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THE

CROSS

OF

CHRIST,

The Christian’s Glory.

 

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GALATIANS VI. 14.

God forbid that I ſhould glory, ſave in the Croſs,
of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

THE Croſs of Chriſt was the favourite topic of St Paul’s contemplation:———The Croſs of Chriſt was the choſen ſubject of his ſermons, and the grand theme of his writings.———At all times, and in every capacity, he profeſſed he avowed, he gloried in the croſs of Chriſt.———Nay, what is very remarkable, he gloried in nothing elſe—and, what is ſtill more observable, he abhorred the thought of glorying in any thing elſe. He ſpeaks of ſuch a practice in the language of deteſtation and dread, accounting it a high degree both of folly and of wickedneſs: God forbid that I ſhould glory, ſave in the Croſs of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt.