seasoned with salt (Col. 4, 6:); let thy works and conversation shine as a light to the world, that they may glorify thy Father who is in heaven, (Matt. 5, 16.) so shalt thou be led by the Spirit in the way of all truth, and receive of the fulness of Jesus grace for grace, (John 1, 16.) to enable thee to live a constant, victorious and triumphant life in God, in whom all the promises are to thee Yea and Amen, to the glory of God. 2 Cor. 1, 20. To him alone be the praise for ever and ever. Amen.

V.

Beloved reader, forasmuch as I have, in my plain manner, by the grace of God dispensed unto me, briefly illustrated the beginning of this sermon, and as it is absolutely necessary for us to be made partakers of the above cited blessings, in order to understand the remaining part, I will, by the help of God, proceed in the consideration of the same, hoping that every reader may be benefited by a perusal.

Christ speaketh in this manner: Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one

tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Verses 17, 18.

Now, he is not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Why so? Because none of Adam's posterity was able to fulfil the righteousness of the law; for in Adam we are all transgressors; so that by the deeds of the law no flesh could be justified (Rom. 3, 20. Gal. 3, 11.); but we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Gal. 3,23,

Now Christ is not come to annul the law, that is, to abolish the original righteousness of the law; for by it is the knowledge of sin (Rom. 3, 20.); but to fulfil it. In what way then did Christ fulfil the law? In the first place, no man was found able to keep the law or comply with its requisitions; for the law demanded a perfect righteousness. Therefore we were all by law under the curse. But Christ, who knew no sin, and in whose mouth was found no guile, has, in the first place, in his whole walk, complied with the conditions of the law, which required a perfect holiness, and an irreproachable obedience, such as Christ alone was capable of rendering.

But secondly, inasmuch as Christ took

upon him the weakness inherited by us from Adam's transgression, and bore our sins, he had, in our stead and for our sins, to fall under the curse.of the law, and be hanged upon a tree, so that he became a curse for us and redeemed us from the curse of the law; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. Deut. 21, 23. In this manner he hath put away sin by offering up a perfect sacrifice (Heb. 9, 26.); that as by the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteous. ness of one, the free gift came upon all men unto justification. Rom. 5, 18. For by the perfect sacrifice of this second Adam, the original righteousness which stood against the first Adam and his posterity, is fulfilled, so that God hath set forth Christ to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare at this time his righteousness; that he might be just and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus. Rom. 3.

Reader, mark this, that as Christ came in the likeness of sinful flesh, and was made sin for us, so hath he by sin con

demned sin in the flesh, namely original sin; not that he himself hath sinned, but that he hath taken our sins upon him, (mark) that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not af ter the flesh, but after the spirit. Rom. 8. For Christ was himself perfect God and perfect man. As touching his humanity, he was holy, righteous, without spot, and blameless; but for our sakes became he poor and weak, undergoing trials and temptations, that he might be touched with the feelings of our infirmities, and be a merciful and faithful high priest to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Heb. 2, 17. 18. Chap, 4, 15,

In his divine attributes he was invincible, though as a son of Adam or a sinner, (yet holy and blameless) he suffered the cursed death of the cross, whereby he was made a perfect sacrifice for sin. Yet it was impossible for death to confine him; he rose again, and triumphed over sin, death and the devil; for in that he suffered death, he hath by his obedience fulfilled the righteousness and satisfied the demands of the law; and, moreover, destroyed him that had the power of death, that is the devil, and delivered them who

through fear of death were all their life time subject to bondage. Heb. 2, 14. 15.

Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night (Rev. 12, 10.); for as long as the claims of the law remain unsatisfied, the requisitions of which none of Adam's posterity were able to fulfil, so long has satan power to accuse them before God. But now he is cast out; his power is destroyed; as Christ exclaimed when about to suffer and fight the great fight of victory, Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the prince of this world be cast out. John 12, 31. Chap. 16, 11.

In the third place, it is to be remarked, that no man can any more bring in an accusation against Adam; because his sins which were transmitted to us, have been blotted out by the blood of Christ; for God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, (2 Cor. 5, 19.) namely, the sin of Adam, which he doth not impute unto us. Therefore Christ speaketh concerning the innocent children that live not