DISCOURSE VII. r God in Christ is the Saviour of the Ends of the Earth Faith represented in its lowest Degrees. Is. xlv. 22. Look untomeand be ye saved, all theends of the earth ; for amGod and there is none else. THE FIRST I,AIYT. Il{ thesewords were not written in the bible, and by that means grown old and familiar to us) but if they had come immediately into the midst of any assembly in Great-Britain, by a voice from heaven, how would they awaken our ears, and impress our souls? Surely every one amongst us, that sees himself in danger of perishing, would listen with eager attention to the word that calls and invites him to be saved. TheBritish islands have been reckonedby the ancients to be the endsof the earth ; and we the inhabitants thereof, should be strangely surprized and pleased at such Ianguage from the upper world. Our thoughts would be crouded with hasty enquiries, " whence is this blessed voice ? Is it from heaven indeed ? Who is it that invites perishing wretches to salvation ? Am not I within the reach and compass of this call ? Is it not I that am invited ? And is not the blessing suited to my caseand my danger ? What must I do to partake of it ? And what assurance can Ihave that it shall be conferred upon me. Such enquiries as these should be raised in us at this time, if we dobut pay as just a deference to the voice of God when he spoke ofoldby a prophet, as we would if he spake now by a sud- denmiracle: And tohugh all these queries5would be very hard to answer, if we had nothing else but this miraculous sound, yet as the words lie in the Old Testament, since we enjoy theNew, it is much easier to obtaina satisfying answer to them. Let us then try to find out, I. Who is the person that speaks. II. Who are the per- sons spoken to. III. What this salvation is. IV. How we are . to come by it. V. What assurance we can have, that we shall possess.it in the way proposed. To answer these questions shall be the businessof these dis- courses. First, Let us find out who is the person that speaks.
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