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SERMON
XXX
VIL
TiIE
CI-IRISTIAIv"s
TRE
ASL'R?'..
1
COR.
All
things are yours.
IT
is
a peculiar
delight
of
this
apostle to
survey the
blessings
we
derive from Christ, and
to
run
over the glo-
ries of the
gospel
in flowing
language. At the end
of
this
chapter he
reckons up the
privileges
of
the
saints,
and
tells them,
they
have
an
interest
in
all things
:
" It
does
not
become
you,
says he,
to
enter into
parties, and to
glory
in any single
"man,
no,
not
in
Paul,
Apollos,
nor
Cephas, for
all
things
are
yours,
whether
life
or death,
whetherrthis world or the ether, whether things present;
or
things
to
come, all
are yours."
To
improve
this
proposition, and
to
bring
it
down
to
some
practical
purposes;
let
us
consider,
I. What
we
are
to
understand
by
this extensive
pri-
vilege
of
true
christians,
contained
in
this expression
;
"
All
things
are yours," and
what
is
the
true limitation
of
the sense
of
it.
II.
It
shall
be
proved,
that
notwithstanding
the li-
mited
sense
of
these words; yet the saints have
a
richer
treasure
in
them,
than the
greatest
riches
of
a sinner.
III.
We
shall
enquire
how
christians
come to possess
such
a treasure.
And,
IV.
See
what
use may
be made
of
this
doctrine.
First,
What
are
we
to
understand
by
this expression,
"
All
things
are
yours
r"
To answer
this
enquiry
clearly,
:I
am
constrained
to
introduce
these
two
negatives.
1.
We are not
to
suppose here
that
all
thinOftre
in
the
possession
of true christians, and
under their
power:
This
truth
every man
is
a witness
of;
that
the saints
have
neither
heaven
nor earth
in
tileir
present
possession.
The
nn
and
stars
are not
at
their
command,
nor
the
riches
Of
this
World
in
their
chests,
nor
the
kingdoms
of
this
world
under their government. No,
by
no means,
for