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from Jesus brings heaven into our souls, and makes us as the chariots
of Amminadib, singing:-
" Yes, I to the end shall endure,
As sure as the earnest is given;
More happy, but not more secure,
The glorified spirits in heaven:'
What sacred delight and satisfaction it is to the Lord's redeemed
family to know the Lord Jesus has an interest in them, that His love
is toward them, that He has beautified them with His salvation.
He leads them by His Spirit into the fields of His grace; there, like
Ruth, they gather the honey out of the promises of His Word; being
thus favoured' by the heavenly Boaz, they are brought to His feet
and constrained in love to Him to say, " The Lord is my Shepherd:
I shall. not want."
Jesus takes a pleasure in His flock, therefore He gives them eternal
life, and feeds the life given, and you, my brethren, are witnesses
to this truth, whose hearts the Lord has enlightened; we know the
Lord has an interest in us, because He has called us by His grace;
He draws out the life given in a way of gratitude for the unspeakable
gift of Jesus.
Holy Spirit, I praise Thee for the grace of confidence Thou hast
bestowed upon Thy Zion, while I pray unto Thee that Thou wouldest
increase it yet more abundantly, that Thy Church may arise and shine,
knowing that their light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen
upon them. Oh, ye sent servants of God who labour in word and
doctrine, may you be enabled to sound abroad the glories of a risen
Christ! Lift Him up to the people, let Him be your Alpha and Omega;
no other Christ, but Jesus and Him crucified; and say with a clear
conscience, as an apostle did, "We preach not ourselves, but Christ
Jesus the Lord," testifying to both small and great that His interest
is unceasing; this received into the heart by faith brings peace,
comfort, and sanctification.
Our Good Shepherd manifests His interest in His flock by bringing
them into the highway of holiness, where no ravenous beast shall go,
but the redeemed shall walk there. Through His blood we have
deliverance from sin and Satan; and we sing with the poet:-
" Acquitted freely by His grace from every legaJ cha.rge,
Our Surety suffering in our place, did all our debts discharge;
He bore our sins, and sets us free, no charge on us can lie,
His blood's an all-sufficient plea, our souls to justify."
Two. several lovers built two several cities; the 'love of God buildeth
a Jerusalem; the love of the world buildeth a Babylon. Let every
one inquire of himself what he loveth, and he shall resolve himself of
whence he is a citizen.-Francis Quarles.