198 FIFTH SERMON first -born, so the land of Canaan is peculiarly called Immanuel's land, Isa. viii. 8. But in regard of his latter dispensation, when he sent the rod of his strength out of Sion, and went forth conquering and to conquer, and gave commission to preach the gos- pel unto every creature ; so the whole world is now under the gospel become Immanuel's land, and he is king of all the earth, Psa. xlvii. 7. " King of kings and Lord of lords," Rev. xix. 16. Gentiles come into the light of his church, and kings to the bright- ness of her rising, and the nation and kingdom that will not serve her shall perish," &c. Isa. lx. 3. 12. Now every country is Canaan, and every christian church the Israel of God, and every regenerate person born in Sion, and every spiritual worshipper the cir- cumcision ; now Christ is crucified in Galatia, and a passover eaten in Corinth, and manna fed on in Per - gamus, and an altar set up in Egypt, and Gentiles sa- crificed, and stones made children unto Abraham, and temples unto God ; see John iv. 21. Mal. i. 11. Zeph. ii. 11. Gal. vi. 16. Isa. xliv. 5. Zech. viii. 23. Rom. ii. 29. Psa. lxxxvii. 4, 5. Phil. iii. 3. Col. ii. 11. Gal. iii. 1. 1 Cor. v. 7, 8. Rev. ii. 17. Isa. xix. 19. 21. Rom. xv. 16. Luke iii. 8. Eph. ii. 11. In Christ's former dispensation, the church was only national amongst the Jews, but in his latter dispensation it is oecumenical (general) and universal over all the world ; a spreading tree, under the shadow of the branches whereof shall dwell the fowl of every wing, Ezek. xvii. 23. [4.] The graces of the Holy Spirit wherewith the church is anointed are from him. He is the olive - tree which emptieth the golden oil out of himself, Zech. iv. 12. Of his fulness we all receive grace fir grace," John i. 16. with the same Spirit are we
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