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T.AITH
BUILT
ON
XNOWLEDGE.
[DISC.
IY,
danger our
happiness,
if
he
that
is
one
with
God, and
almighty,
undertake
to save
us
?
To
him
therefore
we
commit
this
great undertaking.
2.
He
has inconceivable
treasures
of
knowledge,
and
wisdom
unsearchable. He takes notice of the most
se-
cretand
distant
dangers
to
whichs
favourites can
be
exposed
:
Hell
is
naked
before him,
and the
dark
coun-
sels
of
destruction
have no
covering:
He
confounds
all
the
policies of. darkness,
and
knows how
to infatuate
Satan, the most subtile spirit, when
he
contrives
mis-
chief
against
the saints. And when our
own
hearts, for
want
of
foresight,
run
giddily,
and wander
into
snares,
he can
surround
us
with divine
light
for
the recovery
of
our
wanderings,
and
guide
us in
a
safe
path
homewards.
The
hidden
workings
of
sin
in
the inmost chambers
of
the soul are open
to
his eyes
;
Heb.
iv.
12,
13.
And
he
knows
how to
prevent
it
from bringing forth
fruit
unto
death.
But
on
the
other
hand,
his own
counsels
are
laid un-
searchably
deep; nor
can
all
hell
fathom or undermine
them.
He
is
supposed
to
be
represented under
the cha-
racter of
wisdom,
_
spewing
her
power
;
Prow.
viii.
14.
Counsel
is
mine,
and
sound
wisdom
;
I
am
understand-
ing;
I
have
strength.
He
knows how
to deliver
,the
godly
out
of
every
temptation, and
to
preserve them
to
his own kingdom.
This
glorious person
is fit
to
he
trusted
with
the infinite concerns
of
weak
and ignorant
creatu
res.
3.
His
love,
and
compassion,
and
willingness
to take
the charge
of
souls,
is
equal
to
his
wisdom and power.
Though
this
be
not
expressed
in
the text, yet
it
is
neces-
sarily
included
;
for how could
the apostle
say with
joy,
I
know whom 1
have
trusted,
if
he
knew only
that
he was
able
to save,
without
believing
him
willing?
Or
why
should
St.
Paul trust
hirn
with
so
valuable
a
thing
as his
eternal
welfare,
if
he did
not
know
hirn
compassionate
as
well as mighty
?
But
his
willingness
is
abundantly
evi-
dent
by
all
that
he did, and all
that
he suffered; to
pro-
cure
salvation
for
us,
for
he
tells
us
it
was
the very
design
of
his
coming,
to
seek
and
save
that
which was
lost;
Luke
xix.
10.
And
he
must
be
willing to keep
that
which
he
undertakes
to seek
and
to save.
It
was his love
and
willingness to take
care of
sinners,