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THE

WORKS

OF THE LATE REVEREND

ROBERT TRAILL, A. M.

MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN LONDON.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

CUI VERITAS COMPERTA, SINE DEO? CUI DEUS COGNITus,
SINE CHRISTO? CUI CHRISTUS EXPLORATUS, SINE SPIRITU
SANCTO?
TERTULLIAN.

A NEW EDITION.

EDINBURGH:

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TRAILL'S

WORKS.

VOL. III.

CONTAINING

The STEDFAST ADHERENCE to the PROFESSION of our FAITH,
Recommended in Twenty-one SERMONS,

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STEDFAST ADHERENCE

TO THE

PROFESSION OF OUR FAITH,

RECOMMENDED IN SEVERAL SERMONS.

SERMON I.

HEBREWS X. 23.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering, &c. HAVING insisted at so great length upon the first exhortation of the apostle, concerning drawing near to God, which is built upon the foundations of the Christian's privileges, that the apostle named, and that we have spoke of, from the 19th, 20th, and 21st verses; those exhortations that remain are deduced from the same foundation: wherefore I thought fit not to let them pass. The former exhortation was unto a duty with respect to God, drawing near to him, which the apostle requires to be performed in such a manner, that all Christians, and the best of them, must be learning to answer every day in their life, that they may come up more and more

thereunto.

The other two exhortations are with respect to ourselves and others. The first is in the 23d verse, with respect to our own profession; the other, in the 24th verse, is with respect to our brethren and fellow Christians.

The first of these exhortations, which is contained in this 23d verse, plainly divides itself into the duty exhorted to, and the argument to enforce it. The duty is, Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering. The argument to this duty is a strong and a proper one, He is faithful that hath pra

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