rifice made an end of sin, and swallowed up all the types and shadows on Calvary. This great Reformer reconciled heaven and earth-procured liberty for captivesand opened a fountain in his own heart for the polluted, and he opened a treasure of unsearchable riches for the poor. In that reformation heaven and earth were shaken, the world turned upside down, to make room for the new order of things, the establishment of a new kingdom. The carnal kingdom of David was changed to a spiritual kingdom. The seat of government and the crown of the house of David, was removed from Palestine to the third heaven; and the Jerusalem above was made the Metropolis, instead of old Jewry in the land of Canaan. Christ also removed the priesthood of Levi, according to the order of Aaron, and established his own priesthood, according to the order of Melchesidec, that will ever remain in his person, according to the power of endless life, until time shall be no more. He shut up the old temple, and on the third day raised up his own body, wherein dwelleth and abideth forever the glory of the sanctuary. He removed the altars and the holy fire from the temple, and built the great altar of the covenant in himself, on which he offered his sacrifice, which was burnt by fire from heaven, and by virtue of the union subsisting between the divine and the human natures in his glorious person, the fire expired obout 3 o'clock in the afternoon. He sent the bulls, the oxen, the rams, the goats, and the lambs home, and offered his own body in their room; and became the only source of reconcilia. tion, sanctification, and happiness to his church.

He removed the place of worship from the temple on Mount Moria, to Mount Zion above, in the celestial city; so that every one might have perfect freedom, by faith in the name of Jesus, to approach the heavenly sanctuary. Blessed be the name of our God, that we now can

go through millions of angels, and the spirits of just men made perfect, straight on to Jesus the mediator of the new Testament, and to the blood of sprinkling with boldness and godly fear.

With the greatest confidence we may look forward for a most wonderful reformation to take place upon earth, which is represented as a new heaven and a new earth; that is to say, a new state of things on this terrestrial globe, in a moral, political, and religious sense, such as never have been enjoyed since the world was made, as recorded in the 11th and 60th chap. of Isaiah, and other parts of holy writ. When grace shall abound so much as to put a stop to the wickedness of man, which destroys his happiness; and when the goodness of God through the blood of the cross, will have effectually prevented, the pestilence, the famine, and the hurtful sword, then shall the faithful, long enjoy temporal blessings, and their days shall be as the days of a tree; and all this with piety and the fear of the Lord.

When Jesus will come the second time, he will put every thing in order; every soul united to a body, and every individual of the human race in his proper place.—_ Those who delight in sin now, shall swim in it then without restraint; and those who delight in holiness now, shall be perfect in holiness then. The ungodly shall be eternally miserable, and the godly shall be forever happy. But what will it avail you to hear of this reformation if you have not reformed. Have you been restored to God? have you an interest in Christ? have you a place in the house of God, and a name among his people? Have yo fellowship with the Father and with his son Jesus Christ? are your feet running the ways of his commandments and your hands diligent in doing the work of the Lord! If you can answer these questions in the affirmative, happy are you, in time and to all eternity. That which is

mortal shall be swallowed up in immortality; so when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying, that is written death is swallowed up in victory. O death! where is thy sting? O grave! where is thy victory? Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

But, if any of you have not begun the work of reformation, the sooner the better, you begin it. Repent, and believe the gospel. Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world. Kiss the son lest he be angry, and you eternally perish. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

SERMON IX.

CHRIST THE FOUNDATION OF ZION'S SALVATION.

For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua ; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will en grave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.Zech. 3 Chap. 9 Verse.

Through the grace, the power, and the Spirit of the living God, the true church has ever been supported in the world. It was very troublesome times upon the Church in the days of this Prophet. Being newly returned from the captivity of Babylon, it was in very low circumstances; like a myrtle tree among the fir-trees, the oaks, and the cedars: Jesus, however, appeared among the myrtle trees, riding on a red horse, encouraging them to proceed in building the temple and the city of Jerusalem. By the golden candlestick,-the good success of Zerubbabel's foundation is represented. It was all made of fine gold, with a bowl in the top of it; and seven lamps to hold the light, and seven pipes to carry the oil into the lamps, and the two olive-trees were pouring the oil of themselves, invisibly into the pipes, through which it ran to the lamps, that the light should not go out. Christ is here represented as the invisible head of the Church from whom she receives grace, that every part of his mystical body is fed, so that she is growing in grace, and in the knowledge of him; whom to know is life eternal. Not by might, nor by power,

As they were

but by the Spirit of the living God. bringing out the foundations, and the cornerstones with

joy and gladness; wondering at the divine goodness manifested unto them. God is showing them that he is about to bring out a foundation stone and to claim their attention, he says, Behold, the stone that I have laid before Joshua.

In speaking from these words we would consider

I. The similitude used by which Christ is represen ted-a stone, and

II. The noble and gracious design for which the stone was engraved-to take away sin.

I. The similitude of a stone is often used in scriptures to represent Christ. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel said Jacob in blessing his son Joseph.The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner, says the Psalmist. Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, & sure foundation; he that believeth shall not make haste, says Isaiah, Christ applied these figurative predictions to himself. Christ is the stone. He is the foundation."For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ." He is indeed the foundation of the world, and in the fullness of the time appointed, he was declared to be the foundation of the church. All the buildings ef mercy, that ever have, or ever shall be Luilt in the forgiveness and the sanctification of sinners stand firm and immoveable on this stone. In that architecture of the first covenant in Eden there was a stone under one end of it, and earth under the other. The first man of the earth earthy. When the floods, the storms, and the tempests beat upon it, down tumbled the whole building, from the roof to the bottom, for the earth that was under one end gave way. But in the architecture of the second covenant, God laid help upon one that was mighty,-the Lord from heaven, a