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FAITH
BUILT
ON
KNOWLEDGE.
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fitted
to
undertake
the:salvation
of
the guilty,
because
he
hath provided
an
atonement
and complete
righteous-
ness
;
how
well
furnished
to
take
the charge
of
bringing
sinners
to
a
state
of
grace and
holiness,
because
he
bath.
the
fulness
of
the Spirit
in
him,
to
communicate
to men,
in
order
to
renew
their
natures, and
fit
them for heaven.
I
have shewn
what
a
commission he
received from the
Father,
to
undertake the great work
of
the salvation
of
men
;
and thereby
as he
bath
a
natural
power, so he
hath
a
legal
authority
to
take the charge
of
souls
that
are
committed
to
him.
O the glorious
furniture
of
thé
great Mediator
!
O the divine commission
that
gives se-
curity
to
faith
!
How happily
are
they
joined
in
Jesus
the Lord
!
and
how
much
Both
the
knowledge
of
this
conduce
to
a
believer's comfort.
I
have also shewn
at
large, in the second
place,
how
a
christian
comes
by
this
knowledge:
He
has
abundant
testimony to the
truth of
all
these things from heaven
and from earth
:
-God himself hath
given witness from
heaven,
by
miracles, visions, and voices
:
The
apostles,
prophets,
and
martyrs, have
filled
the
earth
with
their
witness;
and,
by
most convincing arguments have proved
the
all-
sufficiency
of Christ
to
save.
The
believer
bath
a
witness
in his own
spul, to the
power and grace
of
Christ
when
he
feels holiness
wrought
in his
heart
by
the
gospel,
and
divine
peace
in
his
conscience, with the
fore-
tastes
of
heaven.
Now from such
a
knowledge, derived from
scripture
and inward .experience, he grows
up
to
a
holy
courage
in
believing;
he
can
venture
his
immortal concerns
with
'
assurance into
the
hands
of Christ;
he
is
bold;
and
triumphs
in
his faith;
and
can
suffer
for
it
without
being
ashamed.
Thus
having
briefly
recalled the doctrinal
part,
I
pro-
ceed
now
to the
last
thing
I
proposed
;
and
that
was,
to
attempt
some
useful
remarks
on this
subject or
dis-
course.
1st
Remark.
Here
we
may
learn the true
nature
of
saving'
faith
in
Christ.
It
is
a committing
of
the soul into
the hands
of
Christ, from
a
due
knowledge
of
his
person,
and
his power to
save.
It
is
true,
that
my
text
is
not
the mere language
of
-a
young and
feeble faith,
but
the