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```ICBascruas vn.so that they may never know them till the end, and thewise understand them. How can these things be ?" Ianswer, These texts explain each other. There is a closeconnection in the word of God which must always bekept in view, and if ourexposition of one contradictsanother of the same connection or of like import, we mayknow there is a wrong in us. Now, one thin is certain,-" all Scripture is given by inspiration god, of and isprofitable for doctrine, for reproot, for correction, for instructionin righteousness, that the man of God may beperfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."And "secret things belong to God; but things revealed,to us and our children." And when I seepretendedservants of God, men of great pretence to piety andknowledge, disputing long and sharp on some metaphysicalpoint in theology which theynor their hearers cannever understand, and when they are asked to explain theplain declarations of God, put it od, by saying, it is sealedup, and we ought not to try to understand it, it makes methink of 1Esop's fable o thedrip in the manger; ofChrist's reproof to the scribes and harisees, "Woe untoyou, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut upthe kingdom of heaven against men; for ye neither goin yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are enterin toin;" and this dpassage in Daniel, " The wicked shall53 wickedly;an none of the wicked shall understand;but the wise shall understand." You may depend uponone thing, when you hear such declarations as the abovefrom the pulpit, that the speaker does not love his Bibless well as he loves his own popularity, and studies tosupport his faith, the popular writers and standard augpmG32the day, more revelation of Gott isnowtrying :sanpeo thi; e; diilins eisnowgivmg" thans.great rule to know their lhve for his word. Ifthsword of God is to them foolishness, and they take moredeli tinthe popular writers of the day, may dbupon it they are stumbling at thatthe angel tells us that many shall be 'imsdewhite. -ThiswssgoodnewstoDsni andougkto besotous; forit is thedecla.rationofGodthe medium of Gabriel, throngmessenger. "And from