' He shall make an atonement for thy sins, and work out a righteousness for thee and for all thy believing posterity x. He shall also, by the influence of my Holy Spirit, whom he will impart unto thee, restore thee to mine image, which thou hast losty: and he shall be ever at my right hand, to plead his own merits in thy behalf, and, by his effectual inter- cession, to prevent any expression of my displeasure on account of thy short-comings and defects2.'
' But, O my God, thou knowest what a subtle adversary 1 have, even that cruel enemy that has reduced me to my present calamitous condition. And, if he prevailed against me when I was yet in innocence, how shall I be able to withstand him now that I am so weak, and encompassed, as I shall be, with such incessant and powerful temptations V
' This I will do for thee : " I will set Him upon my throne, even upon my holy hill of Ziona:" and I will especially constitute him " Head over all things to the Church V' and " He shall reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet0;" so that, if only thou trust in Him, thou mayest be assured, that " not all the powers of darkness shall ever be able to separate thee from his loved."'
' May I then venture to hope, that, whilst ordering the affairs of the whole universe, he will condescend to notice such a worm as me ?
' Yes ; he shall have such an interest in thee, as a monarch would have in his jewels6 and in his crown f; of which he would never, if by any means he could prevent it, suffer himself to be despoiled.'
' But, O my God, what shall I do when I am called to thy bar of judgment ? Oh ! what hope can I entertain of acceptance with thee in that awful hour?'
' The fixing of thy doom shall depend on Himg. He, in whose atoning sacrifice thou hast trusted for
x Rom. iii. 25. and v. 18. y Acts ii. 38, 39.
z Heb. vii. 25. * ps< fj. 6# b Eph. i. 22.
c 1 Cor. xv. 25. d Rom. viii. 38, 39. e Mai. iii. 17.
f Isai. lxii. 3. s John v. 22. Rom. xiv. 10.