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 Son, that whosoever believeth in him ſhould not periſh but have everlasting life.' Therein God's love towards men appeared. Titus iii, 4.

2. The certainty of this goſpel or glad tidings. All the apoſtles witneſſed, with one mouth, this great truth: And they witneſſed the ſame as eye-witneſſes, having ſeen the Saviour, and read his commiſſion for that effect, and beheld Heaven's ſeal again and again ſet to it, in his miracles. And this matter of their witneſſing from their eye-ſight, was ſo much ſtood upon, that the apoſtle Paul, who was not called to be an apoſtle till after Chriſt's aſcenſion, was, allowed firſt to ſee with his eyes, before he ſhould bear witneſs, Acts xxvi. 19. 'I have appeared unto thee for this very purpoſe, to make thee a miniſter and a witneſs both of theſe things which thou haſt ſeen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee.'

It is the great truth and teſtimony of the goſpel, that the Father has ſent his Son Jeſus Chriſt in the character of Saviour of the world.

In proſecuting of this doctrine I ſhall,

I. Take notice of ſome things imported in this teſtimony.

II. Open this character, 'Saviour of the world, in which Christ was ſent.

III. Apply.

I. I ſhall take notice of ſome things imported in this teſtimony.