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M.
III.,
INWARD WITNESS TO
CHRISTIANITY.
SI
poor
and
mean followers
of
Christ,
a
large share,
in
our
hearts
and kindest
affections
?
I
f
this
be
the
çharacter
and temper
of
our
spirits, and this the
conduct
of our
lives, then
eternal
life is
begun
in
us;
then
we
may
say'
to our
own souls,
This
is
the
record that God bath
given
concerning
his Sou,
that
there
is
eternal
life
in
him,
I
John
v.
11.
and
we
are sure
we
build
our
hopes
ön a
solid
foundation, for
this
life
is
already
begun in
our
hearts,
and the Spirit
of God,
who
has begun this
work,
will
carry
it
on,
and
make
it perfect
in the days
of
eternity.
Amen.
SERMON
IIL
THE
INWARD WITNESS TO CHRISTIANITY.
I
JOIIN
V.
lo.
He that
believeth
on
the
Son
of God, bath the
witness in himself:
THE
THIRD
PART.
MANY
and
glorious
are the outward
testimonies
that
God
has given to
our
religion, both
in
the days when
his Son
Jesus
dwelt on
earth, and
in
the time
of
the
ministration
of
the apostles,
who
followed
their
blessed
Lord. The
miracles wrought,
the prophecies
fulfilled,
and
the various
glories
attending the ministration
of
the
gospel,
conspire
to confirm
our
faith
;
each
of
them
are
evidences
of
the
truth
and
divinity
of
this
doctrine; and
all
of
them
joined
together,
bear
such a testimony as
cannot
be
resisted,
We
live now in
these
latter
days
at
a
long distance
from those
seasons wherein these
miracles
were
wrought, and wherein
God appeared
in so
imme-
diate a manner
from heaven, to
witness to
the
truth of
the
gospel
of
his Son
;
but God
has
taken
care to
furnish
every
true
believer
with
a
sufficient witness
of
christi-
anity;
we
are not left
void
of
evidence
at
this day.
lie
that
believeth,
hath
the witness
in
himself.
There
is
an
internal
testimony
given
to the
gospel
of Christ
in
the
heart of
every one
that
receives it in
truth. There
are
;