ist, the sceptic, and every other who does
not believe in the truth of Divine revelation; are made known, and claim
to be contended for and professed.

The relations of the persons of the ever-blessed Trinity in Unity,
confederated in the everlasting Covenant for the salvation of man,
behove to be maintained. In the Scriptures, the Father is represented as
having given his Son to be a propitiation for the sins of his people,
accepted of his work, and conferred upon him a glorious reward;--as the
God of grace, calling, justifying, adopting, sanctifying, and receiving
to glory, his people;--the Holy Ghost is exhibited as given to the
Redeemer, as renewing, illuminating, sanctifying, and comforting his
elect, as a Spirit of grace and supplication, as dwelling in their
hearts, as given to them as an earnest of the purchased possession, as
the Comforter, the Remembrancer, the Spirit of promise;--and the
Redeemer is presented as the great Mediator between God and men. To the
faith of God's elect, such manifestations are made. They must be
confessed.

The mediatorial character and glory of Christ ought to be maintained.
The revelation of Divine truth is due to Him as the great Prophet of
his Church. He is the great High Priest of his people's profession. He
is their King, and Head over all. The illuminating influences of the
word and Spirit of Christ have been felt by all his people. They are
taught in the Scriptures; they proceed from him as the great Teacher
sent from God; they require to be proclaimed.

The atonement and intercession of Christ lie at the foundation of the
sinner's hope of acceptance and enjoyment of the favour of God. Being
distinctly revealed, like all other doctrines of God's word, they should
enter into a testimony for the truth.

The Headship of Christ is a most important part of the truth, to which
testimony must be borne. The Father "hath put all things under his feet,
and gave him to be head over all things to the church, which is his
body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all."[306]

His Headship over the Church is real in every age. In all time, however,
by some it has been disputed. It could not be disproved, though it has
often been disregarded. So often as the ordinances of Divine grace have
been undervalued or misimproved; so often as men have taken upon them to
make changes in the worship of God; so often as there have been taught
for doctrines the commandments of men; so often as t