412 CHRIST ADMIRED AND GLORIFIED CDISC.Iv. and divine glories, and the spoils he has brought from the regions of death and hell. Thus " to the principalities and powers in heavenly places, shall be made knownby the church triumphant, the manifold wisdom, and the manifold grace of God the Father, and his Son,Jesus Christ ;" Epli. iii. 10. But tremble, O ye obstinate and impenitent wretches, ye sensual sinners, ye infidels of a christian name and na- tion, Christ will be glorified in you, one way or another : If your hearts are not bowed and melted to receive his gospel, you shall be punished with everlasting destruc- tion among those that know not God, and obey not the gospel of his Son. Tremble, ye sensual and ye profane sons of iniquity, when ye remember this day, when ye shall see the holy souls that ye scorned, with crowns on their heads, and palms in their hands, with the shout of victory, and joy on their tongues, and the god-man, whom ye despised, and whose grace ye neglected, shin ing at the head of that bright assembly. Tremble, ye infidels, ye desTisers of the name of acru- cified Christ, behold his cross Is become a throne, and his crown of thorns a crown of-glory : See the mari whom ye have scorned and reproached(, at the head of millions of angels, and adored by ten thousand times ten thou- sand saints, while wicked princes and captains, armies and nations of sinners, wait their doom from his mouth, nor dare hope for a word of his mercy. O make haste, and come and be reconciled to him, and to God by him, that ye may belong to that blessed assembly, that ye may bear a part in the triumphs of that day, and that Christ may be glorified in your recovery from the very borders ofdamnation. This thought leads me to the next use. Use II. This discourse gives " rich encouragement to the greatestsinners to hope for mercy, and to the weakest saints to hope for victory and salvation.' Such sort of subjects of the grace of Christ, shall yield him some of the brightest rays of glory at the last day. Yet, sinners,, let me charge you here,_ never to hope for this happiness without solemn repentance,' and an entire change of heart unto holiness, for an unholy soul would be a fearful ble- mish in that assembly, and a disgrace to our Lord Jesus. Christians, I would charge you, also, never to hope for the happiness of this day without battle and conquest, for
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