WORD OF THE LORD. 267 him, the Ceffation of animal Life claims another Title; becaufe Chrift hath abolifhed what truly deferves the Name ofDeath to his People. The Chriftian may ceafe to breathe, but he cannot ceafe to live ; becaufe he is in Him, who liveth for ever. In every Moment, and efpecially at the laft Moment, he may cry to his Father; '° In thee, O Lord, is my Truft, I shall never be con- founded World without End. I have a good Hope be- caufe of thy WORD, with which thou haft healed my Soul. I !hall praife thy Name for ever and ever !" A R M, H A N D, A N D RIGHT HAND, OF JEHOVAH. (NOD hath made Nature, or at leaft our World of j Things, for the fenfible Manifeftation of his fpiri- tual Grace. And if our mental Eye was more purged from the Film and Difeafe of Sin, we lhould fee, like Solomon, that both theHyffop on the Wall, and the talleft Cedar in Lebanon, were appointed for this one Pur- pofe, That GODmay beglorified IN ALL THINGS through JESUS CHRIST. Hence it is, that, as People grow in Grace and in the Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, they fee more of GOD's Hand in every Circumftance ofLife, and more ofhis Wifdom and Defigns of Love, il'
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