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sinner, if lie 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!' Bat, 
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 arid Amen/ 
in Christ Jesus our Lord : ' For God so loved 
the world, that He gave his only-begotten Son, 
that whosoever believe th 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 ! Majr 
we be made c 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. c Whosoever will, 
let him take the water of life freely/ 
