. The Gradual revelation of the gospel, from the time of man's apostacy : set forth and explain'd in twenty four sermons, preached in the Parish Church of St. Mary le Bow, at the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq, in the years 1730, 1731, and 1732. emphatically ftiled the timescf Rejiitution of all Things (u): what if wefhould fuppofe, with the concurring Suf-frage of Antiquity, that there fhall alfo bea fecond coming of his Harbinger, whenthis part of his Office fhall more emi-nently be fulfilled, in the refioring of allthings to their proper order, and makingready a People
. The Gradual revelation of the gospel, from the time of man's apostacy : set forth and explain'd in twenty four sermons, preached in the Parish Church of St. Mary le Bow, at the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq, in the years 1730, 1731, and 1732. emphatically ftiled the timescf Rejiitution of all Things (u): what if wefhould fuppofe, with the concurring Suf-frage of Antiquity, that there fhall alfo bea fecond coming of his Harbinger, whenthis part of his Office fhall more emi-nently be fulfilled, in the refioring of allthings to their proper order, and makingready a People prepared for the Lord ? Ifin this View we cannot argue from it, asbeing fully accomplifhed; yet the time beingftill future, will prevent its being urgedagainft us in the way of an Objeftion : fuiceno one can complain of a Prediction beingunfulfilld, when the Charadcr of time is not {s) Luke i. i6. {/) See MedeTyik. 25, (j/t Afts iii. 21. fulfiltd in St. John Baptift. 111 not expired, that was fixed for its Complc-^ ^l^j^-tion. But I am loth to infift upon a Point, \^yr^which may be difputabie, when I thinkthere is enough to be alledgd of what isclear and evident, to give us Satisfadion. Now to God the Father, Son and HolyGhofty be all Honour and Glory^ S E R^ 112 SERMON XVII, PREACHD Jan. 5. I73r. The Antithefis between the Lawand the Gospel, ftated and ex-plained. The Firft S e r m o n on this Text. John i. 17: For the Law was ^iven by Mofes, butGrace andTruth came by Jefus Chrift. IN dating the Evidences of the Gofpel-Scheme, as they were gradually opendand unfolded to thofe Ages of theWorld, which were previous to thecoming of Chrtfi^ I had occafion to makemention of the Law of Mofes^ as a (landingProphecy or Notification of his Office and3 Charader The Antithefis^ &c. 113 Charadcr. And if it be admitted, which ^|^jj^-was fhewn in many Inftances, that the Na-l^VVJtion of the Jews was figurative of theChriftian Church, in future times to begathered out of all Nations, a
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