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CHRIST ADMIRED
AND
GLORIFIED
CDISC.Iv.
and
divine glories,
and the
spoils
he
has
brought
from the
regions
of
death and
hell.
Thus
"
to the principalities
and
powers
in
heavenly places,
shall be made known
by
the
church triumphant, the manifold
wisdom,
and
the
manifold grace
of
God
the
Father, and
his
Son,Jesus
Christ
;"
Epli.
iii.
10.
But
tremble, O
ye
obstinate and impenitent
wretches,
ye
sensual sinners,
ye infidels
of
a
christian name and na-
tion,
Christ
will be
glorified in
you,
one
way
or another
:
If
your hearts are not
bowed
and melted
to
receive
his
gospel, you shall be
punished
with
everlasting destruc-
tion
among
those
that
know
not God, and
obey
not the
gospel
of
his Son.
Tremble,
ye
sensual and
ye
profane
sons
of
iniquity,
when ye
remember
this day,
when
ye
shall
see
the
holy souls
that
ye
scorned, with crowns on
their
heads, and palms
in
their
hands, with the
shout
of
victory,
and
joy
on
their
tongues,
and
the
god
-man,
whom ye despised,
and
whose
grace
ye
neglected,
shin
ing
at
the
head
of that
bright
assembly.
Tremble,
ye infidels,
ye
desTisers
of
the name
of
a
cru-
cified
Christ, behold
his
cross
Is
become
a
throne, and
his
crown
of
thorns a
crown of-glory
:
See
the
mari
whom
ye
have scorned
and
reproached(,
at
the head
of
millions
of
angels,
and adored
by
ten thousand
times ten
thou-
sand
saints, while wicked princes
and
captains,
armies
and nations of
sinners,
wait
their
doom from
his
mouth,
nor
dare
hope for a
word
of
his mercy.
O make haste,
and
come
and
be
reconciled
to him,
and to
God
by him,
that
ye
may
belong
to
that
blessed assembly,
that
ye
may
bear
a
part
in
the
triumphs
of
that
day,
and
that
Christ
may be glorified
in
your recovery
from the very borders
of
damnation. This thought leads
me to
the next
use.
Use
II.
This discourse
gives
"
rich
encouragement to
the
greatest
sinners
to
hope
for mercy,
and
to the
weakest
saints to hope for victory
and
salvation.'
Such
sort
of
subjects
of
the
grace
of
Christ, shall
yield him some
of
the brightest
rays
of
glory
at
the last
day.
Yet, sinners,,
let
me
charge
you
here,_
never to hope for this happiness
without
solemn
repentance,'
and an entire change of heart
unto
holiness,
for an unholy soul
would be a
fearful
ble-
mish in
that
assembly, and a
disgrace
to
our
Lord
Jesus.
Christians,
I
would
charge
you, also,
never
to
hope for
the happiness
of
this day
without battle and
conquest, for