286 SERMON PREACHED ON THE ISLAND. 
inasmuch as thereby the glory of her Lord 
would be eminently exalted. But He also 
foresaw that individual members of that 
Church would be prone to lukewarmness in 
his cause, and bury their talent in the earth. 
To prevent this, He says in the text, ' Let 
him that heareth say, Come.' As if He had 
said, ' Ye profess to be my disciples to have 
received the remission of your sins through 
faith in my blood, which was shed for many. 
Do not, then, desire to keep so great a salva- 
tion for yourselves only, or for a few of your 
nearest and dearest relations. It was not my 
design, when I left the bosom of my Father 
and came down upon earth, to die for the sins 
of any particular kindred, or tongue, or nation 
of mankind : my blood was shed for all the 
sons of Adam, that as there is none other 
name under heaven given among men whereby 
they must be saved, and as my Father de- 
sireth not the death of a sinner, but that all 
should turn unto him and live so whosoever 
cometh to him by me shall not perish, but 
have everlasting life. Publish, then, abroad 
this great salvation. Declare unto sinners 
what I have done for thy soul ; tell them 
that although they have destroyed themselves, 
