blessings of salvation. His determination is, " Whoso covereth his sins, shall not prosper ; but whoso confesseth, and forsake th them, shall have mercy." Contend, then, with him no longer ; but let " his goodness and long-suffering and forbearance lead you to repentance d."]
3. What need professors of religion, in particular, have to fear and tremble —
[The whole people of Israel had been brought out of Egypt, and been both blessed and honoured by God as his peculiar people: and yet they perished in the wilderness. And this is recorded as an admonition to use. St. Jude, also, particularly labours to impress this warning on our minds f. Let it sink, then, into all our hearts *: for the very bounty of our God, in the bestowment of temporal and spiritual blessings upon us, will only aggravate our condemnation, if we do not make a suitable improvement of them. We may have " lacked nothing for forty years," and yet " lack a drop of water" to all eternity. I pray you, Brethren, see to it, that your " hearts be right with God ;" and that the blessings bestowed on you in this life, be the means of preparing you for richer blessings in the world to come.]
d Rom. ii. 4. e 1 Cor. x. 1—12.
f Jude, ver. 5. e Heb. hi. 12. and iv. 1.
Deut. iii. 23 — 28. And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, 0 Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy great- ness, and thy mighty hand: for ivhat God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy ivorks, and accord- ing to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain and Lebanon! But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and ivould not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. Get thee up into the top ofPisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
THE character of Moses, in whatever point of view it be considered, is worthy of admiration : his zeal and industry, his patience and meekness, his fidelity