Infer —
1. How glorious is Christ in himself, and how suited to our necessities !
[We admire the sun in the firmament because it pours out its blessings upon so many at once : but that can enlighten only half the globe at one time. Not so the glorious Person of whose fulness we speak : if every person in the whole creation should call upon him at the same moment, he would have no occasion to defer an answer to the request of any ; he is all eye to see, all ear to hear, all hand to relieve; in the very same instant he could replenish all, out of his own inex- haustible, undiminished fulness. Who then can hesitate a moment to pronounce him " God over all, blessed for ever?" And is not this exactly such a Saviour as we need? Are not we all emptiness and poverty, all weakness and misery ? Is that description exaggerated which represents us as " wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and nakeda?" Let us adore our God for giving us such a Saviour: and let us " live continually by faith on the Son of God," making him our " wisdom, our righteousness, our sanctification, and our com- plete redemption."]
2. How highly privileged are all true believers !
[The believer may survey all the fulness that there is in Christ, and claim it all as his own. All which Christ possesses
u Jam. iv. G. * 2 Cor. iii. IS. y Rom, ix, l.r>, 1G,
z John vii. 37. a Rev. iii. 17. VOL. XIII, P