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THE 
 
 EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT: 
 
 '* CHRIST DIED FOR AF.L." — 2 COF. V. 14, 15. 
 
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 A SERMON, 
 
 DELIVERED 
 
 ON SUNDAY EVENING, THE 26th OCTOBER, 1856, 
 
 BY THE 
 
 REV. ROBERT BURNET, 
 
 IN 
 
 ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, HAMILTON, C. W. 
 
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TO THE 
 
 CONGREGATION OF ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, 
 THIS SERMON IS HUMBLY AND PRAYERFULLY 
 
 DEDICATED, BY THE 
 
 AUTHOR. 
 Hamilton, 30th Oct. 1856. 
 
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SERMON: 
 
 THE EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT. 
 
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 "For the Love of Chriit constwineth ui, beenuse ^« tlroi judge, that »f 
 OM died for all. then were all dead ; And that he died for all. that they 
 which live, should not. henceforth, live unto themselves, but unto Him 
 which died for them, and rose again."— 2 Cor., v. 14, 18. 
 
 In his epistles, the aim of the Apostlcr I'aul was, generally, to cor- 
 rect tlie irroguluiities into which the Churches he planted had fallen ; 
 to confute the errors ot false teachers ;-.<»r, to direct particular indi- 
 viduals in the discharge o( tbjse duties which he had assigned 
 
 them. 
 
 This epistle was evidently writt<ii toeorr«^et th<? errors into whit* 
 
 the Ct^rinthian Church had fallen. 
 
 Titus, who carried the first epistle to C/orinth, learned from eonvei-s- 
 inj^withStPaurs t.pponents, or otherwise, the arguments and oU 
 jections by which certain nieu endeavored to lessen that Apostle's 
 authority, and, also, the scoffing speeches by which they strove to 
 bring him into eontempt. To understand the chapter aright, from 
 which our text is quoted, it is necessary to bear in mind, then, what 
 effect the temper and bearing of the taction opposed to the Apostle 
 Paul, had produced in the C^onntliian Church. We have every rea- 
 son to believe that these matters were fully explained to Paul by 
 his messenger, and in this, as well as in the previous and 
 succeeding chapters, Paul wisely introduced refutations of the 
 arguments and objections urged by these folse teachers, and by close 
 reasoning, as well as, at times, by cutting sarcasm, he covered his 
 adversaries with shame. 
 
 In the verses innnediately preceding our text, he indirectly refers 
 to the means by which the false teachers had recommended them- 
 selves. 
 
 At the 12th verse, he says, " For we commend not ourselves 
 again to you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye 
 may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance and 
 not in heart," alluding to the manner inwhkft the false teachers 
 
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had established themselves at Corhith, viz: neither by working 
 miracles, nor by communicating to the Corinthians spiritual gifts, 
 but by producing letters of recommendation from some parties in 
 Judea, and by vaun' ing foolishly of their owi talents. The Apos- 
 tie, however, might well ask, as indeed he does in the beginning of 
 the third chapter, *' Must we begin again to recommend ourse. ;csY' 
 By recommending himself, the Apostle certainly did not mean, 
 praising himself, fur thus he could not possibly prove himself to 
 be an Apostle «)f Christ. But he meant to enquire whether it were 
 necessary, or even becoming of him to propose anew to the Corirfth- 
 ians, the proofs of his Apostleship. He had done this in his former 
 letter, chapter ninth. Ar^ if he had said, '• Must we begin again to 
 establish ourselves" as an Apostle of Christ. 
 
 Well might he affirm, I need no letter of recommendation, ye are 
 the copy of our recommendation from Christ, which is written on 
 your hearts, known and read of all men ; for, by your conversion, 
 and by your spiritual gifts, ye plainly demonstrate the reeommen- 
 dation given to me by tho Lord Josus, written not with ink as the 
 letters of the false teachers were, but with the Spirit of the living 
 God; not as in the ease of Moses, on tables of stone, but on the 
 fleshly tablets of your hearts. What he had thus .said in proof of 
 his own faithfulness in the ministry c^^uld not be imputed to vanity, 
 for he told the Corinthians that he had mentioned these things not to 
 present to them reasons why they should l)oast of him as an Apostle, 
 but to enable them to answer those who boasted in the ialse teachers, 
 on account of external numifestations, not on account of go«»d dis- 
 positions of the heari. 
 
 In other words, it w as not to exalt himself, or his ministrations 
 unduly, l)ut to counteract the assumptions, and to repel the accusa- 
 tions advanced by false instructors. Further, because the faction 
 represented the Apostle as a madman for preaching the gospel at 
 the hazard of his life, without reaping any worldly advantage from 
 it. he assured the Corinthians tliat if in so doing he acted in^the 
 opinion of his opponents, as a madman, it \.'as for the glory of God, 
 or if he acted in the opinion of the sincere part of the Churcl^ as 
 being in iiis right mind, i)y shunning persecution, it was (or the sake 
 of hit disciples, that he might be the longer continued with them ;^ 
 and in either case, he was moved by a strong sense of the love of 
 Christ ; declaring, as he emphatically does, tliat this was his only 
 
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 motive, whether in the divscliargo of duty, or, in the enduriince of 
 trial. It U hardly necessary io say, that the sanie w the actwathig 
 motive ot every believer ; for, n<» one can render ai'eej)tablc service, 
 save when he i» aetuate«l an his ehief atid leadiujr motive by love to 
 Christ. We pniei'i'd, tlu'ii, tt»i*u<juire respecting the effects of this 
 motive on tlie A|><>stU''!« iniiid, and on the nihids of all, who like 
 him, are truly enlightened. 
 
 He judj^ed first that all men were dead in tresipasses and sins. 
 
 God indeed tiuule man nprljiht, but it is plain from every source 
 of information open to man, tliat he is a fallen, and therefore a de- 
 praved being. By the curse c«>i»si'(jncut on tlu^ fall, he is cut otf 
 from Gou, who alom? is the fojuitain of all ptirity and happiness. 
 Accordinji to tlio Scriptures. fuUi-n man is "lost," he is "already 
 condemned.'" *'all an* by nature accursed*' — "the children of 
 wrath ;" and thiTcfort' siicii iis are not ri'gcuerated, or created a!iew, 
 must inevitably perish, IxcauHc '' the wrath of (jod abideth upon 
 them." All sinned and «iicd in Adan», iiente all are dead in tres- 
 passes and sins. iJy the riches of Gi>d's ji;iace many are plucked as 
 brands from the buniin«j:, whiU' others are left t<» j)er;sli. The great 
 sourcfM)f error, iu regard to the extent of the atonentent of Christ, 
 Consists in not prop<*rly understanding our fall in A<lani. 
 
 In virtue of the relation in whieh we stand to our first ♦ather,Adam. 
 his guilt is our guilt, and we were all n\«^>st justly eondennied «'« him, 
 'riiis fa<-t so «4'teu advanced in seripture. is a stu»ubIing-block and 
 foolishness to those whose inu»ginati<»ns ;uv not east <lown by the 
 jEjospel e«»uiing to tl»ehi in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in , 
 mueh assurance. Thv pride of the human heart rebels against this 
 doctrine, although, it is not i^nly )»Uiinly tuiight in scripture, but is 
 eonfirined l»y what is daily passing jiround us in the world. We 
 see death n'igniug over thoM'. wlio eould not have sinju-d after the 
 .siuulitude ««f Adanrs transgression. Deatli. howev«T, is declared 
 to be the wag«'s of sin, and if sucIj, those m lio <lie beforu they have 
 eononittcd a<'tu;d transgression eouhi fiot have l»een suhjected to 
 deiith temporal. It is a lundaiiieiital doetriiie, an<l beautifully 
 brought out tit Paid's «'pistle to the Ivoinans, that as Adam's sin 
 is iuiputed to all his posterity, >««» is the rigltteousjtess of the second 
 Adam, the Lord tVoin Heaven, inijHJted to all his children. The 
 view, then, given in the Word of (kxl, is, that all men siiuied in 
 Adam, and so became liable to the curse of death temporal, spiritual 
 
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and et.'t-nul. Tiiut thosu whniu QinHt loved vrith an e%'erlasting 
 Iov<», and yvvve ehoseii in Ilixn before the foundation of the world, 
 wore delivered from ii«>ing <lown to the pit, f»od having found a 
 rniisonii. Ah ungodliness and worUlly lusts are procjfs of guilt, 
 rondenuijition, and consequent alienatirm from God, so, when the 
 love of Christ constrains to good works, these \Vi»rks are the 
 evidenet^ of justificiititrti, and of having passed fmni death unto 
 life. Tiie deatii to which nuni is n<jw suNjeet then is not mere- 
 ly the death of the boily. Tlie death threatened in Genesis ii. 
 17, was destruetion from the pres»»nee ot the Lor*.^, and from 
 the glory of his power, so says St. Paul, hi s«>eo»»d Tijiiothy, the 
 same Apostle writes, "tills spiritniil deatli is that death whieh 
 Christ has abolished,'^ an»l in so du'.ng, hath brought lite and im- 
 mortality clearly to light. Further, it is said, whosoever liveth 
 and believeth in me shall nevi'r die. Now titith in Christ, while it 
 secures us against d*'ath, never does prevent i>ur going liown to the 
 grave Fallen mati's retuiuiug t(» the tlust from whi<h he was taken, 
 was appointed in connexion with the intinuition of the connng of 
 the Saviour. 
 
 'riiis connexion is clearly pointed out in Hebrews ix. 27 and 28. 
 *'lt is appointed unto men one<^ to die and after death the judgment." 
 in exact correspondence with the divine ptn-pose that Christ shoidd 
 he once offered Ut bear the sins of many, and appear tlie second 
 time, to them that look for him, without sin, ujito salvation. Hav- 
 ing thus seen then that all havt^ come short of tla-i glory of <5od, and 
 that one of the fundamental articles of the Christian faith rests upon 
 it, we proceed to consider tl>e assertion *' that Chi-ist dii'd for all.'* 
 
 It may tend to elucidate tin* subject, and may at the same time 
 save unnecessary (trouble and) rej)etit'on to s})eak of one or two of 
 the terms used in coimexion with the subject of the atonement, and 
 more especially those allied to the aU in our text. There are few 
 more general expressions in scripture tlmn that of God loving the 
 world, as in John iii, 15, where it refers to all mankind, in oppo- 
 sition to the Jews, who held themselves alone to be distinguished by 
 the tavor of God. Again, Nicodemus supposed that Messiah would 
 come to save Israel, and to condemn the world, but the Lord in- 
 formed him that God sent not his Son into the world to condemn 
 the world, but that the world through him might be saved. Surely 
 this does not mean that it was God's purpose to save all men ; had 
 
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lius bct'ii su, it would iiave been cH'ecLL-d. it uhviousiy iiieansiucn 
 of all nations, "There h now neither Jvw n*»r Greek, circumcision 
 nor uncircumcision." In tiio wortls of the verse intmciliately sue 
 ccedlng the ir>thorthi«i ehaplor, "nonuin U known nfrer the flesh,'* 
 Tlio best comment on those pussages which speak of Christ d^ing 
 for the sins t>f the whole worlds aiul dyiuir/or «//, i« the song of the 
 redeemed, Tliey sung u new soiij;, .saying, **Thon art worthy to 
 take the book, and to open tlie «eal« tliereof, for tlwm wast «Iain, 
 and hast re<lecnied ns t<» God by tliy bhtod, out of every kindred, 
 and tongue and people uiid nati<»n,iuid liast made us wnto our God, 
 kinjjs and priests." Ajraln, *' A tU»r this I biheld, and h\ a great 
 nmltifmle which n<» man could munbor, ofall nations, aii<l kindreds 
 and iM'opUi and tonguex, stood before the tlu'one, and before the 
 Ijanib, cb>thed with white robvs and pahns in their hanils " 
 
 But an ilhistration will show tlie absurdity of interp' * 
 
 the world, every, and tl»e likt-. in their widest hititude. 
 rule of interpretation which is applied to vindicate univei 
 nient, li'om tlie iLjcnerai I'Xpri'ssious cnj[>loycd. will «j;o ;.. 
 to establish universal salvation. " I, if I be li(h*d up. will draw ui, 
 men unto me." •• Uclu>ld the T.ainb of * Jad who taketh away the nin 
 of the world." •• We know that this is in«]ccd the Christ the Saviour 
 of the world. 'Hie <'ondenuiati»>n ol all iniijht with e«|ual justice be 
 eslai»rished. " The wh(>lc w« )rld licth in wickedness."' " I f e was in 
 the world, and the world was n>ade by him. and the world knew 
 him not." What renders the last «|uotation more stiikinj; is the fact, 
 that it stan<ls in ini'mdiate cftimcxion with the assertion, that 
 "Christ enli«rlitoncth ever*/ man that cometli into the world." The 
 expressions world, all. arc often usi'd to denote muny. 'Hie l*hari- 
 sees sai<l, ^"the world is »ii\w after llim." 
 
 If these and many ^^'uniiar expressions cjuinot be understood to 
 mean all mankind, there can be no ;i<M»d reason shown, that 'dl 
 mankhid are beloved •»f <iod. (»r that Christ dU'd to expiate the sins 
 of those who live in sin. die in sin, and to whom he will declare '* I 
 never knew you." In sshort, universal atonement cannot be main- 
 tained atlc^r a <areful perusal of God*:* wtud, l^ct us for the 
 moment lay aside mere verbal criticism. What place, we ask, 
 does tiie system of rewards and punishntents so clearly unfolded in 
 the Bible hold in the religious belief of one who persuades himself 
 that Christ died for all'^ W^hat object Mould such an individual 
 
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 Assign to the future j'^Jgineiit? What ooiiMtruction coulrf hf* put 
 on those |>aHsag»i» of wripturo which nflinii that the jiiTur sviii re. 
 ward tho rij;htt>oiiM uiuJ punish tho wicked I 
 
 W« Hhull iM»w I'spcviiiily ami Initlly, vuui'uw «»ur Miutwding re^ 
 inarkj* to tho word all in uur text. It rclrrs m w« have said u> 
 iih'ii of all nations, in oj>pc>!^ition to \muA, to whom, us they be 
 lloveil, for HO loiiff n pt'rioiL the umim <.f salvation weto liniitcd. 
 Wo now upproa<li that p;;rtof the pan- j,.rt. liefore uh which app*>ar8 
 inoHt important. Wc «»fl;r our remarks with revei ice, conscious 
 <»f what we have still to learn coneeniiiisr tlie lol'tiest of Kdiemes.— 
 
 •• For the love of <'lirist const ralruth us. becau^■e we thus judgt^ 
 that, if one .lie.l jnr all, tl.m were all .l.-ad/' ().,r rranslators rcn- 
 iler the second clause* "t Ian were all <Iea(i;' hut this we consider 
 the original will scanvly I'car. TIm' same tense of the same verb 
 is employed in both .lausos, and tlaMvfore to varv the trans- 
 lation seenjs unwise. The stnsr is bnmgljt fully out by th- follow- 
 ing verbal altitation 'M^tcanse we thus jn<lge,* tl»at if Christ died 
 for all then all died.'* In this passage the Apostle teaches 
 us, tha£ all for whom Christ died.diid in hijo.that in virtue <.f the 
 unity of the Head and the members, his death was therr death.— 
 Those then tor whom Christ's ,!catli is n»ade applicable, are such as 
 die daily to sin, such as triu.nph daily over the evil j>assions entailed 
 upon them iii consc.juenee of the t-dl, and who are seeking by faith 
 in the Lord .Icsns, t,, overcome the world, the deviCand the 
 flesh. 
 
 Tills seen;s t(» be the doctrijie on this siibject throughout all the 
 epistles, and hence believers arc enj<»incd to reckon themselves 
 dead to sin. hi liomans this passage occms Ahich appears to go 
 far to confirm this statement. '• Knowing this that our old nam is 
 crucified with him, that the body oi' s\n nnght be. destroyed, that 
 henceforth we should not «ervc sin ; lor, Iw that is dead is freed from 
 sin." Verse 8th, •• Mw if we be dead with (Christ, wc believe we 
 shall also live with him".— In Coh-.ssians it is written, "Wherefore 
 if xve be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the xvorld."— • 
 Again, in the same epistle, it is said »• For yc are .lead, and vour 
 life is hid with t'hrist in God, when Christ who is enr liti- shaJl 
 appear, then shall yc ;.lso appear with him in glory." A ftcr statin*' 
 (verse 15th,) that Christ died tor all, -that those 'who live (in other 
 words are dead unto sin, and alive unto God,) should not live unto 
 
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 ihemaelvc^ but unto Urn tlM dlM for thein« md tliut roid again " 
 he proceeds, ** w licR^ftirc Iit>nci'(«jrtli know wc no man after the fiesht 
 yea though w« hav« known (>hri!»t alitor the flcn«h, yot now h«nw». 
 IWrth know wo him no more," 
 
 hi common with tho .Icwh, '^uiI had known ('hrint, utter the 
 llcHh, OM th» Saviour of ti)c th>w:.srt nation, but wht>n be leame«l 
 that Clirist »lic<l for all, (nut for that nation only, but tlmt he might 
 gather togith »»• in one tlm i'hil<lpun of God tliai v.-itc siutti-rfd abroad, 
 to wliatMver s^tliou tla»y bflonj;) ho kn«*w no man after tho iloHh— 
 i. e. ho au'e<»nnt( d no niant nearer tho kingooiii of <J<»d, <ai aeeount of 
 liisbirtli — nor did hi^ knovc Christ after tl»e fkfsli, as the Saviour of 
 any particular fiuuily. lie proefeds, " '!'lii'ri*fore if any man be. in 
 Christ, in* in a new creature; old things an? luisscil away, l)e- 
 liold all ti»in!»s art^ bceoinc ncw.*' The re<leinption wrought out, 
 and aeeoinp!isl»ed l>y Christ then, in not simply a uu nsof escajH* 
 (rom nu'ritrd |»uni»luuent, it is soiuethii»g more, it muslbeeom* 
 pletedand perfoetod in the beliewr himself, who niu^t have suita- 
 hie dispusitittns and huhitM, before tli«' siuflieseney which is in tlie 
 [^oni .Jesus ean be saviniily applird. Heiievcrj* must be ereated 
 anew in (^'hrist .lesus. They hav<? put otf tlie old man with his 
 deeds, are renewed iii the spirit oi" their mind. aj»d have put on 
 the new man, whicli is r«Miowt'd in ktiowledj^e, alVer thi; image of 
 him that ereati'd him IIenc»?old tliinjjs are past away, behold all 
 thinifs are beeomo new. <.)ur attv'Mtion is tlu'U directed to him by 
 whose power this ehaitfie has been alKelt'd: "'And all thinj^js .'U*c of 
 God, who hath ri'e<»neiU'd us to himself by .K'sus Christ, who liath 
 giv*!n us the ministry of reconciliation." Ti^ul afiirms tliat the 
 gospel dispensation had been eomuiitted to tlie Apostles, that dis- 
 pcnsation which showed that God was in Christ, reeoneiling the 
 world unto himself, not iinputin«jj their trespasses unto tijem — Here 
 we are taught, that tlu; trespasses of the tvorfd w huh G<^»d was reeon- 
 ciling unto himself ia Christ, aiv not imputed unto them. This 
 neeessarily refers only to the people <*f God. for, to all other their 
 trespasst's are imputed ; hut as the redeemed consist of men of all 
 nations, the general term (he world la made use of. It is worthy of 
 remark that tlie same expression is employed in llomans, **lf the 
 casting away of them be the reconciling of the world.** This surely 
 as we already noticed cannot refer to every individual of mankind, 
 but refers to God visiting the Gentiles, having eommandcd the gos- 
 pel to be preached to every creature. Now then continues the 
 
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 Apostle at the end of the chapter, " Wc pray yoii hi Christ'8 stead, 
 be ye reconciled to God ; for he hath made him to hv sin for us who 
 knew no sUi, that wo might he made the righteousness of God in 
 Him." The atonement was made, the sacrifice was accepted, nnd 
 sinners were invited to enjoy the friendsl/ip nf (iod, through the 
 death of his Son. Tiie imitation was enforced by tljc consideration 
 he hatli made him to !)e slii for us who knew no sin, that m miffht 
 he made the rujhteousness of Uod i n 1 1 im • < iod at first created ntan 
 after his image, in knowledge, righteousness, and true lioliness, and 
 i^•\<\ the sacrifice of Christ opened u^) the way, by which the Almiglity 
 could be the just G<^d, an.l al, tlie same time the Justifier of the 
 ungodly who'believe. by which he eould in strict conformity to his 
 nature urge men by the agency of liis Holy Spirit, to die untt» sin, 
 and to live unto lioiiness, that that iinage which they 'had forfeited 
 might be restored The verse also teaches us that tiie sins of Christ's 
 people are imputed to their substitute, but such a statement is ad- 
 dressed to those upon whom the atonement has liad its legitinuite ef- 
 fect, viz : upon those who were ])erfecting holiness in the fear of the 
 Lord. If this holiness were not going on in tlie Believei-. he (ku>s 
 not at the time a^•ail himself of Jie sacrifice made for sin, the aim and 
 object of the scheme of salvation being to raise men from the moirl 
 guiltand pollution into which they have been brought by the fall, and 
 to make them indeed and in truth the sons of God, partakers of hi.s 
 holiness, and bearing marks of restoration to his imng-- in their .nn- 
 ward walk and conversation. 
 
 There is another passage, and it is the last tiiat we shall notice, 
 that on all occasions is advanced to prove the atonement universal, 
 and under which men ar<', too prone to take a precarious shelter. It 
 is said in Hebrews ii. and 0th, '^^hrist tasted death for i'very man.'' 
 There can be few stronger expressions in scriptur.^ tluni this i- ; if 
 we examine the context, however, even in a cursory manner, nn e 
 shall easily perceive the conditional natm-e .f its use. The Apostle 
 in the first verse of the second chapter states, •' we ought to give the 
 more earnest heed to ilu- things we have heard, lest at any time we 
 let them slip." hi the third verse he continues, " how shall we escape 
 if we neglect so great sahation," as if he had said, if the J cws escape 
 not, who" have all along been taught to walk in the right way, how 
 shall we, who live in the light of the gospel, escape the wrath of God, 
 ready to be outpoured on every unbeliever. It is a melancholy truth 
 
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 that the careless and profligate encouraiju tlieniselves hi their wieked- 
 ness,l)y pei-siiadinij themselves from =S(.lated })assaovs ot' sacred truth, 
 that Christ died thv jdl, and that therefore thev are. safe. liotli the 
 conclusion and premises iiitheir cissc are wroiio-. Jt is quite true.those 
 ior >vhom Clu-ist died shali Mrver j)erisli. hv hath bought them with 
 his bhjod, and in his n»ediatorial character, has all power in heiMcn 
 ami inearth, tu secure the fruit of his purchase, lie redeeiiuMl 
 them to (Jod's mtx ict> Uy his hUxuh they are all sanctified hy tl»e 
 Spirit. 
 
 Thus >ve. Iiavo endeavoured to prove that the whole tenor of the 
 word of God Jso]>)K>sed to the doetvine of Christ having died for 
 all mankind. h\ the fnhiess ot' ti lue he appeared, ni)d having < ^tiered 
 the gr(>at sacrifice, sat down on the right hand of God, havin<r first 
 CMfnmanded the gospel to be preached indiscriminately to all, with- 
 out respoct to national tiistinetion ; at the same time foretelling that 
 his »!oek would be a litth' (lock. This has bet-n confirmed bV the 
 t'vent. '• Broad is the way ajtd wide is the gate that leadeth to de- 
 struction, and many there be that go in there;it." It has also hap- 
 pened in the providenee of <4,)(!. that t;>r nearly nineteen Inuidred 
 years, but a small part of the M<»rld has been visited with the lifrht 
 of the gospel ; and the ^>eriptnres teaeli us tliat Christ's salvii^^u 
 h C'omimmieated through tlie medium (.f faith, and that faith comes 
 by hearing, and hea)-ing by the word of God. 
 
 Further, if tiie sentiment that Christ died for all be correct, then 
 is the idea of an atonement set aside altogether. If the atone- 
 inent was made for ail, and if it was sufficient for all, all must be 
 saved. We afiirm all must be saved, because guilt could not be 
 cliarged both on the Saviour, and on those lor whom he suffered. 
 This assertion necessarily k-ads tt. one of two eonclusions, either 
 lliat all men are made holy, for. without holiness no man can see 
 the Lonl. or that unconverted and unsanctified men are admitted 
 into heaxen. The former of thesi> is contradicted by tact, and the 
 latter is an abnegation ot" the diffei-once between virtue and vice, 
 and indeed a denial of the exlstenee of God as moral governor' 
 even as it is said in Scripture '^ He that justifieth the wicked, and 
 he that condemneth th(> just, even they both are an abomination to 
 the Lord." 
 
 We are now prepared to coincide with the Apostle, when he 
 breaks forth into the expression, '-for the Love of Christ constrains 
 
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 m to live no toiigcr unt.^ ourselvt's, hut unto lliiu who died for us 
 and who rose rfirain/' l»« '^thi-r W(a-<is, fhnt this lledomption 
 wrought out Ky .r<'suH was lo he pvrfectcd in tht^ bclit'Vfr. <iod"s 
 ,iirae«, Wf rfad, r*"igiis through rightvousuoss. unto t'tiTiia! liti*. 
 And thorelbrt' tht-. i-ousoqueiit apprt'ciution oi' the !ov.' oi" Christ by 
 the ApostU'. Thi Love shed abroad iu hi^ hwirt ♦•ausod hiiu t.> 
 h>veGod uitensely.and to h»ve aud iabor tor the salvation ot' souls, 
 rienee his declaratiou. " wv are ambassadors for Christ, and be- 
 seech vou in His st<'ad. be ve rei'oneihM} to TJod." It is then the 
 Love of Christ in etl'e.etiug atonement for us that t-nabb'sus to love 
 llhn, ;uid to seek the advaneenu'tit of his gh)ry. As the ApostU- 
 deehires, we love Him. b<'cause, he first loved us. As God so loved 
 the world as to give his son for it. aud as Christ so loved the world 
 as to pour out his life tor it, so we, i.iflut>iieed by the e«.)nsideration 
 of such love, should desire to spend and l)e spetit for the glory »>l" 
 God and the salvation of immortal soids. And as a greater iii- 
 dueement to devote himself moiv earnestly to his ealling, he felt 
 himsel*' impelled, nay more, ujider obligation to live not juib> him- 
 self. We are not left to discover what living to ourselves is, it js 
 the opposite of living to the Lord .li'sus. Living t«> hi.n <M,)nsists in 
 seeking his honor and glory, and more esjteeially l>y letting our 
 light so shine bet()re men. that wv nuiv lilorify '• Gur Father which is 
 in Heaven." Having then l^ove as our actuating priiu-iplc, and the 
 truth as our guide, we nmst. if wt^ be to benefit by Christ's redemp- 
 tion, depart from all iniquity, and be holy as God is holy. To Uvi< 
 to God in scripture language then is to die to .sin. To allow sin no 
 Tnore to reign in our mortal bodies, — to rise to newness of life, that 
 the graces of the christian character may have free sc^pe, and healthy 
 developement. And this principle of Love ought more especially 
 to be oar actuating motive, inasmuch as we liave the hope of a 
 glorious inmiortality, and resurrection from the dead, because He 
 rose. 
 
 As all the prospeetsof entering a world where there is no death and 
 no grave, is to be traeed to tin; resurrection of theSavioiu', so we are 
 bound by every obligation of gratitude to devote ourselves like the 
 Apostle without reserve to Him alone — to Him, and to Him alone 
 should we live, being doubly His. By this alone can the work of 
 redemption be perfected within us, and the Saviour see of the tra- 
 vail of his soul and be satisfied. 
 
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