hands. Life and immortality are brought to light, and secured to the faithful; and their faith itself provided and secured for them, by the finished work of the Lord Jesus. "He hath spoiled principalities and powers: He hath made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in his cross." By his glorious death, He hath destroyed death, and him that had the power of death, that is the devil: and well might Paul triumph, as he looked at his Saviour's conquest; a conquest which he, and every one who, is partaker of like precious faith, obtained in Christ. "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law: but thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ." The devil, sin, all the spiritual foes of those, who are in Him by faith, may seem to press hardly upon them but they really lie crushed and trodden beneath the feet of the all-conquering Lord

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and Leader. The vanquished may gnash their teeth with impotent regret and rage; but the venom of eternal death is removed. Never then, despair of overcoming the devil, and all who are in league with him against your souls. To doubt of success, would seem to deny the victory which Christ gained for his brethren, and which they gained in Christ; and the unbelief of his disciples must be his dishonour. This glorious effect of his cross, may also well and fitly arm their minds with a triumphant faith, against the scandal of the cross; and make them each cry, God forbid that I should glory, save only in it! Live, if yours be the life of faith in the Son of God, as though the world were indeed crucified to you, upon that cross, and you to the world! And let it take knowledge of you, that while Christ crucified is to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness, you who are called, regard Him as Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God, unto salvation.

But if any of you are the enemies of that cross, bethink you, how absolute will be the impossibility of resisting Him, who in his dying act, spoiled Satan, death, and hell. Are ye more powerful than they? If not, will ye remain in arms against this Saviour? If He slew his foes, when he Himself was slain, is his arm shorter, or his sceptre more feeble, or his might decreased, now that He sitteth upon the throne of heaven? O, come, and plead his dying love to sinners: touch the sceptre of his might and mercy: own Him, as your Lord put Him on as your righteousness and live, the monuments and trophies of redeeming grace.

IV. When Jesus Christ said, "It is finished," He proclaimed that THe atoneMENT FOR SIN WAS FULLY MADE. Woe unto us, dear friends, if He had left only one mite of debt, which our souls would have had to discharge. Woe unto us, if He had not paid the tremendous obligation,

to the uttermost farthing. But there is no condemnation to them who are in Him. "There is redemption through his blood, even the remission of sins." The price hath been paid; the ransom is complete ; the satisfaction full and ample. God hath purchased the Church with his own blood: and now, they, who sometime were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. And, having died, He hath opened that deep, clear, costly, and over-flowing fountain, in which sinners wash their robes by faith, and where those robes are made white, in the blood of the Lamb. Come to Him, I beseech you all, on whose consciences lie the load and burden of sin. Are the desires of your souls to God? Do you long for his holiness, complain of your imperfections, and struggle against your corruptions? Come then, and plead the atonement. That salvation, which you could never have wrought out, He, for you, hath alone accomplished. Look up boldly to the throne of God; and know

that there is no strife against you in heaven; nothing for you, except peace and joy. All is finished. He would be baptized with blood, that He might wash you. He would be covered with the mockery of a purple robe, that your sins might never appear in their dark stain of guilt before God. He would be scourged, that the rod of wrath might never be laid on you. He would thirst, that your souls might drink of the river of eternal pleasure. He would yield to death, that you might never taste the death everlasting. He would be forsaken of the Father, that you might be received and owned for ever. "By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified." My brethren, if any of you are resisting this infinite grace,-if any of you have not received the atonement,-if any of you are the enemies of God, I beseech you, with as much affection as my heart can feel, and O that I could beseech you, with as much earnestness, as the infinite peril of your