very man according as his work shall be, and that the
unjust shall be unjust still, and the filthy, filthy still-while the
righteous and the holy shall so remain. Rev. xxii. 12. O that every
heart who hears me, might be brought by the Holy Ghost, to cry
out, how shall this salvation from sin be obtained?
In reply to such an inquiry I answer-The blessed bible tells us,
"that the divine power of God hath given unto us all things, that
pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that
hath called us to glory and virtue; whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises, that by these we might
become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lust." These promises we
are also told, are "all yea and Amen, in Christ, to the glory of God
by us," so that if we seek by earnest prayer and faith in Christ, to
have these promises fulfilled in us, their fulfilment is sure.-These
promises are such as the following. "Ask, and ye shall receive-seek,
and ye shall find-knock and it shall be opened unto you. For every
one that asketh, receiveth, and he that seeketh, findeth-and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son
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ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone, or
if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent, or if he ask an
egg will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, knew how
to give good things unto your children; how much more shall your
Father who is in heaven, give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him." I
have already shown that the design of this gift or baptism of the
Holy Spirit, which we receive through faith in Christ, is to save
from sin. To "sprinkle with clean water, and cleanse us from all our
filthiness and all our idols." This is the baptism of Christ, which
cleanses from sin, or makes us dead to sin, and alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord. If you would have this "gift of the
Holy Ghost," this "baptism of Christ," this salvation from sin, seek
it, with earnest prayer, and faith in Christ, and you shall find in
your own blessed experience, that "all things whatsoever you ask in
