Acts iv, 27, 28. For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. 1 Peter 1, 20. Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. AND PREDICTED. Gen. ii, 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Ps. xxii, 1, 16. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roar ing? For dogs have compassed me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. Dan. ix, 26. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city, and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Zech. xiii, 7. Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. Matth. xvi, 21. From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Matth. xvii, 22, 23. And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. Mark viii, 30-33. And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be reject ed of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him and began to rebuke him. But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, be rebuked Peter say ing, Get thee behind me, Satan: Mark x, 32-34. And they were Luke ix, 43, 44. And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. Luke xiii, 32, 33. And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day fol lowing: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. Luke xvii, 25. But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. Luke xviii, 31-33. Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem,and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: And they shall scourge him, and put him to death. This he John xii, 32-34. And I, if I be law that Christ abideth for ever: NARRATIVE OF CHRIST'S THE PRIESTHOOD OF Heb. ii, 17, 18. Wherefore in all might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself bath suffered, being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. Heb. iii, 1, 2. Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the hea venly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. Heb. iv, 14, 15. Seeing then that we have have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Heb. v, 6, 7, 10. As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec: Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared. Called of God an high priest, after the order of Melchisedec. Heb. vi, 20. Whither the foreJesus, made an high priest for runner is for us entered, eren ever, after the order of Melchisedec. Heb. vii, 7, 8, 11, 13--17, 19--22, 24-28. Aud without all contradiction, the less is blessed of the better. And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there arlseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandinent, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did;· by the which we draw nigh unto God. Aud inasmuch as not with out an oath he was made priest: For those priests were made) without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec:) By so much was Jesus made á surety of a better testament. But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priest hood. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. Heb. viii, 1-5. Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law; Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See (saith he) that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. Heb. ix, 1-10. Then verlly the first covenant had also ordinances nifying, that the way into the hollfest, while as the first tabernacle est of all was not yet made manifigure for the time then present, was yet standing: Which was a in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. For the law having a shadow of conscience of sins. But in those Heb. xiii, 10-12. We have an CHRIST'S DEATH SACRIFI- thou didst not desire; mine ears Dan. ix, 27. And he shall conweek he shall cause the sacrifice one week: and in the midst of the form the covenant with many for and the oblation to cease, and for tions he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and the over-spreading of abominathat determined shall be poured upon the desolate. Heb. ix, 25, 26. Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of have suffered since the foundation of the world:) but now once others; (For then must he often in the end of the world hath he appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. when he cometh into the world, Heb. x, 5-9, 14. Wherefore, thou wouldest not, but a body he saith, Sacrifice and offering hast thou prepared me: In burntofferings and sacrifices for sin said I, Lo, I come (in the volume thou hast had no pleasure: Then of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God. Above, when he said, Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and offering for sin, thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; (which said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, are offered by the law:) Then O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second, of divine service, and a worldly altar, whereof they have no right / For by one offering he hath per sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table and the shew-bread; which is called the Sanctuary. And after the second vail, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the serviceof God. But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the Ieople; The Holy Ghost this sig to eat which serve the tabernacle. For the bodies of those beasts, whose blooi is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that lie might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. Hus love, as Christ also hath loved us, fected for ever them that are sanctified. borne our griefs, and carried our Isa. lili, 4-6. Surely he hath SUBSTITUTIONARY. stricken, smitten of God, and sorrows: yet we did esteem him for our transgressions, he was afflicted. But he was wounded bruised for our iniquities: the upon him; and with his stripes we chastisement of our peace was are healed. All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. every one to his own way; and Mark x, 45. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Rom. v, 6--8 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet peradventure for s good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for as. 1 Cor. xv, 3. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures. 2 Cor. v, 21. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 1 Peter ii, 24. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteous ness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Peter ill, 18. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. Dan. ix, 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Rom. v, 9-11. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now re ceived the atonement. hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 2 Cor. viii, 9. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. Eph. ii, 13-16. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby. Col. i, 20. And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. Heb. ix, 12. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, have obtained eternal redemption for us. standeth daily ministering and Heb. x, 11, 12. And every priest offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God. 1 John ii, 2. And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John iv, 10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propiation for our sins. RESULTS. JUSTIFICATION. Jer. xxxili, 16. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our Right eousness. Acts xiii, 39. And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. freely by his grace, through the Rom. iii, 24-26. Being justifled redemption that is in Christ 2 Cor. v, 18, 19. And all things Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to are of God, who hath reconciled be a propitiation through faith in us to himself by Jesus Christ, his blood, to declare his right and hath given to us the ministryeousness for the remission of sins of reconciliation; To wit, that that are past, through the forGod was in Christ, reconciling the bearance of God; To declare, I world unto himself, not imputing say, at this time his righteoustheir trespasses unto them; and ness; that he might be just, and the justifier of him which belleveth in Jesus. Rom. iv. 23-25. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. Rom. v, 9. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Rom. viii, 1--3. There is therecondemnation to fore now no them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesua hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likecondemned sin in the flesh. ness of sinful flesh, and for sin, a Gal. ii, 16, 17, 21. Knowing that man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith we have of Jesus Christ, even believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of the law: for by the works of the Christ, and not by the works of law shall no flesh be justified. But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. PARDON. Num. xiv, 20. And the LORD said, I have pardoned, according to thy word. Ps. xxxii, 1, 2. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed 43 the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. Ps. lxv, 3. Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. Ps. lxxxv, 2. 3. Thou hast for given the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. self from the fierceness of thine Selah. Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thy anger. Ps. xcix, S. Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. Ps. clii, 12. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he re moved our transgressions from ed unto you the forgiveness of us. Ps. cxxx, 8. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Isaiah i, 18. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah xxxiii, 24. And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. Isaiah xxxviii, 17. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness; but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. Isa. xl, 1, 2. Comfort ye, comfort yo my people, saith your God, Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S double for all her sins. hand Isa. xliii, 25. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Isa. xliv, 22. I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. Jer. xxxiii, 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. Jer. 1, 20. In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I reserve. Micah vii, 19. IIe will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Luke xxiv. 47. And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Acts v, 31, 32. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgive ness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost. Acts xiil, 38. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preach sins. Rom. iv, 7, 8. Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are fored. Blessed is the man to whom given, and whose sins are coverthe Lord will not impute sin. Eph. 1, 7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, our Lord was exceeding abundant Heb. viii, 12. For I will be and iniquities will I remember the light, as he is in the light, we little children, because your sins have sworn unto the house of Eli, Job x, 14. If I sin, then thou vealed in mine ears by the LORD Jer. i, 22. For though thou thee much soap, yet thine iniquity Mark xi, 26. But if ye do not his brother sin a sin which is not Eph. ii, 4--6. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us. Even when we were dead in sins, Christ; (by grace ye are saved:) hath quickened us together with And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in hea venly places in Christ Jesus. 1 Thess. v, 9-11. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but that, whether we wake or sleep, Jesus Christ, Who died for us, to obtain salvation by our Lord we should live together with him. together, and edify one another, Wherefore comfort yourselves even as also ye do. Titus ii, 14. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. of bulls and of goats, and the Heb. ix, 13, 14. For if the blood unclean, sanctifieth to the purifyashes of an heifer sprinkling the ing of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who himself without spot to God, through the eternal Spirit offered purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Heb. x, 10. By the which will we ing of the body of Jesus Christ are sanctified through the offer once for all. Rev. vii, 13, 14. And one of the ed in white robes? and whence elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arraycame they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said out of great tribulation, and have to me, These are they which came washed their robes, and made Lamb. them white in the blood of the 4th. REDEMPTION IN ITS ter, which is the Holy Ghost, for you that I go away: for if I go tell you the truth; It is expedient John xvi, 7-14. Nevertheless I not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. when he is come, he will reprove And the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, Of righteousness, because I go to because they believe not on me; more; Of judgment, because the my Father, and ye see ine no prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. HIS DIVINITY. 18a. vi, 8, 9. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for ns? Then said I, Here am I; send me. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not, Acts v, 8, 4. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou con ceived this thing in thine be urt? thou hast not lied unto en, but unto God. Acts xxviii. 25 26. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye hand hath formed the crooked serpent. Ps. civ.30. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth. Matth. xii, 28. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 1 Cor. xii, 7-11. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. WORSHIP PRESENTED TO IIIM. Matth. xxviii, 19. Go ye there fore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 2 Cor. xiii, 14. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. Rev. 1, 4. 5. John to the seven shall hear, and shall not under-churches which are in Asia: Grace stand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive. 1 Cor. ill, 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? HIS PERFECTIONS. Ps. cxxxix, 7. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 1 Cor. ii, 10, 11. 16. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. HIS WORKS. Gen. 1, 2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the Waters. Job xxvi, 13. By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood. IIIS PERSONALITY. Matth. xii, 31. Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. John xiv, 16, 17. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. John xv, 26. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testity of me. Acts xvi, 6. Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were for bidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia. Acts xxi, 11. And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said. Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentilos. Eph. iv, 30. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby yo are sealed unto the day of redemption. SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE. PROMISES AND STATEMENTS OF IT. Exod iv, 12. Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. Ps. xxxii, &. I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Isa. xxvi, 12. LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. Isa. xxix, 24. They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. Isa. xxx, 21. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. Isa. xliv, 3-5. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water-courses. One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Isa. liv, 13. And all thy children shall be tanght of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. Jer. xxiv, 7. And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. Jer. xxxii, 38, 39. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good |