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FAITH BUILT
ON
KNOWLEDGE.
[DISC.
TX.
ally
attest
his
power to
take
care
of
those .that
are
in-
trusted
with him
:
for
these
wonders were
wrought
with
a design to confirm this
doctrine
;
and
upon
this
account
Christ
is
said to be
justified
in,
or
by
the
Spirit;
1
Tim..
Iii.
16.
His
commission
was
sealed,
and
his
authority
attested
by
these
mighty works
of
the blessed Spirit.
Thus the
believer
has a
threefold
witness from
heaven
to
give him
the knowledge
of
Christ, and
to .confirm his
faith;
and this
is
abundantly
sufficient to
justify
his
-trust
in Christ
Jesus.
But
he
has many other witnesses
also to
the
same
truth
:
He
can
call all the holy
prophets
and
saints
since the
-
world
began, to bring in
their
witness, who told
of
the
power
of Christ
to save,
in
dark
speeches, when they
lived
in
this
world,
and
now find
themselves
safe in his
hands in
the world
of
light.
A
believer can call
the
noble company
of
apostles,
the
holy
army
of
martyrs
and
confessors, to
attest
the same
doctrine
;
who,
through
terrible temptations
of
Satan, and
the
wrath
of
man
;
who,
through
fires
and
waters,
and many
deaths, have
committed
their
souls
to
his
divine keeping,
and
found
them in safety
beyond the grave.
The
believer can add
the testimony
of
all
his fellow
-
saints
now living, who by
venturing their eternal concerns
into
the hands
of
Christ, have found safety and
rest,
strength against
sin,
and peace
of
conscience
;
divine
joy,
courage against
sufferings,
and triumphs
in
the midst
-
of
dangers.
They
all
with
one
voice
cry out, "
Not
unto
ourselves,
but
to thy name
be
all the glory," for
thy
.
grace
has
kept
us
since
we
committed
ourselves unto
thee
;
and
not
one
of
us
is
lost
;
and
we
continue
to
trust
our
all with
thee till the
great
day
;
and we
are assured
of
safety,
though
our
dangers are
infinite."
You
see here what a rational and
solid
foundation
a
christian
has for his knowledge
of
Christ, and
his
faith
in
him.
It
is' built upon testimonies
so
numerous,
so
credible, and
so
divine
;
well might the
apostle
say,
I
know
whom
I
have
trusted
:
And he becomes
a
witness,
to
us
even to
the end
of
the
world, to
direct
souls to
the
same*
refuge.
When a sinner
is
awakened
to see his
dreadful guilt, and danger for eternity,
and
is
making
earnest enquiry what
shall
I
do
for
my soul
?
Where
shall
I
trust
it,
that
it
may be
kept
safe
for ever
?
Let