judgment. The Son of man, whom you despise, will be your judge; you have to do with him now, although you disregard his gospel, and reject his salvation. You will have to do with him after this; he will be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel-taking vengeance on you, and you shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.

If the DAY will manifest the works of all, let us judge of our works by the light of that day. Hold up the world to the light of the judgment day, and then love the world excessively, if you can.

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all things in the light of this day, and you will see them aright-you will see them, what they are, and as they are.

SERMON IX.

THE LORD'S DEATH.

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.1 COR. XI. 26.

CHRIST has been shewn to the Church in every age; and shewn to the world through the Church. He was shewn by the sacrifices, and by the paschal lamb. He was shewn in the doctrines, and by the promises to the ear, and by the ear to the heart. Sacrifices and ordinances shewed him to the eye, and thereby to the heart. The sacrifices shewed and announced his coming the ordinances of the gospel shew him as having come.

He is shewn here in his death. The cup shews the nature of his death. He came by blood. "This is he that came

by water and blood." He came by suffering. The baptism with which he was baptized, was the baptism of suffering. The burden of the sins of his Church was upon him. "The Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all." "Truly he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. wounded for our transgressions.

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bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him." "It pleased the Lord to bruise him." spared not his own son, but delivered him up for us all."

To shew Christ in his death, is to shew him in connection with all the purposes of his appearing upon earth-the glory of his obedience, the subduing of hell, and the satisfying of heaven.

Here is shewn the necessity of his death. "Without shedding of blood there was no remission." "Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory ?" Sin could not have been pardoned without an infinite atonement; and no salvation could be extended to the transgressor. It was an impossible thing

with God to forgive sin without an atonement. There was so much forgiveness with him that he gave his Son, but not so much as could make him let his word pass away: so much as made him pleased to bruise his Son, but not so much as could induce him to dishonour one jot of his law. There was no dishonour in all that he did to his Son, but, on the contrary, the whole redounded to his glory; but his throne would have been for ever dishonoured if he had approached his law to annul it.

We shew the purposes of his death. The whole counsel of God was to glorify himself, and to save his Church. To glorify the Father by magnifying the law-to uphold the authority of the Lawgiver. He descended from his heavenly throne to raise up his law, that was trampled upon amongst men, and to vindicate his own honour and glory, that were under reproach. To glorify God, to save man, and to conquer hell, formed one object. To degrade our nature had been, in the estimation of hell, the readiest mode of bringing dishonour upon the Creator; and to raise it up again,

has been found the means of restoring to him the greatest glory. Bruising the heel of the seed of the woman was the highest object of the devil, and in the attempt his "head" was bruised. His heel bruised the serpent's head. Christ crucified took away the spoil from the mighty-Christ dead was to establish for ever his dominion over death! Christ dead carried away the keys of the grave, and brought life and immortality into existence and to light. There was sufficient power to conquer hell, but the power of might was not suited to bring forth the lawful captives: it was necessary to satisfy the law, and to remove it from the way by atonement; and this could not be accomplished by might. The strength of sin is the law, and the strength of hell is sin; all these were opposed to the salvation of the sinner.

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Here is shewn the greatest love. greater love cannot be, than that by which a man lays down his life for his friends. Here is love that calls the enemies friends, and dies for them! In his love he first regarded them his friends, in his love he