1. Blood, his sufferings.

m Fully, completely.

n. Satisfied, made recompense.
0. Sins, transgressions of the law.
p. Delivered, rescued from.

q. Power, control.

r. Devil, the spiritual enemy of mankind.

8. Preserves, keeps safely.

t. Will, permission; consent.

u. Heavenly Father, God, the author of our being. v. Subservient to, promotive of.

w. Salvation, deliverance from sin and its consequences. x. Holy Spirit, the gracious influences and workings of the Holy Spirit, the third person of the blessed Trinity. y. Assures, makes certain of.

z. Eternal life, the holiness and happiness, which the saints possess forever in heaven.

aa. Sincerely, without hypocrisy; with the heart. bb. Willing, from choice and inclination.

cc. Ready, prepared; strongly disposed. dd. Henceforth, from this time forward.

ee. To live unto him, to aim at the promotion of his glory in all our thoughts, words and actions.

DOCTRINES SEPARATED AND PROVED.

1. The Christian has no proprietorship in himself. 1 Cor. vi. 19-Ye are not your own.

2. The Christian is the property of Christ. 1 Cor. iii. 23. -And ye are Christ's.

3. The Christian belongs to Christ both in life and death. Rom. xiv. 7. 8-For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

4. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior of his people. Matt. i. 21-And thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.

5. The Lord Jesus Christ is a faithful Savior. 2 Tim. ii. 13-He abideth faithful; he cannot deny himself.

6. The Christian derives all his happiness from the particu lar relation he sustains to God, as his child in Christ Jesus. Psalm 1xxii. 25, 26-Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee? My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

7. Christ with his blood, i. e. with his sufferings, has made a full satisfaction for the sins of his people. 1 John i. 7 -And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 Pet i. 18, 19-For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot.

8. Christ has delivered his people from the power of the devil. Heb. ii. 14, 15—That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death, were all their life-time subject to bondage. 1 John iii. 8-For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

9. Christ faithfully and carefully preserves his people. John x. 28, 29—And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all, and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. Luke xxi. 18-But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

10. All things are subservient to the salvation of Christians. Rom. viii. 28-And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

11. God, by his Spirit, assures the believer of his relation to Him in Christ. Rom. viii. 16-The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirits, that we are the children of God. 2 Cor. i. 22—Who hath also sealed us and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 2 Cor. v. 5.

12. God maketh his people ready and willing to fulfil his own purposes. Psalm cx. 3-Thy people shall be willing

in the day of thy power. Phil. ii. 13-For it is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Luke i. 74, 75. Rom. viii. 14. Heb. xiii. 21.

EXERCISES.

How

Whose are you not? What do you mean, when you say you are not your own? (g.) How do you prove that you are not your own? (1.) To whom do you belong? What is it to belong to Christ? (h.) How do you prove that you belong to Christ? (2.) With what do you belong to Christ? What do you mean by the body? (c.) What by the soul? (d.) In what do you belong to Christ? What is meant by life? (e.) And what by death? (f.) do you prove that you belong to Christ both in life and death? (3.) What is Jesus Christ to you? What is a Savior? (j.) How do you prove that Christ is your Savior? (4.) What kind of a Savior is Christ? What is a faithful Savior? (i) How do you prove that Christ is such a Savior? (5.) What is the fact of your not being your own, but belonging unto Christ, to you? What do you mean, when you say it is your comfort? (a.) What do you mean when you call it your only comfort? (b.) How do you prove that you, as a Christian, derive thus all your happiness, from the relation you sustain to God in Christ? (6.) What has Christ as your Savior done for you? What is meant by Christ's satisfying for you? (n.) For what has Christ satisfied? What do you mean by sins? (o.) For how many of your sins has Christ satisfied? To what extent has Christ satified for your sins? What is meant by his satisfying fully for your sins? (m.) With what has Christ satisfied for your sins? What do you mean by his blood? (1.) How is that blood called? What is meant by its being precious? (k.) How do you prove that Christ has made a full satisfaction for your sins, with his blood? (7.) What has Christ done for you, besides satisfying for your sins? What do you mean, when you say he has delivered you? (p.) From what has Christ delivered you? Who is the devil? (r.) What is his power? (q.) From how much of the power of the devil has Christ delivered you? How do you prove that Christ has delivered

you from all the power of the devil? (8.) What does Christ still do for you? What do you mean when you say he preserves you? (s.) To what extent does Christ preserve you? What cannot take place unpermitted, in consequence of this preserving care? Without what cannot a hair fall from your head? Who is your heavenly Father? (u.) What do you mean by his will? (t.) How do you prove that Christ thus preserves you? (9.) How is the extent of Christ's preserving care further expressed? What do you mean by salvation? (w.) What is it to be subservient to this salvation? (v.) What must be subservient to salvation? How do you prove that all things must be subservient to your salvation? (10.) What is Christ said to do to you on account of all the preceding? What is it to assure? (y.) Of what does Christ assure you? What is eternal life? (z.) By what does he assure you of this? What do you mean by the Holy Spirit? (x.) How do you prove this doctrine of assurance? (11.) What is Christ further said in this connexion to do to you? What does Christ make you? What is it to be willing? (bb.) What to be ready? (cc.) What do you mean by sincerely? (aa.) What does Christ make you sincerely willing and ready to do? What is it to live unto him? (ee.) From what time are you made willing and ready to do this? What do you mean by henceforth? (dd.) How do you prove that Christ makes you sincerely willing and ready to live unto him? (12.)

Q. 2.-How many things are necessary for thee to know that thou, enjoying this comfort, mayest live and die happy?

A.-Three; the first, how great my sins and miseries are; the second, how I may be delivered" from all my sins and miseries; the third, how I shall express my gratitude to God for such deliverance.

b. Enjoying, possessing.

c. Sins, offences against God.

d. Miseries, things which make men unhappy. e. Delivered, saved from.

f. Express, to show, or manifest.

g. Gratitude, thankfulness.

h. Deliverance, a rescue from danger and distress..

DOCTRINES SEPARATED AND PROVED,

1. Mankind are in a state of sin, Rom. iii. 23-For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

2. Mankind are in an unhappy condition in consequence of sin. Rom. vi. 23-The wages of sin is death. Rom. vii. 24-0 wretched man that I am.

3. There is a way of deliverance from this unhappy condition. Rom. vii. 24, 25-Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. John iii. 16-For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.

4. Mankind are under obligations to render gratitude to God for the deliverance he hath wrought. Psalm cxvi. 12 -What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me? 2 Cor. ix. 15-Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

5. A knowledge of these several truths are essential to the salvation of man. John xvii. 3-And this is life eternal,. that they might know thee, the only true God and Jesus. Christ whom thou hast sent. Rom. x. 13, 14-For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved. How shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?

EXERCISES..

About what does this question inquire? [The things necessary to be known in order to salvation.] What do you mean when you speak of things being necessary to salvation? (a.) What do you mean by enjoying the comfort