n Phil. i. 20. ° Heb. xi. 5. p Rom. iv. 16.
') Josh, xxiii. 14. "■ Rom. iv. 18, 20.
tribulations be great, let them not for a moment obstruct your rejoicing in him ; but " maintain your glorying firm unto the end." See the utmost desires of a bleeding soul all concen- trated in one short prayer; and, for the accomplishment of them, rest not merely on the love and power of Jesus, but on his fidelity: and when you have been praying that the very God of peace would sanctify you wholly, and that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, then add, " Faithful is He that hath called me, who also will do it^"]
s 1 Thess. V. 23, 24.
Heb. iii. 12 — 14. Take heed, brethren, lest there he in any of you an evil heart of unhelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To- day ; lest any of you he hardened through the deceiiful- ness of sin. For ive are made 'partakers of Christ, if toe hold the heginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end.
THE consideration of the fulness and sufficiency of Christ, is that which animates the believer in all his conflicts : yet it is on no account to supersede our own care and watchfulness : on the contrary, it affords us the greatest encouragement to watch, be- cause it ensures success to us in our endeavours, which, without his Almighty aid, would be of no avail. In this view it is that the inspired writer calls us to '^ consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, who was not merely a ser- vant, like Moses, but a son, the Heir and Lord of all, yea, the very builder of that spiritual house, of which we profess ourselves to be a part." On this truth he grounds the exhortation in the text% in which he suggests,
L A solemn caution —
Difficult as it is to come to God, we find it but too
^ All the words between " wherefore," in ver. 7, and the text, are a parenthesis : we must therefore connect the text thus ; " Where- fore," " take heed," &c.