William Romain The Life, Walk, and Triumph of Faith

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You will live like a Christian indeed, if, being in any of these cases, you Believe that Christ is able, because he is almighty; and willing, because he has promised to supply your needs, and then can trust in him for that supply. Depend upon it you shall have it, and it shall be done unto you according to his word. After the believer is become one with Christ, and through him has a right to all the riches of grace, and may by faith make use of them as his own—why is he so long in learning this lesson perfectly? Being adopted into the heavenly family, and an heir of the heavenly inheritance, why does not he immediately live up to his privilege and to his estate? His title is good; the inheritance is sure; all things are become his—for all fullness is in Christ, and by virtue of his union with Christ, this fullness is his, and he may by faith be always receiving out of it every grace and blessing which Christ has promised! Why then does not he at once attain to this happy life of faith? Sad experience proves that young believers do not. They meet with so many difficulties, that they grow up slowly into Christ in all things. They do not attain to a solid establishment in the faith in a day. Enemies without and within stop their progress, insomuch that they often continue little children for a long time. They have the same right to Christ, the same privileges, and the same promised grace, which young men and fathers in Christ have, but they have not learned by experience how to improve their interest in him, and to make the most of it. The difficulties and temptations which weaken their hold of Christ, and stay their growth in him, are many; some of the chief are these: I. They continue little children and weak in faith, because they do not presently attain a solid acquaintance with the person of Christ, and are not thoroughly satisfied how able he was, and sufficient for everything he undertook, and how perfectly he has finished every part of his work. 40 of 553
II. This keeps them ignorant of many things in which the glory of his salvation consists; hence they have not clear believing views of its fullness and of its freeness. III. By which means, they labor under many doubts about the manner of their receiving this salvation. A legal spirit working with their unbelief, puts them upon reasoning continually against being saved freely by grace through faith. IV. These legal unbelieving reasonings gain great power from their unskilfulness in their warfare between nature and grace, the old man and the new, the flesh and the spirit. V. All these difficulties are mightily strengthened from their hearkening to sense, and trusting to its reports more than to the word of God. While believers are under these difficulties, their faith meets with many checks in its growth; and, until they are enabled to overcome them, they continue to be little children in Christ. Their weak faith receives but little from Christ; and it continues weak, because they have but little dependence upon the effectual working of Christ's mighty power. The exceeding greatness of his power is able to strengthen them, and he has promised it—but they dare not trust him. Consider, therefore, reader, if you are one of these babes, why you do not grow up faster into Christ. 1. The first thing that stops you, is the ignorance which is in your mind about his person, and the prejudice against him which is in your carnal heart. These are in all men by nature; and these Satan will work upon, in order to hinder the increase of your faith. He will use all his cunning and his power to keep you from growing in that knowledge of Christ, which is eternal life. He will inject into your heart blasphemous thoughts against his Godhead; and when you are reading in Scripture, or 41 of 553
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Page 37 and 38: Reader, if you are an awakened man,
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Page 59 and 60: the soul; and as long as he is in t
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should be well acquainted with his
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And the Lord was with them, and mig
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covenant is well ordered in all thi
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making new discoveries. In him are
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ody. This is the blessed object of
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2. This is the second thing whereby
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under his teaching, they grow more
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would look upon all other things as
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promised strength, and thereby rece
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your matters for you with the Fathe
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of his people, whom he would have t
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the Lord has said to him—"I will
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trust in him for all temporal thing
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motions and corruptions; so that wh
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me, that by his death I might be de
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What is their attendance upon the L
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strengthening them. Whatever diffic
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To the same purpose our Lord has pr
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he will guide you by his counsel in
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Are not these, believer, the breath
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of them, their walk is therefore ve
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used to occur to myself, I have put
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Encouraged by this warrant from the
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many sons whom he was to bring into
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treasured up by the Father's love i
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And have you been taught the true k
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Chapter II. The believer is reconci
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throne, and to trust in it for his
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God. And it is an adjudged case, th
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proceedings had upon any suit. This
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promise, ratified in the immutable
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God, and keep guilt out of the cons
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ighteousness and atonement of Emman
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their undoubted privilege to draw n
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God, merciful and gracious, long-su
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hope: and hope makes not ashamed; b
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his troubles brought him to God. "B
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them to seek their supreme happines
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How could I experience these things
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O that I could bring more glory to
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and in truth; that he has the affec
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That you should have it, that you s
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ears to hear, who has bestowed on m
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All your children have their new bi
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hitherto prosperously carried on th
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you in the way to Heaven, or to sed
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sensible feelings are not faith. Im
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continued trust on his word, and th
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The Father's love has laid it up al
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"What strong consolation is there i
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allow them to depart from him; but
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He commits himself to the care of t
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I do but use more diligence and wat
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the consideration of each lead you
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Covenant mercies are sure mercies:
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them. He abides with them, and they
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mercies' sake. His mercy was toward
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Chapter V. The believer orders his
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Mind, then, your walk is to be orde
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Remember then, O my soul, that you
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state of grace through faith in the
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love him, says the apostle, because
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he will reveal to them their Father
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e borne. The Spirit of life which i
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Chapter VI. The walk of the believe
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Duty is always one and the same—a
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O beg of your divine Teacher thus t
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adoption on the Father of their Lor
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that can win the heart. He has beau
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power of the Holy Spirit, and hereb
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to your Father: my Father himself l
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O you great Angel of the covenant,
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Whereas, in wonderful grace, he has
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faith which is in Christ Jesus; and
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of communion with the Son and with
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perfect love of God to him, which w
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more we are disposed to love him, a
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delightful description of the manne
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is provided, for the subduing of th
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death, that he may put it forth in
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Holy Spirit. He only can write this
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them in order to keep them in this
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so leaves him nothing to trust in,
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Thus every thing will humble him, a
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ecommend humility by their practice
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obedience. It is faith working by l
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helplessness and of their misery; b
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your ways and ordinances, and I may
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cannot find it. While they are turn
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lessings in Christ Jesus, and alrea
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This is a good reason. Whoever trus
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near it, and from it derive all you
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Fifthly, Another great privilege. T
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of joy for evermore—joy unspeakab
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which was man's sin and ruin. It is
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gratifying them: by which the world
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sometimes in heaviness through mani
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not this also the case with all you
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I am sure he never set his love upo
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pay. To you, holy Father, with the
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He must take to himself the whole a
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cross he enforces them. What has be
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Father. It was determined for you b
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First, It is for the trial of faith
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heaviness only during the trial of
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you: but rejoice, inasmuch as you a
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eliever; 'my loving Father sends it
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messengers, one after another; and
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to them, yet it is common to man. I
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his gifts and graces into daily exe
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take heed that they say it falsely,
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ecause you are a real Christian; an
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In former times, also, believers we
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heart, and thereby keeps patience w
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will, hereby to restrain its affect
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all the fruit and end of his chaste
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No one comes to the Father but by h
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He says he will be with them: they,
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happy as now. This cross is sanctif
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he often shines into the heart with
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him, in the holy life and death of
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to enjoy it. He afflicts you; but i
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What blessings are these! How great
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fruits of the Spirit—they are all
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to pray fervently, and to continue
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carries the cross of Christ, does n
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O God the Holy Spirit, carry on you
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Their sun arises as it does in natu
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The painfulness of it—consisting
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from the simplicity that is in Chri
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urden: they are too heavy for me."
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against the new. There is a continu
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them; but they looked upon it as a
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O let your faithful witness abide w
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me feel it my burden. Glorify your
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of his absolute mortification in Ch
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learned by divine teaching, keeps t
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Thus the believer learns to walk hu
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Jehovah, to whom my heart now bows
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to be a soldier, then all the power
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You shall seek them, and shall not
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enemies oppose, yet following his o
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march on conquering, if he keep on
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whole armor of God which I have rec
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promised victory. In this faith I c
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him from God. He does not see God i
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mankind. They were presented to Chr
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you depend on him for the pardon of
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with a single heart cleave to my Fa
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the devil by taking human nature. H
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of their testimony." They overcame
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you have spoken concerning your ser
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and influence, and to make it appea
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guide, to strengthen, to sanctify,
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exercise your faith upon such a scr
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safe and happy under the protection
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Father would be broken—he would b
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infallible witnesses the truth is e
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you, Holy Father, for your faithful
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Perhaps you are not afraid, because
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fearfulness and trembling are come
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least of them: and yet God has set
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thankfulness, I only acknowledge hi
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III. The Triumph of Faith PREFACE
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people. To Him who keeps promise fo
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all our foes. He blotted out the ha
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and encouragements to trust and not
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This was the apostle's happy experi
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therefore, they come boldly to the
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A great divine has thus expressed t
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Paul and- Silas, "Sirs, what must I
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written aforetime were written for
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Be gracious unto me, O God, because
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O that they may have their proper e
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understanding to understand what is
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us, that the world may believe that
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forth; so the Lord God will cause r
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in winter as well as in summer—in
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means of cleansing myself; no hope,
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So the Beloved says to his church,
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"After this I beheld, and lo, a gre
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Thus he is taught to think of the l
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As long as the temple stood, and th
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admire the Father's full absolution
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under, subdues them effectually, so
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his enemies under his feet, and sin
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to the last moment of his life. Fal
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night and day." Having such great a
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and confidence, upon his promised h
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defense, may not fear the power of
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Chapter VIII. The Believer's Triump
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time of need, he is ever present to
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These examples of the loving-kindne
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But it must be remembered, that old
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Chapter IX. The Believer's Triumph
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ut as the first fruits of the dead,
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he has obtained the right, and give
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sting of death! He may seek aids fr
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This was a great victory, but the c
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When I contemplate the holiness of
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salvation secured from all possible
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In this school of humility, every v
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fixed upon Christ, he will come to
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Spirit is spirit. The old man has f
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Neither can he trust in his praises
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throne of your grace, that I may ob
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prays more over it, grows more than
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lessed time! the prospect is animat
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to walk humbly with his God, ascrib
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apostle's rule, "My conversation is
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sorrow nor crying, neither shall th
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is he warranted to apply it by the
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unto me (in the surest, fullest man
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where I am, that they may behold my
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happiness, than to have the evidenc
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Wesley were spiritual cavalry, who
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efore his consecration to a still m
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was a well-instructed divine, and,
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those of the Apostle Paul to the me
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scepticism about all the leading tr
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This notice he received quietly, sa
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never allowed to enter the Universi
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predictions of his enemies, and end
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It deserves notice that this sermon
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little to disturb him. The result w
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These observations of Cadogan's des
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"If you will hear me," added the ot
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Romaine's deathbed was a beautiful
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patience never failed him. He was o
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and lamented. So true is that word
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the popular gifts of some of his co
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