1. An entire Obedience to His Laws, Hebr. vii. 26.

2. To undergo Sufferings for Sin, If liii. 6. 2 Cor. v. 21. Hebr. ii. 9.

8. By complying with which Terms, He effected our Redemption, Hebr. iv. 15. Rom. i. 16. 1 Cor. i. 30, 31.

2. How did Chrift finish this Work?

1. As to all Sorts and Kinds, He did and fuffered, Phil. ii. 8.

2. As to all Parts, every Thing requir'd; It was the Emanuel, S. Matt. i. 23. Τὸ ἅγιον, S. Luk. i. 35. Θεάνθρωπος, in the Language of the Fathers.

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3. As to all Degrees, His Obedience was perfect, 2 S. Pet. ii. 22. And His Sufferings infinitely meritorious, 1 S. Joh. ii. 2. Act. xx. 28.

4. As to all the Times of Obedience, he continued in all Things, Gal. iii. 10. 3. What Benefits accrue to us hereby? 1. We are redeem'd from all Evil, Isa. xxxiii. 22. 1 S. Pet. iii. 13.

1. From the Wrath of GOD, Rom. v. 9. 2. From the Power of Satan, S. Joh. xvi. II. I S. Joh. iii. 8.

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3. From the Prevalency of Sin, AƐt. iii. 26.
From the Curfe of the Law, Gal. iii. 13.
From eternal Torments, Rom. viii. 1.
I Theff. i. 10.

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2. We are instated in all Good, Rom. viii.

I Cor. iii. 22.

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1. In the Love of GOD, Rom. v. 1.
2. In a juftified Estate, Rom. iii. 24.
3. In the Power of Holiness, 1 S. Pet. i.
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4. In a Title to eternal Happiness, S. Joh.

xiv. 2.

USES.

USES.

1. Information.

1. Chrift is a complete Saviour, Hebr. vii. 25.

2. Juftification is to be had only by Him, Gal. ii. 17.

2. Confolation, Phil. ii. 1. 2 Theff. ii. 16. 3. Exhortation. Finish your Works, Rom. xii 12. 1 S. Pet. ii. 9.

III. OBSERVATION.

1. We, in Imitation of Christ, ought to finish the Work which GOD hath given us to do, i S. Pet. ii. 21. 1 Cor. xi. 1.

That is, to glorify GOD.

1. By acknowledging our Dependence upon Him, and honouring Him accordingly, Pfal. lxxxvi. 9.

2. By difcovering His Glory and Perfections to one another, Pfal. ix. 11.

3. By bleffing and praifing Him, Pfal. lxxxvi. 12. S. Luk. v. 25. 2 Cor. ix. 13.

By Confeffion of Sins, S. Joh. vii. 19. Jer. xiii. 16.

5. By a Dedication of the whole Man to Him, 1 Cor. vi. 20.

6. By being fruitful in Holiness, S. Joh. XV. 8.

2. Why should we finish this Work? This was the End,

1. Of our Coming into the World, Pfal.
cxlix. 2. Prov. xvi. 4. Rev. iv. 11.
2. Of our being endow'd with rational Souls
capable of this Work, Job xxxv. 10,11.
Act. xvii. 26, 27.

3. Of our Preservation, and all the Bleffings we receive from Him, A.xvii.28. Hebr. i. 3. Pfal. cvii. 8.

4. Of all the other Works He enables us to do, S. Matt. v. 16. 1 Cor. X. 31.

5. Of the gracious Manifeftations Will to us, 1 S. Pet. ii. 9.

of His

6. And of the glorious Hope fet before us, Coloff. i. 27, 28. Hebr. vii. 19.

3. How may we finish this Work? To do this, we must celebrate,

1. His Omniscience and Omniprefence, 1 Sam. ii. 3. Jer. xxiii. 24.

1. By acknowledging it, Job ix. 11. Pfal. cxxxix. 7, c. 1 King. xviii. 27.

2. By behaving ourselves as always in His Sight, Pfal. xvi. 8.

3. By being fincere in all our Ways, Job xi. 11. 2 Cor. i. 12.

2. His Omnipotence, Job xxxvi. 5. S. Matt. xix. 26.

1. By praying to Him, Ifa.lv. 6. Ephef.

vi. 18.

1. For the Prevention or Removal of Evils, 2 Cor. xii. 8. S. Matt. viii. 2. S. Fam. v. 13. Pfal. 1. 15.

2. For conferring any Good, Pfal. xci. 15, 16. Phil. iv. 6.

2. By depending upon Him, Rom. iv. 20,

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3. By fearing Him, S. Joh. iv. 24. Ifa. viii. 13. fer. V. 22.

4. And humbling ourselves before Him, Ifa. ii. 10, 11, 12.

3. His Wifdom by admiring it, Rom. ii. 33. 4. His Sovereignty by fubmitting to it, 1 Sam. iii, 18. S. Luk. xxii. 42.

5. His Goodness, Ifa. Ixiii. 7. S. Matt. xix.

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1. By loving Him, Deut. vi. 5. Pfal. xxxi. 23. and cxvi. 1, 2.

2. By longing for Him, Pfal. xlii. 1, 2. and Ixxiii. 25.

3. By rejoicing in Him in all Conditions, Hab. iii. 17, 18. Phil. iv. 4.

6. His Veracity, by believing Him, Deut. xxxii. 4. Pfal. xxxi. 5. 1 S. Joh. V. 10. 7. His Mercy, Pfal. cxlv. 9. 2 Cor. i. 3. 1. By hoping in Him, Pfal. xxvii. 1. and cxviii. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

12. By a Fear of coming fhort of it, Pfal.

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3. By praifing Him, Pfal. ciii. 2, 3, 4, 5. 4. By imitating Him, S. Luk. vi. 36. 8. His Juftice, Pfal. xi. 7. and lxxxix. 14. Zeph. iii. 5.

1. By repenting of the Sins we have committed, Job xlii. 5,6. Ezek. xviii. 30. A&t. iii. 19.

2. By not daring to offend Him for the future, Mal. i. 6. Rev. xv. 8.

9. His Faithfulness, Deut. vii. 9. 2 Theff. iii. 3. 1. By a Dread of His Threatnings, Amos iii. 6.

2. By believing His Promises, Rom. iv. 20. Hebr. x. 23.

10. His Spirituality, S. Joh. iv. 24.

1. By not framing any Picture of Him, Deut. iv. 15.

2. By ferving Him in Spirit, S. Joh. iv.

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11. His Fulnefs and All-Sufficiency, Pfal. xvi. 11. and xvii. 15.

1. By choofing Him for our Portion, Pfal. lxxiii. 26. and xlii. v. Lam. iii. 24. 2. By labouring after the Enjoyment of Him above all Things, S. Matt. Vi.

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12. His Eternity, Deut. xxxii. 40. Pfal. xc. 2. Ifa. lvii. 15.

1. By believing He ever was, and ever will be, Ifa. xlvi. 6. Rev. i. 8.

2. By magnifying Him upon this Account, 1 Tim. i. 17. and vi. 16. Rev. iv. 9,

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3. By admiring Him above all created Beings,Pfal. cxviii. 28, 29. Deut. xxxiii. 26, 27. 1. Sam. ii. 2. Rom. i. 29.

4. By taking more Care of our eternal, than of our temporal Estate, S. Matt. vi. 19, 20, 2 Cor. iv. 18.

USES.

1. Reproof.

1. To the Atheist, Pfal. xiv. t.

2. To Idolaters, S. Matt. iv. 10. 2 Cor. x. . 3. To the Covetous, Coloff. iii. 5. Ephes. v. 5. To the Ambitious, S. Luk. xxii. 26, 27. S. Job. xii. 43.

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5. To the Voluptuous, Phil. iii. 19.

6. To the Prefumptuous, S. Luk. xiii. 3, 5. 7. To the Defperate, Exod. xxxiv. 6.

8. To the Hypocrite, Job xxii. 13, 14. and xxxiv. 13.

9. To Unbelievers, 1 S. Joh. v. 10.

10. To the Swearer, Exod. xx. 7. S. Matt. v. 33, 34. S. Jam. V. 12.

11. To the unjuft Dealers, 1 Cor. vi. 9, 10. 12. In a word, to all forts of Sinners, Rom. ii. 7, 8, 2 Theff. vii. 8, 9, 10. Z

2. Ex