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FAITH BUILT
ON
KNOWLEDGE.
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in
him
;
And he
obtains
this knowledge by
testimonies
of
sufficient
evidence
;
and
by his own
experience he
confirms his faith.
The
reflections
that attend
this sube
ject
will
compose the
next
discourse.
DISCOURSE
X.
FAITH BUILT
ON
KNOWLEDGE.
2 TIM.
i.
12.
I
know whom I
have believed,
and
I
am
persuaded
that
he
is
able to keen
that
which
I
have
committed
to
him, against
that
day.
THE SECOND PART.
THOUGH
the Redeemer
was
gone
to
the
invisible
world, and
St.
Paul never
knew him while
lie
was
on
earth,
yet he
was
no
stranger
to him when he
wrote
this
epistle.
Christ
is
unseen to men,
but not
unknown to
the
believer.
The apostle was
so well
acquainted
with
the person
and
the commission
of
Christ,
that
he
could
venture
all
into
his
hands
to
the day
of judgment
:
he
could
look,
forward
to
that
day with divine
pleasure,
and
rejoice
in
the midst
of
present
sufferings,
upon the
assu-
rance of
his
future
safety.
From the example
of
this
great
and
holy
man
in my
text,
I
have
drawn
this
observation.
Doct.
A
christian
lays a
solid
foundation for
his
faith
and joyful hópe
in
the knowledge
of
Christ
Jesus, in
whom
he trusts.
Here
I
have
shewn
at
large what
it
is
of
Christ
that
a
christian
is
acquainted
with,
in
order
to
trust
him.
Be-.
sides the
wondrous constitution
of
this person, as
a man,
"
in,
whom dwells the
fulness
of
the godhead bodily,"
many glorious and all-
sufficient
qualifications
of
a
Me-
diator
are
found
in
him.
Ye
have
heard
how
great
and
how-
good,
how wise
and
how
faithful, he
is
;
how
well