This tells his gracious design to fetch us up from destruction, to make atonement for all our transgressions, to fulfil all the Law’s demands, to satisfy the justice of God, to harmonize every divine attribute, to redeem his dear people from the curse, to open a way of access to God, to sanctify every temporal blessing, to incense the gift of the Holy Ghost, and that our old man might be crucified, that the whole body of death might be destroyed, to conquer sin, to subdue Satan, to bar the mouth of hell, to rend the vail of the temple, to open the pearly gates of the celestial city, to remove spiritual death, to take away the sting of temporal death, to finish transgression, make an end of sin, bring in an everlasting righteousness, make reconciliation for iniquity, and to make himself an everlasting name; and he must, he shall have, all the glory, from first to last. Thus Jews died for these grand purposes—death is our life; he hath raised us up in himself, raised up our poor fallen natures indeed; and by virtue of his work we are restored to the image of God in regeneration, to communion with God in conversion, and to the likeness of Christ in our resurrection. Glory be to his dear name for stooping so low to raise us so high; nor will he ever give over the wonders of his grace till we are raised out of the mire of corruption, indwelling sin, and out of the waters of all affliction; for the Lord will perfect his begun good work, for his mercy endureth for ever. Thus we see our fall, and our recovery in Christ. Not that the dear people of God, in one sense, ever fell out of the flavour of God, or were ever liable to be damned; but the nature of sin in God’s people is the same as in the reprobate, and requires an infinite satisfaction—this being given a free proclamation is issued out to all who feel their need of this Jesus; they are welcome to him, and he has graciously assured such he will in no wise cast them out—and this is a promise worth a thousand worlds, and gladly accepted by them that believe, _That Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners_.—Praise ye the Lord.