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by that man whom he hath ordained, whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead." If we could induce the thoughtless and the worldlyminded to join us in the contemplation of this subject, we might expostulate with them on the lamentable folly of their present conduct. Here, we can say, is the place where the Lord lay,—as surely as he was laid here, so surely must your body one day be deposited in the grave—and as surely as he rose, so surely will he come again to be your judge; in that day he will enter into judgment with you, and when this great day of his wrath arrives who shall be able to stand,

Thus sanctioned by the certainty of the Resurrection, we preach repentance to the ignorant and the sinful-exhort them to seek the Lord-proclaim the necessity of a change of mind, and exhibit that truth, which man must believe, or else be lost for ever. Consider then this, the real situation in which you are placed-if thou art wise thou shalt be wise for thyself, and if thou scornest thou alone shalt bear it.

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you

perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever.-Amen.

SERMON XVI.

Psalm cx. 1.

THE LORD SAID UNTO MY LORD, "SIT THOU ON MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I MAKE THINE ENEMIES THY FOOTSTOOL."

"ALL Scripture," we are told by St. Paul, "is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." This splendid eulogium, on the Sacred Volume, which points out so clearly God to be its Author, instruction to be its means, and salvation from sin and from misery to be its end; this splendid eulogium though applicable to every part and portion of the word of revelation, is more peculiarly true of the book of Psalms.-Whether we regard that portion of the Sacred Scriptures as to its variety of subject, or its intenseness of devotion-whether we consider its heart-searching

delineations of man, or its elevated descriptions of God-whether we mourn with the afflicted Psalmist over his sins, or listen to the cheering strains which mark the rejoicing of the son of Jesse, reconciled to his God and Lord-we may well say with a late most learned commentator, "I know nothing like the book of Psalms, it contains all the lengths, breadths, depths and heights of the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations." The Psalmist seems to have been permitted to experience every vicissitude of human life, that every believer might find instruction in his recorded sentiments; and while the response of conscience, and the sigh of contrition, prove that in all ages human nature has been the same weak victim to vice and to temptation, the awakened faith of the Jewish Monarch, and the promises which elevate his hopes, have been the source of spiritual consolation and rejoicing in every age to every member of the Redeemer's kingdom. Writing under the influence of intense personal feeling, the Psalmist's joys and sorrows, backslidings and repentance, consolation and triumph, find a counterpart in every believer's bosom, and form the incentive and the material for personal devotion; while through his Divine antitype he becomes the representative of the Church,

and his sacred strains have been consecrated to the public service of that Church, since first inspired by the Being who is their mighty subject. Nor is it only as a code of instruction, a manual of devotion, or a record of experience, that the Psalms of David are valuable-they contain too a development of God's eternal wisdom-a display of his redeeming mercy-a manifestation of the incarnate Saviour:-" the man of God" could not "be perfect," if this, the brightest disclosure of God's goodness were not set before him, and we know that the "Son of Jesse, the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, hath said, the Spirit of Jehovah spake by me, and his word was in my tongue."-Hence, the mysteries of redemption form a large proportion of this book-sometimes typical and figurative, concealing under the name and offices of David, the nature and character of him, who was both "the root and the offspring of David," and under the literal Israel, the sufferings and elevation of the spiritual-sometimes throwing aside the mystic veil which shrouds the councils of the Godhead, and admitting the awe-struck inquirer to a nearer view of the stupendous plan for man's redemption; and sometimes involving the same inscrutable designs in mysterious

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