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is
designed for the conviction
and
salvation
of
your
souls.
Can
tie
thunder
like
the
voice
of
God
on
mount
Sinai,
and
flash
the
terrors
of
the
law,
like lightning,
upon
your
consciences?
It
is
to
awaken
you
out of
your
car-
nal
slumber
and
security
in
sin,
to make you
fly
from
the
wrath
to
come,
and
cry
out,
"
What
shall
I
do
to
be
saved
?"
Can
he
set
the
blessings
of
salvation
in a
glorious and
convincing light?
It
is
to
persuade
you
to
accept
them.
Has
he
the
art of
striking the
passions,
and
touching the inward springs
of
the soul
?
Can
he
spread
the invitations
of
grace before you, in
alluring
language
?
Can
he
dissolve his
thoughts
in
the
tender-
est
accents
of
speech,
and
moisten
his
words
with
his
tears?
It
is
all designed as
a
means, in
the hands of
the
Spirit, to melt
your hearts
to
repentance, and
to
soften
your
souls to receive
the
impressions
of
the gospel?
Has
he
the
holy skill
of
displaying the glories
of
our
blessed
Saviour?
Can
he
set
off
the miracles
of
his life? Can
he
talk
of
his
bleeding
and
his
dying love in
the
most
affecting
manner
?
Can
he
paint
him
in
the honours
of
his
resurrection,
his
triumph and
his
exalted
state,
in
most magnificent colours
?
It
is
all
for the
assistance
of
your
faith,
the
kindling
of
your
love,
and
the
ad-
vancement
of
your joy.
Not
Paul
only,
but
Apollos
is
yours.
Is
Cephas
or
Peter
a man
of
boldness
and
courage
to
defend the
truths
of
the gospel,
or
to
speak for Christ
amongst
infidels?
It
is
to
lead
you onward
as
the
sol-
diers
of
Christ,
through
the midst
of
dangers, and
to
encourage you to
face
the persecuting world
bravely
in
the profession of the
cross.
Or
is
the character of
Cephas, as
an instructor
of
the
young,
and a condescending preacher
to
babes?
He
has
this
talent
given him
for your
sakes too, to
feed
you,
while you were babes
in
Christ, with the sincere
milk
of
the
word,
to
set before
you the first principles
of
the
ora-
cles
of
God, and
assist you
to
imbibe
the,
rudiments
of
christianity, before you were
fit to
receive the more
ex-
alted
doctrines, and
be
fed with
stronger
meat.
Thus
not
only
Paul and
Apollos,
but
Cephas
is
yours.
All
the,
officers
in
the church, both
ordinary
and
ex-
traordinary,
are
appointed
for
your
sakes.
It
is
for
you
that
Christ
ascended on
high,
and
gave gifts
to
men.