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us¡¡a¡¡strong¡¡unconquerable¡¡confidence£»¡¡that¡¡before¡¡we¡¡prayed¡¡or

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yet¡¡sinners¡¡Christ¡¡died¡¡for¡¡us£»¡¡how¡¡much¡¡more¡¡then£»¡¡being

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death¡¡of¡¡His¡¡Son£»¡¡much¡¡more£»¡¡being¡¡reconciled£»¡¡shall¡¡we¡¡be¡¡saved

by¡¡His¡¡life¡£¡¨¡¡



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previous¡¡merits¡¡of¡¡thine¡¡own£»¡¡and¡¡from¡¡such¡¡a¡¡view¡¡of¡¡His¡¡grace

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kindly¡¡affectioned¡¡toward¡¡thee¡¡that¡¡He¡¡gives¡¡even¡¡His¡¡Son¡¡for

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affectioned¡¡toward¡¡God£»¡¡and¡¡so¡¡thy¡¡confidence¡¡must¡¡grow¡¡out¡¡of

pure¡¡good¡­will¡¡and¡¡love¡¡¡¡God's¡¡love¡¡toward¡¡thee¡¡and¡¡thine

toward¡¡God¡£¡¡We¡¡never¡¡read¡¡that¡¡the¡¡Holy¡¡Spirit¡¡was¡¡given¡¡to¡¡any

one¡¡when¡¡he¡¡did¡¡works£»¡¡but¡¡always¡¡when¡¡men¡¡have¡¡heard¡¡the¡¡Gospel

of¡¡Christ¡¡and¡¡the¡¡mercy¡¡of¡¡God¡£¡¡From¡¡this¡¡same¡¡Word¡¡and¡¡from¡¡no

other¡¡source¡¡must¡¡faith¡¡still¡¡come£»¡¡even¡¡in¡¡our¡¡day¡¡and¡¡always¡£

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Moses¡¡says£»¡¡Deuteronomy¡¡xxxii¡£¡¡



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Commandment£»¡¡but¡¡very¡¡briefly£»¡¡plainly¡¡and¡¡hastily£»¡¡for¡¡very¡¡much

might¡¡be¡¡said¡¡of¡¡it¡£¡¡We¡¡will¡¡now¡¡trace¡¡the¡¡works¡¡farther¡¡through

the¡¡following¡¡Commandments¡£¡¡



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Commandment£»¡¡that¡¡we¡¡shall¡¡honor¡¡God's¡¡Name¡¡and¡¡not¡¡take¡¡it¡¡in

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sing¡¡and¡¡in¡¡every¡¡way¡¡exalt¡¡and¡¡magnify¡¡God's¡¡glory£»¡¡honor¡¡and

Name¡£¡¡



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to¡¡praise¡¡God's¡¡glory¡¡and¡¡Name¡¡is¡¡better¡¡than¡¡the¡¡works¡¡of¡¡the

other¡¡Commandments¡¡which¡¡follow£»¡¡and¡¡yet¡¡it¡¡must¡¡be¡¡done¡¡in¡¡the

same¡¡faith¡¡as¡¡all¡¡the¡¡others¡£¡¡



But¡¡I¡¡know¡¡well¡¡that¡¡this¡¡work¡¡is¡¡lightly¡¡esteemed£»¡¡and¡¡has

indeed¡¡become¡¡unknown¡£¡¡Therefore¡¡we¡¡must¡¡examine¡¡it¡¡further£»¡¡and

will¡¡say¡¡no¡¡more¡¡about¡¡the¡¡necessity¡¡of¡¡doing¡¡it¡¡in¡¡the¡¡faith¡¡and

confidence¡¡that¡¡it¡¡pleases¡¡God¡£¡¡Indeed¡¡there¡¡is¡¡no¡¡work¡¡in¡¡which

confidence¡¡and¡¡faith¡¡are¡¡so¡¡much¡¡experienced¡¡and¡¡felt¡¡as¡¡in

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increase¡¡faith£»¡¡although¡¡all¡¡works¡¡also¡¡help¡¡to¡¡do¡¡this£»¡¡as¡¡St¡£

Peter¡¡says£»¡¡II¡£¡¡Peter¡¡i£º¡¡¡¨Wherefore¡¡the¡¡rather£»¡¡brethren£»¡¡give

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sure¡£¡¨



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work¡¡can¡¡one¡¡find¡¡or¡¡lose¡¡God¡¡except¡¡by¡¡faith¡¡or¡¡unbelief£»¡¡by

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an¡¡evidence¡¡and¡¡badge¡¡of¡¡hypocrisy¡£¡¡



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mouth¡¡shall¡¡show¡¡forth¡¡Thy¡¡praise¡£¡¨¡¡Again£º¡¡¡¨My¡¡tongue¡¡shall¡¡sing

aloud¡¡of¡¡Thy¡¡mercy¡£¡¨¡¡



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continually¡¡in¡¡my¡¡mouth¡£¡¨¡¡And¡¡St¡£¡¡Paul£»¡¡I¡£¡¡Corinthians¡¡x£º

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have¡¡a¡¡heaven¡¡here¡¡on¡¡earth¡¡and¡¡always¡¡have¡¡enough¡¡to¡¡do£»¡¡as¡¡have

the¡¡saints¡¡in¡¡heaven¡£¡¡



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and¡¡its¡¡works¡£¡¡Of¡¡all¡¡this¡¡we¡¡have¡¡an¡¡illustration¡¡in¡¡the¡¡case

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confidently¡¡to¡¡call¡¡upon¡¡Him¡¡in¡¡all¡¡adversities£»¡¡these¡¡are¡¡truly

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