begins with the immaculate Mediator, where ſhall the irreclaimable ſinner appear? how will he eſcape the ſtroke? how bear the weight of God’s everlaſting vengeance? Would we comfort the diſtreſſed we may point them to an atonement, whoſe merits are infinite, and able to ſave to the very uttermoſt we may lead them to a righteouſneſs whoſe efficacy is unbounded, and ſufficient to juſtify the ungodly. And what balm can be ſo ſovereign for an wounded conſcience? Are we to ſupport the weak, and animate the doubting? here we may ſhew them promiſes, free promiſes, exceeding great and precious promiſes, ratified by the oath of Jehovah, and feared by the blood of his Son. And what cordials can be ſo reſtorative to the drooping Chriſtian?
In ſhort, the doctrine of the croſs is ſuited to anſwer all the great ends of our miniſtry, and promote all the truly valuable intereſts of our people. By this the holy ſpirits delights to work: and this, O Satan, ſhall be thy plague; this, O Sin, ſhall be thy deſtruction. However, therefore, the croſs might be to the Jews a ſtumbling-block, and to the Greeks fooliſhneſs; God forbid that we ſhould glory in any thing elſe! Let this be the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and ending, of all our public miniſtrations. Let us leave a favour of this knowledge, which is far better than precious ointment, in every private company. Let it appear,
