How precious is it to behold, in this instance also, the blessed JESUS typified. The Church is described by Solomon under this similitude: Her hair is a flock of goats that appear from Mount Gilead. Song 1-8. And are not the LORD'S people like the hairs of his head, a multitude which grow upon him, and on which no razor of separation shall ever cone? Do not his people live upon him, depend upon him, draw all their life, and strength, and nourishment from him, and be part of himself, never to be separated from him? Oh! thou glorious Nazarene! however despised and rejected of men, be thou nearer and dearer to me than language can express; and may it be said of my soul among thy people, as it was of the church of old, by virtue of her union with thee; her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire. Lamentations 4:7.

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