Excerpt from Sermons on Several Occasions, Vol. 3 But although this direction relates only to our Christian brethren, (such, at least, by outward profession, ) that in the text is of a far wider extent; it unquestionably relates to all mankind. It clearly requires us, to keep at a distance, as far as is practicable, from all ungodly men. Indeed it seems, the word which we render unclean thing, 73 usotptov, might rather be rendered unclean person; probably alluding to the ceremonial law, which'forbade touching one that was legally unclean. But even here, were we to understand the expres sion literally, were we to take the words in the strictest sense, the same absurdity would follow we must needs, as the Apostle speaks, 1 go out of the world. We should not be able to abide in those callings, Which the Providence of God has assigned us. Were we not to converse at all with men of those characters, it would be im possible to transact our temporal business. So that every conscien tious Christian would have nothing to do but to flee into the desert. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.