the believer in Christ who pleads His righteousness for acceptance at the throne of grace is, Ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full." Thus, drawing near to the throne of grace, they are made partakers of the salvation of God, which consists in being delivered from the power of evil, and being put in possession of every good, which the God of all grace sees fit to bestow upon the suppliants at His footstool. They dwell safely, or in perfect security, making Him their refuge in the time of their trouble. They experience His mighty protection as their King, who will shield them from the power of their enemies. And they are assured that He will execute judgment for them on Satan and his angels.

Such are the blessings derived to the children of men from the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, the righteous Branch of David. Those who put their trust in Him, shall be blessed by Him, both here and hereafter. Let us seek for an interest in His righteousness and salvation, that we may enjoy the blessings which flow from partaking of them; and walking humbly with our God, depending upon His grace for the supply of all our need, may rejoice in hope of being blessed at His right hand with fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore.

77 John xvi. 24.

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"Our respected author proceeds through the thirtynine Articles of our Church, discussing and elucidating their contents in a truly Christian and candid spirit, and with great sobriety of interpretation, without debate or controversy, for the purposes of spiritual edification and consolation. The attentive hearer or reader of these discourses will have gone through a body of divinity' simplified from abstruse technicalities, and pre

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