Comfort —
[A sense of guilt shall yield to holy joyz: deplored weak- ness shall be succeeded by divine energy a. Our delight in him shall be spiritual and exalted1': it shall far transcend all earthly pleasures0.]
Glory—
1 See Matt. xii. 10, 13. The man with the withered hand was unable to stretch it forth ; but in attempting to obey, he was endued with strength.
k Isai. viii. 20. l 1 John i. 7. m Ps. xcvii. 11.
n Col. i. 12. ° Mal.iv. 2. John i.9. p Matt. xi. 25.
<J Matt. xi. 27. r Matt. xi. 29.
s Ps. xxv. 9. Prov. ii. 3—6. * Jer. h. 25.
" 1 Cor. i. 30. x Matt. i. 21.
y Mic. vii. 19. Isai. i. 25. z Isai. xxix. 19. and lxi. 3.
a Isai. xxxv. 5, 6. b Isai. Ii. 11. and lviii. 11.
c Po Kvxiv. 10. and iv. 6, 7.
[Our Lord will not confine his blessings to this world d. He will raise his people to thrones of glory e : he will cause them to participate his own inheritance f: he will be the ground and object of their joy for everg.]
Application —
[What greater encouragement can any one desire? What richer promises can any one conceive ? How suited are they to our necessities ! Let every one consider the command as addressed to himself; " Awake, thou" let all our powers and faculties be called forth to action. In exerting ourselves let us expect the promised aid. Thus shall we be eternal monu- ments of Christ's power and grace.]
d Ps. lxxxiv. 11. e Rev. iii. 21. f Rom. viii. 17.
g Isai. lx. 19, 20.