’Tis done! the precious ransom’s paid;
Receive my soul he cries;
See, where he bows his sacred head!
He bows his head and dies.”
“The former words in the prayer, and these in the hymn, came with such power to my heart that I was constrained to cry out, Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name; for he hath forgiven all mine iniquity, and healed my diseases.
“And now I was divinely assured that God, for Christ’s sake, had forgiven me all my sins. The Spirit of God bore witness with my spirit that I was a child of God. Mercy and truth met together in my heart; righteousness and peace kissed each other. Yea, so great was the deliverance, and so strong the consolation, that I could not contain myself. I broke out into tears of joy and love, having obtained such mercy I could not but join with the angels to sing praises to him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, who so loved me, and washed me from my sins, in his own blood. A new song was indeed put into my mouth, even of thanksgiving unto my God.
*“I had often in private cried aloud to God, yet it was not till now, that I did so in the congregation. But my wound being healed, a necessity was laid upon me to declare what the Lord had done for my soul. In the same hour another who sat next to me was filled with joy and peace in believing. We both withdrew to another room, and gave thanks and praise to God together.
“And now I felt of a truth that faith in Christ, is the substance or subsistance of things hoped for, and an evidence of things not seen. God, and the things of the invisible world, of which I had only heard before by the hearing of the ear, appeared now in their true light, as substantial realities, and for him.
*“I could now lay hold on Christ, and the promises of God through him. Faith in his blood brought heaven into my breast, and filled me with righteousness, and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. It gave me to see a reconciled God, and an all sufficient Saviour. And thus was it an evidence to me. Through this faith I could say, Christ loved me, and gave himself for me. O this is the gift of God! Faith of the operation of the Holy Ghost.”