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PISC. VII.]
FAITH
IN ITS LOWEST DEGREES.
2i9
relieve
them all
;
there
is
relief
and hope
in
Christ.
Let
us then awaken all
the
powers within
us
to
attend
to
the
invitations of
divine mercy.
Are
we
blind and
ignorant
of
God and heaven,
and divine
things
?
" Christ
is
the
light
of
this lower world
;"
John
i.
9.
,
"
He
has
com-
passion on
them
that
are
ignorant
and
out
of
the
way;"
Heb.
v.
2.
Are
we
foolish
?
"
He
is
made
of
God
wis-
dom
to
us
;"
1
Cor.
i.
30.
Are
we
unclean and defiled
with many
iniquities
?
"
The
blood
of
Jesus
Christ
his
Son
cleanseth
us
from all
sin
;"
1
John
i.
7.
Are
we
guilty before God
?
"
He
is
our propitiation and atone-
ment
;"
Rom.
iii.
25.
and
"
the
Lord our
righteousness
;"
Jer.
xxiii.
6.
Have
we
lost the divine favour
?
"
He
is
the
only Mediator
betwixt
God and
man
;"
1
Tim.
ii.
5.
"
And the
great Reconciler
to make
our
peace
;
".
Eph.
ii. 15.
Are
we
unholy
?
"
He
can
change
our
natures, and
sanctify
our
souls
;"
Heb.
ii.
11.
Are
we
hard- hearted and
impenitent,
so
that
we
cannot mourn
for our
sins
as
we
would
do?
"
He
is
exalted
to bestow
repentance,
as well
as
forgiveness
;"
Acts
v.
31.
Are
we
weak, and unable
to
resist temptation,
onto
perform
our
duty?
"
He
is
our strength
;"
Is.
xlv. 24.
Are
we
sick
and
dying?
"
He
is
bur
physician
;"
Mat.
ix.
12
Are
we
dead
in
trespasses
and
-sins
?
He
can
quicken
us
to
a
divine
life,
and make
us live
to
God
;
for
the living
Spirit
is
with him.
Christ himself
is
our
life
;
and though the
body
of
the
saints must
die
;
yet he
shall raise
it
again to
life
everlasting;
John
v.
21, 26,
29.
Surely
if
we
are
awake, and
in
our right
senses,
there
is
not
a
soul
of
us
in
this
assembly,
but
must
feel
itself
under
some
of
these
unhappy
circumstances.
Corne
then, ye sinful
and
distressed
souls, ye
helpless
creatures,
ye
perishing
dying wretches
of
every kind
:'
Come
let
nie
lead you
to this
heavenly
Saviour;
and
may my own
soul
join
with
yours
to
partake
of
this
full,
this
all sufficient
salvation. Blessed
Redeemer, make
us all
willing
to
be
saved, and
let
us seek
our
help
from
thy hands
!
I
go
on now to
the fourth enquiry: And
that
is,
what
must
we
do in
order
to be
partakers of
this blessing?
The
words
of
the invitation
are,
lo'ok
unto
me.
Now
when
persons
in
distress are called
to
look
to
any one for
help,
it
implies to
trust
in him,
to
depend upon
him,
to
seek help from
his
power
and goodness.
See
the history
of
the
cripple
who
seeing
Peter
and
John
going into the