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rth Uic sacntice of Christ as the only ground of justification, and the media- tion of Christ as the only way of asking ainl re- ceiving the gifU of denial life; — for this testh- tDODy to live, for this testimony to die. He who w\l do so iball grow fEit and full of sap, and flou- rish always like tlie green bay tree. He who will not testify, and auftcT, and die in contradicting the infidel and radical apostasy, shall consume and pine away tike a tree which i» difteased at the ronl» and blijfhled with a cold Mt-uk wind in every luaf and in every braucli. Therefore know the nature of the enemy H-hich presently warreth against the Lord and his church ; and be strong : gird you like men, and be strong. Be patient aUo, be wi«e» l>e circumspect, clothed in all your armour, nod begirt with all yoLir defences ; but fiineb not, give not way to Salan a foot, but cou- tcnd it hand to hand, and eye to eye, until the Lord give you the victory, or remove you to your rest. And here, brethren, I atop for the present. But these things arc too important to be so brieQy and slightly treated; therefore it is my purpose, God giving me permission and power, to open these mystcncs of Satan at large, mnd the deepmysti^ry of God which is over against each of them ;— and abto to shew )mw the^e three fcpiritn have fiown all abroad, and rage ailtogetherat this very time; tmd a M ; of irchfl ^ 890 TflF. THKEF. LNCLr.AV HriEllTl. [Dt^, that ttie cliurvli liutfi »ot one now, but three, €ont4r[id against; — and also to shew how notbii araileth to keep her bead above the water, and h* beflkrt full of confidence, but that inntaat voice of the Lord's coming, put forth under thia rial. Th< subject* I intend to h&ndle, I say. id many di cotirsc^f^ every Sabbath crcutng. in that church' where the Lord hath required me to be a watch* man; and thus I would, by bit i^cc, shew nijr tbankfulness to his goodness for haviiiR f^ven ti^^ a secure place iu the midet of thi? city, which ^H rc^rd as one ot the few unhumblcd balwarka oi Zjou. For, say what they plca.sc, brethren, itu impoKsibIt? U% hundk^ thetut myi^tt^riea in the bi eonipass of asingk difloo^irse. Mow, be it known unto you, that tbif same Continental Society, which 1 am ^lad to aerre, hath undertaken the help of the church of Christ upon the continent, distress and all but buried under the combination and the conflict of these three spirits of darkneu. They are attempting to throw succours into the besieged and famished city of our God, Thsf are aiiempting to &eo