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believeth
on
him,
should have everlasting
life,
arid'
-I
with
taise
hire up
at
the last
day,
John
vi.
40..
Hence
it
co'm'es'
to
pass;
that
the
.beli'e'ver
trialriy
lìsi
over death under the
influence of
these
hopes.
"
Now,t
saith
the
saint;
I
can
ventuTo to
die
;
for
iìiy
spirit'
shalt
be received tò dwell with
my
Saviour
among
thc
sptrl.th
of the
jut
that are
made perfect.
'Tlíese
feeble
an&
withering
limbs`
of
mine
I
can chearfully commit
them'ttt
dust and the
grave;
for the
great
trumpet
must
sound;-
the
dead
must arise,
my''
Redeemer
will call
my
flesh'
from'
its
dark prison;
I
shall
arise
to
meet
the
Lord
in-
the air,
and
dwell
with'him for ever in unknown worlds
of
blessedness."
Thus
Ihave
shewri'
you
the first thing
I
proposed, viz.
how
the gospel in
its own
nature
has a very
proper and
powerful
tendency
in a
moral
or
persuásive
way-towards
the salvation of
the
soul, as
it
insures-pardoning grace
and
final
blessedness
to believers.
IL I
come now
to
shew how
the
gospel
is
male
pour-
erful to the salvation
of
sinners by-the accompanying
in=
fluente
of
the Spirit
of
God, and-this is-supernatural
and
sovereign.
If
I,
should'
run
over
all
the
particulars
I
have
just
before
mentioned,
I
Might
make
it
appear id
each
of
them,
how`
the
Spirit of
God
by-the
word of
hi?#
gospel
works this
salvation.
It
is
this blessed
Spirit
that
awakens'
the stupid
and
thoughtless sinner
to
a
sense
of
his
guilt'and
danger.
It
is
he who shews him
the
evil-
of
sin,
=and
makes
him
groan
after
deliverance,
and
cry out;
what-
shall
ll
do.
to be
saved
?
And
it
is
the
Spirit
that
reveals
and
distovrs
Christ Jesus
to him as
the
only
and all-
sufficient
Saviour:
It'
is
he whó shews
the convinced sinner,
that'there
is
righteousness and grace
to be
found'
in
Christ,
to
answer'
all
his
present complaints and
necessities.-
The
word
of
the
gospel
says
these things
indeed, but it
is
like a
dead
letter;
till the living
Spirit
speaks
them over
again, and;
as
it
were,
constrains
us
to
heat the
voice
of.
encourage-
ment
and
hope.
It
is
he who
represents
the
death
and suf-
ferings
of
the Son
of
Gòd,
as
an effectual
atonement
fee
sin,
and
makes
the
sóul
believe it;
and teaches'us lòiv'
to
lay hold on
this'
hope,,
to
fly
to
this refuge,
to
receive
this
atonement:
It
is
the
Spirit
of
God
that
softens the
hardest heart, and
melts
it
into
godly
sorrow:
It
is
he
u
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