self of all bad habits, you may become conformable to His divine image and likeness. Frequently entertain yourself in prayer, and "Come ye to the Lord, and be enlightened, and your faces shall not be confounded." (Ps. xxxiii. 6.)
TUESDAY.
The Transfiguration.— II.
I. "His face did shine as the sun, and His garments became white as snow." (Matt. xvii. 2.) The Evangelist has no other more exalted terms of natural comparison, but it is certain, that these terms were far inferior to the brightness of His face, and the whiteness of His garments. Congratulate your Lord, and His sacred humanity for this array of glory, which was always indeed, His due, but of which, He divested Himself for your salvation. Rejoice that your beloved is "white, and ruddy, chosen out of thousands." (Cant. v. 11.)
II. There appeared with Him, "Moses and Elias," two chief lights of ancient law, to show mankind, that both Moses and the prophets gave testimony of Christ. Conceive what was their joy, at beholding their Redeemer, the long-wished for of all nations, and the desire of the eternal hills, whose coming, they themselves had so often foretold. Recollect, that they, like Christ, had observed a fast of forty days, and were therefore made companions with Him in glory.
III. "They spoke of His decease, which He was to accomplish in Jerusalem." (Luke ix. 31.) Christ in the height of His glory conversed on His ignominious and bitter passion. This fact teaches you, what importance
