Infer —
1. What consolation does the Gospel of Christ afford !
[In the Old Testament we have those very promises of which we have spoken. But it is the Gospel which gives us
n Ps. lxvi. 10—12. ° Mai. iii. 3. P Isai. xxvii. 3.
i Isai. lxiii. 9. r Jer. xxxi. 20.
the full insight into them. We behold in the Old Testament the redemption of Israel from Egypt, and their ultimate esta- blishment in the land of Canaan. But these were a mere shadow of the redemption that has been wrought for us by Christ, and of those spiritual mercies which are vouchsafed to us in our way to the Canaan that is above. These are, above all, to be noticed. These give us the true insight into the mystery of the burning bushs. Not the Church at large only, but every true believer is that burning bush, in whom God shall to all eternity be glorified. " Tribulation is appointed for us as our way1:" but most glorious shall be our endu.]
2. How needful for us is it that we obtain an in- terest in Christ !
[It is in Christ alone that these promises are made to usx. If we are in him, the promises, and all that they contain, are ours V Let us be able to say with David, " The Lord is my shepherd :" and then we may safely add, " When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy (pastoral) rod and staff, they com- fort mez."]
s Exod. hi. 2. * Acts xiv. 22. u Rev. vii. 14, 15.
x 2 Cor. i. 20. y 1 Cor. iii. 21—23. z Ps. xxiii. 1—4.