believe, so do we feel and act. Here we are disposed to digress a little, in order to make a useful reflection. We would observe, that Christianity is in strict accordance with the laws of our nature. Are we so constituted, that we feel and act as we believe? See then how Christianity is adapted to this law of pur moral nature, attaching as it does, so much importance to faith in God. "Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he that cometh to God, must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him."[1] "Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ."[2] As faith, or belief, produces corresponding feelings or actions in temporal matters, so has it the same effect in spiritual things. And how clearly does the wisdom and goodness of God shine forth in this view of the Christian system. His wisdom, in appointing faith as an instrument
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