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of a servant! Not to pour upon an attentive and prostrate world the authoritative wisdom of the divine counsels; but to endure the contradiction of sinners, & to seal his testimony with his own blood. The light which he shed upon us, Prophets & Kings had desired to see, and saw not. The truth which he attested, the wisest of former ages had inquired after without success. It bears, both in its intrinsic excellence, and its effects, the "broad seal of divinity;" (((and is worthy of the Messenger who brought it, & the blood by which it was sealed.))) Contemplate its inestimable value, in its influence upon the character, the enjoyments, and the final destiny of Man. To the sinner, whose understanding ignorance and error have darkened, it comes like a light from Heaven. The conscience, which repeated violations have stupified, it awakens to remorse. The heart, filled with enmity against God, it subdues into contrition. And from lips which proudly inquired, "who is the Lord that I should obey him?

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