by faith in Christ™." Be assured that you must do the same : and if you resemble him in this, you shall, like him, experience the mercy of your God abounding towards you, yea, and super- abounding in proportion as your iniquities have abounded. In particular, guard against limiting the mercy of your God, or accounting the greatness of your sins any ground for des- pondency : for " mercy belongs to God, notwithstanding you have rebelled against him", and notwithstanding you have so long slighted the offers of mercy which he has " sent you by his servants the prophets." This is, indeed, a great aggra- vation of your guilt: but still, in the view of all the guilt you have ever contracted, I declare to you this day, that, provided only you will believe in Christ, and give yourselves up to him, " though your sins have been as scarlet, or of a crimson dye, they shall become white as wool, and white as the spot- less snow."]
m Phil. iii. 9. n 1 Tim. i. 16. Rom. v. 20, 21.
Dan.ix. 17 — 23. 0 our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 0 my God, incline thine ear, and hear ; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name : for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteous- nesses, but for thy great mercies. 0 Lord, hear ; O Lord, forgive ; 0 Lord, hearken, and do ; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God : for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. And whiles I ivas speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and pre- senting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God; yea, ivhiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, ivhom I had seen in the vision at the beginning , being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, 0 Daniel, Jam noiv come forth to give thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shetv thee ; for thou art greatly beloved : therefore under- stand the matter, and consider the vision.
AN inquiry into prophecy is highly commendable ; and more especially now that so many prophecies