480 NEMNANTS OF TIME. on that day when the tongues of fire sat on his twelves apostles ; when he sent his ambassadors to every nation to address them in their own language, to notify his accession to the throne of heaven, and to demand subjection to his government ? When he conferred power upon his envoys to reverse the laws of nature and imitate creation ? 'To give eyes to the blind, and to raise the dead ? All this was done by the Spirit which he sent down upon them in the days of Pentecost. But is this Spirit given to none but his apostles anti the prime ministers in his kingdom ? Was that rich treasure ex- hausted in the first ages of the gospel and none left for us ? God forbid ! Every one of his subjects have the same favour bestowed upon them, though not in the same degree : Every humble and holy soul in our day, every true, christian is possest of this spirit. for " he That has not the Spirit of Christ is none of his ;" Roar.. viii. 9. and wherever this Spirit is it works miracles too ; it changes the sinner to a saint,: it opens his blind eyes, it new- creates his nature ; it raises the dead to a divine life, and teaches Egypt and Assyria, and the British isles, to speak the language of Canaan. It is this gift of the Spirit which the Son sends down to us continually from the Father that is the original and spring of all these strange blessings. The Father has a heart of large bounty to the poor ruined race of Adam: 'The Son has a hand fit to be almoner to the King of glory ; and the Spirit is the rich alms. This blessed ,donative has enriched ten thousand souls already, and there remains enough to enrich ten thousand worlds. The Father, what a glorious giver ! The Son, what a glorious medium of communication ! and the Spirit, what a glorious gift ! We blush and adore while we partake of such immense. favors, and gratitude is even over - whelmed with wonder. O let our spirits rejoice in this blessed article of our religion ! and may all the temptations that we meet with from men of reason never, never baffle so sweet a faith ! XIII. The Day of Grace. If you ask the opinion of some divines concerning the day of grace, they will tell you that it signifies that particular season of a man's life when the Spirit of God by convictions and good motions stirs him up, to seek after salvation, and gives hirn sttffi- cent grace to convert him ; and all this while it was possible for him to be saved, and it was within the reach of his own power to make this grace effectual : But this is determined to a certain, though unknown day, which if a man passes without being con- verted, then his salvation becomes impossible. Now, though I would not choose to borrow all my sentiments in the chief
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