rather congratulate the saint, and say, " Blessed is the man whose God is the Lord!" Seek him, then, as your reconciled God in Christ Jesus ; and then all things are yours : " whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours ; and ye are Christ's ; and Christ is God's V]
u 1 Cor. iii. 21—23.
Micah viL 8 — 10. Rejoice not against me, 0 mine enemy : when I fall, I shall arise ; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I toill bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me : he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God ? Mine eyes shall behold her : nozv shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
IT is a matter of general complaint, that the minor prophets are difficult to be understood : and this is true to a considerable extent : but we apprehend that it arises very much from our not sufficiently bearing in mind the subjects on which they wrote. We do right in looking for many things applicable to the Messiah, and to his Church and kingdom : but we err in not having more respect to the Jewish Church as it existed in the times when the prophets wrote ; and as it shall exist at a period yet future, when that people shall be gathered in from their pre- sent dispersion, and be restored to their own land. We complain that we cannot unlock those Scriptures ; but we neglect to take the key that alone will fit the wards. If we kept the Jews more in view, many of the difficulties would vanish ; and innumerable beau- ties would be seen in passages that are now passed over as devoid of interest. We believe verily that the day is fast approaching, in which " God will shew them marvellous things," not a whit inferior to those