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caa|a'r's`1smeonn comme. KThe angel of the covenant accompanied them throughall the wilderness, " gave them drink as out ofthe greatdepths. He brought streams also out of the rock, andcaused waters to run down like rivers." "He made hisown people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in thewilderness like a flock. He led them onsafely, so theyfeared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. Hebrought them to the border of his sanctuary,even to themountain his right hand had purchased. He cast out theheathen also before them, divided them an inheritancegyline, and made the children of Israel to dwell in tents."has sang the sweet psalmist of Israel. And what couldGod have done more than he did for his people in thewilderness ?The next and last proofwe have that God calls hispeople into the wilderness, you will find in Rev. xii. 6,14,"And the woman lied into the wilderness, whereshe hath a place prepared of God, that they should feedher there a thousand two hundred and threescore"days."And to the woman were given two wings of an eale,that she might lly into the wilderness into her lace,stake notice, the wilderness is here called "here,")where she is nourished for a time, and times, an half atime, fiom the liwe of the serpent;" that is, away fiomthe power of the Roman beast, or power which is herecalled the serpent. The prophet Hosea, in his vision ofthe wilderness state of the church under the gospel dis-Eensation, says, " Therefore, behold, I will allure her andring her into the wildemess, and speak comfortably untoher; and I will give her her vineyards from thence, andthe valley of Achor for a door of hope, and she shall singthere as in the days of her as in the day'youth,whenshe came up out of the lan of Egypt," Hosea ii. 14,&»c. We might quote you more of this andshow you how exactly every prophecy,word has been litem ly fulfilledin time and manner, as John has told us in evelation;butl have sudiciently proved that God has calledhis church into the wildemess, for purposes of good tothe churches. I will now, 2dly, show what object Godhad in view, so far as he has revealed his object in hisword, in calling his church into the wilderness. Moses