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SERM.
XXXII.
OR
REMEDIES AGAINST
?EAR.
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soldiers
of
Christ,
ye
have already
entered
the
lists
with
all the
powers
alien,
and are
ye
afraid
of
"
man
that
is
a
worm,
and the
son
of
man
that
is
a worm
?"
Job.
xxv.
6.
Ye
have
ranged yourselves
under
the
banner of
the
Re-
deemer,
and
the
Redeemer's
army
must
fight
against all
the armies
of
darkness and their
allies.
Y
e
have
set
up
to
oppose
sin
and
Satan,
two
powerful enemies, and
are
ye
afraid to
be brow
-
beaten
by
a fellow-worm,
one
who
is
weak
and mortal
like
yourselves
?
Consider,
Fourthly,
If
ye
are
christians,
what
promises
of
the
divine
presence and help
you have
in
the bible, and when
the mighty
God
has given such
divine
encouragement,
he chides
his
people into courage.
Is.
li.
l2,
13.
I,
even
I
am he
that
comforteth you
;
who
art
thou,
that
thou
shouldest
be
afraid
of'a
man
that
shall
die,
and
of
the
son
of
man which
shall
be
made
as
grass?
And
f
orgettest
the
Lord
thy
Maker,
that
bath stretched
forth
the hea-
vens,
and laid
the
foundations
of
the
earth
?
and hast
feared
continually
every
day, because
of
the
fury
of
the
oppressor, as
if
he
were
ready
to
destroy
?
And
where is
the
fury
of
the oppressor ?
A
generous
and
divine
cor-
dial
to
keep the
soul
from fainting
!
The
presence
of
God
is
an effectual
support.
St.
Paul
found
it
so
;
for
when
all
men
forsook
him,
the
Lord
stood
by
and
strengthened
him, 2
Tim.
iv. 16, 17.
Alas
!
we
are poor,
feeble,
trembling
soldiers,
our hands hang
down,
and
our
faces
gather
paleness
:
But
we
dare
to
confront the ter-
rors of
this
world,
if
we
taste and
feel
such divine
en-
couragements. We know
that
a weak
christian can
do
wonders
with an almighty
Saviour,
and
an
all sufficient
promise. When
St.
Paul
had
this
word given him,
"
My grace
is
sufficient
for thee,
he
could glory
even
in
infirmities,
that
the power
of Christ
might
rest upon
him,
2
Cor.
12,
9.
The
little
feeble man,
of
a
con-
temptible presence, could
do all
things
through Christ
strengthening
him,"
Phil.
iv. 13.
And every believer
has the
same Almighty
Helper,
the
same gospel,
and
the
same promises.
In
the
last
place,
consider the large and never
-
fading
crown
of
glory,
that
awaits the
conqueror at
the end
of
the christian
conflict.
Be
thou
faithful
unto
death,
and
I
will give
thee
a crown
of
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Rey.
ii. 10.
Consider
the
honour
and triumph, those riches
of
glory,
and
that
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