and perfect salvation I will save you in Jehovah, your God . "Look unto me all ends of the earth and be ye saved". Now what a priv¬ ilege is this spiritual blessing. Have we that spiritual blessing that enlightens, converts and saves the soul? Dear hearer, examine yourself, put your soul to the test, cry unto the Lord, "Search me, O God , and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts and see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way ever¬ lasting." Fourth. God blesses Universally. By this we do not mean that God bestows eternal salvation on every soul of man; that would be contrary to the teachings of the Scriptures; but every one whom God blesses has all blessings. Every real believer is a partaker of all spiritual blessings, for it is written, "He hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus ". He blesses the persons of believers, "Blessings are upon the head of the just". Their prayers come up with acceptance before him. He blesses their substance. "Blessed shall be thy basket and store". Their seed is blessed, for the promise is, "I will be your God and the God of your seed," and "His righteousness shall be unto children's chil¬ dren." He blesses their dwellings, "He blesseth the habitation of the just'. And his blessings are unchangeable and eternal. He bless¬ es in Christ. God is the god and Father of Christ, and those who are in Christ God blesses for his sake and on his account alone. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ". In conclusion; what a subject is here for your consideration. The blessing includes all blessing. We are to seek this blessing just where Jacob sought it, from God or from God in Christ. How happy is the Christian who possesses all these blessings! How poor and blind and wretched and miserable is the man whom God hath not blessed. Without this blessing he is still a lost soul, dead in tres¬ passes and sins and cannot be saved without faith in Christ, can¬ not be saved without a new heart - "Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of heaven". The language of Jacob is strong and resolute, "I will not let thee go except thou bless me". It means my mind is fixed, I am resolved, I am determined not to part from thee without the bless¬ ing. Now it was Christ himself who inspired Jacob with that noble determination. It was pleasing and honoring to Christ and it was in accordance with the will of Christ that the blessing should be granted. The prayer was in every way creditable to Jacob, so he obtained the blessing as one who had power with God and pre- 313 Sermon Preached by Rev. William MacGregor , 1821