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[SERM. XXXVI.
turn
trembling
and
hoping
in
the
merit of that
everlast-
ing
atonement, and wait
for
restoring,grace.
Or,
am
I
endeavouring
to
yalk
closely with
my
God,
in all
the duties of holiness,
but
daily infirmities
break out, daily
follies
and guilt
attend
me?
I
make
sore complaints indeed, because of
the
perpetual
work-
ings
of
indwelling
sin;
,yet I will
not.
despair.`
I
love
the word
of God,
and I read it
to
keep
me
from
sin
-
ning
:
But
St.
John
assures
we,
" if
any man
sin
through
the weakness
of
nature,
and the prevalence
of
daily
temptations,
we
have an
advocate
with
the
Father,
even
Jesus
the
righteous,"
1
John
ii.'
1,
2.
And he
is
an
ef-
fectual Advocate, because
he
is
a
propitiation
for
our
,sins;
and
he
pleads
in the
virtue
of
his own
blood. O
mayI
ever
maintain
a
constant exercise of
faith on the
Son
of
God,
as
my
great Iligh-
priest
!
J\fay
I
keep
up
a
lively
and delightful
sense
of
the all- sufficiency
of
his
atonerirent upon
my
spirit,
that
this, which
is
the glory
of
Any
religion,
may
also
be
the daily
life
of
my
soul."
II.
This
.
doctrine
of
atonement
for
sin,
should
be
used
as
a powerful motive
to
excite
repentance
in every
heart
where
sin
bath
dwelt.
Repentance and
forgiveness
are joined together
in
the commission
of our exalted
Saviour,
Acts
y.
31.
Grace
is
a
sweet
and
constraining
motive to duty.
There
is
abundant
encouragement
for
sinners
to
repent
and mourn before
God
for
their
past
transgressions,
because the
blood
of Jesus
has
provided
pardon
for them.
1
John
i.
9.
"
If
we
confess
our
sins,
God
,is
faithful
to his own word,
and
just
and.
true
to
his
Son
Jesus,
to forgive
such
offenders,
and
his
blood
will
cleanse
us
from
our
sins."
The
fallen angels
are
not
called and encouraged by divine
mercy, to
repent
of
their heinous rebellions;
for
there
is
no Saviour, Mere
is
no atoning
sacrifice
provided
for them.
Reflection.
"
And
is
there
such
an
atonement
made?
And
are there
such
pardons
provided for such
guilty
st
retches
as
I
have been
?
Is
God reconciling
.himself
to men,
and reconciling
men
to
himself,
by
the
blood
of
Jesus?
Then let
my
soul
mourn
for all
her
follies,
all
her
past
iniquities.
Let, me be
covered
with
shame,
and
lie in the
dust
at
the foot
of God.
G
let
him
speak
peace and forgiveness
to me,
through
the
blood
of
Christ.
I
remember my
guilt,
and am confounded,
and