of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lordc." " The plummet is in the hands of our Zerubbabel, with those seven" attendant spirits, " who are the eyes of the Lord, and run to and fro through the whole earth ;" and he will see that the work is perfected in us according to his willd.
Look ye then, beloved, to our adorable Lord and Saviour, and let nothing interrupt your communication with him. It is your privilege to be daily and hourly " receiving, out of his fulness, grace," according to the grace that is in him, and suf- ficient for all your necessities6. Do you feel your need of re- pentance, or pardon, or any blessing whatsoever ? Know that " he is exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance unto Israel, and remission of sinsf :" and though you are not to expect the Holy Ghost to be imparted to you in his miraculous powers, you may in his gracious influences: yes, "ye shall receive the Holy Ghost ; for the promise is to you, and to your children, and to as many as are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall callg." And though you may still have many conflicts, the time is not far distant, when, the work being completed in you, " the head-stone thereof shall be brought forth with shouting;" and to all eternity you shall cry, "Grace, grace unto it!h"]
c Rom. viii. 31 — 39. d ver. 10. with Zech. i. 8—11.
e John i. 16. f Acts v. 31. « Acts ii. 38, 39.
h
ver. 7.