remember Horeb, shall not we remember Bethlehem, where the Son of God was born into the world ; and Calvary, where he shed his blood ; and Olivet, from whence he ascended up to heaven, and led captive all the powers of darkness ? Yes surely, these great transactions should be dwelt upon, not as mere historical facts, but as truths whereon are founded all the hopes and expectations of sinful man : and we cannot but regard it as a blessing to the Christian world, that days are set apart for the special remembrance of those great events ; that so not one of them may be overlooked, but that all in succession may be presented to the view of every Christian in the land. Let us then habituate ourselves to dwell upon them as the most delightful of all subjects11, and " account both our time and money well spent in promoting the knowledge of them in the world."]
11 Deut. xi. 1 8—20.
Deut. v. 28, 29. They have well said all that they have spoken : O that there were such an heart in them !
THE historical parts of the Old Testament are more worthy of our attention than men generally imagine. A multitude of facts recorded in them are replete with spiritual instruction, being intended by God to serve as emblems of those deep mysteries which were afterwards to be revealed. For instance : What is related of our first parent, his creation, his marriage, his sabbatic rest, was emblematic of that new creation which God will produce in us, and of that union with Christ whereby it shall be effected, and of the glorious rest to which it shall introduce us, as well in this world as in the world to come. In like manner the promises made to Adam, to Abraham, and to David, whatever reference they might have to the particular circumstances of those illustrious individuals, had a further and more im- portant accomplishment in the Lord Jesus Christ,
a This and the following Sermons on the same subject were preached before the University of Cambridge.