Q$ HUMILITY REPRESENTED. almighty Saviour are a sufficient match for the most formidable enemy : N(v grace, O Paul, is sùfficientfor thee agaist the thorns of the flesh, and the buffets of Satan. The rich gospel of grace was only made for the poor and thehumble among the sons and daughters of Adam. For whom is all that fulness of righteousness and fulness of grace trea- sured up in Christ Jesus, but for those who are deeply. abased under a sense of their own guilt and sinfulness ? It is for those who are dying and despairing in themselves that Jesus ha's brought in hope and life. We can never be christians till we are thus humbled and brought to the foot bf God to receive all from his Son. Remember, O my soul, it is this self -poverty, this empti- ness and dependence makes thee aprepared vessel for the largest communications of divine influence and blessing. Jesus, the Son of God, came down from heaven furnished with all fulness of heavenly graces, to bestow only upon the poor and needy and the depending creature. He was sent to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to heal the sick, to give sight to the blind, to bestow wisdom upon the ignorant, to preach the gospel to the poor, and- to call sinners to repentance and salvation ; but the self-righteous and the wise, and the exalted haughty things of this world, he hathno blessings for them, for they are all full of themselves, they do not feel nor imagine that they have any need of his bounty. The doctrines and benefits of his gospel are hid from the wise, and the mighty, and the sons of pride ; but they are revealed to babes and conferred on the poor. The humble soul dwells nearest to the rich treasures of grace, and the empty vessel is best prepared to-receive the largest communi- cations. s What is it then, Omy heart, that should tempt thee to maintain high thoughts of thyself, of thy own understanding, of thy own sufficiency, when it Is the ready way to exclude thee from all the aids of divine, grace ? He bath filled the hungry with good things, but the rich he bath sent empty away; Luke i. 53. God resisteth the proud, but giveth more grace unto the humble; Jam. iv. O. II. When we have low thoughts of ourselves, our hearts andlips will be full of achnowledgments for the daily favours of grace and providence. We shall take notice of every favourable dispensation that attends us, every support and relief of divine mercy which is communicated to us, and shall ascribe all to the free and rich -grace of God. Learn this language, O my soul, I was sinking and drowning, and God set my feet upon a rock, and established all my goings: I was wandering in foolish and per- nicious ways, running down to destruction and death, but the blessed God sent his Son from heaven to seek and save me, and by the voice of his gospel and the secret whispers of his spirit he
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