the remission of thy sins, and by whose effectual grace thou hast been sustained even to the end ; He, whose interests are bound up in thine, and who is to possess thee as the reward of all his travail ; even He, I say, who witnessed all thy tears, thy struggles, thy services, thy pleas ; He, who has been thy Saviour, shall then, in the capacity of a Judge, complete his work, and assign to thee the kingdom of heaven as thine inheritance : so that, instead of trembling at the prospect of the judgment-day, " thou mayest have confidence before him at his coming11."
' Let there now be an end of all thy fears, and hear what I have decreed to do for thee, for the magnify- ing OF MY OWN GRACE AND MERCY1.
' Wouldst thou that I should " lay help for thee on One that is mighty k? Thy Saviour shall be "the Mighty God1," even " God over all, blessed for ever-
norem."
' Wouldst thou that, notwithstanding his greatness, thou mayest be able to approach him with humble confidence ? He shall partake of thy very nature, and be a man even as thou artn, " bone of thy bone, and flesh of thy flesh0;" so that, whilst, by reason of his Deity, he is one with me, he shall, by reason of his humanity, be one with thee also. He shall be "God manifest in human fleshp;" and "the very name whereby thou shalt be privileged to call him shall be, Emmanuel ; which, being interpreted, is God with usV
' Dost thou desire some assurance of his love ? Thou shalt have such evidence of it as shall remove from thee even a possibility of doubt : for, for thee he shall give up all the glory and felicity of heaven r; for thee sustain, for a season, what shall be equivalent to all the horrors and miseries of hell8; and for thee work out a righteousness, wherein thou shalt stand before me without spot or blemish1; and by his
h 1 John ii. 28.
1 Eph. ii. 7.
k Ps. lxxxix. 19
1 Isai. ix. 6.
m Rom. ix. 5.
n Rom. viii. 3.
0 Eph. v. .30.
p 1 Tim. iii. 1G.
q Matt. i. 23.
r John vi. 38.
■ Gal. iii. 13.