India Christiana. A discourse, delivered unto the Commissioners, for the Propagation of the Gospel…

Secondly; 'Tis a Good Sound, as well as a Great one. No Trumpets can give so Good, so Grateful, so Lovely, a Sound, as the Trumpets of the Gospel do. Fame often in her Trumpet, has a Sound, which may not be relied upon; But every Trumpet of the Gospel, ⟨p. 6⟩gives a Sound, of none but Faithful Sayings, and worthy of all Acceptation. We are told; Prov. XXV. 25. As cold water to a Thirsty soul, so is Good News from a far Country. In the Trumpets of the Gospel, we have the Sound of nothing but Good News from a far Country. The Sound which we hear in the Trumpets of the Gospel, is what was once heard from the Mouth of an Angel; Luk. II. 10. Behold, I bring you Good Tidings of Great Joy, that unto you there is born a SAVIOUR. Wherever the Gospel comes, there is a •ound of this Tenor; Good News for you who by your Sins have the Face of GOD hidden from you; There is a JESUS, who saves His People from their Sins. Good News for you who have the wrath of GOD abiding on you. There is a JESUS, who delivers from the wrath to come. The Joyful Sound, which here distinguishes a Blessed People, may carry some Allusion to the Trumpets of Jubilee, heard once in Fifty Years, among the Israelites. Once in Fifty Years, there was that custom observed; Lev. XXV. 10. Then shalt thou cause the Trumpet of the Jubilee to sound, and ye shall proclaim liberty throughout the Land. Certainly, The Trumpets of September, proclaiming the Acceptable Year of the Lord, made a very Good Sound unto the Poor People that were now to see a ⟨p. 7⟩Release from various Miseries: A Good sound unto the Servants, who were now to call for and to take up their dentures: A Good sound unto the Debtors, whose Mortgages were now Expired and whose Tenements returned unto them. Thus where the Gospel arrives, it brings a Jubilee with it. It proclaims a Liberty for the Captives; a Redemption for the Miserable; a Recovery of what we have Sinned away. 'Tis the Gospel of Peace; The Trumpets of the Gospel, are Trumpets of Peace. The Sound of these Trumpets is, A Reconciliation with GOD obtained for Sinners; The Anger of GOD now turned away from those, whom He was once Angry withal! The Trumpets which gave the Law, had a Sound that was trembled at. The Guilty Sinner hearing those Trumpets, may have it said of him, A Dreadful sound is in his Ears.