One of the malefactors he saved through the blood which was then shed; the other, in his sovereignty, he overlooked, and suffered to perish in ignorance and sin. By the occasion now providentially offered, he manifested himself in some of the most awful characters of God. Even while suffering on the cross, he exercised almighty power, and displayed sovereign grace. Here he gives hope to the guiltiest of mankind who believe on him. Here he gives hope to the guilty even under the very grasp of death. If they now believe, like the Israelites stung with the fiery serpents, they are saved from the most deadly sins. When they look on this Saviour, their wounds are instantly healed.

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