John Colquhoun's "Treatise on Spiritual Comfort" was written to restore the faith of those who were mired in doubt and disbelief. Here is the second of Coquhoun's points of counsel:
“2. Be firmly persuaded that the incarnate Redeemer, with His righteousness and fulness, is, in the gospel, offered to you as sinners of mankind. Constantly believe, not only that He is able and willing to save you; but that, by His eternal Father and Himself, He is freely, wholly, and particularly offered to you. Believe cordially the record "that God giveth to you eternal life, and that this life is in His Son." Consider that it is not your sin but your duty, always to believe that to you in particular, He gives in offer his Son, with righteousness and life eternal in Him; and that it is not your sin but your duty, likewise, to believe that the Father's authentic offer of Him to you affords you a warrant, presently to confide in Him for salvation to yourselves, and to trust that He saves and will continue to save you. It would be presumption in any of the fallen angels, to trust in Him for their salvation, because He is not offered to them. But it is not presumption in you, but a duty, to confide in Him for all your salvation; because the offer, the call, and the commandment to believe in Him, are directed to you, in common with all other hearers of the gospel; and these afford you a right, at all times, to place the confidence of your hearts in Him for grace and glory. Seeing you have an ample warrant to trust confidently in the Saviour for the whole of your salvation, it cannot be your sin but your duty, your principal duty to do so. O if you but saw, in the light of his word and Spirit, and believed your Divine warrant, to come as you are, to come at all times, and confide in the Lord Jesus for complete salvation — how greatly would it alleviate the trouble of your minds!”
(Excerpt from: Colquhoun, John. “A Treatise on Spiritual Comfort.” Printed for J. Ogle. iBooks.)
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