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    forever . It is written in the decrees of heaven , it is promised iii tim ( jbspel prophecies ; the word faileth not 3 whatsoever seems to be defeating the accomplishment of its predictions will eventuall y be overcome . The years are bringing on that gracious period when tne Gospel shall be acknowledged by every tongue , and glorified in every life , Christ was dead and is alive again , and lives for evermore !"

    The sermons entitled Reflections on the Tomb of Jesus * commence with a very ingenious disquisition , the object of which is to show , that the place of his interment was such * a one as was common among the J ews . Only princes of David ' s house were permitted to be buried within the city of Jerusalem . Though Jesus was descended from that celebrated monarch , yet it was not likely that a condemned and crucified malefactor would be favoured with such a privilege ; hence Joseph of Arimathea was desirous that he should be interred before the

    Sabbath . When , therefore , Christ ' s death was ascertained by the circumstances which attended his wounded side , this opulent disciple obtained permission to bury his body . But in order to accomplish this business before the Sabbath , he was obliged to inter his crucified masfer in a new unfinished tomb hewn in a

    rock . These burial places were usual in gardens without the city , and so numerous were these gardens round Jerusalem , in the time of Titus , that they greatly checked the progress of the siege . Had not Jesus been so hastily interred , his prediction

    might not have seemed so well confirmed , that on the third day after his crucifixion he should rise again . Since also he was laid in a new sepulchre no imposition was likely : no one but

    himself could issue from this sealed and guarded toinb . His serene tranquillity there is admirably described , as are also the lessons to be drawn by Christians , and especially afflicted Christians , from contemplating the place where Jesus lay . It is a beautiful conjecture of the author ' s , that the

    nineteenth Psaltn was composed early in a morning , when the writer was just risen from sleep , with refreshed powers , an enlivened heart , a clear vigorous understanding , and a soul-breathing gratitude , and meditating on the divine glory and mercy . The

    shades of night were perhaps passing away , and the dawn was displaying its beauties ; Nature was risen from the dead ; the curtain of darkness was withdrawn , and a new creation was rising to view . Transported with the glorious sight , the Psalmist indulged in devout rapture . As in a mirror he beheld the face of the Creator . In such circumstances every expression of contentment 6 r of gladness was in fact a hymn of praise and thanksgiving to . the Almighty . Every created being was a pillar erected " to his honour ; the whole fabric of na ^ ture would seem one mighty monument , raised to perpetuate a conviction of the divine existence and goodness . Whilst the

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1806, page 98, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1721/page/42/