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FAITE
THE
WA,Y
TO
SALVATION.
[SEAM.
XVIII.
standing rule
of
the
gospel,
"
He
that
believeth
shall
be
saved."
Mark
xvi.
15,
16.
All
the
parts
of
salvation come
by
faith
:
Justification,
and favour
in
the sight
of
God,
Rom.
v.
1.
Beim
justi-
fied
by
faith,
we
have peace
with
God.
Adoption
comes
also
by
faith; Gal.
iii.
26.
Ye
are
the children
of
God
by
faith
in
Christ
Jesus.
Sanctification
is
ascribed
to
the
same
principle
;
Acts
xv. 9.
The
gentiles
had their
hearts
purified from
sin
by
faith.
Joy
and
hope
come in
this way also
;
Rom.
xv.
13.
The
God
of
hope
fill
you
with
all
joy
and
peace in
believing,
that
ye
may
abound
in
hope
through
the power
of
the
Holy Ghost. And
you
may read several of these
benefits
of
the gospel, these
divine ingredients
of our
salvation
put
together, and
all
attributed
to faith
:
Acts
xxvi.
18.
I
send thee
now
to
the gentiles, saith
the
Lord
Jesus
to
St.
Paul,
to
open
their
eyes,
to
turn
them
from
darkness
to
light, and
from
the power
of
Satan
unto
God,
that
they
may receive
for-
giveness
of
sins,
and inheritance
among
them
who
are
sanctified,
by
faith
that
is
in
me.
Faith, or
affiance in
Jesus
Christ,
is
an acceptance
of
this
salvation;
it
is
a
trust
in
the
offered grace,
it
is
a
de-
pendance
on the promises
of
the
gospel confirmed
by
Christ,
it
is
the
surrender
of
a sinful
soul
to
Jesus
the
Sa-
viour
to perform
his
whole work
of
grace for
him
and
to_
him
;
and thereby the
believing sinner,
according
to the
appointment
of
God
in
his
gospel,
partakes
of
all
the
be-
nefits
that
are treasured
up
in
Christ.
Faith in the
gospel relieves
the distressed
soul
under
a
sense
of
the guilt
of
sin,
and
the humble weary
sinner
finds
mercy to forgive, and
strength
to
subdue
it.
Faith
appropriates and applies
the blood
of
Christ,
that
sove-
reign medicine,
to
the wounds
of
a
guilty conscience,
and
the
conscience
finds
ease
and refreshment.
It
applies
the grace of Christ,
that
powerful
antidote,
to
expel the
venom
of
in-dwelling
sin,
and
the
soul
is
healed
in
some
measure, and
the poison
is
expelled.
It
lays
hold
on
the
power
of
Christ
to assist
in
the performance of
every
duty,
and it obtains
divine assistance.
Every true
be
liever
has
experienced
something
of
these benefits
by
a
sincere
surrender of
himself
to
Christ
in
such
a
way
of
trust
and
holy
dependance,