There is a Sound in the Gospel, and the Ordinances thereof; And it is, first, A Great Sound. Oh! were we so much in the Spirit on the Lords Day, as to hear, what is to be heard in the Gospel then brought unto us, we should be able to say, I heard a Great Voice, as of a Trumpet. There is a famous Prophecy; Isai. XXVII. 13. The Great Trumpet shall be blown, and they that were ready to perish, shall come and worship the Lord. Whatever other Accomplishment this Prophecy may have, it is very gloriously accomplished in the Proclamation which our SAVIOUR in His Gospel makes unto us. The Gospel, as with the Sound of a Trumpet, invites the Sinners ready to perish, O come, and worship, and obey, and enjoy the Lord. And when this Great Trumpet is blown, Great, Great is the Sound thereof. The Sound of the Trumpet is Great in the Extent of it. We read, Rom. X. 18. The Sound goes into all the Earth. In less than Forty Years, it reached unto the utmost Bounds of the vast Roman Empire; and tho' Satan Seduced numbers of Miserables into America, that they might be out of its hearing, it has now reached hither also. The Silver Trumpets were at first but a Couple, for the Two Sons of Aaron; but afterwards in Solomons Time, we find an hundred & twenty ⟨p. 5⟩Silver Trumpets all Sounding together. Before the Incarnation of our SAVIOUR, His Gospel was heard but a little way. Afterward, it Sounded far and near, and the Gospel was Preached unto every Creature: It might be said, It Sounds in every Place. The Sound of the Trumpet is also Great in the Effect of it. A Loud Sound indeed; so Loud, as to Awaken them that have a Dead Sleep upon them! So Loud, as to convey Life unto them that Lie Dead in Trespasses and Sins! Yea, Joh. V. 25. The Hour now is, when the Dead hear the Voice of the Son of GOD, and Live. The Sound of this Trumpet fetches back the Lost Souls of all the Elect, from the power of Satan unto GOD. They are not Silver Trumpets, that are now Sounding unto us; But they are Saving Trumpets! Faith comes, the Love of GOD comes, the Love of our Neighbour comes, and the Foretaste of Heaven comes, by the Hearing of them. What are they, But the Power of GOD unto Salvation!
There is a Sound in the Gospel, and the Ordinances thereof; And it is, first, A Great Sound. Oh! were we so much in the Spirit on the Lords Day, as to hear, what is to be heard in the Gospel then brought unto us, we should be able to say, I heard a Great Voice, as of a Trumpet. There is a famous Prophecy; Isai. XXVII. 13. The Great Trumpet shall be blown, and they that were ready to perish, shall come and worship the Lord. Whatever other Accomplishment this Prophecy may have, it is very gloriously accomplished in the Proclamation which our SAVIOUR in His Gospel makes unto us. The Gospel, as with the Sound of a Trumpet, invites the Sinners ready to perish, O come, and worship, and obey, and enjoy the Lord. And when this Great Trumpet is blown, Great, Great is the Sound thereof. The Sound of the Trumpet is Great in the Extent of it. We read, Rom. X. 18. The Sound goes into all the Earth. In less than Forty Years, it reached unto the utmost Bounds of the vast Roman Empire; and tho' Satan Seduced numbers of Miserables into America, that they might be out of its hearing, it has now reached hither also. The Silver Trumpets were at first but a Couple, for the Two Sons of Aaron; but afterwards in Solomons Time, we find an hundred & twenty ⟨p. 5⟩Silver Trumpets all Sounding together. Before the Incarnation of our SAVIOUR, His Gospel was heard but a little way. Afterward, it Sounded far and near, and the Gospel was Preached unto every Creature: It might be said, It Sounds in every Place. The Sound of the Trumpet is also Great in the Effect of it. A Loud Sound indeed; so Loud, as to Awaken them that have a Dead Sleep upon them! So Loud, as to convey Life unto them that Ly Dead in Trespasses and Sins! Yea, Joh. V. 25. The Hour now is, when the Dead hear the Voice of the Son of GOD, and Live. The Sound of this Trumpet fetches back the Lost Souls of all the Elect, from the power of Satan unto GOD. They are not Silver Trumpets, that are now Sounding unto us; But they are Saving Trumpets! Faith comes, the Love of GOD comes, the Love of our Neighbour comes, and the Foretaste of Heaven comes, by the Hearing of them. What are they, But the Power of GOD unto Salvation!
