1. With adoring gratitude —
[It is not possible that you should be in any state, wherein
this frame of mind is not called for And think what
boldness the recollection of God's undeserved love and un- bounded mercies will give you, in your addresses to him
Truly, if you had but the slightest sense of what
God has already done for you, you could not but find your hearts enlarged towards him; and would "open your mouths wide," whensoever you came into his presence ]
2. With humble confidence —
[See how God the Father, and God the Son, and I may add too, God the Holy Ghost, have concurred in all that has already been vouchsafed unto you. For, whether the Father or the Son confer the benefit, it is by the Holy Spirit that it
is imparted to you And with such benefactors, each
pledged to the other, by an everlasting covenant, to bestow on you whatsoever shall most conduce to your welfare, what can you want ? Verily, you shall want no manner of thing that is good. Only cast all your care on your reconciled God in Christ Jesus, and you shall find, to your comfort, that " he is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy p."]
p Jude, ver. 24.
2 Thess. iii. 1. Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you.
THE light of the material sun is hailed and wel- comed by every nation under heaven : but how much more is the light of the Sun of Righteousness to be desired ! If the one be necessary for our comfort in this life, the other is necessary to guide us in the way to life eternal. Hence the Apostle not only laboured to spread the Gospel himself, but endea- voured to interest all the Lord's people in its behalf; that by their united supplications they might obtain from God whatever should conduce to its establish- ment in the world.