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sinner, if he will turn from his evil way, inva- 
riably follows. So far from desiring the death 
of a sinner, God hath declared, ' It is because 
he is God, and not man, therefore we are not 
consumed.' And again, 'O Israel, thou hast 
destroyed thyself; but in me is thy help ! ' But, 
though numberless exceedingly precious pro- 
mises for the encouragement of the ' weary and 
heavy-laden ' are to be found in the Old Testa- 
ment, 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 encou- 
raging, then, the thought that we have an Advo- 
cate with the Father — a compassionate High- 
priest, who died for our sins, and rose again for 
our justification ; who ever liveth to make inter- 
cession for us ; and who now urgeth us by his 
word and by his Spirit to repent and be con- 
verted, 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.' 
"3. An encouragement. ! Let him that is 
athirst come.' 
" 4. A general invitation. ' Whosoever will, 
let him take the water of life freely.' 
