DISC. vi.] THE ATONEMENT AF CHRIST MANIFESTED. 205 over the soul, and taint. it with guilt and shame, when once indulged. This is a lesson for redeemed creatures ever to remember, especially while we are within the reach oftemptation, and should keep us ever watchful, 9th Lesson. This vision may give the believers in Christ an everlasting assurance that they shall never be separated from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord : For he stands in the midst of the throne, and will keep his place there for ever and ever; Rom. viii. S4, 35. He-stands there, if I may so speak, in his priestly garments, with the remembrance ofhis bloody sacrifice, before the throne of God, and is never out of his sight. Faith may triumph with holy confidence in this view. Who shall condemn} us now, since Christ has died, and lives for ever, to maintain and testify this atonement, which he has made for our sins by his death, and his rising again ? " He that was dead is alive, and lives for evermore. Amen ;" Rev. i. 18. Who 'shall pretend therefore to separate us from the love of God, that is so secured to us in and by Jesus Christ ? You see plainly in the last verse of this chapter, faith defies all creatures whatsoever to make any division between God and the justified and holy soul, while Jesus appears there in the eternal remembrance of his atoning sacrifice, the poor creature here on earth may sometimes be overtaken with sin, through the paver of corruption, and blush, and fear to think of appearing before a God of perfect holi- ness ; but this vision of our redeemer encourages his faith, restores his spirit, and supports his hope. And we observe it is placed in the last of the prophetic visions, even in the Revelations of St. John, that it may abide upon the soul, and live in the memory of saints, in this frail and imperfect state, where they are so often in danger of sinning against God. INFERENCES or ItEMARKS drawn from these dis- courses. 1. Rem. Flow large, how excellent, and how glorious is this salvation of Jesus Christ, the Lambof God, slain to take away the sins of the world ? And this may be made to appear in many particulars: ist Instance of the extent of it. It is a salvation that reaches through all ages, from the beginning to the end of time, from the first sin of man even. to the end of all things : Those glories of the salvation of Jesus 6
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