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cious
juices
to make
reluctance, or perverse humours
to
raise an
inward
rebellion
:
And
not
only
so,
but
perhaps
even our
bodies shall
have'some
active holy
tendencies
wrought
in
them
so
far
as
corporeal nature
can
administer
toward
the sacred exercises
of
a glorified saint. A'sweet
and
blessed
change
indeed
!
And
Jesus,
who
raised
these
bodies, in this
beauty
of
holiness, shall
receive
the
glory
of
his
divine
work.
The last instance
I
shall
mention, wherein
Christ
shall be_admired
in his
saints,
is this,
"
they
shall all
ap-
pear
in
that
day, as so
many
images
of
his
person,
and
as so
many
monuments
of
the success
of
his
office."
Is
the blessed
Jesus
a
great prophet, and the
teacher of
his
church? These
are the persons
that
have
learned
his
divine doctrine,
they
have
heard
the
joyful
sound
of
his
gospel, and the
holy
truths of it are copied
out
in
their hearts.
`These
are the
disciples
of
his
school
;
and
by
his word,
and
by his
Spirit, they have been
taught
to
know
God,
and
their
Saviour,
and
they have
been
trained
up in the
way
to
eternal
life.
Is Jesus
a
great
high-priest
both
of
sacrifice and
inter-
cession
?
Behold
all these souls,
an
endless number,
pu-
rifled from
their
defilements
by
the blood
of
his
cross,
washed,
and
made white in
that
blessed laver,
and re-
conciled to
God
by his
atoning
sacrifice
:
Behold
the
power
of
his
intercession,
in
securing
millions from
the
wrath
of
God, and
in
procuring
for them every
divine
blessing.
He
has
obtained for
each
of
them
grace
and
glory.
Is Jesus
the
Lord of
all things,
and the
king
of
his
church
?
Behold
his
subjects waiting
on him,
a
nu-
merous and a
loyal.
multitude,
who
have
the
laws
of their
king
engraven
on
their
souls.
These are
the sons
and
.
daughters
of
Adam, whom he has rescued,
by
his
power,
from the kingdom
of
darkness, and ,the hands
of
the
devil
;
He
has
guarded
them
from
the rage
of
their
mali-
cious adversaries
in
earth
and
hell,
and brought
theta
safe
through
all difficulties to
behold the glories
of
this
day,
and
to
celebrate
the honours
of their
king.
Is
he the
Captain of Salvation?
See
what
a
blessed
army
lie
has
listed
under
his
banner
of love;
and they
have followed
him,
through
all
the dangers
of
life
and'
time,
under
his
conduct. These are
the chosen,
the
called;
the faithful. <They have sustained many a
sharp
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