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FATTrT
AVIV!'
ON
KNOWLEDGE.
tDISe.
TiI;
in the
xvith and xyiith chapters
of
the
gospel
of
St.
John.
And
he
.reads
those words
of
his
Lord
with
abundant
joy, And
I
give unto
them
eternal
life,
and
they
shall
neverperish, neither shall
any pluck
them
out
of
my
hand.:
114y
Father
which
gave
them
me,
is
greater
than
all
:
and
.none
is.
able
to
pluck
them
out
of
my
Father's
hand.
I
and
my,
Father
are
one
;
John
x.
28,
29, 30.
Now,
says
the
believer, shall
.I
not
venture
my
eter-
nal
state,
in those
hands
where
God
himself
has
laid
it?
Shall
I
not
chuse
him to
be
my
guardian in
this
my
weak
á9d
helpless state,: whom the
Father
has
appointed
for
this
ver.
y purpose,
and trusted with
the
care of
all his chil-
.dren
?
Who
is so
fit to
be
my
shepherd
as
that
glorious
person
to whom
the
Father
has committed the charge
of
all
his sheep
?
God. the
Father
knows him
well,
that
he
is
equal
to the
great undertaking, or
else he would
never
have entrusted
him with
the
souls
of
his
chosen
ones; and
through
his
grace have beheld such
abilities, such
love,
and
such faithfulness
in
him,
that
he
is
sufficient to
an-
swer the
weighty charge
;
therefore
I
have
intrusted
him
with
my all,
.
and
I
know whom
-I
have
trusted."
Besides,
says
the christiau,
this
is
the
person
whom
God
has
ordained
to
take care
of
his own
infinite
honours,
as
well as
of
the immortal concerns of
men; and
where
can
I
trust
my soul
better than
where the
all-wise
God
has trusted
all
his own glory
?
The government of heaven
and
earth,
of
angels
and
men,
is
laid
"
upon
his should
-
ers,"
and
of
his
dominion there
is
no bound, there
is
no
end;
Is.
ix..6.
The
biggest
affairs
of
kingdoms
and na-
tions; all
the
revolutions and
concerns
ol
the worlds
of
nature,
grace, and
glory,
are
committed
to
Christ the
Mediator
;'
.:"
all
things
are
delivered into
his
hands
by
the Father
;
John
iii. 35.
And surely, saith the christian,
there
is
none like
him
to
take care
of
my
soul
;
since
God
himself;
upon a
survey
of
all;
the
creation, found none
like him;
none
so,
fit to
be
intrusted
with
all
his own
in-
finite
concerns, in
ail the worlds which
he
bath made
-
I
know
therefore
whom
I
have
believed,
when
I
believed
in.
Jesus,- and
I
ant;
persuaded
he
is
able
to
keep
that
which
I
have committed
to him
against
that
day.
Secondly.:
After
having discovered what
it
is
that
a
ehristian
knows
of
Christ
that
engages
his belief,
and