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BERM.
XXXVIIT.J
THE CHRISTIANS TREASURE.
lari
up
to
him, with
all my powers,
and
talents, and posses-
sions
!
They are thine,
blessed
Saviour, they
are thine
for
ever.
It
is
the solemn
and deliberate
wish
of
my
heart, that I
may
never
possess
or
enjoy any
thing from
which
Christ
has no
revenue
of
glory. O
that
his
grace
may enable
me
to employ things
present
for
this
holy
purpose
!
And when
I
arrive
at
the actual
possession
of
things to
come,
they shall
be
improved
in
an unknown
but
a nobler manner,
for the
everlasting
glory
of
my
God,
my
Father,
and
my
Saviour.
THE
RECOLLECTION
of
the
doctrinal part.
"
In
this discourse, O
my
soul,
thou
hast
not
only
been
called to survey the riches
of
thy
inheritance, but
thou
hast learned
also, in
what
manner
this
inheritance
is
made over
to thee,
if
thou
art
a
sincere christian,
and
a
believer
on the
Son
of God.
"
Look
backward,
my soul,
to
eternal
ages,
before the
world
began, when
God marked out
the bounds
of
this
creation, and
the
limits
of
these heavens,
and
this
earth,
he designed
them
with all
their
treasures,
for
the
service
of
his holy ones,
for the benefit
of
his
children, angels
and men;
and thy name and thy share were
written
down
amongst them.
The great
God, in those early
days
of
his eternity, has
provided
a
rich
sufficiency
for
thy
pre-
sent and future
blessedness. O may
my
faith
take
this
delightful and
distant retrospect, and
rejoice
in
God's
eternal
love
!
"
God
has given all things
into
the
hands
of
his
own
Son
Jesus,
whom he
hath ordained Lord
of
all,
that
he
might
govern
and dispose
of
all
things for the good
of
his
people.
Christ
is
risen from the
dead,
and
hath
taken
possession
of
all
the
blessings
of
grace and
glory, in
the
name
of
his
saints,
that
he
may make
them possessors in
their
season, and
according to
their measure:
That
he
may make thee, O my soul, a
rich
possessor
of
so
fair
an inheritance; and
that
he may keep
every
part of
it
secure
for thee,
till in succession
of
times
and
seasons,
both
in
earth
and
in
heaven, thou
art
fit
to
receive
and
enjoy
it.
If
thou
artmade
a
joint
heir with Christ,
thou
art
heir
of
all
things.
But
remember,
it
is
a living
faith in
Christ
that
must
intitle
thee
to
this rich
inheritance.
It
is
of
infinite im-
portance
then,
to
search often
and
enquire,
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