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and has the promise of "everlasting life.' The exhortation proceeds to point out the meaning and object of the sacred feast in beautiful and affecting language. "To the end that we should alway remember the exceeding great love of our master and only Saviour Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which by his precious bloodshedding he hath obtained to us, he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries as pledges of his love! and for a continual remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort." What a perfect commentary on the words of Christ when he instituted the holy ordinance! "This do in remembrance of me." In the confession we pray that God "for his son Jesus Christ's sake would forgive us all that is past." The passages of Scripture which are then quoted all point to the same Saviour as our hope of salvation. "Come unto me all ye that travail and are heavy

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laden, and I will refresh you." God loved the world, that he gave his only begotton Son, to the end that all that believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." "If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins." The priest and people all kneeling in the presence of God, then earnestly pray for the application of these great and precious promises to their own hearts. "Grant us, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him and he in us.' What union and fellowship with Christ, what dependence upon his sa

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crifice alone for acceptance, what fervent desire to taste more of his goodness and love to the end of our days, are here displayed! How suitable are such aspirations to the state of a penitent believer, how well calculated to bring him into closer union with his Lord and Master!

In the prayer of consecration there is a delightful confidence expressed in the fulness and sufficiency of the redemption of sinners in Christ Jesus; " as a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world;" and an earnest petition to be" made partakers of his most blessed body and blood." Then the sacred elements are distributed with the unrivalled and touching address. “The body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life! Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving!" O

how do the hearts of the faithful burn within them, when these gracious words reach their ears! The broken heart finds consolation in Christ, the storm of godly sorrow is calmed, the tears of penitence, if not dried up, are exchanged for tears of believing joy and hope, and that peace which " passeth all understanding" pervades the soul! Such has often been the effect of this holy ordinance, under God's grace and blessing, and such would it oftener be, if we approached the altar in a spirit of prayer and faith.

Finally, under this head, we notice. that in the subsequent prayer, after all have partaken of the bread and wine, we say, "Grant, O Lord, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion." None can find a blessing in any other way; therefore we pray, for ourselves and for others,

that we may be saved by faith in the blood of Christ, and obtain through him remission of sins, and all other gifts and mercies.

From this review of our liturgy with reference to the great subject of our present inquiry, we may safely assert that the church points us to the atonement of Christ as our only hope of salvation, and puts such language into our mouths as none but true believers in him can adopt.

It only remains that we should state very briefly the doctrine of Christ crucified as revealed in Scripture, that its perfect harmony with the language of the church may appear. We need not dwell much upon that "curse of the law" which is spoken of in the text, as in a former discourse we considered the sinful state to which we are reduced through hereditary and actual sin. Suffice it to observe that this expression does not refer exclusively to the ceremonial, but that it respects the moral

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