to regard the Lord's Supper as an eucharistical sacrifice. These, of course, consider all who are authorised to administer the sacrament priests, in the strictest sense of the word. Others hold the Lord's Supper to be a feast of commemoration of the one sacrifice, once offered on the cross; "while others maintain, with the Church of Scotland, that it is a rite of no other moral import than the mere commemoration of the death of Christ." It is evident from the Word of God, whatever doctors, and councils, and synods may say, that Christ offered up himself as the last sacrifice for sin, and having entered into the holy place made without hands, by the shedding and sprinkling of his own blood, he has became our High Priest, and he is the only intercessor between God and man.

XIX. CHRIST IS KING, AS WELL AS PRIEST.

CHRIST'S kingdom was typified by the Jewish theocracy. His Proclamation. His Coronation, and ascent to the "Holy Hill." Christ's kingdom is by legal investiture: universal over heaven, and earth, and hell: a kingdom of power. His enemies must submit to his supreme authority. The Millenium. Will Christ reign personally? The opinions of Bishop Hall, Bishop Newton, Dr. Chalmers, and others. Hasty conclusion on this subject to be avoided.

As an evidence that Christ has completed the work of redemption, he has taken possession of his throne and kingdom, which were promised under the Old Testament, and typified by the Jewish theocracy. In heaven he reigns as Lord and King of the universal Church. In the days of his flesh this kingdom was proclaimed as being nigh at hand; but he did not actually take possession of it until he ascended far above all heavens, and sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. It was then that God "anointed him with the oil of gladness above his fellows," and "crowned him with glory and honour." Then was fulfilled the august prediction of the Psalmist: "I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession." "Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool."

This kingdom belonged to Christ by legal investiture,

and to this purpose are the numerous Scriptures which assert that God hath loved Christ, hath appointed him over his house, and hath put all things into his hands. He is therefore the legal head of all principalities and powers, thrones and dominions. It was in consequence, and as the reward, of his voluntary humiliation and obedience unto death, that God thus highly exalted him, and vested him with supreme dominion over all things in heaven, and in earth, and under the earth, and bestowed upon him the highest glory and blessedness. Hence we find his royal enthronement and happiness are essentially connected: "Thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness; thou settest a crown of pure gold upon his head. His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance." Psalm xxi. 3, 5, 6. "In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth," &c. Psalm lxxii. 7-12.

Christ must reign as King until all his enemies are put under his feet; that is to say, until they are completely subjugated or destroyed: "They that dwell in the wilder ness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea all kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall serve him." Psal. lxxii. 9, 11. For thus saith the Father to the Son: "Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Rule thou in the midst of

thine enemies; the Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen; he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries." Psal cx. 1-6. The kingly power of Christ will be manifested over all by the destruction of either sin or the sinner. "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." Psal. ii. 9. The hearts which now yield to the impressions of his Spirit, are broken, to be formed anew into vessels of honour, fitted for the Master's use, while those who continue stubborn and hardened, must be dashed in pieces by the blow of his eternal vengeance.

The enemies of Christ are twofold, namely, temporal and spiritual. Among his temporal enemies were the Jews, who rejected him, crucified him, and persecuted his disciples. But the vial of his wrath was poured out upon them. Their temple was demolished, their battlements were levelled with the ground, and those who escaped the edge of the sword were driven into exile, to groan under slavery till death relieved them of their sorrows; thus, were they "dashed in pieces like a potter's vessel."

The Romans were the enemies of Christ, but the conquerors of Jerusalem were in their turn smitten by the rod of Christ's strength. Nero, Domitian, Dioclesian, and all the rest of those merciless persecutors, were weighed in the balances, and found wanting. Pagan Rome, "the throne on the seven hills," has fallen; her idols have been crushed, and the whole Roman Empire has been seen marching in humble subjugation beneath the banner of the crucified Redeemer.

The kings and rulers of imperial Rome, and its numerous provinces, took counsel together to destroy the kingdom of Christ, and to crush the rising power and glory of Christianity. The heathens burnt with rage against the apostles, as men worthy of no other treatment than disgrace, imprisonment, and death. But what was the final result? Why, every effort tended only to enlarge the way for the victorious Redeemer. In the midst of darkness and error, bloody persecution and death, the truth of Christ shone forth with irresistible power and glory. In vain did worldly eloquence and political influence become the allies of superstition and prejudice. Sustained by the arm of the Almighty, and constrained by the love of Christ, the heralds of the cross pursued their progress from city to city, and from province to province: "The foolish things of this world," the unlearned and despised Galileans, were chosen by God to confound the wise; and mighty kings and proud philosophers were humbled in the dust before the power of divine truth, and the terrible majesty of the invisible King: "They shall make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb shall overcome them." "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. He spake unto them in his wrath, and vexed them in his sore displeasure," &c. In defiance of their malice and rage, he maintained his lofty position, and sat as King upon his holy hill of Zion. He spake in his wrath to the Jews, who rejected him, and said, "We will not have this man to reign over us." He smote them by the sword of Titus, and overthrew their once glorious city in blazing ruins. In wrath God spoke to the opposing Roman emperors; he vexed and destroyed all their contending