IS, God will surely pour out upon the soul his richest bless- ings. Hear what our blessed Lord says respecting this : " He that hath my connnandmcnts and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me : and he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father; and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him : " yea, " We will come to him, and make our abode with him ^." What unspeakable benefits are these ! Favoured with such commu- nications, what can we want ? But it is not in this
world only that such persons are blessed : for to them are secured all the blessedness and glory of the world to come ; according as it is written, " Blessed are they that do his com- mandments, that they may have a right to eat of the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city ^." This right indeed is not founded on any merit of their own ; but solely on the promises of God made to them in Christ Jesus. It is Christ who, by his obedience unto death, has purchased these blessings for us : but it is to his obedient servants only that these blessings shall ever be vouchsafed. They however shall inherit them ; nor shall all the powers of darkness be able to rob them of their promised inheritance. Only " let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom V' and you shall never be straitened ^, " nor ever fall; but have an entrance ministered unto you abundantly into the kingdom of our Lord aud Saviour Jesus Christ ^"]
s Johnxiv. 21, 23. ^ Rgv. xxii. 14. i Col. iii. 16.
k Prov. iii. 21—23. and iv. 12 i 2 Pet. i. 10, 11.