SEAM; XTX.] NONE EXCLUDED FROM HOPE. 317 HYMN FOR SERMONxviii. FAITH THE WAY TO SALVATION. LONG METRE. TOT by the laws of innocence Can Adam's sons arrive at heaven i New works can give us no pretence To have dur ancient-sins forgiven. Not the best deeds that we have done, Can makea wounded conscience whole: Faith is the grace, and faith alone, That flies to Christ, and saves the soul. Lord, I believe thy heavenly word, Fain would I have my soul renew'd: I mourn for sin, and trust the Lord', To have it pardon'd and subdu'd. O may thy grace its power display, Let guilt and death no longer reign a Save me in thine appointed way, Nordet my humble faith be vain. SERMONXIX NONE EXCLUDED FRO?tt IIOI'E. ROM. i. 16. - -The gospel ofChrist, it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. WE have seen the gospel of Christ vindicated in the former discourses on this text, and the glorious doctrines of it guarded against the various reproaches of an únbe- lieving world : We have heard what a powerful instru- ment it is in the hand of God for the salvation of perish- ing sinners. We have been taught the way to partake of this salvation, and that, is by believing ;. and we have learned what influence our faith has in this sacred con- cernment. I proceed now to the last thing which I pro- posed, and that is to spew the wide extent of this blessing of the gospel ; for it brings salvation to every one that believes, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Where the word greek is used in opposition to the bar- barian, as it is in the fourteenth verse before my text, it signifies the learned part of mankind, as distinguished from those that are unlearned ; the Greeks being the most famous among the nations for wisdom, knowledge, or learning in that day: But when this same word stands in opposition to the Jew, as it dòes here in my text, then
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