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yet without strength, in due time | hath committed unto us the word
Christ died for the ungodly. For of reconciliation.
scarcely for a righteous man will
one die; yet peradventure for a
good man some would even dare
to die. But God commendeth his
love toward us, in that, while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for

us.

1 Cor. xv, 3. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures.

2 Cor. v, 21. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

1 Peter ii, 24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were

healed.

1 Peter ill, 18. For Christ also

2 Cor. vill, 9. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

Eph. ii, 13-16. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.

the justifier of him which bellev eth in Jesus.

Rom. iv. 23-25. Now it wa not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to hin: Ba for us also, to whom it shall b imputed, if we believe on that raised up Jesus our L from the dead; Who was delir? for our offences, and ed raised again for our justificati Rom. v, 9. Much more tha being now justified by his we shall be saved from wa through him.

Rom. viii, 1-3. There is the condemnati fore now no them which are in Christ Jest who walk not after the flesh after the Spirit. For the la the Spirit of life in Christ Je

hath made me free from the of sin and death. For what law could not do, in that it

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hath once suffered for sins, the cross, by him to reconcile all sending his own Son in the

just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.

AND PROPITIATORY. Isa. xli, 21. The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

Isa. liii, 10. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

Dan. ix, 24. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Col. i, 20. And, having made peace through the blood of his whether they be things in earth, things unto himself; by him, I say, or things in heaven.

Heb. ix, 12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, have obtained eternal redemption for us.

Heb. x, 11, 12. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after be had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God.

1 John ii, 2. And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours ouly, but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John iv, 10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propiation for our sins. RESULTS.

JUSTIFICATION.

Jer. xxxii, 16. In those days then,salem shall dwell safely: and this shall Judah be saved, and Jeru

Rom. v, 9-11. Much more being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus

is the name wherewith she shall
be called, The LORD our Right-

eousness.

Acts xiii, 39. And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Rom. iii, 24-26. Being justified

condemned sin in the flesh. ness of sinful flesh, and

a

Gal. ii, 16, 17, 21. Knowing man is not justified works of the law, but by the of Jesus Christ, even we believed in Jesus Christ, tha might be justified by the Christ, and not by the the law: for by the works law shall no flesh be justi if, while we seek to be just Christ, we ourselves y found sinners, is therefore the minister of sin? Go t I do not frustrate the grace o for if righteousness come law, then Christ is dead in

PARDON.

Num. xiv, 20. And the said, I have pardoned, acost to thy word.

Ps. xxxii, 1, 2. Blessed whose transgression is r chose sin is covered her the man unto whom the whose spirit there is no gu imputeth not iniquity, azk

Ps. lxv, 3. Iniquities against me: as for our thr sions, thou shalt purg away.

P3. lxxxv. 2. 3. Thou given the iniquity of thy thou hast covered all the* Selah. Thou hast taken

Christ, by whom we have now re-freely by his grace, through the thy wrath: thou hast for

ceived the atonement.

self from the fierceness of anger.

Ps. xclx, & Thon them, O LORD OUT Got th a God that lorgavest them. thou tookest vengeance ci -

redemption that is in Christ 2 Cor. v, 18, 19. And all things Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to are of God, who hath reconciled be a propitiation through faith in us to himself by Jesus Christ, his blood, to declare his right and hath given to us the ministry eousness for the remission of sins of reconciliation; To wit, that that are past, through the forGod was in Christ, reconciling the bearance of God; To declare, I world unto himself, not imputing say, at this time his righteousPs. cili, 12. As far as the con their trespasses unto them; andness; that he might be just, and from the west, so tar bath be

inventions.

moved our transgressions from ed unto you the forgiveness of

ES.

Ps. cxxx. 8. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Isaiah 1, 18. Come now, and let reason together, saith the LORD: Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; ugh they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isaiah xxxili, 24. And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein thell be forgiven their iniquity. Isaiah xxxviii, 17. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness; but

sins.

Rom. iv, 7, 8. Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

Eph. 1, 7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.

Col. i, 14. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.

1 Tim. 1, 14. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Jesus.

ba hast in love to my soul deIvered it from the pit of corrup-Christ ton: for thou hast cast all my sius behind thy back.

Isa. xl, 1, 2. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to JeruMalem, and cry unto her, that her arfare is accomplished, that her biquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.

Ian. xliii, 25. I, even I, am he hat blotteth out thy transgresons for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Isa, xliv, 22. I have blotted out, a thick cloud, thy transgress, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Jer. xxxiii, 8. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against ne, and I will pardon all their iquities, whereby they have ned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

Jer. 1, 20. In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the ini9sity of Israel shall be sought for, And there shall be none; and the Es of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them Whom I reserve.

Micah vil, 19. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the

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Heb. viii, 12. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Heb. x, 17, 18. And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

1 John 1, 7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

1 John ii, 12. I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

1 Sam. iil, 14. And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Ell, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

Job x, 14. If I sin, then thou markest me; and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

Isa. xxii, 14. And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GoD of hosts.

Jer. il, 22. For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the

Lord GOD.

Mark xi, 26. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

1 John v, 16. If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

SANCTIFICATION.

Zech. xiii, 1. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

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Eph. ii, 4--6. But God. who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ; (by grace ye are saved:) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

1 Thess. v, 9-11. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Titus ii, 14. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Heb. ix, 13, 14. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Heb. x, 10. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ

once for all.

Rev. vil, 13, 14. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whenco came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

4th.

REDEMPTION IN ITS
APPLICATION AND FRUITS.
THE HOLY GHOST.

John xiv, 26. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,

whom the Father shall send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John xvi, 7-14. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I And will send him unto you. when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto

you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

HIS DIVINITY. PROVED FROM HIS NAME, Isa. vi, 8. 9. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for ns? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

Acts v, 3, 4. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

Ps. civ,30. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth.

Matth. xii, 28. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

1 Cor. xii, 7-11. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For word of wisdom; to another the to one is given by the Spirit the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To to another prophecy; to another another the working of miracles; discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

WORSHIP PRESENTED TO HIM. Matth. xxviii, 19. Go ye there fore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

2 Cor. xiii, 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

Acts xxviii, 25,26. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye Rev. 1, 4. 5. John to the seven shall hear, and shall not under-churches which are in Asia: Grace stand; and seeing ye shall see, and be unto you, and peace, from him not perceive. which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.

1 Cor. iii, 16. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

HIS PERFECTIONS.

P8. cxxxix, 7. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

1 Cor. ii, 10, 11, 16. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. For who

hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

HIS WORKS.

Gen. 1, 2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Job xxvi, 18. By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his

HIS PERSONALITY.

Matth. xli, 81. Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

pray the Father, and he shall give John xiv, 16, 17. And I will you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever, Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

John xv, 26. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which

proceedeth from the Father, be shall testify of me.

Acts xvi, 6. Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and region of Galatia, and were f bidden of the Holy Ghost preach the word in Asia.

Acts xxi, 11. And when be come unto us, he took Pa girdle, and bound his own band and feet, and said. Thus the Holy Ghost, So shall the Je owneth this girdle, and shall at Jerusalem bind the man liver him into the hands of Gentiles.

Holy Spirit of God, whereby
Eph. iv, 30. And grieve not
demption.
are sealed unto the day of

SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE PROMISES AND STATEMENTS OF and I will be with thy mout Exod. iv, 12. Now therefr

teach thee what thou shalt

Ps. xxxil, & I will instruc and teach thee in the way thou shalt go: I will guide with mine eye.

ordain peace for us: for that Isa. xxvi, 12. LORD, thes hast wrought all our works in

Isa. xxix, 24. They also erred in spirit shall come wi derstanding, and they that

mured shall learn doctrine.

18a. xxx, 21. And thine shall hear a word behind

saying, This is the way, wall in it, when ye turn to the hand, and when ye turn to

left.

Isa. xliv, 3-5. For I will water upon him that is thing and floods upon the dry gross will pour my Spirit upon thy and my blessing upon this spring: And they shall spring as among the grass, as willowi the water-courses. One shall I am the LORD's; and anothers call himself by the name of Ja and another shall subscribe his hand unto the LORD, and S name himself by the Israel.

1sa. liv, 13. And all thy cho great shall be the peace of shall be taught of the Loax children.

Jer. xxiv, 7. And I them an heart to know me. am the LORD: and they sha my people, and I will be God; for they shall retDTE me with their whole heart.

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Jer. xxxil, 88, 39. And shall be my people, and I w8 !* their God. And I will give ty* one heart, and one way, that th may fear me for ever, for the good

hem, and of their children

them.

e. xi, 19, 20. And I will give one heart, and I will put a spirit within you; and I will the stony heart out of their and will give them an heart sh; That they may walk in statutes, and keep mine Dances, and do them: and shall be my people, and I be their God.

E. xxxvi, 25-27. Then will I kle clean water upon you, ye shall be clean: from all filthiness, and from all your , will I cleanse you. A new i also will I give you, and a spirit will I put within you; I will take away the stony t out of your fleshi, and I will you an heart of flesh. And I pat my Spirit within you, and you to walk in my statutes, ye shall keep my judgments,

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ek. xxxvii, 23. Neither shall

defile themselves any with their idols, nor with detestable things, nor with of their transgressions: but I save them out of all their ling-places, wherein

they sinned, and will cleanse so shall they be my people,

I will be their God.

ek. xxxix, 29. Neither will I my face any more from them: have poured out my Spirit the house of Israel, saith

Lord GOD.

pour

more shall your heavenly Father, there! for, behold, the kingdom of
give the Holy Spirit to them that God is within you.
ask him?

John vi, 45. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

1 Cor. xil, 5, 6. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

Phil. iv, 7. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

1 Thess. v, 23. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

John vi, 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Rom. vlii, 5, 6. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

2 Cor. iil, 4, 5. And such trust have we through Christ to Godward: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God.

Gal. v, 18. But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the

law.

Eph. v, 9. (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth.)

Titus iii, 4-6. But after that the kindness and love of God our 2 Tim. 1, 7. For God hath not Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness given us the spirit of fear; but of which we have done, but accord-power, and of love, and of a sound ing to his mercy he saved us, by mind. the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF IT.

James ill, 17. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Job. xxiii, 5, 6. I would know Jude 19. These be they who the words which he would ans-separate themselves, sensual, havwer me, and understand what he ing not the Spirit. would say unto me. Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

el li, 28. And it shall come
iss afterward, that I will
my spirit upon all flesh; and
sons and your daughters
I prophesy, your old men shall
an dreams, your young men
I see visions: And also upon
servants and upon the hand-derstanding.
is in those days will I pour
my Spirit.

ag. 11, 5. According to the
d that I covenanted with you
n ye came out of Egypt, so
Spirit remaineth among you:
ye not.

atth. x, 19, 20. But when they ver you up, take no thought or what ye shall speak: for all be given you in that same r what ye shall speak. For it ot ye that speak, but the it of your Father which speakin you.

lark xill, 11. But when they Il lead you, and deliver you up, e no thought beforehand what shall speak, neither do ye prelitate; but whatsoever shall be en you in that hour, that speak for it is not ye that speak, but Holy Ghost.

Job xxxii, 8. But there is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them un

Prov. xx, 27. The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Isa. iv, 4. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

Isa, xxxii, 15. Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

Isa. xl, 29. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Luke xvii, 20, 21. And when he was demanded of the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them, and ake xi, 13. If ye then, being said, The kingdom of God cometh Neither i, know how to give good gifts not with observation. your children; how much I shall they say, Lo here! or, lo

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Gen. xli, 38, 89. And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God ist And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art.

1 Kings xii, 22. But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying.

2 Chron. xv, 1. And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.

2 Chron. xxix, 36. And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

2 Chron. xxx, 12. Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the cominandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

Acts 11, 16-18, 37, 38. But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your danghters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants, and on my hand-maidens, I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. Now, when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized, every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

that I said unto thee, Ye must be
born again.

whom I travail in birth again until
Gal. iv, 19. My little children, of
Christ be formed in you.

James 1, 18. Of his own will be-
gat he us with the kind word of
truth, that we should be a kind of
first fruits of his creatures.

1 Pet. 1, 29. Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 1 John ii, 29. If ye know that Acts vi, 9, 10. Then there arose he is righteous, ye know that certain of the synagogue, which is every one that doeth righteouscalled the synagogue of the Liber-ness is born of him. tines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia born of God overcometh the John v, 4. For whatsoever is and of Asia, disputing with Ste-world: and this is the victory that phen. And they were not able to overcometh the world, even our resist the wisdom and the spirit faith. by which he spake.

Acts viii, 29. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

Acts xi, 21. And the hand of the LORD was with them; and a great number believed, and turned again unto the Lord.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS.

2 Cor. iv, 6. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in

the face of Jesus Christ.

Eph. v, 8. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.

1 Pet. il, 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

REGENERATION.

John i, 12, 13. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John lii, 3-7. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verlly, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. Marvel not

NEWNESS OF LIFE.

Lord Jesus Christ, and make not
Rom. xiil, 14. But put ye on the
provision for the flesh, to fulfil
the lusts thereof.

2 Cor. v, 17. Therefore, if any
man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are be-

come new.

Eph. iv, 20-25. But ye have not
so learned Christ; If so be that ye
have heard him, and have been
taught by him, as the truth is in
Jesus: That ye put off, concerning
the former conversation, the old
to the deceitful lusts; and be re-
man, which is corrupt according
newed in the spirit of your mind;
And that ye put on the new man,
which after God is created in

righteousness, and true holiness.
Wherefore, putting away lying.
speak every man truth with his
neighbour: for we are members
one of another.

Rom. vi, 1, 2, 6, 11, 13. What shall we say then? Shall we con abound? God forbid. How shall tinue in sin, that grace may we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Knowing this that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin migh be destroyed, that henceforthe reckon ye also yourselves to should not serve sin. Likesla dead indeed to sin, but alive t God through Jesus Christ r Lord.

members as instruments of
Neither yield you
righteousness unto sin: but yi
yourselves unto God, as the
that are alive from the dead,
righteousness unto God.
your members as instruments

Rom. vil, 5, 6. For when were in the flesh, the mutions sins, which were by the law, work in our members to bri forth fruit unto death. But we are delivered from the

that being dead wherein we w
held; that we should serve
oldness of the letter.
newness of spirit, and not is ill

Gal. il, 19. For I through law am dead to the law, that might live unto God.

Eph. i, 1. And you th quickened, who were dead in tre passes and sins.

are reproved are made man Eph. v, 13,14. But all things th by the light: for whatsoever fore he saith, Awake thon make manifest is light. Wh sleepest, and arise from the de and Christ shall give thee lig

in your sins and the uncircu sion of your flesh, hath be qu Col. ii, 13. And you, being ened together with him, bar forgiven you all trespasses.

2 Pet. 1, 4. Whereby are given
unto us exceeding great and pre-ed no man.
cious promises; that by these ye
might be partakers of the divine
nature, having escaped the cor-
ruption that is in the world
through lust.

Col. iii, 9-11. Lie not one to an-
2 Cor. vi, 1. We then, as ON
other, seeing that ye have put offers together with him, berdi
the old man with his deeds: And you also that ye receive not
have put on the new man, which grace of God in vain.
is renewed in knowledge after
the image of him that created these promises, dearly belove
2 Cor. vil, 1,2. Having therea
him: Where there is neither let us cleanse ourselves from
Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor filthiness of the flesh and spiri
uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scy-perfecting holiness in the e
thian, bond nor free: but Christ is of God. Receive us; we hav
all, and in all.
rupted no man, we have detrausk
wronged no man, we have en

OR LIFE FROM THE DEAD.
by thee, and saw thee polluted in
Ezek. xvi, 6. And when I passed
thine own blood, I said unto thee
when thou wast in thy blood,
Live; yea, I said unto thee when
thou wast in thy blood, Live.
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Walk in the spirit, and ye sha Gal. v, 16, 25. This I say then, not fulfil the lust of the flesh f we live in the Spirit, let us le walk in the Spirit.

2 Tim. ii, 1. Thou therefore my in Christ Jesus, son, be strong in the grace Itali

building up yourselves on yo Jude 20, 21. But ya, belerÅ most holy faith, praying in La Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves i

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