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place of the guilty. His sacrifice was all-sufficient as an atonement for sin, and his obedience was so extensive and complete as to be adequate to all the demands of God’s holy law. His whole work was infinite and perfect, and peculiarly adapted to the necessities of man’s condition. It was the merito- rious cause of his acceptance with God. But his sacrifice alone is sufficient; his work alone is perfect. Nothing can be added to it, nor made a substitute for it. He is all in all as a Saviour to man. Through his cross and by his Spirit he destroys the domin- ion of sin in the soul of man, and infuses into his heart a principle of holiness. By his intercession the Holy Spirit comes into sinful souls, moving them to the exercise of faith and repentance, and working in them “meetness for the inheritance of the saints in light.” Such a Saviour is Christ to man. With what joy should we receive him; with what grati- tude and love obey and serve him!

But more particularly we remark here that Christ is all in all to the convinced sinner. When he be— comes aware of his real condition, then he is in a position to estimate aright the person and work of Christ. When he is thoroughly convinced that he is guilty before God, and deserves to suffer the punish— ment due to his transgressions, then he discovers the value of Christ as a sacrifice for sin, and can rejoice in him who has suffered for sins, the just for the un— just, that he might bring us to God. Believing in him as freely offered in the gospel, he knows his preciousness, and regards him as all his salva-

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