But says the objector it ought to be stated conditionally as follows--
God first calls upon men to believe, and if they will believe, then
Christ will become their Saviour, and then they will receive eternal
life in him and not before. But does not the objector see that he has
stated no fact for them to believe in order to make Christ their
Saviour? I ask what does God call upon them to believe? There must be
some truth presented before men can be called upon to believe. God
calls upon men to believe, what--That Christ is their Saviour? But you
said he was not their Saviour till after they believed. It then
follows, according to the objector's statement, that he is not the
Saviour of unbelievers. Now do you not perceive that if you should
call upon them to believe that he was their Saviour, you would call
upon them to believe a lie--that you would call upon them to believe
what did not exist? And what does not exist cannot be true. Grant says
the objector that he is the Saviour of the world, still as many as do
not believe in him shall never be saved. But how can he be the Saviour
of a man, he never saves? Two individuals are drowning in the water;
you exert all your power to save them, but fail. Can you call yourself
the saviour of those two men from temporal death? Impossible. In order
for Christ to be called the Saviour of the world, he must save the
world; otherwise there is not a shadow of propriety in giving him that
name. And John says "We have seen and do testify that the Father sent
the Son to be the Saviour of the world."--"We know, indeed, that this
is the Messiah the Saviour of the world."

In our next, we will conclude this subject, and trust we shall do it
to the satisfaction of our readers.

SERMON VII