[We are " not to despise the day of small things." Let us be thankful if there be " some good thing found in our hearts." Summer comes not all at once ; but, if the symp- toms of it appear, we may wait with joyful expectation : and if the good work be begun in our hearts, we may be confident that God will carry it on, and perfect it to the day of Christf.]
f Phil. i. 6.
Luke xxii. 14 — 16. And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve Apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover ivith you before I suffer : for I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
SUPPOSING the Holy Scriptures to have been written by divine inspiration, and Jesus Christ to have been the Son of the Most High God, we should expect that every thing related of him would have the stamp and character of his perfections. There would be a consistency in all that belonged to him : in what belonged to him as God, he would appear as God; and in what belonged to him as man, he would be found altogether pure and spotless. This con- sistency we do find ; nor does he ever for a moment say or do any thing which is not worthy of himself. The time is come for his celebration of the Passover, on the very night previous to his death. He orders his Disciples to go into the city, and make ready for him. But where shall they go? He bids them enter into the city, and inform a person whom they shall meet bearing a pitcher of water, that their Master would eat the Passover at his house ; and he assures them that the person will, without hesitation, shew them a large upper room furnished, and affording every accommodation that they can wish. Nor need they send any person to tell him what house they are at, as he will be in no danger of wanting any such information. Here we see him, as the omniscient