my dignity with the world's filth?

May I feed upon Christ—and shall I feed upon empty vanities? 

Shall I who am to judge the world—be a drudge to the world? 

Has Christ prepared for me a mansion in the heavens—and shall I be grovelling in earthly mire? 

Am I child of light—and shall I commit the works of darkness? 

No! I am born to greater and higher things—than to be a slave to lust, and a drudge to the world!