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THE WHOLE

WORKS

OF THE

LATE REVEREND

WILLIAM ROMAINE, A. M.

RECTOR OF

ST. ANDREW BY THE WARDROBE,

AND

ST. ANN, BLACKFRIARS,

AND

LECTURER OF ST. DUNSTAN'S, IN THE WEST,

LONDON.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

VOLUME I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR R, BAYNES, 25, IVY LANE, PATERNOSTER-ROW, AND G. OFFOR
2, PORTERN-ROW, TOWER HILL.

W. GRACIE, Printer, Berwick,

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AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

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THE design of this little treatise is to display the glory and all-sufficiency of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to encourage weak believers to glorify him more by depending and living more upon his all-sufficiency. Whatever grace he has promised in his word, he is faithful, and he is almighty to bestow, and they may receive it of him freely by the hand of faith. This is its use and office, as an hand or instrument, having first received Christ, to be continually receiving out of Christ's fulThe apostle calls this living by faith, a life received and continued, with all the strength, comforts, and blessings, belonging to it, by faith in the Son of God, and he also mentions the work of faith, its working effectually in the hearts and lives of believers, through Christ strengthening them, and its growing in them, yea, growing exceedingly from faith to faith, by the power of him who loveth them. This This is the subject; and it properly belongs to those only who have obtained the true faith, given them of God, and wrought in their hearts by his word and Spirit. Such persons meet with many difficulties every day to try their faith, and to hinder them from depending continually upon Lord Christ for all things belonging to life and godliBy what means these difficulties may be overcome is plainly taught in scripture, is clearly promised, and is attained by faith which becomes daily more victorious, as it is enabled to trust, that he is faithful who promised. The strengthening of it I have had all along in view, hoping to be the means, under God, of leading the weak believer by the hand, and of removing

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