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Saviour, and a perfect hatred and detestation of our Sins, and a stedfast purpose and resolution to lead a new Life, following the Commandments of God, and walking in his ways all the days of our life. In a word, a Method that is every way calculated for our unfpeakable Benefit and Comfort.

Since then the Son of God hath fo gracioufly condefcended to be made in all things like unto us, Sin only excepted; let us afpire to be as like to Him as is poffible in the exemplary Holiness and Vertues of his Life. We cannot be like Him in his Miracles, but we may in his Mercy and Compaffion: We cannot imitate his Divine Power, but we may refemble Him in his Innocency and Humility, in his Meekness and Patience. And as He affumed Human Nature, fo let us re-affume Humanity which we have in great meafure depraved and put off; and let us put on bowels of mercy towards

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those that are in mifery, and be ready to relieve the poor for His fake, who being rich, for our fakes became poor, that we through his poverty might

be made rich.

To conclude, Let us imitate Him in that which was his great Work and Business here upon Earth, and which of all other did beft become the Son of God, I mean, in His going about doing good: Tha: by giving Glory to God in the Highest, and by endeavouring as much as in us lies, to procure and promote Peace on Earth, and Good Will amongst Men, we may at last be made meet to be made partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light Through the Mercies and Merits of our B. Saviour and Redeemer. Amen,

Almighty God, who haft given us thy only begotten Son to take our Nature upon Him, and as at this Time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we

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being regenerate and made thy Children by Adoption and Grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the Jame our Lord Jefus Chrift, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the fame Spirit, ever one God, world without end.

Amen.

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SERMON V.

Concerning the

Sacrifice and Satisfaction of
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Heb. IX. 26.

But now once hath he appeared in the end of the World, to take away Sin by the Sacrifice of himself.

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MONG many other great Ends and Reasons for which God was pleased to send his Son into the World to dwell amongst us, this was one of the chief, that by a long course of the greatest innocency and the greatest sufferings in our Nature he might be capable to make a perfect Expiation of Sin: But now once in the end of the World, 6 olTEN 2

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λεία των αιώνων, in the conclufion of the Ages, that is, in the laft Age of the World, which is the Gospel Age, hath he appeared to take away Sin by the Sacrifice of himself.

The general Defign of God in the fending his Son into the World was to fave Mankind from eternal death and mifery, and to purchase for us eternal life and happinefs. So the Author of our Salvation himself tells us, That God fo loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perifh, but have everlasting life.

Now in order to the procuring of this Salvation for us, the impediments and hindrances of it were to be removed: thefe were the guilt, and the dominion of Sin: By the guilt of Sin we were become obnoxious to the wrath of God and to eternal condemnation, and by the defilement and dominion of it we were incapable of the happiness of Heaven and the reward of eternal Life.

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