Satan, working into body, soul and spirit: Oh, where shall he hide,-whither can he flee? For the gaze of Jehovah is scorching; the joy in His presence has departed; the sweet communion is cut off, and lo! there stands the

DESPAIRING SINNER.

2. It sets forth Man's Hope.

As, with desponding eye, the guilty pair await their doom,—as the ministering Cherubim take up their station to guard the precincts of the lovely garden,—as Jehovah comes forth to pronounce their sentènce, MERCY rushes to greet TRUTH, and RIGHTEOUSNESS to embrace PEACE; and then, from the depths of eternity, is brought out that mystery which angels longed to know; and, ere ever the mother of earth's children learns her sorrow, or the man the earth's curse, in the woe on their tempter they read their pardon, for the seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head, and this, THE "BELOVED SON."

3. It sets forth the completeness of Man's hope. If I might so speak, the human race were con

centrated before God IN Adam, and in Adam's loins were cursed.

In the marriage of Adam, we have a great mystery revealed, a mysterious union declared. God's eye, as it ranges over the children of men, rests only on Adam their father, and in Adam they are "dead" in His sight. If I stand before God, it is in Adam, and in Adam I am cursed; for thus saith Scripture, "as by ONE MAN sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men, for that ALL have sinned, yea death reigned over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression; "-which we might render thus, "by the disobedience of one who stood before God as our representative, sin was introduced into the world, and in consequence of sin came Death, and by this man, has death (or God's curse) been handed to all men, on account of whom, all have been treated as sinners, and this taint is even handed to Infants, though they were never guilty of personal sin."

But, when the "beloved Son" was promised

as the seed of the woman, who, by another mysterious union, typified by Adam's marriage, should bring in a flood of righteousness,—then is the darkness of despair chased by a ray of hope, for in that seed, man looked for pardon and peace, and is supported by the assurance, that though "by the OFFENCE OF ONE MAN judgment came upon all men unto condemnation," yet" by the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF ONE MAN the free gift came upon all men,”—and that gift in the "beloved Son."

4. It sets forth, the Father's pleasure and Man's acceptance,-"This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased."

In this is revealed the mystical union betwixt Christ and His Church.

There are two Churches and two Heads presented to God's view: there is the Church of Adam under sin, and the Church of the "beloved Son" under righteousness. And as, in the one, God is displeased and its members under wrath, so in the other, God is "well pleased "

and its members under grace; for, in the fulness of time, God sent forth His beloved Son, made of a woman, made under the law to redeem them under its curse, and on Calvary did the rain of heaven descend, and the storm beat on the second Adam; then was the wall broken down and the gulph filled up; then was a way of access prepared and the wrath dispelled; then from the bosom of the "beloved Son," Adam's child could once more cry " Abba, Father.”

Magnificent plan! "Through Faith," (and that very faith God's gift,) the sinner becomes partaker of the righteousness and perfect work of his new parent; by Faith he is grafted into the mystical body of Christ;-for, after the will of the flesh, he was begotten of Adam, but, by the Spirit, is begotten of God;-and thus, being united by faith to Christ, he dies with Him, is buried with Him, and rises again with Him. Wonderful as it may seem, God looks on the believing son of Adam and the "beloved Son as one person; and to borrow the language of another "he" (the believer,)" obeys in Christ's

as the seed of the woman, who, by another mysterious union, typified by Adam's marriage, should bring in a flood of righteousness,-then is the darkness of despair chased by a ray of hope, for in that seed, man looked for pardon and peace, and is supported by the assurance, that though "by the OFFENCE OF ONE MAN judgment came upon all men unto condemnation," yet" by the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF ONE MAN the free gift came upon all men,❞—and that gift in the "beloved Son."

4. It sets forth, the Father's pleasure and Man's acceptance,-" This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased."

In this is revealed the mystical union betwixt Christ and His Church.

There are two Churches and two Heads presented to God's view: there is the Church of Adam under sin, and the Church of the "beloved Son" under righteousness. And as, in the one, God is displeased and its members under wrath, so in the other, God is well pleased "