A discourse of the true nature of the Gospel demonstrating that it is no…

1. That clear Place in the Prophet Esa, where by Law is expressed solely the Doctrine of Grace in the Gospel, Isa. 2. 3. And many People shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the Mountain of the Lord, to the House of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his Ways, and we will walk in his Paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the Law, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem. It is manifestly the Design of the Prophet, in the first and second Verses, to show how large a Church, not straitened within the narrow Confines of Judea, but spreading through all Nations of the Universe, should be gathered and established. Then he tells us by what Way and Means such a great and wonderful Work should be accomplished. Christ doth not raise Armies to subdue the Earth to himself, nor come to give new Laws to the conquered People, but he sends his Apostles to preach the glad Tidings of Salvation by him: And the Light of this glorious Doctrine of Grace breaks forth from Zion with such Swiftness and Violence, as suddenly to illuminate all Parts of the Earth, and with a ravishing Sweetness irresistibly to draw every Mind and Heart, whom God hath appointed to Salvation, to assent to it and embrace it, ver. 3. It is the Doctrine of Grace alone, and not any new Precepts or Commands, or any new Sanction of a Law, which carries in it so admirable Force able to produce these astonishing Effects. This is the Law which goes forth out of Zion so successfully: It is the Doctrine of Grace which is thus victorious, and invincibly prevails, when the Doctrine of Works, in the Experience of many Ages, could not subject one stubborn Sinner to God's Kingdom, nor make one stiff and hardened Heart to bow to his Sceptre of Righteousness. And that by the Law out of Zion, he means this effectual Doctrine of the Gospel, the next words, [And the Word of the Lord from ⟨p. 12⟩Jerusalem] as explanatory of the former, undeniably prove^a.

1. That clear Place in the Prophet Esa, where by Law is expressed solely the Doctrine of Grace in the Gospel, Isa. 2. 3. And many People shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the Mountain of the Lord, to the House of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his Ways, and we will walk in his Paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the Law, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem. It is manifestly the Design of the Prophet, in the first and second Verses, to shew how large a Church, not straiten'd within the narrow Confines of Judea, but spreading through all Nations of the Universe, should be gathered and established. Then he tells us by what Way and Means such a great and wonderful Work should be accomplished. Christ doth not raise Armies to subdue the Earth to himself, nor come to give new Laws to the conquered People, but he sends his Apostles to preach the glad Tidings of Salvation by him: And the Light of this glorious Doctrine of Grace breaks forth from Zion with such Swiftness and Violence, as suddenly to illuminate all Parts of the Earth, and with a ravishing Sweetness irresistibly to draw every Mind and Heart, whom God hath appointed to Salvation, to assent to it and embrace it, ver. 3. It is the Doctrine of Grace alone, and not any new Precepts or Commands, or any new Sanction of a Law, which carries in it so admirable Force able to produce these astonishing Effects. This is the Law which goes forth out of Zion so succesfully: It is the Doctrine of Grace which is thus victorious, and invincibly prevails, when the Doctrine of Works, in the Experience of many Ages, could not subject one stubborn Sinner to God's Kingdom, nor make one stiff and hardened Heart to bow to his Scepter of Righteousness. And that by the Law out of Zion, he means this effectual Doctrine of the Gospel, the next words, [And the Word of the Lord from