SERMON XIX. 267 2. It is not confined to one sex only, or to one age. The children are called as well as the fathers, and men and women are invited to partake of this blessing together in Christ. There is neither male nor female, neither young nor old, neither Greek nor Jew, that have any distinction put upon them, to exclude them from this grace ; they are all one in. Christ Jesus ; Gal. iii. 28. Children, have you seen the evil of your sins, and thedan- ger of hell ? Do you long for pardoning and saving grace, and are you willing that Christ should make your peace with God, that he should enable you to serve him upon earths and prepare you for heaven ? Come then, trust in this gospel, give up your- selves toJesus Christ the Saviour in the manner I have spoken, and thesalvation is yours. Nor let old sinners thrust away this mercy from them, under a pretence that they have long abused it. You are now under the joyful sound of the gospel you sit now under the language of inviting love : Areyouwilling to be made new creatures before you die, and to accept ofa deliverance fromhell, thoughyou are upon the very borders of it ? Behold power enough in this gospel to deliver you : Theblood of Christ can wash out stains of the longest continuance ; The Spirit of Christ can change the skin of an old Ethiopian, and create an old inveterate transgresssor into holiness. This gospel could save the thiefupon the cross, and ensure paradise to him. It can rescuea dying rebel frometernal death ; for it gives life and sal- vation to every one thatbelieves. 3. It is not limited to one rank or conditionof men in the Civil life, but reaches topersons of every circumstance. The rich and the poor, the master and the servant, theprinceand the pea- sant, must partake of salvation by the same faith in the Son of God, The barbarian and the Scythian, who seem to be born for slaves, and the Romans who are lords of the earth, the bond and thefree,have all an equal call to receive this salvation ; Col. iii. 11. Ye are all rich enough to obtain it : There is no purchase of these blessings by any other price but that of the blood ofJesus. Silver and Gold, and the treasure of kings, are all contemptible offers in so sacred a concernment as this is. The benefitis too valuable to be bought at any meaner rate : Christ, who paid for it, will bestow it freely on all. If the rich will receive it, they must come without money, and without price, andaccept of the free giftof God, as humble petitioners at his footstool; and the poor that have no money, come ye and buy; Is. Iv. 1, 2. Let the vilest, meanest creature come to this treasury of grace, and with thankfulness receive the salvation, for it is bought already. You are called only to "trust in this gospel, to surrender your- selves to this Saviour, and the salvation shall be yours. Ye that are meanand low and base in this world, there are manyof
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