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i'17iVAIE1S
WITNESS TO
t14RISTIANITY.
CSh`RM.
III'.
of
whom
I
have told you often,
and
now tell you even
weeping, they
are
enemies
of
the
cross,
and dishonours
to
the
gospel,
instead
of
evidences
of
the
truth of it
;
their
end
is
destruction, their
god
is
their
belly,
and
their
glory
is
in
their
shame; whereas
our
conversation
is
in
heaven, whence
we
expect Jesus
the
Saviour;
18,
19,
0.
We
who
are here upon earth, and have be-
lieved the gospel
of
Christ,
we
should
live as
though
we
had
part
of
ourselves
in
heaven already,
our
conversa-
tion
should
be
so
holy
and
divine.
Eternal
life
begun
in
our
hearts, should
break out
and
disclose itself,
and
shine bright among the persons
we
converse
with. O
!
how much
is
the propagation
of
the
gospel
obstructed,
how much the
honour
of
our
Lord Jesus
Christ obscured,
and
how
much the
good
of
souls
prevented and hindered
by those
that
discover
not
this
eternal
life,
this
sacred
witness,
in
the holiness
of heart
and practice
!
But,
be=
loved,
we
hope
better
things
of
you,
and things
that ac-
company
salvation, though
we
thus
speak
;
Heb.
vi.
9.
and yet
we
must speak
thus, with
a
sacred jealousy for
the glory
and
evidence
of
this gospel, with
a
warm
con-
cern for
the peace
and welfare
of
your
souls,
and
with
holy
zeal
for the conversion
of
the unbelieving world to
the faith
of God
our
Saviour.
DIVINE
HYMNS,
COMPOSED
ON
THE SUBJECT
OF
THE
FOREGOING SERMONS.
THE
INWARD
WITNESS TO
CHRISTIANITY.
IN
LONG
METRE.
QUESTIONS
and doubts
be
heard
more,
Let Christ
and
joy
be all our theme
;
His Spirit seals
his gospel
sure,
To every soul
that
trusts
his
name.
Jesus, thy
witness speaks
within;
The
mercy which
thy
words reveal,
Itefines the
heart
from sense
and
sin,
And stamps its
own
celestial
seal.
God's illimitable hand
That
moulds
and
forms
the heart
anew;
131asphemers
can
no more
withstand,
But
bow
and
own
thy
doctrine
true.
no
THE SAME IN
COMMON
METRE.
'WITNESS,
ye saints,
that
Christ
is
true
;
Tell
how his
name imparts
The
life of
grace and glory
too;
Ye have
it in
your hearts.
1'he
heav'nly
building
is
begun
When ye receive the Lord
;
His
hands
sh41l
lay the crowning
stone,
And well perform
his
word.
Your souls are formed
by
wisdom's rules;
Your
joys
and graces
shine
;
You
need
no
learning of the
schoola,
To prove your faith divine,