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But I replyed, Lord, I am a great, a very great ſinner; and he anſwered, 2 Cor 12. 9 My grace is sufficient for thee. Then I ſaid, But Lord, what is believin ? And then I ſaw from that ſaying, Joh 6. 35.[He that cometh to me ſhall never hunger, and he that believeth on me ſhall never thirſt] That believing and coming was all one, and that he that came, that is, run out in his heart and affections after ſalvation by Chriſt, he indeed believed in Chriſt. Then the water ſtood in mine eyes, and I asked further, But Lord, may ſuch a great ſinner as I am, be indeed accepted of thee, and be ſaved by thee ? Joh. 6. 36. And I heard him ſay, And him that cometh to me,I will in no wiſe caſt out. Then I vaid, But how, Lord, muſt I conſider of thee in my coming to thee, that my faith may be placed aright upon thee? 1 Ti. 1. 15 Rom 10.4. chap 4. Heb. 7.24, 25 Then he ſaid, Chriſt Jeſus came into the World to ſave ſinners. He is the end of the Law for righteouſneſs to every one that believes. He died for our ſins, and roſe again for our juſtification: He loved us, and waſhed us from our ſins in his own blood: He is Mediator between God and us. He ever liveth to make interceſſion for us.
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