SERMON XL. Christian Perfection. Phil. iii. 12. _Not as tho’ I had already attained, either were already perfect._ THE PROMISE of SANCTIFICATION. EZEK. xxxvi. 25, &c. By the Rev. Mr. CHARLES WESLEY. SERMON XLI. Wandering Thoughts. 2 Cor. x. 4. _Bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ._ SERMON XLII. Satan’s Devices. 2 Cor. ii. 11. _We are not ignorant of his devices._ SERMON XLIII. The Scripture Way of Salvation. Eph. ii. 8. _Ye are saved thro’ faith._ SERMON XLIV. Original Sin. Gen. vi. 5. _And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually._ SERMON XLV. The New Birth. John iii. 7. _Ye must be born again._ SERMON XLVI. The Wilderness State. John xvi. 22. _Ye now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you._ SERMON XLVII. 1 Pet. i. 6. _Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations._ Illustration: (‡ decoration) SERMON XXXI. UPON OUR LORD’S SERMON ON THE MOUNT. DISCOURSE XI. MATT. vii. 13, 14. _Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way which leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it._