Hébreux 1:14

RÉFLEXIONS

Praises to the Lord Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for the eternal purpose, which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord! And praises to his holy name, that he hath been pleased to make known the fellowship of the mystery, hid in God from the beginning of the world, which in times past was opened in divers manners to the fathers by the prophets; but now, in these last days, fully, and completely made known to the Church, in the Person of his dear Son! Lord Jesus! we hail thy glorious appearing, in all the revelations thou hast made! We adore thee for thy natural, and essential glories, as One with the Father.

We adore thee in all thy mediatorial characters, as God-Man, heir of all things! And we would desire grace to praise thee, love thee, delight in thee, for all thy finished redemption-work, and grace, manifested to thy Church, and People; that when by thyself thou hadst purged our sins, thou didist take thy seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Oh! the rapture and the joy, that Jesus, by inheritance hath obtained a more excellent name than angels; and that his people, his fellows, by their union with him, and their right in him, are begotten to the same heritage, and will enter into the joy of their Lord.

Oh! que Dieu l'Esprit, qui, dans la grâce et l'amour, a fait connaître à l'Église ces choses précieuses, puisse chaque jour, par ses influences vivifiantes et renouvelatrices, oindre tous les compagnons de Christ de la même huile de joie que leur chef glorieux. . Et tandis que notre Dieu et Père dit à son cher Fils : Ton trône, ô Dieu, est pour toujours et à jamais ; tous ses enfants adoptifs peuvent connaître leur unité et leur intérêt pour Christ et pour ce royaume qui ne peut faillir !