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me is thy help.' But, though numberless 
exceedingly precious promises for the en- 
couragement of the ' weary and heavy-laden ' 
are to Ibe found in the Old Testament, yet 
it is in the life and death of Jesus Christ 
that all the promises of his Father are fully 
developed ; for they are all ' Yea and Amen' 
in Christ Jesus our Lord ; ' For God so loved 
the world, that He gave his only-begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should 
not perish, but have everlasting life.' How 
encouraging then the thought that we have an 
Advocate with the Father a compassionate 
High-Priest, who died for our sins, and rose 
again for our justification, who ever liveth to 
make intercession for us ; and who now 
urgeth us by his word and by his Spirit to 
repent and be converted, that our sins may 
be blotted out ! May we be made ' willing 
in the day of his power,' even now, while we 
consider the importance of the words in the 
text, in which we have : 
"1. An exhortation. ' The Spirit and the 
Bride say, Come.' 
"2. A command. ' Let him that heareth 
say, Come.' 
