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SERM.
XIX.1
NONE
EXCLUDED FROM
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gospel
was first
preached.
God
himself
dwelt:
in
the
rnidstof
them,
arid
the
Son
of God
was
their brother,
their
flesh
and their
blood.
Though they are
for a
sea-
son cast
off for
their
infidelity,
yet God
has told
us,
that
he
has
a
secret
love for
that
nation
still
for
their father
Abraham's
sake;
Rom.
xi.
28. and
this
love shall
break
forth
in
its full
glory one
day.
Make
haste,
O
Deliverer,
who didst come
out of
Zion,
make haste to
fulfil
thy
promises,
and turn
away
ungodliness from
Jacob.
Let
the
fulness
of
the gentiles be
brought
in,
'and
let
all
Is-
rael
be saved.
Bring
them,
back from
all
the lands whi-
ther
thine anger hath
scattered
them.
Release thy
än-
cient
people
from
their
long
captivity
tò
Satan,
and their
bands of thick darkness.
Be
thou,
O
Jesus,
who
art
the
light
of
the gentiles, be
thou
also
the
glory of
thy
people Israel."
But
I
would
endeavour
to
make
a
larger improvement
of
this
general head
of
discourse.
Does the gospel bring salvation'
to every one
that
be-
lieves
without
exception
to all
ranks and characters,
and
degrees, and
orders
of
men? then
let
this grace be
spread
far
abroad
:
And
let not
the more
polite and nicer
hearers
grow
tired, or
drowsy,
or disdainful,
while
I
amplify
a
little
and
diffuse my
thoughts into various
par-
ticulars, pointing
out
the variety
of
the subjects
of
this
grace
;
for
I
would, as
it
were, mention
every
sinner
by
naine,
that
they
May
not
be
left
only to
unaffecting
ge-
neral
notions, but being especially addressed, they
may
all
come
and partake
of this
salvation
by
believing this
gospel.
A glorious and extensive gospel indeed,
and a
wide
-
spreading
salvation
!
To
every one who believes!
None
excluded
from this blessing
!
1.
It
is
not
confined to one
nation,
or one
family,
not
to
one
tribe
or
kindred
of
`mankind, as
the
law
of
Moses
was.
Go preach
the
gospel, says
our Lord,
to
every
creature,
Mark
xvi.
15.
Preach repentance and
re-
mission
of
sins in my
name among
all
nations, beginning
at
Jerusalem, Luke
xxiv.
47.
To
the
Jews
first,
hut let
not
this grace
be
confined to
them
:
Publish
this blessed
doctrine
also
to
the sinners among the Greeks and gen-
tiles.
You
that
are
afar
off from
God,
even
in
the
ends
of
the
earth,
ye
are called to
look
unto Christ, and
be
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