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HOLY
FORTITUDE,
ESERI% XXXII.
the rest
of
his
name
:
Ps.
cxxxviii. 2.
Try
this method,
it
has been successful and
well
approved,
ánd,
I doubt
not
but that
you
will be
able to
attest
the
success
of
it
through
the
aids
of
divine grace.
III.
Preserve
the
spirit
of
prayer
always
in exercise,
and
the
spirit of
fortitude
will
descend on you. Address
the throne of
God
with
earnestness and
faith, and cry
to
the Lord
the
God
of
your salvation
without
ceasing.
It
is
he gives
spirits
to
renew the battle, when
we
are almost
tired
and
grow weary
;
Is..xl.
28,
f19.
I-Ie
gives
courage
in the
midst of terrors, for
he
can preserve
and
secure
us
in
The
extremest
perils.
"
We
despaired of
life,
saith
the apostle, and had
the
sentence
of
death
in
ourselves,
but
we
were
delivered,
for
we
trusted
in
him,
that
raiseth
the dead."
e
C`or.
i. 8,
9,
10.
It
is
he
that
repels the
most imminent danger,
it
is
he
rebukes the spirit of
fear,
and
gives us
-the
spirit of
power,
and
holy
fortitude
;
:r
lint.
i..7.
Wait
on
the Lord,
and
be
of
good courage,
and
he
shall strengthen
thy
heart;
wait
I
say
on
the
Lord;
Ps.
xxvii.
14.
ßut
be
sure
in all
your addresses
to the mercy-seat,
have an
eye
to
Christ
Jesus
the Mediator,
your
Advocate
at
the throne, and
the.
Captain of
your
salvation,
who is
engaged to
see you
brought
safe
to
heaven.
The Father
has
entrusted
you as
sheep
in his
hand, and
he
will
not
suffer you
to
perish.
.Look
to him as
your great High-
priest
and
Intercessor
in
heavén
;
and
"
since you have
such
a
High
-
priest as
Jesus
the Son
of God,
who can be
touched
with the feeling
of
our
infirmities,
let
us come
boldly
to
the throne of
grace,
that
we
may
obtain
mercy,
and'
.find
grace
to
help
in
time
of
need." Heb.
iv. 14,
15,
16.
Many
a feeble
christian
who has gone to
the
mer-
cy
-seat,
trembling and terrified
under
huge
apprehenr
sions
of
,danger,
and almost
overwhelmed
with
turnul=
tuous
fears,
has risen
up
from his knees with a heavenly
calmness
and composure
;
The
army
of
his,fears
has
va-
uished
at
once,
end
he
has gone
out
to face
the most
fora
.ridable
of his
adversaries, with divine resolution and
courage.
"
.I
sought
the
Lord
and
he
heard
we, and
delivered
me
from all
my
fears.
They looked unto
h
;nw
and
were
enlightened, and their
faces were
not
ashamed.
The
angel
of
the Lord encampeth
round about.them
that
fear
him,,
and delivereth
them. O taste and
see
that
tl.'