tle, "what we have eat, or what we " have drank, or wherewithal we have " been clothed;" whether, in our pafsage through this vale of misery, we have been clothed in purple, or in rags; whether we have fared sumptuoufly in a palace, or dwelt penuriously in a cottage. The only confolation that we can poffibly receive at that dread hour, must be derived from a confcioufness of having availed ourselves of the opportunity, which the Grace of God hath afforded us, of being and doing good; and from a sensibility of our own nothingness, and the All-sufficiency of Redeeming Love. If we have been so happy as to have seen, with spiritual eyes, the Salvation of GOD in CHRIST, and to have attended to the frequent openings, calls, and warnings of Eternal Love, at various times and seasons; if, from a deep sense of the poverty of nature, we have lived C 4 continually continually upon the riches of God's Free Grace in CHRIST, and, as we have freely received, freely imparted to all around; if, with Enoch, " we have "walked with GOD," and trod the ground of Heaven, if I may so speak, whilst we have been strangers and pilgrims upon earth-then, indeed, we may depart in peace; and lay down our weary heads to fleep the short fleep of death, in sure and certain hope of waking in the mild regions of Celestial Light and Love. DISCOURSE III. ISAIAH, CHAP. XI. VER. 10, II. "BEHOLD! THE LORD GOD WILL 66 COME WITH STRONG HAND, AND HIS ARM SHALL RULE FOR HIM: BEHOLD! HIS REWARD IS WITH HIM, AND HIS WORK BEFORE HIM. HE SHALL FEED HIS FLOCK LIKE A SHEPHERD; HE SHALL GATHER THE LAMBS WITH HIS "ARM, AND CARRY THEM IN HIS T BOSOM; AND SHALL GENTLY LEAD THOSE THAT ARE WITH HESE words exhibit to our view some of the most lively characteristics of that Illustrious Saviour, by whose blessed incarnation, our fallen race are become again entitled to that long-loft |