[When the Apostles were asked by our Lord whether they also intended to forsake him, Peter well replied, " Lord, whither shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life." Thus must we say ; for assuredly " there is salvation in no other ; there is no other name given under heaven whereby we must be saved, but the name of Jesus Christ y." In vain will be all our self-righteous endeavours to reconcile ourselves to God, or to renew our polluted hearts. " If Christ wash us not, we have no part with him2 :" if he put not away our sins, they must abide upon us for ever : if he do not impart to us that " unction of the Holy One, whereby we know all things a," and "can do all things13," we must perish in our impotency, even as new-born infants that are left to themselves. Shall we then be regardless of the Saviour, and " perish for lack of knowledge," when God is thus labouring to instruct us? Shall we not rather, like Daniel, pray day and night that we may obtain a clearer knoivledge of his will? Our neglect of this is the true reason why, with the Bible in our hands, we understand so little of this subject, and feel so little its sanc- tifying and saving efficacy. "Would to God there were more Daniels in the midst of us ! O let us henceforth " give more earnest heed to the things that are spoken ;" and treasure up in our minds that truth of God, which alone can sanctify us, which alone can save us.]
y Acts iv. 12. z John xiii. 8.
a 1 John ii. 20. b Phil. iv. 13.