Transcribed from the 1813 R. Thomas edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Public domain book cover] CHRIST _THE TRUE MELCHISEDEC_. BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF A SERMON, Preached on SUNDAY Evening, JULY 24th, 1813, At the Obelisk Chapel. * * * * * _BY J. CHURCH_, MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL. * * * * * “Your Father _Abraham_ rejoiced to see my day—he saw it and was glad.” _John_ viii, 56. “He will bless the House of Israel—he will bless the House of Aaron.” _Psalm_ cxv.— * * * * * [Picture: Decorative graphic with London printed in it] PRINTED BY R. THOMAS, 11, RED LION STREET, BOROUGH * * * * * 1813. * * * * * CHRIST THE TRUE MELCHISEDEC. “_Now consider how great this Man was_.”—Heb. vii, 4. THE sacred pages are an exhibition of the loving heart of a covenant God, Father, Son, and Spirit; from whence flow all the blessings of eternal life to guilty man. All spring from love, for _God is love_—he is love itself, the fountain of it. He loves himself, his Son, and the eternal Spirit—it is a perfection of his nature, boundless and incomprehensible. This eternal Three in the One Jehovah, hath condescended of his sovereign goodwill and pleasure, to love and chuse millions of men, though fallen and depraved, guilty and hell-deserving—yet in a way of mercy, pity, and compassion, determined to shew how far this love could go—the Covenant of Redemption being made in eternity, wherein the Father proposed to call his dear Son to engage in the Work of Salvation—the Son as graciously accepting, offering himself to be all, and do all in the great Work of Redemption, it was purposed he should assume the nature of his people—for this grand purpose, that he might represent them, obey, suffer, and die for them; for which he should be glorified in that nature—see the travail of his soul, and be delighted with all the happy consequences of his Work. This being settled in infinite wisdom, our dear Lord anticipated the pleasure of it before the world began—_My delights were with the Sons of Men_.