24 THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY. mediation, and taught and promised the necessary influences of the Spirit of-God ; it is no wonder that all other instituted rites -and forms of worship should cease, which were only figures and signs of the glorious religion of the New Testament. It is no wonder that all nations should be now required to draw near to God theFather, by the mediation of his own Son, and through the aids of his own Spirit : All nations, I say, wheresoever the sound of this religion has reached, wheresoever this gospel has been published to mankind. This is the universal rule of ap- proach to Godfor every sinful man, in order to- obtain the divine favour. All other forms are as it were, dissolved and melted down into thisone glorious appointment : This is the divine uni- formity of religion and worship which God has now ordained among all his saints. Through one Lord Jesus, both Israel, and the rest of thenations, must have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Byone Spirit we are all baptised intoone body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whetherwe be bond orfree; 1 Cor. xii. 13. And one Spirit, where it prevails gloriously, will lead us into one religion. "Is there is but one God and Father of all, so there must be but one Lord and Mediator, and one Holy Spirit : For there must be onefaith, one hope, one baptism into the nameof the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost : towhom be glory and praise for ever. Let us conclude with three Remarks, answerable to the three things contained in my text, which have been the ,distinct heads of my discourse. Remark I.Withwhat rich grace and glory has God con- descended to reveal himself to us in the New Testament ! It is here God the Father appears eminently to begin, and carry on the divine' affairs of his kingdom, of nature, providence and grace, by his only begotten Son, and his Eternal Spirit. It is here we learn the great mystery of godliness, God manifest in the flesh. It is here God bath made-known to us, more of his own incomprehensible nature, and his ways of Operationamong his creatures; than ever the light of nature could find out, or than all the former dispensations of grace did clearly reveal. The great God, the Father of all, manifests himself as the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and -in him as our God, and our Father; hereby he descends into a nearer relation to poor apostate mankind, in order to restore them to his favour and to his image, to holiness and eternal peace. He approaches near to us in his son Jesus, who is the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person; Reh. i. 3. He approaches near us indeed, by sending his Son, who is one with himself, to dwell in flesh ; he comes down to us and visits' us, by the influ- ences 4 his blessed Spirit, and causes our souls to ascend toward
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