Exodus 20:26

REFLECTIONS

BLESSED God! do thou enable me to reverence thine holy law, and never to lose sight of that solemn truth, that rather than one jot, or tittle, of thy law should fail; thou hast given that glorious, all-sufficient Surety, to be made sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

And Oh! thou adored Redeemer, may every renewed view, and every repeated hearing of thy Father's law, still serve to endear thee the more to my heart. May I be led therefrom to behold thee as becoming one with our nature, for the express purpose of fulfilling the whole will and law of God, for us, and for our salvation. And as thou didst undertake so hast thou graciously answered the demand, both in obedience and suffering, of all that was owing to divine justice. Yes! thou clearest Jesus, thou didst take the whole debt upon thyself, and when we had nothing to pay, either in doing or in suffering, then it was thou didst say, I will be surety for them: at mine hand, Father, thou shalt require it. Lord, help me, by the sweet influences of thy Holy Spirit, to accept thy sacred person, under this complete character, as my Justifier before God. Do thou blessed Spirit of all truth, guide my soul to Jesus, and never suffer me to have more than an altar of earth, or to lift up a tool of my own, to pollute the sweet sacrifice of Jesus' blood and righteousness. Never let me go about to establish mine own righteousness, but most thankfully bless God for the covenant righteousness of God my Savior; blessing and praising the divine mercy, that when by sin I had destroyed myself, and the terrors of a broken law stood forth against me, Jesus was made of God to my soul, wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption, that all my glorying might he in the Lord.