402 CHRIST ADMIRED. AND GLORIFIED [DISC. Iv. support, because Christ was there, and he shall have the glory of it." " In him are all the promises yea, and in him amen; to the glory of the Father," 2 Cor. i. Ñ0 -22. and the Son shall share in this glory, for he died to ratify these promises, and he lives to fulfil them. " Oh, what an almighty arm is this, shall the believer say, that has borne up so many thousands of poor sink- ing creatures, and lifted their heads above the waves !" The spark of grace that lived many years .in a flood of temptations, and was not quenched, shall then shine bright to the glory of Christ, who kindled and maintain- ed it. When we have been brought through all the storms and the threatening seas, and yet the raging waves have been forbid to swallow us up, we shall cry out, in raptures ofjoy and wonder, " what manner of man is this, that the winds and the seas have obeyed him ?" Mark iv. 41. Then shall it be gloriously evi- dent, that he has conquered Satan, and kept the hosts of hell in chains, when it shall appear, that he has made poor mean trembling believers victorious over all the powers of darkness, for the prince of peace has bruised him under their feet. Fifthly, There is more work for our wonder and joy, and more glory for our blessed. Lord, when we shall see, that so many dark and dreadful providences were work- ing together, in mercy, for the good of his saints; it is because Jesus Christ had the management of them all put into his hands; and we shall acknowledge, "hehas done all things well," Mark vii. 37. "All things have wrought together for good," Rom. viii. 28. It is the voice of Christ to every saint in sorrow, What I do, thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter," John xiii. 7. I saw not then, saith the christian, that my Lord was curing my pride by such a threatening and abasing providence, that he was weaning my heart from sensual delights, by such a sharp and painful wound ; but now I behold things inanother light, and give thanks and praises to, mydivine physician. We shall look back upon the hours of our impatience, and be ashamed, we shall chide the flesh for its old re- pipings, when we shall stand upon the eternal hills of paradise, and cast our eyes backward upon yonder tran-
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