worth, and both these are attributed to Christ's giving Himself for us; therefore, Christ's merit must be infinite; and it could not be so, were He not properly and essentially God. Thus we are led back to the point from which we set out; and the postulates on the premises amount to demonstration in the conclusion. We were obliged to commence with the Deity of Christ; as most obviously nothing less could have been adequate to the work which was given Him to do: and the work which He has done, and the blessings which He has acquired, demonstrate His infinite merit, and thus prove the point of His essential Divinity.

I have only one word to add to what has already been said; and that shall refer to the incomprehensibility of that love which induced God to give His Son for the redemption of the world. God so loved the world, says the text, δυσωηγάπησεν ὁ Θεος : no description of this love is here attempted; its length, breadth, depth, and height, are like the nature of that God in whom it resides; all indescribable, because all incomprehensible. To the same subject the apostle recurs, 1 Epist. iii, 1, "Behold WHAT MANNER of love," TOTαrn vayarny, “the Father hath BESTOWED upon us!" in the durw, so, of the gospel, and the Torary, WHAT MANNER, of the epistle, God has put an eternity of meaning; and has left a subject for everlasting contemplation, wonder, and praise, to angels and men: for, though not directly interested in the subject, yet these things the angels desire to look into. And to see them in all their relations, connexions, and endlessly continued results, would be sufficient to constitute a heaven of heavens to all beatified spirits, were there no other subjects relative to creation, providence, and the economy of grace, to be investigated in a future state.

I shall now conclude with the principles with which I commenced. From the text, and the reasonings on it, it appears evident ;

1. That the world, the whole human race, was in a ruinous condemned state, in danger of perishing everlast

ingly; and without power to rescue itself from the impending destruction.

2. That God, through the impulse of His own infinite love and innate goodness, provided for its rescue and salvation, by giving His only begotten Son, to die for it.

3. That the sacrificial death of Jesus was the only means by which the redemption of the world could have been effected; and, such is the nature of this Sacrifice, that it is absolutely sufficient to accomplish this gracious design; nothing greater could be given, and nothing less could have been availing.

4. That sin is an inconceivable evil, and possesses an indescribable malignity, when it required no less a sacrifice to make atonement for it than that offered by God manifested in the flesh.

5. That no man is saved through this Sacrifice but he who believes; i. e. who credits what God has spoken concerning this Christ; His sacrifice; the end for which it was offered; and the way in which it is to be applied in order to its becoming effectual.

6. That they who believe secure a double benefit:1. They are exempted from eternal perdition-that they should not perish,-2. They are brought to eternal glory -that they should have everlasting life: this double benefit proving,-1. That man is guilty, is exposed to punishment, and needs pardon,-2. That man is impure and unholy; and, therefore, unfit for the glory of God,3. That the merit must be infinite which procured for a fallen world such ineffable privileges,-and, 4. That man owes to God his Creator, to God his Redeemer, and, to God his Sanctifier, the utmost gratitude, the most affectionate obedience, and unbounded praises, throughout eternity.

Therefore, "To Him who hath loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion, for ever and ever-Amen!" MILLBROOK, MARCH 28, 1818.

THE TRUTH,

BY WHICH GOD SHOWS HIS WILLINGNESS

THAT ALL MEN SHOULD BE SAVED":

A discourse in behalf of the Wesleyan Missions, Preached at Great Queenstreet, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London, May 2, 1824.

BY ADAM CLARKE, LL. D., F. A. S.