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SERM.
I.]
INWARD WITNESS
TO
CHRISTIANITY.
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foundation of
this
double
blessing
;
for
he has
not
only
made an
end
of
sin,,
but
brought
in
an everlasting
right-
eousness,
Dan.
ix.
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.
10.
And
in ver.
1,
and
M,
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
tó 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. 31.
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
serrate
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