Leviticus 11

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XI.—Highly it becomes me, as the servant of God, to live as one separated from the world to his service, always to follow his directions, whether with respect to soul or body, and to eat for health, not from lust. Let even my body therefore be carefully preserved as a temple of the Holy Ghost, while, in a becoming manner, I imitate these clean animals, and become not almost, but altogether, a Christian. Let me be addicted to meditation on the truths of God, which I have received for my spiritual food; and be steady in my steps, and inclined to render unto God and men their respective dues.—Cloathed and protected with Jesus’ righteousness and grace, let me, by faith and love, swim against the tides of corruptions and troubles, avoiding intimacy with cruel, self-seeking, sensual, superstitious, and earthly-minded men, and even the most distant approaches and temptations to it. But, if at any time I be defiled therewith, without delay should I apply the cleansing blood and Spirit of Jesus Christ to my soul; bitterly lament that the infection will not be wholly extirpated till the evening-tide of my death; and, if I am the Lord’s, diligently aim to be holy, as he is holy; and perfect, as my Father who is in heaven is perfect