be even banished from the abodes of men-though the Church of GOD should be laid level with the dust, and the disciples of a CRUCIFIED JESUS be ridiculed and reviled-yet fear thou not, neither be dismayed!-God fits at the helm of the universe-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 fuf"fer thine heart to reproach thee, fo "long as thou livest"-if thou hopeft in God, and trustest 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 Most High, "and safe under the Shadow of his "Wings." The stormy wind may blow, the billows of adversity may rife and rage-but whilst thou hast fast hold of the Rock OF AGES, thou canst no more be moved by their blackest, rudest efforts, than are the strong foundations of fome stately edifice, by the light breezes of a summer sky! rage DISCOURSE X. A NOMINAL OR PARTIAL BELIEF IN THE GOSPEL, UNPROFITABLE. St. JOHN, CHAP. ii. VER. 23, 24, 25. |