deemer, Mediator, & Propitiatory Sacrifice. These offices belonged to him, and to no other.

He tasted death for every man. Heb. 2. 9. "In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.” "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John, 4.9, 10. "And we have seen, and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world." v. 14. And in the next verse he applies these texts to Jesus Christ, in such a manner, that they cannot be understood as relating exclusively to his Spiritual appearance. In the 14th verse, he testifies that the Son was sent to be the Saviour of the world-and in the 15th he bears testimony that Jesus was that Son. And he is spoken of throughout the New Testament, as the only person who ever stood in the same relation.

As the Society of Freinds have always professed and believed in the Divinity of Jesus Christ, it may possibly, by some of these, be considered unnecessary for me, on the present occasion, to dwell on this subject. But as the perusal of this Treatise, will probably fall into the hands of others, and as there are various ideas in the world respecting the character of Jesus Christ, the objects of his coming, and the benefits derived from his advent-his sufferings, and death, I hope I shall be permitted to add some additional observations and evidences, on these important points.

We have seen already, from the most indubitable testimony of Scripture, that attributes were ascribed, epithets were given, and worship paid to him, which neither men nor angels can receive; and therefore we do not place his character on a level with created beings.

And on entering into a consideration of the momentous objects of his coming, and the benefits he has conferred upon man, it seem necessary to take a slight view of the dispensations which perceded his advent.

For

The apostle, in his Epistle to the Hebrews, c. 9, v. 25, 26, says: "Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once, in the end of the world, hath he appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."

"But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” ib 11, 12.

In these passages there is an allusion to the dispensation of the Law.

For in the early ages of the world, after man had fallen from his original purity, it pleased Almighty God, in condescention to the low and carnal state of the human family, by different dispensations, gradually to lead them to Christ. They were not prepared, in early ages, for a dispensation purely spiritual: nor for that display of light, which Jesus Christ would introduce at his coming.

In the beginning of these dispensations, an intimation was given of a Saviour. He is promised in the very sentence pronounced on our prime ancestors. The promise was renewed in a remarkable manner to Abraham: "In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." This seed the apostle says was Christ. Gal. 3. 16. Jacob also

in the visions of light, saw the coming of the Messiah. "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the Lawgiver from between his feet, till Shiloh come, and to him shall the gathering of the people be." Gen. 49. 10.

Moses too bore testimony to the children of Israel, that the Lord their God would raise up a Prophet, whom they were to hear in all things, under the penalty of being cut off. Deut. 18. 15, 18.

The Law which was given by Moses, abounds with types and shadows, pointing to the coming of Christ, in relation both to his outward and inward appearance.

The apostle, in his Epistle to the Hebrews, as well as in many other places, dwells largely on the relation which the types and shadows of the Law, had to Christ.

In the 9th chapter of that Epistle, he expresses himself thus: "Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, & a worldy sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made, the first wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shew bread, which is called the sanctuary: And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the holiest of all; which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid roundabout with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; And over it the Cherubims of glory, shadowing the mercy seat: of which we cannot now speak particularly. Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God: But into the second, went the high priest alone, once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way in

to the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertained to the conscience; Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood; he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us."—"For Christ is not entered into the holy place made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once, in the end of the world, hath he appeared, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment; So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time, without sin, unto salvation."

And in the 10th chapter of the same Epistle, after shewing the insufficiency of the sacrifices of the law, and the impossibility of their taking away sin: & adverting to the coming of Christ, he says: "Then said he, Lo, I come, to do thy will, O God. He takethaway the first that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."

Having shewn that many of the institutions of the Law, had reference to the outward, as well as to the inward appearance of Christ, and to what he did and suffered, as well as to what he still does by his spirit and power in our hearts: it may not be improper to adduce some texts, to shew that the striking events of his life and death were necessary, and in the counsels of infinite wisdom.

The prophets spoke of his humiliation and death, not only as events to come, but as those in which we have a deep interest.

Isa. 53. 1: "Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

3. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him striken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes' we are healed.

6. All we, like sheep, have gone estray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted; yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his