plying a salutary caution with respect to the opponents of Christ's divinity, that the Socinian is contented to take the scripture by halves; and thus while he fixes his mind on those parts, which speak of the human nature of our Saviour, overlooks those, which speak with equal clearness of his divine nature. The consequence is that he denies Christ to be God, and considers him as a mere man, a being of the same kind with ourselves. We, on the other hand, taking the whole of scripture for the rule of our faith, and comparing its several parts with each other, "believe and confess, that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man;" that as he is " man, of the substance of his mother, born in the world," so also he is "God, of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds;" that in a word he is " perfect God," as well as perfect man." ." Such we humbly conceive to be the "faith, once delivered unto the saints:" nor should it ever be forgotten to be the purport of the general language, as well as of particular texts, of scripture, that as "the Word was made flesh and dwelt

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amongst us," so also " in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and THE WORD WAS GOD."

Now unto Him, "God manifest in the flesh;" unto Him who is "over all, God blessed for evermore;" unto Him, in the unity of the Father and the Eternal Spirit, be "blessing and honour and glory and power," henceforth and for ever! Amen.

SERMON V.

THE SON OF MAN THE SAVIOUR OF THAT WHICH

WAS LOST.

LUKE xix. 10.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

IN this declaration, the declaration of our blessed Saviour himself, our attention is drawn to the most important event recorded in the history of the world; for surely in such a light must be considered the incarnation of "God. manifest in the flesh;" and the consequent redemption of the lost race of mankind from sin and misery, and their restoration to the favour of the Almighty. Desirable as it is, that we should be employed at various times in

examining all the various parts of the system of the Christian faith, we should especially have regard to our leading principles, the great fundamental doctrines of Christianity, comprised in this declaration of Christ. It is for this reason, that we insist continually upon the utter incompetency of mankind to purchase salvation by their own merits or deservings; and preach unto you salvation through the alone merits of Jesus Christ. It is for the same reason that I have chosen the text just recited for the subject of the present discourse: for I trust, that with the good blessing of God upon our prayers for his preventing and assisting grace, our sense of devotion may be strengthened and increased, and our stedfastness to the principles of the Gospel may be confirmed, if we employ this and some following discourses in examining the purpose for which Christ suffered; the motive, which induced him to it: the sufferings, which he underwent; the manner, in which he supported them; and the conduct which is required of us in return. Such an investigation, I persuade myself, may be made "profitable for doctrine, for