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CHRIST'S CROSS and CROWN, viewed from Pfal.

xl. 1, 2, 3.

I waited patiently for the Lard, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry, &c,

PAR T I.

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Of the Redeemer's Humiliation or Crofs. CHAP. I. Of Chrift's active abedience, or of his waiting, waiting patiently, and crying, CHAP. II. Of the Meffiah's paffive obedience, or his being in the horrible pit, and miry "clay,"

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Of the Redeemer's Exaltation and Crown, CHAP. I. Of the Father's inclining unto him, and hearing his cry,

CHAP. II. Of the Father's bringing up the Man
Christ out of the horrible pit and miry clay,
CHAP. III. Of the Father's fetting Christ's feet
upon a rock,
CHAP. IV. Of the Fathers eftablishing the Me-
diator's goings,

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Of our Lord's Employment with the faved Ones in
Heaven, and of his Triumph over the Hearts of
Sinners on Earth,

CHAP. I. Of the new song of praise; with the
Father's putting it into the mouth of Christ, as
Man Mediator,

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CHAP.

CHAP II. Of the Redeemer's triumph over the hearts of finners upon earth. Many ball fee it, and fball fear, and fball trust in "the Lord,

SERMON

p. 100

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The Chriftian's Duty toward Kings, and thofe in

Authority.

1 Tim. ii. 1, 2. I exhort therefore, &c.

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The Excifion; or, Troublers of the Church cha

racterized and cut off.

Gal. v. 12. I would they were even cut off,

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The Converfion of the Gentiles illustrated.

Matth. viii. 11. I say unto you, &c.

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The Synod of Jerufalem; or, Courts of Review in the Chriftian Church confidered.

Acts xv. 31. They rejoiced for the confola

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tion,

SERMON

VI.

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Chrift the Builder and Foundation of his Church.

Matth. xvi. 18. Upon this rock I will build

my church,

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CHRIST's

CHRIST's CROSS

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From PSALM xl. 1, 2, 3.

I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up alfo out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and fet my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praifes unto our God: many shall fee it, and fear, and shall truft in the LORD.

INTRODUCTION.

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HE promifes, prophecies, and doctrines of the Old Teflament, meet in Jefus Chrift, as the different radii, from whatever point of the circumference, meet in the center. They have all a regard, more immediate or remote, to him; and can only afford encouragement and confolation to finners, as they refpect the Saviour. There are a variety of paffages in the Old Teftament writings,

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which have fuch a direct and evident relation to the Meffiah, that almoft no Chriftians difagree in the application of them; but there are others, tho' no lefs expreffive of the Meffiah, in his humbled or exalted flate, or both, which are not univerfally viewed in that light. Of thefe we take the paffage now mentioned to be one for though generally thefe verfes are confidered as pointing out the exercife of David, the then church, or after faints, they are more probably a prophetical description of his exercife who is David's Lord, the church's,head, and the king of faints, namely, of the Old Teftament Meffiah, our New Testament Redeemer ; and they are fo, chiefly, because we find the 6th, 7th, and 8th verfes of that pfalm quoted and applied to Jefus Chrift, by the author of the epiftle to the Hebrews, in the xth chapter of that epiftle, 5th, 6th and 7th verfes; and having an infpired commentator to copy after, we need have no reluctance in treading his fteps. Befides, the repeated mention our Lord makes of what was written of him in the pfalms, as well as by Mofes and the prophets, corroborates the prefumption; and fur

*The original text runs thus:

"Sacrifice and offering thou didst not defire, mine "ears haft thou opened: burnt-offering and fin-offer"ing halt thou not required. Then faid I, Lo, I "come in the volume of the book it is written of "me: I delight to do thy will, () my God: yea, "thy law is within my heart.”

The quotation by the apostle runs thus :

"Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he "faith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a "body haft thou prepared me in burnt-offerings, "and facrifices for fin thou haft had no pleasure : then "faid I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is "written of me) to do thy will, O God.”

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ther juftifics the application of that paffage to him . To which it need scarce be added, that in the Arts of the apoftles, we are informed of their following that immaculate pattern, once, again and again ‡, for the imitation, doubtlefs, of after faints, in their ftudy of the Old Teftament fcriptures.

PART I.

Of the REDEEMER'S Humiliation or Crofs.

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Of Christ's active obedience, or of his waiting, waiting patiently, and crying.

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HIS waiting for the Father fays, that, as the Meffiah, or Chrift, he stood and acted in the capacity of the Father's fervant; and did fo in the different regards to be mentioned according to the doctrine of the holy Ghost, Pfal. cxxiii. 2. where the church is reprefented as faying, "Be"hold, as the eyes of fervants look unto the hands "of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto "the hand of her miftrefs; fo our eyes wait upon "the Lord our God." For our Lord, in his mediatory character, is denominated the Father's fervant, both by Old and New Teftament writers. The prophet reprefents the Father as faying of Chrift the Meffiah, " Behold my Servant whom I

† Luke xx. 42. and xxiv. 44.

Acts ii. 25, 26, 27, 23. and xiii. 33, 35.

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"uphold;

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