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CHRIST MADE QUA HaDNMPTl0N.

CHRIST MADE OULS GAGbAGhPE4CN.
Redemption was the great errand for which
the Son of God came down into the world and
the work which he did whilst he was in the world,
and that which lin way of application of it) be
shall be ever accomplishing, till he shall deliver
up his mediatorial kingdom into the hands Of his
Father. In this he begins, in this he finishes, the
great business of our salvation. For those who
in this life are enlivened by his wisdom, justified
by his merits, sanctifed by his grace, are yet con-
ficting with manifold temptations, and strug-
Cling with varieties of miseries and dangers, til,
upon their ha ppy death, and glorious resurrec-
lion, they shall be fully freed by their eTerbles-
sed and victorious Redeemer. He, therefore,
who, by virtue Of that heavenly union, is made
unto us of God, wisdom, righteousness, sanctf-
cation, is also upon the same ground made unto
us our full redemption. Redemption implies a
captivity. We are naturally under the woeful
bondage Of the law, of sin, of miseres, of death.
The law is cruel exacter for il requires of us
what we cannot now do, and whips Us for not do
ing it; " for the law worhetA WRATH" (Rom. iv.
15) and, as many are Of the works Of the law,
are under the curse Gal. iii. 10, sin is worse
tFTunl lUtn idNt ana GlhNS oLtI4tSLt 10 tx
ercise its cruelty by the law Of when we
were in the fesh, the motions Of sins which
were by the law, did work in our members To
bring forth fr uit unto death" Rom. vii 5. Up
on sin necessarily fellows misery, the forcrunner
ofdeath and death The upshot Of all miseries
''by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin and 50 death passed upon ali men,
CO. h., 10 III
these is Christ onr redemption; From tie law
=. for Christ hath redeemed us from the curse Of
the law, being made curse fer u.s. Gal Ill 10.
From sin; q for we arc dead to sin, but alive uE-
to God through Jesus Christ our Lord" Bonn.
vi. Il. "Sin snail not have dominion ever Won,
.or,ye are not under the law, tut Under grace -
Rom. vi. Ia, from death and therein from all
mscrics: - death, * here stiy sing; 0 rave,
where is thy vc;ory'a The sling 81 death is sin j;
and the strength q! sin is the law bat thanks be
1, God which gYeth thc victory throngh cur
Lord Jesus Christ" Ger. Ky. o5--5.. Now
then, let the law do It's worst, we are not under
the law, but under grace" Pom. vi. IL. Tae
case therefore is altered betwizt the law and ms.
/, is not now cruel :askmaster, to heat us II,
and fer our work it IS our schoolmaster to d.
rect and TO whip US unto Christ. 1t is not Sc
we're Judge, to condemn us; It's friendly guide,
To set us in the way towards heaven. Let sin
Join its forces together with the law, they cannot
prevail TO our hurt; " for what the law could not
do, in that it weak through the flesh, God
sending his own son in the likeness of sinful arsh,
condemned sin in the flesh that the righteous
ness of the law might be fulfilled in us, no walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit" Rom.
viii. 3, d. Let death join its forces with them
both, we arc yet safe " for the law Of the Sp-
rit of life hath freed us from the law of sin, and
ofdeath,' Rom viii .. What can we therefore
fear, what can we suffer, while Christ is made
our redemption
Finally, as thus Christ is made unto us wis.
ton; so whatever else he either is, or hath, or
both, by virtue of this blessed union, becomes
ours: che is our riches," Eph l. Z; Tour
strength" Pisa. xvii. L. xviii : " our Clio.
= ry," Eph. l. Is; sour salvation" l Thess. v.
8. Isa. xii. 2 "our ALL Col, iii. II. He is all
to US and all is ours in him. bishop Hail
Far be it from US to think The union of the hearts
OF Gods saints upon earth can be idle aud inefec-
tual but wherever il is. it puts forth itself in like
affectedness of dis position, into an improvement Of
gifts into communication Of outward blessings, to
the benefit ofthat happy consolation.
we cannot be single in our affections, if we be
limbs OF a christian community. What member Of
tho body can complain, SO as the rest shall not To-,
1t Even the head and he art are in pain, when
joint The least toe suffers. No christian can be
afflicted alone. 1t is not St. Pau!s case only. "Who
ia weak, and am no. weak' Who IS offended
and burn not." Cor. XII 90. Our shoulders are
not our own, we must bea, one anolher's burdens
Gal. VII 2. There s better kind of spiritual good
fellowship in all the saints of God They hate a
proprieiy Of passions " cjoce with them that re-
joce. and weep with them that weep' Rom. xii
l5 Their affections are moro communicative Than
their gifts and grsces; those, they are bestowed
with an intuition of tho common good, so thew are