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—;164} ST. MARK.with free-will. God, by his all-powerful will, worksupon the will of man, which is denoted by these expressions," that I should do unto thee;"— " causeme to see." The will of man gives its consent thereto,wills it, and asks for it, signified by these words," What wilt thou?" " Lord, cause me to see."" 52. And Jesus said unto him. Go thy waythy faith hath made thee whole.And immediatelyhe received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way."In the last place, the sinner, after he has receivedhis cure, observing the rules of justice, ought to befull of acknowledgment, and to follow Christ by imitatinghim throughout the whole course of this life.This blind man's faith made him whole, and savedhim ; but it was the Saviour himself who gave himthis faith. The Scripture, and Christ himself, speakboth of cures and of dispositions which qualify forthem, because these dispositions are no less a gift ofGod than the cures themselves, and it is a matter offaith that he is the author of both. My God, I acknowledgewith joy, that thou canst not crown anything in me except thy own gifts; and that I havenothing to offer to thee but what I have received fromthee.CHAPTER XI.Sect. I.Christ's Entry into Jerusalem," 1. And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, untoBethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, hesendeth forth two of his disciples,"Christ, as the victim of God, comes to presenthimself at the place of sacrifice. This is not the