What is thy only comfort in life and death? That I with body and soul, both in life and death, [5] am not my own, [6] but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; [7] who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, [8] and delivered me from all the power of the devil; [9] and so preserves me [10] that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; [11] yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, [12] and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, [13] and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him. [14] Footnotes: [5] Rom. 14:7, 8. [6] 1:Cor. 6:19. [7] 1:Cor. 3:23; Tit. 2:14. [8] 1:Pet. 1:18, 19; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:2, 12. [9] Heb. 2:14; 1 John 3:8; John 8:34-36. [10] John 6:39; John 10:28; 2:Thess. 3:3; 1:Pet. 1:5. [11] Matt. 10:29-31; Luke 21:18. [12] Rom. 8:28. [13] 2:Cor. 1:20-22; 2:Cor. 5:5; Eph. 1:13, 14; Rom. 8:16. [14] Rom. 8:14; 1 John 3:3. |