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FAITH BUILT
ON
KNOWLEDGE.
DISC.
IX.
them apart. Where this
world
of
souls
is
I
know not,
nor
can
I
tell
how
to
secure
my
best
interest
there, or
direct
myself
in
the right
way
to the region
of
sanctified
spirits
in
that
world, where
I
am
so
much
a
stranger,
;
all
the
land
of death
is
in
a
great
measure the region
of
darkness
still
;
it
is
a vast
unknown country, and far the
biggest
part
of
it
is
a
burning
climate,
aland
oftorment,
sor-
row,
and despair
;
and
there are
a
thousand roads
that
lead
down to
this
gulph
of
wretchedness
;
and
how shall
my
poor
wandering
soul, when dismissed from this
flesh, find
the
way
to the land
of
light, since
1
know
not
the paths,
nor
the dangers
of
the
way,
and
there
is
no
companion
in
death
to guide
me
through the
dark
valley
?
How
shall
I
dare
to plunge into
eternity, except
some
mighty friend
be
there
to
take care
of
me,
and conduct
me to the
seat
of
the
blessed
?
But
my
Lord
Jesus
lives in
that
unseen
world;
he has
passed through
the region
of
death, and
knows
it
well
:
he
has
the
keys
of
death, and
the separate
state, and
is
acquainted
with
all
the avenues
of
it;
he
is
governor
of
the
lanci
of
blessedness,
and
the fittest
guardian
to
whom
I
can commit
my
departing
spirit.
I
leave also
my
poor
remains
of
flesh
to
his
care
:
These
limbs I leave
to
moulder
into dust,
under
the wakeful
eye
of
his
provi-
dence
;
for
he
is
Lord of
this lower world
too,
and
he
will
raise
my
flesh
to
immortality, and rejoin
it
to
my
soul
at
the great
day.
7.
In
the last place,
I
might add,
the faithfulness
of
Christ
to fulfil
all
that
he
undertakes,
is
another
qualifi-
cation
that
encourages
our trust.
His name
is
the
Amen,
"
the
faithful
and
the
true;"
Rev.
iii. 14.
The
Lord
is
faithful
who
shall establish you, and keep
you from
evil;
therefore, saith
the
apostle
to the
saints
at
Thessalonica,
"
We have
confidence
in
the
Lord
touching you
;"
2
Thess.
iii,
3,
4.
His sincerity
is
above all possibility
of
being
corrupted,
and what he once designs
he
will
accomplish
:
"
Whom
he
loves,
he loves to
the
end;" John
xiii.
1.
He
is
unchangeable
in his
compassion from the
very
truth
of
his
nature
;
his zeal
and
watchfulness can never
admit
him to be
forgetful one moment,
of
all
the infinite
concerns
that
a believer has
intrusted
with him.
His
faithfulness adds force
and strength
to
all
the encourage-
ments
that our
faith receives from
all
the other qualifica-
tions
of
Christ;
and
if I
know all these excellencies
are