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 knowledge of Chriſt Jeſus my Lord; for whom I have ſuffered the loſs of all things, and do count them but dung that I may win Chriſt, and be found in him, not having mine own righteouſneſs, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Chriſt, the righteouſneſs, which is of God by faith.'

Mark 3. Laſtly, ye will be groaning under the remains of the diſeaſe of ſin ye are ſaved from your conſcience will witneſs ye would be wholly rid of it. Rom. vii. 24. 'O wretched man that I am, who ſhall deliver me from the body of this death!' Your ſouls will be longing for the complete ſalvation; that the enemies you ſee today, ye may ſee no more for ever; that ye may get a complete victory over all your corruptions, Rom. viii, 23. 'We ourſelves groan within ourſelves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.'

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Receive the Lord Jeſus, then, O ſinners, in that character wherein his Father ſent him, as the Saviour of the world, and your Saviour. Ye are loſt in your ſins, and loſt under the wrath of God and the curſe of the law; come to him for his whole ſalvation. Employ him, put your caſe in his hand as your Saviour by the Father's appointment; and ſlight him no more.

Motive 1. Conſider you need a Saviour.