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SERM.
XXXVII
OF
CHRISTS
ATONEMENT.
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ation
to
an offended
God. This doctrine
of
atonement
for
sin, by
the sufferings
of
Christ,
is
a
substantial ground
for our establishment
in christianity, and should
be
an
effectual
persuasive,
to
continue
in
the profession
of
the
gospel
:
Heb.
iv. 14.
"
Having
such
a High-priest
as
Je
sus
the
Son
of
God,
who
after
he
had
died for
our
sins,
rose again, and
entered into
heaven,
let
us
hold fast
our
G
profession:" All
the religions
that
od ever
appointed
for fallen man,
.
meet
and
centre
here.
If
you have
any
regard
to
reason and argument,
if
you
would
follow
the
dictates of revelation, or
if
you would seek
the peace
and
happiness
of
your
souls,
never, never forsake the
religion
of
Jesus.
Reflection.
"My
soul,
hast thou heard
this
doctrine
of
the
propitiation
of
Christ, and
the arguments
that
support
it in the
last
discourse
?
Dost
thou receive,
dost
thou believe this
great article
of
faith
?
Hold
it
fast
then,
and
live
upon
it
continually.
Never
hope
to find
a surer
spring
of
pardon,
nor
á
sweeter
relief
for a guilty
conscience.
Maintain
this hope,
and hold
fast thy bible,
where this blessing
is
discovered
to men.
Keep upon
thy
spirit
a
due sense
and
relish
of
this
atonement for
sin
:
It
will
be
a
blessed
guard against
infidelity,
and assist
thee
to
stand in an hour
of
temptation, against the
cavils
of
men, who have
renounced
the gospel
of God.
"
But,
remember, O
my
soul,
that
if
thou
sin wilfully
against
this gospel,
that
is,
if
thou
abandon
this
grace,
and reject
it
utterly
with
contempt
and opposition,
"
af-
ter
thou hast received the
knowledge
of
the
truth,
there
remaineth
no more sacrifice for
sin,
but
a
certain fearful
looking
for
of judgment
and
fiery
indignation
which shall
devour
the
adversaries," Heb.
x.
06, 27.
This scrip-
ture
seems to
stand
like
a
divine engine,
charged with
vengeance
and eternal
death,
and pointed
not
only
against the primitive apostates,
but
against some
of
the
profane infidels and
scoffers
of
our
age,
who have re-
nounced, reproached, and ridiculed the
gospel which
they
once professed.
Remember
also
that it
carries
in
it
a
very
dangerous and
threatening
aspect,
upon
those
who
continue
to profess the religiou
of
the
bible,
but
cancel
out
of
it the doctrine
of
the
atonement of Christ:
for
there remains
no
other
sacrifice.
Have
a
care,
there-
fore, O my soul,
and stand
at
a
distance
from
their
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