Christ's loveliness and glory, in his personal and relative characters, and gracious offers to sinners : consider'd in twelve sermons, preach'd at MrCoward's lecture . we more fully apprehend the e-vil of fin, and the dreadfulnefs of the wrathto which it expofes; did we confider morethe inflexible jufl:ice of God*s nature, andthe fl:rength of his arm ; did we knowmore of the power of his anger, and hishatred of fin, we fhould then have moreadmiring thoughts of Chrifls condefcen-tion and love, and fhould be more effedu-ally prevailed upon to feek his glory, andfludy a more fuitable return for a
Christ's loveliness and glory, in his personal and relative characters, and gracious offers to sinners : consider'd in twelve sermons, preach'd at MrCoward's lecture . we more fully apprehend the e-vil of fin, and the dreadfulnefs of the wrathto which it expofes; did we confider morethe inflexible jufl:ice of God*s nature, andthe fl:rength of his arm ; did we knowmore of the power of his anger, and hishatred of fin, we fhould then have moreadmiring thoughts of Chrifls condefcen-tion and love, and fhould be more effedu-ally prevailed upon to feek his glory, andfludy a more fuitable return for all thecompaffion and kindnefs which he hasfhewn. 5. JVe may hence fee that under the forejidifirefs forfuy that any upon earth can fallinto^ there is Jiill room for hope, D d 2 Let 404 Chrifi the Mediator Let the worft be fupposd that can beconceived of a finners cafe, there is enoughin Chrifts mediation to prevent him therefore let us have recourfe un-der every load of guilt, under all our fearsand difcouragements. Let us by faith trulyrely upon him, as the great and only Me-diator between God and finners, and weihall find complete falvation. finis:. Chrtfi CHRIST, the Chnjltans ProphUation and Advocate: Confiderd in two SERMONS On I John \\, 2, Y ^HILIP GIBBS. Dd J { 407 ) CHRIST THE Christians PropitiationAND ADVOCATE. I John ii. r, z. *And if a^y man ftn^ we have anAdvocate with the Father^ J^/i^sChriji the righteous: And he isthe propitiation for our fins, IN the words immediately preceding,the Apoftle acquaints us with one fpe-cial view that he had in writing hiscpiftle, namely to difluade and deter Chri-ftians from fin, and to make them morecareful to abftain from the commiflion oi things write I unto you, that ye Jin d A But 408 Chriji our Propitiation. But whereas no Chriftiaii does, or cartjwith all his circumfpcdion and watchfulnefs,and v/ith the utmofl: of his caution usd a-gainfl: fin, live wholly free from ic: where-as the beft are fu
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