27O THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY. [SEI M. ELM. divine uniformity of religion and worship which God has now ordained among all his saints. Through one Lord Jesus, both Israel, and the rest of the nations, must have access, by one Spirit, unto the Father. " By one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free ;" 1 Cor. xii. 13. And one Spirit, where it prevails gloriously, will lead us into one religion. As " there is but one Geld and Father of all, so there must be but one Lord and Mediator, and one Holy Spirit : For there must be one faith, one hope, one baptism" into the name of the Fa- ther, the Son, and the Holy Ghost : to whom be glory and praise for ever. Let us conclude with three Remarks, answerable to the three things contained in my text, which have been the distinct heads of my discourse. Remark I. With what rich grace and glory has God condescended to reveal himself to us in the New Testa- ment I It is here God the Father appears eminently to begin, and carry on the divine affairs of his kingdom, of nature, providence, and grace, by his only begotten Son, and his eternal Spirit. It is here we learn the great mystery of godliness, God manifest in the flesh. It is here God bath made known to us, more of his own in- comprehensible nature, and his ways ofoperation among his creatures, than ever the light ofnature could find out, or than all the former dispensations of grace did clearly reveal. The great God, the Father of all, manifests himself, as the God and Father ofour Lord Jesus Christ, and, in him, as our God, and our Father; hereby he descends into a nearer relation to poor apostate man- kind, in order to restore them to his favour,' and to his image, to holiness, and eternal peace. He approaches near to us in his Son Jesus, who is the " brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person ;" Heb. i. 5. lie approaches near us indeed, by sending his own Son, who is one with himself, to dwell in flesh ; he comes down to us, and visits us, by the influences of his blessed Spirit, and causes our souls to ascend towards him. What rich and condescending love is this ? By the same word, and the same Spirit, by which he created the heavens and the earth, does he transact the grand and important affair of peace and' reconciliation with hisguilty creatures. How
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