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THE BELIEVER'S POCKET COMPANION:
The One Thing Needful, To Make Poor Sinners Rich And
Miserable Sinners Happy
By William Mason
1773
Christ is all. Colossians 3:2
Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 13:4
PREFACE
What think ye of Christ? This is the most important

question in the world. Happy for that sinner who can answer it from his heart and say, Christ to me is precious. For verily, he is a pardoned, justified, sanctified, saved soul. He is not let to ask, "What must I DO to be saved?" But he is justified IN the Lord by his everlasting righteousness. He is saved IN the Lord with an everlasting salvation.

For such this little work is intended. To such it is humbly addressed. The design of it being to stir up and quicken such in the way of believing in Christ, looking to Christ, coming unto him, and abiding in him; or, in the apostle's words, "to be putting on the Lord Jesus Christ:"\u2014that so

they may enjoy more sweet fellowship with him, find more of the inestimable preciousness of him, and experience more of his wonderful love, which passeth knowledge. By thus cleaving, in heart and affection, to our heavenly Bridegroom, we shall be more spiritual in our frames, more humble in our hearts, more circumspect in our walk, more heavenly in our conversation, and more holy in our lives. Hence we shall become more dead to the world and its vanities, to sin and its miseries, and to self-righteousness and its deceits.

Methinks I feel myself such an infinite debtor to my Lord, for his matchless love, rich grace, and glorious salvation, that I never would have done testifying of him to my fellow sinners, while my heart can beat, my tongue can speak, or my hand can write. As the Lord has lately raised me from a dangerous illness, I would joyfully bear this fresh testimony to his glory. Lord mercifully pardon, and powerfully subdue all the evil which cleaves to me, and freely forgive all that is amiss in this and every work done by me.

Verily, if I were never to attempt to do a good work, because with St. Paul, I find, "when I would do good evil is present with me;" nor ever to perform any duty till I found myself totally free from all the infection of nature, and all the workings of pride and vain glory, I might soon commence a licentiousA nt in omi an. That, says a dear friend from the North, you are deemed already. I asked,

whether in principle or practice? Not in practice, he replied; but your writings are condemned as the vilest antinomianism. Truly this is no more than the common fate of all who are enlightened to see, enabled to believe, and strengthened to contend for the Scripture doctrine of full and final justification, and everlasting salvation by the Son of God only. Thank God, I have so many dear, holy and pious friends to keep me in countenance. This foul name, some are very lavish in bestowing on those who differ from them in some points of doctrine. But how little there is of that love, that Christian love, that perfect love which is so much cried up in this censure, is very evident. The Lord pardon such, and enable me to pass by this injury.

However, I think it behoves me to embrace this opportunity, to testify, that if for declaring that the justification of sinners, from first to last, is by the free grace of God, through the life and death, the one atonement, and the one righteousness of the Son of God, without any of our works and deservings\u2014If for insisting that the comfort of this justification is enjoyed in the heart and conscience through faith, by those who are regenerated by the Spirit of God\u2014If for contending that this grace of God, which freely brings salvation to us, most powerfully teaches us to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world\u2014If for maintaining that this faith, through which the finished salvation of Christ is received

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