circumstances all the most refined tafle and priding difcernment of the world cannot help him out of. To a foul in fuch a ftorm, amidst fuch poverty of Spirit how deeply is the want of falvation impressed! How fincere is his confeffion, I am come into deep waters, where the floods run over me! Pf. lxix. 3. With what greater earnestness will it cry to HIM, that fills the noise of the waves, save me, O LORD, for the waters are come in even unto my soul, ver. 1. · Let not the water-flood over-flow me, neither let the deep fwallow me up, and let not the pit fout her mouth upon me! ver. 16. And how ftrong, though imperfect, will be its apprehenfion of what importance a SAVIOR will be to it, a favior from the tempeft, the greater enmity of heaven, from the waves of ungodliness, this more troubled fea, from the wrath about to wreck the impenitent! Yet in this state of the world, when about to fuffer a more dreadful fhip-wreck for fin, the title. imports this ANGEL or SENT PERSON of GOD, this [JE] ESSENCE, come in the flesh according to His promife, to be, If. xxxii. 2, a hiding-place from the wind, a covert from the tempeft to us, who with the apostle believe HIM, A&. xxvii. to deliver us Pf. lxxxviii. 8, from this storm of wrath and the nethermoft hell, and fpeak peace to our fears, to cover our paft offences, lxxxv. 3. and bring us in a way of holiness, If. xxxv. 8. after the wreck of our earthy vef fels, Jels, in the fame bodies, fafe, thoroughly fafe "through the waves of this troublesome world "to the land of everlafting life," and fo be THE SAVIOR. Than which office can there be one more arduous, neceffary and defirable? For what can be more arduous than to bear away the mountainous guilt of all the human race, and appeafe almighty wrath by one great facrifice for fin, than to merit by an infinitely perfect obedience eternal life for us, than to procure the gift of the HOLY GHOST io reveal the knowledge of it, to difpofe men to accept it when revealed and to love and obey GOD for it, to work a joyful discharge from death and open the "kingdom of heaven to all believers ?" Compared with this what are the defigns of men, their most difficult enterprizes, their most famed encounters, if all the perils to be furmounted were collected in one view? Not all the angels of heaven, not all the creatures on earth, much much lefs the works of an individual, much lefs a dumb idol or picture or relick could perform the mighty task, and create us anew to grace and glory. And though arduous what is more neceffary for man? the want of other things, however prized, can but bring us a temporary inconvenience, the want of this is followed with painful reflection in the prospect, in reverfion with everlasting woe, as without -- this man must himself meet, must feel the vengeance of a neglected GOD. Then what can be fo to be wifhed for as this one thing needful? Not health to the fick, nor liberty to the captive, not a fhadow from the heat, nor a refuge from the ftorm, not raiment to the naked nor food to the hungry, not water to the thirfty, nor ease to the tortured, nor cleansing to the leper, not fight to the blind, nor feet to the lame, nay, not life to the dying is so desireable as this falvation. Before the importance of it that of all other things is fo diminished as not to be worth a care, a wifh, but as they may be fubfervient to this grand concern. For what will it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lofe his own foul? But in this office this mighty GoD on all this evidence offers HIMSELF. HE proclaims HIMSELF under this title THE ESSENCE THE SAVIOR, the NAME for this alone excellent and to be praised in all the earth, that we poor finners may humbly believe, fincerely feek, and happily experience HIM this SAVIOR, interceding for us, watching over us for our good, pitying our infirmities, directing us by His wisdom, keeping us every moment by His power, mortifying our corrupt affections, quickening our obedience, fanctifying afflictions, even death to our ufe; and that when these heavens fhall melt away and this earth be burnt up, and the ungodly be turned into hell, we may may find HIM fuch at His fecond coming in our raised and glorified bodies, may each most joyfully know in the fullest meaning of the words this JeHovaн is my strength and my falvation, Pf. lxii. and may with the wondering angelic host unanimoufly worship, and gratefully fing our Hallelujah to Him as fuch for ever and ever. This is the testimony the name in general bears to the world, this His embassadors are at their eternal peril to notify to revolting fubjects, that they, feeing the amazing greatness of God's love for their redemption, may be the more readily prevailed on to return to serve HIM in the faith of it, and all the world worship HIM, fing of HIM and praife HIS NAME; who thus came to HIS OWN, Job. i. To bring this about the title bears, as a general, fo a particular teftimony to the JEWS and GENTILES, which is to be collected from the typic characters, to which the name JESUS refers, as they respect each. I. First then to the JEWS the name prefents this facred person with all the correspondency with the types in their SS that their warmest wish can defire or expect in the MESSIAH. The title HE comes under, however this is over-looked, has a peculiar fuitableness in it. For as the difpenfation of the MESSIAH was to fucceed the MOSAIC according to their own expofitions of If. xi. 16, and Hof. ii. 15, as will by-and-by be shewn, fo fo was it neceffary to answer the types that HE fhould appear under it. Because say, ye children of ABRAHAM according to the flesh, for whom our prayer unto GOD is that ye may be faved, or let your own law fay, whofe government was to fucceed that of Moses, or to whose was his preparatory? Was it not that of JESUS or JeHOSHUA [THE ESSENCE THE SAVIOR?] Num. xxvii. 18. Was not this the mediate end of all the miracles wrought in EGYPT and the wilder nefs? and were not the Levitical inflitutions all fore-runners of this? Yes You know JE· SUS, that was joined with [ELEAZER] THE INTERPOSING GOD THE HELPER, the typic CHRIST, was the fucceffor to, and named by Mos Es. You must own then the MESSIAH, as fuch, must have appeared under the name JESUS, or otherwise this could not have been fulfilled. Behold therefore, in accomplishment of the figure, our LORD by the particular providence of GOD appears under the very name, given to His type of old by Moses, to direct you to conceive of HIM aright as the great fucceffor of MOSES appointed of GOD, to whom the law, as a fchool-mafter, was to bring you, and all the miracles done among your fathers in the EGYPT and wilderness of this world were but preparatory, and of whom the legal fhadows were but fore-runners as the great SHEPHERD, that comes to bring you to the promised ftate, which Moses cannot |