of Daniel, who says, that Christ should " finish transgression, make an end of sin, and bring in an everlasting righteousness." In a word, " To him," says the Apostle, "give all the Prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins^ :" and again, " The righteous- ness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed hy the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all them that believe^."]
And what, we ask, is the way of salvation in the New Testament ?
[Has the Lord Jesus Christ put aside this way of salva- tion ? Has he not rather established it beyond all possibility of doubt? Hear his own words : " I am the way, the truth, and the life : no man coineth unto the Father hut by me.'" To cite all his declarations upon this subject would detain us too long : suffice it to say, that he speaks of his " blood as shed for the remission of sins," and " his life as given to be a ransom for many ;" and declares, that, by being " lifted up upon the cross," he is qualified and empowered to " draw all men unto him."]
Thus far then we have seen that Christ has con- firmed the law and the prophets, as far as relates to the way of salvation. Let us now mark the same in reference to,
IL The path of duty —
The ten commandments were given as a rule of conduct to the Jews —
[This summary of religious duties is emphatically called, ' The Law.' It was given by God in the most solemn manner, and enjoined without exception on the whole nation. The prophets, in their respective ages and places, maintained the authority of this law, and laboured to bring the people into a conformity to its precepts.]
And what other rule is there prescribed to us ?
[The Lord Jesus Christ has neither added to the Ten Commandments, nor taken from them. He has freed them from the corrupt glosses of the Scribes and Pharisees, and has explained them according to their spiritual import. He has also specified certain duties which were not so clearly seen under th^ Mosaic dispensation, and has added new motives to the performance of them. But he has enjoined nothing which
« Acts X. 43. f Rom. iii. 21, 22.