My fellow-sinners, let me entreat you, to direct your eyes to this great High Priest; think not that you can deserve his favour-"He will give freely, or he will withhold”—the atonement was made by Aaron for the Israelites while in rebellion, and the plague was stayed. The atonement was made for man while an enemy to God, whereby the anger of the Almighty is for ever turned away, and all that is required of you, is to "look and be saved:" for "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH on him should not perish, but have eternal life."

If any think, that this doctrine tends to lead men to the neglect of good works, we answer, it is the doctrine of God-of the Bible, and of the Church to which we all profess to belong. It is the doctrine for which a noble army of martyrs shed their blood, and for which our Reformer Luther contended for as the pillar and ground of the truth, and which he averred could not fall into disrepute, except in a corrupt and fallen church; that the opinion of our Church is in perfect conformity with this sentiment; its Articles, Homilies, and Liturgy, all bear express and unequivocal testimony, in words so plain," that he who runs may read."

St. Paul, well knowing, however, that this

doctrine would be objected to, on the supposition of its leading men to the neglect of good works; having stated the doctrine itself, as simply as words could state it-having said, "that unto HIM who worketh NOT, but believeth on him, who justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness," adds, "what shall we say then? shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid!" is his reply, "how shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?" And, God forbid, is the responding language of every child of God; for, seeing that sin was that accursed thing which the blood of Christ could alone atone for, or remove-feeling that his sins helped to nail his Redeemer to the cross, he now beholds its real evil; he hates, he abhors it—and beholding with the eye of faith, that Saviour, who set him an example, that he should follow the blessed steps of his most holy life, he is constrained by his love to order his conversation as becomes the Gospel, the great object of which is, to purify the heart, and to bring back the image of God to the soul of man, and thus to create a new heart, and to renew a right spirit within him; and this it ever has effected, and is still effecting, through the influence of God's holy Spirit on the hearts of all who are made partakers of its blessings.

The religion of Christ, when rightly understood, and faithfully received, produces every good work, every right feeling and disposition; and the greatest grief that a real Christian can experience is, that he cannot, does not, live more to the glory of Him, who redeemed him from sin and death, and who is all his salvation, and all his desire-the devout and continual breathings of his soul is, "teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth"-" unite my heart to fear thy name, O Lord-whom have I in heaven but thee, and there is none upon earth whom I desire beside thee." In all his works, his aim is, that they may be "begun, continued, and ended in God;" and that his name may be glorified in all things.

Under every trial, he desires to exercise a perfect confidence in God's goodness, and his right to dispose of him and all his concerns as seemeth best to his unerring will, "knowing that all things shall work together for good to them that love God." This gracious promise cheers, supports, and comforts him, under every trying dispensation; and his best consolation is, that he knows" when his earthly house of this tabernacle is dissolved, he has a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." And keeping his eye fixed on

Christ, as his Prophet, Priest, and King, he is enabled, even at the approach of death, to say, "I know that my Redeemer liveth." "Oh! death, where is thy sting? Oh! grave, where is thy victory ?" And having "his conversation in heaven, from whence also he looks for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change his vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working, whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself."

WE THUS JUDGE, THAT IF ONE DIED FOR ALL, THEN WERE ALL DEAD: AND THAT HE DIED FOR ALL, THAT THEY WHICH LIVE SHOULD NOT HENCEFORTH LIVE UNTO THEMSELVES, BUT UNTO HIM WHICH DIED FOR THEM, AND ROSE AGAIN."

THE judgment of man, though the noblest faculty bestowed upon him by his Creator, is now, in consequence of the fall, fallible and insufficient-its decisions often erroneous, and its best conclusions, when undirected by divine wisdom, false and unsatisfactory. But how different are the judgments of God-they are like himself, immutable and immaculate, subject to no error, and liable to no change. How thankfully, then, should we hear that voice which speaks to us from heaven-that voice which can alone guide us safely and happily through the tumultuous ocean of life, to the

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