_Fourth._ To inculcate piety, humanity, works of righteousness—in one word, implicit submission to Jesus the Lord in all things. This is our work, and this, the Lord being our helper, _we will do_. We are pledged to Jesus, the Christ, to do this, for his glory and our good, and, by the grace of God, we will do it. We are not our own; we are the Lord’s. The work we are in is not our own; it is the Lord’s. The Lord our Righteousness is our King. It is his will—his bidding that we do this work. _He has commanded and the work must be done._ Brethren, see to it that the armor is in order, that it is on, properly adjusted, and every man at his post. Keep your eyes upon our Commander-in-Chief. Whatever he requires do it. No matter where he calls you to go, go at his bidding. He will bring us off conquerors, and more than conquerors. Go not in your own strength, nor in your own name, and rely not upon your own wisdom. Go in the strength, in the name and wisdom of the Lord. “O, Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee!” NOT TO KEEP COMPANY. “But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.”—_I. Cor. v. 11._ “Let every man examine himself and so let him eat.” —_I. Cor. xi. 28._ The passage evidently has reference to common associating—in visits, ordinary, eating and the like. Such a man should not be in the church at all, to say nothing about communing. Christians should not visit and receive visits from such persons, or associate with them, but make them feel keenly the smart of being thus low and corrupt. The remark of the apostle, “Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat,” is misapplied almost invariably every time it is quoted. It certainly has no reference to examining to determine whether a man is worthy to commune or not, for he says, “Let a man examine himself, and _so let him eat_.” The examination was to _precede_ the eating, and not to decide whether he should eat or not. The matter of trouble among the Corinthians was not to determine _who_ shall eat, but _how to eat worthily_. They were not to do this by coming together and eating a pagan feast, not discerning the Lord’s death and blood, by partaking of the loaf and wine, as the Lord appointed.