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THE ATONEMENT

OF

CHRIST.

(SEAM. XXXIV.

I

was

dead,

and the

Son

of God

gave

himself

up

to

death, in

order

to raise me

to

life

again.

I

was

a

traitor

and

an enemy,

and

he

hath sustained

the arrows

of

the Al-

mighty to reconcile

me to his

Father, and turn

away

his

infinite

indignation. My

great High-

priest

has offered up

himself a

bloody sacrifice for

me,

that

my

guilt

might

be

forgiven,

and cancelled for

ever.

Think,

O my soul, study,

contrive, speak,

what

wilt

thou

render

to

the

Lord

for such

astonishing condescen-

sion, and

such

unexampled grace. How wilt thou

shew

thy inestimable value

of

his

atonement

?

What

does he

require of

thee,

but

to

keep those garments

clean, which

he

has washed

in

so

rich

a

fountain

as his

own

blood

?

And

shall

I

ever

wilfully

indulge the practice

of

sin

again,

and return

to

my .old

defilements

?

Shall

I

ever consent

to break

the law

of

my

God

?

Have

I

not seen

the

dread-

ful

nature

and

dismal effects

of

it,

in

the

agonies

and

death

of

my

dearest Lord

?

What

shall

I

do

that

I

may

never

sin

more

?

Lord,

I

cannot preserve

myself from

the

fatal infection,

while

I

dwell

in

a

world where sin

reigns

all

around

me,

in a world

that

lies

in wickedness;

and

while

I

am

so

nearly allied

to

flesh

and

blood, where

folly,

vice,

and

sin

run through

every vein to my

heart.

Jesus,

I

commit. myself afresh

to thy

care,

thou

wilt

save the soul

that

thou

hast purchased

at

so

dear a rate

;

thou

wilt

accept

and

save a

returning penitent. Here

I

devote

my life,

myself, my flesh

and spirit, and

all my

powers to thy obedience,

and the purposes

of

thy

glory,

for

ever

and ever

:

My

soul

looks up

to

thee

with

an

eye

of

humble confidence,

and

my

faith

and hope rest

on

thy

eyetlasting

love.

Amen.