Christians, ye ought to be upon your feet

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[Our final selection from Hugh Binning, appropriately ending with watchful preparation for the coming of the Lord.]

Hugh Binning (Practical Sermons), Works, pp. 657-658:

It is not without special reason that the New Testament speaks of all the time from Christ’s coming to the end, as the last time; as it were but one age or generation immediately preceding the great day, as if the day of judgment were to be, or this generation of the earth would pass...

P. 659:

Christ Jesus is coming, and is near, therefore watch. This Christ himself presses earnestly: Be as men that wait for the coming of their Lord, since he is not far off. Therefore, Christians, ye ought to be upon your feet, and not sit down with the creature. Ye should entertain this hope of his coming, and comfort yourselves by it, and be kept at your duty by it. I may say, there is nothing that is less known among Christians. Christ and his apostles often pressed it, as it seems he would have it the one ever running duty, through all generations. Ye ought then to be ready for Christ’s coming, and not be found sleeping.
 
Thank you for introducing Pastor Binning to all of us.

"Here lies Mr. Hugh Binning, a man distinguished for his piety and eloquence, learned in philology, philosophy, and theology, a Prelate, faithful to the Gospel, and finally an excellent preacher. In the middle of a series of events, he was taken at the age of 26, in the year of our Lord 1653. Alive, he changed the society of his own land because he walked with God. And if you wish to make other inquires, the rest should keep silence, since neither you nor the marble can comprehend it."

Binning, Hugh (24 March 2011). The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning (Kindle Locations 990-992). Kindle Edition.
 
And thankyou for reading.

I will have to do some research into the Latin inscription on his monument. "A prelate" does not sound correct. It usually refers to someone who fills an higher office in an hierarchical church, which neither Hugh Binning nor Patrick Gillespie would submit to.

Here is another translation:

"Here lies Mr Hugh Binning, a man illustrious for piety, eloquence, and learning; a master of languages; an eminent philosopher and divine; moreover a faithful and eminent preacher of the Gospel, who, being taken away in the midst of his usefulness, in the twenty-sixth year of his age, A.D. 1653, changed his country but not his society, inasmuch as while he lived he walked with God. If you inquire farther, I am silent about other things, seeing neither you nor the marble can contain them."
 
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