A Call to perifhing II. REV. iii. 20. Chrift's ftanding and knocking at the door of the heart, affords powerful argument III. REV. iii. 20. A View of the extenfiveness and IV. PROV. ix. 5. Chrift the bread of life, excel- V. GEN. xlv. 4. Chrift our loving brother typified by Joseph, with directions how to come near him VI. MATTH. xxii. 2. A Call to come and fign the VII. LAM. i. 12. A Call to view Chrift's dreadful fufferings under God's fierce anger VIII. MATTH. xxvi. 22. Communicants called to IX. HEB. vi. 18. Chrift our only city of refuge," X. JOHN iii. 14. A Call to view Christ nailed, and lifted up on the cross, with suitable thoughts and XI. EXODUS xiv. 15. A Call to communicants, un- der doubts and fears, to go forward to the Red fea XII. JOHN xii. 32. Chrift lifted up on the cross, a noble engine for drawing fouls to him, with direc- tions to look for his drawing power. XIII. JOHN xix. 5. A Call to behold the man Christ Jefus, under his various fufferings XV. REV. xxii. 2. Chrift our tree of life, infinitely XVI. Isa. xxxii. 2. Chrift our only hiding-place and covert from forms of wrath, with directions to get XVII. I KINGS xix. 9. Communicants fhould be ready to give account to God of their errant at the XVIII. JOHN V. 6. Communicants must come fen- fble of their diseases, with faith in Chrift's healing power, and marks of a healing faith XIX. EXOD. xii. 14. How to improve a communion fabbath as a memorial of Chrift's death, refurrection XX. JER. iii. 19. A finner's taking hold of God's covenant, furmounts all the hinderances and diffi. culties in the way of his falvation XXI. LUKE v. 26. Communicants are to recollect XXII. LUKE vi. 21. The bleffedness of true fpi tual hunger, with the good things provided to fi 25 the hungry XXIII. PSAL. cvii. 2. Redeemed fouls are under fp cial obligations to give thanks, and fing praise t their Redeemer 26 SACRAMENTAL MEDITATIONS UPON SUNDRY SCRIPTURE-TEXTS. MEDITATION I. From HEB. xi. 7. By faith Noah prepared an ark to the saving of ΤΗ bis bouse. HO' the flood that drowned the old world was at many years distance, yet Noab was moved with fear at God's warning him of it, and prepared an ark for his fafety: And fhall not unconverted unbelieving finners, who have a far more terrible flood threatned against them, and may be only a few days dif tant, take warning and provide with all speed for their fafety?-Oh! fhall 1, a wretched guilty finner, take reft, while I am within the flood-mark of God's wrath, and not arife in time to provide an ark to flee to for my fafety? But O good news! I have not the ark to provide, it is prepared to my hand: God, in his infinite wisdom and pity hath made ready an ark long ago for loft finners of Adam's race to fly to; and now it is completely furnished and finished, and all things are ready, fo that I have nothing to do but go and take poffeffion. B O what had become of me, and other perishing finners, had we the ark to build for ourselves? Nay, the whole creation had not been able or fufficient for this purpose. How foon would the raging flood of divine wrath fweep away all the arks of men or angels building! But, thanks be unto God for ever, for the excellent well built ark of God's deviling, for the many fpacious rooms and fafe lodging places within it, for the fuitable accommodation and plentiful provifion laid up therein, and for the door opened in the fide thereof for perifhing fouls to enter by. -The falvation of finners by a crucified Cbrift, is a well ordered scheme, a beautiful contrivance! Bleffed be the infinitely wife contriver for it. I fee all things in Chrift crucified neceffary for me: He is made of God to men, wisdom, righteousness, fancti fication, and redemption. There is in him infinite wifdom to guide me, a fpotlefs righteoufnefs to cover me, precious blood to wafh me, the Holy Spirit to fanctify me, his good word to direct me, his juft laws to govern me, and his infinite fulness to fupply all my needs: Safe and happy then would I be, were I found in him. that, upon trial by feripture-marks, I could conclude myself to be within the ark, to wit, a crucified Fefus! Can I fay, I have been warned of God, and mov. ed with fear, to fly to this ark? Have I difcovered my fhelterlefs fate by nature, the waves and billows of wrath rifing and rolling againfi me? Have I seen my own inability to provide an ark for myfelf, and the excellency and fitnefs of the ark of God's providing ? Have I been made willing to a bandon all falfe arks, and carneftly inquifitive how to get into the true ark? Have I been made willing to ufe all appointed means for this end, to read, hear, meditate, pray, repent, believe, effay to climb |