of a thick cloud of temptations or a dark mass of earthly perplexities, she sustains no inconsiderable loss of light.e Nay, there is no period at which the piercing eye of the Lord doth not discern her spots in her.f And her faith and hope would utterly perish, were they not supported by the free FORGIVENESS OF SINS, which God promises in the Gospel, and the faith of which she herself professes. “If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? but there is forgiveness with thee.”g
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