after I am dead. And by peoples living as they do, one would suppose that they think they are not to be saved till they die, because they live so. But as I have told you, I tell you again, Christ's salvation is a great salvation; and all that Christ does for his people on earth, is but an earnest of good things to come, an anticipation of what he is to do for them in heaven. Our Lord says, the kingdom of God is within you; the kingdom is come nigh unto you. You must not only believe on Christ, but believe in him: we are not only to be baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, but we are to be baptized into the nature of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; this is the baptism of the Spirit, and this is that salvation which God grant we may all partake of.

We are to be saved, my brethren, from what? why, from the fear of death, He came to deliver them who, through the fear of death, were all their life time subjected to bondage. What are there no children of God but those that have full assurance? you never heard me say so; yet I am apt to speak a little fast, but at the same time I would chuse not to speak so fast as to speak contrary to the word of God. There are a great many good souls that at times may doubt of the reality of this work upon their souls: a relaxed habit of body, a nervous disorder, you may say what you please will make a weak child of God doubt of what God has done in them, and that hurts the mind as it has such a close connection with the body; but then a believer is low: God's people are low persons: as the greatest geniuses are most liable to lowness of spirit, for the scabbard is not strong enough for the sword, and persons that talk much must wear out in time; but this I stand to, it is our

privilege to live above the fears of death. We do not live up to our dignity till every day we are waiting for the coming of our Lord from heaven; and I am persuaded of this, though I believe there may be some exceptions, that the reason why we do not live more above the fear of death is, because we keep in so much with these nasty earthly things. You may have the best eyes in the world, and only put your hands before them, you will find the sun hid from you; and so you may have a large fire, but throw some earth upon the fire that is in your parlour, or drawing rooms, and you will find the fire damped. And how can people have much of God or heaven, when they have so much of the earth in their hearts? It is our privilege to live above the fear of death, thoughwe are not to be saved from dying; and I am sure a believer would not be saved from dying for a million of worlds; it would be death to him not to die; but a soul touched with the love of God, even in sickness, in the midst of a burning fever, in the midst of a fire that will burn a thousand bodies up, convulsed with tortures and pains in every limb; a believer is enabled sometimes to say, my God, O my God, thou art love; I am ready to come to thee in the midst of all. Blessed be God, I need not go far for example; yonder, under the gallery, lies the remains, the carcase of a dear saint, who was for twenty-five days together, burned with a fever, enough to scorch any creature up; yet, one filled with love and power divine, blessed the Lord Jesus; though she cried out, if I was not supported, the agony of my body would make me impatient; yet never said a murmuring word, but in the midst of all cried out to those about her. Ged is love! O my joys!

O the comforts that I feel! and in her very last moments cried out, I am a coming; dear Lord, I am a coming; and so sweetly slept in Jesus. If this is enthusiasm, God give us a good share of it when we come to die! These are dying and yet living witnesses that God is love! She was in raptures when Mr. Sheppard went to visit her: she desired me to tell you, that God is love: desired me to tell you in the Chapel pulpit, that she was called about four years ago. I think Mr. Lee was the instrument of her conversion. Now her body is to be put to bed at noon; but her soul is crying, O the joys! the joys! the joys! of being saved by a blessed Emmanuel! Now will any one dare to deny this evidence? Do you see worldly people work themselves up into that frame when they die? Visit them when they are near death: ah dear! they are in the vapours; they are so afraid of dying, that the doctor will not suffer us to come near them; no, not common clergy men, for fear we should damp their spirits: till they find they are just gone, and then they give us leave to say the farewel prayer to them: but they that are born from above, that are made new creatures in Christ feel something that smiles upon them in death. She told them, she believed God would let her go over Jordan dry shod; that was her expression. If this is salvation on earth, what must it be in heaven? If in the midst of the tortures of a burning fever a raptured soul can cry, Othe joys! O the comforts! Lord I am coming! I am coming! what must that be when enclosed in a Redeemer's arms? in order to which, the glori ous angels stand at the top of the ladder to take a poor wearied pilgrim home. Lord, give us not only such a frame when we are dying, but while

we are living for if it is comfortable to die in such a frame, why not to live in it? to live in heaven on earth. O, say you, I thank God I walk by faith; I have got the promise; but with the promise, learn to walk by that faith which is the evidence of things not seen, which brings God down, brings heaven near, and gives the soul a heartfelt experience, that God is love. Here is a sal

vation worthy of a God! here is a salvation worthy of the Mediator blood! for this he groaned, for this he bled, for this he died, for this he arose, for this he ascended, for this he sent the Holy Ghost, and for this purpose she now sends him into the hearts of his people. My brethren, what say you to this? I hope it is enough to make you cry out, Lord, let my latter end be like hers. This may comfort you that are mourners about her corpse, this may comfort a fond husband, whose beloved is now taken away by a stroke. What a mercy is it, sir, that you was instrumental to bring her under the word? she was once averse to coming here: what, leave my parish church / said she what go to a conventicle, to a tabernacle of Methodists! he advised her again and again to come at last, one day as they were going to St. Giles's, she says, Well, come put up your walking-stick, if it falls towards St. Giles's I will go there; if to the Chapel, I will go there; the stick fell towards the Chapel, she came, and was converted to God. O with what joy must her husband meet her again in the kingdom of heaven! and O happy day, in which she was encouraged to seek after God. Last week, another was buried in the like circumstances; and blessed be God, in yonder burying-ground are the remains of many precious souls, that in the day of judgment will

let the world know whether this Chapel was built. for God or not.

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O what an awful word is that in the latter clause of the text, he that believeth not shall be damned. Pause,-I will give you time to think a little; if you would have Christ as good as his word of promise, remember he will be as good as his word of threatening. You hear the necessity of preaching the gospel, because upon believing or non-believing, our salvation or damnation will turn. What, will you laugh at the minister that cries out, Lord help you to come; come, come, do think that we have nothing else to say, and are at a loss for words, when we cry come, come, come, to fill up our sermons? no, it is part of our commission; it is one great part. And, my fellow-sinners, we are come to tell you, that our master has a two edged sword as well as a golden scepter; and if you will not come under the sound of the word, and do not feel the converting power of it, you must feel the confounding weight of it. I repeat it again to you he that believeth not shall be damned: the very word is terrible, God grant you may never know how terrible it is. You are condemned already; he that believeth not is so, John iii. 18. why? because he hath not believed on the name of the Son of God. It is not his being a whore-monger or adulterer that will damn him, but his unbelief is the damning sin; for this he will be condemned; forever banished from the presence of the ever-blessed God: and how will you rave, how will you tear, and how will you wring your hands, when you see your relations, your friends, those whom you despised, and were glad they were dead out of your way, see them in Abraham's bosom, and yourselves