These are things which are the daily subject of their thoughts, their conversation, and their praise : and in proportion as any are endued with his grace, they will infallibly abound in these holy exercises.]
Learn then from hence,
1. How great a matter is the salvation of the soul —
[Many think of it as a matter of course but not
so the person who has been taught of God : he sees that it is a miracle of mercy that any child of man is saved. That he himself has obtained mercy, is to the true Christian a source of wonder and amazement. That God should ever look upon him, and pardon him, and save him/ he knows not how to ex- press his sense of such amazing love. He would have " the rocks and hills to break forth into singing, and all the trees of the wood to clap their hands with joy." And if we have never thus been penetrated with a sense of God's unbounded love, we are yet strangers to the salvation he has wrought out for us.]
2. How precious is Christ to all who know him —
[Mere nominal Christians can think and speak of liim without emotion ; but not so the persons who " have tasted of his grace :" they can never find words whereby to express their love and gratitude to their adorable Benefactor. They are ashamed that they can ever think or speak of any thing else. " To them indeed he is precious ;" and, if they could have their desire, they would love him, and serve him, and glorify him, on earth, even as the glorified saints are doing it in heaven. Is