Lord laid upon him the iniquities of us all." And the Father, looking upon Christ as the substitute of sinners, and beholding him standing in the law-place, room, and stead of the elect, bearing their sins in his own body on the tree; he bruises Christ with all the weight of divine wrath and vindictive justice. The curtains of heaven were drawn, and Christ was left exposed to all the storm of divine wrath. Whatever was due to the sins, iniquities, and transgressions of the Lord's people, was poured out upon the devoted victim of sinners, Christ Jesus. He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities. It pleased the Lord to bruise him, and put him to grief. And in the sufferings and death of Christ, we have an amazing discovery of everlasting love, both as it possessed the heart of the eternal Father, and the eternal' Son. So great and boundless was the love of the Father's heart towards us, that he spared not his own Son, but delivered him up freely for to suffer, bleed, and die for us! So great was the love of the Son, that he was pleased to

bear our sins, and filth, and guilt, in his own body on the tree, and to suffer and endure in his body, and in his soui, all the whole curse and wrath, and shame, and death, and hell, due unto his people! And he was pleased to stand up between our sins and infinite justice, in order that he might deliver his people from dying eternally. If we by faith view the amazing agonies, sorrows, and sufferings of the incarnate God, we shall see his love to be stronger than death, such as all the waters of divine wrath could not quench. Surely it may be said, And O that God the Spirit may give us to know, feel, and experience it, that "the love of Christ passeth knowledge!" Christ, in consequence of his sufferings, was to enter into glory. The whole glory of salvation work was to be ascribed unto him. He having built the temple of the Lord, was, as it was most justly his due, to bear the glory. The elect, the travail of his soul, were all by him to be brought unto eternal glory; as the fruit of his most precious blood-shedding. His gospel was to be preached and accompanied

with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. And he himself was to have a crown of pure gold put upon his head, upon his return from his everlasting victory, won over sin and Satan, death and hell. He, the great King over all the earth, King Jesus the conqueror! ascended from earth to heaven, drawing at his chariot-wheels the host of hell. The host of heaven waited upon him; a cloud of angels received him, and carried him out of the sight of his disciples, and went to the portals of heaven, crying, "Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and he ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, that the King of Glory, the Lord of Hosts, the Lord of Glory, may enter in!" And no sooner did the Lamb of God enter heaven, and was seated upon his mediatorial throne, but "the four beasts, or living creatures, and the four and twenty elders, fell down before the throne, and they sung a new song, saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing!'" And Christ being

admitted into the holiest of all, was to sit and rule upon his throne. His throne was to be an everlasting one. When he went to heaven, the Father bid im welcome, saying unto him, "Sit at my right hand until I make thy foes thy footstool." "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom." And upon this throne Jesus was to sit, to point out to us that his work is finished, and that he is entered into his rest. And as Mediator he was to rule. In consequence of his mediatory work, he had a Mediator's throne, and a mediatorial kingdom given him by the Father. The whole kingdom of priests and kings, that holy nation, and royal priesthood, the peculiar people, which he redeemed by his most precious blood, were to be ruled and governed by him, and ruled by the sceptre of his grace. And his implacable enemies were to be ruled by him with a rod of iron. He was to be a priest upon his throne, invested with all power in heaven and in earth. Ever ready to receive all who come unto him for grace and mercy. The

sceptre which Christ holds forth and displays, is a sceptre of mercy. And the motto of it is, "Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out." Jesus Christ entered upon this great work of being an High Priest in the everlasting covenant. The Father chose, called, and anointed him. And he performed it upon earth, by bearing the sins of many, and by offering the sacrifice of his own body. And having, as the great High Priest, entered within the veil, he is upon the throne, as a Lamb newly slain. And he wears in heaven, in the presence of his Father, and will wear throughout eternity, the marks made in his sacred hands and side, when he was made a sacrifice for sin. And he pleads in heaven before the throne, what he did and suffered for his people in the days of his flesh; and he being a Priest upon his throne, gives us blessed encouragement to look unto him, and we are hereby encouraged to come unto him as able "to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make