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HOLY
FORTITUDE,
[SEAM. XXXII.
But
above
all,
I
fix
my eye
upon Jesus,
the.divine
au-
thor
of
this religion,.
"
the
aúthor
and
finisher
of
my
faith,
lieb.
xii.
2.
I
would
learn of
the,
"
Captain of
my
salvation,
who was
made perfect through
sufferings,"
Hcb.
ii.
10.
I
would
learn of
my
divine
teacher,
to
en-
dure hardships like
a gyod
soldier
of
Christ,
while
I
fight
under
his
banner, against those
very enemies
that
he
hath
subdued.
Consider,
my
soul,
what
thou
art:
What
is
thy
cha-
racter
and protéssión
:
If
thou
art
a
christian indeed,
thou hast taken up arms against
sin
and
Satan, and a world
that
is
in
rebellion'against
God:
And
shall
the
frown
of
a
man make thee
drop
thy weapons,
and
discourage
thee
from
the glorious service?
Thou,
hast
many rich
encouragements
to
expect
divine
assistance:
-Many
joyful
assurances
-of
victory
are
given
to
them
that
endure
in
the
day
of
conflict,
and a glorious
crown stands ready for those
that
overcome. O may the
crown
of
glory sparkle in
my eye,
and grow brighter and
larger
by a
nearer
view,
and
a perpetual contemplation
of
it
!
Make
me
forgetful
of
ease,
and health, O my
God, and of
all my
mortal
interests, while
I
press
for-
ward
with
sacred courage to
lay
hold
on this
crown
!
Blessed Saviour,
make
me
triumph over
every
difficulty,
till
death,
thé last
of
all my
enemies, be
subdued and
I
have
obtained
the glorious prize.
I
would shake myself
out
of
my
fears,
and awaken
my
zeal
by such motives as these.
And
O
that
I
could
trea-
sure up
in
-my
memory the various remedies
of
which
I
have
heard this
day,
to heal this .infirmity
of
my
nature,
and
to overcome these foolish
and
sinful
terrors of spirit!
I
will review
my
faith,
and
the
grounds
of
my
hope,
that
I
may know
that
I
am a
christian indeed,
that
I
am one
of
the sheep
of
Christ, and
under
his
divine care
;
and
I
would watch
against
every
temptation, lest
I
contract
a
new
guilt,
and
defilement, and
thereby
darken
my
evi-
dences
and
awaken
my fears.
I
would
survey
With.
pleasure the gracious
words
of
promise, which
are scattered up and
down
in
the book
of
God. O
maythe
blessed
Spirit
many
of
them
upon
my
heart,
that
they may
be always
present
with
me,
and
that
I may
:final
them within
my
reach, and ready at
hand
as
a special
cordial
in every
fainting hour
!
I
would;