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 our Father hath Conceived againſt us, for the diſobedience that we are guilty of: A gift in ſecret pacifieth anger, and a reward in the boſom ſtrong wrath." What gifts theſe are, the Sciptures everywhere teſtifies: He gave himſelf he gave his life, he gave his all for us.

Theſe gifts a he offered then up at the demand of Juſtice. on Mount Calvary, for us; do now he is in heaven. he preſenteth them continually before God. a gifts and ſacrifice, valuable, for the ſins for all the ſins we through infirmity do commit, from the day of our converſion to the day of our death. And theſe gifts are ſo ſatisfactory, ſo prevalent with God, that they always prevail for a continual remiſſion of our ſins with him. Yea they prevail with him for more than for the remiſſion of ſins; we have, through their procurement, our graces often renewed the devil often rebuked, the ſnare often broken guilt often taken away from the conſcience, and many a bleſſed ſmile from God, and love-look from his life creating countenance.

5thly. Since Chriſt is an Interceſſor, I infer, That believers ſhould not rest at the cross for comfort: Juſtification they ſhould look for there; and being juſtified by his blood, they ſhould aſcend up after him to the throne—— At the croſs you will ſee him in his ſorrows and humiliations, if his tears and blood; but follow him to where he is now. and then you ſhall ſee hin in his robes, in his prieſtly robes, and with his golden girdle about his paps. ——Then you ſhall ſee him wearing the breaſt-plate of judgement, and with all your names written upon