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Gal. vi. 14. God forbid that I ſhould glory, ſave in the croſs of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt.

HE croſs of Chriſt, was the favourite topic of St. Paul's contemplation.—The croſs of Chriſt was the choſen ſubject of his ſermons, and the grand theme of his writings.—At all times, and in every capacity, he profeſſed, he avowed, he gloried in the croſs of Chriſt—Nay, what is very remarkable, he gloried in nothing elſe—And what is ſtill more obſervable, he abhorred the thought of glorying in any thing elſe. He ſpeaks of ſuch a practice, in the language of deteſtation and dread; accounting it a high degree both of folly and of wickedneſs, God forbid that I ſhould glory, ſave in the croſs of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt.

It may, therefore, be an employ worthy of our preſent attention, to enquire into the nature, the reaſonableneſs, and the wiſdom, of this reſolution. All which, I hope, will appear, if we conſider,

I. In what the apoſtle would not glory.

II. In what he did glory.

III. What reaſon he had, to glory in the croſs of Chriſt.

Theſe points being briefly diſpatched, I ſhall beg leave to add a word of Application; ſuggeſted by the tenor of the diſcourſe, and adapted to the