SE$61. III.j TI'.E E1tCELLENCy Oé, á'C, 5$ mediation of his Son Jesus .Christ. God and his Son must have the glory, and pride most be hid from man for ever,. Are we chosen, are we called, are we justified and sanctified and at last advanced to heaven ? It is all by the mercy of the Father, by themediation of the Son, by the pnwer and,the grace of God, and his Spirit, .exert= ing thetelves in all the stages of our salvation, before time began, and when time shall be no more. Grace and Christ run through.all, and reign and triumph through the whole scheme of our happiness, from the very foun- dation of it : And when the .top -stone of this blessed building shall .he. laid in heaven, the inhabitants of .that world shall join all their voices, and shout together, tai the honour :of.Christ and grace. And that I may con- chide this awful. subject with the language of sincere charity,. I am persuaded there will be found many holy souls there, whose voices shall join in this ,triumph, and this song of glory to electing love, who had not learned this doctrine .till they came to heaven, nor knew the eter- nal spring of .their own salvation, till they were made possessors of :the blessing. Amen. SERMON III. THE EXCELLENCYAND ADVANTAGESOF THECHRISTIAN DISPENSATION, WÍTH THE INVITATIONS AND PROMISES OF THE GOSPEL. HLB. vill. 6. Ie is the Mediator of a better Covenant, which was established upon better Promises. THISbetter covenant, which the apostlehere commends, is the christian religiop, or the dispensation of the gospel under Jesus Christ, the Messiah, and the ,Mediator. Now, in order to shew the superior excellency of the christian'dispensation it is necessary to take a brief re view of all those former dispensations of grace, which are more largely explained in the foregoing sermon *. * See sermons atBerry-Street, sermon xii. at the various Dispensations of the Gospel, &c," De
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