SEEM, XLIV.3 AND THE USE OP IT. 271 divinelyglorioris is this doctrine of the blessed Trinity ! And what an astonishing favour is it, that the sacred Three should join in the work of our salvation ! Remark II. How happily is the gospel suited to the recovery of fallen man, by supplying all his wants in a most divine manner ? Is the great God offended by the sin man ? Behold, he takes upon him in the gospel, the naine and title of a Father, to invite perishing rebels to return to his mercy, and he employs his Son, and his Spirit, to give sinners a near access to himself. Are we guilty criminals, condemned rebels, and afar offfrom God ? Behold, the Son of God himself, who is one with the Father, takes flesh and blood upon him, and so far becomes one of us, that he may sustain the punishment of our iniquities, and mediate a peace be- tween God and sinners : and this he does by his powerful intercession, in the virtue of his bloody sacrifice. Is our nature corrupted by sin ? Are we grown stran- gers and enemies to God by our continued rebellions ? Behold, the blessed Spirit ofGod comes into our hearts: His almighty operations can enlighten our dark minds, bend our obstinate wills, change our corrupted affec- tions, and make us willing to return to God in his own way, and to accept the reconciliation. He sends his own Spirit, to create us anew in his own image, and make us fit for his service, and his enjoyment. We are, by nature, children of Satan, and children of wrath; the great God becomes a Father to us: We are condemned, and the Son of God, dwelling in the flesh, becomes a Reconciler : We are unholy, and the Spirit of God becomes our Sanctifier. We have destroyed ourselves beyond all possibility ofcreated help, and God himself becomes our Saviour, and he will be seen in every part of our salvation, a divine Father, a divine Reconciler, and a divine Sanctifier. Remark III. Howwell has the blessed God provided for love and union amongst all his true worshippers ! He has left them no just ground to contend, and quarrel, or break themselves into little angry parties, for he has now appointed but one religion for them all, one general method of access to him. IIe has ordained but one Mediator, Jesus Christ, and has appointed one Spirit,
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