Crime & punishment > Life and farewell address of Peter Aug. Heaman, who was executed at Leith, on the 9th of January last, for the crimes of piracy and murder

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of God became God-man, to take upon himself
our frame and nature ; can you believe that
he was crucified at Calvary; can you believe i
that God held out his sword of vengeance to
his only begotten Son, and was pleased to
bruise him, that you should escape eternal,
death; will you believe that he is both able
and willing to receive and save all them that
seek him earnestly; will you believe that he
said, whosoever cometh to me I will in no wise
cast out ? Yes ! certainly, if you have any
conscience at all, you ought surely to believe it.
But that is not all. You must deny yourself, |.
you must renounce your own righteousness, :
your own wisdom, your own will, and take
up your cross and follow him. To deny j
yourself, signifies you must not trust in any ;
thing whatsoever you may be capable of doing i
or saying to work out your own righteous¬
ness ; you must leave all to him, for he, of God, |
is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness,
and sanctification, and redemption; these are 1
all a free gift to him that believes in Christ
Jesus; but a believer must take up his cross ;
and follow me, he says; that is, you must flee
all worldly lusts, you must be meek, lowly,
obedient, humble, just, and true; you must
have patience, perseverance, experience, and ill