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FAITH
BUILT
ON
KNOWLEDGE.
26:3
should
trust
in
any person,
if
you have
never
brought
them into his
acquaintance
?
Or
will
you
content
your-
selves
that
you
give
them the name
of
christians
in
bap-
tism,
and
let
them
know
nothing of Christ.
Think
it
not
enough therefore to make them
repeat
thë
words
of
a
catechism,
but enquire what they mean
by
such and such words and sentences, which they
pro
-
noúnce
;
and
thus
y
-ou
'will
discover where
their igno-
rance
lies
:
Then
inform them,
and assist
their young
understandings. Acquaint
them with the
sin
of their
natures,
with the
sins
of their
life,
with
the anger
of
God,
and
danger
of
hell
;
till
they,
are afraid
of
it in
earnest,
and
ask,
what
they shall do to
be saved.
Then
teach
them the
knowledge of Christ,
in his
glorious
per-
son;
in
his
excellent qualifications
of
love, power,
and
faithfulness
;
teach
them
the
doctrine of
his
death
as
a
satisfaction
for
sin,
and
of that
all
-
sufficient
righteous-
ness,
upon
which
only they can
find
acceptance
with
a
just
and
a holy
God:
Acquaint
them
with
his
pleading
in
heaven
as
a
priest,
for
sinners here
on
earth, and his
reigning there
as
king,
to
give
grace
and holiness,
par-
don and
repentance, and
salvation, to
all
that are
willing
to
accept it
in
his own
way.
And
let
this
practice
be
continually
repeated,
till, by
frequent enquiries,
you
find
they understand what
you
teach
them.
Shew
them
how
to commit
their
souls
into the hands
of
Christ
by
prayer and
faith,
and
how
to walk watchfully
in obedience
to,
all
the commands
of
Christ, to
practise
the duties
of
religion towards
God, and the duties
of
mo-
rality
towards men
;
in
order
to
evidence
their
faith,
and
to
bring them onward to complete salvation.
Tell
them
of
the
last
great
judgment
-day, when all
their secret
actions
shall
be
brought
to
light
before
God,
angels
and
men
;
and
when
they must
give
an
account
to
Jesus the
Judge, of
all
their behaviour
here.
Make
it
evident,
that there
is
no
way to
appear
with safety
before
him
as
a
judge, but
by
committing
their
souls to him, as
their kind
and
all-
sufficient
friend
:
And
then
holy
parents
may
hope
tò
meet
their
sons
and
their daughters
with
comfort,
at
the
right-hand
of
the
Lord
in
that
day.
It
is
an
acquaintance
with
such
a
Saviour,
and
such
a
trust
in him,
that
will
prepare
them
not
only for the
last
judgment,
but
for every
circumstance
of life
and
the
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