Quesnel: Moral Reflections on the Gospels Vol 1

CHAPTER XI.
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pufF up any one, because it is a gift altogether free,
and which proceeds purely from the will of God.
He is master of his own gifts, but he divides them
by a will full of wisdom, and upon motives which are
in himself, not in us, and which tend to the mani-
festation of his greatness and power, of his mercy
and justice.
" 27. All things are delivered unto me of my
Father : and no man knoweth the Son, but the
Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save
the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal
him."
.This is a great truth, and the key of the science
of salvation. Christ is the sovereign dispenser of"
this, and the Lord of all things, by the donation of
his Father. All the springs, and the whole dispen-
sation of the divine favours, are in the hand of
Christ, as priest and sacrifice of God, as Saviour and
mediator, head and pattern, pastor and sovereign
judge of men. There is no knowledge, no belief of
the mystery of the most Holy Trinity, but what is .
a gift oF God by Jesus Christ, and according to his
will. How lovely is this dependence 1 O Jesus, I
accept it with joy, I desire to depend on thee.
Make me know the Father; make thyself known to
me: but let the love in me be yet greater than the
knowledge.
Sect. VI. The easy Yoke,
" 38. ^ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
Our only remedy is to have recourse to Christ,
under our troubles and afflictions, after our miscar-