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 8. He is renowned for his Fulness.—For, "All the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily in him:" He is full of grace and truth; full of all created and uncreated excellencies.

9. He is renowned for his Love.—What but love brought him out of the bosom of the Father to this lower world? What but love made him lay down his life for his people?

10. He is renowned for his Liberality. He has a full hand and a free heart, as we use to say he gives without money, and he invites all to come and share of his fulness.

11. He is renowned for his Constancy. He is "Jesus Christ the same today, yesterday and for ever." The best of men will fail us, when we trust: them; they will run like splinters into our hands, when we lean upon them: But, sirs, you will find Christ ay the same, to-day, yesterday and for ever. And then,

12. He is renowned for his Authority and Dominion. It is great, and extends far and wide, whether in heaven above, or in the earth beneath: And his dominion reaches "from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth:" And all the kings of the earth are but his vassals.

Thus, I say, Christ in every respect is renowned. But