He that defpifed Mofes's Law, died SERM. without Mercy, (1 fpeak the Words of V. the Apostle to the Hebrews, and which Heb. x. are applied by him to this very purpose) 28, 29. Of how much forer Punishment, suppose ye, fhall They be thought worthy, who bave trodden under Foot the Son of God; and have counted the Blood of the Covenant, wherewith they were fanctified, an unholy thing? May the all-fufficient Merit of that Blood though undervalued by them, be yet extended to them; purge their Consciences from Dead Works, and enlighten their Minds with faving Knowledge! And if they will not repent, but refolve still to go on in their Impieties, let us be fure to have no Fellowship with them, but de- Num.xvi. part from the Tents of these wicked Men, left we be confumed in their Sins! 26. THE The Chriftian State, a State of Suffering. 145. A SERMON Preached at Westminster - Abbey, Nov. 1. 1717. Being All-Saints-Day. I PET. ii. 21. Even hereunto were ye called; because TH HE Duty, and the Perfection of SERM Christian confifts in the Imita- VI. tion of Chrift; in the Imitation of every Part of his Spotlefs Example, of the |