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ITI.'O
INWARD WITNESS
TO
CHRITIANITY.
49
The
Jewish religion instituted
by
Moses, although,
by
the accompanying power
of
the Spirit
of
God, it
wrought
effectually in
the
hearts
of
those
that
sincerely
received
it,
and changed their natures in a
saving
man-
ner
;
yet the brightness and glory
of
this sort
of
evidence
that
belonged
to
that
religion,
was
derived
from
the gos-
pel, which was
hidden
under
the types
of it: Nor
could
it
be
supposed
to
have
equal brightness or
force
with
the
gospel itself, when
unveiled,
and shining in
open
light;
as
I
have shewn
in
the second discourse.
The Jews,
when
they had
offered all
their
sacrifices
for the
hopeof
the
pardon
of
their
sins,
and
looked'
as
far
as
they could
look through
the smoke
and
shadows,
to
see
the Messiah
at
a distance, could
never
have
their
consciences
so
sweetly
released
from fears,
and the
sense
of
guilt,
as
christians
under
the
gospel,
may
enjoy
through' the blood
of
Christ
:
never had
they
so
much
communion
with
God
in love, as
since
it
is
manifested
by
Christ Jesus,.
the
Son
of
his
love,
that
came from his
bosom.
Never
were they
raised
so
high
above the
world,
nor
could any
of
the
Jews
be
so
high
refined in
their hopes and joys, and
exult
in
the
view
of
heavenly
glories,
as
:a
christian
may
be,
and
do,
since
the
veil
is
withdrawn, and
life
and immortality
are brought
to
light
by
the
gospel,
2
Tim.
i. 10.
Never
could
they
triumph
over
ail
the
terrors
of
death,
and- the
horror
and
dark-
ness
of
the
grave,
as
St.
Paul
the
christian often
does,
and teaches
his
fellow-
saints the
same
triumphal
song;
I
Cor.
xv.
54,
&c.
I
grant that
a
single
person
or
two
like David, might now
and
then,
by
the
spirit
of
rapture
-
and
prophecy,
be
born far above
that
dispensation
it-
self,
and
might have noble
views
and
joys; but
the
whole
church,
under
that
state, had
but darker apere-
hensions
of
things above this
life,
and beyond
death;
their
spiritual
things were
so
much
mingled
and inter='
woven with
a worldly dispensation, and
their sanctuary
itself
called a worldly
sanctuary.
So
much
carnality
entered into
the
scheme
of
their constitution,
that
they
could
not
be
raised
so
high
above
this world,
and the
things
of
this
life, as
christians
under
the gospel
:
they
could never have such
a
sense
of
forgiving grace,
nor
so
sweet a satisfaction
in
drawing
near
to God,
as
chris-
fians now have
nor
were they
so
expressly command
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