the blood of Jesus Christ, once shed on Calvary, is sufficient to cleanse the whole world. Stupendous thought! Let us en- deavour to realize it, and to get the evidence of it in our own souls ]
3. How blessed is the issue of true repentance !
[Men imagine that to afflict the soul is the way to be miserable : but the very reverse is true : to " sow in tears is the sure way to reap in joy0." How beautifully was this represented on the day of atonement! It was on that day (every fiftieth year) that the Jubilee was to be proclaimedp. What a blessed termination of the day was this ! What a balm to every afflicted soul ! Think of the joy which pervaded the whole country, when every man was rendered free, and all returned to their lost inheritance01 ! Such shall be the happy experience of all who afflict their souls for sin, and rely upon the atoning blood of Christ. " They that go on their way weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing their sheaves with themr."]
0 Ps. cxxvi. 5. p Lev. xxv. 9. i Lev. xxv. 10. r Ps. cxxvi. 6.
Lev. xvii. 10 — 12. Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood, I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the jlesh is in the blood ; and I have given it to you upon the altar, to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No sold of you shall eat blood; neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
THERE were many ordinances amongst the Jews, of which we cannot see the reason, though doubtless there was not one which Infinite Wisdom did not institute for some gracious end. But the particular enactment before us was of much longer standing than most others, having been given to Noah directly after the flood. The flesh of beasts and of fowls was then given to man for food: but he was at the same time forbidden to eat the blood of either a. In the
a Gen. ix. 4.