[Many, instead of enjoying a heaven upon earth, are filled with doubts and fears: yet even these have the image of God manifestly instamped upon them, and the hope vi^hich they possess is more precious to them than the whole world: but we may well say to them, " Why art thou lean, seeing thou art a king's son ?" Let them be ashamed of giving such occasion to the enemies of religion to triumph ; and let them seek that full liberty which God will vouchsafe to all his children.]
3. How astonishing are our obligations to each person in the Sacred Trinity ! —
[The Father is the great source and fountain of all our blessings: Christ is the procurer of them, and the medium through whom they come : and the Holy Spirit is the agent, by whom they are conveyed to us. Let us hold fellow- ship with each in his distinct office and character"^, and ac- knowledge with gratitude their united exertions ; and let every blessing received from them quicken us to the service, and lead us to the enjoyment of our triune God.]
' 1 John i. 3.
2 Cor. ii. 11. We are not ignorant of his devices.
MEN in general think but little of Satan and his agency : yet is he the most formidable adversary that we have to contend with. Great was the grief which he occasioned to the Apostle Paul ; and imminent was the danger to which he reduced many of the Church at Corinth. When one of the members of that Church had been guilty of the crime of incest, Satan stirred up many to support his cause, and to protect him from the censures he had merited. Again, when, at the Apostle's instigation, the Church had inflicted punishment on the offender, and the correction had produced the desired effect, the same subtle enemy prompted many to harden their hearts against him, and, notwithstanding his acknowledged penitence, to refuse him a re-admission to communion with them. In both these ways, he laboured equally to under-