Application —
1. Take now a review of all that God has done
for you m times past —
[Let those who are yet living as without God in the world
contemplate God's forbearance towards them — Let
those who have been brought out of darkness into the marvel- lous light of the Gospel survey the riches of divine grace
displayed towards them Let believers bring to their
remembrance their manifold temptations, their grievous back- slidings, their repeated falls ; or, if they have been kept from falling, the ahnost miraculous succours by which they have
been upheld Then will the example before us have its
due effect ; and God will receive the glory due unto Ms name.]
2. Look forward now to all that you can need from God in times to come —
[Nothing but a sense of our necessities wiU keep us pro- perly dependent on God. Let your minds then be continually
intent on this subject. Think of all you need for body
or for soul for time or for eternity —
And then see what need you have for help from God in future. Yet be not disheartened by the sight of all your necessities ; but remember, that however great they be, " God is able to supply all your need out of his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Call to mind the promises of help which God has given you in his word'^; see how ample they are; how repeated; how strong! Though thou art but "a worm," yet through him " thou shalt thresh the mountains." In a full persuasion of this, commit yoiu* every concern to him, and expect that he will be " a very present help to you in every time of need." Only trust in him with your whole hearts, and " you shall not be ashamed or confounded world without end."]
n Isai. xli. 10—16.