his Father's face ; " My God, my God ! why hast thou forsaken me?" Let us learn to estimate as we ought this stupendous mystery, of " God manifest in the flesh," to expiate by his own sufferings the sins of his rebeUious creatures. O let us con- template this mystery, till we are altogether lost in wonder, love, and praise !]
4. How awful will be the state of all who die with- out an interest in Christ !
[This which Heman so bitterly bewails as his portion in this world, will, in an infinitely higher degree, be the portion of all who shall perish in their sins. They will indeed be "cast out from God's sight," as objects of his everlasting abhorrence. Never to all eternity will they have one look from him, but will behold " his face turned away" from them, and " his fierce wrath" executed upon them. Verily, " whilst they suffer his terrors, they will be distracted." Who can conceive the distraction of their minds at the overwhelming thought of eternity? Oh ! what *' weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth" will there be amongst that wretched assembly, ^hose agonies are so insup- portable, and whose prospects so interminable ! But thus it must be, if we will not flee to that Saviour, who has laid down his life for us. Shall we not then awake from our slumbers? Shall we not cry unto our God, now that his ear is open to our petitions? Shall we stay till we come into that place of torment, and have an impassable gulph fixed between him and us ? O let us " seek the Lord whilst he may be found, and call upon him whilst he is near :" then, though we should not enjoy all that we may wish for here, we shall hereafter ; and even by our occasional sorrows here be fitted for an uninterrupted fruition of his glory to all eternity.]