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 every sin. But surely there is greater danger, if we believe and do not, than if we believe not, or know not, and, in consequence, do not. A man is not condemned for the erroneous opinions he may imbibe, so much as for wilful confirmation in them. A man can say, "Lord! Lord!" with devotion, but if he remain in iniquity, what does it profit? If it be said, that the doctrine of salvation by faith alone is so universally believed, that its very universality is a proof of its soundness, it may be replied, that the very reverse is the safer inference. Men are too ready to receive, as well as to believe, whatever saves them trouble. Hence the error, that salvation by faith alone, without ceasing to do evil, will find among the children of the world, a readier credence than the divine precept, "Learn to do well;" and hence it is, that so few come to the light, lest their deeds should be reproved. There may be some excuse that men of the world fall under this mistake, but for the reader of the Scriptures to do so, is most astonishing. It is a certain evidence of the low condition in which the church at present is.

But the Lord is appearing a second time, and He will now form His church from those in whom the spirit of religion exists in childlike simplicity. Let but the reader of the Scriptures cherish a love of the truth as it is in Jesus, not only for its own sake, but chiefly for the sake of that humility of heart, and quietness of soul, which is the evidence of true discipleship, by learning of the Lord, who is meek and lowly of heart, and he will find rest to his soul; he will believe and do, through Christ Jesus his Lord, who helpeth him.