What Must I Do To Be Saved? - "This must
be Done; You must confess yourselves unable to do anything effectually
of yourselves, in coming to a glorious Christ, as your Saviour. With a
fearful trembling of Soul, you must make this Profession; 'Lord thou
worketh in us to Will and to Do, of thy own good Pleasure!' Your
Profession must be that of Eph 2:8 'By Grace are ye saved thro'
Faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the Gift of God.' Your
Profession must be that of John 6:65. 'No man can come, except it be
given to him.' Oh! Lie at the Foot of Sovereign Grace confessing and
Imploring, 'Lord, I am justly destroyed. If I do not sincerely renounce
my sin, sincerely embrace my Saviour. But I cannot, Oh! I cannot! I have
deadly fetters upon my Soul; I shall never answer thy gracious Calls,
except thy Sovereign Grace enable me. Oh! Quicken me: Oh! Strengthen me:
Oh! Enable me; Turn thou me and I Shall be Turned.'" What
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"What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty
Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with no more Frequency,
with nor more Agony. The Spirit of Slumber which the Poison of the old
Serpent has brought upon the children of Men is to be deplored
exceedingly. Awaken us out of this terrible stupidity, O God of all Grace,
lest we perish eternally." What
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"The Gospel which we have in our hands, this a
Gospel of such astonishing Mystery, of such Heavenly Majesty, and of such
Consummate Purity, that it can be no other than the Word of God; It must
be of a Divine Original." What
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"Oh, Patient Servants of the Lord! What a symptom have you that you
shall one Day Reign in Glory with Him?" What
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"That whereas there must be something done, by
every man that would be saved, it should be the Sollicitious Inquiry of
every man What must be done by him, that he may be Saved."
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"You must know, that There is a Great Salvation proposed unto the
sinful Children of men; And you must Know, and Think, That there is
Nothing of So Great Concernment for any man, as to obtain a part in that
Great Salvation. Indeed Knowledge is the first Thing, that is necessary in
order to Salvation; And it is absolutely necessary, Unspeakable
Necessary." What
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"Tis an Erroneous and Pernicious Principle, That
a Man may be Saved in any Religion, if he do but Live according to it. The
unerring and infallible Gospel has expressly taught us otherwise."
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"The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may
arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you. The Catechisms in which
you have the Word of God fitted for your more early Apprehension of it
must be diligently Studied. Unto all the other Means of Knowledge, there
must be added, Humble and Earnest Supplications before the Glorious Lord,
You must cry to God for Knowledge, and lift up your Voice to Him for
Understanding; Prefer it before Silver, Before any Earthy Treasures."
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"And now to pursue diverse Ends at once, I am to
tell you That the Main Things which 'tis necessary for you to know, are
the things which concern Salvation. More Particularly; You must know,
first; From What you do need Salvation. And here, First; You are to know,
That the One Eternal and Infinite God who Subsisteth in Three Persons
which His Word call, The Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit Created
our First Parents, in an Holy and Happy State, at the End of the Six Days,
in which He Created all things. But, our First Parents hearkening to the
Temptations of Wicked Spirits, did Eat a Forbidden Fruit; and by that sin,
they fell from God, and from their Holy and Happy State; And their Fall
has bro't their Children with them, into a State of Sin and Misery, their
Sin was our Sin, from their corrupt nature we are born into the world
envenom'd with such a Nature. The Death which the Broken Law of God
threatened unto them; is due to us all." What
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"Then you are to know; That there is a Law given to us, which, is the
Everlasting Rule, according to which God requires us to glorify Him; a Law
of Love to God and Man, contained in our Ten Commandments. But, that you
daily break this Law; and that every Breach of it Incurs the Wrath of God
who is of Purer Eyes than to behold Evil and cannot look upon Iniquity.
Lastly, you are to know, That while you lie under the Guilt of Sin, you
are also under the Reign of Sin, and under the Reign of Satan too; A most
woeful Oppression from the Worst Enemies That Can Be. God is in Ill Terms
with you. He visits you not with His great consolations All Things are
against you; The things that appear for your Welfare, do but Ensnare you,
do but Poison you, do but produce your further Distance from God. Your
very prosperity hurts you; Your Adversary lays the Chains of Death upon
you. You are every moment in danger, of being seized by the formidable
Justice of God for Eternal Burnings. If you Die Unpardoned, you are sent
among Devils. Damn'd unto torments; must undergo a strange Punishment, and
a long one which is Reserved in a Future State, for the workers of
iniquity [unrepentent sinners]. Oh! Sinner; this, is thy Lamentable Case
And Knowing this how canst thou do any other than make that Sollicitious
Enquiry." What
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"Knowing this Terror of the Lord. Oh! Be
Perswaded! You must know secondly by Whom you may have Salvation. And
here; You are to know the great mystery of godliness: God manifests in
flesh... You are then to know; That the Son of God assumed the Blessed
Jesus, the Sinless and Holy Son of a Virgin, into one person with Himself.
And this Admirable Person, who is God and Man in one Person, has as our
Surety, fulfilled the Law of God for us; answered the precept of it, in
his Righteous Life; answered the Penalty of it, in His grievious death;
suffered the Cross, and Endured the Curse in our stead. You are to know
herewithal; that this mighty and matchless and Only Saviour of the world,
who is also the Govenor of the World, is Risen from the Dead, and is
Enthroned in the Heavens, and will return to rule and Judge the World; but
He will Save unto the utermost All that come unto God by Him. Oh! Undone
Sinner; canst thou hear of such a Saviour and not make that Sollicitious
enquiry, What must I do, that I may have an Interest in the Only Saviour?"
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"Be swallowed up with wonderment, at this Grace, O self destroyed
ones! There is Proposed unto You A deliverance from all the undesirable
Circumstances, into which you have Run, by your Departure from God. It is
proposed unto you, That you shall No longer be the children of Death, but
be made the Children of God. That you shall be Forgiven and Accepted with
a Reconciled God and be followed with perpetual Testimonies of his
Fatherly Love: That No Iniquity shall have Dominion over you, but you
shall become the amiable Temples, wherein He will dwell, with the sweet
Influences of His Good Spirit forever irradiating of you. It is propos'd
unto you; That your Spirits, at your Dissolution [death] shall put on the
Garments of Light, and Enter into the Peace a Rest of an Heavenly
Paradise: That your Bodies ere long by a Resurrection shall be Restored
unto your Spirits: but be the Lively, the Lovely, the most Agreeable and
Everlasting Mansions for them: That you shall have a Joyful Portion in the
city of God, and have His marvelous kindness Forever doing unutterable
things for you, in that strong city: There you shall at length be filled
with all the Fulness of God and have God become All in All unto you for
ever and ever... Oh! Ruin'd Sinner; why does it not now become thy
Sollicitous Enquiry; What must I do that I may not lose the vast things
whereunto I am invited by my Saviour?"
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"Indeed there is Nothing to be done by us, to
merit our Salvation, But something must be done to secure our Salvation.
Indeed there is Nothing to be done by us, in our own strength. But
something Must be done by us, thro' Christ who strengthens us."
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"Alas how have the souls of men been betrayed, by men unskilful in the
word of righteousness! How unskilfully, and unfaithfully have the methods
of Salvation been declared by many who pervert the Gospel of Christ!"
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"But How must this faith operate in all that
would be saved?... this must be done; You must come to be bitterly
Sensible, that you want a Glorious Christ for your Saviour. We read, John
7:37. "If any Man Thirst let him come unto me." Truly, no man will come to
a Christ, until a Thirst or a pungent and Painful Sense of the Want of a
Christ be raised in him. You must feel the Burden of your sin, lying on
you; and cry out, Oh' Tis a heavy Burden too heavy for me! You must see
God Angry with you, Sin Binding of you, Hell gaping for you; and utterly
Despair of helping yourselves out of the confusion that is come upon you."
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"Reply; Lord, I look unto thee, I will be thine, Save me. And here,
you are to Remember that the First Thing you want is Attonement and
Acceptance with God. For this Purpose you must behold a Glorious Christ,
as a Priest bringing a Sacrifice and making a Righteousness for you
Accordingly. Your first Address to Heaven must be this; Lord let my many
and horrid sins be Forgiven me for the sake of that great Sacrifice, which
thou hast had in the Blood of Jesus Christ thy Son, which Cleanseth from
all sin. And Lord Let me who am a poor Sinner utterly hopeless of working
out for myself a Righteousness now stand before Thee in the wondrous
Righteousness of that Lord, who is the Head of His church, and who has
wrought out a Spotless Righteousness for us."
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"Faith has other errands unto the Saviour
besides that of a desire to be Justified. A true Believer will not count
himself saved, if he be not Sanctified, as well as justified."
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"A true Faith, will always have Repentance accompanying of it.
Repentance unto life; Tis a Dead Faith which cannot show it; A Dead Soul
that has it not, A genuine Faith is always a Repenting Faith."
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"You must heartily and bitterly Bewail all your
Sins. Your Original Sin, your Actual Sin; the monstrous Aggravation of
your Sin; You must be convinced of it. A contrition must follow this
conviction... You must mourn for your Sin, and mourn for the Offence given
to God by your Sin, as well as for the Mischief done to yourselves: Mourn,
Mourn, and never count that you have mourned enough."
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"Your Acknowledgement of your secret Sins must be only to the Lord:
but where your Sins are Known, where your Neighbors have been either
Sufferers by, or Witnesses of your Miscarriages, they also should Know
that you acknowledge them."
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"Every way of Sin must be Abhorr'd, must be
Avoided, must be Forsaken. Amendment is Essential to Repentance: Except
you reform you don't repent... If you go on in any Evident way of Sin you
will find it a Way of Death, a Path of the Destroyer; it will bring to a
Damnation that slumbereth not. Very tremendous Things will be done to
those Enemies of God, who go on still in their trespasses. Have you done
Amiss? You must say I will do so no more; you must not persist in what you
have done. And hence, if you have wrong'd another man in what you have
done, you must Vigorously Endeavour all possible restitution, restitution,
a Thing too little understood, too little exhorted, too little practised;
restitution without which there can be no right repentance. This is the
Repentance which is found in every true believer; It must be found in
every one that would be saved."
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"There is No Life in the Faith, which is not Productive to an Holy
Life... This is the Royal Path leading to salvation; Yea, tis no little
part of our Salvation. This must be done; You must Resign yourselves up
unto the Holy Spirit of the Lord; Consent, Request, Entreat, That He would
Eternally take Posession of you... Cry unto Him; O Spirit of Holiness,
Raise me out of the Ruins that my Sin has brought upon me. Possess me
forever. Cause me to fear God, and Love Christ, and hate Sin, and slight
this World and know myself, and make me meet for the Inheritance of the
Saints in Light; Bring me to be one of them, I pray thee, I pray thee!
There is a good Foundation of Holiness laid in this resignation."
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"You must by a solemn Dedication of yourselves,
and your All unto the Lord, become the Lord's. It must therefore be your
Desire to have all your Talents, all your Posessions, and Enjoyments and
Interests employ'd for the Honour of the Lord: and owning the Lord, as the
great Giver, and Owner, the Lord Proprietor of all that you have, you must
be ready to submit unto the will of God when he pleases with afflictive
Dispensations to take any of it from you. This is the Holiness without
which no man shall see the Lord."
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"You must remember, That the Eye of the omnipotent God is upon you,
You must often bring this to remembrance, God sees me, hears me, knows me,
is acquainted with all my ways, A sense of your being under the Notice of
God, and of the Account unto which you will be called by God must make you
afraid of incurring His Displeasure; Afraid even of Secret Miscarriages.
This is that Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord."
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"You must make it your Exercise to keep a
conscience clear of Offence towards God and towards Man. You must labour
to be Acquainted with your Whole Duty; and your Acquaintance with the Will
of God must be followed with proportionable Desires and Labours after
Obedience to it. You must Pray always with all Prayer, with secret Prayer,
with Household Prayer, with Public Prayer. You must have an High Value for
those two Sacraments of the New Testament, the Baptism and the Supper of
the Lord. You must religiously Observe the Lord's Day. You must Preserve
your own Place and Life and Bed and Wealth and Name: You must, with the
same Sincerity, befriend your Neighbours also in theirs. Love your
Neighbours as yourselves, and Do as you would be Done unto. You must be
especially and mightily conscientious of Relative Christianity. Carry it
well in all the Relations wherein the Lord has placed you, whether
Superiors, or Inferiors, or Equals; with such a Carriage as may adorn the
Doctrine of God your Saviour."
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