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To trust in the strength of God in our weakness; to say, 'I am weak: so let me be: God is strong; to seek from him who is our life, as the natural, simple cure of all that is amiss with us, power to do, and be, and live, even when we are weary, this is the victory that overcometh the world.
And he who overcometh, and perseveres in my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations; he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as a potter's vessels they shall be broken in pieces, even as I have received authority from my Father: and I will give him the star of the morning. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Now our Lord saith that to him who overcometh he will in the suffrage give him a new name, which no man knoweth but him who receiveth it.
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with, my Father in His throne." Who succeeded Renwick as leader of the Covenanters? What was his character? When did the Revolution take place? How did the Cameronians regard it? When was the General Assembly reorganized?
He further says "Thy faith hath made thee whole"; not thy works. Paul exclaims, "Faith works by love, purifies the heart and overcomes the world." John says, "and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith." It is a certain fact, that none of these salutary effects are ascribed to human works.
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers; even as I received of my Father. And I will give him the morning-star. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Vs. 18-29.
One was the World Within; the other was the World Without; and, of the two, the first is always the harder to conquer. The victory that overcometh the world! What is the world? The Puritans talked much about the world; and Penn was the contemporary of the Puritans. Cromwell died just as the admiral was preparing to send his son to Oxford.
We may repose on the Apostle's assurance that 'He that has begun a good work in you will perform it, or rather on the more sure word of Jesus Himself, 'He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God.
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Therefore must thou struggle bravely all thy life through, and put forth a strong hand against those things which oppose thee. For to him that overcometh is the hidden manna given, but great misery is reserved for the slothful. "If thou seek rest in this life, how then wilt thou attain unto the rest which is eternal? Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience.
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