PISC. VII.] FAITH IN ITS LOWEST DEGREES. 2i9 relieve them all ; there is relief and hope in Christ. Let us then awaken all the powers within us to attend to the invitations of divine mercy. Are we blind and ignorant of God and heaven, and divine things ? " Christ is the light of this lower world ;" John i. 9. , " He has com- passion on them that are ignorant and out of the way;" Heb. v. 2. Are we foolish ? " He is made ofGod wis- dom to us ;" 1 Cor. i. 30. Are we unclean and defiled with many iniquities ? " The blood ofJesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin ;" 1 John i. 7. Are we guilty before God ? " He is our propitiation and atone- ment ;" Rom. iii. 25. and " the Lord our righteousness ;" Jer. xxiii. 6. Have we lost the divine favour ? " He is the only Mediator betwixt God and man ;" 1 Tim. ii. 5. " And the great Reconciler to make our peace ;". Eph. ii. 15. Are we unholy ? " He can change our natures, and sanctify our souls ;" Heb. ii. 11. Are we hard- hearted and impenitent, so that we cannot mourn for our sins as we would do? " He is exalted to bestow repentance, as well as forgiveness ;" Acts v. 31. Are we weak, and unable to resist temptation, onto perform our duty? " He is our strength ;" Is. xlv. 24. Are we sick and dying? " He is bur physician ;" Mat. ix. 12 Are we dead in trespasses and -sins ? He can quicken us to a divine life, and make us live to God ; for the living Spirit is with him. Christ himself is our life ; and though the body of the saints must die ; yet he shall raise it again to life everlasting; John v. 21, 26, 29. Surely if we are awake, and in our right senses, there is not a soul of us in this assembly, but must feel itself under some of these unhappy circumstances. Corne then, ye sinful and distressed souls, ye helpless creatures, ye perishing dying wretches of every kind :' Come let nie lead you to this heavenly Saviour; and may my own soul join with yours to partake of this full, this all sufficient salvation. Blessed Redeemer, make us all willing tobe saved, and let us seek our help from thy hands ! I go on now to the fourth enquiry: And that is, what must we do in order to be partakers of this blessing? The words of the invitation are, lo'ok unto me. Now when persons in distress are called to look to any one for help, it implies to trust in him, to depend upon him, to seek help from his power and goodness. See the history of the cripple who seeing Peter and John going into the
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