The Whole Works of the Late Reverend William Romaine

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009 - 92 pagina's
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: crease thou givest, may it draw out mine affections hi greater love to thee, and to thy ways, and so be the means of bringing more glory to thee. For thy love in Jesus the whole family in heaven and earth is ascribing honour and praise. Accept my thanks, holy Father, together with theirs. To thee be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages world with- out end. Amen. CHAP. IV. The believer goes on successfully, while he walks by faith in a constant dependence upon his reconciled God, and loving Father- The leading principle upon which he sets out is this. God is my God and Father. He is perfectly reconciled unto me, and my conscience is at peace with him through faith in his beloved Son. He loves me in him. He has manifested it plainly to me, and now my heart would cleave to him as my most tender paren.t. I would rest in my love to. him as he rests in his love to me. It is entirely through the grace of the eternal Spirit, that I have been enabled thus to believe in the finished work of Jesus, and to experience the Father's love in him. By which means I have been satisfied of the love of the ever-blessed Trinity to my soul. Father, Son and Spirit have covenanted to. make me an heir of God, and a joint heir with Christ: From my belief and experience of these truths I have been enabled to choose God for my portion. His will is become mine. His appointed way is my course; and now I desire so to walk with him, as to maintain in my consciencer the peace of God, and in my heart the love of God. I do not expect any new title to those inestimable graces. My claim is good and valid under Christ. I would not disparage it by supposing that my close walk with God was to make any atonement for my sins, or to be tire least part of my justifying righteousness. I have t...

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