We having the same spirit Which you have, because we have the same faith: or, we have the same spirit of faith which animated the saints of old, David in particular, when he said, I believed, and therefore have I spoken That is, I trusted in God, and therefore he has put this song of praise in my mouth. We also believe Have the same confidence that God will also deliver us out of our troubles; and therefore speak Declare this our confidence by preaching the gospel openly, even in the midst of affliction and death, supported by an inward consciousness of our integrity, and animated by a powerful sense of duty to God, and a persuasion that he who raised up the Lord Jesus The first-fruits of them that sleep; shall raise us up also, and present us, ministers, with you With all his members, faultless before his presence with exceeding joy. For all things Whether adverse or prosperous; are for your sakes For the profit of all that believe as well as all that teach; that the abundant, πλεονασασα, overflowing grace Which preserves you and us alive, both in soul and body; might abound yet more through the thanksgiving of many For thanksgiving invites more abundant grace.

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