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FAITH
BUILT
ON
KNOWLEDCE.
[DISC.
TX.
hung upon
the tree took
my
burden
off,
sprinkled
me
with
his own blood,
and undertook
to
secure
me
from
the wrath of
God
for ever.
I
know
who
it
was
that re-
lieved me from
these
terrors, and
I
rejoice in
his
atone.
men
t."
"
I
had
no
righteousness to
appear
in before
a
pure
and
a
hnly
God,
and
I
had
just
reason
to
dread
his
pre-
sence
as
a consuming
fire
;"
but
the same glorious
per.
son
put
a
Complete
righteousness upon
nie,
through
faith,
whereby
I'.
can stand before a
just
God,
with humble
confidence
;
and
I
know
and adore
the
"Lord
my
righte.
ousness."
My
nature
was
all
corrupted,
my sins were
strong;
I
had
no
power to think or
to
do
that
which
was
good
;
and I
know whose
grace
it
was
that
renewed
all
my
na-
ture, that
formed
my
soul to
religious thoughts,
that
set
me upon the work
of
mortification,
and
assisted
me
in
those divine
labours. I
remember what
powerful seeds
of
vanity
were found
in my
heart;
and
if
I had
not
given
up
the garden
to
Christ's
keeping, it had been
all
over-
run
With
weeds,
and
neither fruit
nor flower
had ever
ap-
peared there."
"
When
I
met with
temptations I
found myself a very
unequal
match for them
;
for
I
was
by
nature
all weak-
ness
;
but
by
the knowledge
of Christ I
have
obtained
strength
:
I have often found
his
grace
sufficient
for
me,
and
his
strength
-made
perfect
in
my
infirmity:
I
know by
whose power
it
is,
that
-I
stand, and
I
am
persuaded
that
he
that
has
kept
me
hitherto,
is
still able to save
me
from
falling
:
I have
tried
his
grace
so
often,
and
found it
suf-
ficient
hitherto,
that
I will
trust
him
for
what
remains.
I
have committed
my
soul
therefore
to his
keeping
till
the day
of
my
death,
till
thegreat
day
of
my
resurrection.
And
we
who
are
alive believe
concerning
those
that are
gone,
that our
blessed
Lord
has fulfilled a
great
part of
his
trust;
has
introduced their
spirits into the presence
of
their
Father
with
exceeding
joy
;
and
will fulfil
the
design
of
his love, when
the dead shall arise to
complete
glory."
Thus
I have
endeavoured
to
make it
appear, that
a
believer
knows
so
much
of
the person
of
Christ,
of
his
qualifications
for
a
Saviour, and
his
divine commission
for this
purpose,
as
to engage
his
trust
and confidence