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Li
INWARD WITNESS
TO
CHRISTIANITY.
1S
foundation of
this
double
blessing
for
he has
not
only
made an end
of
sin,
but brought
in
an
everlasting
right-
eousness,
Dan.
ix.
24. He
has fulfilled
the
law
in
all
the
commands
of
it,
as well as
borne
the penalty
:
he
has purchased
all
the
blessings
of
divine
love, as well as
bought
a
freedom fròm divine vengeance.
If
when
we
were
enemies
we
were reconciled
to
God by the death
of
his
Son
;
much more
being reconciled
we
shall
be
saved
by
his
life,
Rom.
v.
1
O.
And
in
ver.
1,
and
2,
he
saith,
Being
justified
by
faith,
we
have peace
with
God,
through our
Lord
Jesus Christ, and
rejoice
in
hope
of
the
glory
of
God.
Thus
you
see
there
is
not
only reconciliation,
but
full
salvation: not
only peace
with
God,
but
the
hope
of
glory,
to be
obtained
by
believing
on
the
Son
of
God. Many are the instances
of
saints here dwelling
in
flesh
in
a day
of
grace,
that
have been
raised
to
a good
degree
of
eternal
life
in this
respect,
that
have had
a
joyful
sense
of
the
love
of God
shed
abroad
in
their
souls,
and
Upon
solid grounds have
hoped
for glory,
such
as no
other
religion could
pretend
to
furnish them
with
;
and
this
is
a
witness to the
truth of
christianity.
No
mere
human religion can
pretend
to
tell
how
this
special
love
of God
may be
attained, no human religion
can ever tell
us
how
long this love
of
God
shall con-
tinue; but
the word
of
God
gives us
full evidence
and
assurance,
that
the worst
of
sinners
who
apply
to
Jesus
Christ
the
Saviour,
in
the
way
of
humble faith
and hearty
repentance,
shall
not
only
be
forgiven
and released from
the guilt
of
sin
and punishment,
but
also
shall
be
beloved
of
God
for the sake
of
Christ,
and
that
this
divine love
is
everlasting.
Read
Acts
iii. 19.
Repent and
be
con-
verted,
that
your
sins
may
be
blotted out. Acts
xvi. 3l..
Believe
on
the
Lord Jesus Christ
and
thou
shalt
be
saved.
And
when
persons are interested
in
these
pro-
mises, who
shall lay any
thing to
their charge? Who
shall condemn them when
God justifies
?
Who
shall
se,arate
them from the love
of Christ
?
Shall
tribula-
tion or
distress, famine
or sword?
No,
by no
means;
for
in
all
these
things
we
are
more
than
conquerors
through
him
that
hath
loved
us
and
we
are persuaded,
that
neither
death,
nor
life,
nor
angels,
nor
principa-
lities,
nor
powers,
nor things present, nor things
to