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be even banished from the abodes of men-though the Church of GoD fhould be laid level with the duft, and the disciples of a CRUCIFIED JESUS be ridiculed and reviled-yet fear thou not, neither be difmayed!-GOD fits at the helm of the univerfe-CHRIST JESUS will take care of "his own:"and as for thyself, if, with Job, thou art determined" to hold fast thy righte❝ousness, and not to let it go, nor suf"fer thine heart to reproach thee, so

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long as thou livest"-if thou hopest in GoD, and trufteft in the LORD thy SAVIOUR-if the Righteousness of CHRIST is thy cloathing, and Faith in him thine impenetrable shield-be thine outward circumstances in life what they will, believe me, thou art still "under the defence of the Moft High, "and fafe under the Shadow of his

Wings." The ftormy wind may blow, the billows of adverfity may rife and rage

rage-but whilft thou haft faft hold of the Rock OF AGES, thou canst no more be moved by their blackeft, rudeft efforts, than are the strong foundations of fome ftately edifice, by the light breezes of a fummer fky!

DISCOURSE

DISCOURSE X.

A NOMINAL OR PARTIAL BELIEF IN

THE GOSPEL, UNPROFITABLE.

St. JOHN, CHAP. ii. VER. 23, 24, 25.

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