“It is the word of God alone which can first and effectually cheer the heart
of any sinner. There is no true or solid peace to be enjoyed in the world except
in the way of reposing upon the promises of God. Those who do not resort to them
may succeed for a time in hushing or evading the terrors of conscience, but they
must ever be strangers to true inward comfort.
And, granting that they may attain to the peace of insensibility, this is not
a state which could satisfy any man who has seriously felt the fear of the
Lord. The joy which he desires is that which flows from hearing the word of God,
in which he promises to pardon our guilt, and readmit us into his favor. It is
this alone which supports the believer amidst all the fears, dangers, and
distresses of his earthly pilgrimage; for the joy of the Spirit is inseparable
from faith.”
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