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mediation
of
his Son
Jesus
.Christ.
God
and
his
Son
must
have
the
glory,
and pride
most
be hid from
man
for ever,.
Are
we
chosen,
are
we
called,
are
we
justified
and sanctified and
at
last advanced
to heaven
?
It
is
all
by
the
mercy of
the
Father,
by
the
mediation of the
Son,
by
the
pnwer
and,
the grace
of God,
and
his
Spirit,
.exert=
ing
thetelves
in
all
the stages
of
our
salvation, before
time began, and
when time shall
be
no more.
Grace
and
Christ run
through.all, and reign and
triumph through
the whole scheme
of our
happiness,
from
the
very
foun-
dation
of
it
:
And
when
the
.top
-stone
of
this
blessed
building
shall
.he.
laid in heaven,
the
inhabitants of
.that
world shall
join
all
their
voices,
and shout
together,
tai
the
honour :of.Christ and grace. And
that
I
may
con-
chide
this
awful.
subject
with
the language
of
sincere
charity,.
I
am
persuaded
there
will
be
found
many holy
souls there, whose voices shall
join
in this ,triumph,
and
this
song
of
glory to
electing
love, who
had
not learned
this
doctrine
.till
they
came
to
heaven,
nor
knew
the
eter-
nal
spring
of
.their
own
salvation, till they were
made
possessors
of
:the
blessing.
Amen.
SERMON
III.
THE EXCELLENCY
AND ADVANTAGES
OF
THE
CHRISTIAN
DISPENSATION,
WÍTH THE
INVITATIONS AND PROMISES
OF THE
GOSPEL.
HLB.
vill. 6.
Ie
is
the
Mediator of
a
better
Covenant, which
was
established upon
better
Promises.
THIS
better
covenant, which
the apostle
here commends,
is
the christian religiop,
or
the dispensation
of
the gospel
under Jesus
Christ, the
Messiah,
and
the
,Mediator.
Now,
in
order
to
shew
the
superior
excellency
of
the
christian'dispensation
it
is
necessary to take
a
brief
re
view
of
all
those former dispensations
of
grace, which
are more largely
explained
in
the foregoing sermon
*.
* See sermons
atBerry-
Street,
sermon
xii.
at
the
various Dispensations
of the Gospel, &c,"
De