. Sermons on various subjects, evangelical, devotional and practical : adapted to the promotion of Christian piety, family religion and youthful virtue. few. days, may well be supposed to regard such a raceas the human, created to exist forever. We seethe race to be important; and, in its connexionwith other beings, it may be vastly more importantthan we can conceive ; a;id the work of redemp-tion, though it immediately relates to man, may an-swer other grand purposes in Gods moral go\ern-ment. The works of grace then, though marvel-lous beyond conception, are rational and credible—rational, a
. Sermons on various subjects, evangelical, devotional and practical : adapted to the promotion of Christian piety, family religion and youthful virtue. few. days, may well be supposed to regard such a raceas the human, created to exist forever. We seethe race to be important; and, in its connexionwith other beings, it may be vastly more importantthan we can conceive ; a;id the work of redemp-tion, though it immediately relates to man, may an-swer other grand purposes in Gods moral go\ern-ment. The works of grace then, though marvel-lous beyond conception, are rational and credible—rational, as suited to the wants of man, and agreea-ble to the goodness of God—credible, as revealedin his word, and attested by signs and wonders, andgifts of the Holy Ghost. It becomes us then seriously to contemplate, anddevoutly to admire these works of God ; and wuththankfulness and joy to take the benefit of them. Forour salvation God has marvellously interposed.—Shall we despise his grace, and neglect our salva-tion ? How then shall wc escape ? Jesus has offer-ed himself a sacrifice. If wc reject this, t^efcremaineth ho more sacrifice for SERMON V. The work of Redemption marvellous^ hut divine, MATTHEW xxi. is Uie Lords doing, attd it is marvellous in otw eytt. Among all the works of God whichhave come to our knowledge, the redemption offallen men by Jesus Christ, is by far the most mar-vellous. Into this the angels dcsu-e to look, andfrom this they learn the manifold wisdom of God. When we behold the glorious Creator and Gov-ernour of the universe, giving his own Son to death,that through him we might live—when we beholdthis divine Saviour compassed with our infirmities,bearing our sorrows, and dying in our cause—when we behold him, for the suffering of death,crowned with glory, and bringing many to glorvwith him—we cannot but say, This is marvellous inour eyes. In the - contemplation of this work, some havethought it too marvellous to be believed, and ha
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