SEAM. XXXVI.1 OP CHRIST'S ATONEMENT. 107 He has made no such preparation of an atonement for angels, those heavenly creatures, when they sinned . against him, but they are cast down into chains of dark- ness; and why am not I cast into chains of darkness too ? He has not revealed this grace to several large hea- then nations : They know nothing of á Redeemer : But he has revealed his Son to me, in the glory and grace of his atonement : He has raised me to the hope of eternal life, by the death and the resurrection of Jesus his Sòn. Let all -my murmurings and impatience be silent for ever. The worst of " my prèsent sufferings are not worthy to he compared with the glory that shall be revealed," the glory purchased by the sufferings of Christ, liom. viii. 18. IX. The doctrine of the atonement of Christ gives us a blessed invitation to the Lord's supper, where Christ crucified is set forth before us in the memorials of his propitiation. The propitiation of Christ is of so constant and uni- versal use in the whole of our religion, that our blessed Lord would not suffer us to live without some sensible tokens and signs of it, and these are to be frequently re- peated to the end of the world ; and therefore he has given a most express and positive command ; Luke xxii. 19. This do in remembrance of me. And the apos- tle Paul, 1 Cor. where he teaches the Corinthians this ordinance, assures them, " As often as ye eat. this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come," Our blessed Lord has not given us such a peculiar memorial of any ofhis other actions or offices as he has ofhis priesthood and sacrifice. Reflection. " And shall I not do honour to the me- mory of my dying Saviour? Shall I refuse to remember mygreat High-priest, and his propitiation for sin, in the way and manner in which he has enjoined me ? Do 'I not trust in the death of Christ for my salvation, and shall I not glory in his cross, and profess it before the world ? I)o I not stand in dailyneed of this bread of life which was broken for my sake, and shall I reject the me- morials of his broken body, when his flesh and spirit were made an offering for my guilt? Do I not hope for,, forgiveness through his blood, and shall I not drink this cup of reconciliation which he has mingled ? I have
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