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DISC.VI.)
THE ATONEMENT
OF
CHRIST MANIFESTED.
21t
love
him
not
;
O
blessed
Jesus,
awaken these
thousands
of
stupid sinners
to see
the wonders
of
thy love,
the
amazing
condescension
of
thy
death, and
the glory
of
this
thy salvation
!
This reconciliation
to
God
by
the blood
of
Christ
is
one of the chief
glories,
for
which the
saints in
heaven ever praise
him,
and ever
love him
:
This
is
the
matter of their
divine
songs,
worthy
is
the
Lamb
to
re-
ceive glory and
honour
!
because
we
were
enslaved
and
captivated
to
sin
and Satan,
and
we
are redeemed
by
his
blood
;
Rev.
v.
9.
Answer
4.
Another unhappy
cause
why
these things
make
so
slight an impression upon our spirits,
is
because
the
most
of
us
are
so
busily
and deeply
engaged
in
the
things
of
this
present
life
;
though
all
these
things, which
affect
our present
passions,
are but
shadows
and trifles,
in comparison with this glorious
and
divine
doctrine
A
glorious subject indeed, which should
at
all
times
awa-
ken
our
warmest joy, and our loudest
praises.
IV.
Rem.
How
divinely
full
of
glory and
pleasure
shall
that
happy
hour
be, when all
the millions
of man-
kind,
that
have been
redeemed
by
the
blood
of
this
Lamb
of
God,
shall
meet together and stand
around
him,
with
every
tongue
and
every heart
full
of joy
and
praise
!
How
astonishing
will
be
the glory and the
joy of
that
day,
when
all
the saints shall'
join
together
in
one
common
song
of
gratitude and
love,
and
everlasting
thankfulness,
to
this
Redeemer? With
what unknown
delight, and inexpressible
satisfaction, shall
all
that are
saved from the
ruins
of
sin
and
hell,
address the Lamb
that
was
slain
from
the
foundation
of
the
world,
and re-
joice
in
his
presence
?
Nor
shall the angels be
silent
in this
general
and uni-
versal song
of
blessing
and praise
;
for though
they
are
not
.redeemed from
sin
and
hell by
the
blood
of
the
Lamb, yet
they
are represented
in
'Rev.
v.
11,
l:á.
l:i.
as-
assisting the saints, the redeemed
of
the Lord, in
their
triumphs
of
universal
joy
:
And
when
they shall
all
at
once,
who, in
the several
ages
of
the
world, have
been
taught
to
receive the grace and salvation
of
this
Re-
deemer stand together, and praise the
Father
of
all
things, who has given
their
souls
into
the
hands
of
his
Son
Jesus Christ
to redeem,
sanctify,
and
save them
:
then
God
shall have
fulfilled
this
blessed
prayer
of
our
Lord
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