‘Without holiness no man shall see the Lord.’ Well, then, when this is our way and course, we may expect happiness hereafter. The uses are— 1. To show you that carnal men live as if they sought misery rather than happiness: Prov. 8:36, ‘He that sins against me wrongs his own soul; all that hate me love death.’ If a man were travelling to York, who would say his aim was to come to London? Do these men pursue happiness that walk in such defilement? It is the way of God’s law that leads to true blessedness.