31G FAITH THE WAY TO SALVATION. ESERM. XVIII. our honours paid through the ages of eternity. We were a race of guilty and perishing rebels, who had sinned against thy majesty, and ruined our own souls : We lay upon the borders of death and hell without help, and without hope : We could do nothing to procùre thy love, nor merit any thing .by the best of ourworks: But thou hast called us to believe thy gospel, to trust in thy grace, to lay down the arms of our rebellion, and to re- ceive the blessings of salvation by faith: We have no- thing to boast of, for we are mere receivers : Thou hast put forth thine almighty. arm, and hast made thy gospel the instrument of thy power to save us; and while we feel and taste the complete salvation, thy power and thy mercy shall have all the praise. Not unto us, O .Lord Jesus our Saviour, not unto us is any honour due; but to thy condescending love ; to thy compassion and death shall our honours be paid, and our acknowledgments made for ever. We saw ourselves helpless, andwere directed to thee for help : We trusted in thee, and thou hast saved us : it is thy sufferings that have procured our pardon ; it is by faith in thy blood we find an .atonement; it is through thy righteousness that we are justified and accepted of God, and made par- takers of these heavenly glories that shine all around us. All our sacred comforts, our excellencies, and our joys are thine. Pride is hidden from our eyes for ever, and boasting is banished from all our tongues It is thou hast fulfilled the law : it is thou hast suffered the curse; it is thou hast purchased, and promised, and bestowed the blessing. We believed thy word, we received thy grace, and behold, we, dying sinners, are raised to life, and ad- vanced to glory. There is not a soul of us but delights to join in these sublime anthems ofworship; Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing: Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power be to hvn that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb,for eve Amen.
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