for us ? To say, ' This salvation is not for me,' is to contradict the Scriptures, and to " make God a liar." Repeatedly is it said, that " whosoever believeth in Christ, and whosoever shall call on his name, shall be saved." It matters not whether he be a Jew or a Gentile, a greater sinner or a less ; for " God is rich unto all that call upon him," whatever guilt they may have contracted, or whatever discouragements they may labour under0. Put away then all unbelieving fears, and know, that, as the Gospel is revealed for the benefit of all, so it shall be effectual for all who believe and obey it.]
° Rom. x. 11—13.
Deut. xxx. 11 — 14. This commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say , Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
THE Old Testament is a rich mine of spiritual knowledge, and reflects as much light upon the New Testament as itself receives from this fuller revela- tion of God's will. Each is necessary to the under- standing of the other : in that is the model of the edifice, which, under the Christian dispensation, has been erected : and, if it were duly attended to, it would prove sufficient to convince the whole world, that Christianity is Judaism perfected and completed; perfected in all its types, and completed in all its prophecies. To this effect spake Moses in the words before us. " The commandment" which he mentions, is not to be understood, as many Jews imagine, of the law given upon Mount Sinai, but of another covenant which God entered into with his people in the land of Moab ; and which was, in fact, the cove- nant of grace. It is by Moses himself distinguished
a The author's First Address to the Jews, at St. Catharine Cree, London. The preceding Discourse on the same text was written many years before, for Gentiles : this in 1818, for Jews.