most exalted happiness, which is enjoyed among finite beings--but they are turning away, with cold and contemptuous neglect, from the capital measure, which God has devised, for revealing himself to his creatures, and, thereby, filling the Universe, with sources of unbounded admiration and joy. As far as the influence of their example is concerned, they are proclaiming to all around them, that there is nothing in the glory of God, as it shines in the face of Jesus Christ, which ought to command their attention and sway their affections,-that there is nothing in the love of the Father, in sending his Son to be their Saviour, and in the compassion and condescension of the Son, in dying for their sins, for which they ought to be grateful-that the Heaven, which God is offering to believers, in the room of the first Paradise, has "no form or comeliness" in their estimation, and "no beauty that they should desire" it, and that more important matters, than all these, are demanding their attention, in the daily employments, in which they are engaged in the "farms," which they are cultivating-in the "merchandise," in which they are dealing-or, in the civil and social duties, which they are required to perform. On this account, they are adjudged to be guilty of the highest and most daring of all the acts of rebellion, which have ever been committed, against the "King of kings and Lord of lords ;"--and, in proportion to the magnitude of their crime, will be the measure of their

punishment. "It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than for them." And if so, who can dwell, with that "devouring fire," which is prepared for them, in the world to come!—and how impressive the language, which is addressed to them, by the spirit of the Prophets," "Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little !" ። Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you!"

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4. Let all the upright on earth and in Heaven, sing unto the Lord A NEW SONG; for he hath done MARVELLOUS THINGS: his right hand and his holy arm have gotten him THE VICTORY." Great events, and especially important triumphs, have usually been attended with public rejoicings. When the system of creation came forth, in its primitive beauty and glory, "the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy ;"-when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistines, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, with singing and dancing and instruments of music, answering each other, as they played, "Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands;"-when "the First-begotten" was brought into the world, the command was given, "Let all the angels of God worship him," and, in obedience to this command, a multitude of the heavenly

host were heard, exclaiming over the manger at Bethlehem, "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, and good-will to men :"—and, when the victories of the Gospel, over the policy and power of Antichrist, shall be complete, a loud voice will be heard, in the midst of Heaven, saying, "Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come-Babylon is fallen! is fallen!" Great events, and glorious triumphs, have been occupying our attention, in the preceding discourse. We have been surveying the victories of redeeming love, from their commencement in eternity to their consummation in the fullness of time;—and, therefore, in retiring from the sanctuary of God to night, it eminently becomes us to say, while we endeavour to catch the spirit of the exclamation, "Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen and Amen.

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DISCOURSE XIII.

GOD EXALTED AND CREATURES HUMBLED BY THE GOSPEL.

That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.1 COR. i. 31.

THAT part of the argument in support of divine revelation which is assigned to me, is drawn from "The effect of the Gospel in exalting the Creator and in humbling the creature:" not in degrading the creature;—in abasing the pride of man, in bringing sinners to repentance and self-condemnation and a willingness to be saved by free grace, and in laying the whole holy creation in sweet humility at the feet of a discovered God.

I have nothing to do with those unhappy men, if such there are,-those moral monsters,-who deny the being of a God. And if there is a God, we must suppose him connected with the visible universe as its author and upholder, and not, like the supreme god of