DISC. Iv. IN Iils sAIA*T5. 413 All the members of that assembly must be overcomers Butwhere there is a hearty desire and longing after grace and salvation, let not the worst of sinners despair, nor the weakest believer' let go his hope, for it is such as you and I are, in *horn Christ will be magnified in that day. Believe this, O thou humbled and convinced sinner, who complainest thy heart is hard, though thou wouldest fain repent and mourn ; who feaTest the bonds of thy corruptions are so strong, that they shall 'never be broken, believe that the sovereign grace of Christ has designed to exalt itself in the sanctification of such un- holy souls as thou art, and in melting such hard - hearts as thine. And thou, poor trembling soul, that wouldest fain trust in a Saviour, but art afraid; because of the greatness of thy guilt, and thy abounding iniquities, be- lieve this, " that where sinhas abounded, grade has muck more abounded ;" Rom. v. 20. It is from the bringing Such sinners, as thou art to heaven, that the choicest re- venues of glory shall arise to our Lord Jesus Christ, and thy acclamations of joy and honour to the Saviour shall perhaps be loudest in that day, when he shall come-.to be glorified in his: saints, and admired in all them that be- lieve. Read the 1 Tim. i. 13, 14. and see there what an ac- count the great apostle gives of his own conversion; " was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious, yet I obtained mercy ; and the grace of our Lord was exceed- ing abundant, with faith and love, which is in Jesus Christ." Now I am sent to publish and preach to blas- phemers and persecutors, that this is afaithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit,for this cause Iobtainedmercy, that inmefirst Jesus Christ Might shewforth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting, verses 15, 16. Turn to another text, ye feeble believers ;" 2 Cor. xii. 9, 10. there you shall find the same apostle, a convert and achristian, but too..weak to conflict with the messen. ger of Satan that buffeted him,; 'nor able to release him- self from that sore temptation that lay heavy upon him; but having received a word from Christ, that his "grace was sufficient, and that his strength was to shine perfect
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