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T.
PAUL'S
DIVINE
COMMISSION
DISC.
11.
Col. ii.
15.
And
having
spoiled
principalities and
powers,
he made
a
skew
of
them
openly,
triumphing
Over
them in
it.
Ps.
lxviii.
18.
Thou
hast
received
gJts
for
men,
even
for
the rebellious,
that
the
Lord
God
might
dwell
among
them
And
Eph.
iv.
8,
9,
13, 15.
He
led cap
-
tivity
captive,
and
gave
gifts
unto
men,
whereby
they
were made prophets, teachers, ministers,
&c.
4.
How many fearful and
feeble
creatures
have
grown
bold and victorious
in sufferings,
and
have
conquered
death
itself,
by
faith
in
a
dying and rising
Saviour?
Thanks.
be
to
:God.
who
giveth
us the victory,
through
our Lord Jesus Christ
;
1
Cor.
xv.
57. How many
believers
have
laid
down
their
bodies in
the
dust
with
sweet satisfaction and joy, through faith in the
resurrec-
tion
of
Christ,
and
have
triumphed
over
the
.grave
:
O
death where
is
thy
sting?
O
grave
where is thy
victory
?
I.
Cor.
xv. 55.
St.
Paul
had
seen
abundance
of
this
work performed,
through the nations
where he
planted the christian
churches,
and
these
wonders of salvation wrought among
the
gentiles,
by
his
preaching of Jesus, and
his
resurrec-
tion
;
and
every one
of
these
'wonders confirmed his
belief
that
Jesus,
who was
dead,
is
now
alive.
A general
Remark on
this head.
It
greatly
confirms
our
holy religion, when
we
hear
of
these blessed
effects
of
the resurrection
of Christ
in
other
persons
;
but
our
own
personal hope must
be established
by
feeling
these
effects in
ourselves.
Enquire
into your
own
state
Under
these four
particu
tars last
-
mentioned.
Search
into your
own souls,
what
have every one
Of
you felt
of
these blessed
and
divine
effects
;
and
let
not
this discourse
only
confirm
your
faith,
but let it
awaken and raise
your hearts
to
a share of
holy,
and
perpetual
joy.
Some
general meditations, drawn
from
the text
and
discourse.
1.
However it bath
been,
and
however it
is,
a
shameful
matter of doubt
and enquiry
among.infidels
in a christian
land,
in
our
world,
whether Jesus,
who
was
put
to death, be alive
or
no,
yet
it
is
no
matter of
doubt
or
enquiry into the
world above,
or the
world beneath,
in heaven or
in bell.
There
his
dominion and power
are
well known-:
'Nor
will it
be
any
matter of doubt
hereaf-
ter
in
our
world,
when he than
was.
dead
shall
come
in