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and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation' (2 Cor. v. 19). 'That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God' (Eph. iii. 17-19). 'Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified' (Gal. ii. 16). For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ' (Rom. v. 17). 'All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out. And this is the Father's will which hath sent Me, that of all which He hath given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day' (John vi. 37, 39). For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink ; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost' (Rom. xiv. 17). There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit (Rom. viii. 1). These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God' (1 John v. 13). And be renewed in the spirit of your mind' (Eph. iv. 23). And be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death' (Phil. iii. 9, 10). 'Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life' (Rom. vi. 4). But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day' (Prov. iv. 18). 'Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ' (Phil. i. 6). 'Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips' (Ps. lxxxix. 33, 34). Therefore being

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justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God' (Rom. v. 1, 2). 'Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time' (1 Pet. i. 5). And if chil dren, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together' (Rom. viii. 17). 'For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ : for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek' (Rom. i. 16). To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory' (Col. i. 27). Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls' (Matt. xi. 29). 'Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved ' (Ps. lv. 22). 'For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God, to the pulling down of strong holds' (2 Cor. x. 4). 'I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me' (Ps. lvii. 2). 'He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy' (Prov. xxviii. 13). But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy' (Ps. lix. 16, 17). 'Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death' (Ps. lxviii. 18-20). 'For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens' (2 Cor. v. 1). To the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new Covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel' (Heb. xii. 23, 24). Ps. xlv. from the 1st to the 9th verses; John i. 1st' to the 15th verses, and xviii. throughout; Isa. liii. to the end; with many more.

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"Let none reflect upon me for citing so much, for the Scripture hath been to me from my youth the living oracles of His divine and sacred lips. When I was crying, 'What shall I do to be saved?' and when I was saying, 'How shall I know the way of the Lord that I may walk therein?' then His Word was 'a light to my feet and a lamp to my path,' exhorting me, as it is in Isaiah lv. 1-8- Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come, ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold I have given Him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for He hath glorified thee. Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.' 'And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst' (John vi. 35). Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me' (Rev. iii. 20). Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion. Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel' (Jer. iii. 13, 14, 22, 23). 'O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the

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Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips' (Hosea, xiv. 1, 2). 'I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God' (Jer. xxxi. 18.) 'Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me' (John xiv. 6). And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will,

let him take the water of life freely' (Rev. xxii. 17).

"When I was grappling with sin, Satan, and the world, and my own wicked and deceitful heart, the grand enemies of my salvation, His Word was as props and pillars to me: so that though I got my wounds, and was oft sorely beat, yet at the last I came off victorious, by the help of Him who is God all-sufficient to all who, through grace, lay hold on Him for help. It is by Him that I have fought the good fight, that I have finished my course; and that I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day. It is by Him, shining in His Word, that I know all my manifold sins and transgressions are freely pardoned, and that I have a just right and title to what is expressed (1 Cor. i. 30). So that now the guilt and condemning power of sin, being fully pardoned by a judicial act of God's free and sovereign grace, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ, effectually applied and witnessed unto by the Holy Spirit, upon and to my spirit, there is no room left me to doubt any more of my being freely justified by Him, of my being in union with Him, and in a state of grace, or the power, dominion, and filth of sin, original and actual, being subdued, taken off, and washed away by the virtue of the Spirit of sanctification, being created anew in Christ Jesus unto good works; and being sanctified throughout in soul, body, and spirit, and made meet to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light, by Him who loved me, and gave Himself to the death for me, and redeemed me by power and by price.

"Now being in such a case of communion with Him, I am pained till I be freed of the remains of a body of sin and death, till I be freed of the world and all things therein, and also of this natural life, and be possessed of Himself and with Himself, in His eternal inheritance, which is incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away; a place which He hath provided for all whom He hath chosen, for all

"Let none reflect upon me for citing so much, for the Scripture hath been to me from my youth the living oracles of His divine and sacred lips. When I was crying, 'What shall I do to be saved?' and when I was saying,' How shall I know the way of the Lord that I may walk therein ?' then His Word was 'a light to my feet and a lamp to my path,' exhorting me, as it is in Isaiah lv. 1-8-' Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come, ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold I have given Him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for He hath glorified thee. Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.' 'And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst' (John vi. 35). 'Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me' (Rev. iii. 20). Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion. Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel' (Jer. iii. 13, 14, 22, 23). 'O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the

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