Henry Alford, Quebec Chapel Sermons, Vol. I, 2nd ed. (London: Rivingtons, 1856), Sermon IV, Third Sunday after Epiphany, 1854, pp. 53-54.

For you cannot, my brethren, you cannot make a compromise between the Gospel and the world. The Gospel tends upwards—Christ's pattern, Christ's words, Christ's person in glory,—these are its objects. The world tends down…