“O may I breathe no longer than I breathe My soul in praise to Him, who gave my soul, And all her infinite of prospect fair, Cut thro’ the shades of hell, Great Love, by thee! Oh! most adorable! most unador’d! Where shall that praise begin, which ne’er should end?” And now, brethren, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and upon the authority of his sacred word, I beg leave to put the grand question; which I pray that every one of us may be able to answer in the affirmative, HAVE YOU GIVEN YOUR HEARTS TO GOD? I ask the question most solemnly, as one that must shortly meet you at the judgment-seat of Christ; where if either preacher or hearers appear without the blessing suggested in the text, it would be better we had never been born. Remember, as you will answer at the great and terrible day of the Lord, that I have this day begged you to give Christ your hearts. If you do, he will wash them in his blood; he will make them happy, and keep them so. But, if the world engross your affections, and sin be suffered to tyrannize in your heart, the consequence will be horrible beyond all conception. Will you, therefore, _can_ you, _dare_ you deny a request, that involves in it your eternal happiness or misery? May there not be one dissentient voice! But, with the most unanimous and solemn surrender, may all cry out, “Here are our hearts; blessed Jesus, take them, and seal them eternally thine.” Amen and Amen. SERMON III. AN INVITATION TO THE GOSPEL FEAST. “_Come_; _for all things are now ready_.” LUKE, xiv. 17. THE parable, from whence I have selected the text, resembles, in its general import, _that_ recorded in Mat. xxii. 2–10. The design of our Lord, in both, is, to represent, under the similitude of a sumptuous feast, the rich provision, which he hath made for his people in the _covenant_ of redemption;—the _suitableness_ of that provision to all the effects and consequences of our fall;—the _medium_ of its conveyance, the divine person and glorious salvation of the Son of God;—the extensive and merciful _invitation_, given in the gospel to participate of its rich blessings;—and the different _reception_, which that gospel meets with from the men of the world; some treating it with indifference and scorn, and others, through grace, embracing it as the most acceptable message, that ever addressed the ears of mortals, and as the most invaluable gift, that God could bestow, or sinners receive.