of the whole world," and is there such malignity in the sins of any individual, that there is not a sufficiency in his blood to atone for them ? Let us put away such disparaging thoughts of this Lamb of God : let us view him as infinite both in power and grace : let us listen to his encouraging invitation, " Look unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth™ :" and let us, whatever be our state, trust in him, as " able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him."]
4. Let the professor of godliness " behold" him —
[Well may you rejoice in the sufficiency of your Saviour's merits ; well may you glory in the security which his blood affords you. But remember, it is not the guilt of sin only that he removes, but the power of it also : and the experience of the latter is our only evidence that we have experienced the former. " To redeem us from the love and practice of iniquity, and to purify us unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works," was no less the intent of his death, than to deliver us from condemnation"." While therefore we behold the Lamb of God as the ground of our hope, let us also behold him as a pattern for our imitation0. Let us follow his steps in all meekness and patience, in all purity and holiness : and let us convince the world that faith in Christ, so far from relaxing our zeal for good works, is the strongest incentive to the perform- ance of them.]
ra Isai. xlv. 22. n Tit. ii. 14. 1 Pet. ii. 24.
0 1 Pet. ii. 21.