in the Wonderful Way which he has taken to save us from sin.

Consider the Glorious Constitution of His Person as God and Man in one Christ. He, who has undertaken the office of our great Physician, is "Lord of Lords, and King of Kings." "All the angels of God worship him." He is Himself "God over all, blessed for evermore." Yet, wonderful to tell, He is also Man, bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh, partaker of our nature, and made in all things, sin only excepted, like unto us; whom He is therefore not ashamed to call His Brethren. Such is the glorious and mysterious Constitution of His Person. The universe furnishes no other like it. The mind of man, the mind of the highest arch-angel, could never have conceived it. That "the High and Lofty One, who inhabiteth Eternity," should become "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief:" that He who made the worlds, should be made flesh and dwell in the world: that He who was born in a stable, and had not in this world even where to lay his head, should at the same time be One with the Almighty in Power and Will; and should now exercise universal dominion in heaven and in earth: what an astonishing view do these considerations unfold to us of the glory, and dignity, and majesty of Him, who offers to save us from sin; and what

confidence do they give us in His ability and power to save us! Surely a person, thus constituted, thus great and glorious in Himself, must be all-sufficient to deliver us from the evils and consequences of sin.

This conclusion, however, will be more clear, when we consider also the Wonderful Way, which he has taken to save us from

sin.

This Way was by dying for us; by giving up to death, even the death of the cross, this Person, so gloriously constituted, this God and Man in one Christ; that by thus dying He might atone for our sins, and make a sacrifice to God for them. Consider, (my Brethren) what an astonishing spectacle this was! The Lord of Life, the King of Glory, the Creator of all things, the Son of the Most High, expiring in agony on the cross, and making his soul an offering for sin. This glorious Person did not deem it enough to have taken on himself our nature; but in that nature He actually shed for us his precious blood, and poured it forth, that we might live. Who could ever have devised, who could ever have conceived such a wonderful event! Yet this is the Way which He has taken to save us from sins: and in this way His All-sufficiency for saving us consists. By the voluntary offering up of so great and glorious a person, all the ends of punishment

have been fully answered. The Divine Law has been magnified. The evil of sin has been proclaimed. The Justice of God has been displayed; his Holiness exhibited, and his Truth fulfilled. Thus the ends of punishment being answered, the Divine Mercy and Grace are at liberty fully to exercise themselves in the pardon and salvation of our sinful race. Thus we are saved by the Blood of Christ. This is the Balm provided for the healing of our souls. By this Blood our sins are expiated, our guilt is removed, our conscience is purged. Through this Blood the Spirit is given to us for the renewing and sanctifying of our natures; and for the delivering us from the love and power of sin. By this Blood we are redeemed from hell and the grave; and the kingdom of heaven is opened unto

us.

From this view of the All-sufficiency of the Salvation provided for our perishing souls, let us now proceed to consider,

II. The Reason why so many persons, notwithstanding, continue in a perishing condition.

That many do continue in a perishing condition is an assertion which cannot be disputed. Judging of the spiritual state of mankind by that unerring standard, the Word of God, we must be compelled to admit, unless we wilfully shut our eyes against the plainest

testimony, that many indeed seem to fall short of the Salvation prepared for them; and notwithstanding the remedy provided, perish at last in their sins. But how comes it to pass, that men thus die with the means of health and life within their reach? Seeing that there is Balm in Gilead, that there is a Physician there, "why is not the health of the Daughter of my people recovered ?”

Alas!

for this plain reason, because the Balm is not applied because the Physician is not consulted and obeyed. Men die with the remedy at hand, because they do not use it. Notwithstanding the All-sufficient Salvation provided for them, they yet fall short of it and perish in their sins, because they neglect it or use it improperly. A medicine, in order to benefit a patient, must be taken by Him. A remedy, to prove efficacious, must be applied. Where then is the wonder, that if men neglect or misapply the spiritual remedy provided for their souls, they perish at last in their sins? Where is the wonder, that if they use not the Balm, and consult not the Physician, their health is not recovered?

But let us go a little further into particulars. Let us enquire, How this spiritual remedy is to be applied; and Whence it comes to pass that so many do not apply it.

The Remedy, the All-sufficient Remedy provided, is, as we have seen, the precious

Blood of Jesus Christ. But how is this Balm to be applied for the healing of the soul? By faith, and by faith only. As it is only through the Blood of Jesus Christ that the soul can be cured of sin, so it is only by Faith in that Blood, that this cure can be effected. There is no other way in which its healing qualities can be applied to the Soul, but by believing. There are no other persons who can be benefited by it, but those who believe. Take notice, that this is the assertion of the Great Physician himself; of Him, whose counsel you must hear, whose prescriptions you must follow, if ever you would be saved by his Blood. He tells you expressly by his own mouth, that, "He who believeth on the Son hath everlasting life :" that "Whosoever believeth on Him, shall not perish:"that" He who believeth on Him is not condemned:" that "He who believeth on Him, though he were dead, yet shall he live" while, by the mouth of his Apostles, He still more expressly and repeatedly declares the same things. Him," (says St. Paul) that is Jesus Christ, "hath God set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins. "They that believe (says the same Apostle) are justified from all things." And again, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." St. Peter