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life
wröug1
}t.
in them
by
the
power
of
the
gospel,
so
there
is
no
other
religion ever since can
produce and
shew
such divine testimony
;
for
there is salvation in
Sao
other
,came,
Acts
iv.
The
only
reflection
I
shall make,
is
this
:
We
may de-
rive hence
a
solid
and
infallible
rule for self
-
examination,
whether
we
are christians or
no: Have
we
in
ourselves
this divine
witness
of
our christianity
?
Have
we
eternal
life
wrought in
our
own
hearts
?
Have
we
desired peace
of
conscience, and any hope
of
pardoning
grace,
by
trust-
ing
in
the
Son
of God?
Have
we
found
any
satisfaction
of
soul
in
drawing
near
to
God
byJesus
the
Mediator
?
Do
we
find
a
sincere
love
to
God
kindled
in
our
souls
by
the hope
of
his
special
favour
?
Is
there
any thing
of
the holiness
or happiness
of
the
heavenly state begun
within
us? Have
we
an aversion to all
sin in
some
de-
gree answerable
to
what the saints and
angels have
in
heaven
?
Have
we
a holy
contempt
of
this world
?
Have
we
overcome the
world
as
those
who
believe
that Jesus
is
the
Son
of God, and
have
put
their
trust
in
him
?.
Do
we live
above
it,
as those
that
are within sight
of eter-
nal blessedness?
Are
we
come
to
mount
Sion,
the city
of
the
living
God,.
to
the innumerable company
of an-
gels,
and
the
church
of
the
first-
born,
&c.
in
this.re-
spect? Do
we
look
down
upon
the
tempting vanities
of
this
life
with a
sacred disdain, something like those
that
dwell on high
in
the full possession
of
life
eternal
?
Is
there
any similitude between
our life and
theirs,
between
our hearts and theirs
?.
Do
we
delight
in
the worship
of
God
?
Is
his
presence
our
joy
?
Is
his
enjoyment the
object
of
our
desires
?
Are
we
zealous for
his
service
?.
Are
our aims
set
for
his
glory
?
Are
we
active
in
the
discharge
of
the
duties
that
he
bath
appointed
to
us,
and
the
several provinces
of
service
that
he has
ordained
is
to be engaged
in,
in this world
?
Do
we
do
the
will
of
our Heavenly
Father
on
earth,
in some
measure
as
it
it
is
done
in
heaven
?
How
stand our hearts
affected
to
ward
our.
fellow
-
creatures
?
Do
we
love
our neighbour,
by
dealing
with him
as we
desire he should
deal with
us
?
Can
we
forgive enemies?
Do
we
rejoice
in
the,
welfare
of
-
others
without
envy,
and
take delight
in
the
holiness
and peace
of
our
fellow
-
creatures, and
give
the