And remember the promise he has made to you ; " Fear thou not ; for I am with thee : be not dismayed ; for I am thy God : I will strengthen thee ; yea, I will help thee ; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness q." What though in yourself you be only as a worm ? he says to you, " Fear not, thou worm Jacob ; for thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and make the hills as chafFr." Only make him " your help, and him your hope," and you have nothing to fear. Let nothing, on the one hand, be deemed too great to carry to him; nor, on the other hand, account any thing so small that you may engage in it without his aid. Let " Him work all your works in yous," and you are safe, even as if you were already before his throne : for " you are hi his hands, nor shall any be ever able to pluck you thence*." To every one, then, who really and altogether relies on God, I will address that inspired congratulation : " Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thine excellency ! Thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places u."]
p 1 Cor. iii. 22,23. <J Isai. xli. 10. r Isai. xli. 14, 15.
8 Isai. xxvi. 12. ' John x. 28, 29. u Deut. xxxiii. 29.