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SEAM. XXXVI.1
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CHRIST'S ATONEMENT.
107
He
has
made no such
preparation
of
an
atonement
for
angels, those heavenly
creatures,
when they
sinned
.
against
him,
but
they
are cast
down
into
chains
of dark-
ness;
and
why
am
not
I
cast into chains
of
darkness
too
?
He
has
not revealed this
grace to several large
hea-
then nations
:
They
know
nothing
of
á
Redeemer
:
But
he has
revealed
his Son
to
me,
in the glory
and grace
of
his
atonement
:
He
has
raised
me to
the hope of
eternal
life,
by
the
death and
the
resurrection
of
Jesus
his
Sòn.
Let
all
-my
murmurings
and
impatience
be
silent
for ever.
The
worst
of
"
my
prèsent
sufferings
are
not
worthy to
he
compared
with
the
glory
that
shall be revealed,"
the
glory
purchased
by
the sufferings
of
Christ,
liom.
viii.
18.
IX.
The doctrine
of
the
atonement of Christ
gives
us
a
blessed
invitation
to the
Lord's supper, where
Christ
crucified
is
set
forth before
us
in the memorials
of
his
propitiation.
The propitiation
of
Christ
is
of
so
constant and uni-
versal
use in
the
whole
of
our religion,
that our
blessed
Lord
would
not
suffer us to
live
without
some sensible
tokens and
signs
of
it,
and these are
to be
frequently
re-
peated to the end
of
the world
;
and therefore
he
has
given a
most express
and
positive command
;
Luke
xxii.
19.
This
do
in remembrance
of
me.
And the apos-
tle
Paul,
1
Cor.
where
he
teaches the
Corinthians
this ordinance, assures them,
"
As
often
as ye
eat. this
bread, and
drink
this cup,
ye do shew
the
Lord's
death
till
he
come,"
Our
blessed
Lord
has
not
given
us
such
a
peculiar
memorial
of
any
of
his
other
actions or
offices
as
he
has
of
his priesthood
and
sacrifice.
Reflection.
"
And
shall
I
not
do
honour
to
the me-
mory
of
my
dying
Saviour?
Shall
I
refuse to
remember
my
great High-
priest,
and
his
propitiation
for
sin,
in
the
way
and
manner
in which
he has
enjoined
me
?
Do
'I
not trust
in the
death
of
Christ
for
my
salvation,
and
shall
I not
glory
in his cross,
and
profess
it
before
the
world
?
I)o
I
not stand
in
daily
need
of
this
bread
of
life
which
was
broken
for
my
sake,
and shall
I
reject the
me-
morials
of
his
broken
body,
when
his flesh
and
spirit
were
made an offering for
my
guilt? Do
I
not
hope
for,,
forgiveness
through
his
blood,
and
shall
I
not drink
this
cup
of
reconciliation
which he has mingled
?
I
have