■|- " What think ye ? A certain man had two sons : and
he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my
vineyard. He answered and said, I will not ; but after-
■ward he repented, and went. And he came to the second,
and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir:
and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his
father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto
them. Verily I say unto you. That the publicans and the
harlots go into the kingdom of God before you."



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SERMON VIII. 101

expression^ ^^ we see through a glass darkly ; "
yet^ that that knowledge^ that portion of truth,
to them who possess it even in the least de-
gree, is *' a MARVELLOUS LIGHT ! " * — a light,

indeed, *' great '' *' to them that walked in
darkness, and dwelt in the land of the shadow
of death ; " f *' the Sun op Righteousness
WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS," J *' to those eyes
which see its salvation." § *' The Day-spring
from on high," '* to give light to them that sit
in darkness, and in the shadow of death, to
guide their feet in the way of peace." ||

VII. ..It is light of such a nature, that they
who seek to shun it, clothe themselves with
the leprous shame of this condemnation, that
'* light is come into the world, but that they
love darkness rather than the light, because

THEIR DEEDS ARE EVIL."1[

* 1 Pet. ii. 9. f See Isa. ix. 2.
X Mai. iv. 2. § Luke ii. 30.
II Luke i. 78, 79. ^ John iii. 19.
SERMON IX.
