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S

&RM.

XXXV

i1

iOP

C3IRIST'S ATONEMENT.

109

'ix.

1?.

Christ

by,

his.

own .blood

entered.

into the

holy

place,

having

obtained eternal redemption

for

,Did

tlrè

cursed guilt

of

our

sins

bring the

Son

-of

God,

down

from

heaven

th

earth,

-did

.it

sniiteahim

to

-

death,

and

lay

him low

in

the grave

Butthe

poorer

of

his

corn

-

:plete

atonement

has

broken

the

bonds

of death

and the

grave

;

this

has

brought

him

back

to

life again;

and

has

=raised

him

from

earth

to

heaven

;

and

by

the sarne blood

of

his

cross

he has

opened

an effectual

way

for

our rising

from

the dead, and

our

final

admission into the: place

of

blessedness. As

Aaron

the

Jewish

high

-

priest might

not

dare

to

venture

into the

holy

of

holies

without

the blood

of

expiation,

so

Christ our great High-priest,

when

he

had once taken

our

sins

upon

him,

might not

ascend to

heaven

into

-the_

presence

of

God,

till in

the language

of

scripture

he

could

carry

his

blood

with

him,

till

'he

could

:show

a

full

atonement.

Now

that

very same

blood.

and

sacrifice which gave

Christ himself

a

joyful

admission

into heaven,

who was

the

great

Shepherd and

the

Re-

presentative

of

his

people,

will

also

give

every one

of

his

sheep

a

safe

and

Orions

entrance

into the presence

of

God. This

ive.

may

hope for

with

a chearful

hear,

when

our

departing spirits are

called

away from this

lower

world. And for the

further

joy of

our

faith,

we

should

remember

also;

that

in

the virtue

of

the same blood

we

shall

be

raised

from

the grave

:

The

grave shall obey

the

voice

of

him

that

died

for

us

;

for

he

has ransomed

us

from

the power

of

it.

Then

the

sJul:and

body

of

every

disciple of Christ

shall

be

introduced

with divine

accept-

ance

to

dwell

where

Jesus

is,

and

to

behold' his:glory

;

John

xvii. 24.

.Reflection..

Why

then art

thou

so

terrified,

O

my

soul, at.

the

thoughts

of,dying? Why

all

these

shudder

-

ings

of.th.e flesh,

and

these agonies'òf

spirit.at

the

appre-

henhiòns

of

death and the:

grave?

Are the sins

of

thy

life

great

and

numerous

?

Do

they

throng

in

upon

thy con

-

science, and:

fill

thy thoughts with

tumult

and

terror

?

Remember the

time, the dark and dismal

hour, when

Jesus

thy

Saviour

bore

all those very sins

:in

his own

bo-

dy

on

the-

tree

:

There

the

demands

of

Divine

Justice

were all answered,

and

sin

has

now no

power to con

-

demn

the saint,

nor

has death

power to .hurt

him

'in

his

asst

interests

;

Rom.

viii:..

34.

`

Who

shall

eonderrarr

?