men by the infinite cost at which he provided salvation for them. "He spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all." 2. Man does not die because of any deficiency in the Divine provisions/or hi8 salvation. 'l'he purposes and provisions of Divine grnco for human salvation a.re inexhaustible and infinite. Spiritual forces are not limited and exhaustible as material forces are. The reconciling or atoning power which is o.dequ11to for one sinful soul is ade,1unte for a million, or any number of millions, of such souls. "Christ Jesus gave himself a ransom for all;" "He died for all." 3. Man does not perish because of his inability to appropi·iate the salvation provided for him by God. It is offered gratuitously on condition of repentance for sin and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. "Repent ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions," etc. (ver. 30); •• Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou she.It be saved, aud thy house;" "Who- soever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life." Man is summoned by God to repent and believe the Saviour, and God never summons man to any duty, but man either has the power to obey the summons, or God waits to bestow that power upon him. In the latter ca.se man has but to be willing to receive the power and it will be given unto him in ample sufficiency for his needs. Man is prone to believe. In many things he believes too readily. And in Jesus Christ there is everything to awaken and attract the heart's truest, tenderest, and most reverent trust. Salvation is offered on such terms that every man may avail himself of the offer if he will do so. It is in the human will that the mischief lies. "Because I have called, o.nd ye refused," etc. (Prov. i. 24, 25); "How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not I" "Ye will not come to me, that ye may have life;" "This is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil." III. THE UNREASONABLENESS OF PERSISTENCE IN BIN. " Why will ye die ? " Man is so constituted that he should a.et from reason. He has instincts and other impulses which lead to action; but these should be guided and governed by his reason. His instincts and passions should be ruled by his reason, which is the glory of his nature, and raises him above the inferior creatnres in this world. When reason holds its proper place and exercises its proper power, then the lower impulses of our nature contribute to our true development and progress. "When Reason, like the skilful charioteer, Can break the :fiery passions with the bit, And, spite of their licentio11B sallies, keep The radiant track of glory; passions then ke aids and ornaments. Triumphant Reason, Firm in her see.t e.nd swift in her career, Enjoys their violence, and, smiling, thanks Their formidable flame for high renown." (Young.) The Most High appeals to man's reason. "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord," etc. (Isa. i. 18); "Produce your ea.use, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons," etc. (Isa. xli 21); " Why will ye die ? " This inquiry implies that man should have some reason for persistence in the way that leads to death. It also implies that he has not a satisfactory reason. It is, perhaps, designed to bring man to pause, and lead him to consider his ways, and to ask himself why he pursues the way of death. 'l'here is no satisfactory reason why men will die. Persistence in sin is utter and suicidal folly. "Why w:.11 ye die? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, sa.ith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live."-W. J.
EXPOSITION. under a different imagery, the latter o. re- CHAPTER XIX. prorluction of the same imagery, with a Ver. 1.-The two sections of this chapter slightly different application. Lamentation. -vers. 1-9, 10-14-are respectively two The sawe word as that used in eh. ii. 10. paraLk, or tlte sawe type as that of eh. xvii., The wLole chapter :finds e. parallel in Jere- t.hc former telling nearly the 11ame story ' miah's review of Josiah'a successors (xxii. CH. xtx. 1-14.] 'l'HE IlOOK OF THE PROPHE'f EZEKIEL. 34!,