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 to reſtore the preſerved of Iſrael: I will alſo give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayſt be my ſalvation unto the ends of the earth. Thus ſaith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of ſalvation have I helped thee: and I will preſerve thee and give thee for a covenant of the people. The Father, for that cauſe, inveſted him with all power in heaven and earth.' Matth, xxviii. 18. John v. 21 22. 'As the Father raiſed up the dead, and quickeneth them, even ſo the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no man; but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.' And it was a reward ſuitable unto his work.

Secondly, What is the business committed to him as Saviour of the world. Not to deſcend into particulars here, we may take it up in theſe two.

I. It is to ſave ſinners from their ſin, Matth. i. 21. 'Thou ſhalt call his name Jeſus; for he ſhall ſave his people from their ſins.' Satan ruined the world by bringing ſin upon them: Thereby they were bound with the cords of guilt, the image of God in them was defaced, they were polluted and made loathſome, and ſhut up in the hands of a ſtrange lord. God has appointed Christ Saviour of the world, that the ſinners may come to him and be delivered from their ſins, I John iii. 8. 'He that committeth ſin is of the devil: for the