26 HOLY FORTITUDE, ESERI% XXXII. the rest of his name : Ps. cxxxviii. 2. Try this method, it has been successful and well approved, ánd, I doubt not but that you will be able to attest the success of it through the aids of divine grace. III. Preserve the spirit of prayer always in exercise, and the spirit of fortitude will descend on you. Address the throne of God with earnestness and faith, and cry to the Lord the Godof your salvation without ceasing. It is he gives spirits to renew the battle, when we are almost tired and grow weary ; Is..xl. 28, f19. I-Ie gives courage in the midst of terrors, for he can preserve and secure us inThe extremest perils. " We despaired of life, saith the apostle, and had the sentence of death in ourselves, but we were delivered, for we trusted in him, that raiseth the dead." e C`or. i. 8, 9, 10. It is he that repels the most imminent danger, it is he rebukes the spirit of fear, and gives us -the spirit of power, and holy fortitude ; :r lint. i..7. Wait on the Lord, and be ofgood courage, and he shall strengthen thy heart; wait I say on the Lord; Ps. xxvii. 14. ßut be sure in all your addresses to the mercy-seat, have an eye to Christ Jesus the Mediator, your Advocate at the throne, and the. Captain of your salvation, who is engaged to see you brought safe to heaven. The Father has entrusted you as sheep in his hand, and he will not suffer you to perish. .Look to him as your great High- priest and Intercessor in heavén ; and " since you have such a High -priest as Jesus the Son of God, who can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, let us come boldly to the throne ofgrace, that we may obtain mercy, and' .find grace to help in time of need." Heb. iv. 14, 15, 16. Many a feeble christian who has gone to the mer- cy-seat, trembling and terrified under huge apprehenr sions of ,danger, and almost overwhelmed with turnul= tuous fears, has risen up from his knees with a heavenly calmness and composure ; The army of his,fears has va- uished at once, end he has gone out to face the most fora .ridable of his adversaries, with divine resolution and courage. " .I sought the Lord and he heard we, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto h ;nw and were enlightened, and their faces were not ashamed. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about.them that fear him,, and delivereth them. O taste and see that tl.'
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