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 This, this is the foundation for their pardon, their peace, their eternal felicity.

Whosoever believeth, though pressed with adversities, or surrounded by danger, shall not make haste. But, free from tumultuous and perplexing thoughts, preserved from rash and precipitate steps, he shall possess his soul in patience. Knowing the sufficiency of those merits, and the fidelity of that grace, on which he has reposed his confidence, he shall quietly, and without perturbation, wait for an expected end —And not only amidst the perilous or disastrous changes of life, but even in the day of everlasting judgment, such persons shall stand with boldness. T hey shall lock up to the grand Arbitrator—look round on all the solemnities of his appearance— look forward to the unalterable sentence—and neither feel anxiety, nor fear damnation.

Reader, these awful scenes must pass before thine eyes, and thou wilt feel an interest in them, infinitely more impressive and affecting than all thy present joys or sorrows. Let thy unworthiness, fear, and guilt, be now ever so great, there is hope concerning thee; for Jesus is exalted a Prince and a Saviour to give repentance and remission of sins' but when thou shall see, ‘thy God in -glory, and the world, on fire,’ nothing will then remain for thee, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery indignation or the immediate and happy expectation of being received into the joy of the Lord.” May God deliver thee from the bitter pains of eternal death, and bestow on thee the glorious blessings of everlasting life and salvation! -