This is long-lived mercy. It
will live longer than thy sin; it will live longer than temptation;
it will live longer than thy sorrows; it will live longer than thy
persecutors. It is mercy from everlasting to contrive thy salvation,
and mercy to everlasting to resist all thy adversaries. Now what can
hell and death do to him that hath this mercy of God upon him? And
this hath the man that feareth the Lord.
Take that other blessed word, and O, thou man that fearest the Lord,
hang it like a chain of gold about thy neck: "As the heaven is high
above the earth, so great is his mercy to them that fear him." If
mercy as big, as high, and as good as heaven itself will be a
privilege, the man that feareth God shall have the privilege.
CHRIST OUR LIFE.
Here is my life, namely, the birth of this Man, the righteousness of
this man, the blood of this man, the death and resurrection of this
man, the ascension and intercession of this man for me, and the
second coming of this man to judge the world in righteousness. I
say, here is my life, if I see this by faith without me, through the
operation of the Spirit within me: I am safe, I am at peace, I am
comforted, I am encouraged; and I know that my comfort, peace, and
encouragement is true, and given me from heaven by the Father of
mercies, through the Son of the Virgin Mary--the Son of man, the Son
of God, the true God.
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