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ST. PAUL'S
DIVINE
COMMISSIQY.
[DISC.
I.
John
xiv. 19.
xii.
26.
Where
I
am,
there shall
also
my
servant
be;
1
Cor.
xv.
20.
49. Now
is
Christ
risen
from
thè
dead,
and
become
the
first
fruits
of
them
that
slept,:
As
we
have borne
the image
of
the
earthy,
so
shall
we
also
bear
the image
of
the heavenly
: 2
Cor.
iv:
14.
Knowing
that
he
which
raised
up the
Lord
Jesus,
shall
raise
up us also
by
Jesus, and shall
present
us
with
you.
See
more
;
John
xiv.
2, 3.
I
go
to
prepare a
place
for
you,
that
where
I
am
there ye
may
be
also.
Eph.
ii. 5,
6.
Even
when
we
were dead in
sins,
God
bath
quickened
us
together
with
Christ
and
kath
raised
us up
together,.
and
made
us
sit
together
in
heavenly
places
in Christ
Jesus.
Occasional
reflection.
If
you
are furnished
with
con-
vincing arguments
that Jesus
Christ
is
risen from
the
dead, then
you
may be
assured your religion
is
true
;
though, there
may be
twenty
little
cavils
that
you
cannot
easily answer
:
You
may
be
assured
also,
that
all
the
blessings
of
this religion
are provided and ready
for his
faithful
followers.
Is it
certain
that Jesus
in
risen from the dead
?
Then
my
sins
are
fully
atoned
for and forgiven,
if
I
trust
in
him,
and
give
myself up to
him;
Rom.
viii. 33, 34.
Who
shall
lay any
thing
to
the
charge
of
God's elect
?
It
is
God
that
just
Jieth
:
Who is
he
that
condemneth
?
It
is
Christ
that
died,
yea
rather,
that
is
risen again,
who is
even.
at
the
right
hand
of
God,
who
also
maketh
inter-
cession
for
us;
i.
e.
as
appears
from
the foregoing
verses,
for
all
those
who believe
or
trust
in
Christ.
Then
he
bath
all
power to sanctify and save
me,
if
I
commit myself into
his
hands
;
Eph.
i.
17, 18, 19.
and
ii.
1,
5,
8.
You
path
he
quickened
who
were dead in
trespasses
and
sins. We
are
quickened
together
with
Christ,
and saved
by his
grace;
i.
e.
We
who
have
trusted
in
Christ
;;
Eph.
i. 12.
Then I
shall
be
raised
from the dead,
as
sure
as
if
it
were
done.
already
;
for he
is
the pledge and
pattern
of
the. resurrection
of
all
his
followers
;
Rom.
viii. 11.
If
the Spirit
of
him
who
raised
up
Jesus
from
the
dead
dwell in you
;
he
that
raised
up
Christ from
the
dead,
shall
also quicken
your
mortal
bodies, by
his
Spirit
that
dwclleth in
you.
O
happy
souls, who have given
up themselves
sin
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