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The rise and progress of religion in the soul
The rise and progress of religion in the soul Author:Philip Doddridge Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: submission to thy will, that this sinner may be saved ! or if not, that the labour of this part of this treatise may not be altogether in vain; but that if some ... more »reject it to their aggravated ruin, others may hearken and live! That those thy servants, who have laboured for their deliverance and happiness, may view them in the regions of glory, as the spoils which thou hast honoured them as the instruments of recovering; and may join with them in the hallelujahs of heaven,' to him who hath loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us,' ot condemned rebels, and accursed, polluted sinners, ' kings and priests unto God; to him be glory and dominion fo ever and ever!' Rev. i. 5, 6. Amen." CHAPTER XII. AN ADDRESS TO A SOUL SO OVERWHELMED WITH A SENSE OF THE GREATNESS OP ITS SINS, THAT IT DARES NOT APPLY ITSELF TO CHRIST WITH ANY HOPE OF SALVATION. 1—4. The case described at large.—5. As it frequently occurs.—6 Granting all that the dejected soul charges on itself.—7. The invitations and promises of Christ give hope.—8. The reader urged, under all his burdens and fears, to an humble application to him. Which is accordingly exemplified in the concluding Reflection and Prayer. 1. I Have now done with those unhappy creatures who despise the Gospel, and with those who neglect it. With pleasure do I now turn myself to those who will hear me with more regard. Among the various cases which now present themselves to my thoughts, and demand niy tender, affectionate, respectful care, there is none more worthy of compassion than that which I have mentioned in the title of this chapter, none which requires a more immediate attempt of relief. 2. It is very possible some afflicted creature may be ready to cry out, " It is enough : aggravate my grief and my dis...« less