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sermon, which
hath
displayed the grace and salvation
of
Christ,
they
have
made this inward sensation the ground,
of
their hope
;
they have fed
still
upon
this
cordial,
and
lived
upon
this support.
And whensoever these
warm
impressions
return,
they
trust
in
Christ
afresh,
and
re-
joice
'sensibly
in
his
salvation
:
But
they can
hardly give
a rational account what
their
faith
is,
or
why
they
believe;
and
when these
extraordinary
supplies
fail them,
they,
sink,
and
tremble,
and
die.
T
confess,
if
this
faith change their natures, purify
their
hearts
from the
love
of
sin,
and
make them
walk in
holi-
ness,
far
be
it
from
me
to
suspect the
truth of
it.
But
this
I
must
say,
that
such souls
are
in
danger of
perpe,
tuai
disquietu,des,
ready
to be shaken
by
every wind,
and exposed
to
every gloomy
temptation
:
When
the
flashes
of
light are
gone,
they
are
all
darkness and
terror,
because
they
cannot render a reason
of
the hope
that
was in
them, from a
distinct
acquaintance
with
the
per-
son in
whom they
had
fixed
their
hope,
or
from
his
rich
ability to
save.
It
is
not a
piece
of
wisdom in
natural
things,
to
,trust
a
man with
affairs
of
importance
before
we
know him
.;
or
if
we
do, every
little dark circumstance,
every flying
report,
will be
ready to
shake
our
hearts,
and
fill
us
with
fear;
though perhaps
our
concerns
may be safe in his
hands. And
it
is
not
a
piece
of
holy wisdom
to
trust
Christ
himself infinitely,
and yet
be
contented
to know
him
but
a
very
little.
Such souls may be safe
at
last,
because
the Lord, whom they
trust, is honest and
faith-
ful
;
but
they expose themselves to many fears,
andf
e-
quent
torments
of
mind, all
the
time
of
their absence
from
him.
Let
Athenians build their
.altars to the .un-
known God.;
but a christian should
not trust
in
an,
urt,
known Saviour.
Let
us all
be
persuaded then
to
learn
much
of Christ,
that
with
honour and
wisdom we may
trust
him much ;
that
we
may
venture our.all for eternity into
his
hands,
and
rest
securely upon
well
-known power and faithful,.
ness.
They
that
know
-thy
name,
O
God
our
Saviour.,
will
-put their
trust
in thee.;
Ps.
ix.
'1.0.
There
is
a
'noble
instance
of
holy
prudence
in
a
well
-built and
well-
'settled faith.
Let
us
not
fancy
that
we
.know
Christ
:enough,
when
we
have
attained
merely such a.degree
of
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