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EXAMINED
AND
ESTABLISHED;
lei
his Father's name, vested with
power,
and
enthroned in
glory, to
judge
the
unbelieving nations, and
all
the
sons
of
infidelity.
He
was
once
unknown
in
this world, living
and
dying,
but
will
not
be
so
for
ever;
1
John
iii.
1.
The
great
enquiry
between
Paul and
his
adversaries
was
about
this
strange
person; it
was
of
one
Jesus,
who
is
spoken
of
as
an unknown man.'
And he
was so
for
a
time,
but
he
will
not
be so
for ever.
The
world once knew
him
not;
John
i. 10.
but
he shall be
most
remarkably
and
illustriously manifested one
day.
How little mention soever
was
made
of
the death
and resurrection
of
Christ,
and especially of the
doc-
trines derived
thence, in his own
preaching
in
public
while he
lived
;
yet
these
are
evidently
and continually
insisted on
in
the
preachings
of
his
apostles,
as
things
of
the
greatest moment
in
christianity.
Let
not these
.
things
therefore
be
strange or unheard
of
in
our ministra-
tion
of
this gospel, since
it
is
built upon
them.
It
was
not proper
that
Christ should
too freely publish
these things
to the world, when
they had
not been
actu-
ally
transacted
among men
:
nor
was
it
so fit
that he
should speak
so
particularly
of
the consequences
and
effects
of
them, when
they were
not actual
facts
;
yet
he gave sufficient
notice
to
the world, and much more to
his disciples
by
way
of
prophecy,
that
they might
expect
them. And
as
he
did
not
talk
of
these
events
freely
and
publicly, so he
could
not
so
properly
talk
of
the
conse-
quent
blessings
of
them. This
was
left to
be
done
by
his
apostles,
after
those events
were
come
to pass.
I
have
yet
many
things
to
say
unto
you,
(says our
blessed
Lord)
but
ye
cannot bear
them
now;
John
xvi.
12.
3.
Let
us
remember,
that
whatever advantages
or
blessings
we
can
derive from the
death
of
Christ,
they
all
depend
on
his
resurrection. His
being dead
will
be
of
no
avail
to
our
souls,
either
for pardon,
or sanctifica-
tion, or
future
happiness,
unless he
be
risen
again;
1
Cor.
xv.
14, 17.
And
if
Christ
be
not
risen,
then
is
our
preaching
vain,
and
your
faith
is also
vain
-ye
are yet
in your
sins.
,Rom.
iv.
25.
Jesus
who
was
delivered
for
our
offences,
and
was
raised again
for
our justification.
When
we
meditate on
a dying
Saviour
in
any
of
his
ordinances,
let
us
remember, the
Lord
is
risen;
he
bath
fulfilled
that
dreadful atonement
for
sin
in
his
death;
lie
VOL.
III,
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