toQtontIíbíng .ebetnptíon 26; is not the exalt knowledgof what he did and fuffered, Chap, t a. but fincere Faith in the Promife ofGod. Now the Di- vine Revelation being the rule and meafureof Faith,fuch a degree was fufliicient toSalvation, as anfwered the ge- neral difcovery of Grace. Believers depended upon God's goodnefs topardon them in fuch a way as was ho- nourable tohis Juftice. They had forcegeneral Know- ledg that the Mefliah fhould come, and bring Salvation : Abraham rejoiced tofee the day of Chrift : Mofes valued the AJjlicTions ofChr, more than the Treafures of "Egypt. And Believers in general aredefcribed to be waitersfor theGonfolation ofIfrael. In fhort, the Jewifh and Chri- ftian Church are effentially one; they differ no more than the Morning and Evening Star, which is the fame, but isdiverfly called,from its appearance before theSun- rifing or after its fetting: fo our Faith refpe is a Saviour that is paft, theirs reppe&tedHim as to come. Befides, ThePaving vertueofhis Deathas it reaches to all former,fo toall fucceeding Ages. He is thefame, ye/ferday, to day, andforeuer ; not only in refpeâ ofhis iieb.13. s. Perfon, but his Office, The venue ofthe Legal Sacri- fices expired with the Offering : upon a new fin they were repeated. Their imperfeEtion is argued from their repetition. Butthe precious Oblation ofChrift bath an everlafting efficacy toobtain full Pardon for Believers. His Blood is as powerful to propitiateGod,as ifit were this day flied upon the Crofs. He is able tofave to per- petuityall that(halladdrefs to God byHim : fineHe ever lives to makeIntercefon. The Pardon that He once pur- chafed, fhall ever be applied tocontrite Believers. The Covenant that was fealed withhis Blood is eternal,and the Mercies contained in it. 2. The perfeEtionofhis Sacrifice is evident,by its ex- piatinguniverfally the guilt ofall tranfgreffions. 'Tis true, Sins in their own natureare different; force have a
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