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XXVII.]
CHRISTIAN MORALITY, VIZ. CHASTITY,
&c.
453
that
I
h,ight
not
sin
against
thee."
The
word
of God
is
the
sword
of
the Spirit, to
put
to flight,
and
to slay whole
armies
of
iniquity.
7: Fly
dail"y"to
the mercy
-seat
for
divine aid
:
Commit
thy
soul and body
to.the keeping of Christ
;
he
is
exalted
and authorized
tù
take care of sinners,
who
make him
their
refuge
;:
he
is
also
compassionate and ready
to
suc-
cour
the
tempted. There
is
cleansing
virtue
in
the blood
of
Christ
to wash
away
the
foulest guilt, and
to
sprinkle
the
conscience of
the humble
penitent
with
peace' and
pardon:
and there;is
all
-
sufficient
power
and grace
with
him
to
subdue the
most
raging
vices.
Make
haste
to him
by
humble
faith,
and most
importunate prayer
:
Conti-
nue
instant at
the throne.:
Never rest
till he
bath
by
his
providence and
his
grace
delivered
you from
the
danger-
ous
temptation,
or made
you
conqueror
over the
sin
that
easily besets you.
There
are
a
thousand souls
in
heaven,
who were once conflicting
here
with
the
same
impure
temptations,
bit
they
gained the victory
by
the
blood;
and
Spirit
of
Christ, and are made
mere
than
conquerors
through
him who
bath
loved them.
I
fear
I
have trespassed
upon
my
hearers,
dwelling
thus long
on this
dangerous
theme.
It
is
time to
retire,
and
end
my
discourse. Those
who
have
a
mind to be
better
furnished
with
weapons
and
divine
armour against
these enemies
of
purity
and virtue.
I would
recommend
to them three
books,
where they may find
abundant pro-
vision
:
And these
are Mr.
Ostervald's treatise
of
un-
cleanness, Mr.
Henry's
four discourses
against
iinrno-
rality,
and Mr.
Baxter's
hristiaii
directory, tome
I,
chap.
8,
part
5.
And
may
the
holy
and pure
spirit, who
attended
at
the baptism
of
our
Saviour
in
the form
Of
a
dove, which
is
an emblem
of
chastity,
niay
he
give
these
waters
of
the
sanctuary
a
divine
efficacy,
to
purify the
souls
of
polluted
sinners, and
to
guard
the
innocent and
the tempted
from
these
dangerous
pollutions
!