newness of life those who were " dead in trespasses and sins." There was not a miracle wrought by our Lord in the days of his flesh, which, in a spiritual sense, he does not yet work by all his faithful ministers. Their cause, too, will he maintain against all their adversaries ; and he will, ere long, make it visible to all, that those who have persecuted them, have per- secuted Him; and that they who have " touched them, have touched the apple of his eye."]
Let me, from this subject, exftout you,
1. To look to the Lord Jesus Christ for all you want —
[Look not unto man, as though he were able to supply your wants. " Paul himself may plant, and Apollos water; but it is God alone that can give the increase." The Lord Jesus Christ is " exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour." He is the Head of all vital influence. He has a fulness of all things committed to him for you: and " out of his fulness you may receive, at all times, grace," answerable to the grace that there is in him ]
2. Never to be discouraged on account of your weakness —
[You are weak ; but " your Redeemer is strong :" yes, " there is help laid for you upon One that is mighty." Con- ceive of yourselves as reduced even to as helpless a state as Christ himself was, when dead upon the cross, and buried in the grave. Shall you despair ? No : your weakness shall only be an occasion for the more glorious manifestation of God's power in the season of your greatest need. Only be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might ; and in due season the whole power of the Godhead, which was displayed in Christ in raising him from the dead, shall be displayed in you''; and you, like him, shall, in God's appointed time, be exalted to his throne, and be a partaker of his kingdom for ever and ever.]
<= Eph. i. 19.