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THE CHRISTIAN'S TREASURE.
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lege,
by
believing on the
Son
of
God,
by
accepting,
the
covenant of
his grace,
by
receiving
Christ
Jesus
the Sa-
viour, according
to
the
appointed methods
of
the gospel.
When a
poor,
destitute,
guilty;
and
perishing
creature
is
made
willing
by
divine grace, to
give
up
himself
to
Christ
as
his
Saviour and
his
Lord,
he
is
divested
of
his
guilt,
he
is
clothed
with
the robes
of
salvation,
he
is
translated out
of
a
state
of
sin,
poverty,
and
wretchedness, into
a
state
of
rich grace, and becomes
a
child
of
God,-
and an
heir
of
all things.
A
living faith, which
has all the springs
of
holiness
in it,
is
ordained
tó
carry
in
it
all
the springs
of
treasure
and felicity.
This
unites the
soul
to Christ,
this
gives
a
humble claim
to
all the blessings laid up in
the eternal decrees
and purposes
of
God
;
blessings
pur.
chased
by
the blood
of
his Son
Jesus;
blessings
promised
in
the word
of
the
gospel,
wherein
all things
are
given
for a possession to
thetchildren
of
the
Most
High.
IV.
All things may be
said to
belong
to
the
saints,
or
shall
turn
to
their advantage, because
the blessed
Spirit
is
given them, to
teach
them to
improve
all
things for
their
own
benefit;
1
Cor.
ii.
12.
We have received
the
Spi-
rit,
which is
of
God,
that
we
might
know
the
things
that
are freely
give;
to
us
of
God:
And
that
not
only
that
christians
might
know
what their
treasures are, but
learn
how to make
right
use
of
them too.
They are taught
by
the Holy Spirit, to receive
the
common
blessings
of
nature
from
the hands
of
God, as
a
Father
and a Friend, and
a
God
in
covenant
:
And they
rejoice
in
them
as such, with
humble thankfulness
;
they
are instructed
to
derive
useful
meditations
from
the sun,
moon,
and stars
:
and
to
read the
wisdom,
the
power,
and
the glory
of
their
.
Creator, and their Father
,
there,
and
to
rejoice
in his
goodness.
The peaceful state
of
kingdoms,
or battles,
wars and
earthquakes,
and the con
-
vulsion
of
nations,
are
all
made
useful
lessons to
a
child
of
God
;
and
he
gains something from
all
of
them,
by
the
teachings
of
the blessed Spirit.
The saints are
led
into
an
acquaintance
with
the
word
of
God
by
the sanie
Spirit too
:
They receive the
pro-
mises
and directions
of
the
gospel,
through
the influences
of
this Spirit.
They derive
light,
holiness
and comfort
from
every ,part
of
the
book
of God
;
that
is,
from the
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