We are baptised into the death of Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith, Gal. 3, 14. His death merited this spirit. " Nevertheless, I tell you truth ; it is expedient for you that I go away ; for if I go not away, the comforter will not come unto you ; but if I depart, I will send him unto you," John, 16, 7. Hence the baptised have no need to say, we have no strength to deny the world and ungodly lusts ; because they are baptised into the death of Christ, by which the Spirit was merited. O my soul ! why art thou so backward and lukewarm in that which is good ! Why not be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might ? why not put on the whole armour of God ? Eph. 6, 10, 11.

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