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Rh deſpair: Hope ſtill, when the Clouds are blackeſt, even then look towards Chriſt, the ſtanding Pillar of the Father's Love and Grace, ſet up in Heaven for all Sinners to gaze upon continually. Whatſoever Satan or Conſcience say, do not conclude againſt thyſelf; Chriſt ſhall have the laſt Word; he is Judge of quick and dead, and muſt pronounce the final Sentence; his Blood ſpeaks Reconciliation, Col. 1. 20. Cleanſing, 1 John 1. 17. Purchaſe, Acts 20. 28. Redemption, 1 Pet. 1. 19. Purging, Heb. 9. 13, 14. Remiſſion, v. 22. Liberty, Heb. 10. 19. Juſtification, Rom. 5. 9. Nighneſs to God, Epheſ. 2. 13. Not a Drop of this Blood ſhall be loſt. Stand and hearken what God will ſay, for he will ſpeak Peace to his People, that they return no more to Folly, Pſal. 85. 8. He ſpeaks Grace, Mercy and Peace, 2 Tim. 1. 2. That's the Language of the Father and of Chriſt. Wait for Chriſt's Appearing, as the Morning Star, Rev. 22. 19. He ſhall come as certainly as the Morning, as refreſhingly as the Rain, Hoſ. 6. 3.

The Sun may as well be hindered from Riſing, as Chriſt the Sun of Righteouſnefs, Mal. 4. 2. Look not a Moment off Christ. Look not upon Sin, but look upon Chriſt firſt; when thou mourneſt for Sin, if thou doſt not ſee Chriſt then, away with it, Zech. 2. 10. In every Duty look at Chriſt, before Duty to pardon; in Duty, to aſſiſt; after Duty, to accept. Without this it is but carnal, careleſs Duty. Do not legalize the Goſpel, as if Part did remain for thee to do and ſuffer, and Chriſt were but an half Mediator; and thou muſt bear Part of thy own Sin, make Part Satisfaction. Let Sin break thy Heart, but not thy Hope in the Goſpel.

Look more at Juſtification than Sanctification. In the higheſt Commands, conſider Chriſt, not as an Exactor, to require; but a Debtor, an Undertaker, to work. If thou haſt looked at Workings, Duties, Qualifications, &c. more than at the Merits of Chriſt, it will coſt thee dear: No wonder thou goeſt complaining,