hí34 TIM CHRISTIAN'S TttaAsUR$. enemies. Hail-stones and thunder shall break out of the clouds' to destroy the Canaanites, when Israel is at war with them -But ifIsrael want bread in the wilderness, the clouds shall drop down manna, and give them bread from heaven. The Lord gaveup Egypt with her armies to the waves of the Red-sea, for the ransom and redemption ofhis people : He gave Ethiopia and Seba to the sword for the safety of his servant Jacob ; Is. xliii. 7. I have loved thee, 0 Israel, therefore I gave menfor thee, andpeoplefor thy life. And it is no wonder that God has given all things to his children, since he has given himself to them, and told them, I am your God : It is no wonder he has be- stowed all things upon them, since he has bestowed his Son upon them : His own, his only Son, who is dearer to himthan all the creation ; Rom. viii. 32. " He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things ?" II. The saints have an interest in all things, for Christ is made Lord over all things for his people's good; Eph. i. 22., " God hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to his church." Thus the names of thesaintsare, as it were, inserted into that divine patent that exalts and consti- tutes Christ Lordof all. And indeed, Christ has not only a right to all things by the mere donationof the Father, but it may be said, he has purchased all things for his own honour, andhis people's good. " Because he was obedient unto death, therefore God has so highly exalted him ; ". Phil. ii. 8. 00 and made him Lord of the dead and the living ;" Rom. xiv. 9. And perhaps it is in this sense, that the inheritance of the saints may be called " the purchased posses- sion;" Eph. i. 14. Now, christians, since all the affairs of nature, grace, and glory, are put into the hands of such a friend in trust for . you, that they may be managed and em- ployed for your advantage, it is as well, nay, it is much better than ifall things wereat present in your possession, that is, under your present state of weakness and folly; for his wisdom and goodness shall govern all for your truest interest. Ye are Christ's, so theapostle expresses it in the versenext to my text : And Christ, who has all in his hands, will take care of you who arehis own. " Christ is madeheir of all things ;" Heb. i. 2. And if ye belong to Christ, then are ye heirs of God, and joint heirs of Christ; Rom. viii. 17. And the express promise of the Father confirms it, that all things are yours ; Rev. xxi. 7. "He that overcometh shall inheritall things, and I will be his 'God, andhe shall bemy son; 1 Cor. xii. 27. " Ye are the membersof the
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