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THE DOCTRINE
OF
THE
TRINITY,
fsERM.
XLIV.
his
Father's
glory, with
exceeding joy,"
Jude
24.
This
is
the last
great
act
of
his
mediatorial
office,
and
by
this,
we
obtain a
full
and complete
access to
God, to
dwell with him for
ever, in the regions
of
light and
joy.
Now let
us
consider, how
we Ought to
regulate our
practice
in
our return
from
sin,
and our approaches
to
God,
in
a
correspondency
with these
instances
of
the
me-
diation
of
Christ.
From
this
account of
things,
it
follows,
that
whenso-
ever
we,
sinful and guilty
creatures, address
ourselves
to
God
the
Father,
it
must
be
done
in,
and
by
the name
and interest of Jesus
Christ,
as
our
only
Mediator.
We
must
humbly ask fórgiveness
of
our
sins,
for the sake
of
the
sufferings
of
the
Son
of God
;
we
must
depend en-
tirely
for our
acceptance
with
the
Father,
on the
virtue
of
his.
perfect
obedience, even to
death
;
and
intreat
of
the Father,
that
he would be
reconciled
to
us,
upon the
account of
his own Son
Jesus, utterly
disclaiming all me-
rit
and
worthiness
of
our
own,
renouncing
all
other
Sa-
viours, and
all
other
hopes,
for
Christ
alone
is
the
way
to God
;
"
No
man cometh to the
Father but by
me,'
John
xiv. 6.
We
must
give
thanks
to the
Son
of
God,
for
his amaz-
ing condescension to
take
our nature
upon
him,
and
dwell
in flesh
and
blood
;
and
for
his
voluntary
submis-
sion to
death,
to
redeem such guilty
creatures
as
we
are.
We must trust
in
him
for complete
salvation, both
from
sin
and
hell,
and
resign ourselves, as guilty,
sinful,
and
perishing creatures, into
his
hands, and to
his
methods
of
relief.
All
our
prayers, and acts
of
worship and
obe-
dience,
must
be
recommended
to the
Father
by his
name,
and
through
his
intercession.
After
every fresh
instance
of
sin, we
must
fly
to
him
as
qur
faithful
Advocate
in
heaven,
and
have daily recourse
to
him, as
our great
Sacrifice,
and
our Mediator
;
be-
cause our
sins are
daily renewed
in
this
imperfect
state.
In
short,
we
must
surrender
ourselves
up
to
him,
that
he
may
bring
us as
near
to God,-
as this
present state of
things
will
admit;
and, when
we
are
dying,
we
must
commit our departing spirits to
him, as
Stephen
did,
that
he
may
present
us to his
Father,
when
we
leave this
sin
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