world, and the things of the world, in whom the love of the FATHER is not; many who are enemies to God by wicked works, and without God and hope in the world-to all of these, to every creature, this gospel of the kingdom calls. Its hopes are for them, and its healing influences. It is good tidings of good to every creature-peace on earth, good will to men. The God of our salvation is no publican, loving his friends and hating his enemies. Such a God is that described by another gospel, which is no gospel. Our God is good to all-even to the unthankful and evil. Herein is his love manifested, in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for the ungodly. While we were dead in trespasses and sins, he quickened us together with Jesus Christ.

Reader; choose now which God and which gospel you will serve and have. If the former be God, serve him; and

do it with fear and trembling, lest you incur his displeasure and feel the burn

ings of his wrath. such a monster of

Reverence and love cruelty if you can. But if the true God-the author of heaven, earth, and all things, be God, then serve him. Render him that parental fear which is your reasonable service. Love and serve him as a kind Father who has supplied you with all the blessings you enjoy. Receive the gospel of our salvation with gratitude, for it is good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people; whereas that other gospel, which is no gospel, is sad tidings of great sorrow to all men of feeling hearts. This gospel is of men, that of God, who is good unto all, and whose tender mercies are over all his works. Choose now to which ye will hearken the voice from heaven or the traditions and teachings of men.

The promise God made to Abraham was,

that in his seed all the families of the earth should be blest; he repeated the same to Isaac, and renewed it to Jacob; in this seed, which is Christ, all the families of the earth are blest with sanctification, or holiness, without which no man can see the Lord. Considering the uncleanness of all the families of the earth, and the impossibility of the unclean standing in the presence of him who is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, the blessing of mankind with sanctification in Christ Jesus, is an act of as free and as much grace, as blessing them with justification, but God never blessed any individual with justification, that he did not bless with sanctification, for whom he justified he also sanctified. And it is of God, who sent Jesus to bless every one of us, and all the families of the earth, by saving us from sin, that we are in Christ Jesus, who is of God; made unto us, first righteousness,

secondly, sanctification, thirdly redemption from all sin. It is the pure in heart who can see God; but as no families of the earth can boast of heart purity in their own persons, as is clear, not only from scripture, but from the testimony of all God's children, from the beginning of the world, it is as clear, that it is only in the seed, which is Christ Jesus, that any family of the earth can be blessed in the present state with sanctification; and from the same divine revelation it is as clear, that this blessing cometh on all the families of the earth, in Christ Jesus; otherwise he could not be the Saviour of all men.

In this seed, all the families of the earth are blessed with life, this, by transgression of the first Adam, was forfeited; but in the second Adam, and by his obedience is recovered; and the life thus recovered, is by the favor of God given to the world. The wages of sin is

death, but the gift of God is eternal life that is given to us through Jesus Christ our Lord. The world to whom this Son was given, was dead in trespasses and sins; but in giving them his Son, and in his Son, he gave them life, therefore this gift of God is styled the life of the world. Christ who said that he came to do the will of his Father, further declared that he gave his blood for the life of the world. Christ is called in Scripture the word, and in this word is life, and this life is the light of men; and it is called the true light that enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world; it is also called the grace of God which bringeth salvation, which hath appeared unto all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and wordly lust to live soberly and godly in this present evil world. When Christ, saith the apostle, who is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in