One is ready to think, that he has no need to fear the indigna- tion of God : another thinks he is too unworthy to be admitted into the chamber to which others have fled. But God addresses both the one and the other of them ; " Enter tliou ; " for, how- ever secure thou mayest think thyself, there is no security but in Christ ; and " thou ;" for unworthy as thou art, it is " thy " chamber ; it was erected for such as thee ; and the more un- worthy thou art in thy own estimation, the more ready admit- tance shalt thou find there ; the more certainly also shalt thou enjoy in it everlasting security*^.
Thus whether we consider the chamber to which we are to flee, the time we are to abide in it, the certainty of success, the danger of delay, or the earnest manner in which God addresses every one of vis in particular, we should without hesitation fol- low the advice, and seek deliverance in Christ our Lord. None of us should indulge security ; none of us should give way to desponding fears. But, rejoicing that the chamber is not yet barred against us, we should all hide ourselves in it ; nor venture out of it one single moment, till the danger be for ever past.]
^ This section might not improperly form the basis of a particular application to the self-righteous Pharisee, and the self-condemning penitent.