Afp. A Sign, Theron, that it is agreeable to the Genius of the Gospel. Which is calculated, as the eloquent Ifaiah foretold, to humble the Sinner, and exalt the SAVIOUR*; The Loftinefs of Man fhall be bowed down, and the Haughtinefs of Men fhall be made low, and the LORD alone fhall be exalted in that Day † : « Man, though naturally vain, fhall be made fenfi"ble of his numberless Offences; fhall fee the "Defects that attend his highest Attainments; "shall confess the Impoffibility of being justi"fied by the Deeds of the Law; and place all "his Hope upon the propitiatory Death, and "meritorious Obedience, of the LORD JESUS CHRIST." * This corresponds with a very valuable Maxim, which an eminent Divine once recommended to his People, as a Touchstone to diftinguish evangelical Truth.-That Doctrine, he faid, which tends To humble the Sinner; To exalt the SAVIOUR; That Doctrine, which tends to accomplish all these Defigns, You may embrace as found. That which is defective in its Influence on any one of them, You should reject as corrupt. + Ifai. ii. 11. The END of the FIRST VOLUME. |