flTSC. !V.) IN 815 SAINTS.' 407 cious juices to make reluctance, or perverse humours to raise an inward rebellion : And not only so, but perhaps even our bodies shall have'some active holy tendencies wrought in them so far as corporeal nature can administer toward the sacred exercises of a glorified saint. A'sweet and blessed change indeed ! And Jesus, who raised these bodies, in this beauty of holiness, shall receive the glory of his divine work. The last instance I shall mention, wherein Christ shall be_admired in his saints, is this, " they shall all ap- pear in that day, as so many images of his person, and as so many monuments of the success of his office." Is the blessed Jesus a great prophet, and the teacher of his church? These are the persons that have learned his divine doctrine, theyhave heard the joyful sound of his gospel, and the holy truths of it are copied out in their hearts. `These are the disciples of his school ; and by his word, and by his Spirit, they have been taught to know God, and their Saviour, and they have been trained up in the way to eternal life. Is Jesus a great high-priest both of sacrifice and inter- cession ? Behold all these souls, an endless number, pu- rifled from their defilements by the blood of his cross, washed, and made white in that blessed laver, and re- conciled to God by his atoning sacrifice : Behold the power of his intercession, in securing millions from the wrath of God, and in procuring for them every divine blessing. He has obtained for each of them grace and glory. Is Jesus the Lord of all things, and the king of his church ? Behold his subjects waiting on him, a nu- merous and a loyal. multitude, who have the laws of their king engraven on their souls. These are the sons and . daughters of Adam, whom he has rescued, by his power, from the kingdom of darkness, and ,the hands of the devil ; He has guarded them from the rage of their mali- cious adversaries in earth and hell, and brought theta safe through all difficulties to behold the glories of this day, and to celebrate the honours of their king. Is he the Captain of Salvation? See what a blessed army lie has listed under his banner of love; and they have followed him, through all the dangers of life and' time, under his conduct. These are the chosen, the called; the faithful. <They have sustained many a sharp D4
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