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THE CHRISTIAN'S TREASURE.
[SERM, XXXVIII.
law
and the prophets, the
histories
and
the epistles, and
from all the
ordinances
of
the
sanctuary
:
He
teaches
them
to
borrow some
food
and delight
from Moses and
David, as
well as
from
Peter
and
John. He
leads
them
through
the
sweet
fields
of
gospel grace,
and directs
them
to gather
many
a
flower
there
for
their
refreshment, and
to
feed on
the
fruit of
the tree of
life
for
their
support.
He
shews
them
how
to profit by
the ministry of a
Paul,
and
to
learn the
deep,mysteries
of Christ
:
He
impresses
on
their
souls
the
warm
and
pathetic
words
of
an Apol
los,
and
fires
their
hearts
thereby
with zeal
and love;
He
teaches
his
younger disciples over again the
first
lessons
of
grace, which
a Cephas
had
just
taught
them,
Thus
Paul
and
Apollos,
and Cephas are
theirs.
He instructs
them
how to
converse with things
invi-
sible
and
future
by
faith,
and to
make
use
of
the unseen
and distant
glories
of
eternity,
for their.
present
comfort
and
joy.
"
It
is
the God
of
hope, who
by his
Spirit
fills
them with
all
peace
and joy
in believing," Rom,
xv.
13.
And
I
might add
also,
that
the
holy
Spirit
is
given
them,
and
dwells in
them
as an
earnest of their inherit-
ance
of
all
things,
2
Cor.
v.
6.
till
the redemption
of
this
purchased
possession,
that
is,
till
it
shall
be
redeemed,
and
freed from
all
the present incumbrances
of
sin
and
Satan
:
Eph.
i.
13, 14.
Then
in
a happy hour
shall
this
purchased
possession be disclosed in the
fairest
light,
and
proclaimed
to
be
the
property of the
saints.
To
sum
up
all
in
a
few
words, a
christian's
interest
in
all things
is well
founded, and
well
confirmed. They
are
his by
the original purpose
of God
the
Father,
when
he
created
all
things; it
was his design
that
his
chosen,
people should
receive benefit from them.
They are
his
by the
appointment
of
divine providence,
that
all things
shall work
together for
his
good.
They are
his
;
for
Christ
the
Son
of God
has
purchased
a
dominion
over
all
things,
that
he may manage them for
the
service
of
his
redeemed
ones.
They are
his,
because the Spirit
teaches
him
to
derive
some
advantage
from all things
by
faith
and
holy
meditation.
God
has given
himself
to the saints
as
their portion
for
ever
:
He
has given
his
own
Son for
them as
a ransom
from
death
:
he
has given
his
Spirit
to
them,
as
the principle
of
their
life
:
And
in
this
view,
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