{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3785", "width": "2508", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "ClassF)V\\nBook.", "height": "3568", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3568", "width": "2256", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3536", "width": "2280", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "THE\\nGolden Treasury\\nof TEXTS\\nEVERY DAY IN THE YEAR.\\nPUBLISHED BY\\nTHE CKRISTIAX HER^JLID,\\nLouis Klopsch, Proprietor,\\nBIBLE HOUSE, NEW YORK,\\n:^S", "height": "3607", "width": "2295", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "Copyright 1895,\\nBy Louis Klopsch.\\nPress and Bindery of\\nHISTORICAL PUBLISHING CO,,\\nPHILADELPHIA.", "height": "3572", "width": "2304", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nlOGATZKY S GOLDEN TREASURY\\nhas been translated into nearly all\\nEuropean languages, and has obtained\\nan enormous circulation in Germany\\nand Great Britain. In this country\\nvery few books, except the Pilgrim s Progress,\\nhave been so largely circulated or so widely read.\\nIt will surprise many to learn that more than a\\ncentury and a half have elapsed since the first\\npublication of this valued volume.\\nUntil the great day of account, it will not be\\nknown how many thousands have derived spiritual\\nblessing from its well-known pages. For five or\\nsix generations the familiar Bogatzky has been\\nin daily use in many a godly household at family\\nworship in many a quiet chamber the little volume\\nhas been a treasured daily monitor from its pages\\nhundreds of trembling believers have gathered\\nstrength and wisdom from its teachings many an\\nenquiring soul has been led into life and light and\\nfrom its consolations many a sorrowing mourner\\nhas drawn comfort in tribulation.", "height": "3572", "width": "2260", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "12 PREFACE.\\nThe mission of the book is not yet over,\\nhoped and believed that another generation will\\nderive spiritual instruction from a volume which\\nhas been richly blest to the one now passing away,\\nas well as to generations which have previously\\ncrossed the flood.\\nTHE PUBLISHER.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "THE GOL DEN TR EASURY.\\nJanuary i.\\nHOSANNA /\u00e2\u0080\u0094Mark xi. 9 Ps. cxviii. 25-29.\\nA new scene of time now begins put up thy\\nHosanna, O my soul, that the Lord may save, bless\\nand prosper thee. May He grant thee a Happy\\nNew Year indeed! For this purpose begin it\\nwith a dedication of thyself to God. Thy time,\\ncircumstances, and life, are in His hand with\\nfaith and love implore His blessing and protection\\nover thee this ensuing year. Begin this, and every\\nfollowing day with prayer. Let God have thy first\\nthoughts in the morning the impression they\\nmake will not be easily erased by worldly matters.\\nGrace is promised in the use of means be thou\\ndiligent then, and punctual in the performance of\\nthem let thy daily request be for an increasing\\nknowledge of thyself, and of Jesus Christ in His\\noffices for a sense of pardoning mercy for a lively,\\nvigorous faith for communion with the Father\\nand the Son through the Spirit for true holiness\\nin heart and life for strength and protection\\nagainst thy spiritual foes, and for persevering grace\\nto hold out to the end. Pray for the prosperity of\\nZion they prosper that love her. Oh, pray for thy\\nfriends and relations, begging the Almighty to take\\nthem into covenant relation to Himseif for a bless-\\ning on thy worldly affairs for a sanctified use of\\nhealth or sickness, prosperity or adversity, as God\\nshall please to send. Perhaps, O my soul, this may\\nbe the last year of the Lord s patience, and thy\\npilgrimage. Is thy state safe Art thou a real\\nbeliever in Jesus Is the oil of grace in thy vessel\\nIf so thou art prepared for every emergency.\\nAnd now. O soul, another Xow a new scene of time be-\\nyear gins.\\nOf this world s life is past Set cut afresh for heaven\\nI cannot long continue here, Seek pardon for thy daily sins,\\nAnd this may be the last. In Christ so freely given.", "height": "3572", "width": "2260", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "14 THE GOLDEN TREASURE.\\nJanuary 2.\\nwill ransom them from the power of the grave I\\nwill redeem them from death: O death, I will be\\nthy plagues O grave, I will be thy destruction.\\nHos. xiii. 14. Christ having spoiled princi-\\npalities and powers, He made a show of them\\nopenly, triumphing over them in it, (His cross).\\nCol. ii. 15. The sting of death is sin and the\\nstre?igth of sin is the law. But thanks be to God,\\nwho give th us the victory, through our Lord fesus\\nChrist. 1 Cor. xv. 56, 57.\\nThe world is afraid of a hidden poison where\\nthere is none. The real hidden poison is sin, which,\\nthe Lord grant me to fear, is everywhere for it has\\ninfected all things, and all places. But, O my dear\\nSaviour, thou being my all-sufficient Preservative\\nand Antidote in all places, oh dwell in me con-\\ntinually, and, oh increase my faith, that I may\\nknow thee, and enjoy thee more and more Take\\naway all slavish fears of death and hell from my\\nsoul, for thou hast conquered both for me. And,\\noh give me the heart that can live on thee by\\nfaith every moment, and that can trust thy grace\\nfor every blessing. Oh give me the heart that\\nburns with love to thee, and that can raise its\\nHosanna in full assurance of the blessed inheri-\\ntance beyond the grave.\\nHosanna to the Prince of light\\nThat clothed Himself in clay\\niCnter d the iron gates of death,\\nAnd tore the bars away,\\nDeath is no more the King of Dread,\\nSince our Immanuel rose\\nHe took the tyrant s sting away,\\nAnd spoil d our hellish foes.\\nNow holy triumphs of the soul\\nShall death itself outbrave,\\nLeave dull mortality behind,\\nAnd fly beyond the grave.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 15\\nJanuary 3.\\nBut now, O Lord, thou art my Father we are\\nthe clay, arid thou our potter and we all are the\\nwork of thy hand. Isa. Ixiv. 8 Dan. iv. 35.\\nBeing only clay in thy hands, O Lord, as I must\\nnot, so I would not, resist thy workings by any\\nmeans and I pray and hope thou wilt prepare and\\nperfect me for a meet vessel of grace, in spite of a\\nthousand hindrances. Xo work of thine comes\\never short of its intended perfection for who can\\nstay thy hand It is thy own saying, I will work,\\nand who shall let it? (Isaiah xliii. 13.)\\nAn artist delights in his own workmanship, and\\nwould not leave one single flaw or defect in it\\ndesignedly (Phil. i. 6). Oh, then look upon me\\ntoo, thou wise Creator see how flesh and blood\\ndisorder my poor soul, and deliver me from all that\\nmay endanger my spiritual life Knowing thou\\ncanst do no less than a human artist, who is ever\\nready, and exerts his skill to mend and perfect his\\nwork, I trust that thou wilt not always suffer these\\nimpediments to hinder and disgrace thy work. Nay,\\nsuch is thy wisdom and power, that out of darkness\\nthou canst bring light out of sickness, health\\nand though I am now destitute of strength and life,\\nyet I believe thy work will be finished at last, and\\nglorify the name of its maker (1 Pet. v. 10).\\nFinish, Lord, thy new creation\\nPure, unspotted may we be\\nI^et us see our whole salvation\\nPerfectly secured by thee.\\nChanged from glory into glory,\\nTill in heaven we take our place,\\nTill we cast our crowns before thee,\\nI/Dst in wonder, love, and praise I", "height": "3572", "width": "2252", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "16 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 4.\\nDavid s Prayer Oh that the salvation of Israel\\nwere come out of Zion When the Lord brings\\nback the captivity of His people, Jacob shall\\nrejoice and Israel shall be glad. Ps. xvi. 7.\\nDivine Answer If the Son make yon free, ye\\nshall be free indeed. John viii. 36. See also\\nverses 31, 32.\\nNot as if sin should be utterly destroyed, or en-\\ntirely dead, and could not stir any more in the\\nheart of believers for the Scripture speaks of\\nthem as having still their lusts and motions of sin\\n(Gal. v. 17) but it imports only, that it has no\\npower either to condemn, or to reign over us nay,\\nit shall be weakened more and more (Rom. vi. 12,\\n14) so that Christ reigns in the heart even where\\nsin dwells, in the midst of His enemies (Shorter\\nCatechism, Quest, xxvi.) and it is a dangerous\\nerror indeed, to believe that sin is destroyed in the\\nroot. If it were so, whence those frequent expres-\\nsions and exhortations to crucify, withstand, and\\nrule over it? (Gal. v. 24.)\\nNow sits our Saviour on His throne,\\nWith pity in His eyes\\nHe hears the dying prisoners groan,\\nAnd listens to their sighs\\nHe frees the souls condemned to death\\nAnd when His saints complain,\\nNo man shall say that praying breath\\nWas ever spent in vain.\\nThis shall be known when we are dead,\\nAnd left on long record,\\nThat ages yet unborn may read,\\nAnd trust, and praise the I,ord\\nThen let thy Spirit seal our souls,\\nAnd mould them to thy will,\\nThat our weak hearts no more may stray\\nBut keep thy precepts still.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 17\\nJanuary 5.\\nAll that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer\\npersecution. 2 Tim. iii. 12. The world hath\\nhated them, because they are not of the world.\\nJohn xvii. 14.\\nThe children of God do not love and please the\\nworld, and are oftentimes greatly afflicted on ac-\\ncount of abounding wickedness, and particularly\\nthe profanation of the Lord s name. Now, when\\nyou can love the world, and the world can love\\nyou, there must be much worldliness in you for\\nthe world loves its own.\\nMany pretend to be Christians, but they will not\\nendure persecution. Instead of this, they blame\\nothers for too much rashness, and not acting pru-\\ndently enough to avoid the mockings and hatred of\\nthe world. Therefore, they propose to take wiser\\nmeasures and, in order to do more good, take\\ngreat care not to be despised and rejected but\\nunder this pretence of wisdom and prudence, very\\noften lie concealed a dangerous love of the world\\nand fear of man. Be thou nobler minded, live as a\\nChristian indeed, and be not ashamed to bear the\\nCross of Christ. The disciple is not above his\\nMaster. Has eternal love, wisdom and power,\\nendured the contradiction and reproach of sinners\\nThou shouldst be wiser than Him indeed if thou\\ncouldst escape the reproach and hatred of the world.\\nMay but His grace my soul renew.\\nLet sinners gaze and hate me too\\nThe word that saves me does engage\\nA sure defence from all their rage.\\nGod s furnace doth in Zion stand\\nBut Zion s God stands by.\\nAs the refiner views his gold\\nWith an observant eve.", "height": "3572", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "i8 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 6.\\nAll things are possible to him that believeth.\\nMark ix. 23.\\nFaith is the principal thing in the Christian\\nreligion. It is the spiritual eye, enlightening the\\nmind, directing the feet, and cheering the heart.\\nThe whole turns upon it. As our faith is, so is our\\nstrength and fruitfulness in good works but, at\\nthe same time, there is nothing more out of our\\nown power than to believe, even after the work of\\ngrace has been actually wrought in our hearts\\ntherefore nothing is more needful than to pray for\\nfaith as long as we live. May the Lord give and\\nincrease it continually Nothing can be stronger\\nin the universe than the hand of Faith. By this\\nwe lay sure hold on our most glorious and Almighty\\nLord in heaven and such an inviolable union is\\nestablished between Christ and a believing soul,\\nthat none can separate the one from the other. All\\nthe powers of hell and sin avail nothing against it\\nFaith breaks through the greatest obstacles, re-\\nmoves mountains of difficulties, and has, as it were,\\na kind of omnipotence in it for this is the victory\\nthat overcomes the world, even our faith (1 John\\nv. 4). Nay, it even wrestles with God and prevails\\n(Gen. xxxii. 28). As straw cannot withstand the\\nforce of fire, so God, being a wall of fire around His\\npeople, the greatest power of our mighty enemies\\nshall be consumed like the stubble. Oh then, look\\nupon Him steadfastly, my soul, and believe in Him\\nwith a simple heart. Wondrous are His ways with\\nHis people, and past finding out but, at last, all\\ntheir sorrows and strife must come to a triumphant\\nend.\\nOh let us go from strength to strength,\\nFrom grace to greater grace\\nFrom one degree of faith to more,\\nTill we behold thy face", "height": "3572", "width": "2280", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 19\\nJanuary 7.\\nChrist is all, and in all. Col. iii. 11 Eph. i. 23\\nEph. iv. 9, 10.\\nAu, mankind are Christ s creatures. All condi-\\ntions are disposed and regulated by His providence.\\nHe alone is the source whence all have proceeded,\\nand to Him alone all must return. For a believer\\nto receive and know Christ as his All, is the only\\nmeans to live truly a life of faith and when he has\\ndone this, it will not be hard to resign all other\\nthings. To talk much of Christ, and make frequent\\nuse of His name one to another, is commendable, if\\nthe heart goes along with the words but to call\\nupon God the Father with a filial confidence, is also\\nour duty, and does not contradict the apostle s\\nmeaning at all for it is only through Christ we can\\ndo it and, as He says himself, the Father and He\\nare one. Thou art my All, O gracious Lord what\\nthen can I want I desire no more than to be\\nput always in mind of this by the animating voice\\nof thy Spirit.\\nLet sinners boast of kindred joys,\\nThe poor delights of sense\\nTis Christ our inmost thought employs,\\nWe draw our comforts thence.\\nWith sweet contentment now we bid\\nFarewell to pleasures here.\\nWith Christ in God our life is hid,\\nAnd all its springs are there.\\nTis now concealed and lodged secure\\nIn God s eternal Son.\\nFrom age to age shall it endure,\\nThough to the world unknown.\\nJesus, remove whate er divides\\nOur lingering souls from thee.\\nTis fit that where the head resides\\nThe members too should be.", "height": "3552", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "20 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 8.\\nThey, being ignorant of God s righteousness and\\ngoing about to establish their own righteousness,\\nhave not submitted themselves unto the righteous-\\nness of God. Whosoever believeth on Him shall\\nnot be ashamed. Rom. x. 3, 11.\\nr The same mistake which proved so fatal to the\\nJews, proves equally fatal to many who pretend to\\ncall themselves Christians. Ignorant alike of the\\nDivine character and their own, they build their\\nhope of the favor of God and eternal life upon\\nsome works of righteousness which they have done,\\nor intend to do, and reject the righteousness of\\nChrist, in which alone they can be justified and\\naccepted forgetting this great doctrine of the\\nGospel, that salvation is not by works of righ-\\nteousness which we have done, but according to His\\nmercy He saved us by the washing of regenera-\\ntion, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost (Titus\\niii. 5). In this mistake the decent and the profane\\nare equally involved for the worst of mankind\\nfancy themselves possessed of some virtues and\\ngood qualities that will entitle them to the Divine\\nfavor. The delusion remains till the light of the\\nHoly Ghost darts in, like a sunbeam, upon the\\nmind, and discovers the guilt and pollution that\\ndefile the best of us. We then abhor ourselves, and\\nlook to the free grace of God in Christ Jesus for\\npardon and salvation. We have a hope that maketh\\nnot ashamed\\nJesus thy blood and righteousness\\nMy beauty are, niy glorious dress.\\nMidst flaming worlds, in these arra}- d,\\nWith joy shall I lift up my head.\\nBold shall I stand in the great da}*\\nFor who aught to my charge shall lay\\nFull\\\\ T through these absolved I am.\\nFrom sin and fear, from guilt and shame.", "height": "3568", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 21\\nJanuary 9.\\nI cried with my whole heart hear me, O Lord I\\nwill keep thy statutes. Great peace have they\\nwho love thy law and nothing shall offeiid them.\\nI have kept thy precepts a?id thy testimonies\\nfor all my ways are before thee. I have gone\\nastray like a lost sheep seek thy servant for I\\ndo not forget thy commandments. Ps. cxix. 145,\\n165, 168, 176. The Lord shall preserve thee\\nfrom all evil; He shall preserve thy soul. Ps.\\ncxxi. 7.\\nThe word of God should be ever connected with\\nprayer for why is it that many hear and read\\nwithout being the better? They do not pray in\\nfaith for a blessing. We must, like David, pray\\nwith the utmost fervor, that we may understand\\nand retain the word of God, and bring forth fruit\\nfor a Christian has nothing so much at heart as that\\nhe may always act up to the word and will of God\\nhis prayer is, Lord, let my footsteps be sure, accord-\\ning to thy word and let nothing contrary to thy\\nlaw have dominion over me, either in my doctrine\\nor practice If this prayer be granted, great will\\nbe our peace, Jesus Himself will be our peace, and\\nthen nothing shall offend us we shall take heed\\nunto all our ways before God, and so walk before\\nHim as to continue humble, like David, who con-\\nsidered himself as a straying and lost sheep. Lord,\\nwe are by nature straying and lost sheep seek and\\nfetch us back from the error of our ways, and pre-\\nserve us in thy pasture Then shall we, with a\\nheart full of gratitude, shew forth the praises of thy\\nglorious name.\\nMy soul has gone too far astray,\\nMy feet too often slip\\nYet since I ve not forgot thy way,\\nRestore thy wandering sheep.", "height": "3572", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "22 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary io.\\nI have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.\\nGen. xlix. 18.\\nMany have received comfort from these words\\nin death and waited in faith for their salvation.\\nThe thoughtless and impenitent wait only for\\ntemporal prosperity in their lives, and therefore\\ncannot expect eternal bliss but, on the contrary,\\na dreadful judgment after death. Oh that they\\nwould enter into themselves this very day, that,\\nat the eve of life, they might, like Jacob and\\nSimeon, depart in peace. We will not, therefore,\\nlook for any earthly things, but for the Saviour,\\nwho is already come, who will grant us His salva-\\ntion, His aid and deliverance in life and death, and\\nwill conduct us safely at last, though we should\\nwait some time for His help. Yes, my Redeemer,\\nthey who wait, depend upon, and hope in thee,\\nshall not be ashamed. Grant us only faith and\\npatience, that we may wait on thee from one\\nmorning-watch to another and enduring all things,\\nmake the w T hole course of our lives one perpetual\\nexpectation of thy aid and may w T e ever abund-\\nantly experience thy help and salvation, especially\\nat our latter end.\\nChrist s own soft hand shall wipe the tears\\nFrom every weeping- eye\\nAnd pains and groans, and griefs and fears,\\nAnd death itself shall die.\\nHow long, dear Saviour, oh how long,\\nShall this bright hour delay?\\nFly swiftly round, ye wheels of Time,\\nAnd bring the welcome day.\\nOh I could break this carnal fence,\\nDrop all my sorrows in the tomb,\\nOn angel-wings remove from thence,\\nAnd fly this happy moment home\\nQuit the dark house of mouldering clay,\\nAnd launch into eternal day.", "height": "3588", "width": "2280", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "THK GOLDBN TREASURY. 23\\nJanuary it.\\nFor God so loved the world, that He gave His only\\nbegotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him\\nshould not perish, but have everlasting life. For\\nGod sent not His Son into the world, to condemn\\nthe world; but that the world through Him might\\nbe saved. He that believeth on Him is not con-\\ndemned. John iii. 16-18.\\nOh that these truly precious words were ever\\nwarmly impressed on our hearts that they were\\nour last thoughts at night, and the first at our\\nwaking in the morning and that they were im-\\nproved in such a manner, as to make our dying\\nbed easy in the evening of our life, and to ensure\\nour rising with gladness in the morning of the\\nresurrection And what more blessed and delight-\\nful meditations can I daily dwell upon than to\\nthink thus God has loved me, even me, when I\\nwas His enemy and so loved me that He gave me\\nHis only Son Bless me with faith in Christ, then\\nChrist is mine, and all things are mine (1 Cor. iii.\\n21) for He that spared not His own Son, but\\ndelivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with\\nHim also freely give us all things (Rom. viii. 32.)\\nHe will never suffer a believing soul to perish He\\nhas passed His word for it. It is He that says, I\\nshall not perish I shall not be condemned but\\nhave everlasting life if I believe. This will I build\\nand depend upon to my last moments, as upon an\\nimmovable rock. Amen and Amen.\\nOh for this love let earth and skies\\nWith hallelujahs ring\\nAnd the full choir of human tongues\\nAll hallelujahs sing\\nTo Him who sits upon the throne,\\nThe God whom we adore,\\nAnd to the I^amo that once was slain,\\nBe glory evermore.", "height": "3572", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "24 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 12.\\nIn Christ we have redemption through His blood,\\neven the forgiveness of sins. Col. i. 14. Hav-\\ning forgiven you all trepasses blotting out\\nthe hand-writing of ordinances that was against\\nus, which was contrary to us, and took it out of\\nthe way, nailing it to His Cross. Col. ii. 13, 14.\\nThereford said He, It is finished. John xix. 30.\\nHast thou, O my soul, felt the weight of thy own\\nguilt and misery, and been enabled, in reality and\\ntruth, to lay hold by faith of the blood of Christ\\nfor thy redemption, and faithfully to devote thyself\\nto Him in heart and life Then hast thou a sure\\nfoundation to go upon. Let it be thy constant care\\nfirmly to depend upon these, and such like blessed\\ndeclarations look to Jesus for every blessing thou\\nstandest in need of. Has Christ brought life and\\nimmortality to light then look unto Him and\\nlive. Is there redemption through His blood, even\\nthe forgiveness of sins then throw all thy guilt\\nupon His atonement.. Has He blotted out the\\nhand-writing of ordinances that was against thee\\nthen shake off self-righteous dependencies and\\nlegal fears also. Did He die for thy sins? then\\nlet His goodness and love lead thee to unfeigned\\nrepentance let the sense of thy sins break thine\\nheart, but encourage thy hope in the Gospel.\\nTis finished\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was His latest voice\\nThese sacred accents o er.\\nHe bow d His head, gave up the ghost,\\nAnd suffered pain no more.\\nTis finished the Messiah dies\\nFor sins, but not His own\\nThe great redemption is complete,\\nAnd Satan s power o erthrown.", "height": "3572", "width": "2276", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 25\\nJanuary 13.\\nDavid s Prayer Keep me as the apple of the\\neve hide me under the shadow of thy wings.\\nPs. xvii. 8.\\nDivine Answer: He shall cover thee with His feath-\\ners, and under His zvings shall thou trust His\\ntruth shall be thy shield and buckler. Ps. xci. 4.\\nThere is none, O Lord, that has more need con-\\ntinually to keep close to thee in prayer and faith\\nand at the same time none is more unable to do\\nit than I, the least of all thy flock Oh that thou\\nwouldst be graciously pleased to incline and enable\\nme to this blessed work and grant that thy good\\nSpirit, according to His own pleasure, may never\\nsuffer me to be faint and backward in the same\\nWhilst I truly rest my faith under the wings of thy\\ngrace, I am sure of defence, power and comfort\\nbut as soon as I wander from thee, I am in danger\\nof losing the comfortable sense of these privileges,\\nand falling into various errors and perplexities.\\nGuide me, O Lord, by thy counsel in this world,\\nand at last receive me into glory Amen (Ps.\\nlxxiii. 24).\\nHe that has made his refuge God\\nShall find a most secure abode\\nShall walk all day beneath His shade,\\nAnd there at night shall rest his head.\\nJust as a hen protects her brood\\nFrom birds of prey that seek their blood,\\nUnder her feathers, so the Lord\\nMakes His own arm His people s guard.\\nThrice happy man thy Maker s care\\nShall keep thee from the fowler s snare\\nSatan, the fowler, who betrays\\nUnguarded souls a thousand ways.\\nWhat though a thousand at thy side,\\nAt thy right hand a thousand died\\nThy God His chosen people saves\\nAmongst the dead, amidst the graves.", "height": "3572", "width": "2260", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "26 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 14.\\nFrom that time Jesus began to preach, and to say,\\nRepent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.\\nMatt. iv. 17; iii. 2. Rend your heart, and not\\nyour garments, and turn unto the Lord your\\nGod. Joel ii. 13.\\nThe kingdom of heaven appertains to those who\\nrepent and the first mark of repentance is poverty\\nof spirit whence Jesus saith (Matt. v. 3), Blessed\\nare the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom\\nof heaven. John preached repentance; Jesus\\npreaches it here, and so did His apostles afterward.\\nThis true repentance is necessary for all and the\\nbeginning of it is to acknowledge ourselves poor\\nmiserable sinners, depraved by nature, and. totally\\nvoid of any righteousness or worth of our own \u00e2\u0080\u0094to\\nconfess our nakedness to drop all the fig-leaves of\\nvain excuses and false comforts to la}^ open our\\npoverty and wants before God to accuse ourselves,\\nand plead guilty of all our sins, but seek mercy\\nfrom Christ. If we do this we are blessed, and the\\nkingdom of heaven is ours. This poverty of spirit\\nis both the first and last foundation laid in the\\nheart for the faithful are more and more grounded\\nin poverty of spirit the nearer they approach to\\ntheir consummation. I dwell, saith He whose\\nname is holy, with him who is of a contrite and\\nhumble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble,\\nand the heart of the contrite ones (Isa. lvii. 15).\\nPure are the joys above the sky,\\nAnd all the region peace\\nNo wanton lips, nor envious eye,\\nCan see or taste the bliss.\\nThese holy gates forever bar\\nPollution, sin, and shame\\nNone shall obtain admittance there\\nBut followers of the I^amb.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 27\\nJanuary 15.\\nPray without ceasing 1 Thess. v. 17. Men ought\\nalways to pray, and not tofai?it. Luke xviii. r.\\nContinuing instant in prayer. Roni. xii. 12.\\nIf we have not got grace enough, it is because\\nwe do not pray enough for most true it is, we\\nneed not strive to move God to compassion, and\\nextort, as it were, the blessings from Him by our\\nprayers, which He has promised. Very far from it.\\nHe is every minute communicating himself to us\\nin every word He holds forth Christ and every good\\nthing to us but we must always have a soul hun-\\ngering after Christ, and by incessant prayer stretch\\nout the hand of Faith to receive Him. This is\\nchiefly to be understood of the inward desires and\\ngroanings of our spirit but we must not omit to\\npour out our supplications daily, as often as we can,\\nby words, else our secret mental prayers at last may\\nbecome so secret, as to cease perhaps entirely. We\\nmust always remember that we are dependent on\\nGod for every good without Him we can do noth-\\ning. Let us feel that dependence at all times, and\\nwe shall always be in the spirit of prayer. Nor let\\nus cease praying till we have received a full answer\\nto our prayers. Ye people, pour out your heart\\nbefore Him God is a refuge for us (Ps.\\nlxii. 8).\\nHoly Father, lend an ear\\nWhilst I sue in Jesu s name\\nSurely thou wilt kindty bear,\\nSince I bring no human claim\\nI^et me for adoption stay,\\nOnly give me power to pra}\\\\\\nGrant me comfort or deny\\nVisit, or from me depart,\\nOnly let thy Spirit crj-\\nAbba, Fa ther, in ray heart\\nAbba, Father, would I say,\\nOnly give me power to pray.", "height": "3572", "width": "2260", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "28 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 16.\\nAbide in me. John xv. 4. Lord, to whom shall\\nwe go thou hast the words of eternal life.\\nJohn vi. 68. It is good for me to draw near\\nto God. I have put my trust in the Lord God.\\nPs. lxxiii. 28.\\nTo abide in Christ, who is onr righteousness and\\nstrength, and not to be moved from Him, is the\\nvery life and power of Christianity. We do this\\nwhen our thoughts are going out after Him, our\\nhearts cleaving to Him, and our minds stayed upon\\nHim. Now, to know Christ, and thus to abide in\\nHim, as our righteousness, brings peace and joy\\nwhich joy in the Lord is certainly followed with\\nstrength to overcome sin and the world, which\\nbelievers renounce the more readily, as they have\\nfound something better in Christ. May the Lord\\ngive me grace likewise immovably to abide in\\nHim May He strengthen me with might in the\\ninner man, even with the might of the Holy Spirit,\\nthat I may not only abide in Christ, but may abide\\nwith Him for evermore in the New Jerusalem which\\nis above.\\nChrist is my light, my life, my care,\\nMy blessed hope, my heav nly prize\\nDeafer than all my passions are,\\nMy limbs, my bowels, or my eyes.\\nThe strings that twine about my heart,\\nTortures and racks may tear them off;\\nBut they can never, never part\\nWith their dear hold of Christ my love.\\nMy God, and can a humble child,\\nThat loves thee with a flame so high,\\nBe ever from thy face exil d,\\nWithout the pity of thine eye\\nImpossible for thine own hands\\nHave tied mx heart so fast to thee,\\nAnd in thy book thy promise stands,\\nThat where thou art thy friends must be.", "height": "3572", "width": "2280", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 29\\nJanuary 17.\\nChrist has redeemed us from the curse of the law,\\nbeing made a curse for us for it is written,\\nCursed is every one that hangeth on a tree that\\nthe blessing of Abraham might come on the Gen-\\ntiles through fesus Christ, that we might receive\\nthe promise of the Spirit through faith. Gal. iii.\\nThe spirit of sanctification is the gift of Christ.\\nElect according to the foreknowledge of God the\\nFather, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto\\nobedience and sprinkling of the blood of Christ\\n(1 Peter i. 2). Consequently there is a great differ-\\nence between moral actions done by our own\\nstrength, and true sanctification of the spirit. The\\nlatter cannot take place before the soul truly re-\\nceives Christ, and abides in Him as its only propiti-\\nation, righteousness and peace for He being first\\nmade to us of God our righteousness, will then be\\nmade our sanctification likewise (1 Cor. i. 30) and\\nthe kingdom, work, and image of God, will go on\\nbest when we trust least to our own strength.\\nSanctification is now become a more easy task,\\nsince Christ lives and works in us, and we, in a\\nchild-like temper, live henceforth to Him who died\\nfor us. Let me always be as a little child as a\\nnew-born babe, with a heart hungry for the sweet\\nmilk of the Word of God, without malice, without\\nguile, without hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil\\nspeakings (1 Pet. ii. 1, 2).\\nThe law commands and makes us know\\nWhat duties to our God we owe\\nBut tis the Gospel must reveal\\nWhere lies the strength to do His will.\\nThe law discovers guilt and sin,\\nAnd shows how vile our hearts have been\\nOnly the Gospel can express\\nForgiving love and cleansing grace.", "height": "3572", "width": "2256", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "30 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary iS.\\nChrist is the end of the law for righteousness to\\nevery one that believeth. Rom. x. 4. See Rom.\\nviii. 1-17.\\nWhere the law ends Christ begins. The law\\nends with representative sacrifices. Christ begins\\nwith the real offering. The law is our school-\\nmaster to lead us unto Christ. It cannot save us\\nbut it leaves us at His door, where alone salvation\\nis to be found (Gal. iii. 24). The law calls for a\\nperfect righteousness, which, in ourselves, never\\nwill be found but all its demands were fulfilled\\nby our surety. Every true believer finds that\\nrighteousness in Christ which he stands in need of,\\nand is enabled, through the Spirit, to rest upon it\\nfor sane tin cation. He faithfully endeavors to obev\\nthe law, as the great rule of his duty both to Gocl\\nand man yet is so sensible of his own manifold\\ndefects, that he would utterly despair if he could\\nnot look up unto Jesus, and say, Thou shalt\\nanswer for me, O Lord, my God\\nLord, when my thoughts with wonder roll\\nO er the sharp sorrows of thy soul,\\nAnd read my Maker s broken laws,\\nRepair d and honored by thy cross\\nWhen I behold death, hell, and sin,\\nVanquish d by that dear blood of thine,\\nAnd see the Man that groaned and died\\nSit glorious by His Father s side,\\nMy passions rise and soar above\\nI m wing d with faith and fir d with love.\\nFain would I reach eternal things,\\nAnd learn the notes that Gabriel sings.\\nBut my heart fails, my tongue complains,\\nFor want of their immortal strains\\nAnd in such humble notes as these\\nMust fall below thy victories.", "height": "3592", "width": "2280", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 31\\nJanuary 19.\\nBut the dove found no rest for the sole of herfoot r\\narid she returned unto Noah into the ark. The?i\\nhe put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled\\nher in unto him into the ark. Gen. viii. 9.\\nThat dove-like spirit communicated to the soul\\nin regeneration, can find no rest for the sole of its\\nfoot until it bring us to Jesus, who is the great ark\\nof the covenant. Many, on their first awakening\\nfrom sin, apply themselves to very hard w T orks and\\nrigorous duties, thereby expecting to find rest for\\ntheir wounded consciences. But though the right\\nand diligent use of all the means of grace is abso-\\nlutely required, yet great care must be taken not to\\nquiet ourselves by that only. We should not place\\nany confidence at all in our own doings, but only\\nlook for rest through the blood of Christ. To be\\nfound in Him justified and accepted would soon fill\\nour hearts with peace, nay, encourage and enable\\nus to do good works, and in the doing of good, we\\nmust always cherish a meek and grateful spirit,,\\nknowing that all is of the infinite grace of God.\\nIn vaiii the trembling conscience seeks\\nSome solid ground for rest\\nWith long despair the spirit breaks,\\nTill we apply to Christ.\\nJust as we see the lonesome dove\\nBemoan her widowed state,\\nWand ring she flies thro all the grove,\\nAnd mourns her loving mate\\nJust so our thoughts from thing to thing\\nIn restless circles rove\\nJust so we droop and hang the wing,\\nWhen Jesus hides His love\\nWhile Jesus shines with quickening grace^\\nWe sing and mount on high\\nBut if a frown becloud His face,\\nWe faint, and tire, and die", "height": "3572", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "32 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 20.\\nBy this shall all men know that ye are my disci-\\nples, if ye have love one to another. John xiii.\\n35. Forbearing one anothe rin love endeavor-\\ning to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of\\npeace. Let not the sun go down upon your\\nwrath; but be ki?id one to another, tender-hearted,\\nforgiving one another, even as God, for Christ s\\nsake, hath forgiven you. Eph. iv. 2, 3, 26, 32.\\nEvery member of the mystical body of Christ\\nshould labor for the comfort and edification of the\\nwhole, and the honor of the Head. He that would\\nlive a quiet life and keep the unity of the Spirit in\\nthe bond of peace, must be as backward to take\\noffence as to give it. He must live in love, and full\\nof love. Humble Christians never affect singular-\\nity, nor pretend to have the preference one of\\nanother. They rather study to be of one mind, and\\nstrive not about words, lest the general harmony\\nsubsisting between them and the edification of\\nsouls shall be hindered. Whoever judges and\\nblames everything, and can never agree in words\\nand notions, or join in devotion with other expe-\\nrienced Christians, is puffed up with self-conceit,\\nand is in the way to make a dangerous shipwreck\\nfor pride comes before a fall.\\nNor diff rent food, nor diff rent dress,\\nCompose the kingdom of our Lord\\nBut peace, and joy, and righteousness,\\nFaith, and obedience to His Word.\\nWhen weaker Christians we despise\\nWe do the Gospel mighty wrong\\nFor God, the gracious and the wise,\\nReceives the feeble with the strong.\\nI,et pride and wrath be banished hence,\\nMeekness and love our souls pursue\\nNor shall our practice give offence\\nTo saints, the Gentile, or the Jew.", "height": "3572", "width": "2280", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 33,\\nJanuary 21.\\nWhile the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered\\nand slept.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -Matt, xxv. 5.\\nOh that I may be roused out of my slumber, and\\nbe watchful and ready against the coming of my\\nBridegroom How many are there that set out in\\ngood earnest in their way to heaven, and run well\\nfor some time, but at last are lulled to rest, and are\\nentangled again with a false notion of liberty\\nEven the wise virgins fell asleep. Let this be a\\nwarning to me, O Lord Set thou a guard before\\nmy eyes, ears, and other faculties, lest the world\\nshould again enter through these avenues of the\\nheart. If the spark be not speedily extinguished,\\nit will soon break out into a flame. Thus sin is of\\na progressive nature, and its venom spreads very\\nquickly and very wide, unless it be stopped and\\nopposed in time. Watch, therefore, over this un-\\nsteady heart of mine, O thou keeper of Israel, that\\nas soon as it begins to wander from thee, I may be\\nalarmed to flee from sin as from a serpent. Give\\nme grace to look upon every hour as my last, so\\nthat, being ever wisely upon my guard, I may meet\\nthee with joy when my time is run out, whenever\\nit shall please thee to call me hence. And let my\\ngoing out and my coming in be guided by thy\\nSpirit, so that everv day may bring me nearer to-\\nthyself.\\nThe fearful soul that tires and faints,\\nAnd walks the ways of God no more.\\nThough number d once among the saints,\\n2s ow makes his own destruction sure.\\nLord, let not all my hopes be vain\\nCreate my heart entirely new\\nWhich Irypocrites could ne er attain,\\nWhich false apostates never knew.", "height": "3568", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "34 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 22.\\nBui while men slept, his enemy came and sowed\\ntares among the wheat. Matt. xiii. 25.\\nNo wonder that Christians lose their power and\\nstrength, if the enemy of souls find them asleep.\\nHow soon may he gain an advantage from without,\\nif a strict guard is not kept within Though Satan\\nseems to sleep sometimes, and we should, by all\\nappearance, be in no great danger, it is only his\\nstratagem to make us careless. He never fails to\\nbe vigilant, and watch his opportunity, that he may\\noffer us battle with advantage and who knows but\\nhe may gain the victory by those very sins to which,\\nperhaps, we, for many years, had hardly any temp-\\ntation. Oh how cunningly does he work how\\nenticing is the world even in lawful things, ver}^\\noften the most dangerous snares lie hidden. A\\nsingle word that we hear may be able to disturb\\nour peace. One unguarded look is sometimes\\nenough to infatuate our hearts. There is danger\\non all sides. Unless the Lord open our eyes, and\\npreserve us on all occasions, each of us, even the\\nbest, may still be overcome and deadly hurt by sin\\nand the world. Satan is particularly busy to sift\\nthe godly most of all and having catched them in\\nhis net, triumphs exceedingly over them. O Lord,\\nsuffer me never to fall asleep again\\nHelp me to watch and pray,\\nAnd on thj^self rety\\nAnd let me ne er my trust betray,\\nLest I forever die\\nQuick as the apple of an eye,\\nO God, my conscience make\\nAwake my soul when sin is nigh,\\nAnd keep it still awake.", "height": "3572", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 35\\nJanuary 23.\\nThe more they afflicted them, the more they mul-\\ntiplied and greiv. And the children of Israel\\nsighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried\\nand their cry came up to God, by reason of the\\nbondage. And God looked upon the children of\\nIsrael, and God had respect unto them. Exod.\\ni. 12, and ii. 23, 25.\\nThe more we are oppressed by our spiritual and\\ntemporal enemies, the more will the kingdom of\\nGod increase in and through us. And when dis-\\ntress and dangers oppress us most, God hastens to\\nour aid, and makes our necessity itself the means\\nof our relief for the ways of God are always won-\\nderful. It was in extreme distress when the chil-\\ndren of the Israelites were cast into the river but\\nthis was the means of preserving Moses, their\\nintended deliverer. When Moses came, they were\\nnot relieved immediately, for their calamities in-\\ncreased. This is God s method. But they cried\\nthe more to God, and He relieved them by signs\\nand wonders. After this, their distress was greater\\nthan ever at the Red Sea for after God has shown\\nHis glory in assisting us, He can still send greater\\ntrials. But when they were beset on all sides by\\ndistress and death, then came the most glorious\\nsuccor of all, and their enemies perished in the Red\\nSea. Lord, sufier us not to despair in any ex-\\ntremity but enable us to believe and experience,\\nthat the greater our distress, the nearer and more\\nglorious will be thy aid, and all our enemies will\\nbe consumed as stubble before the devouring flame.\\nWhat sinners value I resign\\nLord, tis enough that thou art mine.\\nI shall behold thy blissful face,\\nAnd stand complete in righteousness.", "height": "3572", "width": "2260", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "36 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 24.\\nHerein is love, not that we loved God, but that He\\nloved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation\\nfor our sins: We love Him, because He first\\nloved us. 1 John iv. 10, 19. He that loveth me\\nshall be loved of my Father, and I will love him,\\nand will manifest myself to him. We will\\ncome unto him, and make our abode with him.\\nJohn xiv. 2i, 23.\\nOh what a glorious promise what manner of\\nlove is this Lord, I would not change my cross\\nand sufferings, much less my love, for the love and\\nhonors of the w r orld. Only make it more known\\nto me how great thy love is, and how much thou\\nhast forgiven me, that I may love thee much again,\\nand be thereby still better purged from the inordi-\\nnate love of temporal things. It is my earnest\\ndesire that the gates of my heart should be opened\\nto none but thee, that thou alone mayest dwell in\\nme. Shed thy love abroad in my heart, quicken\\nand renew all the faculties of my mind and body,\\nand work everything in and for me, that thy love\\nmay be my life, and the keeping of thy law my\\njoy!\\nIvOve Divine, all love excelling\\nJoy of heaven to earth come down\\nFix in us thy humble dwelling.\\nAll thy faithful mercies crown.\\nOh for this love let rocks and hills\\nTheir lasting silence break,\\nAnd all harmonious human tongues,\\nThe Saviour s praises speak\\nBreathe, oh breathe thy loving Spirit\\nInto every troubled breast\\nI,et us all in thee inherit,\\nI^et us find thy promised rest.", "height": "3572", "width": "2276", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 37\\nJanuary 25.\\nWherefore we labor, that, whether present or\\nabsent, we may be accepted of Him. 2 Cor. v. 9.\\nThis indeed is the true disposition of a soul\\nespoused to Christ. She has but one care, which is\\nto please Him in all things. And this desire to do\\nHis will is, as it were, the ring and seal of her\\nBridegroom which she may look upon, even in\\nthe absence of all spiritual joy, as a token for good\\nthat she is His spouse. Ought not then, this day,\\nmy soul, to be a new wedding day with Christ\\nHe is desirous that thou shouldst be betrothed unto\\nHim even now, and waits only for thy consent.\\nHearken, O daughter consider, and incline thine\\near be no longer married to the world. Forget\\nthine own people and thy father s house, and take\\nHim alone for thy husband so shall the King\\ngreatly desire thy beauty. Wilt thou give the\\nrefusal to this glorious and loving Saviour I hope\\nnot. Give it rather to the world, and resolutely\\nsay, I have done with thee, O poor world I break\\nthe bonds of my former love my eyes and feet\\nshall henceforth only be directed to the blessed and\\neternal city of the new Jerusalem, where my\\nheavenly Bridegroom resides. And, oh what need\\n1 have to be duly prepared, dressed, and beautified\\nagainst His coming, and the time of His taking me\\nhome to Himself Lord Jesus, keep me longing\\nfor thine appearance for the happy day when I\\nshall go with thee to glory.\\nIf Christ is ours, we may despise\\nAll rage, though hell against us rise\\nHis love experienced will impart\\nImmortal transport to th} heart", "height": "3572", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "38 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 26,\\nLet us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace,\\nthat we may obtain mercy and find grace to help\\nin time of need. Heb. iv. 16.\\nOh that we were all so wise as to prepare and\\nprovide ourselves in due time with the right armor\\nof faith, before the time of need, and hour of death\\napproach. Come, my reader, let us begin now,\\nand go directly to the gate of mercy, lest we should\\ncome too late and be undone. Behold the encour-\\nagement of Christ: I am the door, says He,\\nand the way (John x. 9 chap. xiv. 6). Now,\\nby this door you may find the entrance into the\\nheart and favor of God, Christ himself sitting on a\\nmercy seat to receive and welcome the vilest of\\nsinners. And there is no drawing near to God but\\nthrough Him, and clothed in the righteousness of\\nour only Redeemer, Mediator, and Advocate. He\\nis Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end\\nnay, the very all in all to believers. With Christ\\nthey can never part and He can never part with\\nthem (Col. iii. 10, 11).\\nOf Him who did salvation bring,\\nI could forever think and sing\\nArise, 3^e guilty, He ll forgive\\nArise, ye poor, He will relieve\\nAsk but His grace, and, lo tis giv n\\nAsk, and He turns your hell to heav n\\nThough sin and sorrow wound my soul,\\nJesus, thy balm can make it whole\\nGuide thou, O T v ord, guide thou my course,\\nAnd draw me on with thy sweet force\\nStill make me walk, still make me tend,\\nBy thee, my way, to God my end.", "height": "3572", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 39\\nJanuary 27.\\nGod commendeth His love toward us, in that while\\nwe were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much\\nmore then, being now justified by His blood, we\\nshall be saved from wrath through Him for if,\\nwhen we were enemies, we were reconciled to God\\nby the death of His Son much more, being\\nreconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Rom.\\nv. 8-10.\\nHere we have much more reason to cry out than\\nMoses had (Deut. xxxiii. 3), The Lord loved\\nthe people but here I must beseech thee too, O\\nLord, that the infinite gift of thy Son may appear\\nto me greater and greater every day and that thy\\nlove, shining out in His redemption, may go on so\\nto increase in my soul, as to disperse all clouds of\\ndarkness, unbelief, and hard thoughts of thy good-\\nness. Whenever this slanderous spirit tries to lift\\nup his head, grant that my faith and love may be\\nquickened and strengthened in such a manner as\\nheartily to praise thy great love in spite of all his\\nsuggestions this is the chief desire which I offer\\nunto thee in all my prayers, night and day. The\\nwant of faith and love, I am sensible, is still my\\ngreatest want my soul is like a large empty vessel,\\nbut I pray thee to fill it speedily, notwithstanding\\nany opposition that may be made by my unrenewed\\npart.\\nCome, guilty souls, and flee away,\\nLike dove to Jesu s wounds\\nThis is the welcome gospel-day,\\nWherein free grace abounds.\\nGod loved the world, and gave His Son\\nTo drink the cup of wrath\\nAnd Jesus sa3^s, He ll cast out none\\nThat come to Him by faith.", "height": "3564", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "4o THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 28.\\nFor even hereunto were ye called because Christ\\nalso suffered for us, leaving us an example, that\\nye should follow His steps. 1 Pet. ii. 21.\\nTo believe in Christ for justification, is but one-\\nhalf of the duty of faith it respects Christ only\\nas He died and suffered for us, as He made atone-\\nment for our sins, peace with God, and reconcilia-\\ntion for us, and as our righteousness; unto these\\nends He is, indeed, primarily and principally pro-\\nposed unto us in the Gospel and with respect\\nunto them, we are exhorted to receive Him, and\\nto believe in Him but this is not all that is re-\\nquired of us Christ in the Gospel is proposed unto\\nus as our pattern and example of holiness and as\\nit is a cursed imagination, that the whole end of\\nHis life and death was to exemplify and confirm\\nthe doctrine of holiness, which He preached, so to\\nneglect His being our example in considering Him\\nby faith unto that end, and laboring after confor-\\nmity to Him, is evil and pernicious wherefore, let\\nus be much in contemplation of what He was, what\\nHe did, how in all instances of duties and trials He\\ncarried himself, until a glorious image of His per-\\nfect holiness is implanted in our minds, and we are\\nmade like unto Him thereby. And let us always\\nbear in mind, that ye were called to a state of suf-\\nfering when ye were called to be Christians, for the\\nworld cannot endure the yoke of Christ.\\nOh let me walk with Christ below,\\nHis holy footsteps trace,\\nAnd daily taking up His cross,\\nBe nourish d Iry His grace.\\nSo shall vzy walk be close with God,\\nCalm anal serene my frame\\nSo purer light shall mark the road\\nThat leads me to the Iyamb.", "height": "3572", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 41\\nJanuary 29.\\nThe Gospel is made known to all nations for the\\nobedience of faith. Rom. xvi. 26.\\nThe obedience of faith here spoken of, is the\\nsame thing as believing the report of the Gospel\\n(Rom. x. 16). A hearty submission to the righ-\\nteousness of God, even to Christ, who is the end of\\nthe law for righteousness to every one who believe th,\\nthis is the obedience of faith, strictly speaking,\\nby which we give glory to God, take full shame to\\nourselves, renounce all that nature is proud of, and\\nare brought to rest, for our justification and accept-\\nance with God, on that alone which has satisfied\\nHis law and justice. However slightly we may be\\ndisposed to pass over this, it is a high point of\\nobedience, not easily brought about in such a crea-\\nture as man, and needing an effectual light and\\nenergy from above. It is taught purely from above\\nand he who would learn it, must seek it by much\\nprayer continually for in vain shall we strive to\\nobey God in other things, until we learn to obey\\nHim in this. Careless reader, see to it that you\\nlearn your need of Christ. Awakened and dis-\\ntressed sinner seek not to heal yourself by forced\\nobedience learn the obedience of faith, that you\\nmay be purged in your conscience from dead works\\nto serve God. Self-despairing sinner obey the\\ngospel-call of God to your soul, and live. Believer\\nlet your fruit be to holiness.\\nWithin us, Lord, thy Spirit place,\\nConveying health, and peace, and pow r\\nAnd let us daily grow in grace.\\nThat we may love and serve thee more.\\nOh may thy Spirit seal our souls,\\nAnd mould them to thy will.\\nThat our weak hearts no more may stray,\\nBut keep thy precepts still.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "42 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJanuary 30.\\nCome unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy\\nladen, and I will give you rest. Matt. xi. 28.\\nThis is a free invitation to every weary and\\nheavy-laden sinner, made by Him who alone is\\nable to take away the load and guilt of sin. Every\\nperson under the pressure of sin, not only may,\\nbut must come to Jesus, thus laden with guilt, if he\\nhopes to succeed for pardon While we endeavor\\nto prepare our way for our holy qualifications, we\\nrather fill it with stumbling-blocks, whereby our\\nsouls are hindered from attaining to the salvation\\nof Christ Christ would have us to believe on\\nHim, who justifies the ungodly, and therefore He\\ndoth not require us to be godly before we believe\\nHe came as a physician for the sick, and doth not\\nexpect they should recover their health in the least\\ndegree before they come to Him. The vilest sin-\\nners are fitly prepared and qualified for this design,\\nwhich is to shew forth the exceeding riches of His\\ngrace, pardoning of our sins, and saving us freely\\n(Eph. ii. 5, 9). It is no affront to Christ, or slight-\\ning or contemning the justice and holiness of God,\\nto come to God while we are polluted sinners but\\nrather it is an affronting and contemning the saving\\ngrace, merit, and fulness of Jesus, if we endeavor\\nto make ourselves righteous and holy before we\\nreceive Christ Himself, and all holiness and righ-\\nteousness in Him by faith.\\nHow long the time since Christ began\\nTo call in vain on me\\nDeaf to His warning voice I ran\\nThrough paths of vanity.\\nBut could I hear Him once again,\\nAs I have heard of old,\\nMethinks He should not call in vain\\nHis wanderer to the fold.", "height": "3588", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 43\\nJanuary 31.\\nThe kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant-man\\nseeking goodly pearls who, when he had found\\none pearl of great price, went and sold all that\\nhe had, and bought it. Matt. xiii. 45, 46.\\nBlessed are they to whom the Gospel has made\\nknown the unsearchable riches of Christ He is\\nthat one pearl of great price, in comparison of\\nwhom all other goodly things that men desire are\\nworthless. Without Him we are poor and miser-\\nable, though we abound in all manner of worldly\\nstore but if we have found Him, and discovered\\nthe excellency of His name, we are in possession of\\na treasure that makes us rich indeed, and have\\nreason to be content with our portion, though\\nstripped of every earthly comfort for the Father\\ngives grace and glory, even eternal life, in His Son\\nJesus Christ and he that hath the Son of God hath\\nlife. O my soul thou, like the merchantman,\\nhast been seeking goodly pearls, and eagerly look-\\ning here and there for happiness all thy days Hast\\nthou at length been enlightened to perceive where\\ntrue joys are to be found? Then wilt thou be will-\\ning to sell all in order to win Christ, and be found,\\nin Him if there is anything that thou art unwill-\\ning to part with for His sake, thou knowest not His\\nvalue thou art not worthy of Him\\nLong did my soul in Jesu s form\\nNo comeliness or beauty see,\\nHis sacred name, by others priz d,\\nWas tasteless still, and dead to me.\\nThanks to the Author of all grace\\nThat shew d me wretched, naked, poor\\nThat sweetly led me to the Rock\\nWhere all salvation stands secure.\\nGlad I forsook my righteous pride,\\nMy moral tarnish d sinful dress\\nKxchang d my dross away for Christ.\\nAnd found the robe of righteousness.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is\\nthe Kingdom of Heaven.\\nBlessed are they which are persecuted for\\nrighteousness sake for theirs is the Kingdom\\nof Heaven. Matt. v. 3, 10.\\n-:o:-\\nIn Him was life and the life was the Light\\nof men. John i. 4.\\nThen spake Jesus am the Light of the\\nworld he that followeth Me shall not walk in\\ndarkness but shall have the light of life.\\nJohn viii. 12.\\n(44)", "height": "3588", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 45\\nFebruary i.\\nGod, who commanded the light to shine out of\\ndarkness, hath shifted in our hearts, to give the\\nlight of the knowledge of the glory of God in the\\nface of Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. iv. 6.\\nWithout this saving knowledge we have no God,\\nno Christ, no grace, no faith, no union with Christ,\\nno actual justification, pardon of sin, peace, nor\\neternal life. But whoever has found Christ, the\\npearl of great price, the treasure hid, has found\\nmatter of great rejoicing for he was poor before,\\nand this treasure enricheth him he was naked\\nbefore, but finding this treasure, he is gloriously\\nclothed he w 7 as forced before to feed upon husks,\\nbut now he feeds on the bread of life he was far in\\ndebt before, but now he sees the debt is paid, that\\nhe is justified from all things, and pardoned for\\never he saw he was a child of w T rath before, but\\nnow he is become a child of God that he was a\\ncaptive, and in chains before, but now he is set at\\nliberty condemned before, but now he sees there\\nis no condemnation to him, nor to any one that is\\nin Christ Jesus that he was a fool before, but now\\nhe is made wise unto salvation. Reader, canst thou\\nset thy seal to the truth and power of such experi-\\nence Then thou art wise indeed if not, thou\\nhast much to learn apply with speed, and remem-\\nber, it is God alone that gives this light and knowl-\\nedge. Take heed unto the sure word of prophecy,\\nas unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until\\nthe day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts\\n(2 Peter i. 19).\\nFather of love and grace,\\nThy light to me impart\\nReflected from thy dear Son s face,\\nAnd beaming on mv heart.", "height": "3560", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "46 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 2.\\nThis is His commandment, that we should believe\\non the name of His Son Jesus Christ. 1 John\\niii. 23. For God sent His only-begotten Son\\ninto the world, that we might live through Him.\\n1 John iv. 9.\\nThe Father breaks forth, as it were, through the\\nwhole Scripture in high praises of His Son He\\ncalls out from heaven, This is my beloved Son,\\nin whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him (Matt.\\nxvii. 5). Nothing, therefore, can be more agree-\\nable to Him than to receive this His Son, and to\\nbelieve His report (John xvi. 27) and on doing\\nthis we shall have life but by omitting it, we look\\nupon Him as a liar. Unbelief, therefore, which\\nrefuses to accept of this great gift, is no doubt the\\ngreatest of all sins. O Lord, teach me this, and\\ngrant me faith.\\nWhy art thou so backward, O my poor soul, to\\nbelieve,*like the rest of God s children, in Christ\\nHast thou not as good a right to do it as they have\\nWho can dispute with thee this privilege It is\\nthe express will of the Father nay, He even com-\\nmands thee to do it. Has he not given His only\\nSon, by an act of inconceivable love, to die for thee,\\nto the very end that thou shouldst live Oh what\\na pleasing thing will it be to Him, to put thy whole\\ntrust upon this His well-beloved Son This would\\nbe the joy of His heart more than anything else\\ntherefore delay no longer to receive what His love\\nhas offered thee, but firmly believe that the Father\\nloves thee as well as the Son.\\nAuthor of faith, to thee I lift\\nMy weary longing eyes\\nOh let me now receive that gift,\\nMy soul without it dies", "height": "3588", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 47\\nFebruary 3.\\nWorthy is the Lamb that was slam to receive power,\\nand riches, and wisdom, and strength and hon-\\nor, and glory, and blessing. Rev. v. 12. Thou\\nart worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor,\\nand power. Rev. iv. 11.\\nO Lord, how mean and slight notions have I\\noften of thy great power By these I am discour-\\naged, and thou art robbed of thy praise. Grant,\\ntherefore, that though I would always be duly\\nabased and convinced of my vileness, in such a\\nmanner as never to ascribe any good to myself, or\\nthink myself worthy of the least thing in the way\\nof merit, for at the best I am but an unprofitable\\nservant, yet thy grace and power may, at the same\\ntime, appear to me abundantly greater than all my\\nsins, so that I may have always encouragement\\nenough to believe in and praise thy holy name.\\nAnd grant that the delusive pleasures of this world\\nmay never twine so closely round my heart that thy\\nglory and thy praise do not always occupy my\\nsong.\\nCome let us join our cheerful songs\\nWith angels round the throne\\nTen thousand thousand are their tongues,\\nBut all their joys are one.\\nWorthy the Lamb that died, they cry,\\nTo be exalted thus\\nWorthy the I^amb, our lips reply,\\nFor He was slain for us\\nI^et all that dwell above the sky,\\nIn air, in earth, and seas,\\nConspire to lift His glories high,\\nAnd speak His endless praise.\\nThe whole creation join in one,\\nTo bless the sacred name\\nOf Him that sits upon the throne\\nAnd to adore the Lamb.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "48 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 4.\\nMy soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fat-\\nness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful\\nlips. Ps. lxiii. 5. Alleluia for the Lord God\\nOmnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice,\\nand give honor to Him for the marriage of the\\nLamb is come. Rev. xix. 6, 7.\\nWhat tends not to thy glory, O Lord, and is\\nnot thy own work, whatever appearance it may\\nhave, is not really good and profitable. Preserve\\nand assist me, therefore, to do all things as of thee,\\nin thy sight, and to thy honor. May my soul be\\never magnifying thy name, O my dear Redeemer\\nand Bridegroom, and my whole conversation be\\ndirected to thy praise Grant that my heart and\\nmouth may be ever full of thy great mercies, and\\noverflow continually with thanksgiving, and that\\nin thy worsnip I may enjoy such a full sensation of\\nspiritual comfort and joy, that no desire shall be\\nleft unsatisfied.\\nMy God, my King, thy various praise\\nDemands thanksgiving all my da3 r s\\nOh let thy grace employ my tongue\\nTill death and glory raise the song\\nGrant, Lord, that ev ry hour may bear\\nSome thankful tribute to thine ear\\nAnd ev ry setting sun may see\\nNew works of duty done for thee\\nTh\\\\ r faithfulness endures the same\\nThy bounty flows an endless stream\\nThy mercy swift, thine anger slow\\nBut dreadful to the stubborn foe.\\nAnd who can speak thy wondrous deeds\\nThy greatness all our thoughts exceeds\\nVast and unsearchable thy ways\\nVast and immortal be thy praise.", "height": "3572", "width": "2280", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 49\\nFebruary 5.\\nDavid s Prayer Forsake not the works of thine\\nown hands. Ps. cxxxviii. 8.\\nDivine Answer He who hath begun a good work\\nin you, will perform it until the day of fesus\\nChrist.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Phil. i. 6.\\nThe right way to grow in grace is to give up\\nthyself wholly to thy heavenly Father, who know-\\neth all thy wants and has engaged to supply them.\\nThen labor diligently to walk with Christ, and\\ncarefully cherish the new life, which, be it ever so\\nweak and little now, in comparison to the old man,\\nwill increase and gradually outgrow him, as a new\\nskin does the old. May the Lord only give us\\ngrace to watch against the opposite extreme, so as\\nnever to be lulled into a false rest, or a lukewarm\\nspirit, but to be ever diligently and seriously em-\\nployed in crucifying the flesh, and using all the\\nmeans of grace then we need not be anxiously\\ntroubled for the growing of the work of God in our\\nsouls, for He which hath begun a good work in\\nyou, will perform it unto the day of Jesus Christ\\nthat is, till Christ shall come to call you home to\\nglory in the happy mansions He has prepared above\\nthe sky.\\nMy soul lies cleaving to the dust\\nLord, give me life divine\\nFrom vain desires and every lust\\nTurn off these eyes of mine.\\nI need the influence of thy grace\\nTo speed me in thy wa}\\nLest I should loiter in my race,\\nOr turn my feet astray.\\nAre not thy mercies sov reign still,\\nAnd thou a faithful God?\\nWilt thou not grant me warmer zeal\\nTo run the heaveni} road", "height": "3560", "width": "2172", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "5c THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 6.\\nThe fashion of this world\\ni Cor. vii. 31.\\nAs long as we feed on the husks of the w\\nand are in love with it, we are neither willir.^\\nable to taste the comforts of the love of God but\\nwhen sin and the world are become mina-\\ntion to us, and we desire to be rid of them, and seek\\ndiligently unto Jesus Christ for the help of His\\ngrace, and the benefit of His blood, we are tfa e\\na right way to receive the love of God, and every\\nblessing of salvation and though we are chaste/. e J\\nby the Lord, yet He is not angry with us, but does\\nembitter sin and the world more and more\\nus, and to make us loathe them, that we may not\\nbe condemned with the world but that we may be\\nkept from the evil that is in the world (John\\nxvii. 15).\\nLet worldly minds the w: r\\nIt has no charms for me\\nOnce I admir d its trifles too,\\nI it gpna.ce has set me free.\\nIts pleasures now no longer please,\\nNo more content afford\\nFar from my heart be joys like these,\\nNow I have known the Lord.\\nAs by the light of op ning lay\\nThe stars are all conceal d.\\nSo earthly pleasures fade away\\nWhen jesus is reveal 1\\nNow, Lord. I would be thine alone.\\nAnd wholly live to thee.\\nBut may I hope that thou wilt own\\nA worthless worm like me?\\nYes though of sinners I m the wcrs:\\nI cannot doubt thy will\\nFor if thou hadst not lov d me first,\\nI had refus d thee still.", "height": "3572", "width": "2276", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 51\\nFebruary 7.\\nThine is the kingdom, and thepower y and the glory,\\nforever. Amen. Matt vi 13. They cast their\\ncrowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy\\nO Lord, to receive glory and honor, and power.\\nRev. iv. 10. 11.\\nOne that is really poor in spirit, though he hath\\npracticed the duties of the Christian life ever so\\nlong, and ever so diligently, always thinks himself\\nto have received but a very little portion of Christ,\\nand the work of sanctification hardly to be begun\\nin his soul. So far is he from believing he has\\nalready attained it, that after all his best actions,\\nhe counts himself not worthy to be called by the\\nname of a grateful son. He is never pleased with\\nhimself. Xo degree of holiness will satisfy his soul.\\nHe seeks and finds no rest or comfort but in the\\ninfinite mercy of God, and in the pardon of his\\nsins by faith, though he does not divide Christ but\\nreceives Him in all His offices, and gives himself\\nentirely up to Hirn, without reserve, to be more\\nand more sanctified and perfected and in this\\nstate he is safe indeed, he is prepared for death,\\nand has no reason to be anxiously afraid, though\\nearnestly desirous of higher degrees of sanctification.\\nForever hallow* d be thy name\\nBy all beneath the skies\\nAnd may thy kingdom still advance,\\nTill grace to glory rise.\\nA grateful homage may we yield\\nWith hearts resigned to thee\\nAnd as in heaven thy will is done.\\nOn earth so let it be.\\nFor thine the pow r, the kingdom thine\\nAll glory s due to thee\\nThine from eternity they were,\\nAnd thine shall ever be.", "height": "3572", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "52 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 8.\\nHe hath made with me an everlasting covenant,\\nordered in all things, and sure for this is all my\\nsalvation, and all my desire, 2 Sam. xxiii. 5.\\nhave made a covenant with my chosen. Ps.\\nlxxxix. 3.\\nThis was David s plea and confidence when, with,\\neternity full before him, he was just going to make\\nhis appearance before an infinitely pure God. This\\nmUvSt be our plea also if ever we would obtain the\\napprobation of our judge. After a life of the most\\neminent holiness, the best of men will have reason\\nto cry out, Enter not into judgment with thy\\nservant, O Lord It is true, indeed, the believer\\nwill discover some evidences of grace, just to shew\\nthe child of God, and no more, but all so imperfect,\\nthat he dares not ground his expectations on them.\\nHere the covenant of grace steps in to his relief,\\nwherein he sees ample provision made for the secur-\\nity of his eternal interest for the covenant is\\nmade with Christ and His seed. It is an everlast-\\ning covenant, not only made before time, but\\nextending its beneficial effects through the ages of\\neternity. It is ordered in all things therefore\\nnothing can be wanting in it, either to promote the\\nglory of God, or the salvation of believers. It is\\nsure also depending on no conditions, requiring\\nnothing but what it gives, conferring its blessings\\nfreely, and making them sure to all the seed, being\\nestablished upon better promises. Happy souls,\\nwho are interested in this well-ordered covenant I\\nMay it be all my salvation, and all my desire\\nThy word is truth, thy promise sure,\\nHence faith and hope abide\\nTrue faith in Jesus will endure\\nNought can from Christ divide", "height": "3588", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 53,\\nFebruary 9.\\nwill pray the Father and He shall give you\\nanother Comforter, that He may abide with you\\nforever even the Spirit of Truth whom the\\nworld ca?znot receive, because it seeth Him not,\\nneither knoweth Him but ye know Him for\\nHe dwelleth with yoti, and shall be in you. John\\nxiv. 16, 17.\\nWhen God designed the great and glorious work\\nof recovering fallen man, and the saving of sinners,\\nu to the praise of the glory of His grace, He ap-\\npointed, in His infinite wisdom, two great means\\nthereof; the one was the giving of His Son for\\nthem and the other was the giving of His Spirit\\nunto them. And hereby was way made for the\\nmanifestation of the glory of the whole blessed\\nTrinity, which is the utmost end of all the works\\nof God. Hereby were the love, grace and wisdom\\nof the Father, in the design and contrivance of the\\nwhole the love, grace and condescension of the\\nSon, in the execution, purchase and procurement\\nof grace and salvation for sinners with the love,\\ngrace and power of the Holy Spirit, in the effectual\\napplication of all unto the souls of men, made\\ngloriously conspicuous. To these heads may all\\nthe promises of God be reduced. Happy for the\\nChurch that the Spirit is to abide with it for ever\\nand awful to think that the unconverted world\\nneither can receive nor know the Spirit.\\nHoly Spirit, heav nly Dove.\\nBringing peace, and bringing love,\\nTake me, and possess me whole\\nForm the Saviour in my soul.\\nBe my true and constant Guide\\nIn my fainting heart abide\\nAll the grace of God reveal,\\nAnd each precious promise seal.", "height": "3572", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "54 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary io.\\nGodly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not\\nio be repented of but the sorrow of the world\\nworketh death.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 2 Cor. vii. 10.\\nThere is a sorrow which has the breach of God s\\nholy law for its object, called godly, because it is\\nproduced by the Spirit of God discovering the evil\\nof sin, and the plague and corruption of our own\\nhearts, and deeply humbling us under a sense of\\nsin, producing evangelical repentance, and leading\\nthe soul to cry to the Lord Jesus Christ for pardon\\nand salvation the Holy Spirit at the same time\\nenabling us to believe in Him, and rest upon His\\nperson, blood and righteousness, for redemption\\nand salvation which repentance will never be\\nrepented of. But sorrow arising from the love of\\nthis world, worketh death, death eternal Lord\\nJesus, grant me to feel more of this godly sorrow\\nfor sin, and to rejoice more in thee as my Saviour\\nFather, thy long-lost child receive\\nSaviour, thy purchase own\\nBlest Comforter, with peace and joy,\\nThy waiting- creature own.\\nReturn, my roving heart, return,\\nAnd life s vain shadows choose no more\\nSeek out some solitude to mourn,\\nAnd thy forsaken God implore.\\nO thou great God, whose piercing eye\\nDistinctly marks each deep retreat,\\nIn these sequestered hours draw nigh,\\nAnd let me here thy presence meet.\\nThrough all the windings of my heart,\\nMy search let heavenly wisdom guide\\nAnd still its beams unerring dart,\\nTill all be known and purified.\\nThen let the visits of thy love\\nMy inmost soul be called to share,\\nTill every grace combine to prove,\\nThat God has fixed His dwelling there.", "height": "3548", "width": "2316", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 55\\nFebruary ii.\\nLight is sown for the righteous, and gladness for\\nthe upright i7i heart. Ps. xcvii. 11. Unto the\\nupright there ariseth light in the darkness he\\nis gracious, full of compassion, and righteous.\\nPs. cxii. 4. Cast not away therefore your confi-\\ndence, which has great recompe7ise of reward\\nfor ye have need of patience, etc. For yet a\\nlittle while, and He that shall come zuill come,\\nand will not tarry. Heb. x. 35-37 Isa. lviii.\\n10-12.\\nThis shews that believers are subject to many\\nchanges of joy and sorrow. In a state of gladness,\\ntherefore, we have reason to fear and in the hours\\nof trouble and sadness, to entertain good hopes.\\nThus we shall always be able to keep the happy\\nmedium between the extremes of levity and despair.\\nBefore a man has a true sense of his own miseries,\\nth e complaints and infirmities of the saints are often\\na stumbling-block but afterward they will admin-\\nister to him great comfort. This is the reason that\\nGod has revealed them in Scripture for the com-\\nplaints of His elect children give more comfort\\nthan all their most heroic actions. Grant, O Lord,\\nthat whether sorrowing or rejoicing, I may have\\nthe light of the Holy Spirit to direct me.\\nAlas it swells my sorrows high\\nTo see my blessed Jesus frown\\nMy spirits shrink, my comforts die,\\nAnd all the springs of life are down.\\nYet why, my soul, why these complaints?\\nStill while He frowns His bowels move\\nStill on His heart He bears His saints,\\nAnd feels their sorrows and His love.", "height": "3564", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "56 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 12.\\nI find a law, that when I would do good, evil is\\npresent with me. Rom. vii. 21. For the flesh\\nlusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against\\nthe flesh and these are contrary the one to the\\nother so that ye cannot do the things that ye\\nwould. Gal. v. 17.\\nO my soul thou art always striving, yet sin is\\nalways stirring thou fearest the truth of grace,\\nbecause thou findest the working of sin but it will\\nbe always thus thou canst not come out of Egypt,\\nbut Amalek will lay wait in the way the flesh will\\nbe sure to trouble thee, although it be never able\\nto conquer thee. He therefore that sits down, and\\nis at rest in sin, it is a sign that Satan is there, the\\nstrong man, because his kingdom is in peace but\\nwhere there is any work of Christ, there will be\\nalways war with sin. Sin was the womb of death,\\nand only death must be the tomb of sin. God\\nwould have my soul humbled therefore, though\\nHe hath broken my prison, yet He hath left the\\nchain upon my feet. God would have my graces\\nexercised therefore, though He hath translated\\nme into the kingdom of life, yet He hath left the\\nCanaanite in the land. God would have my faith\\nexercised therefore, Goliath still shews himself in\\nthe field, that so I might go out to him in the\\nname of the Lord. I will betake me to the\\nstrength of Christ and though I cannot help the\\nrebelling power of sin, yet through grace I will\\nlabor to prevent the ruling power of it. God grant\\nme of that strength according to my daily need\\nThough sin will in believers dwell\\nTill death the inmates part\\nO Jesus, save me from this hell\\nWhich lurks within my heart", "height": "3544", "width": "2316", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 57\\nFebruary 13.\\nGod was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Him-\\nself, not imputing their trespasses unto them ;for\\nHe has made Him to be sin for us who knew no\\nsin, that we might be made the righteousness of\\nGod in Him. 2 Cor. v. 19, 21.\\nWhat a glorious statement for the contrite sin-\\nner, God is in Christ! And how employed?\\nReconciling the world unto himself. But how\\nBy not imputing their trespasses unto them.\\nAnd how can the justice of God do this By\\nmaking Him to be sin for us who knew no sin\\nand all that we might be made the righteousness\\nof God in Him. May not the Christian, then,\\nlive at perfect peace He may. Yet it highly\\nconcerns believers, who desire to keep a constant\\npeace in their bosoms, to be ever sensible of their\\nspiritual poverty, and to feed and rest wholly on\\nthe all-sufficient atonement and righteousness of\\nJesus Christ. Disquiet of mind and laziness of soul,\\noften proceed from self-righteousness and not look-\\ning to Christ for everything, but trusting secretly to\\nsomething in ourselves.\\nJesus, thou art my righteousness,\\nFor all my sins were thine.\\nThy death has bought of God my peace,\\nThy life has made Him mine\\nForever here my rest shall be,\\nClose to thy bleeding side\\nTis all my hope, and all my plea\\nFor me the Saviour died\\nMy dying Saviour and my God,\\nFountain for guilt and sin\\nSprinkle me ever with thy blood,\\nAnd cleanse and keep me clean.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "58 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 14.\\nNevertheless I am continually with thee thou\\nhast holden vie by my right hand. Thou shall\\nguide me with thy counsel, and afterward re-\\nceive me to glory. Whom have 1 hi heaven but\\nthee and there is ?wne upon earth that I desire\\nbeside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth but\\nGod is the strength of my heart, and my po? Hon\\nforever. Ps. lxxiii. 23-26.\\nBabes in religion not only long for Christ, but\\nfor sensible communion with Him and very often\\nthey are indulged with it, that they may be weaned\\nfrom the world. But those of fuller age, who have\\ntheir senses more exercised, are thankful they can\\ntrust Him when they do not see Him, and can\\nfollow Him when they feel no comfort relying\\nmore upon the word and covenant of God than on\\nsweet sensations, which, though ever precious and\\ndesirable, are oft withdrawn in times of trouble\\nand temptation. Bestow thj^ grace, thou blessed\\nJesus, upon my poor soul, that by faith I may lay\\nhold on thee, and esteem thee as my chief joy, my\\nsure portion, and exceeding great reward.\\nHow oft have sin and Satan strove\\nTo rend my heart from thee, my God\\nBut everlasting is thy love,\\nAnd Jesus seals it with His blood.\\nIn just temptations sharp and strong\\nMy soul to this dear refuge flies\\nHope is my anchor, firm and strong,\\nWhile tempests blow and billows rise.\\nThe Gospel bears my spirit up,\\nA faithful and unchanging God\\nLaj S the foundation of my hope\\nIn oaths, and promises, and blood.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 59.\\nFebruary 15.\\nThere is a river, the streams whereof shall make\\nglad the city of God. God is in the midst of\\nher she shall not be moved. Ps. xlvi. 4, 5. Ye\\nare of God, little children^ and have overcome\\nthem because greater is He that is hi you, than\\nhe that is in the world. 1 John iv. 4 Ps. ex. 5\\nZech. ii. 5.\\nTrue Christians, in a right spirit, still are subject\\nto temptations from, within and without but watch-\\ning unto prayer, they do not fall by them. On the\\ncontrary, as temptations are great helps to discover\\ntheir hidden infirmities, and stir them up to be\\nmore cautious, serious and faithful, they are fol-\\nlowed and rewarded with great and glorious victo-\\nries. Temptations are not indeed joyous in them-\\nselves, but are attended with good fruit and blessed\\neffects in the faithful. Hence St. James bids us-\\ncount it all joy when we fall into divers tempta-\\ntions. What reason have we then to be afraid of\\ntemptations, since every one carries a new blessing.\\nalong with it\\nJesus, lover of my soul,\\nEet me to thy bosom fly,\\nWhile the nearer waters roll,\\nWhile the tempest still is nigh.\\nHide me, O my Saviour hide,\\nTill the storm of life is past.\\nSafe into the haven guide\\nOh receive my soul at last\\nOther refuge have I none\\nHangs my helpless soul on thee\\nEeave, oh leave me not alone\\nStill support and comfort me.\\nAll my trust on thee is stay d,\\nAll my help from thee I bring,\\nCover my defenceless head\\nWith the shadow of thy wing.", "height": "3572", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00abo THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 16.\\nLet not sin reign hi your mortal body, that ye\\nshould obey it in the lusts thereof. Rom. vi.\\n12. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094James iv. 7.\\nO my soul, how awful is thy state by nature and\\npractice Sin hath gained a dominion over thee\\nits influence is universal over the soul and body\\nand over every son and daughter of Adam it hath\\nbrought death on the body, and subjected the soul\\nto everlasting misery its authority is unjust, and\\nits power cruel and destructive. Lord Jesus, let me\\nadore thine effectual grace, that it hath in any\\nmeasure delivered me from its power, and assist my\\npoor heart in opposing and rejecting every tempta-\\ntion to obey it in the lusts thereof let thy precious\\nblood effectually secure me from the guilt of sin in\\nthis life, and the punishment of it in another O\\nmy soul, if thou art a faithful follower of Jesus,\\nthough Satan received a deadly wound when Christ\\nwas crucified for us, yet his malice is still the same\\nthou hast a thousand enemies, and the devil is the\\nleader of them alb O may I with the deepest\\nhumility, look to Jesus, rest upon Jesus, and derive\\ndaily strength from Him to resist the devil, and,\\nfinally, to come off conqueror, and more than con-\\nqueror, through Him that loved me. Amen.\\nOh that thou would the heavens rend,\\nIn majesty come down,\\nStretch out thine arm Omnipotent,\\nAnd seize me for thine own\\nWhat though I cannot break my chain,\\nOr e er throw offim- load,\\nThe things impossible to men\\nAre possible to God.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 61\\nFEBRUARY 17.\\nThough we have known Christ after the flesh, yet\\nnow henceforth know we Him no more. 2 Cor.\\nv. 16. It is the Spirit that quickeneth the flesh\\nprofiteth nothing the words that I speak unto\\nyou, they are spirit, and they are life.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John\\nvi. 63.\\nWhat is it to know Christ after the flesh It is\\nto content ourselves with carnal views of His per-\\nson, character and kingdom. This was the case\\nwith all those who followed Him not on account of\\nHis miracles and doctrines, but for the loaves and\\nfishes. Alas are there not too many who wish to\\nknow Christ for carnal, worldly interest, and not\\nthat they may be saved from a proud rebellious\\nheart, and an ungodly life? O my soul, let me see\\nto it, that my seeking after Christ may not be car-\\nnal, but spiritual worldly interest is too apt, it\\nmay be feared, to influence both private professors\\nand even public preachers. True believers can say\\nthat henceforth this carnal knowledge of Christ is\\nnot their pursuit. Where the spirit of Jesus re-\\ngenerates the heart, and we are brought to a\\nspiritual and experimental knowledge of Christ, we\\nshall love Him, rejoice in Him, humbly submit to\\nHis will in all things, and daily pray to be more\\nand more like Him. O thou dear and precious\\nJesus grant that this may be more and more my\\nexperience till I shall know th.ee in all thy holiness\\nand glory, for ever and ever\\nIs there a thing beneath the sun\\nThat strives with thee, my heart, to share?\\nAh tear it thence, and reign alone\\nThe Iyord of every motion there,\\nThen shall my heart from earth be free\\nWhen it hath found repose in thee.", "height": "3572", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "62 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 18.\\nThe Lord preserves the simple I was brought low,\\nand He helped me. Ps. cxvi. 6.\\nHE who walks in godly simplicity and humility,\\naccounting his own infirmities always the greatest,\\nwill best be preserved from being puffed up and\\nsifted by the enemy of souls and, truly, nothing\\nshould humble us more than justification by free\\ngrace. The more we consider and carefully cherish\\nthat, the more this simple, child-like, quiet temper\\nwill increase for since there is nothing in ourselves\\nwhich can be depended upon, but all must be freely\\nreceived from Christ, this, at the same time cutting\\noff all vain boasting, brings us low, settles our\\npeace in Christ, who is our All, and is sure enough\\nto be rested upon. It is only from thee, O my\\ndear Saviour, I can learn true simplicity Teach\\nme, therefore, to turn mine eyes, not upon others,\\nbut upon myself. Humble me to the uttermost,\\nand fashion me after thy own mind, that I may be\\ncareful to avoid every thing that is contrary to love.\\nKeep me, O my Light, from all self-independence\\nand self-conceit, bridle my carnal reason, and pull\\ndown all vain imaginations Grant that my eye\\nmay be fixed only upon that one thing needful\\nwhich lasts eternally and that in all my words,\\ndeeds and gestures, I may always resemble the\\nsimplicity, innocence, fidelity and love of a little\\nchild (Matt, xviii. 3).\\nRich grace, free grace most sweetly calls,\\nDirectly come who will\\nJust as you are, for Christ receives\\nPoor helpless sinners still.\\nTis grace each day that feeds our souls\\nGrace keeps us inly poor\\nAnd oh that nothing else but grace\\nMay rule forever more.", "height": "3572", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 63\\nFebruary 19.\\nThe Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. Ps.\\nxxiii. 1. He says it Himself am come that\\nthey might have life, and that they might have it\\nmore abundantly. I give unto them eternal life;\\nand they shall never perish, neither shall any\\npluck them out of my hand. John x. 10, 28.\\nIs the Lord Jesus thy Shepherd Has He called\\nthee out of the wilderness called thy heart from\\nthe love of sin and the world, and brought thee\\nunto His fold and pastures? brought thee into a\\nclose attendance on His ordinances And does He\\nfeed and refresh thy soul with His word Canst\\nthou distinguish the Shepherd s voice from the\\nvoice of an hireling And does thy heart cleave\\nto the Shepherd in faith and love, adoring His\\nperson and approving His laws, as well as admiring\\nHis doctrines? Then fear not, the Lord is with\\nthee Jesus is thy Shepherd, thou shalt want noth-\\ning that is really good. Follow thy Shepherd till\\nHe bring thee to glory\\nThe Lord s my Shepherd, I ll not want.\\nHe makes me down to lie\\nIn pastures green Ke leadeth me\\nThe quiet waters by.\\nMy soul He doth restore again\\nAnd me to walk doth .make\\nWithin the paths of righteousness,\\nEven for His own name s sake.\\nYea, though I walk in death s dark vale,\\nYet will I fear none ill\\nFor thou art with me and thy rod\\nAnd staff me comfort still.\\nMy table thou hast furnished\\nIn presence of my foes\\nMy head thou dost with oil anoint,\\nAnd my cup overflows.\\nGoodness and mercy all my life\\nShall surely follow me\\nAnd in God s house for evermore\\nMy dwelling place shall be.", "height": "3572", "width": "2260", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "64 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 20.\\nThe everlasting Gospel. Rev. xiv. 6. And up-\\nbraideth them with their unbelief and hardness of\\nheart, because they believed not. Mark xvi. 14.\\nThe Gospel is properly called Glad Tidings,\\nfor these reasons We are polluted with the filth of\\nsin in it is opened a fountain for sin and unclean-\\nness. The way to heaven is blocked up by our\\nsins it reveals a new and living way through the\\nflesh of Christ. We are imprisoned debtors by\\nmultiplied transgressions it shews that a price, the\\nmost inestimable, has been paid to discharge us.\\nWe have by nature hard, strong and impenitent\\nhearts in it is promised a heart of flesh. We can\\nof ourselves do nothing it shews that through\\nChrist we can do all things We feel that we are\\nliable to err and backslide it declares that God will\\nscourge us till we return to Him, but not take His\\nloving-kindness from us. We know that we are\\nliable to many calamities it teaches us that they\\nshall all work together for our good. We see that\\nwe are dying creatures hy it we are assured that\\nwe have a Forerunner in heaven, and an eternal\\nhabitation with God in glory. Lord, send abroad\\nand bless this Gospel. Make bare thine otvn holy\\narm, and let the people be willing in the day of thy\\npower. Oh let the world adoring see triumphs of\\nmercy wrought by thee.\\nSalvation, oh Salvation,\\nThe joj-ful sound proclaim,\\nTill each remotest nation,\\nHas learned Messiah s name.\\nSalvation let the echo fly,\\nThe spacious earth around\\nAnd all the armies of the sky\\nConspire to raise the sound.", "height": "3572", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 65\\nFebruary 21.\\nThey profess that they know God, but in works they\\ndeny Him. Tit. i. 16 Jude 4 2 Tim. iii. 5.\\nThere is a profession of a special kind, which,\\nin its own nature, is exposed to reproach in the\\nworld the} that will live godly in Christ Jesus\\nshall suffer persecution. There is a being in\\nChrist, and not living godly for there are branches\\nin the vine by profession, that bring forth no fruit\\nmen that have not in them the mind that was in\\nChrist Jesus, which torments the men of the earth\\nbut they that will live godly that is, engage in a\\nprofession that shall, on all occasions, and in all\\ninstances, manifest the power of it, they shall suffer\\npersecution. We see many every day keep up a\\nprofession but such a profession as will not pro-\\nvoke the world. Now this is to be ashamed of the\\nGospel to be ashamed of the power and glory of\\nit, to be ashamed of the Author of it. No man can\\nput Jesus Christ to greater shame than by profess-\\ning the Gospel without shewing the power of it\\n(Phil. iii. 18 Rev. xi. 10). There can be no more\\nvile and sordid hypocrisy, than for any to pretend\\nunto inward habitual sanctification, while their\\nlives are barren in the fruits of righteousness and\\nobedience. Reader, of all dangers in profession,\\nbeware of a customary, traditional, or doctrinal\\nowning of Gospel truths, without an experimental\\nacquaintance with the reality and efficacy of them\\nfor all such will have their portion where is wail-\\ning and gnashing of teeth\\nO fairest pearl of price,\\nTI13* riches let me see,\\nAnd freely sacrifice\\nThe world s esteem for thee\\nFor thee I would count all things loss.\\nAnd only glory in thy cross.", "height": "3540", "width": "2308", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "66 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 22.\\nI will put enmity between thee and the woman and\\nbetween thy seed and her seed it shall bruise thy\\nhead, a?id thou shall bruise his heel. Gen. iii.\\n15. See Gal. iv. 4-6 Col. ii. 14, 15 and Heb.\\nii. 14.\\nBy the seed of the woman is to be understood\\nChrist the Saviour not excluding His friends and\\nfollowers in every age of the world. This predic-\\ntion of a Saviour signifies to our first parents these\\nfour things: 1. That the promised Saviour was not\\nto be the man s, but the woman s seed, or born of a\\nvirgin. 2. That He was to be a man by that ex-\\npression, Thou shalt bruise his heel. 3. That\\nHe should break the head of the serpent, or destroy\\nhis power and dominion over mankind, and punish\\nhim, and all his votaries with an utter destruction\\nand, 4. That in order to our Saviour s doing so, He\\nmust have His own heel, or human nature, that\\nlowest part of His mediatory person, bruised by the\\nserpent, or persecuted and put to death by the\\ndevil and his emissaries. This was the first intima-\\ntion of a Saviour that was made to the world it\\nwas made to the serpent for his immediate confu-\\nsion made in the presence of our first parents, and\\nbefore their sentence was pronounced, to inspire\\nthem with the hope of pardon and life, and with\\na sense of the distinguishing mercy of God, who,\\nbefore he denounced so much as any temporal\\npunishment, animated them with the hope of\\neternal redemption.\\nArise, arise, thou woman s seed.\\nAnd bruise the serpent in my heart\\nEmploy thy vengeance on his head,\\nAnd deadly strokes each day impart.", "height": "3564", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 67\\nFebruary 23.\\nThe Lord do that which seemeth Him good. 2 Sam.\\nx. 12. Thy will be done. Luke xxii. 42.\\nA Christian still feels the motion of self-will,\\nand, consequently, of sin in his heart. And if it be\\nasked, How can Christ and sin dwell together in\\none heart the answer is As a king and rebels in\\nin one kingdom or town He does not agree or\\ncorrespond with them, but subdues them, and\\nmaintains peace. But where self-will has the\\ndominion, there is nothing but trouble and con-\\nfusion for unsanctifled passions, and a bad con-\\nscience, not only are inward torments, but often\\noccasion perplexity and damage in our worldly\\naffairs whereas, in the blood of Christ, we have\\na good conscience, abundance of peace, and can\\nbe contented and happy in the most indifferent\\noutward circumstances.\\nTake heed, therefore, O my dear Christian, never\\nto be led by thy own spirit, were it even in such\\nthings as seem to bring glory to God, if it is not of\\nHis own appointment. Our hearts sometimes are\\nvery deceitfully desirous of what pleases ourselves,\\nwhile we pretend to seek God s glory and were\\nwe not crossed in these our designs, they would\\nprove a great burden to our life. Blessed is he who\\nnot only prays with his lips, but is heartily willing\\nalso that nothing but the will of the Lord should\\nbe done in everything. It is God alone that under-\\nstands what may be good or dangerous to our\\nspiritual or temporal circumstances. We being\\noften blinded, or drawn by our lusts, are too much\\ninclined to choose at random what would be per-\\nhaps most detrimental.\\nSaviour, to my heart be near,\\nKxercise the shepherd s care\\nGuard my weakness by thy grace,\\nLet me feel a constant peace,", "height": "3568", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "68 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 24.\\nThe Lord will regard the prayer of the destitute,\\nand not despise their prayer. Ps. cii. 17. They\\nlooked unto Him and were lightened their faces\\nwere not ashamed. Ps. xxxiv. 5. See also in-\\nstance of the woman of Canaan, Matt. xv. 21-28\\nwhat Christ says, Luke xi. 5-13 xviii. 1-8 like-\\nwise of a tossed vessel, Matt. viii. 24-27.\\nThe load of outward and inward affliction is not\\nalways prayed away with a few words, or in a few\\ndays. Sometimes it is necessary even to wrestle\\nwith God, and be very instant too how else could\\nfaith and patience be exercised? If, therefore, the\\ntrials be sharp and lasting, it is not to weaken our\\nfaith, but to stir us up to be more instantly zealous\\nin prayer, and the right use of the word of God\\nand by this means to be so much more gloriously\\ndelivered and strengthened in faith for whatever\\nGod sends upon us, it is not for the lessening, but\\nfor the increase of our faith. Blessed is the man\\nthat endure th temptation for when he is tried, he\\nshall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath\\npromised to them that love Him (James i. 12).\\nGod is our refuge and our strength,\\nIn straits a present aid;\\nTherefore, although the earth remove,\\nWe will not be afraid\\nThough hills amidst the seas be cast\\nThough waters roaring make,\\nAnd troubled be yea, though the hills\\nB\\\\- swelling seas do shake.\\nA river is, whose streams do glad\\nThe city of our God\\nThe holy place, wherein the Lord\\nMost High hath His abode.\\nGod in the midst of her doth dwell\\nNothing shall her remove\\nThe Lord to her an helper will,\\nAnd that right early prove-", "height": "3584", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 69\\nFebruary 25.\\ndwell in the high and holy place, with him also\\nthat is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive\\nthe spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart\\nof the contrite ones. For I will not contend for\\never, neither will I be always wroth for the\\nspirit should fail before me, and the souls whicii\\nI have made. Isa. lvii. 15, 16.\\nHow sweet are all God s promises, and what a\\ncheering hope do they impart I dwell with\\nhim that is of a contrite and humble spirit. Oh\\nhow consoling are these words to the broken heart\\nand to the wounded spirit to the spirit wounded\\non account of sin How unbounded the joy of the\\ntrue believer God doth dwell w T ith him. Yet to\\ninsist too much upon the sensible joy of faith,\\nmight make weak souls weaker still. Many a sin-\\ncere Christian s heart is like a bottle of a very\\nnarrow passage, which can receive the dew of a\\nheavenly comfort only by little drops. But dost\\nthou feel thyself quite naked, and void of all good\\nChrist will surely cover thee with the robe of righ-\\nteousness. Go entirely out of thyself, looking only\\nto Him for everything and whatever gifts of joy,\\npeace and holiness may be given thee, be very\\nthankful for them, yet trust not in them, but in\\nChrist alone. This will make thee pure and keep\\nthy heart at rest.\\nThe man who walks with God in truth,\\nAndev ry guile disdains,\\nWho hates to lift oppression s rod,\\nAnd scorns its shameful gains\\nHis dwelling, midst the strength of rocks,\\nShall ever stand secure\\nHis Father will provide his bread,\\nHis water shall be sure.", "height": "3572", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "7o THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 26.\\nLord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to\\nstand strong thou didst hide thy face and I was\\ntroubled. Ps. xxx. 7. See also civ. 29-31.\\nSEE, my soul, in this verse, a picture of thine own\\nexperience how much art thou and David alike\\nWhen I look up to heaven, how often do I see the\\nsun both shine and set When I look down into\\nmyself, how often do I see my comforts rise and\\nfall One while I am upon Mount Tabor, and\\nhave a glance of heaven another while I lie in the\\nvalley of Bochim weeping, because I have lost\\nsight of my heavenly country. Joshua s long day\\nis many times turned into Paul s sad night. When\\nGod would quicken my affections, He gives me a\\nglance of heaven, that so I may be in love with\\nwmat I see. When I begin to bless myself, and rest\\nin my happy privileges, He draws a veil over the\\nbright vision, that I may rest in nothing but Him-\\nself, nor loathe what I so greatly love. He suffers\\nmy happiness here to be imperfect, that so I may\\nbe pressing on to that place where I shall be per-\\nfectly happy for ever, Lord, when thou shewest\\nthyself, let me love thee when my mountain\\nstands strong, let me praise thee when thou with-\\ndrawest thyself, let me follow thee when thy\\ncountenance is hid, let me still believe that thou\\nlovest me under all my changes here, let my soul\\nbe always breathing, panting, longing and reach-\\ning after thee, till I shall so perfectly enjoy thee,\\nthat I may never lose thee more. But bound up in\\nthe bundle of life, when life closes, my soul may\\nwing its way to dwell with thee for ever. Amen.\\nLord, guide me in this Christian race,\\nAnd keep my mind intent on thee\\nRejoicing when I see thy face,\\nAnd trusting when I cannot see.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 71\\nFebruary 27.\\nSatan hath desired to have you, that he may sift\\nyou as wheat but I have prayed for thee, that\\nthy faith fail no t. Luke xxii. 31, 32. Yet shall\\nnot the least grain fall upon the earth. Amos\\nix. 9. For I will keep thee from the hour of\\ntemptatio7i. Rev. iii. 10.\\nSometimes we may imagine ourselves to be\\nDivinely convinced of the will of God, both, by\\nseeming outward providences and inward persua-\\nsions of faith and yet it is possible that the siftings\\nof Satan are at the bottom however, the Lord\\nwill overrule him at last, and order all things to the\\nbest for His people. May the Lord make us watch-\\nful against our own spirit, and against the evil one,\\nespecially when he is transformed into an angel of\\nlight, that it may not be in his power to sift us so\\nas to gain an advantage over us, by our listening to\\nhis inward suggestions, or yielding to his subtle\\ntemptations And, O my soul, what a precious\\ntruth is this for thee, I have prayed for thee, that\\nthy faith fail not! Remember who He is that\\nprays for thee. It is Christ. Thou hast still the\\nsame intercessor, who is now at God s right hand.\\nHe has the same merits to plead now that He had\\nwhen upon earth. Wilt thou despise his prayer\\nPause, my soul hast thou ever asked for this\\nprayer? Thou hast need of it. Turn even now to\\nChrist and plead for it. Plead in earnest and thou\\nshalt get it.\\nIn vain the baffled prince of hell\\nHis cursed project tries\\nWe that were dooni d his endless slaves,\\nAre rais d above the skies.\\nOh may my Jesus guard me safe\\nFrom ev ry ill design;\\nAnd to His heav nly kingdom keep\\nThis feeble soul of mine.", "height": "3568", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "72 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nFebruary 28.\\nWhose adorning, let it not be that outward adorn-\\ning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold,\\netc.; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in\\nthat which is not corruptible, even the ornament\\nof a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight\\nof God of great price. 1 Pet. iii. 3, 4. In rest\\nshall ye be saved in quietness and in confidence\\nshall be your strength. Isa. xxx. 15.\\nA Christian s best accoutrements and festival\\nclothes, in which he daily celebrates his Sabbath,\\nis called (Col. iii. 10, 12, 14), The new man,\\nbowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,\\nmeekness, long-suffering, and, above all, charit}\\nThese are our true ornaments, and we should seek\\nto be dressed in them. Reader, what dost thou\\nadorn most thy body or thy soul O thou\\nmeek and quiet Lamb of God, justly I blush before\\nthee, when I consider my impatience, though I am\\nnever innocent like thee I humbly beseech thee\\nto forgive me these transgressions, since thou hast\\nmade sufficient atonement for all by thy meritorious\\nsilence but deliver me from this choleric, hot and\\npeevish temper also and give me grace, in all in-\\nward and outward troubles, to have the long-\\nforbearing mind which was in thee Make me\\ndaily more and more like a lamb, that on all occa-\\nsions, grievous or joyful, I may be duly composed,\\nand shew that excellent heavenly ornament of a\\nmeek and quiet spirit, not in many words, but in\\nreality and power. Amen.\\nGiver of concord, Prince of Peace,\\nMeek, lanib-like Son of God,\\nBid our unruly passions cease,\\nAnd quench them with thy blood.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 73\\n{Leap Year.) February 29.\\nBehold these three years I come seeking fruit on\\nthis fig-tree, and find none, etc. Luke xiii. 7-9.\\nThou fruitless fig-tree, thou barreu professor,\\ndost thou hear this, and not tremble God is come\\nseeking fruit will thy bare profession, thy knowl-\\nedge of the principles of religion, satisfy the great\\nGod Will the notions of truth in thy head, thy\\ntalking and disputing, thy hearing the word\\npreached, thy commending or censuring sermons\\nand preachers, just as thou art in the mood, will\\nthis serve thy turn and wilt thou thus endeavor\\nto ward off the heart-searching God? Know thou,\\nGod is come to seek for fruit, and for good fruit\\nfrom thee not the fruit of good words only, but\\nthe fruit of good works not the fruit of talking\\nwell, but of walking well, the fruits of holiness in\\nlife and conversation fruit short of this God w 7 ill\\nnot regard. If thy conscience be awakened, look\\nto thy merciful High Priest, consider well His\\nintercession for such a barren soul as thou art\\nM Lord, let it alone, etc. Father, let this man live\\none year longer oh turn away from this thine\\nanger I will yet see what may be done. I will\\ntake other methods, I will try what corrections\\nmay do perhaps the rod may work more upon\\nhim than my word has hitherto done, and may tend\\nto make his barren heart fruitful I will also stir\\nup my servants to awaken him by a more sharp\\nand searching manner and if these new efforts be\\nblessed to him, all shall yet be well, thy grace\\nmagnified, and his soul saved if not, then thou\\nshaft cut him down.\\nIf under means of grace no fruits of grace appear,\\nIt is a dreadful case tho God may long forbear,\\nAt length He ll strike the threaten d blow,\\nAnd lav the barren fig-tree low.", "height": "3572", "width": "2260", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "74 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch i.\\nHive by the faith of the Son of God. Gal. ii. 20\\n2 Cor. v. 15 read also 1 Thess. v. 10, and 1\\nPeter iv. 2.\\nIn spiritual things we are too often living upon\\nself; we seek in frames, forms, creatures and\\nanimal life, that inward peace and stability of mind\\nwhich is only to be found in the Redeemer. Out-\\nward duties are well in their places they are to be\\nperformed, but not to be trusted in they are as the\\nscaffold to the building, a mean for carrying on\\nthe work, but not the work itself. When favored\\nwith the gracious presence of Jesus, they are bless-\\nings without it, they are nothing. The whole\\ndependence must be on Jesus. He being the way,\\nthe truth, and the life, without Him prayers,\\npraises, rights and ordinances, are carcasses with-\\nout a soul. This is the case with even* external\\nservice that is destitute of the presence and blessing\\nof the Holy Spirit, who alone imparts communion\\nof heart, and a quickening of the soul in faith, and\\nin love to Jesus, and often a delightful view of that\\nwhich is behind the veil of outward ordinances,\\nsuch as no carnal eye can behold. a purely spirit-\\nual discover*.* of the Lord in His goodness, beauty,\\ngrandeur and glory. Oh may the Spirit be\\npoured out on my soul, and by the faith which He\\nimparts may I get a foretaste of the joys of the\\nheavenly state Amen.\\nI wish, as faithful Christians do.\\nDear Lord, to live to thee\\nAnd by my words and walk to shew\\nThat thou hast died for rue.\\nOh grant me, through thy precious blood\\nThy Gospel thus to grace\\nRenew my heart, O Lamb of God,\\nThus shall thy works thee praise.", "height": "3572", "width": "2280", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 75\\nMarch 2.\\nBroad is the way thai leadeth to destruction, and\\nmany there be which go in thereat but narrow\\nis the way which leadeth unto life, and few there\\nbe that find it. Matt. vii. 13, 14 read also Luke\\nxiii. 24.\\nThis sounds too harsh in the ears of the old man.\\nwho would not have the Law made use of in these\\nGospel times, either to the converted or uncon-\\nverted and yet to the old man, the Law, and not\\nthe Gospel, properly belongs. St. Paul, the great\\npreacher of the Gospel, made use of the Law to\\nrouse unconverted Felix from his security (Acts\\nxxiv. 25), and to warn the converted Romans from\\nfalling into it again (Rom. viii. 13).\\nWhich way dost thou walk Examine thyself.\\nIs it in the narrow way Art thou quite sure of\\nit Venture not to go on any farther at random.\\nIt is matter of great consequence if thou wilt be\\nsafe, try better for it thou mayest easily be de-\\nceived. Alas thou art surely in the broad way to\\ndestruction, if thou still lovest and art conformed\\nto the world. Art thou but indifferent with regard\\nto the things of God, relishing more the vanities,\\npleasures, companies, treasures and honors of this\\nworld thou art not in the good narrow way that\\nleads unto life. Oh consider this well, and stop\\nshort before it is too late, and thou drop into the\\nbottomless pit of perdition Nothing renders this\\nway either narrow or difficult but sin. Leave off\\nthy sin, and thou mayest not only find the way, but\\nabide, walk and persevere in it till the end.\\nStrait is the way, the door is strait,\\nThat leads to joys on high\\nTis but a few that find the gate,\\nWhile crowds mistake and die", "height": "3564", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "76 THE GOLDEN TREASURY,\\nAaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel\\nin the breastplate of judgment upon his heart,\\nwhen he goeth into the holy place, for a memorial\\nbefore the Lord continually and thou shall put\\ninto the breastplate of judgment the Urim and\\nThummim, namely, light and integrity.\\nExod. xxviii. 29, 30.\\nNow am I, saith the believer, for ever in gracions\\nremembrance with God, since my great high priest\\nand advocate, Christ Jesus, bears my name con-\\ntinually before Him on His heart. Whenever I am\\ntroubled about my sins, His powerful mediation\\nwill surely obtain mercy for all my transgressions,\\nand supply my wants abundantly God not deny-\\ning Him anything, I can through Him continually\\nbe heard, and obtain grace for He makes per-\\npetual intercession for me in heaven, by which all\\nmy prayers, at all times, and even now, are sancti-\\nfied, and presented to the Father, who heareth Kim\\nalways. Oh who would not send np his petition\\nto heaven in faith Yet, O my soul, is thy prayer\\nthe pra} er of faith Dost thou offer it believing\\nthat thou shalt receive and dost thou with anxious\\nexpectation look for the answer Ah consider\\nwell, dost thou not pray, aud then think thy work\\nIs done? Prayers without the longing desire are\\nno prayers at all. Let not such be thine.\\nNow may our joyful tongues\\nCur Maker s honor sing\\nJesus, the priest, receives our songs.\\nAnd bears them to the King.\\nBefore His Father s eye\\nOur humble suit He moves\\nThe Father lays His thunders by,\\nAnd looks, and smiles, and loves.", "height": "3584", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 77\\nMarch 4.\\nIf any man will come after me, let him deny him-\\nself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.\\nLuke ix. 23 see also Matt. x. 38 Mark viii.\\n34 and Luke xiv. 27.\\nDoing this, all the rest will be easy. If we know\\nthat we are nothing, are unworthy of everything,\\nand having nothing of our own, we can lose nothing.\\nWe have no property, since we are but stewards of\\nthe Lord. We have no honor or shame of our own,\\nafter the manner of the world this being our only\\nhonor, if God be glorified and our only shame, if\\nHe be dishonored by us. The glory of God we\\nmust have at heart, and in His cause be like lions\\nbut in our own cause like lambs. Therefore, when\\nwe are crossed in things which do not concern the\\nglory of God and the real good of our neighbor,\\nbut our own interest, and are unwilling to suffer\\nanything, we shall miscarry and be involved in\\ngreater troubles but denying ourselves, we shall\\nlose only a good deal of vexation and instead of\\nthis, receive Christ, with all His spiritual and tem-\\nporal blessings, as far as we want them which\\nalone can make us cheerful and happy. But who-\\never desires to please the world, seeking himself\\nand his own glory, cannot be a follower of Christ.\\nAnd how will it be with him in the hour of death\\nand judgment? By this every one, learned or un-\\nlearned, may try themselves whom do they\\nplease God or the world\\nJesus, I my cross have taken\\nAll to leave, and follow thee\\nNaked, poor, despised, forsaken.\\nThou, from hence, my all shall be.\\nPerish every fond ambition,\\nAll I ve sought, or hoped, or known,\\nYet how rich is my condition,\\nGod and heaven are still m3 own", "height": "3572", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "78 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 5.\\nUnto you therefore which believe He is precious.\\n1 Pet. ii. 7.\\nReader, put these following questions to thine\\nown heart, as in the presence of God if thou canst\\nanswer them affirmatively, doubt not thy real\\ninterest in Him, and in His great salvation Is the\\nLord Jesus Christ precious to me, as He is to all\\nthat believe Once He was to me without form or\\ncomeliness, and I saw no beauty in Him is He now\\nto me the chief of ten thousands, yea, altogether\\nlovely Do I behold an infinite amiableness and\\nglory in His person, a transcendent excellency in\\nHis righteousness, an inexhausted fullness in His\\ngrace, and a heaven of happiness in His love Do\\nI esteem Him above every name, love Him above\\nevery creature and thing, and value an interest in\\nHim before ten thousand worlds Is the language\\nof my soul, None but Christ, none but Christ!\\nWhom have I in heaven but thee and there is\\nnone upon earth that I desire besides thee Is all\\nthe world, all that is admired in it, esteemed by me\\nas dung, and beheld with the greatest contempt,\\nwhen compared with a glorious Christ, the ravish-\\ning sweetness of His love, and the unsearchable\\nriches of His grace Do I wish nothing so ardently,\\nseek nothing so diligently, and rejoice in nothing\\nso greatly, as to win Christ, and be found in Him\\nBe this my portion and I can say, I want, I wish,\\nI ask no more\\nIn vain I seek for rest\\nIn all created good\\nIt leaves me yet unblest,\\nAnd makes nie pant for God.\\nAnd sure at rest I cannot be,\\nUntil my heart find rest in thee", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 79\\nMarch 6.\\nUpon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold\\nof Ophir. The King s daughter is all glorious\\nwithin; her clothing is of wrought gold. Hearken\\nO daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;\\nforget also thine own people, and thy father s\\nhouse; so shall the King greatly desire thy beauty;\\nfor He is thy Lord, and worship thou Him.\\nPs. xlv. 9-11, 13.\\nObserve, O my soul, that thy celestial Bride-\\ngroom does not require any ornament, merit, wor-\\nthiness, or beauty of thine own No He will\\nwash thee himself with His blood, He will adorn\\nthee, and make thee truly amiable to himself and\\nto His Father. Oh sweet and eternal truth He\\nhas loved us and washed us from our sins in His\\nown blood. And being clothed with his righ-\\nteousness, we have more than angelic beauty. If\\nwe have received the Spirit of Adoption, let us\\ncleave to Christ alone, love Him above all things,\\nand walk in His commandments. This is not only\\nour duty, but a needful evidence of our sonship.\\nThe King of saints, how fair His face,\\nAdorn d with majesty and grace\\nHe comes with blessings from above,\\nAnd wins the nations to His love\\nAt His right hand our ej^es behold\\nThe queen arrayed in purest gold\\nThe world admires her heav nly dress,\\nHer robe of joy and righteousness.\\nHe forms her beaudes like His own\\nHe calls and seats her near His throne\\nFair stranger, let thine heart forget\\nThe idols of thy native state.\\nSo shall the King the more rejoice\\nIn thee, the favorite of His choice\\nLet Him be lov d, and yet ador d,\\nFor He s thy Maker and thy I^ord.", "height": "3572", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "So THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 7.\\nThey that are Christ s have crucified the flesh with\\nthe affections and lusts. Gal. v. 24 Rom. vi. 6.\\nSee also Gal. ii. 20.\\nALTHOUGH the flesh be alive still, and frequently\\nstir, yet it cannot fulfill its desires when it is fast-\\nened to the cross with the crucifying of the flesh\\nwe have to do as long as we live. This is the cross\\nwe are to take up daily, and which either prevents\\nmany outward crosses, or at least yields great com-\\nfort under them. The cross being an extraordinary\\ngood mean to experience the sweetness of the word\\nof God, thou must always be ready and prepared\\nfor it, O my soul And if none come from with-\\nout, take care to break thy own will in everything.\\nPainful and hard as this may seem to be at first,\\nyet it will certainly very soon grow easier, and be\\nmatter of real joy. Blessing and peace will attend\\nthy ways and steps, and thou shalt glorify God for\\nhaving been resigned and guided, not by thy own,\\nbut by His good-w 7 ill and pleasure. Self-will, on the\\nother hand, creates nothing but vexation, trouble,\\nand uneasiness. It is punished b}^ itself, deprives\\nus of real blessings, and therefore deserves, and is\\nbest to be broken and crucified in its first motions.\\nThen help me, by pouring the Holy Spirit into my\\nheart, to crucify the flesh with the vile affections\\nand lusts thereof.\\nStill I feel a fleshy part,\\nMuch corruption in my heart\\nOh I m. very vile indeed\\nOf thy blood I sure have need\\nBreak, oh break this heart of stone.\\nForm it for thy use alone\\nBid each vanity depart\\nBuild thy temple in my heart.", "height": "3572", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 81\\nMarch 8.\\nThe Lord has respect unto Abel, etc. Gen. iv. 4, 5\\nHERE are two brothers, each bringing an obla-\\ntion to the Lord. Cain, as a husbandman, brought\\nof the produce of the ground he cultivated Abel,\\nas a shepherd, some of the firstlings of the flock,\\nwith the fat of them consequently both believed\\nthat there was a God that made the world, and\\nwas to be worshiped and yet one was accepted\\nand the other rejected. Cain s sacrifice was wholly\\neucharistical, or a thank-offering to God for the\\nblessings of His providence. Abel s w T as not only\\nof the eucharistic, but of the expiatory kind and\\nwhile it was an expression of gratitude for the\\nblessings of Providence, it was also typical of the\\natonement by Christ, and expressive of His hope\\nof redemption through Him but what made the\\nchief difference between them was, that Cain pre-\\nsented his offering while his heart was withheld,\\nand without faith in Christ, so was of the wicked\\none. Abel brought forth his person and sacrifice\\nan offering to the Lord he presented his oblation,\\nand performed the other parts of worship w T ith\\nfaith in God, and the promised Saviour, and with\\nsincerity, humility, and love. Thus God had re-\\nspect to him and his offering accepted first his\\nperson as justified, then his offering but neither\\nthe person nor offering of Cain was accepted.\\nReader, mark the difference by this Abel speaks\\nto thee Art thou in a state of acceptance with\\nGod Is thy whole dependence for pardon and\\nlife on Christ? Dost thou obey from a principle\\nof love Then thou shalt be blessed with righteous\\nAbel here and for ever.\\nOh that the I y ord r/ould guide my ways,\\nTo keep His statutes still\\nOh that my God would grant me grace\\nTo know and do His will", "height": "3568", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "82 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 9.\\nOn that day shall the priests make an atonement for\\nyou, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all\\nyour sins before the Lord. It shall be a Sabbath\\nof rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls by\\na statute for ever. The life of the flesh is in the\\nblood and I have given it to you Upon the altar,\\nto make an atojiement for your souls, for it is\\nthe blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.\\nLev. xvi. 30, 31 and xvii. 11.\\nOur great day of atonement is that on which\\nChrist shed His blood for us on the cross, and\\nthereby made atonement for us. Now, if it was\\nnecessary for the Israelites to afflict their souls, and\\nchastise their bodies on the great day of atone-\\nment, how much more ought we to pray for hu-\\nmility and repentance, as the evidence of our\\ninterest in the propitiation majie by Christ Jesus\\nAnd as they abstained from all labor on that day,\\nwhen the high-priest alone was employed, so should\\nwe abstain from all our sinful works, and particu-\\nlarly from all self-sufficiency of righteousness, and\\nseek our salvation only in the meritorious blood of\\natonement shed by our High-priest for the life of\\nour souls is in the blood of Jesus. O my Redeemer,\\nmay I, with an afflicted soul, ever seek my atone-\\nment, life, and salvation, in thy blood and death\\nand may I lie down and rise up in a comfortable\\nhope that I am pardoned through thy blood, thy\\nSpirit bearing witness of it to my conscience\\nFather, God, who seest in me\\nOnly sin and misery\\nSee thine own anointed One\\nLook on thy beloved Son I\\nHear His blood s prevailing cry\\nLet tlry bowels then reply\\nThen, through Him. the sinner see\\nThen, in Jesus, look on me", "height": "3572", "width": "2284", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 83\\nMarch 10.\\nBy the grace of God I am what I am. 1 Cor.\\nxv. 10.\\nBe this my motto, both as to my natural and\\nspiritual life how else could I have existed at\\nall Had not foreknowledge planned, and wisdom\\ncontrived, and power put every atom together, and\\nfixed my scene of action, I had never been here.\\nNor is this God of grace less to be seen in every\\nmotion of my soul toward Him had not every\\nspring been in Him, this table on which I lean had\\nfelt as much bias towards Him as I. The first check\\nof conscience, the first thrill of fear, the first view\\nof guilt, the first tear of penitence, were all His\\nown the first drawings of the Spirit, the first sight\\nof Christ, the first dawn of hope, were all His own\\nevery succeeding step in the path of duty, every\\nattainment in grace, every victory over the world\\nand sin, every evidence and token of the safety of\\nmy everlasting state, and every sweet interval of\\ncommunion I have had with Him, were still all His\\nown and the last labor of love, the last act of\\nfaith and conquest over sin, death and hell, together\\nwith an admission into eternal glory, must and\\nshall be all His own likewise. The spring is love\\nthe mean is Christ the footing firm the head-\\nstone shall be brought forth with shoutings, crying,\\nGrace, grace unto it and grace shall be crowned\\nwith everlasting glory.\\nWhate er I am, whate er I hope,\\nProceeds from bounty of rich grace\\nGrace makes and holds my body up,\\nAnd heals my spirit s sickly face.\\nGrace taught me first the heavenly road,\\nGrace led me on the heavenly way,\\nAnd grace, the boundless grace of God\\nShall lodge me in eternity.", "height": "3548", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "84 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch ii.\\nThe love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus\\njudge, that if one died for all, then were all\\ndead; and that He died for all, that they who\\nlive, should not henceforth live unto themselves,\\nbut unto Him who died for them, and rose again.\\n2 Cor. v. 14, 15.\\nIF we have the love of God shed abroad in our\\nhearts, it will cause us to love God intensely, and\\nto love and labor for the salvation of men. And as\\nGod so loved the world as to give His Son for it,\\nand as Christ so loved the world as to give His life\\nfor it, so we, influenced by the very same love, will\\ndesire to spend and be spent for the glory of God,\\nand the salvation of immortal souls. And if the\\nlove and power of Christ constrain us, we must\\nneeds be meditating and relying on Him and His\\ndeath. This will cut off all workings of our own,\\nand make room for Christ to work everything\\nin us, and through us. O Lord, may thy love on\\nthe cross fire my frozen heart also that I may now\\nbegin to love and praise thee purely and fervently,\\nand to offer my whole life up to thee as an entire\\nsacrifice of love.\\nNow, sinners dry your tears,\\nI,et hopeless sorrows cease\\nBow to the sceptre of Christ s love,\\nAnd take the offer d peace.\\nI^ord, we obey thy call\\nWe lay an humble claim\\nTo the salvation thou hast brought,\\nAnd love and praise thy name.\\nRaise your triumphant songs\\nTo an immortal tune\\nLet the wide earth resound the deeds\\nCelestial grace has done.\\nSing how eternal love\\nIts chief Beloved chose.\\nAnd bade Him raise our wretched race\\nFrom sin s destructive woes.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 85\\nMarch 12.\\nWhatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy\\nmight for there is no work, nor device, nor\\nknowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither\\nthou goest. Eccles. ix. 10.\\nThe business of life is to glorify God, and to work\\nout our own salvation all other concerns are sub-\\nordinate to these the time is short as the tree\\nfalleth, so it lieth and where death strikes down,\\nthere God lays out either for mercy or misery so\\nthat I may compare it to the Red Sea if I go in\\nan Israelite, my landing shall be in glory, and my\\nrejoicing in triumph, to see all mine enemies dead\\nupon the seashore but if I go in an Egyptian if I\\nbe on this side of the cloud, on this side the cove-\\nnant, and go in hardened among the troops of\\nPharaoh, justice shall return in its full strength,\\nand an inundation of judgment shall overflow my\\nsoul for ever. Or I may compare death to the sleep\\nof the ten virgins, of whom it is said, They all\\nslumbered and slept we shall all fall into this\\nsleep. Now, if I lie down with the wise, I shall go\\nin with the Bridegroom but if I sleep with the\\nfoolish, without oil in my lamp, without grace in\\nmy soul, I have closed the gates of mercy upon me\\nfor ever I see then this life is the time wherein I\\nmust go forth to meet the Lord this is the hour\\nwherein I must do my work and the day wherein\\nI must be judged, according to my works, is at\\nhand. I know not how soon I may fall into this\\nsleep therefore, Lord, grant that I may live every-\\nday in thy sight, as I desire to appear at the last\\nday in thy presence.\\nAwake, my sluggish soul,\\nThe heavenh T race to run\\nBelieve and pray, and speed thy way\\nFor night is drawing on.", "height": "3552", "width": "2276", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "86 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 13.\\nSin is a reproach to any people. Prov. xiv. 34.\\nBe not deceived, therefore, with false notions of\\nfaith. Where there is true faith, no sin has domin-\\nion. Sin will be ever stirring, often raging, and\\nsometimes prevailing but never reigning where\\ntrue faith is. A believer, through a strong and\\nsudden temptation, may be captivated by sin, but\\nlie is no willing captive he hates sin, and prays\\nand watches against it and as faith increases, his\\npower over sin increases too, and the image of God\\nwaxes brighter in his heart. A man having no\\nfeeling of the desperate wickedness of his heart,\\nmay imagine he has faith enough but being once\\nconvinced of that, he soon perceives that it is the\\nhardest thing in the world to believe it requires\\nthe same power hy which Christ was raised from\\nthe dead. St. Paul most emphatically describes it\\nwith six remarkable words (Eph. i. 19, 20). How\\nthen can any man think it an easy matter to be-\\nlieve Oh the dreadful blindness and security\\nwhich all the world runs into May the Lord open\\ntheir eyes\\nLord, how secure my conscience was,\\nAnd felt no inward dread\\nI was alive without the law,\\nAnd thought my sins were dead.\\nMy hones of heaven were firm and bright\\nBut since the precept came\\nWith a convincing pow r and light,\\nI find how vile lam!\\nI m like a helpless captive, sold\\nUnder the pow r of sin\\nI cannot do the good I would,\\nNor keep my conscience clean.\\nMy God, I cry with every breath\\nFor thy kind pow r to save,\\nTo break the yoke of sin and death,\\nAnd thus redeem the slave", "height": "3568", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 87\\nMarch 14.\\nAt the commandment of the Lord the children of\\nIsrael journeyed^ and at the commandment of\\nthe Lord they pitched and in the place where\\nthe cloud abode, there the children of Israel\\npitched their tents. A?id when the cloud tarried\\nlong upon the tabernacle many days, then the\\nchildren of Israel kept the charge of the Lord,\\nand journeyed not. Numb. ix. 17-19.\\nThus the spiritual Israelites they ought not to\\nundertake anything from their own will, lest con-\\nfusion and disappointment should encompass every\\npath. The unconverted are full of their own will\\nhow should they succeed They are bewildered\\nhere, and run into perdition eternally. Sometimes\\nthe faithful may, with a good design, when they\\nare engaged in a good work, outrun the will of\\nGod. and not wait for His counsel. And yet the\\nIsraelites journeyed not, though the cloud tarried\\nmany days, and they might imagine they were\\nlosing time on their journey. Oh my God grant\\nthat in all things, even in my best works, I may be\\nguided by thine eye, and wait for thy counsel with\\na resigned temper. May I speak or be silent, work\\nor rest, when and as thou wilt. Then shall my\\nways be blest, and thou wilt never leave me nor\\nforsake me. And may I remember that God guides\\nthe way of His saints by a merciful dispensation of\\nHis providence and in that dispensation He pro-\\nportions the burden to the back that is to bear it\\nand that He tempers even the blast to the shorn\\nlamb.\\nMy God, the steps of pious men\\nAre ordered by thy will\\nTho they should fall, they rise again,\\nThy hand supports them still", "height": "3548", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 15.\\nIn Him was life and the life was the light of men.\\nJohn i. 4. And this is the record, that God\\nhath given to us eternal life and this life is in\\nHis Son. 1 John v. ri. I am the light of the\\nworld; he that follow eih vie shall not walk in\\ndarkness, bid shall have the light of life. John\\nviii. 12.\\nWhatever notional knowledge men niay have\\nof Divine truths, as they are doctrinally proposed\\nin the Scripture, yet if the} know them not in their\\nrespect unto the person of Christ, as the foundation\\nof the counsels of God if the} discern not how\\nthe} proceed from Him, and centre in Him, they\\nw T ill bring no saving spiritual light unto their\\nunderstandings for all spiritual life and light is in\\nHim, and from Him alone. The difference between\\nbelievers and unbelievers as to knowledge, is not so\\nmuch in the matter of their knowledge, as in the\\nmanner of knowing. Unbelievers, some of them,\\nmay know more, and be able to say more of God,\\nHis perfections and will, than many believers but\\nthey know nothing as they ought, nothing in a\\nright manner, nothing spiritually and savingly,\\nnothing with a holy, heavenly light. The excel-\\nlency of a believer is not that he hath large appre-\\nhensions of things, but that what he doth appre-\\nhend, which may, perhaps, be very little, he sees it\\nin the light of the Spirit of God, in a saving, soul-\\ntransforming light. And this is that which gives\\nus communion with God, and not prying thoughts,\\nor curious- raised notions. In this knowledge, Lord,\\ngive me to increase every day\\nDear Lord, anoint my head and heart,\\nAnd light and life bestow on me\\nLight that will Gospel truth impart,\\nAnd life to make me live to thee", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 89\\nMarch 16.\\nWe then that are strong ought to bear the infirm-\\nities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.\\nRom. xv. 1. Considering thyself, lest thou also\\nbe tempted. Gal. vi. 1. Who art thou that\\njudgest another man s servant. Rom. xiv. 4.\\nExtraordinary quickenings and strengthen-\\nings, being often followed by particular temptations,\\nconflicts and sufferings, require a particular watch-\\nfulness, if we would be earnest not to provoke the\\nLord to visit us with sore punishments for our care-\\nlessness. Fear, therefore rejoice with trembling\\nand as a needful means to secure thyself from fall-\\ning, temper thy joy with true humility and gentle-\\nness toward the faults of others. Be never so high-\\nminded, O man, at the miscarriages of others, as to\\nthink thou wouldst not do so should it happen to\\nbe thy case for if God does not hold thee up him-\\nself, thou wilt surely make greater mistakes. There-\\nfore, thou hadst better not look upon others, but\\nupon thyself and for fear of falling, be continually\\nwatchful in prayer. A great many would not have\\nfallen so deep had they been truly humble, and\\nmore charitable in judging of others. He who\\nexalteth ^himself above others, and does not bear\\nwith the weak, is sometimes humbled and debased\\nunder the very weakest of all. Bear, therefore,\\nsince God bears with thee and he that bears most\\nwith others, shews the greatest strength.\\nJesus, Lord, we look to thee\\nLet us in thy name agree\\nKach to each unite, endear,\\nCome and spread thy banner here.\\nMake us of one heart and mind,\\nCourteous, pitiful, and kind,\\nLowly, meek in thought and word,\\nAltogether like our Lord.", "height": "3564", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "90 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nEXARCH 17.\\nThou art my rock and my fortress therefore for\\nthy name s sake, lead vie and guide me. Ps.\\nxxxi. 3. They shall come with weeping, and\\nwith supplications will I lead them I will\\ncause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a\\nstraight way, wherein they shall not stumble\\nfor I am a father to Israel. Jer. xxxi. 9.\\nHe that comes in this manner will certainly be\\nled of God. Now, O Lord, I am blind, and heartily\\ndesire to be directed by thee alone in all my ways\\nand steps, in great and in little things. Suffer me\\nnever to follow my own spirit and natural inclina-\\ntions, whatever good appear auce they may have.\\nBe pleased to cross them continually whenever they\\nare contrary to thy will. Often have I been de-\\nceived by false appearances already my zeal has\\nnot always been according to knowledge I have\\nput natural passion in the place thereof, and thought\\nI was contending for the faith once delivered to the\\nsaints, and have afterward found it no better than\\nthe effects of a party spirit. Be then a father to\\nme, O Lord, and instruct thy waiting child in all\\nnecessary truths, and lead me in all thy righteous\\nwa3 s\\nThou art my portion, O my God\\nAnd Christ my living way\\nIncline nry heart to keep thy word,\\nAnd on my Christ to stay.\\nI would be always wholly thine\\nOh save thy servant, Lord\\nThou art my shield, my hiding-place\\nMy hope is in thy word.\\nThou hast inclined this heart of mine\\nThy statutes to fulfill\\nAnd thus, till mortal life shall end,\\nWould I perform thy will", "height": "3556", "width": "2420", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 91\\nMarch 18.\\nThou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind\\nis stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee.\\nTrust ye in the Lord for ever for in the Lord\\nfehovah, is everlasting strength. Isa. xxvi. 3, 4.\\nLet him take hold of my strength, that he may\\nmake peace with me and he shall make peace\\nwith me. Chap, xxvii. 5.\\nIvKX us get the Divine favor, and we will be at\\npeace, and have happiness in our own souls, and\\nthen shall good come unto us. The peace which.\\nGod gives is a peace of unutterable happiness. In\\nit is contained all the blessings of the Gospel of\\nChrist. Let us search well our own hearts, and see\\nif we have that peace and let us do it now, for we\\nknow not what a day may bring forth. But to\\nenjoy this undisturbed peace, great care must be\\ntaken that we do not look and depend upon any-\\nthing in ourselves, since all is but imperfect, and\\never will be so. We are to trust only in the Lamb\\nof God which takes away the sin of the world, to\\nfeed our souls continually on this Gospel of peace,\\nand be ever seeking Him by diligent prayer, watch-\\nful, faithful, quiet and humble for we never lose\\nanything of our peace, except it is stolen by some\\npride or other unguarded affection.\\nHence from my soul, sad thoughts, begone.\\nAnd leave me to my joys\\nMy tongue shall triumph in my God,\\nAnd make a joyful noise.\\nDarkness and doubts had veiled my mind,\\nAnd drown d my head in tears,\\nTill sovereign grace, with shining rays,\\nDispell d my gloomy fears.\\nOh what immortal joys I felt,\\nAnd raptures all Divine,\\nWhen Jesus told me I was His,\\nAnd my Beloved mine", "height": "3572", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "92 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 19.\\nThy Maker is thy husband the Lord of Hosts is\\nHis name. The ransomed of the Lord shall re-\\nturn^ and come to Zion with songs, and everlast-\\ning joy upon their heads. Isa. liv. 5 xxxv. 10.\\nWhen Cyrus took the king of Armenia, and his\\nson Tigranes, and their wives, and children prison-\\ners, and, upon their humble submission, beyond\\nall hope, gave them their liberty and their lives\\nin their return home, as they were all commending\\nCyrus some for his personage, some for his power,\\nsome for his clemency, Tigranes asked his wife,\\nWhat thinkest thou of Cyrus is he not a comely\\nand a proper man, of a majestic presence\\nTruly, said she, I know not what manner of\\nman he is I never looked upon him. Why,\\nsaid he, where were thine eyes all the while?\\nupon whom didst thou look? I fixed mine\\neyes, said she, all the while upon him (meaning\\nher husband) who, in my hearing, offered to Cyrus\\nto lay down his life for my ransom. Thus, if any\\nquestion the devout soul once indeed captivated\\nby the world, but now enamored of Christ, her\\nheavenly Bridegroom whether she is not charmed\\nwith the riches, pleasures, and gayeties of the world?\\nher answer is, that her e}-es and her heart are\\nnow fixed on a nobler object, even on Him who\\nnot only made an offer, like Tigranes, to die in her\\nstead, but actually laid down His life to ransom\\nher and as her dear Bridegroom is now in heaven\\nher looks are after Him, and she can esteem noth-\\ning on earth in comparison of Him.\\nSweet the moments, rich iu blessing,\\nWhich before the cross I spend\\nX,ife, and health, and peace possessing,\\nFrom the, sinner s dying Friend.", "height": "3572", "width": "2420", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 93\\nMarch 20.\\nThou shalt have no inheritance in their land,\\nneither shalt thou have any part among them:\\nI am thy part and thine inheritance. Numb.\\nxviii. 20.\\nWhoever loves and possesses the Lord Jesus,\\nfinds unspeakably more delight, honor and riches\\nin Him, than in all other things. He is the precious\\nburden of their cares. All is willingly denied for\\nHis sake, and this denial springs from faith. Now,\\nLord, thou art the All I need to make me happy,\\nthe only inheritance that can supply my every\\nwant and to draw near to thee is my greatest joy\\n1 desire to love thee evermore, and to shew that\\nlove by keeping thy commandments and I pray\\nthat a sweet sense of thy love to me may become\\nmy daily portion, and my only bosom treasure\\nand that I may be enabled to adopt the language of\\nthe Psalmist as my own, Whom have I in heaven\\nbut thee and there is none upon the earth that I\\ndesire besides thee thou art the strength of my\\nheart and my portion for ever (Ps. lxxiii. 25, 26).\\nBeset with snares on ev ry hand,\\nIn life s uncertain path I stand\\nSaviour Divine diffuse thy light,\\nTo guide my doubtful footsteps right.\\nEngage this roving, treach rous heart,\\nGreat God, to choose the better part\\nTo scorn the trifles of a day\\nFor joys that none can take away.\\nThen let the wildest storms arise,\\nLet tempests mingle earth and skies\\nNo fatal shipwreck shall I fear,\\nBut all my treasure with me bear.\\nIf thou, my Jesus, still art nigh.\\nCheerful I live and cheerful die\\nSecure when mortal comforts flee.\\nTo find ten thousand worlds in thee", "height": "3572", "width": "2260", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "94 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 21.\\nLikewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities, for\\nwe k?iozv not what we should pray for as we\\nought but the Spirit itself maketh intercession\\nfor us. Rom. viii. 26.\\nGod is a Spirit and they that worship Him,\\nmust worship Him in spirit and in truth. God\\nhath many worshipers on particular occasions,\\nwho cannot be called spiritual worshipers. Take,\\nfor instance, the prayers of wicked men under their\\nconvictions, or their fears, troubles and dangers,\\nand the prayers of believers the former is merely\\nan outcry that distressed nature makes to the God\\nof it, and as such alone it considers him but the\\nother is the voice of the Spirit of Adoption, address-\\ning itself from the hearts of believers unto God as a\\nfather. Woe to professors of the Gospel, who shall\\nbe seduced to believe, that all they have to do with\\nGod consists in their attendance upon moral virtue\\nit is fit for them so to do who, being weary of Chris-\\ntianity, have a mind to turn Pagans but our\\nfellowship is with the Father and His Son Jesus\\nChrist, under the promised working and interces-\\nsion of the Spirit for by them alone are the love\\nof the Father, and the fruits of the mediation of the\\nSon communicated unto us, without which we have\\nno interest or comfort in them and by the influ-\\nences of the Spirit alone we are enabled to make\\nany acceptable returns of obedience to God. To\\nexclude the internal operations of the Holy Ghost,\\nis to destroy the Gospel.\\nSpirit of wisdom, grace, and pow r\\nOf prayer and faith the quick ning spring\\nWith Father, Son, we thee adore,\\nAnd Holy, holy, holy, sing", "height": "3572", "width": "2392", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 95\\nMarch 22.\\nNow they strive to obtain a corruptible crown, but\\nwe an incorruptible. 1 Cor. ix. 25. For he that\\novercometh shall inherit all things. Rev. xxi. 7.\\nTo be only an almost Christian, is a very hard\\nthing but to be a Christian altogether, makes all\\neasy and pleasant and such as desire to have the\\nwhole Christ, His whole salvation, and all this is\\nHis, must needs give themselves up to Him, not\\nonly in part, but wholly, according to that funda-\\nmental and most reasonable rule, All for all\\nand as far as we deny Him anything, we make our-\\nselves unhappy but the more we are resigned to\\nHim, the more we are fit to enjoy Him and His\\nspiritual blessings.\\nMany would sooner be persuaded to follow Christ,\\nif it was allowed to serve Him by halves, and re-\\nserve some things to themselves. But what could\\nthat profit them? Christ will not be bargained\\nwith and nothing is more dangerous than the\\ndividing our hearts between Him and the world, or\\nwaiting from time to time for a more convenient\\nseason to break through. Thus you may live many\\nyears, and be neither cold nor hot and so at last\\nbe spewed out of the Lord s mouth. Consider\\nthis well, O ye double-minded, luke-warm souls\\nChristianity requires great striving, and overcoming\\nall things, even our most favorite and darling lusts.\\nRouse, therefore, thy drowsy heart spare thyself\\nno longer rise above the trifles of this world fight\\nthe good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal\\nlife, whereunto thou art called.\\nTake away my darling sin make me willing to be clean\\nMake me willing to receive what thy goodness waits to give\\nForce me, Lord, with all to part tear all idols from my\\nheart\\nLet thy pow r on me be shewn take away the heart of stone.", "height": "3560", "width": "2284", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "96 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 23.\\nA new commandment I give anto you. That ye love\\none another as I have loved you, that ye also\\nlove one another. John. xiii. 34.\\nIT is a precept of the Levitical law, Thou shalt\\nlove thy neighbor as thyself (Lev. xix. 18). But\\nthis commandment of Christ s was something more\\nthan the Mosaic precept. It is added, as I have\\nloved you. Christ loved His neighbor more than\\nhimself, for He laid down His life for men. And\\nin this He calls upon all His disciples to imitate\\nHim. But this is not the only one of His com-\\nmandments that enjoins brotherly love all the\\ncommandments of God are commandments of love,\\ntending to our real good and great happiness far\\nfrom being grievous to those who have faith and\\nlove, the practice thereof is life and peace. The\\nworld may think it a grievous burden but this is\\na great mistake indeed. Sin is grievous. In hatred,\\nenvy, anger, revenge, pride, there is nothing but\\ntorment and slavery but in love there is a sweet\\nrest and pleasure. Thus a sinner always punishes\\nhimself, and is robbed of great peace and blessing,\\nby transgressing the commandments of God.\\nSaviour, look down with pitying eyes,\\nOur jarring wills control\\nLet cordial, kind affections rise,\\nAnd harmonize the soul.\\nSubdue in us the carnal mind,\\nIts enmity destroy\\nWith cords of love th old Adam bind,\\nAnd melt him into joy.\\nUs into closest union draw,\\nAnd in our inward parts\\nLet kindness sweetly write her law\\nLet love command our hearts.", "height": "3572", "width": "2432", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 97\\nMarch 24.\\nOne thing is needful, etc. Luke x. 42.\\nWE must not pretend to serve God with only\\ngoing to church and doing other acts of outward\\ndevotion whilst we are dead and cold, our religion\\nis vain. Who first, by faith, seeks grace from the\\nwords of Christ, like Mary, is served by Christ and\\nthis constrains him to serve Christ and his neighbor\\nreadily again. It is almost impossible for such to\\ngo on in haughtiness, envy, hatred and disobedi-\\nence. Grace and faith will resist it, and make them\\nlowly, gentle, willing, obedient, active, without\\nrelying on any works of their own. He that obtains\\nChrist, the one thing needful, receives with Him all\\nthe rest, and has no more need to be troubled about\\nmany things. He being our All, we ma}^ always\\nlive happily whereas tne children of this world\\nmust always be cumbered and divided between\\nfears and hopes about their fate. In vanity we\\nshall never find this good part neither is there any\\nsalvation in the works of the law. Faith alone\\ntakes hold of it and whoever withdraws his heart\\nand senses from the noise and bustle of this world,\\nwho quickly looks for salvation through the blood\\nand righteousness of Christ, will certainly find it\\nhis better part.\\nThe one thing- needful, that good part\\nThat Mary chose with all her heart,\\nI would pursue with heart and mind,\\nAnd seek unwearied till I find.\\nO Lord, my God, to thee I pray,\\nTeach me to know and find th*e way\\nHow I may have my sins forgiv n,\\nAnd safe and surely get to heaven.\\nHidden in Christ the treasure lies,\\nThat goodly pearl of so great price\\nNo other way but Christ there is\\nTo endless happiness and bliss.", "height": "3568", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "98 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 25.\\nPurge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Hide\\nthy face from my sins, and blot out all mine\\niniquities. Ps. li. 7, 9. Though your sins be as\\nscarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Isa. i. iS.\\nLET us ever have our sins before our faces (Ps. li.\\n3). Let us remember that the eye of God is con-\\nstantly upon us and that, as He looketh not on\\nthe outward, but on the inward parts, His purity\\nand His justice will be highly incensed. With a\\njust horror, then, of our transgressions, let us beg\\nGod to turn away His face from them to blot them\\nall out as a thick cloud. Let us come and do this\\nfreely, and let us come daily. We must not keep\\naway from Christ on account of our stumblings and\\nmanifold faults. This would cast us under the law\\nagain, and bind us under condemnation but we\\nshould humble ourselves directly before God, and\\nseek earnestly for pardon through the blood of\\nChrist. The longer we delay this, the worse our\\ncause will grow and the sooner it is done, the\\nsooner we shall have forgiveness. The Lord not\\nimputing those sins to us which are sincerely\\nrepented of, our soul returns to its rest again and,\\ninstead of falling into carnal securit}- (as some may\\nthink), it will rather strengthen our faith, and\\nmake us more watchful. Hasten, therefore, and\\ncome as soon and as well as thou canst. He will\\nreceive thee if thou canst but creep.\\nO Lord, I fall before thy face\\nMy only refuge is thy grace\\nNo bleeding beast, nor flood, nor sea,\\nCan wash the dismal stain away.\\nJesus, my God, thy blood alone\\nHas pow r sufficient to atone\\nThy blood can make me white as snow\\nNo Jewish type could cleanse me so.", "height": "3588", "width": "2440", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 99\\nMarch 26.\\nChristian s Prayer Deliver us from evil. Matt.\\nvi. 13.\\nDivine Answer Fear not for I have redeemed\\nthee I have called thee by thy name thou art\\nmine. When thou passest through the waters,\\nI will be with thee and through the rivers, they\\nshall not overflow thee. When thou walkest\\nthrough the fire, thou shall not be burnt neither\\nshall the flame kindle upon thee. Isa. xliii. 1, 2.\\nChrist has, by His own blood, once entered into\\nthe holy place, having obtained eternal redemp-\\ntion for us. Heb. ix. 12.\\nThis precious redemption is the foundation of\\nour present deliverance, and will finally produce\\nan everlasting deliverance from all evil. He who\\nhates and detests not only the evil of punishment,\\nbut of sin itself, and, consequently, pants after\\nJesus, both for His love and for His likeness such\\na one hath faith already, and sin has lost its domin-\\nion over him. And though he may be tempted\\nwith it severely, yet he is under the law no more\\nfor the reigning power of sin being broke, the law\\nhas lost its condemning power also we are deliv-\\nered from the power of the evil one, and we may be\\nsure of a continual, nay, eternal redemption. We\\nmay often feel the evil, but by prayer and watch-\\nfulness be as often delivered from it also.\\nThy solemn vows are on me, I^ord\\nThou shalt receive my praise\\nI ll sing, How faithful is thy word\\nHow righteous all thy ways I\\nThou hast secured my soul from death.\\nOh set thy prisoner free\\nThat heart, and hand, and life, and breath,\\nMay be employed for thee\\nAssist me while I wander here,\\nAmidst a world of cares\\nIncline my heart to pray with love,\\nAnd then accept my prayers.", "height": "3564", "width": "2276", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "too THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 27.\\nStir up the gift of God, which is in thee. 2 Tim.\\ni. 6 Ps. liii. 3 2 Sam. vii. 18, 28.\\nHow can this be done Answer By looking as\\nwell upon thy own great poverty and wants, as\\nupon the riches of grace which is in Christ for thee,\\nand so drawing near to God through Him in faith\\nbut it is not enough to do this once for all, or now\\nand then only. It is to be thy daily work. One\\nday s omission may greatly hurt thy soul. Espe-\\ncially the morning hours are very proper for this\\npurpose. These must directly be laid hold on to\\nconverse with God in prayer, before we meddle with\\nanything else in our business, though ever so need-\\nful and important, for fear of being entangled and\\ndistracted perhaps the whole day and to gather\\nthe whole strength, draw as near to Christ as pos-\\nsible, and even wrestle w T ith Him, as if it were the\\nlast time Pour out thy whole heart before Him\\nnot giving over too soon out be instant in thy\\nsupplications, at least T~ith continual inward groan-\\ning, till thy heart burn within thee, and thou feel\\nthe quickening influence of His grace and Spirit.\\nThen great care is to be taken to preserve this\\nblessing and strength in a quiet and well- composed\\nmind, examining thyself frequently, especially at\\nnights, how the day has been spent and be not\\nput off with a slight answer.\\nI ll lift m3 T hands, I ll raise my voice,\\nWhile I have breath to pray or praise\\nThis work shall make my heart rejoice,\\nAnd spend the remnant of my days.\\nOf Him who did salvation bring-,\\nI could for ever think and sing\\nWhen with His name I m charm d in song,\\nI wish mvself all ear and song.", "height": "3572", "width": "2420", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. ior\\nMarch 2S.\\nFor every one that useth milk is unskilful hi the\\nword of righteousness for he is a babe. Heb.\\nv. 13.\\nThe Apostle, with some severity of expression,\\ntells the Hebrews, or converted Jews, to whom he\\nwrote, that instead of being capable of strong meat,\\nor attaining to the perfection of Christian doctrine,\\nand being skilful in the word of righteousness, they\\nchose to continue babes in knowledge and, like\\nchildren, had all their work to begin again. It is,\\ntherefore, a matter of the greatest importance to\\nknow what that word of righteousness is, in which\\nthey were unskilful, not having their senses exer-\\ncised to discern between good and evil, truth and\\nerror. Let it only be observed, that they were\\nlooking back to the law, and consequently in dan-\\nger of returning to it for justification and thus fall-\\ning from the doctrine of grace. The design of this\\nepistle was to keep them steadfast in the faith and\\nit will appear at once, that the righteousness which\\nthey were ignorant of, or ready to reject, is that of\\nChrist, who, by one offering, the finishing act\\nof His obedience, hath perfected for ever them\\nthat are sanctified (Heb. x. 14). How many, at\\nall times, who have the name and appearance of\\nwell-grown Christians, are just such babes as the\\nHebrews were, and have the same need to be told\\nthat they are unskilful in the word, reason, or\\nground of a justifying righteousness, and exhorted\\nto go on to perfection in Christian doctrine, as well\\nas to further degrees of Christian holiness\\nL,ord, I unskilful am,\\nA babe in knowledge yet\\nI sip the milk of thy sweet Word,\\nBut ask for stronger meat.", "height": "3572", "width": "2288", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "102 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 29.\\nFor our Gospel came not unto you in word only^\\nbut also in power, 1 Thes. i. 5.\\nBy the Gospel, the Son of God and Divine truths\\nare revealed to us and by the Spirit they are\\nrevealed in us. External revelation by the Word,\\nand internal by the Spirit, are both necessary to\\nsalvation. Though Paul was separated from his\\nmother s womb to be called by the grace of God,\\nyet he had not an inward revelation of Jesus Christ\\nin his heart till he heard the external word of Christ\\nwith his ear saying, Saul, Saul, why persecutest\\nthou me (Acts xi. 4). Hence learn to prize both\\nthe outward testimony of the Word, and the inward\\ntestimony of the Spirit. The Gospel is a revelation\\nof Jesus Christ, without which we could never have\\nknown that our sins are atoned for by the blood,\\nour persons justified by the righteousness, and our\\nsouls everlastingly saved by the work of Christ but\\nis this knowledge all that is necessary to salvation\\nNo persons may attain a notion of these things in\\nthe head, and understand somewhat of them, and\\nyet the heart be without precious faith in Christ,\\ndestitute of the love of Christ, and of any saving\\nhope in Him. Professor, look well to it many\\nhave said, Lord, Lord, and have heard Christ\\npreach in their streets, who little expected to meet\\nwith this rebuff from Him, I know not whence\\nye are depart, ye workers of iniquity Many\\nheard the Gospel preached in Thessalonica but\\nthey alone were blessed to whom it came with\\npower, and in the Holy Ghost, and with much\\nassurance.\\nThe Gospel is like sun and shower,\\nIf once the Spirit seals the word,\\nIt comes with truth, and conies with power,\\nAnd will both light and life afford.", "height": "3564", "width": "2444", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 103\\nMarch 30.\\nTo reveal His Son in me. Gal. i. 16. Flesh and\\nblood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my\\nFather which is in heaven. Matt. xvi. 17.\\nHknck begins our spiritual life a life proceed-\\ning from God, and holding communion with God,\\nand tending to the glory of God the honor and\\nhappiness of our souls ariseth from this revealing\\nof Christ in us. Oh for the reviving comfort of\\nthis while we consider it To reveal Christ in us,\\nis to make such a clear discovery of the matchless\\ncharms and glory of His person to our souls, as we\\nnever saw before so that our hearts are enamored\\nwith Him, we choose Him, love Him, delight in\\nHim, and cleave to Him in all His offices and char-\\nacters for by the eye of our soul we then behold\\nHis glory the glory as of the only-begotten of the\\nFather, full of grace and truth to us miserable sin-\\nners hence He is the only-beloved of our souls.\\nWithout this revelation of Jesus Christ in us, alas\\nwhat is all outward profession? No more than\\nmere talk, dry formality and heavy drudgery. O\\nmy soul O my dear friends be not content to\\nlive without a constant revelation of Christ to your\\nsouls This makes the conscience peaceful, the\\nheart heavenly, and the soul happy. This inspires\\nlove, subdues lust, captivates the affections, makes\\nthe whole man happy in God, and creates heaven\\nin the soul. If Christ be within the heart, all will\\nbe right and well without in the life. If you\\nbelieve Christ as revealed in the Word, this blessed\\npromise is for you I will manifest myself unto\\nhim (John xiv. 21).\\nGreat God, thy Scriptures will impart\\nThe Saviour to my list ning ear\\nYet, oh reveal Him in mine heart\\nAnd let me feel His presence there", "height": "3560", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "104 THK .GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMarch 31.\\nThe blood of Jesus cleans eth us from all sin.\\n1 John i. 7.\\nWhatever we do of ourselves, in answer to our\\nconvictions, is a covering, not a cleansing and if\\nwe die in this condition, unwashed, uncleansed,\\nunpurified, it is utterly impossible that we should\\nbe admitted into the blessed presence of the holy\\nGod (Rev. xxi. 7). Let no man deceive you with\\nvain words. It is not the doing a few good works,\\nit is not an outward profession of religion, that will\\ngive you an access with joy unto God. Unless you\\nare washed from your actual transgressions in the\\nblood of Christ, and cleansed from the pollution of\\nyour nature by the Spirit of God, you shall not\\ninherit the kingdom of God yea, without this\\nwashing you will be a horrible sight unto saints and\\nangels to yourselves, and to one another, when\\nthe shame of your nakedness shall be made to\\nappear. If, therefore, you would not perish, and\\nthat eternally if you would not perish as base\\ndefiled creatures, an abhorring unto all flesh, then,\\nwhen your pride, and your wealth, and your beauty,\\nand your ornaments, and your duties, will stand\\nyou in no stead, look out betimes after that only\\nway of purifying and cleansing your souls which\\nGod hath ordained Without shedding of blood\\nthere is no remission (Heb. ix. 22). The blood\\nof Jesus cleanseth from all sin. Ye were not\\nredeemed with corruptible things but with the\\nprecious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without\\nblemish and without spot (1 Peter i. 18, 19).\\nNo works of ours, the most or best,\\nCan wash a conscience clean\\nThe blood of Christ, our great High Priest,\\nWill only cleanse from sin", "height": "3564", "width": "2464", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "^f\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a7te*^\\nYe were not redeemed with corruptible things,\\nas silver and gold, but with the precious Blood\\nof Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and\\nwithout spot. i Peter i. 18, 19.\\nBehold the Lamb of God, which taketh away\\nthe sin of the world. John i. 29.\\nshall come to pass, when I bring a cloud\\nover the earth, that the bow shall be seen in\\nthe cloud.\\nAnd the bow shall be in the cloud and I\\nwill look upon it, that I may remember the\\neverlasting covenant between God and every\\nliving creature of all flesh that is upon the\\nearth. Gen. ix. 14, 16.\\n(105)", "height": "3572", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "106 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAprii, i.\\ndo set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a\\ntoken of a covenant between me and the earth.\\nGen. ix. 13.\\nThe rainbow is a token of the covenant of pre-\\nservation made with Noah, and with all the crea-\\ntures of the earth it is fixed and sure it may be\\nconsidered also as an emblem of the covenant of\\ngrace (Isa. liv. 9, 10); or rather, it may be an em-\\nblem of Christ Himself (Rev. x. 1) as appears in\\nmany particulars. When we are apt to fear being\\noverwhelmed by the rain, Jehovah shews this seal\\nof His promise that we shall not. Thus He removes\\nour fears, when we weep for sin, and are afraid of\\na flood of wrath, by reminding us of the Covenant\\nof Grace established in Jesus. The thicker the\\ncloud, afterward the brighter the bow in the cloud\\nso when afflictions abound, consolations do much\\nmore abound. The bow appears when one part of\\nthe sky is clear which intimates mercy remem-\\nbered in the midst of wrath. The rainbow is caused\\nby the refraction of the beams of the sun so all\\nthe glory of the Covenant of Grace and the signifi-\\ncance of the seals, are derived from Christ, the Sun\\nof Righteousness. The bow speaks terror but this\\nis without string or arrow, is directed upward, and\\nnot to the earth. God looks upon the bow to re-\\nmember His covenant so should we, that we may\\nbe mindful of the Covenant of Grace with faith and\\nthankfulness.\\nChrist s open arms like rainbows stand,\\nTo grasp and save a guilty land\\nOh take me, I^ord, within thy bow,\\nAnd all its glories sweetly shew.\\nMy darkened mind with light divine,\\nIrradiate from that bow of thine\\nAnd may my soul thy covenant keep,\\nAnd heaven s eternal glories reap.", "height": "3588", "width": "2456", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 107\\nApril 2.\\nGod forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of\\nour Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is cru-\\ncified unto me, and I unto the world. Gal. vi. 14.\\nWhatever others may do, or whatever they may\\nexult or glory in, God forbid that I should exult,\\nexcept in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in\\nthe grand doctrine of justification and sanctification\\nthrough Him. And what else could I exult or\\nglory in for a true believer has nothing to glory\\nin but Christ alone. Even in his very best per-\\nformances he will be often deeply humbled and cry\\nout, Lord, enter not into judgment! and well\\nhe may for the ground of our glory, comfort and\\nsalvation is not in works, but in Christ, and the\\nfree grace of God who, for His Son s sake, lays\\nnothing to our charge, but daily covers and richly\\npardons all our iniquities. And thus believers,\\nwalking steadily, might always be kept in solid\\npeace for the Cross of Christ is a solid and un-\\nshaken foundation.\\nWhen I survey the wondrous cross\\nOn which the Prince of Glory died,\\nMy richest gain I count but loss,\\nAnd pour contempt on all my pride.\\nForbid it, Lord, that I should boast,\\nSave in the cross of Christ my God\\nAll the vain things that charm me most,\\nI sacrifice them to His blood.\\nHis dying crimson, like a robe,\\nSpreads o er His body on the tree\\nThen I am dead to all the globe,\\nAnd all the globe is dead to me.\\nWere the whole realm of nature mine,\\nThat were a present far too small\\nIvOve so amazing, so Divine,\\nDemands my soul, my life, my all.", "height": "3564", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "io8 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nApril 3.\\nPurifying their hearts by faith. Acts xv. 9.\\nBy faith in the Son of God we get an interest in\\nHis great and glorious salvation we are justified\\nby faith we have peace with God by faith. This\\nis an excellent grace, which brings us out of a state\\nof slavery and sin, into the liberty of the sons and\\ndaughters of God, and will issue in everlasting sal-\\nvation. Faith purines the heart of man, naturally\\n\\\\icious, and unites us to Christ, the root of all holi-\\nness. Now, reader, examine yourself whether you\\nbe in the faith. Try the tree by its fruits. Ask\\nyourself these questions Has my faith a purifying\\ninfluence on niy heart Does the view of Christ\\ndying for my sins make me die unto them Has\\nmy faith in Christ, as wounded for my transgres-\\nsions, and bruised for my iniquities, made me\\nbitterly lament them, sincerely hate them, and\\nseek the death of every one of them Though\\nthere maybe still sin in me, is there none allowed\\nIs there none, no, not one no, not that sin which\\ndoes most easily beset me, which I desire to be\\nspared and excused in Do I rather look upon all\\nsin as the enemy of Christ and my own soul, and,\\nas such, do I hate it with a perfect hatred Am I\\npraying fervently for Divine grace to subdue it?\\nand in the strength of that grace, do I maintain a\\nconstant and vigorous war with it, determined\\nnever to give it any rest in my heart, never to\\ncease my conflict with it, till I have gained the\\ncomplete and everlasting victory Then thou art\\nupright, go on and prosper\\nThat faith to me, O Lord, impart.\\nWhich, while it bringeth peace,\\nWill daily purify my heart,\\nAnd bring in holiness.", "height": "3572", "width": "2464", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDKN TREASURY. 109\\nApril 4.\\nHe shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root.\\nIsrael shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of\\nthe world with fruit. Isa. xxvii. 6. They shall\\nagain take root downward and bear fruit up-\\nward. Chap, xxx vii. 31. They shall bring forth\\nfruit in old age they shall be fat and flourish-\\ning. Ps. xcii. 14. Her leaf shall be green, and\\nshall not be careful in the year of drought, neither\\nshall cease from yielding fruit. Jer. xvii. 8\\nThe evangelical Christians look upon themselves\\nas barren trees, ever crying out, Oh! my lean-\\nness my leanness Even before the judgment-\\nseat of Christ, they acknowledged no fruits, nor\\nwill plead them, though they have been fruitful\\n(Matt. xxv. 37-39). The reason is, they are poor\\nin spirit, and are not pleased with their fruits, but\\nonly with Christ. Grant, O Lord, that I may\\nearnestly seek to bring forth fruits, and may grow\\nin fruitfulness as I grow in years, and never cease\\nfrom yielding fruit hereby proving myself to be a\\ntree of the Lord s planting, whose leaf is green, and\\nwhose branches are flourishing and fruitful Yet\\nbless me also with deep poverty of spirit, that I may\\nsee myself still nothing, having nothing of my own\\nto glory in, or to justify me and thus esteem\\nChrist my All, and rest upon Him wholly.\\nLord, tis a pleasant thing to stand\\nIn gardens planted by thy hand.\\nLet me within thy courts be seen,\\nLike a young cedar, fresh and green.\\nThere grow thy saints in faith and love,\\nBlest with thy influence from above.\\nTime, that doth all things else impair,\\nStill makes them flourish strong and fair.\\nLaden with fruits of age, they shew\\nThe Lord is holy, just, and true.\\nNone that attend His gates shall find\\nA God unfaithful or unkind", "height": "3564", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "no THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nApril 5.\\nThe breaker is come up before them they have\\nbroken up, and have passed through the gate\\nand their King (as the Author and Finisher of\\nfaith) shall pass before them, and the Lord on\\nthe head of them. Micah ii. 13. Be of good\\ncheer, I have overcome the world, John xvi. 33\\nHeb. xii. 1, 2.\\nSometimes the enemy seems to get an advantage\\nover us but the battle is not over yet. At last thou\\nshalt have the victory, and earn- the day for all\\nthat. In hard struggles remember the power of\\nChrist, who, in His resurrection, broke through\\neverything. With Him thou canst also break\\nthrough, and be more than conqueror. Yea, in\\nevery conflict, if thy faith be firm, thou canst be\\nsure of victory beforehand for faith engages\\nChrist s power, and His power ensureth victory.\\nIt is as impossible for thine enemies to keep thee\\nalways in bonds, as it was impossible that Christ\\ncould be kept in the grave by the stone, seal and\\nkeepers. Nay, the greater their force is, the more\\nglorious will be the victory of Christ over them.\\nHosarma to our conq ring King\\nThe Prince of Darkness flies.\\nHis troops rush headlong down to hell,\\nLike lightning from the skies.\\nThere, bound in chains, the lions roar,\\nAnd fright the rescued sheep\\nBut heavy bars confine their power\\nAnd malice to the deep.\\nHosanna to our conqu ring King\\nAll hail, incarnate love\\nTen thousand songs and glories wait\\nTo crown thy head above\\nThy victories and thy deathless fame\\nThro the wide world shall run,\\nAnd everlasting ages sing\\nThe triumphs thou hast won.", "height": "3572", "width": "2456", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. in\\nAprii, 6.\\nCan two walk together except they be agreed\\nAmos iii. 3.\\nThey must be agreed in heart, in affection, in\\nwill, in their inclinations and pursuits, or they\\ncannot walk together in any mutual confidence\\nand comfortable communion. What communion\\nhath light with darkness and what concord hath\\nChrist with Belial or what part hath he that\\nbelieveth with an infidel? (2 Cor. vi. 15). We\\ncannot walk with Jesus without a living union with\\nHim, a hearty love to Him, and a holy delight in\\nHim nor can He walk with us on any other prin-\\nciples. We cannot walk with each other without\\nmutual love. A living union with Jesus, cemented\\nand sealed by His Holy spirit, is the only bond of\\nunion and agreement between Christians, whereby\\nthey can walk together, to the honor of God and\\ntheir own benefit. Alas how much it is to be\\nlamented that those who, through grace, are thus\\nunited, should be so visibly shy of each other,\\nbecause they differ in lesser matters. O my dear\\nSaviour help me to be more agreed with thee, and\\nto walk more closely with thee, and in more real\\naffection and love with all those who are really\\nthine, to the praise and glory of thy grace Amen\\nand Amen\\nMay the grace of Christ our Saviour,\\nAnd the Father s boundless love,\\nWith the Holy Spirit s favor,\\nRest upon us from above\\nThus shall we abide in union\\nWith each other and the IyOrd,\\nAnd possess in sweet communion,\\nJoys which earth cannot afford.\\nLove is the golden chain that binds\\nThe happy souls above,\\nAnd he s an heir of heaven who finds\\nHis bosom glow with love.", "height": "3564", "width": "2272", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "H2 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nApril 7.\\nLet your moderation be know?i unto all men, Phil.\\ni v 5 f or Charity (that is, love) edifieth. 1 Cor.\\nviii. 1.\\nIF thou rebukest others, and wouldst have them\\nto be like thee, thou oughtest to examine thyself\\nfirst, whether it flows from a blind party-zeal, im-\\npatience and self-will, or from a true principle of\\nlove and whether thou art also much in prayer\\nfor them, both before and after. He who lays the\\nlong-sufferings of the Son of God truly to heart,\\nand considers how gently He has treated him, and\\nstill treats him like the weakest child, must needs\\nbe moderate also toward all men, and think, If\\nnobody would bear with others, surely I must.\\nLord, give me the right spirit of meekness, to shew\\nall lenity to my fellow-Christians, to bear with their\\ninfirmities and weaknesses, and in everything to\\nascribe the blame to my own wicked and perverse\\nheart. Keep me, O Lord, from pride and vain\\nconceit, that stirreth up to boldness in the works of\\nthe flesh, and that engendereth strife. Let the\\nmeek and the lowly mind of the holy child Jesus\\ndwell in me and through it let my moderation be\\nknown unto all men for charity edifieth.\\nWatch o er my lips, and guard them, Lord,\\nFrom ev ry rash and heedless word\\nNor let my feet incline to tread\\nThe guilty path where sinners lead.\\nOh ma}- the righteous, when I stray,\\nSmite and reprove iny wand ring way\\nTheir gentle words, like ointment shed,\\nShall never bruise, but cheer iny head\\nWhen I behold them pressed with grief,\\nI ll cry to Heav n for their relief\\nAnd b}- my warm petitions prove\\nHow much I prize their faithful love.", "height": "3572", "width": "2472", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 113\\nAprii, 8.\\nDavid s Prayer Put thou my tears into thy bottle;\\nare they not in thy book Ps. lvi. 8.\\nDivine Answer: They that sow in tears shall\\nreap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth,\\nbearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again\\nwith rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.\\nPs. cxxvi. 5, 6.\\nBeuever, if thou art now reaping in joy, if thou\\nhast a heart full of gladness and art singing hymns\\nof triumph, be thankful, for few have attained to\\nsuch a state of assurance and happiness but re-\\nmember that this work belongs more to the next\\nworld than the present. Here weeping and rejoic-\\ning follow each other weeping for thy sad subjec-\\ntion to sin, Satan, the world and the flesh\u00e2\u0080\u0094 rejoicing\\nfor the victories Christ is giving thee over them.\\nHowever strong be thy faith, sorrow will oft find a\\nlodging in thy bosom for there is no retreat from\\nthe field of battle and thine enemies will not leave\\nthee while thou hast a breath to draw. Let this be\\na check to impatience. Let it humble thee in the\\nsight of the Hoty One of Israel, the Lord thy\\nRedeemer. It is indeed needful to be humbled\\nunder a sense of thy misery so as to sigh, groan\\nand weep often and this is the true seed for eter-\\nnity. This is the precious seed which the Lord\\nrequires you to bear, and which going forth bearing\\nwhile engaged in the Christian warfare, you shall\\nreturn from the field of battle, ladened with a rich\\nharvest of glory, into Immanuel s peaceful land.\\nNot a* single tear or groan will be lost they are all\\nin the book of the Lord.\\nLet those who sow in sadness, wait\\nTill the fair harvest come\\nThey shall confess their sheaves are great,\\nAnd shout the blessings home.", "height": "3564", "width": "2160", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "H4 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nApril. 9.\\nThe Lord hath heard my supplication. He will be\\na refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of\\ntrouble. And they that know thy name will h ust\\nin thee for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them\\nthat seek thee. The needy shall not always be\\nforgotten the expectation of the poor shall not\\nperish for ever. Ps. vi. 9 ix. 9, 10, 18. See also\\nPs. iii. 4 xxxi. 1, 7 xci. 14, 15 xii. 5.\\nWhoever would receive comfort from these\\nwords, must first be sensible of his poverty and\\nmisery, and shew it by confessing his sins, and\\nfeeling nothing in himself but helplessness and\\nunworthiness. He must come with all his poverty\\nto a rich Saviour, and daily entreat His mercy,\\ncarefully remembering that the Lord has promised\\nto supply all our wants, however great our poverty\\nand misery may be therefore, beware of unbelief,\\nand do not suspect the Lord s kindness, but seek to\\nHim, and hope in Him, and expect all good things\\nfrom Him assuring thyself that neither thy hope,\\nnor thy prayer, nor a single sigh of thine will be lost.\\nO my God grant me faith to say, The Lord heareth\\nmy supplication the Lord receiveth my prayer\\nPraised be God, who hath not rejected my prayer,\\nnor turned away His goodness from me, but is my\\nprotector and hope.\\nMy best desires are faint and few,\\nI fain would strive for more\\nBut when I cry, My strength renew,\\nSeem weaker than before.\\nThy saints are comforted, I know,\\nAnd love thy house of prayer\\nI therefore go where others go,\\nBut find no comfort there.\\nCh make this heart rejoice or ache,\\nDecide this doubt for me,\\nAnd if it be not broken, break,\\nAnd heal it if it be.", "height": "3572", "width": "2464", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 115\\nAprii, 10.\\nChristian s Prayer Lead its not into temptation,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Matt. vi. 13.\\nDivine Answer God is faithful who will not\\nsuffer you to be tempted above what ye are able\\nbut will with the temptation also make a way to\\nescape, that ye may be able to bear it, 1 Cor. x.\\n13. Ps. lxvii. 3.\\nThe nearer to heaven, the higher the mountains,\\nthe deeper the valleys, and the sharper the conflicts.\\nBut be not discouraged it is only for the trial of\\nour faith. God gives also more strength, carries us\\nthrough all, as He has done from the beginning,\\nand suffers none to be ashamed who trust in Him.\\nSometimes we may seem to be tempted above\\nmeasure, and are afraid of being confounded but\\nfar from it. It is quite impossible we should. Here\\nthou hast the plain words of the Lord. Take hold\\non them, and wait His time for since the world\\nstood, none have been confounded in anything who\\nhave waited for His promise and surety He will\\nnot make thee the first instance of the failure of\\nHis Word. By no means (Phil. i. 10 Isa. liv. 10),\\n1 Rather shall the mountains depart, and the hills\\nbe removed, says the Lord, that hath mercy on\\nthee.\\nOur God, how firm His promise stands,\\nE en when He hides His face\\nHe trusts in our Redeemer s hands\\nHis glory and His grace.\\nThen why, my soul, these sad complaints,\\nSince Christ and we are one\\nThy God is faithful to His saints\\nIs faithful to His Son.\\nBeneath His smiles my heart has lived,\\nAnd part of heaven possest.\\nOh praise His name for grace received,\\nAnd trust Him for the rest.", "height": "3568", "width": "2160", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "n6 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nApril ii.\\nDavid s Prayer Oh satisfy us early with thy\\nmercy. Ps. xc. 14.\\nGod s Answer -.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Open thy mouth wide, and I will\\nJill it. Ps. xxxi. ic. For my people shall be\\nsatisfied with my goodness. Jer. xxxi. 14.\\nriver of God is full of water. Ps. lxv. 9. With\\njoy shall ye draw water out of the wells of sal-\\nvation. Isa. xii. 3. This is the Fountain opened\\nfor sin and for tincleanness. Zech. xiii. 1.\\nO MY soul, keep close to the Gospel. There\\nonly is a fullness to supply all thy wants food for\\nthe hungry, and raiment for the naked soul and\\neverything in plenty. Whoever will may come and\\nbe fed and clothed, without money, and without\\nprice. Therefore let not the law hinder thee from\\neating and drinking, rejoicing and adorning thyself\\nin a Gospel manner. The law, as one justly ob-\\nserves, brings in a great bill, but nothing where-\\nwith to discharge it. It sets the soul a-working,\\nbut so as to neglect the proper nourishment neces-\\nsary for it. No wonder, therefore, that she is desti-\\ntute of sufficient strength that she faints, and\\nnever comes to the right mark. There is no such\\nthing as making amends by the law. We must go\\ndirectly to Christ, and receive first the grace and\\nstrength required, out of His fullness, by faith.\\nLet ev ry mortal ear attend,\\nAnd ev ry heart rejoice\\nThe trumpet of the Gospel sounds\\nWith an inviting voice.\\nRivers of love and mercy here\\nIn a rich ocean join\\nSalvation in abundance flows.\\nLike floods of milk and wine.\\nDear God, the treasures of tlry love\\nAre everlasting mines\\nDeep as our helpless mis ries are,\\nAnd boundless as our sins.", "height": "3572", "width": "2472", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 117\\nAprii, 12.\\nFear not, daughter of Zion.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John xii. 15. But\\ngreatly rejoice and shout, O daughter of Jerusa-\\nlem, behold thy King comes wito thee He is\\njust, and having salvation. Zech. ix. 9. The\\nKing of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of\\nthee; thou shall not see evil any more. Zepli.\\niii. 15. See also Isa. liv. 12 Jer. xv. 19.\\nThough Satan be endeavoring to bind his chains\\nfast about thee though thy heart quake and be\\nready to fail for the many sins that encompass it\\nthough destruction and death be in thy way, yet\\nfear not Behold thy King cometh trust Him,\\nHe will restrain, He will defend. How strong\\nsoever thine inward enemies\u00e2\u0080\u0094 thy corruptions may\\nbe now, fear not, and be not discouraged. Thy\\nKing is bound, by His office, love and promise, to\\nhelp thee with strength to overcome. Even the\\nhardships of a Christian work together for His good\\nin this world, and brighten His crown of glory in\\nthe world to come. Too oft, instead of casting and\\nlaying a burden upon the Lord by faith at once, we\\nparley with temptation and undertake to heal our-\\nselves by a thousand false contrivances, the effect\\nof which is, to make a conflict long that might\\nhave been short (2 Chron. xvi. 7-9). Lord, give\\nme grace to be watchful, and to keep on the armor\\nof faith, that as I pass from conflict to conflict, I\\nmay pass on conquering and to conquer, daily\\npressing forward and experiencing Jesus every hour.,\\nmy mighty King and Saviour.\\nRejoice, the I^ord is King,\\nYour I^ord and King adore,\\nMortals, give thanks and sing,\\nAnd triumph evermore.\\nHe sits at God s right hand,\\nTill all His foes submit,\\nAnd bow to His command,\\nAnd fall beneath His feet.", "height": "3572", "width": "2156", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": ".Ii8 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nApril 13.\\nThou shalt not be afraid of them but shalt well\\nremember what the Lord thy God did unto Pha-\\nraoh, and all Egypt. Deut. vii. 18. Be ye not\\nterrified because of them, for the Lord your God\\nis He that goes with you, to fight for you against\\nyour enemies, to save you. Chap. xx. 5, 4.\\nHitherto shalt thou come, and no farther, and here\\nshall thy proud waves be stayed. Job xxxviii. 11.\\nThe Lord on high is mightier than the noise of\\nmany waters yea, than the mighty waves of the\\nsea (Ps. xciii. 4). He controls the strength of\\nnations, and the most powerful empires are as\\ngrasshoppers in His sight. Those, therefore, who\\ntrust in Him have nothing to fear. Shall we not\\nthen seek for His strength to overcome the assaults\\nof sin for let us remember, the assaults of original\\nsin will ever return and we must not be surprised,\\nwhen one conflict is over, that another arises. This\\ncontest is unavoidable, for the enemy is within us.\\nIt makes us more careful and humble to know this,\\nthan if we believe that we had only to encounter\\nwith sin from without and not from within. And\\nif we desire to feel less evil in us than God suffers\\nus to have, we may be assured, this desire proceeds\\neither from pride, seeking to glory in our own\\nrighteousness, or from an impatient wish to get rid\\nof the trouble of striving always against sin\\nwhereas it should be enough for us that God suffers\\nit, lays it not to our charge, and carries us through\\nall dangers.\\nLet the redeemed of the Lord\\nThe wonders of His grace record.\\nIsrael the nation which He chose.\\nAnd rescued from their mighty foes.\\nHe feeds and clothes us all the way\\nHe guides our footsteps lest we stray\\nHe guards us with a powerful hand,\\nAnd brings us to the heavenly land.", "height": "3596", "width": "2480", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 119\\nApril 14.\\nVerily thou art a God that hi d est thyself O God\\nof Israel, the Saviour. Isa. xlv. 15. All the\\npaths of the Lord are mercy arid truth. Ps. xxv.\\n10. The Lord of Hosts is wonderful in counsel,\\nand excellent in working. Isa. xxviii. 29. O\\nLord, hoii great are thy works and thy thoughts\\nare very deep. Ps. xcii. 5.\\nGod is wonderful in all His doings His ways\\nare past finding out At the end we can see best\\nthe wise and gracious steps He took with us there-\\nfore, when things take such a wonderful turn that\\nwe are quite at our wit s end, and do not know\\nwhich way to go, we may believe the hand of the\\nLord is in it. and some good will come of it at last.\\nAs we experience the name of Christ to be wonder-\\nful at such times, we may well expect that He will\\nshew Himself to be our Counsellor and mighty God\\nalso. At first, everything may seem to be against\\nus and go quite contrary but, at last, we see\\nplainly that it was highly needful it should go con-\\ntrary to our corrupt nature, and that thus it went\\nwell for though the ways of God are marvelous,\\nyet they are glorious.\\nGod moves in a mysterious way\\nHis wonders to perform\\nHe plants His footsteps in the sea.\\nAnd rides upon the storm.\\nDeep in unfathomable mines\\nOf never-failing skill.\\nHe treasures up His bright designs,\\nAnd works His sovereign will.\\njudge not the Lord by feeble sense,\\nBut trust Him for His grace\\nBehind a frowning providence\\nHe hides a smiling face.\\nK:s purposes will ripen fast,\\nUnfolding every hour\\n-The bud may have a bitter taste,\\nBut sweet will be the flower.", "height": "3564", "width": "2172", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "120 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAprii, 15.\\nRemember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex.\\nxx. 8. I was in the Spirit on the Lord s day.\\nRev. i. 10.\\nREADER, may God bless this meditation to thy\\nsoul Perhaps thou art a careless sinner, who has\\ntrifled with Sabbaths. Oh do not profane the\\nLord s day any more but if thou valuest thy soul,\\nattend upon His worship, and desire to be in the\\nSpirit on His day; then wilt thou see and feel\\nthy malady look to Jesus for pardon, and Sabbath\\ndays will become precious to thy soul. Perhaps\\nthou art a self-righteous Pharisee, punctual in out-\\nward services so far is praiseworthy but awful is\\nthy mistake, if thou makest any outward service\\nthe ground of thy acceptance, especially as the lan-\\nguage of the day is, In the Lord have I righteous-\\nness and strength and so wilt thou say, if in\\nthe Spirit. Or thou mayest have been a splendid\\nprofessor, but now a grievous backslider. Oh\\nmay thou be in the Spirit on the Lord s day\\nthen thou wilt look to God for pardon, to Jesus for\\nfresh sprinklings of His blood, and to the Spirit for\\nHis quickening influences. If thou art a believer\\nunder sharp trials, mayest thou be in the Spirit\\nthen, when tribulations abound, consolations may\\nabound also. If thou art a believer walking close\\nwith God, rich in knowledge and experience, thou\\nwilt wish to be in the Spirit, that grace may be\\nmagnified, Jesus more loved, and His name more\\nhonored. Reader, whatever thou art, if thou\\nwishest to be in the Spirit, and wouldsthave thy\\ntemporal and spiritual concerns prosper, make\\nconscience of keeping the Sabbath day holy.\\nThe Sabbath is designed, I know,\\nTo train my soul for heav n\\nThen let me keep and think it too\\nThe best of all the seven.", "height": "3572", "width": "2496", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 121\\nApril 16.\\nNehemiah s Prayer Remember me, O my God,\\nfor good. Neh. xiii. 31.\\nDivine Answer Is Ephraim my dear son is he\\na pleasant child? For since I spake against\\nhim, I do earnestly remember him still; therefore\\nmy bowels are troubled for him I will surely\\nhave mercy upon him. Jer. xxxi. 20.\\nO my God, have mercy upon me! is the\\nprayer of every true penitent and as soon as that\\nprayer ascends to God, scented with the odor of\\nfaith, God hears it, and He keeps a bottle for the\\ntears which produced it. Grant, Lord, that I may\\nbe enabled daily to offer this prayer and grant me\\nto bear steadily in mind, that as soon as I appear\\nwith my prayers before the Lord, He writes all my\\npetitions in His book of remembrance. Should I\\nnot pray much Yes, O Lord and though I have\\nmany things already in thy book, yet will I give\\nthee occasion to write down more and more every\\nhour. Thus, nothing can be forgotten all will be\\ngranted by Him. Delays we must expect but all\\nshall be made up with so much the larger gifts in\\ndue time, though the best will be reserved for a\\nblissful eternity.\\nNow let the Lord my Saviour smile,\\nAnd shew my name upon His heart\\nI would forget my pains awhile,\\nAnd in the pleasure lose the smart.\\nDear Lord, imprint upon my breast,\\nAnd in the book of life my name\\nI d rather have it there impress d\\nThan in the bright records of fame.\\nWhen the vast fire burns all things here,\\nThose letters shall securely stand,\\nAnd in the Lamb s fair book appear,\\nWrit by the eternal Father s hand.", "height": "3572", "width": "2156", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "122 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAprii, 17.\\nAnd in this mountain shall the Lord of Hosts\\nmake unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast\\nof wines on the lees of fat things full of mar-\\nrow of wines on the lees well refi7ied. Isa. xxv.\\n6. See also Ps. xxiii. Matt. viii. 11.\\nA FEAST bespeaks plenty, harmony and joy.\\nMany feasts were appointed under the law, in com-\\nmemoration of various deliverances and mercies.\\nThe Gospel appoints one great perpetual festival,\\nin consequence of the one grand blessing, which\\ncomprehends all other mercies Redemption by\\nthe blood of Christ. The table is always spread,\\nthe company are always welcome, the season is\\nalways pleasant, and the joy is always new. Lord,\\nI once was feeding upon husks, upon ashes, upon\\nthe wind, and drinking down iniquity like water\\nbut, oh wonderful love thou didst invite and\\nbring me to thine own feast Thou feedest me\\nwith the bread of life, and causest me to drink of\\nthe wine of thy consolation. May I never more\\nhave an appetite for the vanities of the world but\\nmay I always have the Lord for my Shepherd,\\nleading me by green pastures, and by the still\\nwaters and may I, from sitting at His table in this\\nwilderness, rise and go to sit at that table which is\\nforever spread in heaven, at which Abraham,\\nIsaac and Jacob are guests and where Jesus, my\\nRedeemer, is forever present.\\nWhy was I made to hear thy voice,\\nAnd enter while there s room.\\nWhen thousands make a wretched choice,\\nAnd rather starve than come\\nTwas the same love that made the feast,\\nThat sweetly forced us in\\nElse we had still refused to taste,\\nAnd perished in our sin.", "height": "3572", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 123\\nAprie, 18.\\nHe believed in the Lord and He counted it to him\\nfor righteousness. Gen. xv. 6. Rom. iv. 5.\\nIT is no uncommon thing in Scripture to put the\\nact for the object, especially with regard to faith\\nand hope. Thus hope signifies the object of hope\\n(Jer. xiv. 9 1 Tim. i. 1 Heb. vi. 18). And faith\\nis often put for the object or doctrine of faith, or\\nthat which is believed in as when it is said, Paul\\npreached the faith which once he destroyed and\\nFelix heard him concerning the faith of Christ\\nand when the Scripture speaks of keeping and\\ncontending for the faith. Thus, when Abraham is\\nsaid to believe in the Lord, the meaning is, he\\nbelieved in the promise of God, that he should\\nhave a seed, and a very numerous one he believed\\nthat the Messiah would spring from his seed he\\nbelieved in Him as his Saviour and Redeemer he\\nbelieved in Him for righteousness and he believed\\nin His righteousness as justifying him before God.\\nIt was not the act of his faith, but the object of it\\nnot the promise he believed, but what was prom-\\nised, and his faith received even Christ and His\\nrighteousness. See this explained fully in Rom.\\niv. 3, 10, 22-24. Reader, mark well how Abraham\\nwas justified before God\u00e2\u0080\u0094 not by faith as a work,,\\nbut as apprehending Christ and follow this exam-\\nple of the father of the faithful. It is by faith in\\nJesus Christ alone that we can be justified before\\nGod by faith all the Old Testament saints were\\njustified, as well as the New. This distinguishes\\nthe Christian religion from all systems of morality\\nand to err in this, is to err in the fundamentals of\\nChristianity.\\nGive me the faith which can remove\\nAnd sink the mountains to a plain\\nGive me the child-like praying love\\nWhich longs to build thy house again.", "height": "3572", "width": "2156", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "124 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nApril 19.\\nThis do in remembrance of me. Luke xxii. 19.\\nCome, my soul, obey th}^ dying Lord s command\\nXet it be thy delight, as it is thy privilege, to\\nattend thy Master at table, to take a near review of\\nHis bleeding love, and, by a renewed act of faith,\\nobtain a fresh taste and renewed pledge of the\\nprecious benefits contained therein. Stagger not\\nthrough unbelief. It is a blessed truth. Jesus died\\nfor sinners this is the foundation of a sinner s\\nhope. Let this encourage thee, O my soul thou\\nart a sinner, guilty and defiled Jesus blood\\ncleanses from all sin He is the fountain opened\\nfor thy uncleanness thou art by nature a child of\\nwrath, condemned by the Law, exposed to the\\ncurse but Jesus was made a curse for thee thou\\nart unrighteous, unholy but Jesus is made of God\\nunto thee righteousness and sanctification thou art\\nweak, beset with enemies His strength shall be\\nperfected in thy weakness, and thou, by faith, shall\\nibe more than conqueror through Him that loved\\nthee. Thou art afraid of perishing at the last\\nlook to Jesus He purchased thee with His blood\\nHe will not give thee up none can pluck thee out\\nof His hand. Rise, then, O my soul, and come to\\nthe banquet of love, and partake of the blessings of\\nthe everlasting covenant beseech the Lord to\\nmanifest His love, and seal thy pardon, renew thy\\nstrength, and enable thee to travel the remaining\\npart of the pilgrimage, till thou come to Mount\\nZion, and be admitted a welcome guest at the mar-\\nriage supper in heaven.\\nI thank thee, O my dying Lord,\\nFor thine appointed feast\\nVouchsafe to meet me at thy board.\\nAnd smile upon tin- guest.", "height": "3588", "width": "2488", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 125\\nApriIv 20.\\nwrite unto you, little children, because your sins\\nare forgiven you for His name s sake; to you,\\nfathers, because ye have known Him that is from\\nthe beginning; to you, young men, because you\\nhave overcome the wicked one. 1 John ii. 12, 13.\\nGod has more communion with some of His\\nsaints than others. Out of the multitude He chose\\ntwelve, out of the twelve He chose three, and out\\nof the three He chose John to be His peculiar\\ndarling and bosom favorite, of whom it is said five\\ntimes in St. John s gospel, that he was the disci-\\nple whom Jesus loved. So now at this day, God\\nhath His babes, who live upon milk, and nothing\\nelse He 4 has children also, who know their\\nFather, and are assured of His love moreover, He\\nhas His young men, who go out to war, and fight\\nthe Lord s battles victoriously and He has\\nfathers in Israel, who abound in gray-headed\\nexperience and wisdom for they knew Him from\\nthe beginning, and they remembered His words.\\nIt is a great mercy to be one of God s little ones,\\nyea, the least of all to be a star, though not of the\\nfirst magnitude to be a disciple, though not one\\nof the three, nor one of the twelve, nor one of the\\nseventy but to be a John, a darling, and to lean\\non His breast, to lie in His bosom, oh how great a\\nmercy It is a mercy to be new-born, to be taken\\ninto the family of God and household of faith but\\nto grow up to a perfect stature, to be a man in\\nChrist Jesus, oh how great a mercy Lord, thou\\nknowest my desire, perfect that which concerns thy\\nservant.\\nIt doth not yet appear how great we must be made\\nBut when we see our Saviour there, we shall be like our\\nHead.\\nWe would no longer lie like slaves beneath the throne\\nMy faith shall Abba, Father, cry, and thou thy kindred own.", "height": "3572", "width": "2172", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "126 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAprii, 21.\\nTake thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest y\\nand get thee into the land of Moriah and offer\\nhim there f 07 a burnt-offering. Gen. xxii. 2.\\nAbraham desired earnestly to see into the mys-\\ntery of redemption and God let Abraham fee by\\nexperience, something of the depth of that mystery.\\nTake now thy son, thine only son Isaac, the staff\\nof thine age, the hope of thy family, and offer him\\nup for a burnt-offering and in this transaction see\\nmy love to sinners, in giving up my only Son Jesus\\na sacrifice for them. Abraham obeyed he virtu-\\nally sacrificed his son a ram was substituted in his\\nplace, and blessings were poured upon the faithful\\npatriarch. In the whole story we have a lively\\ntype of greater things. We have seen the day\\nwhen God spared not His own Son when He was\\nbound with cords when He bore His cross, and on\\nthis mountain, probably on this very spot, was\\noffered up an offering for sin when He, trium-\\nphant over the grave, rose again to live for ever-\\nmore, and saw His seed, even His redeemed people,\\nwhom no man can number, and whose possessions\\nare the glories of eternity. My soul, think on these\\nthings. Art thou a son of Abraham Is there in\\nthine heart a darling sin Draw forth the knife\\nand smite it away. Hath God not spared His Son\\nfor me, and shall I spare what He commands me\\nto sacrifice Xo gracious Saviour, no Help\\nme to keep back nothing from thee. Search my\\nheart, and when thou hast tried me, crown the\\nfaith thou hast bestowed, and the obedience thou\\nhast wrought, with that unfading glory thou hast\\npromised to the faithful.\\nI thank, thee, Father, for the gift\\nOf thy beloved Son\\nNow bid me give nryself to thee,\\nAnd live to thee alone.", "height": "3572", "width": "2496", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 127\\nApril 22.\\nGod who is rich in mercy for His great love where-\\nwith He loved us, even when we were dead in\\nsins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by-\\ngrace ye are saved and hath raised us up to-\\ng ether, and made us sit together in heavenly\\nplaces in Christ Jesus. Eph. ii. 4-6.\\nChrist being the head of the body, His Church,\\nall who are His real members, are, together with\\nHim, dead, buried, raised up, and seated in\\nheavenly places for He is the new Adam, and has\\ndone all these things as our representative, in our\\nstead, and for our good. Therefore a true believer\\nmay rejoice and say, I have suffered in thee, O\\nmy glorious head, for all my sins already. I am\\ndischarged. I have no punishment to fear any\\nmore respecting the guilt and curse of sin. Thou\\nhast fully answered the charge against me, satisfied\\nthe infinite justice of God for me, and it is impos-\\nsible, with its equity and love, to require a double\\npayment of my debts consequently, I die no\\nmore nay, I live already, and have my place with\\nthee eternally in heaven, since the head cannot,\\nnor will ever part even with the weakest of His\\nmembers, but influence and draw them after Him\\nwherever He goes.\\nO Lord, we praise thee for thy Son,\\nWho joined our nature to His own\\nAdam, the Second, from the dust\\nRaises the ruins of the first.\\nBy the rebellion of one man,\\nThrough all the seed the mischief ran\\nAnd by one man s obedience now.\\nAre all his seed made righteous too.\\nWhere sin did reign and death abound,\\nThere have the sons of Adam found\\nAbounding life their glorious grace\\nReigns through the Lord our Righteousness,", "height": "3568", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "128 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nApril 23.\\nGod has made Him to be sin for us, who knew no\\nsin that we might be made the righteousness of\\nGod in Him. 2 Cor. v. 21. To him that work-\\neth not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the\\nungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.\\nRom. iv. 5. See also Gen. xv. 6.\\nThese are very sweet and precious words to\\nthose who look upon their own best virtues and\\nperformances by nature as sinful, and upon their\\nIbest condition by grace as extremely weak and im-\\nperfect. How comfortable a thing is the justifica-\\ntion of the penitent by faith, when the soul is first\\nstripped quite naked before God, and thoroughly\\nconvinced of its wickedness and weakness A\\nmere moral man does not meddle with this. He\\npretends to make amends for his former sins, by\\naltering his course, and doing better works but\\nthis is not making amends at all, since we are but\\nunprofitable servants, and want continually forgive-\\nness of sin, even when we have done all. There is\\nbut one w T ay to be justified, and to obtain and pre-\\nserve the blessing of a good conscience, which is by\\nhumbling and confessing ourselves guilty, and look-\\ning only for forgiveness and righteousness in Christ.\\nThus we are made by Him the righteousness of God\\nitself. May the Lord put us all in this way\\nNo more, my God, I boast no more\\nOf all the duties I have done\\nI quit the hopes I held before,\\nTo trust the merits of thy Son.\\nOh yes, I must and will esteem\\nAll things but loss for Jesus sake\\nOh may my soul be found in Him,\\nAnd of His righteousness partake\\nThe best obedience of my hands\\nDares not appear before thy throne\\nBut faith can answer thy demands,\\nBy pleading what my Lord has done.", "height": "3588", "width": "2496", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 129\\nA PRii, 24.\\nGod has exalted Christ Jesus with His right hand,\\nto be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repent-\\nance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. Acts v.\\n31. Unto you first, God, having raised up His\\nSon Jesus, sent Him to help you, in turning away\\neveryone of you from his iniquities. Acts iii. 26.\\nSay not, What reason have I to repent I am\\nno murderer or robber for thou art both. By thy\\nsins thou hast murdered the Son of God, and by\\nthy pride robbed God of His due service there-\\nfore, if thy old heart be not changed into a new\\none, and yet thou feelest some uneasiness about\\nthy salvation, do not look on this concern as a fit\\nof the vapors, or as a temptation of the devil but\\nbelieve it is the work of Christ, who now awakes\\nthee from the sleep of sin, and offers thee repen-\\ntance and who will change thy heart, and make\\nthee a new man, if thou canst yield up thyself unto\\nHim He stands at the door and knocks, and\\nsays, If any man hear my voice and open the door,\\nI will come in to him and sup with him (Rev.\\niii. 20).\\nNow Christ will ev ry want supply,\\nAnd fill our hearts with peace\\nHe gives, by cov nant and by oath,\\nThe riches of His grace.\\nOur hearts, that flinty, stubborn thing\\nThat terrors cannot move,\\nThat fears no threat nings of His wrath,\\nShall be dissolv d by love.\\nThere shall His sacred Spirit dwell,\\nAnd deep engrave His law.\\nAnd ev ry motion of our souls\\nTo swift obedience draw.\\nThus will He pour salvation down,\\nAnd we shall render praise\\nHe ll bless the people of His love,\\nAnd we ll adore His grace.", "height": "3548", "width": "2140", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "130 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nApril 25.\\nGod is not a God of confusion. 1 Cor. xiv. 33.\\nHe has made everything beautiful in its season.\\nAlso y no man can find out the work that God\\nmaketh from the beginning to the end. Eccles.\\niii. 11.\\nO Lord, I am like a little child, knowing neither\\nthe beginning nor end of my ways. I daily go in\\na strange path, the sides whereof are vanity, and\\nthe end destruction. I see not my way in it, yet\\nmy wicked heart tells me not to leave it. One\\npleasure after another bids me stay, yet the sweets\\nthereof I never taste. I am weary of it it is a\\nperplexing path. But thou, who art the Wonder-\\nful Counsellor, make it my only wisdom to be\\nadvised and ruled by thee. Oh shew me, then,\\nalways thy way in all things, even in the least, that\\nI may never miss to do thy work in due season and\\ndue order. Make me such a faithful steward, as\\nnot to go one inch from thy will, but on all occa-\\nsions to act and suffer according to thy pleasure.\\nWhither, oh whither shall I fly,\\nBut to my loving Saviour s breast,\\n.Secure within thy arms to lie,\\nAnd safe beneath thy wings to rest.\\n1 have no might t oppose the foe\\nBut everlasting strength is thine.\\nShew me the wa3 r that I should go\\nShew me the path I should decline.\\nWhich shall I leave, and which pursue?\\nThou only my Adviser be\\nMy God, I know not what to do\\nBut, oh mine eyes are fixed on thee.\\nFoolish, and impotent, and blind.\\nLead me a way I have not known\\nBring me where I my heaven may find\\nThe heaven of loving thee alone", "height": "3588", "width": "2496", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 131\\nAprii, 26.\\nNow He who stablisheth us with you in Christ,\\nand hath anointed us, is God who hath also\\nsealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit\\nin our hearts. 2 Cor. i. 21, 22. But ye have\\nan unction from the Holy one, and ye know all\\nthings. 1 John ii. 20.\\nA SENSIBLE joy of faith, and great delight in\\nprayer, are not the only evidences of this earnest\\nand sealing of the Spirit these sometimes are\\nwanting when we know we are sealed by these\\nmarks namely, when we receive Christ in all His\\noffices, and have a sincere desire to do the will of\\nGod in all things when we love the ordinances of\\nChrist, and regard the children of God with a\\nbrotherly affection, and seek to do them good\\nwhen we hate sin, and watch and pray against it\\nand, lastly, when we are poor in spirit, vile in our\\nown eyes, and are led into further acquaintance\\nwith Christ himself, and with His Gospel, by the\\nSpirit. These are constant marks even for the\\nweakest.\\nWii}*- should the children of a King\\nGo mourning all their days\\nGreat Comforter, descend, and bring\\nSome tokens of thy grace.\\nDost thou not dwell in all thy saints,\\nAnd seal the heirs of heaven\\nWhen wilt thou banish my complaints,\\nAnd shew my sins forgiven\\nAssure my conscience of her part\\nIn the Redeemer s blood\\nAnd bear thy witness with my heart,\\nThat I am born of God.\\nThou art the earnest of His love,\\nThe pledge of joys to come\\nAnd thy soft wings, celestial Dove,\\nWill safe convey me home.", "height": "3572", "width": "2156", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "132 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAprii, 27.\\nChristian s Prayer: God be merciful to me a sinner.\\nLuke xviii. 13. Look upon mine afflictio?i and\\nmy pain, and forgive all my sins. Ps. xxv. 18.\\nDivine Answer The Lord is gracious, and full of\\ncompassion, and of great mercy; the Lord is good\\nto all, and His tender mercies are over all His\\nworks. Ps. cxlv. 8, 9. My son, be of good cheer;\\nthy sins are forgiven thee. Matt. ix. 2.\\nJustification, or remission of sins before the\\ntribunal of God, and the comfortable assurance of\\nit in the heart, do not always go together. The\\npardon is passed in heaven at once, and in the most\\nperfect manner yet the sense of it may be want-\\ning for the assurance of that pardon is mostly\\ngiven by degrees, as believers are able to receive it.\\nFeeble glimpses appear now and then and many\\nlove-tokens usually pass between Christ and a be-\\nlieving soul, before the Spirit gives a full and clear\\nwitness to his conscience. Therefore a peniten:\\nsoul must converse much with the Gospel, and\\npray continually for more light, and a greater\\ndegree of faith and peace. It must narrowly scru-\\ntinize its own feelings and desires, and bring these,\\nat all times, to the test of the Bible and in this\\nwork the glimmerings of the dawn of assured hope\\nwill begin to dispel its darkness.\\nO God of mercy hear my call\\nMy load of guilt remove\\nBreak down this separating wall,\\nThat bars me from my love.\\nGive me the presence of thy grace\\nThen my rejoicing tongue\\nShall speak aloud thy righteousness\\nAnd make thy prafse my song.\\nA soul oppressed with sin s desert,\\nMy God will ne er despise\\nAn humble groan, a broken hearj,\\nIs our best sacrifice", "height": "3584", "width": "2496", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 133\\nAprii, 28.\\nDelight thyself in the Lord, and He shall give thee\\nthe desires of thine heart. Ps. xxxvii. 4. Cast\\nthy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain\\nthee. Ps. lv. 22. Commit thy works unto the\\nLord, and thy thoughts shall be established.\\nProv. xvi. 3.\\nIF thou desirest to delight thyself only in the\\nLord, and art more solicitous for the increase of\\nfaith, love and holiness, than temporal happiness\\nand wouldst even part with some earthly good,\\nprovided it would enlarge thy spiritual welfare\\nthis comes not from nature, but is an infallible\\nmark of grace and regeneration and the Lord\\nshall give thee also the desires of thine heart, and\\neven more than thou desirest. Nothing can be\\nmore foolish than to harbor one or more secret\\nlusts in our hearts, after we have been once awak-\\nened. We must certainly suffer for it our con-\\nscience will check us we cannot enjoy it with half\\nthe pleasure as before our course is hindered and\\nour peace disturbed. How much more prudent\\nand profitable, then, would it be to forsake all and\\nfollow Christ straight, who only can satisfy the\\ndesires of our heart Consider this, O my soul\\nact the wiser part let thine eye be single, and\\ncleave to Him alone while others, seeking to\\nserve two masters, God and Mammon, are woe-\\nfully disappointed at last avoid thou this folly,\\nand be wholly for Christ. Thus thou wilt be able\\nto taste the kisses of His mouth, and the crystal\\nstreams of His comfortable and heavenly love.\\nDear Saviour, let thy beauties be\\nMy soul s eternal food\\nAnd grace command my heart away,\\nFrom all created good.", "height": "3572", "width": "2140", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "134 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nApril 29.\\nJeremiah s Prayer Heal me, O Lord, and I shall\\nbe healed. Jer. xvii. 14.\\nDivine Answer am the Lord that healeth thee.\\nExod. xv. 26. They that be whole need not a\\nphysician, but they that are sick. Matt. ix. 12.\\nhave seen his ways, and will heal him. Isa.\\nlvii. 18 lxi. 1 lxiii. 7.\\nChrist s healing all bodily sickness, was a token\\nof His power and grace to heal all spiritual diseases\\nof our souls, though ever so dangerous. There-\\nfore, give thyself only up to His care He under-\\nstands thy distemper also, and will certainly restore\\nthee. He has healed a great many already nay,\\nall those who ever desired it, of all their infirmities.\\nThou canst never be too miserable and bad for Him\\nHe is ever willing and able to help. The worse thy\\ncase is, the more He will pity thee and have\\npatience. Before we can be made whole, His way\\nis to make us thoroughly sensible of our sickness,\\nand lay our wounds more and more open. But, as\\nthe Physician then is most wanted, we must be the\\nmore earnest to implore His help, and He will\\nsurely bind us up again and heal us not at once,\\nbut by degrees often slowly and wonderfully, yet\\nthoroughly at last for He heals all, even the most\\nincurable diseases (Ps. ciii. 3).\\nBind up, O Lord, and cheer my soul\\nWith thy forgiving love\\nOh make my broken spirit whole,\\nAnd bid my pains remove.\\nLet not tliy spirit quite depart,\\nT or drive me from thy face\\nCreate anew my vicious heart,\\nAnd fill it with thj* grace\\nThen let my heart with grateful love,\\nAnd grace abounding be\\nAnd let thy name all names above,\\nBe ever praised by me.", "height": "3572", "width": "2500", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 135\\nApril 30.\\nConfess your faults one to another. James v. 16.\\nIX is related of St. John, the Evangelist, that he\\nwas once set upon by a company of thieves,\\namongst whom was a young man, their captain.\\nTo him St. John applied himself, by way of whole-\\nsome counsel and advice, which took so good\\neffect, that he was converted, and went to all his\\nfellow-thieves, and besought them, in the name of\\nJesus Christ, to walk no longer in their wicked\\nways. He told them that he was troubled in con-\\nscience for his former wicked life, and earnestly\\nentreated them, as they tendered the welfare of\\ntheir own souls, to leave off their old courses. The\\ncounsel was good, and well taken, so that many of\\nthem became converts. Thus one sinner s confession\\nof his faults to another, may happily prove the\\nconversion of one by the other. Hence that pre-\\ncept, Confess your faults one to another, is thus\\ninterpreted by some: That those who have been\\npartners together in sin, should go and seriously\\nconfess their sins each to the other. He that hath\\nbeen a drunkard, or any otherwise a wicked liver,\\nlet him go to his companions in iniquity, and tell\\nthem that he is troubled in mind because of his\\nformer excess, and he may be a mean of converting\\nthem. Reader, art thou converted? follow this\\nmethod;\u00e2\u0080\u0094 go to thy old companions, warn them of\\ntheir danger, and thou wilt either be a mean of con-\\nverting them, or hereby get rid of their troublesome\\ncompany. Again, he who has injured another,\\nshould confess his fault to that other, as well as to\\nGod, and beg forgiveness from both.\\nIf I have wronged my neighbor aught,\\nOr led a soul astray,\\nLord, give me grace to own my fault,\\nAnd to amend my way.", "height": "3572", "width": "2144", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper\\nbut whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall\\nhave mercy. Prov. xxviii. 13.\\n:o:--\\nacknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine\\niniquity have I not hid.\\nI said, I will confess my transgressions unto\\nthe Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of\\nmy sin. Ps. xxxii. 5.\\n(136)", "height": "3572", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 137\\nMay 1.\\nDavid s Prayer Lord, enter not into judgment\\nwith thy servant. Ps. cxliii. 2.\\nDivine Answer: Verily, verily, I say unto you,\\nhe that heareth my word, and believeth on Him\\nthat sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not\\ncome into condemnation; but is passed from death\\nunto life. John v. 24. See also chap. viii. 51\\nIsa. xxv. 8.\\nSince the Judge Himself is our Brother, our\\nBridegroom, the Lord of death and life, yea, even\\nour life, believers cannot die eternally; because\\n4 they are passed from death unto life. He that\\nowns the justice of God s judgment, confesses him-\\nself guilty in all things, and appeals from the\\njudgment-seat to the mercy-seat, him the Lord will\\nown and justify through the righteousness of His\\nSon; for if we would judge ourselves, we should\\nnot be judged. Nay, we shall even sit in judgment\\ntogether with Christ (1 Cor. vi. 2). And surely\\nin that day we shall not pass a sentence of con-\\ndemnation on ourselves, much less will Christ; for\\nHe loves us more than we do ourselves. Oh! let\\nus then humble ourselves before God, and come as\\ncondemned criminals to His seat of mercy, for\\npardon and for grace to help in the time of need.\\nWho shall the Lord s elect condemn\\nTis God that justifies their souls\\nAnd mercy, like a mighty stream,\\nO er all their sins Divinely rolls.\\nWho shall adjudge the saints to hell?\\nTis Christ that sufifer d in their stead\\nAnd their salvation to fulfill,\\nBehold Him rising from the dead.\\nThen never shall my soul despair\\nHer pardon to procure\\nWho knows God s only Son has died\\nTo make her pardon sure.", "height": "3564", "width": "2136", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "138 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay 2.\\nJeremiah s Prayer Give heed to me, O Lord, and\\nhearken to the voice of them that contend with\\nme. Jer. xviii. 19.\\nDivine Answer Behold, He that keepeth Israel\\nshall neither slumber nor sleep. Ps. cxxi. 4.\\nCasting all your care upon God for He caret h\\nfor you. 1 Pet. v. 7. Cast thy burde?i upon the\\nLord, and He will sustain thee. Ps. lv. 22.\\nWhatever cares and anxieties perplex the peo-\\nple of God, whether they be temporal or spiritual,\\nwhether they be great or small, they also concern\\nGod. He knows their afflictions; He knows their\\nanxieties. The care of our Lord, which He takes\\nfor His little ones, infinitely exceeds the care of\\nthe most tender mother over her weak and helpless\\nchild. Then, whilst I feel and own myself weak,\\nfoolish, and wretched, the Lord being the guardian\\nof such babes, He will have patience wdth me; for\\nthey are the vessels of His grace. Knowing myself,\\ntherefore, to be always a weak and ignorant child,\\nI will labor to keep close to Jesus in waiting and\\nprayer. And since He is the Minister of the\\nSanctuary, He will never let me want anything\\nthat is good for me; but will defend me, and feed\\nme, and train me up in the best and most suitable\\nmanner.\\nBe thou my counsellor,\\nMy pattern, and my guide.\\nAnd through this desert land,\\nStill keep me near thy side.\\nOh let my feet ne er run astray,\\nNor rove, nor seek the crooked wa} r\\nShould all the hosts of death,\\nAnd powers of hell unknown,\\nPut their most dreadful forms\\nOf rage and mischief on,\\nI shall be safe, for Christ displays\\nSuperior power and guardian grace.", "height": "3572", "width": "2512", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 139\\nMay 3.\\nThey said unto the woman, Now we believe, not be-\\ncause of thy saying, etc. John iv. 42. If so be ye\\nhave tested that the Lord is gracious. 1 Pet. ii. 3.\\nIT is an important thing to know assuredly that\\nthe Scripture has such a witness as experience and\\nthat there is a real correspondence between the\\nsaints and the Word, between the believer and\\nChrist. This matter lieth out of the common road\\nof the world. Sinners not awakened can have no\\nexperience of this kind; and therefore it is often\\nridiculed by them. But, oh! what an empty thing\\nwould religion be without experience, and a heart-\\nfelt knowledge of its truth! Experience is the sure\\nand secret mark whereby the Christian knoweth\\nthe Scripture is of God, and feelethhis own interest\\nin Christ; he has been often helped out of a dark\\nplunge by the sealing of the word on his heart.\\nOh! what an excellent interpreter is experience!\\ntaste and see, for thus the serious Christian getteth\\na view of the Scripture and spiritual things, which\\nthe most subtle and piercing eye of unsanctified\\nschoolmen cannot reach. (Ps. xxxiv. 8, and cxvi.\\n10; 2 Tim. i. 12; Gal. ii. 16; Heb. iv. 3.) This\\ncannot be found in books; it confoundeth the wise\\nand disputer of this world, while the meanest and\\nsimplest Christian understands it well. Reader,\\npress after experience; live not by hearsay upon\\nthe comforts of others; but seek to the Lord, that\\nHe would give thee this inward testimony; it will\\nhelp thee in future trials, remove many of thy fears\\nmake thy passage through life easy and comfortable,\\nand be as a pledge of thy future glory.\\nTis well to hear and read the Word,\\nIts truth to see and own\\nBut there must be experience too\\nOr yet thou art undone.", "height": "3556", "width": "2108", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "140 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay 4.\\nWhosoever will come after me, let him deny himself,\\nand take up his cross daily, and follow vie for\\nwhosoever will save his life, shall lose it; but\\nwhosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same\\nshall save it. Mark viii. 34, 55 Luke ix. 23.\\nWhosoever he be of you thatforsaketh not all that\\nhe hath, he cannot be my disciple. Luke xiv. 33.\\nThis doctrine is discarded by all who call Christ\\nLord, Lord, but do not the things which He saith.\\nThe language of their heart is, Speak unto us\\nsmooth things, prophesy deceits 1 Isa. xxx. 10).\\nHow different was that of the Apostle! So fight I,\\nnot as one that beateth the air but I keep under\\nmy body, and bring it into subjection; lest that, by\\nany means, when I have preached to others, I\\nmyself should be a castaway (1 Cor. ix. 26, 27).\\nXo cross, no crown: let us not then be afraid of the\\ncross; for when we bear it, it bears us; and when\\nwe refuse to take it up, we refuse the staff of every\\nChristian pilgrim, and the weapon of every Chris-\\ntian soldier; we renounce the tree of life for that of\\nknowledge, and practically deny Jesus Christ and\\nHim crucified.\\nGive me, O Lord, a sober mind.\\nA steady, self-renouncing will,\\nThat tramples down, and casts behind\\nThe deadly baits of pleasing ill.\\nOh for a heart to praise my God,\\nA heart from sin set free.\\nA heart that always feels thy blood\\nSo freely shed for me.\\nAn humble, lowly, contrite heart.\\nBelieving, true and clean,\\nWhich neither life nor death can part\\nFrom Him that dwells within.", "height": "3584", "width": "2512", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 141\\nMay 5.\\nWhat things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe\\nthat ye receive them, and ye shall have them.\\nMark xi. 24. Verily, verily, I say unto you,\\nWhatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name,\\nHe will give it you. Hitherto ye have asked\\nnothing in my name ask, and ye shall receive,\\nthat your joy may be full. John xvi. 23, 24.\\nBut ask in faith, nothing wavering for he that\\nwavereth is like a wave of ihe sea let not that\\nman think that he shall receive anything of the\\nLord. James i. 6, 7.\\nHerod promised with an oath to give the daugh-\\nter of Herodias whatever she would ask, even to\\nthe half of his kingdom. How advantageous was\\nhis promise! but how much more so that of the\\nLord! By myself have I sworn, says He that\\nin blessing I will bless thee (Gen. xxii. 16, 17).\\nWhen He bids us ask, He does not lay us under a\\nrestriction of not asking above half a kingdom.\\nNo; we may ask a whole kingdom, even the king-\\ndom of heaven, consisting both of grace and glory.\\nBoth are purchased for us by the blood of the\\nLamb; both promised to believers in the word of\\nthe Gospel; and both actually bestowed: grace\\nupon praying souls in the church militant; glory\\nupon praising souls in the church triumphant. If\\nnow we do not enjoy the kingdom of grace, righ-\\nteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, it is\\nmerely because we have not asked, or have asked\\namiss; this is, without faith, without patience, or in\\nour own name, and not in the all-prevailing name\\nof Jesus.\\nFaith, mighty Faith, the promise sees,\\nAnd looks to Christ alone\\nLaughs at impossibilities,\\nAnd cries, it shall be done.", "height": "3572", "width": "2124", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "142 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay 6.\\nDavid s Prayer O Lord, pardon mine iniquity\\nfor it is great. Ps. xxv. ir.\\nDivine Answer Where sin abounded, grace did\\nmuch more abound. Rom. v. 20. For God will\\nabundantly pardon. Isa. lv. 7.\\nIT is all one with God to forgive a repenting sin-\\nner his trespasses, whether great or small, man} or\\nfew; for they are all paid with one ransom. No sin\\nproperly speaking, is little in itself and none\\ngreater than the grace of God, and the infinite\\nprice laid down for it. Whatever sins, therefore a\\nman feels, yet he may throw himself upon the\\nabounding grace of God but this grace must always\\nbe our comfort, to depend upon it alone, even when\\nit is best with us for then only it is best with us\\nwhen we depend alone on grace, and live in it as\\nin our element. The grace of the Gospel not only\\nredeems the soul from death, and quickens it to\\nnewness of life, but it brings it into a very near rela-\\ntionship with God, and fits it for a full participation\\nof the eternal glory and blessedness which God has\\nin store for those who fear Him.\\nWhy does your face, ye humble souls,\\nThose mournful colors wear?\\nWhat doubts are these that waste your faith,\\nAnd nourish your despair?\\nWhat though your num rous sins exceed\\nThe stars that fill the skies\\nAnd aiming at th eternal throne,\\nIvike pointed mountains rise\\nSee here an endless ocean flows\\nOf never-failing grace\\nBehold a dying Saviour s veins\\nThe sacred flood increase\\nIt rises high and drowns the hills,\\nHas neither shore nor bound\\nNow, if we search to find our sins,\\nOur sins can ne er be found.", "height": "3572", "width": "2516", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 143\\nMay 7.\\nDavid s Prayer Have mercy upon me, O Lord,\\nfor I am weak. Ps. vi. 2. And strengthen me\\nwith strength in my soul. Ps. cxxxviii. 3.\\nDivine Answer My grace is sufficient for thee\\nfor my strength is made perfect in weakness.\\n2 Cor. xii. 9. The Lord delights not in the\\nstrength of a horse he takes not pleasure in the\\nlegs of a man. The Lord taketh pleasure in\\nthem that fear Him, in those that hope in His\\nmercy. Ps. cxlvii. 10, n. The Lord our\\nStrength, mighty God, and Immanuel, will give\\nstrength unto His people.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -Ps. xxix. 11.\\nIn whatever part we are weak and most beset by\\ncorrupted nature, we may yet be strong enough,\\nthrough grace, to come off conquerors therefore,\\nhope against hope, and despair not of overcoming\\nby the power of God, be thy corruptions within,\\nand thy enemies without, ever so strong and ob-\\nstinate. I am weak, indeed, but Christ is strong\\nI am poor, He is rich I am sick, He is the\\nPhysician of the sick I am a sinner, He is the\\nSaviour of sinners consequently He suits me, and\\nI suit Him extremely well. But let me look to\\nHim daily, seek His face earnestly, and grace to\\nhelp in every time of need:\\nLet me but hear my Saviour say,\\nStrength shall be equal to thy day\\nThen I rejoice in deep distress,\\nLeaning on All-sufficient grace.\\nI glory in infirmity,\\nThat Christ s ownpower may rest on me\\nWhen I am weak, then I am strong,\\nGrace is my shield, and Christ my song.\\nI can do all things, or can bear\\nAll sufferings, if my Lord be there\\nSweet pleasures mingle with the pains,\\nWhile His kind hand my head sustains.", "height": "3572", "width": "2124", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "144 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay 8.\\nWherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?\\nBy taking heed thereto according to thy word.\\nOpen thou mine eyes that I may behold wondrous\\nthings out of thy law. Remove from me the way\\nof lying, and grant me thy law graciously. I\\nhave chosen the way of truth thy judgments\\nhave I laid before me. Teach me, O Lord, the\\nway of thy statutes, and I shall keep it unto the\\nend, Ps. cxix. 9, 18, 29, 30, 33.\\nNeither the old nor the young can walk up-\\nrightly without taking heed to the Word of God; if\\nthey depart from that, they soon fall into error and\\nvicious courses but if they would make the Word\\ntheir rule, they must read it carefully, and pray\\ndiligently for the enlightening of the Holy Spirit.\\nIf David considered his eyes as shut, how much\\nmore should w T e consider ours so, and pray, Open\\nthou mine eyes, etc. He w T ho doth not fervently\\npray thus, is still blind, and hath not an eye even\\nthough he should think himself a profound divine,\\nand be so esteemed by others. Lord, give me to\\nsee the wonders both of thy Law and Gospel,\\nand turn my feet from every crooked path. Let\\nthy commandments be always before me as my\\nguide, and enable me to choose the narrow path of\\ntruth, and steadfastly walk in it to the end for this\\nwas David s request throughout this long psalm.\\nHow shall the young secure their hearts,\\nAnd guard their lives from sin\\nThy Word the choicest rules imparts\\nTo keep the conscience clean.\\nThen teach me, I^ord, the perfect way\\nOf thy precepts Divine,\\nAnd to observe it to the end,\\nI shall my heart incline.", "height": "3588", "width": "2416", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 145\\nMay 9.\\nDavid s Prayer Teach me thy way, O Lord, and\\nlead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.\\nPs. xxvii. 11. Teach me thy way, O Lord I\\nwill walk in thy truth unite my heart to fear\\nthy name. Ps. lxxxvi. it.\\nDivine Answer Good and upright is the Lord\\ntherefore will He teach sinnei s in the way. What\\nman is he that fears the Lord Him shall he\\nteach in the way that he shall choose. Ps. xxv.\\n8, 12.\\nO I/ORD, be pleased to fulfill this gracious promise\\nin me also. Thou hast inclined my heart to do thy\\nwill, and yet I am often in darkness about thy will.\\nHere it is written, Good and upright is the Lord\\ntherefore will He teach sinners in the way. It is\\nthy own word I may depend upon it, and would\\nplead it with thee. Many times thou hast fulfilled\\nthis promise already thou art willing and able to\\ndo it evermore for thy own name s sake. Thou art\\never mindful of thy word, and I would keep close\\nunto it. Then let thy Spirit well explain thy\\nWord, and write it on my heart, enabling me to\\nunderstand, to love, and practice it.\\nI lift my soul to God,\\nMy trust is in His name\\nI,et not my foes that seek my blood\\nStill triumph, in my shame.\\nSin and the powers of hell\\nPersuade me to despair\\nIvord, let me know thy cov nant well,\\nThat I may scape the snare.\\nThe Lord is just and kind\\nThe meek shall learn His ways\\nAnd every humble sinner find\\nThe methods of His grace.\\nFor His own goodness sake\\nHe saves my soul from shame\\nHe pardons (though my guilt be great)\\nThrough my Redeemer s name.", "height": "3572", "width": "2124", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "146 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay io.\\nDavid s Prayer Turn again our captivity, O\\nLord. Ps. cxxvi. 4.\\nDivine Answer The Lord has appointed me to\\npreach good tidings unto the meek, to proclaim\\nliberty to the captives, and the opening of the\\nprison to them that are bound. Isa. lxi. 1. For\\nthus saith the Lord, etc., I will give thee for a\\ncovenant of the people, etc., that thou may est say\\nto the prisoners, Go forth to them that are in\\ndarkness, Shew yourselves they shall feed in\\nthe ways, and their pastures shall be in all high\\nplaces they shall not hunger nor thirst. Isa.\\nxlix. 8-10. See also chap. xxxv. 10.\\nO Lord, I am hungering after the righteousness\\nand freedom, not only of faith, but of holiness also\\nnot that I may make holiness the foundation of\\nhope, but the evidence of faith and that I may be\\nable to rejoice and take comfort of thy righteous-\\nness alone, without deceiving my soul. Grant,\\ntherefore, that I may be truly filled, and may be\\nstrong, easy, and free, so as to be kept no longer in\\nany of the most subtle bonds, either of the Law,\\nunbelief, and a bad conscience, or of a worldly\\nmind\\nBuried in shadows of the night,\\nWe lie till Christ restores the light\\nWisdom descends to heal the blind,\\nAnd chase the darkness from the mind.\\nJesus beholds where Satan reigns,\\nBinding his slaves in heavy chains\\nHe sets the prisoners free, and breaks\\nThe iron bondage from our necks.\\nPoor helpless worms in thee possess\\nGrace, wisdom, power, and righteousness\\nThou art our mighty All, and we\\nGive our whole selves, O L,ord, to thee.", "height": "3572", "width": "2480", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "the goldkn treasury. 147\\nMay 11.\\nDavid s Prayer: How long wilt thou hide thy face\\nfrom me, O Lord Ps. xiii. i.\\nDivine Answer For a small moment have I for-\\nsaken thee but with great mercies will I gather\\nthee, etc. Isa. liv. 7-9.\\nWhen the Lord is pleased to quicken us in our\\nprayers with a lively impression of one or more\\npromises, we are apt to think that the hour of His\\nhelp is come. But afterward, it may be, He not\\nonly hides Himself for a great while again, but\\nthings take even such a strange and contrary course,\\nas if all had been nothing, or as if nothing was\\nmore uncertain than the word of God nay, even\\nthan God Himself. They who deny such tempta-\\ntions, are strangers both to themselves and to the\\ndevices of Satan. But Christians must then be pru-\\ndently upon their guard, thinking that God is going\\nto do some glorious things for them for if they be\\nfirst more convinced of their utter unworthiness, if\\nthey act with faith and patience, and be more earn-\\nest in prayers, they are fit to receive so much more\\ngrace afterward. Though yet, after all, God, as a\\nSovereign, will give such measures of grace at such\\nseasons, and to such persons, as He pleases.\\nDear Lord, behold our sore distress\\nOur sins attempt to reign\\nStretch out thine arm of conq ring grace,\\nAnd let thy foes be slain.\\nIf thou despise a mortal groan,\\nYet hear a Saviour s blood\\nAn advocate so near the throne\\nPleads and prevails with God.\\nHow boundless is our Father s grace,\\nIn height, in depth, and length\\nHe made His Son our righteousness\\nHis Spirit is our strength", "height": "3572", "width": "2120", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "148 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay 12.\\nDavid s Prayer How long wilt thou forget me, O\\nLord? Ps. xiii. i.\\nDivine Answer Can a woman forget her nicking\\nchild, that she should not have compassion on the\\nson of her womb Yea, they may forget, yet\\nwill I not forget thee. Behold, I have grave ?i\\nthee upon the palms of my hands thy walls are\\ncontinually before me. Isa. xlix. 15, 16.\\nThe wickedness and the evil of our hearts, and\\nthe great heap of our actual transgressions which\\nwe daily transgress against the Lord, are no easy\\nmatters to get rid of. We need to wrestle and\\nstrive like Jacob, and hold the Lord till He bless\\nus with His pardoning and His purifying grace.\\nWere all our sins and afflictions easily to be prayed\\naway with a few words, whence these sad and re-\\npeated complaints of David? Why should God\\nadvise us to wait for Him, and persevere in hope?\\nAnd how could faith and patience be exercised\\nIn our closets we may be lifted up with high specu-\\nlations, seem to be strong, and able to leap over all\\nthe walls but in great distress we see how dejected\\nand distrusting our hearts often are (Ps. xxx. 7, 8),\\nbut the Lord preserves us.\\nGod s is an unchanging love,\\nHigher than the heights above,\\nDeeper than the depths beneath,\\nFree and faithful, strong as death.\\nThou shalt see my glory soon,\\nWhen the work of grace is done\\nPartner of my throne shalt be\\nSay, poor sinner, lov st thou me?\\nLord, it is my chief complaint,\\nThat my love is weak and faint\\nYet, I love thee, and adore\\nOh for grace to love thee more.", "height": "3568", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 149\\nMay 13.\\nDavid s Prayer -.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Shew me thy ways, O Lord, and\\nteach me thy paths. Ps. xxv. 4,\\nMoses Prayer: Shew me now thy way, that I may\\nknow thee. Exod. xxxiii. 13.\\nDivine Answers wilt instruct thee, and teach\\nthee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide\\nthee with mine eye. Ps. xxxii. 8. My presence\\nshall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.\\nExod. xxxiii. 14.\\nO Lord, suffer me not to step aside one inch\\nfrom thy way, much less to fall away from thee,\\nthe true Vine, and Fortress of my soul, by the\\nplausible insinuations of my own brain and imagi-\\nnation. May I never run, before thou hast called\\nme, to the hurt of my soul but constantly and\\nconfidently abide in thee, always drawing first the\\nnecessary light and strength from thee, by never-\\nceasing supplications. Grant that, my e}-e being\\nfixed continually upon thee, I may be guided into\\nall truth, my doings being attended with thy bless-\\ning, and my whole life be a constant progress\\ntoward heaven.\\nChrist s Answer I will keep thee as the\\napple of mine eye, that no evil shall come near\\nthee. As a careful mother watches over her child,\\nso have I undertaken to teach thee my path, and\\nguide thee with my own eyes. Whatever faintings\\nand failings may befall thee, yet will I be ever faith-\\nful, raising thee up again, and leading thee on ever-\\nmore in thy ways. Xay, as a good Shepherd, I\\nwill carry thee in my own arms whenever thy in-\\ncreasing weakness shall require.\\nMy honor is engaged to save\\nThe meanest of my sheep\\nAll that my heavenly Father gave,\\nMy hands securely keep.", "height": "3572", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "150 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay 14.\\nBy these, (books,) my son, be admonished. Eccles.\\nxii. 12. Bat, as new-born babes, desire the sin-\\ncere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.\\n1 Pet. ii. 2.\\nNew-born babes must not self-conceitedly be\\ndesirous of high things and strong meat. Such\\nhave more need experimentally to understand the\\nfirst oracles of Christ, and taste the milk and saving\\npower of the Gospel. This would best make them\\ngrow in grace, and wean them from the world,\\nsince a sucking child esteems nothing else in com-\\nparison of its mother s breast and those that de-\\nlight in more lofty, vain imaginations than the\\nBible, do not follow the right spirit, and at last\\nmust come to their catechism again for the more\\na Christian is approaching to his end, and desires\\nto be duly prepared for neaven, the more he walks\\nin deep humility and godly simplicity, placing\\nhimself on the lowest bench of weak and little\\nchildren. And thus they are the fittest vessels of\\ngrace they will certainly be enlightened, and have\\nthe mystery of Christ revealed in their hearts (Matt.\\nxi. 25).\\nThere was an hour when Christ rejoiced,\\nAnd spoke His j oy in words of praise,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFather. I thank thee, migiity God,\\nI^ord of the earth, and heaven, and seas.\\nI thank thy sov reign power and love,\\nThat crowns my doctrine with success\\nAnd makes the babes in knowledge learn\\nThe height, the breadth, the length of grace.\\nBut all His glory lies concealed\\nFrom men of prudence and of wit\\nThe prince of darkness blinds their e\\\\-es,\\nAnd their own pride resists the light.\\nFather, tis thus, because thy will\\nChose and ordained it should be so\\nTis thy delight t abuse the proud,\\nAnd lay the haughty scorner low.", "height": "3556", "width": "2512", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 151\\nMay 15.\\nbow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus\\nChrist, etc., that He would grant you, according\\nto the riches of His glory, to be strengthened, etc.\\nEph. iii. 14-16. Read on to verse 21.\\nThis is a prayer, and a form fit to be used by all\\nChristians. It may be used as a daily prayer we\\nshould offer it up in faith, without apprehending\\nthat the favor we ask is too great. God will do ex-\\nceedingly more for us than we can either ask or\\nunderstand. Whatever we ask, He will grant us\\nstill more for though we are sinners, yet Jesus\\nhath received gifts even for sinners and to every\\none of us (v. 7) is given grace according to the\\nmeasure of the gift of Christ, that we may enjoy\\nall things richly, Christ being rich toward all\\nthem that call upon Him. O God, thou art our\\nFather, reconciled to us in Christ grant us there-\\nfore power, great power, according to the riches of\\nthy glory, not according to the narrowness of our\\nhearts. We stand in need of great power, for we\\nhave great enemies. Strengthen us by thy Spirit,\\nLord Jesus do thou dwell in our hearts, and grant\\nus to be rooted in thy love, that we may know it\\nmore and more, and that it may be shed abroad in\\nour hearts, and that we may be filled with all the\\nfullness of God.\\nTo thee, my God, I daily sigh,\\nBut not for golden stores\\nNor covet I the brightest gem\\nOn the rich eastern shores.\\nNo pleasure s soft enticing charms,\\nMy fond desires allure\\nFar greater things than earth can yield,\\nMy wishes would secure.\\nThose blissful, those transporting smiles,\\nThat brighten heaven above\\nThe boundless riches of thy grace,\\nAnd treasures of thy love.", "height": "3572", "width": "2164", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "152 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay i 6.\\nThy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not\\nsin against thee. Stablish thy word unto thy\\nservant, who is devoted to thy fear. Then shall\\nI not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all\\nthy commandments. Therefore, remember the\\nword unto thy servant, upon which thou hast\\ncaused me to hope. I will ru7i the way of thy\\ncommandments, when thou shalt enlarge my\\nheart. Ps. cxix. u, 38, 6, 49, 32.\\nThat the word may become effectual to salva-\\ntion, we must attend thereunto with diligence, prep-\\naration, and prayer, receive it with faith and love,\\nlay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.\\nShorter Catechism. Gospel-comforts sweetly and\\npowerfully urge us to obedience and law- terrors\\ncheck us from resting on that obedience. Both are\\nneedful to guard us from security and legality.\\nWhosoever despises or neglects obedience entertains\\na false notion of the Gospel, and is running head-\\nlong into licentiousness and ruin and he who relies\\non his obedience to justify him, defeats the design\\nof the Gospel, and frustrates the grace of God, mak-\\ning it of no effect. May the Lord lead and keep us\\nin the right way!\\nLaden with guilt, and full of fears,\\nI fly to thee, my Lord\\nAnd not a glimpse of hope appears\\nBut in thy written word.\\nThis is the judge that ends the strife,\\nWhere wit and reason fail\\nMy guide to everlasting life,\\nThrough all this gloomy vale.\\nOh may thy counsels, mighty God,\\nMy roving feet command\\nNor l forsake the happy road\\nThat leads to thy right hand", "height": "3572", "width": "2512", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 153\\nMay 17.\\nThrough the law I am dead to the law, that I might\\nlive unto God. I am crucified with Christ\\nnevertheless I live yet not I, but Christ liveth\\nin vie and the life which I now live in the\\nflesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who\\nloved me, and gave Himself for me. Gal. ii.\\n19, 20.\\nChrist being our Head, in whom all fullness\\ndwells, He will certainly fill all His members with\\nlife and strength, according to His promise, (John\\nxiv. 19). I live, and ye shall live also and (chap,\\nxvii. 3). This is eternal life, that they may know\\nthee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom\\nthou hast sent. To know Christ, and God in\\nChrist, as love, is true light and life he that has\\nthis has enough. Oh the excellency of the knowl-\\nedge of Christ O Lord, teach me to know thee as\\nthe Bridegroom of my soul, that the Law may not\\nrush into my conscience, now thy bridechamber,\\nand condemn me any more I desire to be devoted\\nto thee alone. (Rom. vii. 4.) Grant therefore, that\\nmy whole heart and life, all my words and actions,\\nmay be governed only by a living faith on thee,\\nwho hast loved and given thyself for me.\\nCome, dearest Lord, descend and dwell,\\nBy faith and love in every breast\\nThen shall we know, and taste, and feel\\nThe joys that cannot be exprest.\\nCome fill our hearts with inward strength,\\nMake our enlarged souls possess,\\nAnd learn the height, and breadth, and length\\nOf thine unmeasurable grace.\\nNow to the God whose power can do\\nMore than our thoughts or wishes know,\\nBe everlasting honors done.\\nBy all the Church, through Christ His Son", "height": "3572", "width": "2140", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "154 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay t8.\\nDavid s Confession am poor and needy, and\\nmy heart is wounded within me. Ps. cix. 22.\\nDivine Answer I know thy poverty, but thou att\\nrich. Rev. ii. 9. For, blessed are the poor in\\nspirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matt.\\nv. 3. The meek shall eat and be satisfied they\\nshall praise the Lord that seek Him your hearts\\nshall live for ever. Ps. xxii. 26. The Lord\\nhealeth the broken in heart the Lord lifteth up\\nthe meek. Ps. cxlvii. 3, 6. A bruised reed shall\\nHe not break, and smoking flax shall He not\\nquench, till He send forth judgment unto victory.\\nMatt. xii. 20.\\nSuch are the tender mercies of Christ toward\\nthe weakest of His people, that He supplies them\\nfrom time to time with all proportionable strength,\\ntill at last they are able to gain a complete victory.\\nAs soon, therefore, as we are sensible of our poverty\\nor miserable condition, and are desirous of grace\\nand strength to overcome sin, and evidence that\\ndesire to be sincere by constant prayer, we have\\nactually some grace and spiritual life, and are de-\\nlivered already from the jaws of hell for there is\\nno such feeling in dead souls and in hell there is\\nonly a desire to be delivered from the punishment\\nof sin, but not from sin itself.\\nBlessed are the humble souls that see\\nTheir emptiness and poverty\\nTreasures of grace to them are given,\\nAnd crowns of joy laid up in heaven.\\nBlessed are the men with broken heart,\\nWho mourn for sin with inward smart\\nThe blood of Christ divinely flows,\\nA healing balm for all their woes.", "height": "3572", "width": "2512", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 155\\nMay 19.\\nI am the light of the world he that follow eth me\\nshall not ivalk in darkness, but shall have the\\nlight of life. John viii. 12. Therefore, walk\\nwhile ye have the light, lest darkness come upon\\nyou for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not\\nwhither he go eth. Chap. xii. 35.\\nHe that is faithful, keeping ever close to Christ\\nand His light, strictly watching and obeying the\\nmotions of His Spirit, will be evermore tender in\\nconscience, and receive so much more light con-\\nsequently, he will be, from time to time, more deep-\\nly rooted in repentance, faith, and assurance, so as\\neither to be preserved from many combats and dis-\\norders, or at least be carried sooner through the\\nsame. He may meet with dark valleys in his pil-\\ngrimage, for nature is covered with darkness, and\\ngrace sometimes only glimmers like a spark yet\\nby degrees it will blaze, and at last break through\\nand enlighten all our darkness. The glory of the\\nLord is often seen beaming in the cloud.\\nIs He a star? He breaks the night,\\nPiercing the shades with dawning light\\nI know His glories from afar,\\nI know the bright, the morning star.\\nIs lie a sun His beams are grace\\nHis course is }oy and righteousness\\nNations rejoice when He appears,\\nTo chase their clouds and dry their tears.\\nNor earth, nor seas, nor sun, nor stars,\\nNor heaven His full resemblance bears\\nHis beauties we can never trace,\\nTill we behold Him face to face.\\nOh let me climb these higher skies,\\nWhere storms and darkness never rise\\nThere He displays His powers abroad,\\nAnd shines and reigns th incarnate God.", "height": "3568", "width": "2140", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "156 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay 20.\\nI am the Lord God, which teach eth thee to profit,\\nwhich leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldst\\ngo. Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my com-\\nmandments then had thy peace been as a river,\\nand thy^ righteousness as the waves of the sea.\\nIsa. xlviii. 17, 18. Behold, I stand at the door,\\nand knock if any man hear my voice, and open\\nthe door, I will come in to him, and will sup\\nwith him, and he with me. Rev. iii. 20.\\nHow often and how variously does the Lord\\nknock at the door of our hearts, by the voice of His\\nword, the voice of His Spirit, or the voice of con-\\nscience But how seldom are we inclined to give\\nHim the hearing We are often so distracted with\\nbusiness or pleasure, that we can hardly observe His\\nvoice through the hurry and noise of worldly things\\nand we are not at home when He knocks, and\\nseeks to take up His abode with us. Well, even\\nnow He is knocking by this paper. Hearken to\\nHis voice and open the door for Him directly, since\\nHe desires nothing from us that might be grievous\\nbut intends to make our heart a glorious residence\\nand banqueting-room of love, to fill it with heavenly\\ntreasure, and give us everything along with Him-\\nself.\\nI ll bring Him. to my mother s home\\nNor does my Lord refuse to come\\nTo Zion s sacred chambers, where\\nMy soul first drew the vital air.\\nHe gives me there His bleeding heart,\\nPierced for my sake with deadly smart\\nI give my soul to Him, and there\\nOur loves their mutual tokens share.\\nI charge you all, ye earthly toys,\\nApproach not to disturb my joys\\nNor sin, nor hell, come near my heart,\\nNor cause my Saviour to depart", "height": "3572", "width": "2520", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 157\\nMay 21.\\nam the true Vine, and my Father is the Husband-\\nman every branch in me that b ear eth fruit, He\\npurgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.\\nAbide in me, and I in you. He that abideth in\\nme, a?id I in him, the same bringeth forth much\\nfruit. John xv. 1-5.\\nO Lord I trust that this word will have its accom-\\nplishment in me also, though as yet I have great\\nreason to be humbled on account of my barrenness.\\nGrant, therefore, that I always may abide in thee\\nfaithfully and quietly since there is everything in\\nthy power, and nothing can be done by our own\\nstrength but as it is thy will, and it tends both to\\nthe glory of thy Father and thine own, I depend\\nupon being replenished in due season with fruits of\\nrighteousness. Oh suffer nothing in me which\\nmay dishonor thy name, and which would prove\\nhurtful to myself and offensive to others. But what-\\never thou thinkest as yet fit for me to suffer, let it\\nwork for my real good.\\nHow can I sufficiently adore the patience of the\\nLord, my gracious Husbandman, who still bears with\\nme, the weakest of all His branches. He has not\\ncut me off yet, but still dresses me to bring forth\\nmore fruit though, like a degenerate plant, I have\\nyielded little else but wild grapes. Why then\\nshouldst thou grumble, O my heart, at the applica-\\ntion of His pruning-knife It is really for thy good.\\nHe is angry only with the degenerate, unfruitful\\nbranches. The more these are purged, the more\\nfruit thou shalt bring forth.\\nIs Christ a Vine His heavenly root\\nSupplies the boughs with life and fruit\\nOh let a lasting union join\\nMy soul to Him, the Living Vine.", "height": "3572", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "158 THK GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay 22.\\nam glorified in them I have declared unto them\\nthy name, and will declare it, that the love where-\\nwith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I\\nin them; I in them, and thou i7i me, that they may\\nbe made perfect in one. John xvii. 10, 26, 23.\\nChrist is the Head of His Church, and He is\\nglorified in it, in having it to present to the Father a\\nglorious Church, the members of which are washed\\nclean in His own Blood, and are as stones fitly\\nset. Christ loves His Church. He loves the indi-\\nvidual members of it, and they derive all their\\nnourishment from Him. Oh! glorious promise! how\\ncould He love us more What blessed and intimate\\nunion is this Oh for such a faith that could\\nalways truly believe it Christ is the Vine, believers\\nare branches Fie the Bridegroom, they the bride\\nHe the Head, they the members of His body, of\\nHis very flesh, and very bones, and consequently,\\none body with Him. And whoever hated his own\\nflesh So in loving and cherishing believers, He\\nloves Himself (Eph. v. 28, 29). Whenever He\\nshall cease to love Himself, then, and no sooner,\\nshall He cease to love and cherish them also. It is\\nHis own delight to do them good, more than the\\nmother that suckles her child.\\nLord, what a heaven of saving grace\\nShines through the beauties of thy face,\\nAnd lights our passions to a flame\\nI^ord, how we love thy charming name\\nWhen I can say my God is mine,\\nWhen I can feel thy glories shine,\\nI tread the world beneath my feet,\\nAnd all that earth calls good and great.\\nSend comforts down from thy right hand,\\nWhile we pass through this barren land\\nAnd in thy temple let us see\\nA glimpse of love, a glimpse of Thee", "height": "3584", "width": "2512", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "THK GOLDEN TREASURY. 159\\nMay 23.\\nDavid s Prayer am weary with groaning.\\nPs. vi 6.\\nDivine Answer He gives power to the faint, and\\nto them that have no might He increases strength.\\nIsa. xl. 29. have satiated the weary soul,\\nand I have replenished every sorrowful soul.\\nJer. xxxi. 25. See also Matt. xi. 28-30.\\nHERE Christ is commending His own meekness,\\nboth as a pattern for imitation, and as an encour-\\nagement for heavy-laden sinners to draw near to\\nHim with confidence. And His rest is promised,\\nnot for the merit of our labor and humility, but\\nmerely for our coming to Him and believing in\\nHim. He says, Take my yoke upon you.\\n4 But how shall I take it says the sinner. Why,\\nsays Christ, k learn of me. Let me be your Teacher\\nand though you are blind and foolish, fretful and\\nforgetful, yea, wholly polluted with sin, I can yet\\nbear with you because I am meek and lowly in\\nheart, not rough and haughty to offenders, as\\nPharisees usually are, but full of compassion toward\\nthem, willing to receive them, aud ready to forgive\\nand comfort them, etc. Come, therefore, to Him,\\nO sinner, with all thy load of sin and misery, and He\\nwill in no wise cast thee out, but receive thee gladly!\\nCome hither, all ye weary souls,\\nYe heavy-laden sinners, come\\nI ll give you rest from all your toils,\\nAnd raise you to my heavenly home\\nBless d is the man whose shoulders take\\nMy j oke, and bear it with delight\\nMy yoke is easy to his neck,\\nMy grace shall make the burden light\\nJesus we come at thy command,\\nWith faith, and hope, and humble zeal,\\nResign our spirits to thy hand,\\nTo mould and oruide us at thy will", "height": "3572", "width": "2164", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "160 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay 24.\\nDavid s Prayer have gone astray like a lost\\nsheep; seek thy servant. Ps. cxix. 176.\\nDivine Answer Behold, I, even will both search\\nmy sheep, and seek them out. I will seek that\\nwhich was lost, and bring again that which was\\ndriven away, and will bind up that which was\\nbroken, and will strengthen that which was sick.\\nEzek. xxxiv. 11, 16. He shall feed His flock\\nlike a shepherd He shall gather the lambs with\\nHis arm, and carry them in His bosom. Isa.\\n3d. 15.\\nHe that is wise in his own conceit, as philoso-\\nphers usually are, does not pray like David to be\\nsought after and healed by Jesus Christ and there-\\nfore he continues, amidst all his boasted wisdom,\\ndeeply ignorant of his fallen nature and his ruined\\nstate. But as thou hast given me, O thou good\\nShepherd, to understand my lost and helpless con-\\ndition and that, like a wandering sheep, I can\\nneither find myself when lost, nor advise myself\\nhow to return, I beseech thee to seek, heal, lead,\\nfeed, carry and strengthen me also as my various\\nneeds require that I may be able to say with\\nDavid, The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.\\nMy Shepherd will supply my need,\\nJehovah is His naine\\nIn pastures fresh He makes me feed,\\nBeside the living stream.\\nHe brings my wand ring spirit back\\nWhen I forsake His ways\\nAnd leads me, for His mercy s sake,\\nIn paths of truth and grace.\\nThe sure provisions of nry God\\nAttend me all my days\\nOh may thy house be mine abode,\\nAnd all my work be praise.", "height": "3572", "width": "2528", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 161\\nMay 25.\\nI am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and\\nof all the truths which thou hast shewed unto thy\\nservant. Geu. xxxii. 10. Who am I, O Lord\\nGod? and what is my house, that thou hast brought\\nvie hitherto 2 Sam. vii. iS. When I consider\\nthy heavens the work of thy fingers, the moon\\nand the stars, which thou hast ordained what is\\nmail, that thou art mindful of him a*:d the sou\\nof man, that thou visitest him Ps. viii. 3, 4.\\nA SOLX truly humbled highly esteems every\\nfavor, and judges itself utterly unworthy of the\\nleast looking upon everything as a free gift, and\\nbestowed only for Jesus Christ s sake. Now, O my\\ndear Father it is true, in myself, I deserve none,\\nno not the least, of thy mercies but as thou hast\\ngraciously looked upon me, and given me, thine\\nonly Son, who hath purchased all blessings at a\\nhigh price for sinners, I do believe that goodness\\nand mercy will follow me all the days of my life.\\nAmen. Be it so, holy Father, to thy glory and my\\neverlasting joy\\nXow to the power of God supreme\\nBe everlasting honors given\\nHe saves from hell (we bless His name),\\nHe calls our wand ring feet to heaven.\\nNot for our duties or deserts,\\nBut of His own abounding grace,\\nHe works salvation in our hearts,\\nAnd forms a people for His praise.\\nTwas His own purpose that began\\nTo rescue rebels doomed to die\\nHe gave us grace in Christ His Son,\\nBefore He spread the starry sky.\\nJesus, the Lord, appears at last,\\nAnd makes His Father s counsels known\\nDeclares the great transactions past.\\nAnd brings immortal blessings down.", "height": "3572", "width": "2136", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "162 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay 26.\\nbeseech you, that ye present your bodies a living\\nsacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is\\nyour reasonable service. And be not conformed,\\netc, Rom. xii. 1, 2. See also 1 Cor. vi. 19.\\nThe presenting our bodies a living sacrifice unto\\nGod, when attended with serious prayer and read-\\ning the Scriptures, is the best means of knowing\\nthe will of God. To neglect this, and use other\\nmeans, is tempting God, and exposing ourselves to\\nthe temptations and siftings of the wicked one.\\nWe may think ourselves to be divinely convinced by\\nfaith of the will of God, though we follow our own\\nimaginations, and spoil the best of our actions.\\nSelf-will generally takes quick resolutions, and has\\na great deal of assurance whereas God ver} 7 often\\nleads His people blindly, and takes methods quite\\ndifferent from ours. Who therefore believes shall\\nnot make haste (Isa. xxviii. 16). Let even 7 one\\nbe careful that he does not mistake self-will and\\nplausible representation for Divine convictions and\\nassurance of faith; always strictly examine himself\\nfirst, whether his body, soul, will, affections, are en-\\ntirely offered up to the good- will and pleasure of\\nGod for God requires the service of the whole man\\neven a sacrificing our whole selves to Him, not only\\nat church, but in all other places, that we do not\\nconform to the world, but be daily transformed by\\nthe renewing of our minds.\\nThough lifted eyes salute the skies.\\nAnd bended knees the ground.\\nYet God abhors the sacrifice\\nWhere truth cannot be found.\\nIvOrd, search my thoughts, and try my ways,\\nAnd make my soul sincere\\nThen shall I stand before thy face,\\nAnd find acceptance there.", "height": "3572", "width": "2520", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 163\\nMay 27.\\nwill greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall\\nbe joyful in my God for He hath clothed me\\nwith the garments of salvation, He hath covered\\nme with the robe of righteousness. Isa. lxi. 10.\\nChrist has a garment of the finest work for every\\nsaint. It is this garment they must wear, no other\\none will do in the sight of God. Then, O my soul,\\nput on this garment. It is one of unspotted white-\\nness thou canst wear it by faith. In vain dost\\nthou dress up and adorn thyself before thou ap-\\nproachest Christ. To Him thou must come, filthy,\\nnaked, and miserable as thou art He will clothe\\nand adorn thee Himself; and in this ornament\\nalone thou shalt rejoice. For the very best of our\\nrobes and performances are not without spots, but\\nstill want to be washed in the blood of Christ, and\\ncovered with this ornament. These are they who\\ncorne out of great tribulation, and have washed\\ntheir robes, and made them white in the blood of\\nthe Lamb (Rev. vii. 14). This, and this alone, is\\nthe way to enjoy and maintain true peace. This\\nwill enable us to rejoice that our names are written\\nin heaven.\\nAwake, my heart,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 arise, my tongue.\\nPrepare a tuneful voice\\nIn God, the life of all my joys,\\nAloud will I rejoice.\\nTis He adorned my naked soul,\\nAnd made salvation mine\\nUpon a poor, polluted worm\\nHe makes His grace to shine.\\nThe Spirit wrought by faith and lo^e,\\nAnd hope, and every grace\\nBut Jesus spent His life to work\\nThe robe of righteousness.\\nStrangely, my soul, art thou arrayed\\nBy the great sacred Three\\nIn sweetest harmony of praise\\nI^et all thy powers agree.", "height": "3572", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "1 64 THE GOLDEN TREASUE.Y.\\nMay 28.\\nDavid s Confession have sinned against the\\nLord. 2 Sam. xii. 13.\\nDivine Answer The Lord also hath put away thy\\nsin; thou shalt not die. 2 Sam. xii. 13. For\\nif we would judge ourselves, we should not be\\njudged. 1 Cor. xi. 31.\\nHE that with unfeigned repentance accuses and\\njudges himself, accounting his own righteousness\\nand best doings as filth}- rags, and seeks for mercy\\nthrough Jesus, may expect to receive forgiveness\\nof all his sins at once, though chastisement may\\nfollow for pardons are not bestowed in parcels or\\nvarious measures, as spiritual gifts are. God,\\nthrough Christ, receives the whole person of a peni-\\ntent sinner into His favor, forgiving both original\\nand actual sins in one instant so that either none or\\nall are forgiven but though repentance be need-\\nful to humble a sinner, and to bring him to Christ,\\nyet no sins are forgiven on account of this repent-\\nance, but through faith alone in the blood of Christ.\\nThis fountain washes away the guilt of all sins,\\nthough ever so numerous and heinous for it is\\nwritten, The blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin\\n1 John i. 7). Come, then, my soul, believe and be\\nwashed in this fountain.\\nShew pit} r Lord. O Lord forgive\\nLet a repenting rebel live.\\nAre not thy mercies large and free\\nMay not a sinner trust in thee\\nMy lips with shame my sins confess,\\nAgainst thv law, against thy grace\\nLord, should thy judgment grow severe,\\nI am condemned, but thou art clear.\\nMy crimes are great, but don t surpass\\nThe power and glory of thy grace\\nGreat God, thy nature has no bound\\nSo let thy pardoning love be found", "height": "3572", "width": "2528", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 165\\nMay 29.\\nHaving the understanding darkened, being alien-\\nated from the life of God through the ignorance\\nthat is in them, because of the blindness of their\\nheart, etc. Eph. iv. 18, 19.\\nIf a man be naturally dead, bring a candle into\\nthe room, he sees it not let the sun shine in his\\nface, he perceives not the beauty, nor feels the\\nwarmth thereof offer him rich presents, he receives\\nthem not he hath no eye to see them, no heart to\\ndesire them, no hand to reach out unto them.\\nThus it is with one that is spiritually dead. Let\\nthe sunshine of the Gospel blaze out ever so clear,\\nhe sees it not, because he is in darkness though\\nhe lived under plentiful means and dispensations,\\nyet he is blind and sottish offer unto him the rich\\npearls of the Gospel, those rich treasures of grace\\nin Christ Jesus, yet he hath no heart to them, no\\nhand of faith to lay hold upon them so blind, so\\nsottish, so stupid and senseless is he, that though\\nthese rich treasures, these graces, these pearls of the\\nGospel be conveyed unto him in earthen vessels, in\\na plain and familiar manner, yet he doth not, he\\ncannot apprehend them judgments do not affright\\nhim, and mercies cannot allure or persuade him\\nyet this creature is all life in the element of sin he\\nloves it, he pleads for it, he commits it with greedi-\\nness. This is St. Paul s account of the unconverted\\nGentiles and how many such have we under a\\nChristian name O Lord, exert thy great power,\\nquicken all that are thus dead in trespasses and sin?:\\n11 turn them from darkness to light, and from tit 1\\npower of Satan to thine own self. Amen.\\nA carnal soul is blind within,\\nAnd has no want of Jesus grace\\nHe feels and fears no harm in sin,\\nAnd turns from God his haughty face.", "height": "3572", "width": "2132", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "166 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nMay 30.\\nDavid s Declaration I wait for the Lord, my soul\\ndoth wait. Ps. cxxx. 5.\\nDivine Answer They that wait upon the Lord\\nshall renew their strength, etc. Isa. xl. 31. For\\nthe Lord is good unto them that wait for Hint,\\nto the sold that seeks Him. Lam. iii. 25.\\nIT is not enough to utter words which form a\\nprayer,but these words must express the desires and\\nwishes of our heart. Nor is this enough prayer\\nwithout expectation is no prayer at all. Unless we\\ndesire and eagerly look for the coming of what we\\nhave prayed for, how can it be called prayer it\\nwill only be a solemn mocking of God. Therefore,\\nwhen we have prayed, we must remember to wait\\nalso, and to look anxiously for the answer for this\\nis well pleasing to the Lord, and expressly com-\\nmanded by Him. The more we wait and keep\\ninstant in prayer, so much more will He give nay\\nHe always hears and grants our petitions directly,\\nand lays them up for His children but that we\\nmay not abuse them, He gives the enjoyment only\\nwhen it is most needful therefore we may confi-\\ndently say, Such and such gifts I shall have, since\\nI have prayed for them they are actually laid up\\nfor me and the use and benefit thereof I shall reap\\nin due season, especially in death and in eternity.\\nMy spirit looks to God alone,\\nMy rock and refuge is His throne\\nIn all my fears, in all my straits,\\nMy soul on His salvation waits.\\nTrust Him, ye saints, in all your ways,\\nPour out your hearts before His face.\\nWhen helpers fail and foes invade,\\nGod is our all-sufficient aid.\\nFor sov reign power reigns not alone,\\nGrace is a partner of His throne\\nThy grace and justice, mighty Lord,\\nShall well divide our last reward.", "height": "3548", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 167\\nMay 31.\\nhi the multitude of my thoughts within me thy\\ncomforts delight my soul. Ps. xciv. 19. Blessed\\nbe God, even the Father of our Lord fesus Christ,\\nthe Father of mercies, and the God of all com-\\nfort who comforteth us in all our tribulation,\\nthat we may be able to comfort them which are in\\nany trouble, by the comfort wherewith we our-\\nselves are comforted of God. 2 Cor. i. 3, 4.\\nA Contented man, with afflictions, is ready to\\nplace his trust and seek his comforts in temporal\\nthings. Earthly desires crowd upon him, filling\\nhis soul with vanity and he cannot well taste the\\nsweet comforts of God s Word, but under the bur-\\nden of the cross. Here we often enjoy more solid\\nrest than if we were without the cross, and then\\nthat word is fulfilled which Christ says (Matt. xi.\\n30), My yoke is easy, and my burden is light.\\nThus our hearts are set against the world, reconciled\\nto heavenly things, and easily separated from\\nmany idols which we could not resist nor forsake\\nbefore. Well then may we bear these salutary\\nburdens, which, when sanctified, will produce\\npresent comfort, and soon issue in eternal rest and\\nglory. And since the Lord has promised to give\\nstrength sufficient for the day, that we may not be\\ntempted above measure, there is abundant reason\\nagain to say that His burden is light indeed, and\\nHis yoke is truly easy.\\nTis good for me to wear the yoke,\\nFor pride is apt to rise and swell\\nTis good to bear my Father s stroke,\\nThat I may learn His statutes well.\\nFather, I bless thy gentle hand\\nHow kind is thy chastising rod,\\nThat forced my conscience to a stand.\\nAnd brought my wand ring soul to God", "height": "3572", "width": "2132", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "168 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune i.\\nI determined not to k?ww anythi7ig among you, save\\nJesus Christ, and Him crucified. i Cor. ii. 2.\\nThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;\\na good understanding have all they that do His\\ncommandments His praise endurethfor ever.\\nPs. cxi. 10. The wisdom that is from above is\\nfirst pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be\\nentreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without\\npartiality, and without hypocrisy. James iii. 17.\\nKnowledge puffeth tip, but charity edifieth.\\n1 Cor. viii. 1.\\nChrist crucified, and He alone, is the power and\\nwisdom of God Him all Christians, and especially\\ndivines, should make their particular practice to\\nstudy well. Were our faith built on human wisdom\\nthen surely carnal philosophers would be the\\ngreatest believers w T hereas they are sometimes the\\nworst infidels, or, at best, the most silly and faith-\\nless people in times of distress. And besides, their\\nbeing puffed up is another evidence that they have\\nnot the true wisdom for the wisdom from above is\\nonly with the lowly and babes, who pray for it\\nearnestly (Prov. xi. 2 Matt. xi. 25). What would\\nall knowledge avail us, then, without the knowl-\\nedge of Christ One spark of pure love yields\\nmore power than all the stores of empty human\\nlearning. May the Lord Jesus shed His love abroad\\nin my heart as, whatever others ma} 7 do, Him have\\nI determined only to know, and Him have I deter-\\nmined only to serve His love to the cross I account\\nfor my greatest wisdom and glory.\\nThey that would grow divinely wise,\\nMust with His fear begin\\nOur fairest proof of knowledge lies\\nIn hating every sin.", "height": "3572", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "thk golden treasury 169\\nJune 2.\\nChristian s Prayer I will not let thee go, except\\nthou bless me. Gen. xxxii. 26. Forsake me not,\\nO Lord, O my God. Ps. xxxviii. 21.\\nDivine Answers Behold, I am with thee, and I\\nwill keep thee in all places whither thou goest\\nfor I will not leave thee, until I have done that\\nwhich I have spoken to thee of. Gen. xxviii. 15.\\nknow thee by name, and thou hast also found\\ngrace hi my sight. Ex. xxxiii. 12. I will never\\nleave thee, nor forsake thee. Heb. xiii. 5.\\nGod will have me to be faithful and should not\\nHe be so Himself Am I to trust in His word\\nThen surely He will not forsake me, but be as good\\nas His word. Heaven and earth must pass away,\\nbut His word will not He is ever faithful. If I do\\nnot believe this, I think blasphemously of God, and\\ncan have no help or comfort from His word but\\nif I truly believe Him to be faithful, I believe\\nenough. This is what He only desires, and if I\\nreally do, my faith will not be moved even in the\\nhottest trials the word will hold me up, though I\\nreceive it even in weakness. But my faith must be\\nattended with continual prayer.\\nBegin, my tongue, some heavenly thenie,\\nAnd speak some boundless thing\\nThe mighty works, or mightier name,\\nOf our eternal King.\\nTell of His wondrous faithfulness,\\nAnd sound His power abroad\\nSing the sweet promise of His grace,\\nAnd the performing God.\\nProclaim salvation from the Lord\\nFor wretched, dying men\\nHis hand has writ the sacred Word\\nWith an immortal pen.\\nEngraved, as in eternal brass,\\nThe mighty promise shines,\\nNor can the powers of darkness raze\\nThose everlasting lines.", "height": "3572", "width": "2132", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "170 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 3.\\nsay unto you, that every idle word that men shall\\nspeak, they shall give account thereof in the day\\nof judgment. Matt. xii. 36. Let no corrupt\\ncommunication proceed out of your mouth, but\\nthat which is good, to the use of edifying, etc.\\nEph. iv. 29. See also chap. v. 4.\\nHERE all corrupt communication, jesting, foolish\\ntalking, or whatever is not convenient and good to\\nthe use of edifying, is plainly forbidden. But who\\ntruly believes the report and the truth of these\\nawful words Surely the- world does not believe\\nthem at all. This is quite plain, from that very\\ncommon and shocking practice of judging, lying,\\nswearing, jesting, and talking all manner of filthi-\\nness yea, even religious people very often do not\\nbelieve and consider them enough. How many\\nheedless, slanderous, idle, and unprofitable words\\nare sometimes spoken by these Be therefore care-\\nful, O my reader, to weigh every word, and to\\nmake light of none for such will increase thine\\naccount. Whenever we are going to speak, let the\\nquestion be first, Is it needful to speak does it\\ntend to the glory of God will it profit me or\\nothers O Lord, grant that never an idle w T ord may\\ndrop from my lips. Whenever I am to converse\\nwith others, give me grace first to converse with\\nthee by secret prayer. In all companies let thy\\npresence be before mine eyes, always looking upon\\nthee as the chief person in the place, and receiving\\ndirection when and what I am to speak. May thy\\ngood Spirit always teach me, and sanctify all my\\nthoughts and words\\nAnd must I give a strict account\\nOf every idle word\\nThen set a watch upon my lips,\\nAnd guard my tongue, O Lord.", "height": "3572", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 171\\nJunk 4.\\nLet every man abide in the same calling wherein\\nhe was called. 1 Cor. vii. 20.\\nMost of the employments of life are in their own\\nnature lawful and all those that are so may be\\nmade a substantial part of our duty to God, if we\\nengage in them only so far, and for such ends as\\nare suitable for beings who are to live above the\\nworld. This is the only measure of our applica-\\ntion to any worldly business it must have no more\\nof our hands, our hearts, or our time, than is con-\\nsistent with a hearty, daily, careful preparation of\\nourselves for another life. For since all true Chris-\\ntians have renounced this world to prepare them-\\nselves, by daily devotion and universal holiness, for\\nan eternal state of quite another nature, they must\\nlook upon worldly employments as upon worldly\\nwants and bodily infirmities, things not to be\\ndesired, only to be endured and suffered, till death\\nand the resurrection have carried us to an eternal\\nstate of real happiness. A person s being called\\ninto the kingdom of grace, is not designed to make\\nvoid the duties that arise from his peculiar calling\\nor situation in life, but to enforce the practice of\\nthem in such a way as may be most to the glory of\\nGod. He, therefore, that does not consider the\\nthings of this life as of little moment, or even noth-\\ning, in comparison of the things that are eternal,\\ncannot be said either to feel or believe the greatest\\ntruths of Christianity.\\nLord, save me from my calling s snare,\\nFrom fraud, and from the love of gain\\nMy hand be filled with worldly care,\\nBut all my heart with thee remain.\\nIn honor of thy glorious name,\\nI,et all my worldly deeds be done\\nAnd may the thoughts be to the same,\\nOf all who dwell beneath the sun.", "height": "3572", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "172 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 5.\\nAnd the loftiness of man shall be bowed down; and\\nthe haughtiness of man shall be made low and\\nthe Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. Isa.\\nii. 17. I will cause the arrogancy of the proud\\nto cease, and I will lay low the haughtiness of\\nthe terrible. Isa. xiii. 11. The Lord God omni-\\npotent reigneth.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Rev. xix. 6.\\nPride was not made for man, says the son of\\nSirac and the proud in heart are an abomination\\nto the Lord and yet what is more common than\\npride and self-righteousness among the fallen chil-\\ndren of Adam? So deeply are they ingrafted in\\nour corrupt natures, that nothing short of Almighty\\ngrace can root them up. It is the great design and\\neffect of the blessed Gospel, wherever it is applied\\nto the heart by the Spirit of God, to mortify this\\ncursed tempter. In that day, the haughtiness of\\nman his self-will which he set up in opposition to\\nthe will of God shall be brought down and his\\nself-righteousness, by which he thought to recom-\\nmend himself to the favor of God, shall be made\\nlow and Christ and His righteousness alone shall\\nbe exalted.\\nHath this precious promise ever been fulfilled in\\nthy experience, O my soul Is the will of God thy\\nrule Is the righteousness of Christ thy hope and\\nis the language of thy heart and life, Let God in\\nall things be exalted in me, and by me, through\\nChrist Jesus Without this, O my soul, thy pro-\\nfession is vain, thy faith is also vain, and thou art\\nyet in thy sins. Grant, O Lord, that I may be\\nhumble in heart and soul.\\nIyOrd, lay my legal spirit low,\\nAnd every lofty look subdue\\nBid all my heart to Jesus bow,\\nE)xalt, and love, and trust Him too.", "height": "3572", "width": "2536", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDKN TREASURY. 173\\nJunk 6.\\nknow also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and\\nhast pleasure in uprightness. 1 Chron. xxix.\\n17. The Lord looketh on the heart. 1 Sam. xvi. 7.\\nAs God searches the heart and tries the reins, He\\ncannot be deceived by outward form. We ought\\nnot therefore to deceive ourselves in this particu-\\nlar. It is no certain proof of a real conversion to\\nGod, if we only reform the grosser sins of our former\\nlives, much less if we only abstain from such things\\nas by nature we are not so much inclined to in-\\ndulge but if our hearts are so renewed, by the\\ngrace of the Holy Spirit, as to be firmly and habit-\\nually opposed to our most beloved lusts, we have\\ngood evidence of a real conversion; for these inward\\ncapital enemies the Lord and all His upright fol-\\nlowers attack most before all the rest. If we would\\ngive over that which is dearest to us, we must first\\nknow and believe that Christ is able and willing to\\nhelp us, and has engaged His Word that none shall\\nseek His face in vain. Let us keep this thought\\never in our minds. It will both stir up faith, and\\nencourage diligence in seeking after salvation.\\nMistaken souls that dream of heaven,\\nAnd make their empty boast\\nOf inward joys and sins forgiven,\\nWhile they are slaves to lust.\\nVain are our fancies, airy flights,\\nIf faith be cold and dead\\nNone but a living power unites\\nTo Christ the living Head.\\nTis faith that changes all the heart\\nTis faith that works by love\\nThat bids our sinful joys depart,\\nAnd lifts the thoughts above.\\nFaith must obey her Father s will,\\nAs well as trust His grace.\\nA pard ning God is jealous still\\nFor His own holiness.", "height": "3572", "width": "2132", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "174 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 7.\\nwill hedge up her way wilh thorns, and make a\\nwall lhal she shall not find her paths and she\\nshall follow after her lovers, but she shall not\\novertake them then shall she say, I will go and\\nreturn unto my first husband, for then was it\\nbetter with me than now. Hosea ii. 6, 7.\\nAs it is only with thee, O my dear Saviour, that\\nI can be happy, I would never leave thee any more;\\nand that I may not slip from thee unawares, even\\nunder good pretences, I desire to have my way well\\nhedged up, and be encompassed everywhere with\\nthorns. Let me quickly discover and crucify every-\\nthing which would give the least disturbance to the\\nenjoyment of thy love, that I may always closely\\nwalk with thee alone, and never take a step out of\\nthy way, for fear of running myself into the thorns,\\nand bringing unnecessary sufferings upon me\\nthough I do not mean to avoid the cross of Christ\\nin other respects, but would willingly submit to\\nany sufferings, which are never without good fruit.\\nGlory be to thee, O my blessed Saviour, that thou\\nhast not given me up yet, and suffered me to run\\ninto destruction in my own ways Oh be pleased\\nto restrain me evermore and whenever I am in\\ndanger of sliding into the broad way, let me find\\nno rest till I am brought back, though it be through\\nthe briers of affliction.\\nI know thy judgments, Lord, are right,\\nThough they may seem severe\\nThe sharpest sufferings I endure\\nFlow from thy faithful care.\\nBefore I knew thy chastening rod,\\nMy feet were apt to stray\\nBut now I learn to keep thy Word,\\nNor wander from the way.", "height": "3564", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 175\\nJunk 8.\\nAnd he said, Art thou my very son Esau And he\\nsaid, I am. Gen. xxvii. 24.\\nThere are certainly some circumstances in this\\naffair which may help a little to excuse Jacob\\nand his mother, but cannot justify them. The\\ncase may be thus stated It cannot be denied,\\non the one hand, but that both Jacob and his\\nmother were justly to be praised for having a\\ndue esteem of the father s solemn blessing, and for\\ntheir endeavoring to attain it since this could pro-\\nceed from no other motive than a full persuasion\\nof the truth of God s promises and covenant with\\nAbraham. And thus, from the consideration of the\\ngoodness of the end, and from Jacob s title to the\\nblessing as accompanying the birthright, as also\\nfrom the fore-appointment of God, together with\\nIsaac s approbation of the thing when done, may\\nbe drawn some arguments to lessen their crime.\\nBut, on the other hand, it must be confessed, that\\nthe means used to attain their ends were highly\\ncriminal. Rebecca was wrong in her advice to her\\nson, and he was wrong in following it for though\\nGod, before he was born, designed him to inherit\\nthe blessing, yet he ought to have waited until the\\nDivine Wisdom opened the way, and not have\\nanticipated God, and procured the blessing by an\\nirregular act of his own. Besides, both of them,\\nby this act, presumed to limit the power of God, by\\nthinking that fraud was needful to accomplish\\nGod s purpose.\\nLet not your hearts with anxious thoughts\\nBe troubled or dismayed\\nBut trust in Providence Divine,\\nAnd trust my gracious aid.", "height": "3568", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "176 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 9.\\nLest any of you be hardened through the deceitful-\\nness of sin. Heb. iii. 13. Every man is tempted,\\nwhen he is drawn away of his own lust, and en-\\nticed.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James i. 14.\\nDOTH sin present itself? \u00e2\u0080\u0094turn away from it with\\nloathing and prayer. Give it not a look, lest it\\nensnare thee. If thou committest sin, and diest\\nwithout repentance, thy soul is lost, and thy\\nredemption ceaseth for ever or if thou committest\\nsin and dost repent, yet expect hidings of God s\\nface and breaking of bones, as David felt to his\\ncost. Oh what bitter pangs\u00e2\u0080\u0094 what painful throes\\nwhat shadows of death what terrors of hell may\\nseize upon thee, before thou canst make thy peace,\\nor settle thine assurance Wilt thou give way to\\nsin because it is delightful, or because it is pardon-\\nable Who loves poison because it is sweet or\\nwho drinks poison because he may have an anti-\\ndote seeing it will work to his trouble, if it work\\nnot out his life I have a precious soul, shall I\\nlose it for a lust I have a gracious God, shall I\\nventure Him for a sin No, Lord, give me grace\\nto resist sin, give me victory over it. Let me\\nalways reject that, for the indulgence of which I\\nam sure to lose my peace, and endanger the loss of\\nmy immortal soul.\\nA tender conscience give me, I,ord,\\nAnd put thy fear within,\\nThat I may tremble at thy Word,\\nAnd scape the snares of sin.\\nAll mine iniquities blot out.\\nThy face hide from my sin\\nCreate a clean heart, I^ord, renew\\nA right spirit me within.\\nCast me not from thy sight, nor take\\nThy Holy Spirit away\\nRestore me thy salvation s joy\\nWith thy free Spirit me stay.", "height": "3572", "width": "2532", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 177\\nJunk 10.\\nThis is He that came by water and blood, even\\nJesus Christ not by water only, but by water and\\nblood and it is the Spirit that beareth witness,\\nbecause the Spirit is truth. He that believeth on\\nthe Son of God hath the witness in himself. And\\nthis is the record, that God hath given to us eternal\\nlife and this life is in His Son. He that hath\\nthe Son hath life. 1 John v. 6, 10-12.\\nJESUS came with water and blood not with\\nwater alone to sanctify us, but also with His blood\\nto make atonement for our sins. We should,\\ntherefore, first of all, penitently seek and obtain\\nremission of sins in His blood, then may we hope to\\nobtain the water of life, the Holy Ghost, for our\\ninward purification and sanctification. And His\\nHoly Spirit will bear witness within us, that the\\nGospel is truth, and that God will fulfill His word\\nby giving us everlasting life, as He hath promised.\\nWe have three witnesses of it in heaven, and three\\non earth. And if we believe in Christ, we have\\nthis true testimony in ourselves, and may therefore\\nassuredly know, that having the Son of God, we\\nhave life, eternal life for He is (according to verse\\n20) life eternal and, consequently, being in Him,\\nwe are already entered into everlasting life.\\nLet all our tongues be one\\nTo praise our God on high\\nWho from His bosom sent His Son,\\nTo fetch us strangers nigh.\\nMy Saviour s pierced side\\nPoured out a double flood\\nBy water we are purified,\\nAnd pardoned b\\\\ T the blood.\\nIt cost Him cries and tears\\nTo bring us near to God\\nGreat was our debt, and He appears\\nTo make our payment good.", "height": "3564", "width": "2100", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "178 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune ii.\\nNo man hath ascended up to heaven, but He that\\ncame down from heaven, etc.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Johniii. 13 Eph.\\niv. 9 Deut. xxx. 11-14 Matt. xi. 27.\\nNo mere man whatsoever has entered, or can\\nenter into the secrets of God s heart in heaven,\\nrelating to the great mysteries of salvation, so as\\nimmediately and perfectly to understand them and\\nmake them known to others but this privilege is\\npeculiar to the Messiah, who is spoken of under the\\ncharacter of the Son of Man (Ps. lxxx. 17, and\\nDan. vii. 13), and always had an existence in heaven\\nas the Son of God, and who came from thence into\\nan incarnate state, that He might reveal God s\\ncounsels to men. As many are perplexed about the\\nDivinity of Christ, the following note may help\\nthem to conceive of that matter more properly As\\nthe Divine and human natures were united in the\\nperson of Christ, some things are attributed to one\\nnature which properly belong to the other. Thus,\\nwhen it is said (1 Cor. ii. 8) The Lord of glory\\nwas crucified; and (Acts xx. 28) He is called\\nGod who purchased the Church with His own\\nblood the meaning is not, that He, as the Lord\\nof Glory Divine, was crucified, or, as God, shed His\\nblood as if that nature could be crucified and\\nbleed but that the person who was the Lord of\\nGlory in one nature, was crucified in the other, etc.\\nSo when it is said, The Son of Man is in heaven,\\nthe meaning is not, that He, as the Son of Man,\\nwas there whilst He was on the earth but that He,\\nwho was here in His human nature, was there in\\nHis Divine.\\nMy Saviour, whilst He dwelt on earth,\\nAs God in heaven had His abode\\nSo let me, by an heavenly birth,\\nLive in the world, yet dwell with God.", "height": "3572", "width": "2544", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 179\\nJunk 12.\\nwill perform my good word toward you for I\\nknow the thoughts that I think toward you, saith\\nthe Lord thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to\\ngive you an expected end. Then shall ye pray\\nunto me, and I will hearke7i unto you and ye\\nshall seek me and find me. Jer. xxix. 10-13.\\nSee also Ps. xxiii. 4, 9.\\nTHERE is a valley where neither sun, moon, nor\\nstars are seen, and in which the Christian has often\\nto travel yet in the darkest place of it God is very\\nnigh. This is the valley of extremity. It is into\\nthis valley that every soul must go before it can get\\na hold of Christ. It is here the sinner struggles\\nwith Jesus, and says, I will not let thee go except\\nthou bless me. It is hard work traveling in this\\nvalley. Were it a light matter to rely on the faith-\\nfulness of God in times of distress, what need to\\ngive us so many and various promises If our\\nfaith be right, we must also endure and wait His\\ntime with patience, which certainly is not an easy\\ntask since the promise of our Lord not only tarries\\nvery often, but sometimes His providence goes\\ncontrary to His Word, and makes His Word seem\\nto fall to the ground yet then we must remember,\\nthat these are the very ways and methods of God,\\nwhich have ever been in the deep, and acted con-\\ntrary to our expectation. This the corruption of\\nour natures requires and the wisdom of God ever\\nchooses first to help us inwardly, by exercising\\nfaith and patience, and so prepares us for a right\\nuse of His outward favors. Thus we receive a\\ndouble blessing at once from His hands.\\nWho shall pretend to teach Him skill,\\nOr guide the counsels of His will?\\nHis wisdom, like a sea divine,\\nFlows deep and high beyond our line.", "height": "3572", "width": "2140", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "180 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJunk 13.\\nBehold, I will allure her, and bring her into the\\nwilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.\\nHos. ii. 14. Come, my beloved, let us go forth\\ninto the field let us lodge in the villages. Song\\nof Sol. vii. 11.\\nThe Lord forsaketh not His saints though the\\ngreat waves of affliction come upon them, and nigh\\noverwhelm them, because they have forgotten their\\nfirst love and though the heavy tide of temptation\\nbe running strong against them, and they with\\ntheir little bark of faith be unable to stem it\\nthough they have given their hearts to that in\\nwhich the Lord delighteth not though they have\\nbackslidden often and far, yet the Lord will\\nallure them, and bring them into the wilderness\\nand speak comfortably unto them. O Lord, this\\nworld is nothing to me but a wilderness, a place of\\ntribulation, where, being tossed to and fro, I enjoy\\nno rest but when I lift up my heart and look for\\npeace in thee, I am supported and comforted.\\nGrant that I may thus be strengthened for the time\\nto come, whenever I am at a loss what course to\\ntake. Let me always firmly believe thee to be a\\npresent help in trouble, who art willing and able to\\nbear me up under all outward distresses, till I shall\\nsafely arrive at the rest of the people of God.\\nLord what a wretched land is this, that yields us no supply,\\nNo cheering fruits, no wholesome trees, nor streams of liv-\\ning joy\\nBut prickling thorns, through all the ground, and mortal\\npoisons grow,\\nAnd all the rivers that are found, with dang rous waters flow.\\nYet the dear path to thine abode lies through this horrid land;\\nLord we would keep the heavenly road, and run at thy\\ncommand.\\nOur souls would tread the desert through, with undiverted\\nfeet;\\nAnd faith and flaming zeal subdue the terrors that we meet.", "height": "3572", "width": "2536", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. i8r\\nJune 14.\\nWhen we pray, say, Our Father, etc. Luke xi. 2.\\nYe ask and receive not, for ye ask amiss. Jas.\\niv. 3.\\nMANY say the Lord s Prayer who do not pray it.\\nThey do not care that God should say Amen,\\nthough they themselves will say so. They say,\\n11 Our Father but if He be their Father, where\\nis His honor They say, Which art in heaven\\nbut did they believe it, how durst they sin as they\\ndo upon earth? They say, Hallowed be thy\\nname yet take God s name in vain. They say,\\nThy kingdom come yet oppose the coming of\\nHis kingdom. They say, Thy will be done on\\nearth as it is in heaven yet will not stand to their\\nword for this is the will of God, their sanctifica-\\ntion but they want none of that. They say,\\nGive us this day our daily bread yet mind not\\nthe feeding of their souls with the bread (Christ\\nJesus) which came down from heaven. They\\nsay, Forgive us as we forgive others but, alas\\nif God should take them at their word, how undone\\nwere they, whose hearts burn with malice and\\nrevenge! They say, Lead us not into tempta-\\ntion; yet run into it. They say, Deliver us\\nfrom evil and yet deliver themselves to evil, and\\ngive up themselves to fulfill the lusts of the flesh,\\netc. Yea, those generally sin most against this\\nprayer who stickle most for the saying of it.\\nReader, how often hast thou been guilty of such\\nvain petitions and repetitions? Wonder not, if\\nthou prayest in such a manner as this, that thou\\nreceivest nothing. Labor to get a deep sense of\\nGod s majesty and mercy, that thy prayers may be\\nfervent and earnest, and God will bless thee.\\nAssist and teach me how to pray\\nIncline my nature to obey\\nWhat thou abhorrest let me flee,\\nAnd only love what pleases thee.", "height": "3568", "width": "2128", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "182 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 15.\\nJesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and for\\never. Heb. xiii. 8. Who of God is made unto\\nus wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification\\nthat, as it is written, he that glorieth, let him\\nglory in the Lord. 1 Cor. i. 30, 31. He has\\nfinished the transgression He has made reconcilia-\\ntion for iniquity, He has brought in everlasting\\nrighteousness. Dan. ix. 24 Isa. xlv. 24.\\nWherein have we that we should glory before\\nthe Lord Have we obeyed the law Have we\\nsatisfied, or can we satisfy, the Divine justice\\nWhere is the righteousness which we have of our-\\nselves to give to God Let us look back upon our\\npast lives is it there Let us look into our own\\nliearts is it there Alas in ourselves we find\\nnothing but misery but in Christ we find all that\\nis good nay, He is Himself our All. He works\\nand gives what is necessary to salvation, therefore\\nwe cannot, and need not, bring anything to Him\\nof our own but since He is made unto us wisdom,\\nrighteousness, sanctification, and our All, we may,\\nand must, rely only on His name, and draw every-\\nthing from Him by the continual prayer of faith.\\nAnd when by living faith in Christ He becomes our\\nAll, the law, sin, Satan, and even our own judg-\\nments, have lost their power and right of condem-\\nnation over us.\\nJehovah speaks, let Israel hear\\nLet all the earth rejoice and fear,\\nWhile God s eternal Son proclaims\\nHis sov reign honors and his names.\\nI am the Last, and I the First,\\nThe Saviour-God. and God the just.\\nThere s none besides pretends to shew\\nSuch justice and salvation too.\\nIn me alone, shall men confess,\\nLies all their strength and righteousness\\nBut such as dare despise my name,\\nI ll clothe them with eternal shame.", "height": "3548", "width": "2568", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 183\\nJune 16.\\nBeloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love\\none another. 1 John iv. 2. say unto you,\\nLove your e?iemies; bless them that curse you do\\ngood to them that hate you a?id pray for them\\nthat de spitefully use you. Matt. v. 44.\\nHypocrites may counterfeit the children of God\\nin many things, but they cannot love their enemies\\nfrom their hearts and yet by this we must try and\\nknow ourselves, whether we are really children of\\nGod or not. The world very easily, but very falsely,\\nsuppose themselves to be God s children but sin-\\ncere Christians find it often very hard to believe it\\nwithout a Divine sense and assurance of it it costs\\nthem many a sore conflict for if Satan disputeth\\nthe Sonship of Christ, much less will he spare any\\nof us. But since a true love to the children of God,\\nand to our enemies, is a sure evidence of our state\\nof grace, we have our title clear to it, though we\\nshall walk in darkness, and be destitute of all\\npleasant sensations. Give us, then, O thou Father\\nof our spirits, the heart filled with love, that is able\\nnot only to love those that are of the same mind\\nwith ourselves, but also to love those that are\\nopposed to us, and even to love those sincerely that\\ndo us wrong. Give the meek, the lowly, and the\\nloving heart which Jesus had.\\nXow by the bowels of my God,\\nHis sharp distress, His sore complaints\\nBy His last groans, His dying blood,\\nI charge my soul to love the saints.\\nClamor, and wrath, and war begone\\nEnvy and spite for ever cease\\nlyet bitter words no more be known\\nAmongst the saints, the sons of peace.\\nTender and kind be all our thoughts,\\nThrough all our lives let mercy run\\nSo God forgives our numerous faults,\\nFor the dear sake of Christ His Son.", "height": "3568", "width": "2140", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "184 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 17.\\nAnd he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward\\nthe sea. And he went up, and looked, and said,\\nThere is nothing. And he said, Go again seven\\ntimes. 1 King xviii. 43 Jas. v. 17, 18. Seven\\ntimes a-day do I praise thee because of thy righ-\\nteous judgments. Ps. cxix. 164. Daniel kneeled\\nupo?i his knees three times a-day, and prayed, and\\ngave thanks before his God. Dan. vi. 10.\\nSix times Elijah s servant looked toward the sea\\nbefore he could see anything the seventh time he\\nsaw a cloud, but no bigger than his hand yet that\\ncloud, within a few hours, covered the heavens\\nwith darkness, and the earth with rain. Just so\\nmay be the case with many a one when he is pray-\\ning to his God, as Caleb s daughter did unto her\\nfather (Judges i. 15). Thou hast hitherto made me\\nthe owner of a dry, a barren heart but give me\\nnow some springs of water, some feeling, at least,\\nsome sorrow for my sins. Well, though at six\\ntimes bending of thy knees God doth not grant it,\\nand though at the seventh there appears but one\\nsmall drop swimming in thine eyes, yet be not dis-\\ncomforted that drop may prove a shower the\\nbeginning of that may at last dissolve thy whole\\nheart to water and as there is a full joy for\\nthe thorough conversion of a sinner, there may be\\na suitable measure of joy for one tear, nay, for\\none desire of a tear, of any one sinner that repent-\\neth. Grant, O Lord, that I may be able to come\\nunto thee at all times in holy confidence of prayer,\\nand that my prayers may not only be unceasing,\\nbut that I may with expectation wait upon an\\nanswer.\\nIf six or sixty praj ers are past,\\nPra} on and never faint\\nA blessing surely comes at last,\\nTo cheer a drooping saint.", "height": "3556", "width": "2576", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 185\\nJune 18.\\nYe shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land.\\nBut if you will not drive out the inhabitants of\\nthe land from before you,, then it shall come to\\npass, that those which ye let remain of them shall\\nbe pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides,\\netc. Numb, xxxiii. 52, 55. See this fulfilled,\\nJudges i. 27 chap. ii. 14, Manasseh did not\\ndrive out the inhabitants of Bethshea?i, etc. and\\nthe Canaanites would dwell in that land so that\\nthey (the Israelites) could not any longer stand\\nbefore their enemies.\\nThe very same is to be observed in the holy and\\nspiritual battles of the Lord. He that fights only\\nagainst outward sins, is but very little, if at all,\\nacquainted with the dangerous enemies in his heart,\\nor the deep corruption of original sin, and so the\\ntempter may easily gain an advantage over him.\\nExperienced Christians guard more against the\\ninward assaults of wickedness they are at peace\\nwith no sin, but keep up a constant war with all\\ntheir most subtle and darling lusts. However,\\nthough the Canaanites, our inbred foes, must be\\nconquered, they will dwell in the land, and cannot\\nbe wholly thrust out of the bosom, which makes\\nthe Christian warfare continue till death yet give\\nme grace, O Lord, never to spare my sinful lusts or\\ntempers, but to look unto thee to destroy them\\nwithout delay, as soon as they begin to move or\\nstir, that I may not be destroyed by them.\\nO Prince of Peace, forgive my guilt,\\nThough more than I can tell\\nAnd from the power of sin release,\\nAnd from the host of hell.\\nFurnish me, Lord, with heavenly arms,\\nFrom Grace s magazine,\\nAnd I ll proclaim eternal war\\nWith every darling sin.", "height": "3548", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "is6 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 19.\\nIn the beginning God created the heaven and the\\nearth. And the earth was without form, a?id\\nvoid and darkness was upon the face of the\\ndeep a?id the Spirit of God moved tcpon the\\nface of the waters. Gen. i. 1, 2. We are His\\nzvorkmanship, created in Christ Jesus (Note)\\nunto good works, which God has before ordained\\nthat we should walk in them. Eph. ii. 10.\\nTherefore, before we can really grow in holi-\\nness, we must be born again. How is it possible\\nfor a man to grow in sanctifLcation, without a real\\nchange being first wrought in his heart It is the\\nSpirit s way first to strip us of our own righteous-\\nness and strength, to shew us our nakedness and\\nnothingness, to fill us with godly sorrow for sin,\\nand then lead us to Jesus for pardon, sanctification\\nand justification. Christ being the Vine, we must\\nfirst be planted in Him, and draw nourishment and\\nstrength from Him y faith. When it is fulfilled,\\nthey shall feed and lie down on His pasture,\\nand none shall make them afraid (Zeph. iii. 13);\\nthen we shall be able to bring forth good fruits,\\nand obtain victories for it is God Himself that thus\\nmakes us perfect in every good work, and prepares\\na table for us in the presence of our enemies.\\nI ask not honor, pomp or praise,\\nBy worldly men esteemed\\nI wish from sin s deceitful ways\\nTo ieel my soul redeemed.\\nI wish, as faithful Christians do,\\nDear Lord, to live to thee,\\nAnd by my words and walk to shew\\nThat thou hast died for me.\\nOh grant me, through thy precious blood.\\nThy Gospel thus to grace\\nRenew my heart, O Lamb of God,\\nThus shall my works thee praise.", "height": "3568", "width": "2568", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 187\\nJunk 20.\\nIn the Lord have I righteousness and strength.\\nIsa. xlv. 24 2 Cor. ii. 14, and v. 19.\\nJustification through faith in Christ, at first,\\nis a very dark doctrine, hard to be understood, but\\nafterward we find, by experience, that it would be\\nimpossible to be saved in any other way, and that\\nnothing can be surer than this, though all mankind\\nshould turn away from it. And when we are made\\nto see that our best performances are unclean in\\nthe sight of God, and could not be accepted without\\nthe covering of Christ s righteousness, then we are\\nbrought to submit entirely to Christ, and at last to\\nlook upon ourselves wholly justified through Him,\\nwhich alone produceth rest, strength, and a gentle\\nspirit, the true image of Christ.\\nIn vain do we hope to procure this rest by any\\nreasonings or strong resolutions of our own for if\\nwe are sometimes able to master our affections by\\nour own strength, this is yet a building of our own,\\nand keeps us from earnest wrestling in prayer. We\\nhave now a form of godliness without its power,\\nand are still deceiving our own souls for nothing\\ncan be pleasing in the sight of God, and profit us\\nin the last day, but what He w r orks Himself. Away,\\ntherefore, w T ith all these doings of our own. Let us\\nacknowledge the weakness and nothingness of our\\nstrength, and apply, in our poor, blind, naked, lost\\nand miserable condition, to the blood and righteous-\\nness of Christ then we shall also find power and\\ndominion over sin (Isa. xxxiii. 24).\\nSinners shall hear the sound\\nTheir thankful tongues shall own,\\nOur righteousness and strength is found\\nIn thee, the Lord alone.", "height": "3572", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "t88 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 21.\\nDavid s Declaration In the day of my trouble I\\nwill call upon thee for thou will answer me.\\nPs. lxxxvi. 7.\\nDivine Answer: Then shall thou call, and the\\nLord shall answer thou shall cry, and He shall\\nsay, Here I am. Isa. lviii. 9. The Lord is rich\\nunto all who call upon Him and it shall come\\nto pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name\\nof the Lord shall be saved (this, to the comfort\\nof the weak, is several times repeated in Scrip-\\nture) Joel ii. 32 Acts ii. 21 Rom. x. 12, 13, 20.\\nTherefore when the righteous cry, the L01 d\\nheareth them, and delivereth them out of all\\ntheir troubles. Ps. xxxiv. 17, and cxlv. 18\\nJames v. 16.\\nOh glorious promise how T can God deny me\\nanything now that I pray for He has passed His\\nword for it His Son has purchased it the Holy\\nSpirit inspires the prayer the Word holds it forth\\nand the prayer of faith lays hold of it, and actually\\nreceives it. Prayer is the mouth of faith. If thou\\nwilt have much, open thy mouth wide, and it\\nshall be filled. Who, then, should not be stirred\\nup to pray much Oh what foolishness is this,\\nthat we have nothing, but may obtain all from God,\\nand yet are so loath to pray much and pray right\\nOh thou Hearer and Answerer of prayer, pour out\\nupon my soul the spirit of prayer. Give me assured\\ntrust in thee, that thou wilt hear my prayer and,\\noh let not my hope of an answer rest on anything\\nbut the all-prevailing merits of my Redeemer.\\nGod knows the pains His servants feel,\\nHe hears His children cry\\nAnd, their best wishes to fulfill,\\nHis grace is ever nigh.", "height": "3588", "width": "2480", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 189\\nJune 22.\\nSwear not at all neither by heaven for it is\\nGod s throne nor by the earth for it is His\\nfootstool neither by ferusalem for it is the city\\nof the great King. Neither shall thou swear by\\nthy head, because thou canst not make one hair\\n7vhite or black. But let your commwiication be,\\nYea, yea Nay, nay for whatsoever is more\\nthan these cometh of evil. Matt. v. 34-37. See\\nalso James v. 12.\\nSwear not by the creatures that, in effect, is\\nswearing by their Maker. Neither swear by thy\\nMaker, unless called to it by authority for the put-\\nting an end to strife swear not falsely, that is call-\\ning the God of truth to witness a lie swear not\\nneedlessly or rashly, as Saul did (1 Sam. xiv. 39).\\nSuch oaths or vows are ensnaring better broke\\nthan kept, but best not made at all. Swear not\\nidle, common oaths, such as, O Christ O God\\nFaith and troth By my soul As I live God\\nbless me If we must give account for every idle\\nword, much more for every idle oath, and most of\\nall for horrible cursing and blasphemy, that pro-\\nfanes God s name, and is the very language of hell.\\nHe that is guilty of perjury, not only is destroying\\nhis own soul, but is seeking to ruin his neighbor,\\nby perverting justice, and robbing the innocent\\nof his right. Yea, sometimes God takes a false-\\nswearer and self-curser at his word, and strikes him\\ndead on the spot. Lord, help the guilty to repent\\nof their sin, and help all to watch and pray\\nagainst it.\\nFrom false, and rash, and idle oaths,\\nDefend my tongue, O I,ord\\nI,et salt of grace hang on my lips,\\nTo season every word.", "height": "3552", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "igo THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 23.\\nDearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather\\ngive place unto wrath for it is written, Ven-\\ngeance is mine I will repay, saith the Lord.\\nRom. xii. 19. Say not, I will do so to him as he\\nhath dojie to me I will render to the man ac-\\ncording to his work. Pro v. xxiv. 29. See also\\nLev. xix. 18. Recoynpense to ?io man evil for\\nevil. Rom. xii. 17.\\nJudge ye then, my brethren, would it be wise to\\nsnatch the rod out of the all-powerful hand of God,\\nto take it into our own, even was it in our power to\\ndo it? We are taught by the holy prophet not to\\navenge ourselves, it being daring presumption to\\nusurp God s province, and to step into His throne.\\nHe that chastiseth the nations, shall He not cor-\\nrect Might may overcome right for a time, to try\\nGod s children but whether that is done with a\\nclose hand, so as not to be discovered, or with a\\nhigh hand, so as not to be controlled, God will, in\\nHis due time, shew Himself, and assert His right\\nof vengeance against all that would take it from\\nHim. It is therefore our wisdom to call to mind\\nour blessed Lord s silence when He suffered, who,\\nwhen He was reviled, reviled not again when He\\nsuffered He threatened not, and to copy after it,\\ncommitting ourselves to Him that judgeth righ-\\nteously.\\nGrace dwells with justice on the throne,\\nAnd men that love thy word\\nHave in thy sanctuary known\\nThe counsels of the I^ord.\\nWhen God, in His own sov reign ways,\\nComes down to save the opprest,\\nThe wrath of man shall work His praise,\\nAnd he ll restrain the rest.", "height": "3584", "width": "2524", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 191\\nJunk 24.\\nIf any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.\\n2 Cor. v. 17.\\nLET no man be discouraged from coming to\\nChrist because he finds not in himself that godly\\nsorrow for sin, that ability to repent, that disposi-\\ntion of heart which he desires to have we must\\nfirst be in Christ before we are new creatures. This\\nis a common fault among us we would fain have\\nsomething before we come. We think God s par-\\ndons are not free, but we must bring something in\\nour hand whereas the proclamation runs thus\\n11 Buy without money, that is, come without any\\nexcellency at all because we are commanded to\\ncome and take the water of life freely. There-\\nfore do not say, I have a fretful disposition, and a\\nhard heart, and cannot mourn for sin as I should,\\ntherefore I will stay till that be done. It is all one\\nas if you should say, I must go to the physician,\\nbut I will have my wounds well, and my disease\\nhealed first. The end of going to Christ is, that\\nthis very hardness of thy heart may be taken away\\nthat this very deadness of thy spirit may be re-\\nmoved that thou may est be enlightened, quick-\\nened, healed that thou mayest hate sin, for He is\\nthy Physician. Look not for sanctification, nor for\\ngenuine fruits of righteousness, till thy soul is\\nunited unto Christ by a living faith for it is faith\\nthat purifies the heart, and works (i. e., produces\\ngood works) by love. Thou must first be in Christ,\\ngrafted into Christ by faith, before thou canst be a\\nnew creature.\\nI^ord, graft me in thyself, the vine,\\nAnd feed me from thy root,\\nSo shall I in thine image shine,\\nAnd bear much heavenly fruit.", "height": "3556", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "192 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 25.\\nAll things are lawful unto me, but all things are\\nnot expediejit all things are lawful for me, but\\nI will not be brought under the power of any.\\n1 Cor. vi. 12. See chapters x. 23, and viii. 8.\\nMany that are well affected to religion, and\\nreceive instructions of piety with pleasure and\\nsatisfaction, often wonder how it comes to pass that\\nthey make no greater progress in that religion\\nwhich they so much admire. Now, the reason of\\nit is, because religion lives only in their head,\\nwhile something else has possession of their heart,\\nand therefore they continue, from year to year,\\nmere admirers and praisers of piety, without ever\\ncoming up to the reality and perfection of its pre-\\ncepts. If it be asked why religion does not get\\npossession of their hearts? the reason is, not\\nbecause they live in gross sins or debaucheries,\\nfor their regard to religion preserves them from\\nsuch disorders, but because their hearts are con-\\nstantly employed, perverted, and kept in a bad\\nstate by the wrong use of such things as are lawful\\nto be used for our souls may receive very great\\nhurt, merely by the abuse of innocent and lawful\\nthings. What is more innocent than rest and\\nretirement? and yet what more dangerous than\\nsloth and idleness What is more lawful than\\neating and drinking and yet what more destruc-\\ntive of virtue than sensuality and indulgence?\\nHow lawful and praiseworthy is the care of a\\nfamily and yet what so prejudicial as an anxious\\nworldly temper Reader, follow the apostle, and\\nbeware of lawful things keep thy heart free from\\nthe power of them.\\nO Lord, direct me in the use\\nOf things that lawful are\\nFor lawful things may have abuse,\\nAnd prove a fatal snare.", "height": "3572", "width": "2496", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 193\\nJune 26.\\nThere are diversities of operations but it is the\\nsame God which worketh allin all. 1 Cor. xii. 6.\\nSome believers are remarkable for the strength\\nof their faith in trials, even unto death others for\\nliveliness and activity in duty others for wisdom,\\nconduct and prudence, in temporals and spirituals\\nothers for their zeal in defence of the truth others\\nfor knowledge in the mysteries of truth others for\\nmeekness and patience others for outward useful-\\nness and some for an inward and spiritual life of\\ncommunion with God but all these are the various\\ngifts and graces of the Holy Spirit, dividing sever-\\nally to every man as He will, and are given to\\nprofit withal. My fellow-Christians, let us hence\\nlearn a lesson of forbearance to our brethren. It is\\nnot right to judge of another by thine own pattern.\\nArt thou a warm and active Christian Condemn\\nnot him whose endowments may be more placid\\nand contemplative than thine. He who now creeps\\nas a snail in humble silence, may, by one lift of\\nDivine power, be raised higher than thou art. The\\nsame may be said of other differences among the\\nfollowers of Jesus. Let us then no longer envy one\\nanother, or indulge a rash and censorious spirit\\nbut rather covet earnestly the best gifts, and faith-\\nfully improve the talent committed to our trust,\\nthat each of us may receive that heart-reviving\\nword, Well done, good and faithful servant, enter\\nthou into the joy of thy Lord.\\nThere is a voice of sovereign grace\\nSounds from the sacred Word\\nye despairing sinners, come\\nAnd trust upon the Lord.\\nMy soul obeys th Almighty call,\\nAnd runs to this relief;\\n1 would believe thy promise, I,ord\\nOh help my unbelief!", "height": "3564", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "194 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 27.\\nEvery good gift, and every perfect gift, is from\\nabove. James i. 17. See also Job i. 21.\\nREADER, it is a point of the greatest importance\\nfor thee to know, that every evil thing is of thyself,\\nand every good thing of God. Without faith we\\ncannot be saved but, saith St. Paul (Eph. ii. 8)\\nBy grace are ye saved, through faith, and that not\\nof yourselves, it is the gift of God. We are called\\nupon to repent but (in Acts v. 31) we read that\\nChrist is exalted at the Father s right hand, to be a\\nPrince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to\\nIsrael. We must be born again, but regeneration\\nis wholly of God s will Which were born, not of\\nblood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will\\nof man, but of God (John i. 13). Saving knowl-\\nedge is likewise the gift of God: To you it\\nis given to know the mysteries of the kingdom\\nof heaven (Matt. xiii. 11). Effectual calling is\\nalso of God s grace (2 Tim. i. 9). Justification\\nis of God s grace we are justified freely. Adop-\\ntion also is an act of grace He vouchsafes that\\nhigh privilege, not in common to all, but only\\nto so many as He pleaseth. Perseverance in duty\\nis also God s gift; for we are preserved by the\\npower of God to salvation. Eternal life is also a\\ngift for the gift of God is eternal life, through\\nJesus Christ. A right knowledge of these things,\\nreader, will keep thee humble and dependent upon\\nGod and not only dispose thee to give Him the\\nglory of His grace, but to seek to Him diligently\\nfor it.\\nWhate er I have, or ma} r possess,\\nIt flows from God above\\nComes from His bounty and His grace,\\nAnd undeserved love.", "height": "3572", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 195\\nJune 28.\\nWe would see Jesus. Search the Scriptures for\\nin them ye think ye have eternal life, and they\\nare they which testify of me. John xii. 21, and\\nv. 39. Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and\\nread. Isa. xxxiv. 16. See also chap. viii. 20.\\nIt is remarkable that the wise men traveling to\\nfind Christ followed only the star and as long as\\nthey had that in view, were assured that they were\\nin the right way, and we may believe had great\\npleasure in their journey but when they entered\\nJerusalem, whereas the star led them not thither,\\nbut to Bethlehem, and there would be instructed\\nwhere Christ was born, they were not only ignorant\\nof the place where, but had also lost the sight of\\nthe star which should guide them thither. Whereby\\nwe are taught this useful lesson, that when we are\\ngoing to learn Christ, and seek Christ, who is above,\\nto beware w r e lose not the star of God s Word,\\nwhich only is the mark that shews us where Christ\\nis, and which way we may come to Him. To\\nwhich may be added, that if, with David, we make\\nthe Word of God a lamp to our feet, and a light\\nto our paths, we shall not be led aside by every\\nfalse fire that presents itself to us but by keeping\\nclose to the Word of God, we shall be brought to\\nthe knowledge of Christ here, and to the full\\nenjoyment of Him hereafter. Reader, this little\\nbook is only designed to lead thee to search the\\nScriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto\\nsalvation, through faith in Jesus Christ.\\nEternal life God s Word imparts,\\nWhereon each fainting spirit lives\\nHere sweeter comforts cheer our hearts,\\nThan all the round of nature gives.", "height": "3572", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "196 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJune 29.\\nLet no corrupt communication proceed out of your\\nmouth, but that which is good to the icse of edify-\\ning, that it may mi?iister grace ten to the hearers;\\nand grieve not the Holy Spirit of God. Let not\\nfilthi?iess be once named among you, nor foolish\\ntalking, nor jesting, which are not convenient.\\nEph. iv. 29, 30, and v. 4. But now ye also put\\noff all these anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,\\nfilthy communication out of your mouth. Lie\\nnot one to another. Col. iii. 8, 9.\\nIdi,e words are hurtful words they grieve the\\nHoly Spirit, destroy what power has been obtained\\nby prayer, and cause nothing but levity aud dis-\\ntraction of mind. Let this be a caution against\\ntalking too much for if it does not tend to the\\nglory of God, it is nothing but corrupt communi-\\ncation, the end of which is destruction and miser}*.\\nMay all Christians take heed to refrain their\\ntongues, and never speak unadvisedly but always\\nconsider first, whether their words can be profitable\\nto others, and acceptable to God in heaven. O\\nLord, teach me, by thy wisdom, to keep tny\\nmouth as it were with a bridle, and to weigh all\\nmy words like gold Let my heart and lips be\\nmoved and governed by thy Spirit, that both my\\nsilence and talking may be according to thy will\\nand direction Grant that I may always chiefly\\nconverse with thee in prayer and thanksgiving for\\nthe good of my own soul and others and when-\\never I am to open my lips in due time, let my\\nwords be so seasoned and blessed as to administer\\ngrace to the hearers.\\nSo let our lips and lives express\\nThe holy Gospel we profess\\nSo let our words and virtues shine,\\nTo prove the doctrine all Divine.", "height": "3572", "width": "2532", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 197\\nJune 30.\\nAnd he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the\\nearth, and the top of it reached to heaven and\\nbehold the angels of God ascending and descend-\\ning on it. Gen. xxviii. 12.\\nThis ladder the Lord Jesus Christ applies to\\nHimself (John i. 51), and it may be considered\\nas representing the Divine Providence, which\\ngoverns all things. The several steps of the ladder\\nare the motions and actions of Providence the\\nangels going up and down, shew that the} 7 are the\\ngreat ministers of Providence, never idle, but\\nalways employed in the preservation of the just\\ntheir ascending, means their going up to receive\\nthe Divine orders and commands and their de-\\nscending, their coming down upon earth to put\\nthem in execution. So that, in this representation,\\nGod signified to Jacob, now full of care and uneasy\\napprehensions, that the man who was under the\\ncustody and protection of Divine Providence wanted\\nnot company in a wilderness, wanted not security\\nin the midst of dangers, wanted not direction in the\\nmost difficult undertakings since there were so\\nmany ministering spirits holding correspondence\\nbetween earth and heaven, and daily and hourly\\nsent forth from God s presence to minister unto\\nthem who shall be heirs of salvation. Seeing,\\nthen, that these ministering spirits of God are still\\nactive in their work, shall I not enjoy the care and\\nthe direction of such holy beings Shall I not\\ngive up my poor soul into their hands Alas I\\nhow it clings to its own foolish ways May the\\nGod of grace deliver it from these for they are\\nindeed folly\\nThou, Jesus, my safe ladder art,\\nTo lift me to the skies\\nAnd on it when I find I m got,\\nMy heart begins to rise.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "198 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly 1.\\nAlleluia for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.\\nRev. xix. 6.\\nGod is the Lord of Hosts He is the great com-\\nmander of heaven and earth He it is that directs\\nall conflicts in war no field is pitched, no battle\\nfought, but by His special order and commission\\nand all for the accomplishment of His glory. But\\nit befalleth us as it doth them who stand in the\\nsame level wherein two great armies are ready to\\nengage they conceive them to be a disordered\\nmultitude whom, notwithstanding, if they beheld\\nfrom a high hill, they would discern that they\\nwere artificially ranged, and every man serving\\nunder his own colors. Even so men, who behold\\nthe state of the world with the eyes of flesh and\\nblood, dim by reason of the corruption of their\\njudgments and weakness of their affections, think\\nall things out of order, they see servants riding\\non horses, and princes going on foot that the\\nworse men are, the better they fare and they fare\\nthe worse the better they are but if they would\\ngo into God s sanctuary, and judge of occurrences\\nby heavenly principles, then they would confess\\nthat no army on earth can be better marshaled\\nthan the great army of all the creatures of heaven\\nand earth, yea, and of hell too and that, notwith-\\nstanding all appearances to the contrary, all is\\nwell, and will end well, especially to God s people;\\nand that the God of order will bring light out of\\ndarkness, and order out of the greatest confusion,\\ncould they but have patience, and let Him alone\\nwith His own work.\\nThe I,ord God omnipotent reigns,\\nCommanding whatever He will\\nAnd rebels that fear not His word\\nAre under His government still.", "height": "3584", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 199\\nJUI.Y 2.\\nThou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall; but\\nthe Lord helped me. Ps. cxviii. 13. Preserved\\nin fesus Christ, and called. Jude 1.\\nJESUS was in the council, undertook our cause,\\nstruck hands in the covenant as our surety, wrought\\nout a righteousness for us, suflered our curse on\\nthe tree to redeem us, ever lives, and ever loves,\\nand ever pleads our cause, while He represents our\\npersons before the everlastingly gracious and infi-\\nnitely just and righteous Jehovah, His Father and\\nour Father, now well pleased with us, because\\naccepted and preserved in the Beloved. Are these\\nthings so? And has the Lord, the Spirit, the\\nglorifier of Jesus, enlightened our understandings\\nto see these things, enabled us to believe, and as-\\nsured our hearts of our own happy share and in-\\nterest in them O my soul, stop, reflect, dwell on\\nsuch wonderful power, marvelous favor, distin-\\nguishing love, and appropriated mercy Now let\\nall mine enemies exert their utmost power, I will\\nnot be afraid. Afflictions, pains, temptations, may\\nawait me, waves and storms may go over my head,\\nSatan may sift me as wheat, the waters of death\\nmay prove bitter to my taste, yet I will not be\\ndiscouraged He that died for me will take care of\\nme He that pardoned my aggravated offences will\\nheal my infirmities He that knew the power of\\ntemptation will support and deliver me out of all.\\nThis I believe Lord, help my unbelief The wis-\\ndom, the power, the love, the promise, the cove-\\nnant, and the oath of Jehovah, stand all engaged\\nfor the preservation of a poor, unworthy believer\\nin Jesus. Alleluia.\\nWhy should I fear, though mighty foes\\nThrust at me every day\\nThe Iyord, who offers me His help,\\nIs stronger much than they.", "height": "3572", "width": "2308", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "200 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly 3.\\nLearn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart\\nand ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matt.\\nxi. 29. Be clothed with humility for God re-\\nsisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.\\nHumble yourselves therefore under the mighty\\nhand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00941 Pet. v. 5, 6.\\nSuch as are haughty and self-conceited, rush\\nagainst the mighty hand of God, and destroy them-\\nselves but those that are humbled under it, will\\nbe protected by the same. Whatever knowledge\\nor skill we may obtain in the schools of human\\nlearning, the Scriptures do not yet allow us to be\\ntruly wise, but calls us blind and mere worldly\\nstudents, till we learn to be poor in spirit, lowly in\\nheart, and dead to the world (Prov. xi. 2 1 Cor. i.\\nand ii). Therefore, the more a man dies to this\\nworld, the more is he enlightened and the more\\nhumiliating views he obtains of his worthlessness in\\nthe sight of Jehovah, the greater will be his capa-\\ncity of grace, and the more abundant supplies of\\ngrace will be administered to his soul. What is\\nmore precious in the sight of God than the soul that\\nis broken from its own conceits and vanities, and\\nhas enlisted itself under the banner of Jesus, a\\nmeek and lowly soldier of the Cross As nothing,\\nthen, O my soul, bend thyself in the presence of\\nthe Lord Lay that aside which is of this world,\\nand putting on the garment of heavenly meekness,\\nwalk humbly with thy God.\\nLord, if thou thy grace impart, poor in spirit, meek in heart,\\nI shall as my Master be, rooted in humility.\\nSimple, teachable, and mild, changed into a little child\\nPleased with all the Lord provides, weaned from all the\\nworld besides,\\nFather, fix my soul on thee every evil let me flee\\nNothing want, beneath, above happy in thy precious love.", "height": "3572", "width": "2528", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 201\\nJuly 4.\\nAnd Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God\\nmet him. Gen. xxxii. 1.\\nAs Jacob was favored with a heavenly vision\\nwhen he first departed from his father s house, so\\nthe Divine Being thought proper again to favor him\\nwith the same token of His protection on his return\\nthither, in order to encourage him to meet with\\nconfidence those dangers he had to encounter.\\nHence we may observe, that when God designs His\\npeople for extraordinary trials, He prepares them\\nby extraordinary comforts. We should think it\\nhad been more seasonable for these angels to have\\nappeared to him just in the heat of his engagement,\\neither with Laban before, or Esau after, than in this\\ncalm and quiet interval, when he saw not himself\\nin any imminent peril. But God will have us when\\nwe are in peace to provide for trouble, and when\\ntrouble comes, draw comfort and encouragement\\nfrom former experiences knowing assuredly, that\\nHe who has delivered in six troubles will also\\ndeliver in seven, and in due time out of all. This\\nmay be a representation of God s people at death,\\nwho, after a life of sore trial and heavy conflict with\\nthe triple-armed enemy of their souls, are trium-\\nphantly returning to Canaan, to their heavenly\\nFather s house and then the angels of God shall\\nmeet them, to congratulate the happy finishing of\\ntheir labors, and carry them to their everlasting\\nrest there to dwell with God and the Lamb, and\\nin company with the whole multitude of redeemed\\nsaints, to sing the songs of praise in the New\\nJerusalem.\\nMay Jesus guide me on my way,\\nAnd guard from threatening woes\\nHis presence turns my night to day,\\nAnd disconcerts my foes.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "202 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly 5.\\nFor by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy\\nzvords thou shalt be condemned. Matt. xii. 37.\\nIf any ma7i among you seem to be religious, and\\nbridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own\\nheart, this mans religion is vain. James i. 26.\\nwill take heed, that I sin not with my to?igue\\nI will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the\\nwicked is before me. Ps. xxxix. 1.\\nThe general turn of a man s discourse will clearly\\ndiscover the bent of his mind for out of the\\nabundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.\\nOther outward marks may be imitated but not to\\noffend in tongue, to be free from detraction and\\nboasting, to speak the truth in love, to let no\\ncorrupt communication (nothing contrary to peace\\nor holiness) proceed out of the mouth, this is the\\nfinger of God. Here the hypocrite and formalist\\nalways fail. Let us earnestly pray for grace to\\nbridle the tongue. O Lord, set a watch before\\nmy mouth, keep the door of my lips, that I may\\nnever bring a reproach upon my profession, by\\nspeaking proud, false, foolish, or censorious words.\\nBut, on the contrary, may I speak the words cf\\nwisdom, and, out of a meek and a pure heart, adorn\\nthe doctrine which I profess, by a holy and quiet\\nconversation. Especially defend me in the pres-\\nence of them who fear not thy name, that I bring\\nnot a reproach thereon, by any foolish word that I\\nmay let slip out of my mouth.\\nThe tongue, that most unruly power,\\nRequires a strong restraint\\nWe must be watchful every hour,\\nAnd pray, but never faint.\\nLord, can a feeble, helpless worm,\\nPerform a task so hard\\nThy grace must all the work perform,\\nAnd give the free reward.", "height": "3572", "width": "2544", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 203\\nJuly 6.\\nLoose them and bring them unto me. And if any\\nman say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord\\nhath need of them, and straightway he will send\\nthem. Matt. xxi. 2, 3. The Spirit of the Lord\\ncame mightily upon him, and the cords that were\\nupon his arms became as flax that was burnt\\nwith fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.\\nJudges xv. 14.\\nThus the Spirit of the Lord makes us free from\\nall spiritual bonds for i where the Spirit of the\\nLord is, there is liberty (2 Cor. iii. 17). Though\\nI was torn from Christ by the enemy, yet, as a\\nrobber, he gets no right to me. Christ does not\\ngive up for this reason His right which He has to\\nme on so many accounts and as soon as I am will-\\ning by His grace to give up myself to Him, and\\ndesire to be delivered from the power of Satan, He\\nvindicates and saves me as His property I am His,\\nSatan looses his hold, and nothing in the world can\\nwithhold me from Him. All the fetters must fall\\noff. The Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon\\nhim, and the cords that were upon his arms became\\nas flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands\\nloosed from off his hands. Help me to resign\\nmyself wholly into thy hands, and may the Spirit\\nof the Lord loose my bonds, the bonds of sin.\\nWhat though the hosts of death and hell\\nAll armed against me stood,\\nTerrors no more shall shake my soul\\nMy refuge is my God\\nArise, O Lord, fulfill thy grace,\\nWhile I thy glory sing\\nMy God hath broke the serpent s teeth,\\nAnd death has lost his sting.\\nSalvation to the Lord belongs,\\nHis arm alone can save\\nBlessings attend thy people here,\\nAnd reach beyond the grave.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "204 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly 7.\\nMake you a 7iew heart and a new spirit; for why\\nwill ye die, O house of Israel? Ezek. xviii. 31.\\nSee also 2 Cor. v. 17-21.\\nMany are converted, but not entirely to Christ\\nand from their own righteousness, so as to be truly\\nsensible of their abominable wickedness, and earn-\\nestly to flee to Christ for a reconciliation and righ-\\nteousness and therefore they never seek to Jesus\\nto make the new heart and new spirit, but continue\\non in their mere outward moral state year after\\nyear. But to be truly a member of the spiritual\\nbody of Christ Jesus, there must not only be an\\noutward morality, there must also be the inward\\nspirituality, the sanctification of the heart, the\\nrenewing of the whole inner man in that heavenly\\nknowledge, righteousness and holiness, which\\nadorned the soul before the fail. O Lord, let me\\ndaily receive a word from thee, to nourish and\\nstrengthen my soul, so as to be renewed daily by\\nit more and more.\\nOh for a heart to love my God\\nA heart from sin set free\\nA heart that always feels the blood\\nSo freely shed for me.\\nA heart resigned, submissive, meek,\\nMy dear Redeemer s throne\\nWhere only Christ is heard to speak,\\nWhere Jesus reigns alone.\\nA lowly and believing heart,\\nAbhorring self and sin\\nA constant heart, which nought can part\\nFrom Christ, who dwells within.\\nA child-like heart, that cries for food,\\nAnd pines for love Divine\\nAn upright heart, by grace renewed,\\nA copy, Lord, of thine.", "height": "3572", "width": "2528", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 205\\nJuly 8.\\nMartha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled\\nabout many things. Luke x. 41. Keep thy\\nheart with all diligence for out of it are the\\nissues of life. Prov. iv. 23. This people draw-\\neth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth\\nme with their lips but their heart is far from\\nme. Matt. xv. 8.\\nAs the virtue of a strong spirituous liquor evapor-\\nates by degrees in a vial which is not closely\\nstopped, in like manner the life and power of the\\nSpirit insensibly vanishes away, if the heart is not\\nkept with all diligence. Of the former, remains\\nonly water of the latter, nothing but the form of\\nreligion, or perhaps some false principles and errors\\ncrept in. Therefore many must be tried and sifted,\\nthat they may know, like Hezekiah, what is in\\ntheir hearts (2 Chron. xxxii. 31): consequently,\\nwhat more needful than to take heed to our own\\nspirits, and to keep close to the written Word for\\nas the latter times draw nearer, the more plausible\\nwill errors and seducements appear, both on your\\nright hand and on your left. Beware of being\\ndrawn off from the truth, either by the worldly\\nprudence of half-hearted professors, or by pretences\\nto merit in the self-righteous Pharisee.\\nLord, permit me not to be\\nA stranger to myself and thee;\\nAmidst a thousand thoughts I rove,\\nForgetful of my highest love.\\nCall me away from flesh and sense,\\nOne sovereign word can draw me thence\\n1 would obey the voice Divine,\\nAnd all inferior things resign. J\\nBe earth, with all her scenes, withdrawn\\nLet noise and vanity be gone\\nIn secret silence of the mind\\nMy heaven, and there my God, I find.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "206 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly 9.\\nMy soul thirsteth after thee as a thirsty land. Ps.\\ncxliii. 6. Let him that is athirst come and\\nwhosoever will, let him take the water of life\\nfreely. Rev. xxii. 17. If any man thirst, let\\nhim come unto me and drink. He that believeth\\non me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly\\nshall flow rivers of living water. John vii. 37,\\n38.\\nWhen thou art dry and barren, examine thyself\\nclosely what may be the cause ask pardon for all\\nknown offences, and take care to amend them.\\nAnd though thou shouldst not find an} thing par-\\nticular, yet humble thyself deeply before the Lord\\nbut, at the same time, remember that thou art\\naccepted, beloved, justified and blessed in Christ\\nand in this disposition quietly wait the returns of\\nsome new drops of living water and grace but be\\nalso sure afterward to cherish and make a right\\nuse of them. Thus thou shalt be under the imme-\\ndiate care of the mighty God of Jacob. And the\\nLord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy\\nsoul in drought, and make fat thy bones and thou\\nshalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of\\nwater, whose waters fail not (Isa. lviii. 11).\\nFor thee I thirst, O Lord, I mourn\\nWhen will thy smiling face return\\nShall all my joy on earth remove,\\nAnd God for ever hide His love\\nANSWER.\\nNo ye that pant for living streams,\\nAnd pine away and die,\\nHere you may quench your raging thirst\\nWith springs that never dry.\\nRivers of love and mercy here\\nIn a rich ocean join\\nSalvation in abundance flows,\\nLike floods of milk and wine.", "height": "3572", "width": "2548", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 207\\nJUI Y IO.\\nMy soul waiteth upon God from Him cometh my\\nsalvation. He only is my defence; I shall not be\\ngreatly moved. Therefore, trust in Him at all\\ntimes; ye people, pour out your heart before Him:\\nGod is a refuge for us. Ps. lxii. 1, 2, 8.\\nThe more patient, believing and single-eyed we\\nare, the sooner we shall see the salvation and vic-\\ntory of the Lord. Double-minded souls have the\\ngreatest struggle and the slothful must tarry the\\nlonger. Sometimes, it is true, though we are faith-\\nful, yet we must cry out, O Lord, how long?\\n(Ps. vi. 3.) But nevertheless, He always hears and\\ndelivers us, though we do not see and feel it\\ndirectly, but seem to suffer continually. In heaven\\nwe shall certainly see it, and reap the blessed fruits\\nof all our afflictions and prayers. While we are\\nupon this earth, the face of the Lord may often be\\nobscured and hid from us, yet at length we shall\\nsee the glory of the Lord in the cloud, and\\ndeliverance shall come out of the troubles that\\nseemed to overwhelm us. Thus it is that the Lord\\nworks with His people, to keep them always in\\nremembrance of Himself. Shall we not wait then\\nfor Him, even though He tarry long? Yes, my\\nsoul, wait thou upon the Lord He is a refuge for\\nthee.\\nAlmighty God of truth and love,\\nIn me thy power exert\\nThe mountain from my soul remove,\\nThe hardness of my heart.\\nFrom thee, that I no more depart,\\nNo more thy goodness grieve\\nThe filial awe, the fleshy heart,\\nThe tender conscience give.\\nQuick as the apple of an eye,\\nO God, my conscience make\\nAwake, my soul, when sin is nigh,\\nAnd keep it still awake.", "height": "3564", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "2oS THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJUIvY II.\\nhave been young, and now am old yel have I\\nnot seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed\\nbegging bread. Ps. xxxvii. 25.\\nSweet declaration encouraging experience\\nThe Lord indeed careth for the righteous, for those\\nwho, having seen the want of mercy, rely for it\\nupon the promise of God, that there is forgiveness\\nwith Him through the meritorious life and death\\nof Jesus Christ. He hath promised that He will\\nnever leave nor forsake them that He will\\nwithhold from them no manner of thing that is\\ngood. He careth also for their seed so that they\\nshall not beg their bread. He frequently provides\\nfor them, when their parents are no more, in such\\nunexpected ways, that many who see it are con-\\nstrained to acknowledge, This is the Lord s\\ndoing. And sometimes, while they are living, He\\nbrings bread to their mouths, and also furnishes\\nthem with opportunities to hear of and seek for the\\nbread which came down from heaven, and which\\nendureth unto everlasting life thus snatching\\nthem from the jaws of ignorance and destruction.\\nO Lord, if mine ears have heard if mine eyes have\\nseen and, more especially, if I partake of such\\nblessings, thankfully may I own that thou art a\\nGod keeping covenant and mercy and make this\\nproof of thy faithfulness a ground of reliance upon\\nthee for all needful promised blessings Help me\\nto cast all my cares on thee, and endeavor, by\\nprayer, instruction, and example, that thy good-\\nuiess may be sanctified to my seed.\\nThe I^ord, for His own mercy s sake,\\nWill bless believers and their seed\\nThe parents He will not forsake,\\nNor let the children beg their bread.", "height": "3572", "width": "2528", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 209\\nJUXY 12.\\nStrengthened with all might, according to His glo-\\nrious power, unto all patience and long-suffering\\nwith joy fulness. Col. i. 11. And they departed\\nfrom the presence of the council, rejoicing that\\nthey were counted worthy to suffer shame for His\\nname. Acts v. 41. That He would grant you,\\naccording to the riches of His glory, to be strength-\\nened with might by His Spirit i?i the inner man*\\nEph. iii. 16. But the fruit of the Spirit is love^\\njoy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness\\nfaith, meekness, temperance. Gal. v. 22.\\nOh my soul, what encouraging words are these I\\nHow full of meaning The Lord our righteousness\\nis the Lord our strength. He is near at hand\\nbeliever, to strengthen thee according to thy need\\nnot in one or two respects, but with all might, with\\na supply suited to every various occasion, and that\\nto the utmost, answerable to what may be expected\\nfrom the exertion of His own glorious power.\\nHappy state of the believer in Jesus though feeble\\nin himself, surrounded with enemies, and exercised\\nwith a continual warfare, he shall not be over-\\npowered for the promise and the arm of God is on\\nhis side. The Lord, who can do what He pleaseth,\\nis in alliance, yea, in covenant with a believer and\\ntherefore he shall be made more than a conqueror\\nthrough Christ who has loved him.\\nLet me but hear my Saviour say,\\n11 Strength shall be equal to thy day\\nThen I rejoice in deep distress,\\nLeaning on All-sufficient grace.\\nI glory in infirmity,\\nThat Christ s own power may rest on me r\\nWhen I am weak, then am I strong,\\nGrace is my shield, and Christ my song.", "height": "3548", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "210 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly I3\\nChristian s Declaration My beloved is mine, and\\nI am his. Song of Solomon ii. 16.\\nDivine Answer zuill betroth thee unto me for\\never; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteous-\\nness, and in judgment* and in loving-kindness\\nand thou shall know the Lord. Hos. ii. 19, 20.\\nBy faith in the blood of Christ we are accepted,\\nand closely united to Him as our bridegroom. By\\nfaith we daily eat His flesh, drink His blood, and\\nare sprinkled all over and need there is of a daily\\nsprinkling, that our persons and services may be\\naccepted, since the best of our works, our prayers\\nand praises, our duties and graces, are all unclean\\ntill washed in the blood of Jesus. This appears\\nfrom Heb. ix. 19-21, where it is said, that all the\\nvessels of the ministry, and even the book, were\\nsprinkled. By faith let us cling to this blood of\\nsprinkling, which emanates from the cross, and let\\n11s abide in Jesus, without whom we can bring forth\\nno fruit for as the branch cannot bear fruit of\\nitself, except it abide in the vine no more can ye,\\nexcept ye abide in Him (John xv. 4).\\nHark the Redeemer from on high\\nSweetly invites His fav rites nigh\\nFrom caves of darkness and of doubt,\\nHe gently speaks, and calls us out.\\nMy sister and my spouse, He cries,\\n11 Bound to my heart by various ties\\nThy powerful love my heart detains\\nIn strong delight, and pleasing chains.\\nDear X,ord, our thankful heart receives\\nThe hope thy invitation gives\\nTo thee our joyful lips shall raise\\nThe voice of prayer, the voice of praise.\\nI am my Iyove s and He is mine\\nOur hearts, our hopes, our passions join\\nNor let a motion, nor a word,\\nNor thought arise to grieve my I^ord.", "height": "3564", "width": "2544", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 211\\nJuly 14.\\nDavid s Prayer: When thou saidst, Seek ye my\\nface, my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will\\nI seek. Ps. xxvii. 8. am thine, save me for\\nI have sought thy precepts. Ps. cxix. 94.\\nDivine Answer: They who seek me early shall\\nfind me.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Prov. viii. 17. The humble shall see\\nthis, and be glad and your heart shall live that\\nseek God. Ps. lxix. 32. Seek, and ye shall find.\\nMatt. vii. 7. For whoso findeth me, findeth\\nlife. Prov. viii. 35. For I am the life. John\\nxiv. 6.\\nSuch arguments and entreaties we may use with\\nGod, to strengthen us in faith He does not want\\nthem, but we do and He is well pleased when we\\ntake Him at His word. For if we would not draw\\nnear to God in prayer till our hearts are quickened,\\nperhaps we might never come to it. Therefore we\\nmust not indulge ourselves in such a state of dull-\\nness, but rather put a force upon ourselves, and\\npray against our natural inclination. Being faithful\\nand instant in this, we shall certainly have our\\naffections warmed, and great power and blessings\\ngiven from above, that our hearts may live. O\\nLord, I plead thy precious promises, and thou canst\\nnot deny thy word. Thou hast laid thyself under\\nobligation to help a feeble praying soul. Then let\\nthy Holy Spirit abide with me, to quicken my soul\\nwhen fainting, and to rule my heart in all things,\\nthat no sin may have dominion over me.\\nI,ord, I address thy heavenly throne\\nCall me a child of thine\\nSend down the Spirit of thy Son\\nTo form my heart divine.\\nThere shed thy choicest love abroad,\\nAnd make mv comforts strong,\\nThen shall I say, My Father God,\\nWith an unwav ring tongue.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "212 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly 15.\\nDavid s Prayer 9 my God, I trust in thee; lei\\nme not be ashamed\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Vs. xxv. 2. I?i thee, O\\nLord, do I hope thou wilt hear, O Lord my\\nGod. Ps. xxxviii. 15. Let no7ie that wait o?i\\nthee be ashamed. Ps. xxv. 3.\\nDivine Answer: Hope maketh not ashamed.\\nRom. v. 5. They that trust in the Lord shall be\\nas Mount Zion, which abideth for ever. Ps.\\ncxxv. 1. Pray for help and though it tarry,\\nwait for it because it will surely come it will\\nnot tarry.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hob. ii. 3. Then thou shall know,\\netc. Isa. xlix. 23.\\nDoes God delay His promises, and the enemy\\nraise a suspicion against His faithfulness remem-\\nber it is said, Pray and wait. Wait for the\\ncoming of God s own good time. His time will\\ncome and though it tarry, wait for it, because it\\nwill surely come. Thou art still alive, and shalt\\nyet be a witness to God s faithfulness. If He was\\nnot faithful and true, He could not be God. His\\nfaithfulness is eternal, and as sure and as great as\\nHimself; above all our thoughts. Thou shalt at\\nlast the more gloriously experience it, and not be\\nashamed. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but\\nHis word shall not fail, because He keeps truth\\nforever (Ps. cxlvi. 6). Hath He promised, and\\nshall He not perform Hath He said, and will He\\nnot do Yea, verily, His words are truth to the\\nend of the world.\\nHappy the man whose hopes rely\\nOn Israel s God He made the sky,\\nAnd earth, and seas, with all their train\\nAnd none shall find His promise vain.\\nHis truth for ever stands secure\\nHe saves th oppressed, He feeds the poor\\nHe sends the laboring conscience peace,\\nAnd grants the prisoner sweet release.", "height": "3572", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 213\\nJtxv 16.\\nAnd as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilder-\\nness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up.\\nJohn iii. 14. And I, if I be lifted up from the\\nearth, will draw all men unto me. John xii. 32.\\nThis He spoke of His death. And it is the\\nremembrance of His cruel death, of what He suf-\\nfered, said, and finished, when He hung naked and\\nwounded upon the cross, that relieves an afflicted\\nconscience, and effectually captivates the sinner s\\nheart to Himself. The sharpest convictions, if not\\nrelieved by this sight, will never teach the heart to\\nlove the strongest resolutions, unless made with\\nthis bleeding object in view, will melt away like\\nsnow. But a crucified Saviour is a powerful load-\\nstone indeed multitudes have been drawn by it\\nfrom sin to holiness, from Satan to God, from earth\\nto heaven. Come then, my soul, contemplate thy\\nRedeemer in all the stages of His humiliation work.\\nTravel with Him from His birth to His cross, from\\nHis cross to His grave and from the grave behold\\nHim rising the first-fruits of them that sleep. Go,\\nmy soul, and spend an hour with Him in Geth-\\nsemane; see His bloody sweat, hear His groans, and\\nthink what all this was for. It was for thy sins\\nthat He might redeem thee to God that He might\\nbring back to thy Father who is in heaven a pure\\nand a redeemed spirit. Then love Him.\\nWas it for crimes that I have done\\nHe groaned upon the tree?\\nAmazing pity grace unknown\\nAnd love beyond degree I\\nBut drops of grief can ne er repay\\nThe debt of love I owe\\nI,ord, I would give myself away\\n1 Tis all that I can do.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "214 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJLXY 17.\\nCharity stiff ereth long, and is kind charity en-\\nvieth not charity vaunteth not itself is not\\npuffed np, doth not behave itself unseemly seek-\\neth not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh\\nno evil rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth\\nin the truth; bear eth all things, believeth all\\nthings, hopeth all things, endureth all things.\\nCharity never faileth. 1 Cor. xiii. 4-8.\\nO my dear heavenly Father I desire to love\\nthee and my neighbor with a pure heart fervently,\\nand beg thou wouldst let me know and enjoy thy\\nlove in Christ, as the only means of producing this\\nlove in me. For how can my heart be cold when\\nresting at the cross of Christ, and feeling the virtue\\nof His blood? Or how can it be hard, when lying\\nin thy bosom, richly tasting of thy grace, and\\nsweetly experiencing thine everlasting love to me,\\na vile miserable sinner Oh may a sense of thy\\nlove melt my hard heart into love, and change it\\nthoroughly and change my longing desires from\\nthose sinful things of time that gender strife.\\nHad I the tongues of Greeks and Jews,\\nAnd nobler speech than angels use,\\nIf love be absent, I am found,\\nI^ike tinkling brass, an empty sound.\\nWere I inspired to preach, and tell\\nAll that is done in heaven and hell\\nOr could my faith the world remove,\\nStill I am nothing without love.\\nShould I distribute all nry store\\nTo feed the bowels of the poor\\nOr give my body to the name,\\nTo gain a martyr s glorious name,\\nIf love to God and love to men\\nBe absent, all my hopes are vain\\nNor tongues, nor gifts, nor tier}- zeal, 1\\nThe work of love can e er fulfill.", "height": "3564", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "THK GOLDEN TREASURY. 215\\nJUI.Y 18.\\nDavid s Prayer U?ito thee, O Lord, do I lift up\\nmy soul. Ps. xxv. 1.\\nDivine Answer Thou hast heard the desire of\\nthe humble, thou wilt prepare their heart, thou\\nwilt cause thine ear to hear. Ps. x. 17.\\nFaith only desires Christ, and does neither de-\\nlight in the gain, nor grieve much at the loss of\\ntemporal things; but faith, through an earnest\\ndesire for Christ and His Word, rises above all\\ncreatures, and overcomes all worldly pleasures and\\nfears. And this, being the work of God, will\\ncertainly be accomplished nay, is looked upon\\nas really accomplished already in our desires and\\nendeavors after it in the same manner as evil\\ndesires are reckoned for deeds in the sight of God,\\nthough they never proceed to outward acts. Let\\nthe inward desires of my heart be, that God, even\\nthe God of Israel, may sanctify me by the Holy\\nSpirit, and raise my faith to embrace Christ as far\\nmore precious than all this w T orld possesses. May\\nI, in my dear Saviour, see a Jordan in wmich I may\\nwash and be clean and may my heart not aim\\nafter the streams of earth, w 7 hich have no healing\\npower, but my health being in Christ, may He be\\nall I seek after as whatever I may do, may I\\nalways seek the Lord\\nI cannot bear thine absence, I^ord\\nMy life expires if thou depart\\nBe thou, my heart, still near my God,\\nAnd thou, my God, be near my heart.\\nI was not born for earth and sin,\\nXor can I live on things so vile\\nYet I will stay my Father s time,\\nAnd hope and wait for heaven awhile.\\nThen, dearest I^ord, in thine embrace,\\nI,et me resign my fleeting breath.\\nAnd with a smile upon my face,\\nPass through the lonesome vale of death.", "height": "3572", "width": "2316", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "216 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJui,y 19.\\nThou drewest near in the day that I called upon\\nthee thou saidst, Fear not. O Lord, thou hast\\npleaded the cause of my soul, and redeemed my\\nlife. Lam. iii. 57, 58. Fear not y for I am with\\nthee. Isa. xliii. 5. am He that liveth and\\nwas dead and, behold, I am alive for evermore;\\nand have the keys of hell and of death. Rev.\\ni. 18.\\nChrist has overcome death, led captivity cap-\\ntive, and by one offering, perfected for ever them\\nthat are sanctified (Heb. x. 14). Whoever leaves\\nthis world believing in Him, being perfected\\nalready, has nothing to fear after death. O my\\nheavenly Father dispose me to seek diligently\\nafter holiness and though the work of sanctifica-\\ntion will be imperfect in this life, which should\\nhumble me much, yet let it cause no fear of death,\\nnor disturb my confidence in thee, since my salva-\\ntion and my confidence do not depend on a perfect\\nholiness here, but on my being in Christ and\\nadopted through Him which adoption the weakest\\nchild hath, as well as the strongest, though both\\nare not equally sensible of it. For every true\\nbeliever, whether weak or strong, hath eternal life,\\nand shall not fall into condemnation. If, there-\\nfore, I am a child of God, though a weak one, I am\\nstill an heir, and shall find life and deliverance in\\ndeath.\\nI am Alpha, says the Saviour,*\\nI Omega likewise am\\nI was dead and live for ever,\\nGod Almighty and the I^amb.\\nIn the I/Drd is our perfection,\\nAnd in Him our boast we ll make\\nWe shall share His resurrection,\\nIf we of His death partake.", "height": "3548", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 217\\nJUI,Y 20.\\nWhat is the chaff to the wheat saith the Lord.\\nIs not my word like as a fire and a hammer\\nthat breaketh the rock in pieces Jer. xxiii. 28,\\n29.\\nIs there not great condescension in the everlast-\\ning Father of all sending to the sinful sons of men\\na knowledge of Himself, the infinite God, in lan-\\nguage so plain and simple, that our finite under-\\nstandings can comprehend it Was there ever\\nhumility mingled with love like this Yes, I hear\\nyou say, the infinite God becoming man was greater.\\nIt was but this plain, and simple, and pure word\\nof God contains the knowledge and purport of this\\nstill more condescending event and what were\\nsuch an event without our knowledge of it To\\nvalue this precious gift of God s word aright, let us\\ninquire of what use it is to us. Hear God s own\\ndeclaration, Is not my word like as a fire? saith\\nthe Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the\\nhard rock in pieces It is as a hammer to break\\ndown our hard and sinful hearts, and as a fire to\\nmelt and purify them. And what more convenient\\nfor our wants Our hearts are hard, deceitful and\\nfilled with everi* wicked thing. They need to be\\nbroken, to be bended from their pride they need\\nto be melted to love and to godly sorrow they\\nneed to be cleansed of their pollutions, and God s\\nword is powerful to these. May the Spirit of the\\nLord help me to study and apply that sacred word,\\nand ma}- my soul by it be, every day, made wiser\\nunto salvation.\\nThy word, almighty Lord,\\nWhere er it enters in,\\nIs sharper than a two-edged sword\\nTo slav the man of sin.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "2iS THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly 21.\\nCan two walk together except they be agreed?\\nAmos iii. 3. What agreement hath the temple\\nof God with idols Come oat from among them,\\nand be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch\\nnot the unclean thing; and I will receive you.\\n2 Cor. vi. 16, 17.\\nReader, I suppose thee a religious person one\\nthat has been converted by the power of grace\\none that is desirous to glorify God in life and con-\\nversation one that has an interest in Jesus, and\\nwants to have it made more manifest to thine own\\nself every day one that considers this life as a\\npassage to a better, and would be glad of a spiritual\\ncompanion to go along with thee, for two are\\nbetter than one. Give not the right hand of\\nfellowship to any before thou hast tried him, for\\ntwo cannot walk comfortably together except they\\nare agreed. Bring him to the law of God the\\neternal, moral law of God, contained in the ten\\ncommandments, and ask him, Does he look upon\\nthat law of God as the rule of his life If he denies\\nit, avoid him. If he says he is not under the com-\\nmanding power of it, turn away from him. But if\\nhe says that he sincerely takes it as God s revealed\\nwill to him, owning the authority thereof over his\\nconscience and conversation, Thus saith the\\nLord, breathing after universal obedience, repent-\\ning and mourning where he falls short, and fleeing\\nby faith to Christ for all peace and pardon, take\\nsuch a one for a friend and companion. And may\\nthe Lord ever enable me to receive into my affec-\\ntions only those who are his dear children in Christ.\\nI ord, draw my wand ring heart to thee,\\nAnd reconcile it to trn T word\\nThen will it well with God agree,\\nAnd find communion with its Lord.", "height": "3592", "width": "2556", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 219\\nJUIA T 22.\\nMy soul fainteth for thy salvation. My soul is\\ncontinually in my hand. Uphold me according-\\nto thy word, that I may live and let me not be\\nashamed of my hope. Look thou upon me, and be\\nmerciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those\\nthat love thy name. Ps. cxix. 81, 109, 116, 132.\\nO Lord, I love thy name, it is dear unto my\\nheart. And, since thou art called merciful, gra-\\ncious, long-suffering, and even the Lord our righ-\\nteousness, I therefore depend upon nothing of my\\nown, but throw myself entirely upon thy free grace\\nand righteousness, which alone keeps me in peace.\\nWithout thee I am ignorant and weak and Satan\\nbeing as wicked as he is cunning, what would\\nbecome of me, if I was not kept and preserved by\\nthee Thy name is a strong tower, the righteous\\nenter there and are safe there let me abide also\\ncontinually, so shall I be safe from every adversary.\\nThe power of Satan shall not prevail against me,\\nneither shall the enticements of the body over-\\nwhelm the grace of the soul, but the Lord shall be\\nmy shield and my exceeding great reward. He is\\nthe Rock of Ages that stands unmoved, and on\\nwhich all may find shelter.\\nThe arms of everlasting love,\\nBeneath my soul be placed\\nAnd on the Rock of Ages set\\nMy slippery footsteps fast.\\nThe city of my blest abode\\nIs walled around with grace\\nSalvation for a bulwark stands,\\nTo shield the sacred place.\\nSatan may vent his sharpest spite,\\nAnd all his legions roar\\nAlmighty mercy guards my life,\\nAnd bounds his raging power,", "height": "3564", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "220 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly 23.\\nNot unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy\\nname be the glory. Ps. cxv. 1. For thine is the\\nkingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.\\nAmen. Matt. vi. 13.\\nHow little reason have we to glory in anything\\nof our own, since nothing but sin is ours, which\\neven defiles that which is of God\\nO Lord, grant that I may always give thee the\\npraise of thy own, and ma} learn to delight and\\nglory in thee, having no other aim but to walk\\nbefore thee in godly simplicity and sincerity. For\\n1 he that walketh uprightly walketh surely (Prov.\\nx. 9). All disquiet of mind ariseth from our own\\nlusts and unmortified tempers, which makes the\\nbosom like a troubled sea and no settled calm\\nshall we find till we have a single eye to God s\\nglory, and can count ourselves worth} of no good.\\nThen we may draw comfort out of trouble, and\\nlearn to praise the Lord, both for what He giveth\\nand for what He taketh away being sure that all\\nthings are working for our good, and tending to\\nGod s glory, which He knows best how to promote;\\nand that nothing but sin can make us unhappy and\\nmiserable.\\nGreat God how infinite art thou\\nWhat worthless worms are we\\nLet the whole race of creatures bow,\\nAnd pay their praise to thee.\\nOur lives through various scenes are drawn,\\nAnd vexed with trifling cares,\\nWhile thine eternal-thought moves on\\nThine undisturbed affairs.\\nOh teach our hearts to bless thy name,\\nFor that almighty care.\\nWhich thou hast ever had for those\\nThine own who trul}- are.", "height": "3572", "width": "2556", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 221\\nJULY 24.\\nWho shall lay anything to the charge of God s\\nelect It is God that justifieth who is he that\\ncondemneth It is Christ that died, yea rather,\\nthat is rise?i again who is even at the right\\nhand of God, who also maketh i7itercessio?i for\\n\u00c2\u00ab5.-Rom. viii. 33, 34.\\nThere is a story, how the devil appeared to a\\ndying man, and shewed him a parchment roll,\\nwhich was very long, wherein was written, on\\nevery side, the sins of the poor sick man, which\\nwere many in number and there were also written\\nthe idle words he had spoken in his life, together\\nwith the false words, the unchaste words, and angry\\nwords, afterward came his vain and ungodly words\\nand, lastly, his actions., digested according to the\\ncommandments. Whereupon Satan said, See here,\\nbehold thy virtues see here what thy examination\\nmust be Whereupon the poor sinner answered,\\nIt is true, but thou hast not set down all for thou\\nshouldst have added and set down here below,\\n11 The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all\\nour sins and this also should not have been for-\\ngotten, that Whosoever believeth in Him shall\\nnot perish, but have everlasting life. Whereupon\\nthe devil vanished. Thus, if the devil should\\nmuster up our sins, and set them in order before us,\\nlet but Christ be named in a faithful way, and he\\nwill give back, and fly away with all speed.\\nMy sins are great, I do confess,\\nAnd of a scarlet dye\\nBut Jesu s blood can wash me clean,\\nAs God does testify.\\nThen let me to this cleansing flood\\nA daily visit make\\nAnd, washing white my sin-foul soul,\\nTo holy life awake.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "222 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly 25.\\nBut we all, with open face beholding as in a glass\\nthe glory of the Lord, are changed into the same\\nimage, from glory to glory. 2 Cor. iii. 18. For\\nHe has left us an example, that we should follow\\nHis steps.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pet. ii. 21. See also Phil. ii. 5.\\nHow pure and how holy is that life which the\\nblessed Jesus led, when, a man of sorrows, He\\ndwelt on our earth, enduring the same trials and\\ntemptations which we suffer yet He overcame\\nthem all, leaving us an example, that we should\\nfollow His steps. If, before we say or do anything,\\nwe would always consider whether it was agreeable\\nto the pattern of Christ, a multitude of sins would\\nbe avoided. O Lord, however guilty and miserable\\nI am, yet, when I can humble myself before thee\\nas the vilest of sinners, and look up unto thee by\\nfaith, depending only upon tlry free grace, I enjoy\\npeace. Grant, therefore, O my God, that this be-\\nholding of thee ma} 7 be my constant exercise, and\\nthat, by this means, I may be strengthened cheer-\\nfully to follow thy pattern, and be daily more\\nchanged into the glorious image of thy love,\\npatience, and humility, and thus be ripening for\\neternal life.\\nMy dear Redeemer and my Lord\\nI read my dut} r in thy word\\nBut in thy life the law appears,\\nDrawn out in living characters.\\nSuch was thy truth, and such thy zeal,\\nSuch deference to th} T Father s will,\\nSuch love, and meekness so divine,\\nI would transcribe and make them mine.\\nBe thou my pattern, make me bear\\nMore of thy gracious image here\\nThen God the Judge shall own my name\\nAmong the followers of the Lamb.", "height": "3572", "width": "2480", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 223\\nJuly 26.\\nHe maketh His sun to rise on the evil and good, and\\nsendeth rain on the just and unjust. Matt. v. 45.\\nMany serious people give alms to the pious poor,\\nbut are afraid of relieving a common beggar and\\nit must be owned, that, as riches are a talent from\\nGod, they who have them must be discreet in the\\ndistribution of them. The religious poor have the\\nbest claim, but others ought not to be entirely over-\\nlooked as is plain from the conduct of God Him-\\nself, for He maketh the sun to rise on the evil\\nand on the good. It may be said they will make\\nan ill use of your bounty but what then Is not\\nthis the very effect of Divine goodness Is not this\\nthe very goodness that is recommended to us in\\nScripture, by the imitating of which we may shew\\nourselves to be the children of our Father which\\nis in heaven, who sendeth rain on the just and on\\nthe unjust? Do I beg of God to deal with me,\\nnot according to my merit, but according to His\\nown great goodness and shall I be so absurd as to\\nwithhold my charity from a poor fellow-creature,\\nbecause he may perhaps not deserve it Shall I\\nuse a measure toward him, which I pray God\\nnever to use toward me Lazarus was a common\\nbeggar and yet he was the care of angels, and\\ncarried into Abraham s bosom. I was a stranger,\\nand ye took me in, saith our blessed Saviour\\nbut who can perform this duty, that will not relieve\\npersons that are unknown to them As we have\\ntherefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men,\\nespecially unto them who are of the household of\\nfaith.\\nIyOrd, give me faith which works by love,\\nAnd will good works command\\nWhich makes a neighbor s grief my own,\\nAnd lends a helping hand.", "height": "3568", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "1224 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nTUIvY 27.\\nThough I walk through the valley of the shadow\\nof death, I will fear no evil for thou art with\\nme; thy rod and thy staff they, comfort me. Ps.\\nxxiii. 4. See also Exod. xiv. of the deliverance\\nof the Israelites, and the destruction of the Egyp-\\ntians in the Red Sea.\\nTo rejoice in the light of God s countenance is\\n-certainly most pleasant, but not always so profitable\\nto every one as sometimes to walk in the dark, nay,\\nin the valley of the shadow of death. Some are\\nmore humble and cautious while walking in the\\ndark than in the light and glimpses of grace are\\nthen exceedingly precious but such should con-\\nsider for their humiliation, that darkness or dead-\\nness are commonly the effects of a wrong spirit and\\ncareless walk. O Lord, grant that w T hen I am\\ndeprived of sensible comforts, I may yet be enabled\\nto rely upon thy bare word, and in death may be\\nrefreshed by the light of thy countenance. Amen.\\nYes thou hast declared, that the righteous hath\\nhope in his death (Prov. xiv. 32).\\nDeath cannot make our souls afraid\\nIf God be with us there\\nWe may walkthrough our darkest shade,\\nAnd never yield to fear.\\nMay I but climb to Pisgah s top,\\nAnd view the promised land,\\nMy flesh itself shall long to drop,\\nAnd pray for the command.\\nClasp d in my heavenly Father s arms,\\nI shall forget my breath,\\nAnd lose my life among the chalks\\nOf so divine a death.\\nOh may Jehovah s powerful arms\\nAround me ever be\\nThen, though beset with death s alarms\\nMy help shall be in thee.", "height": "3588", "width": "2488", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 225\\nJuly 28.\\nHear, ye children, the instruction of a father; and\\nknow understanding. Prov. iv. 1 We speak that\\nwe do know, and testify that we have seen. John\\niii. 11. Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try\\nthe spirits whether they are of God. 1 John iv. 1.\\nReader, let the following monitions, the result\\nof long experience and observation, be acceptable\\nunto thee. They are designed for thy spiritual\\ngood, will warn thee against errors, and, if com-\\nplied with, will give thee a true relish of gospel\\npeace and and redeeming love Let the life thou\\nnow livest in the flesh be by faith in the Son of\\nGod. Labor after a constant soul-reviving fellow-\\nship with the Father and the Son, through the\\nHoly Spirit. Watch over thy passions, conduct,\\nand conversation so as that the Spirit of the Lord\\nbe not grieved, nor His comfortable influences-\\nwithdrawn from thy soul. Be ready to every good\\nwork as thou hast ability and opportunity and\\ntake special care thy good be not evil spoken of\\nthrough the manner of thy performing it. Let no\\nexternal services whatever, either respecting thyself\\nor others, make thee neglect a constant watchful-\\nness over the inward motions of thine own heart.\\nLet the written Word of God be thine invariable\\nrule, both in principle and practice. Be very\\nearnest after meekness, humility, patience, self-\\ndenial, inward holiness, and all other graces of the\\nSpirit these carry their own evidence that they\\nare wrought of God, and in their blessed effects\\nwill remain with thee for ever. My son, if thine\\nheart be wise, and experienced in these things, my\\nheart shall rejoice, even mine.\\nI^ord, fill my heart with love and joy,\\nAnd fill it with thy precious peace\\nSo will my tongue find sweet employ,\\nAnd bless the I,ord my righteousness.", "height": "3556", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "226 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly 29.\\nDavid s Prayer Open thou mine eyes, that I may\\nbehold wondrous things out of thy laze. Ps. cxix.\\n18. See also Ps. xiii. 3, and xxxii. 9.\\nDivine Answer am come a light into the world,\\nthat whosoever believeth on me should not abide\\nin darkness. John xii. 46 Ps. cxlvi. 8.\\nMany imagine their eyes are opened, and that\\nthey have clear notions of religion in their heads\\nbut they see just like Eve after eating the forbidden\\nfruit their hearts being corrupted, are destitute of\\nChristian simplicity and godly sincerity for he\\nthat does not understand the word of God by the\\nlight of the Holy Spirit, through prayer and faith,\\nbut only by his natural reason, is certainly blind\\nstill (Rev. iii. 17) and one devilish and plausible\\ntemptation to error and sin, is enough to break the\\nstrongest chain of human reasoning for it is only\\nfaith that gets the victory (1 John v. 4). O my\\nsoul get faith seek it earnestly from God thou\\ncanst not buy it thou canst not take it up of thy-\\nself; thou must get it. By grace are ye saved,\\nthrough faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the\\ngift of God (Eph. ii. 8). Nor canst thou get it\\nnntil thou ask for it. Ask it then of God, and seek\\nfor it diligently.\\nThe souls enlightened from above,\\nWith jo\\\\ r receives the word\\nThey see what wisdom, power, and love,\\nShines in their dying Lord.\\nThe vital savor of His name\\nRestores their fainting breath\\nBut unbelief perverts the same\\nTo guilt, despair, and death.\\nTill God diffuse His graces down,\\nLike showers of heavenly rain,\\nIn vain Apollos sows the ground,\\nAnd Paul may plant in vain.", "height": "3592", "width": "2556", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEX TREASURY.\\nJuly 30.\\nAbide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot\\nbear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine;\\nno more ca?i ye, except ye abide in me. I am\\nthe vine, ye are the bra7iches he that abideth i?i\\nvie, and I in him. the same bringeth forth much\\nfruit for without me ye can do nothing. John\\nxv. 4, 5. See also 1 John ii. 6.\\nI can no more do without thee, O my dear\\nSaviour, than the branch can without the vine\\nKeep me therefore always in thee, else I shall have\\nrecourse to my own fancied stock of grace, though\\nI have been a thousand times convinced of my\\ninsufficiency. May I never be left in the least\\nthing to my own strength, but be directed, assisted\\nand blessed by thee in all my doings for as far as\\nI trust to myself, I am distrustful of thee, and con-\\nsequently weak and, on the other hand, the more\\nI distrust myself, the more I trust on thee, and\\nshall be strengthened and blessed. Be thou my\\nrefuge and my never-failing friend.\\nSon of God. thy blessing grant\\nStill supply my every want\\nTree of Life, thine influence shed\\nWith thy sap my spirit feed.\\nTend rest branch, alas am I\\nWither without thee, and die\\nWeak as helpless infancy\\nOh confirm my soul in thee.\\nUnsustain d by thee, I fall\\nSend the strength for which I call\\nWeaker than a bruised reed,\\nHelp I every moment need.\\nAll my hopes on thee depend\\nLove me, save me to the end\\nGive me thy continuing grace,\\nTake the everlasting praise.", "height": "3556", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "228 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nJuly 31.\\nOffer unto God thanksgiving and pay thy vows\\nunto the Most High: and call upon me in the day\\nof trouble I will deliver thee, and thou shall\\nglorify me. Whoso offereth praise glorifies me\\nand to him that ordereth his conversation aright\\nwill I shew the salvation of God. Ps. 1. 14, 15,\\n23. See also Isa. xxv. 9.\\nNothing moves God more to hear us than the\\nglorifying Him by faith with thanksgiving, and the\\nkeeping up a child-like confidence in Him as our\\nreconciled Father in Christ and nothing quicken-\\neth faith more than sure promises of answering our\\nprayers. Thus God will certainly hear and deliver\\nus, since all His ways are only designed to\\nstrengthen us in faith, and to save our souls. What\\nneed we then to be afraid in times of trouble ought\\nwe not rather to draw near to God in prayer and\\nthanksgiving, and glorify Him even beforehand,\\nconfidently believing that we shall certainly meet\\nwith new deliverances and quickenings of faith\\nYes, my soul, wait thou upon the Lord, He shall\\nsave thee, and thou shalt be glad and rejoice in His\\nsalvation for in His favor is light, and with Him\\nis power to order thy conversation aright.\\nTo what a stubborn frame\\nHas sin reduced our minds\\nWhat strange ungrateful wretches we\\nAnd God as strangely kind\\nTurn, turn us, mighty God,\\nAnd mould our souls afresh\\nBreak, sov reign grace, these hearts of stone,\\nAnd give us hearts of flesh\\nI,et old ingratitude\\nProvoke our weeping eyes,\\nAnd hourly as new mercies fall,\\nI,et hourly thanks arise", "height": "3584", "width": "2536", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "Let us come before His presence with thanks-\\ngiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with\\npsalms. Ps. xcv. 2.\\nPraise ye the Lord for it is good to sing\\npraises unto our God: for it is pleasant: andi\\npraise is comely Ps. cxlvii. 1.\\nThou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous with\\nfavor wilt thou compass him as with a shield.,\\nPs. v. 12.\\nThe righteous Lord loveth righteousness:\\nHis countenance doth behold the upright.\\nPs. xi. 7.\\n(229)", "height": "3564", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "230 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust i.\\nSay ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with\\nthem, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.\\nIsa. iii. 10. Therefore, mark the perfect man\\nand behold the upright; for the end of that man\\nis peace. Ps. xxxvii. 37.\\nMany are for having that first which is not to be\\nexpected till the end. They would be glad of the\\ntriumph, but will not fight; the waiting for the Lord\\nseems to them too long but for the most glori-\\nous promises we must often wait the longest. Jacob\\nw 7 as obliged to wait longer than Esau, though he\\nhad greater promises than he and how long was it\\noefore the promise of Christ, the greatest of all,\\nwas accomplished It ought, therefore, well to be\\nobserved, that it is said at last, It shall be well\\nwith the righteous, and the end of the upright is\\npeace. When his faith, love and patience are tried\\nenough in the furnace of afflictions, then the accept-\\nable year shall come,, and the blessed days of joy\\nwill appear. May I live the life and die the death\\nof the righteous, and may my latter end be like His,\\nfull of peace, and joy, and rejoicing\\nAs sparks break out of burning coals,\\nAnd still are upward borne,\\nSo grief is rooted in our souls,\\nAnd man grows up to mourn.\\nYet with my God I leave my cause,\\nAnd trust His promised grace\\nHe rules me by His well-known laws\\nOf love and righteousness.\\nNot all the pains that e er I bore\\nShall spoil my future peace,\\nFor death and hell can do no more\\nThan what my Father please.", "height": "3552", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "THB GOLDEN TREASURY. 231\\nAugust 2.\\nExamine me, Lord, and prove me; try my reiiis\\nand my heart. Ps. xxvi. 2. Search me, O God,\\nand know my heart and see if there be any\\nwicked way in me, and lead me in the way ever-\\nlasting. Ps. cxxxix. 23, 24.\\nWould David, the man after God s own heart,\\nnot trust himself, but present his heart to the Lord\\nto be tried much less can or ought we to trust\\nour hearts for he that trusts in his own heart,\\nsays the wise man, is a fool (Prov. xxviii. 26).\\nWe have more reason to be afraid of our own hearts\\nthan of all other enemies. It is not necessary for\\nus to know when or by what means the Lord\\nsearches our hearts but every one that is really in\\na state of grace, and walking in the fear of the Lord,\\nwill pray to Him to search the heart, and to deliver\\nhim from every wicked way. The Holy Spirit hath\\nvarious ways of searching the hearts of His people,\\nand makes use of different means with the same\\nperson. We are not to limit the mode nor the ex-\\ntent of His operations but it is our duty to pray,\\nthat He will in everything guide us in the way that\\nleadeth to everlasting life. Some may be worked\\nupon very differently from what we have been but\\nthe whole is under the direction of Infinite Wisdom,\\nand tends to manifest the glory of Divine grace in\\nour salvation. All things work together for good\\nto them that love God (Rom. viii. 28).\\nLord, search my soul, try every thought\\nThough my own heart accuse me not\\nOf walking in a false disguise,\\nI beg the trial of thine eyes.\\nLet not one wicked perverse way,\\nBe found in all I do and say,\\nBut grant thy grace my soul to feed,\\nAnd in the path of life me lead.", "height": "3564", "width": "2212", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "232 the: golden treasury.\\nAugust 3.\\nLord y all my desire is before thee. Teach me thy\\nway; I will walk in thy truth; unite my heart to\\nfear thy name. Ps. xxxviii. 9, and lxx*xvi. 11.\\nEncouragkd by thy blessed word of promise, O\\nLord, that before men call thou wilt answer, and\\nwhilst they are yet speaking, thou wilt hear (Isa.\\nlxv. 24), I now draw nigh to thee, and present my\\nsupplication before thee. Teach me, by thy word\\nand Spirit, the things of my everlasting peace. Let\\nmy soul be cast into the mould of the gospel, and\\nlet me be obedient to thy will in all things. Mani-\\nfest thyself unto me, as thou dost not to the world\\nshew me my inward corruptions, and let me see\\ninto the depth of iniquity that is in my heart grant\\nme that fear of the Lord which is the beginning\\nof wisdom incline my heart unto thy testimonies\\nlead me into all truth help me to learn, that he\\nthat believeth will not make haste; restrain the\\nimpetuosity of my natural temper, that I may do\\nall things deliberately, as becometh one that feareth\\nalway, that is ever looking unto thee for direction.\\nLord, preserve me calm in my spirit, gentle in my\\ncommands, and watchful, that I speak not unad-\\nvisedly with my lips moderate in my purposes,\\nyielding in my temper, where the honor of my God\\nis not immediately concerned and ever steadfast\\nwhere needful. Lord, grant me thy protection;\\nand may thy blessing be upon me, that I may not\\nbring an evil report upon that good land I was per-\\nmitted to spy out; but walk honorably through the\\nwilderness, and pass triumphantly over Jordan into\\nCanaan. Amen.\\nBe with me, Lord, where er I go\\nTeach me what thou wouldst have me do\\nSuggest whate er I think or say\\nDirect me in the narrow way.", "height": "3584", "width": "2528", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 233\\nAugust 4.\\nStrive to enter in at the strait gate. Luke xiii. 24.\\nWork out your own salvation with fear and\\ntrembling. PHI. ii. 12. Forgetting those things\\nthat are behind, I reach forth unto those things\\nwhich are before. Phil. iii. 13.\\nThe road to heaven is called a narrow road,\\nbecause the travelers on it are not permitted to turn\\neither to the one side or the other such turnings\\nare sin. The gate to this road is called strait, be-\\ncause on entering, you deny T ourselves to all the\\npleasures of the world. He that feeds only upon\\nChrist, and yet with fear and trembling works out\\nhis own salvation, is in the narrow way the former\\npreventing discouragement, and the latter presump-\\ntion. Grant, O God, that I may still continue to\\nfight the good fight of faith, and never look back\\non the flesh-pots of Egypt but rather choose to\\nsuffer affliction with the people of God, than to\\nenjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. May the\\npainful death which thou sufferedst on the cross,\\nhave an abiding place in my heart, that thereby\\nunbelief and slavish fear may be destroyed on the\\none hand, and security on the other that I may\\nwalk at all times and in all places with holy and\\nfilial reverence, as in thy presence Amen,\\nAs new-born babes desire the breast,\\nTo feed, and grow, and thrive\\nSo saints with joy the gospel taste,\\nAnd by the gospel live.\\nGrace, like an uncorrupted seed,\\nAbides and reigns within\\nImmortal principles forbid\\nThe sons of God to sin.\\nNot by the terrors of a slave\\nDo they perform His will\\nBut with the noblest powers they have,\\nHis sweet commands fulfill.", "height": "3572", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "234 THK GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 5.\\nDavid s Prayer Create in me a clean heart, O\\nGod and renew a right spirit zuithin me.\\nPs. li. 10.\\nDivine Answer And I will give them one heart\\nand I will put a new spirit within you and I\\nwill take the stony heart out of their flesh, and\\nwill give them an heart of flesh that they may\\nwalk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances,\\nand do them; and they shall be my people, and I\\nwill be their God. Ezek. xi. 19, 20.\\nA GLORIOUS promise, which may be relied on,\\nand will certainly be fulfilled if heartily pleaded in\\nprayer. And blessed are the pure in heart; for\\nthey shall see God (Matt. v. 8). In regard to\\njustification, we are perfectly clean by Christ s\\natonement but in regard to sanctification, our\\nhearts are not perfectly clean yet, but we have still\\nneed to pray, Create in me a clean heart. Amen.\\nO Lord may thy blood and Spirit cleanse and\\nsanctify me thoroughly from all my sins Amen.\\nBlessed with the joys of innocence\\nA.dani our father stood,\\nTill he debased his soul to sense,\\nAnd ate th unlawful food.\\nXow we are born a sensual race,\\nTo sinful joys inclined\\nReason has lost its native place,\\nAnd flesh enslaved the mind.\\nGreat God renew our ruined frame,\\nOur broken powers restore\\nInspire us with a heavenly flame,\\nAnd flesh shall reign no more\\neternal Spirit, write thy law\\nUpon our inward parts\\nAnd let the second Adam draw\\nHis image on our hearts", "height": "3564", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 235\\nAugust 6.\\nAnd Enoch walked with God. Gen. v. 24.\\nHappy they who, in their early days, are turned\\nfrom sin, themselves, and the world, by repentance\\ntoward God, and faith in the promised seed, as\\nEnoch was, who, from the time of his conversion,\\nwalked with God in a continued progress in his.\\nwork and ways. To walk with God, is to come\\nout from a sinful generation and cleave to the Lord,\\nas Noah and Caleb did and God requires this of\\nall believers (2 Cor. vi. 17). It is setting the Lord\\nbefore our eyes continually, and fearing Him\\nalways, as Joseph and Nehemiah did thereby\\navoiding everything that would offend Him. It is\\nalso making an open profession of faith in Him and\\nzeal for His service, as our highest honor and best\\ninterest. And further, it is such a walk as obtains\\na holy intimacy and communion with God, which\\nis kept up by constant meditation, prayer and\\npraise hearkening to the voice of His w r ord and\\nSpirit, and walking humbly before Him hereby\\nholiness is promoted and encouraged in the soul.\\nThus Enoch walked with God thus he main-\\ntained a holy confidence in Him, committing all\\nhis ways to Him, always expecting help from Him,\\nand rejoicing in the hopes of being with Him\\nfor ever.\\nFor these happy ends the grace of God is suffi-\\ncient for all that see their wants, and ask it. The\\nLord help us to seek it, that, like Enoch, we may\\nwalk with God here below, and live with Him for\\never in glory. Amen.\\nMy heart is prone to rove, I see\\nI^ord, plant it near thy bleeding side\\nThen will it kindly gaze on thee,\\nAnd in thy love and fear abide.", "height": "3572", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "236 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 7.\\nSee that ye walk circumspectly not as fools, but as\\nwise. Be ye therefore not unwise, but understand-\\ning what the will of the Lord is. Eph. v. 15, 17.\\nThat ye may approve things that are excellent\\nthat ye may be sincere, and without offence.\\nPhil. i. 10. See also Luke xii. 36.\\nBelievers have nothing more at heart than the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2will of God being once convinced of that, they\\nimmediately set about it at all hazards but some-\\ntimes they cannot come to a thorough knowledge\\nof the same without great conflicts and patience.\\n1 For ye have need of patience, that after ye have\\ndone the will of God, ye might receive the promise\\n(Heb. x. 36). For the flesh is exceedingly crafty\\nand froward and though often forbid to go, it is\\nas often calling out, Howsoever, let me run (2\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sam. xviii. 23). But the Lord will nevertheless\\ncarry them through. Yes, Lord, this thou hast\\ndone innumerable times. Oh that I may trust\\nthee also for the time to come, and not be so weak\\nin faith any more. Oh that my soul could feel at\\nhome with God, as in the presence of a kind father,\\nand being glad in His presence, I might trust His\\noffered grace, and walk not as the foolish, but as\\nthe wise, knowing and doing the will of the Lord.\\nBeloved self must be denied,\\nThe mind and will renewed\\nPassion suppressed, and patience tried,\\nAnd vain desires subdued.\\nFlesh is a dangerous foe to grace,\\nWhere it prevails and rules\\nFlesh must be humbled, pride abased,\\nI^est they destroy our souls.\\nI,ord, can a feeble, helpless worm,\\nFulfill a task so hard\\nThy grace must all my works perform,\\nAnd give the free reward.", "height": "3588", "width": "2564", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 237\\nAugust 8.\\nIf ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy\\nare ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth\\nupon you. 1 Pet. iv. 14, 19. Rejoice ye in that\\nday, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward\\nis great in heaven. Luke vi. 23. Whosoever\\nshall confess me before men, him will I confess\\nbefore my Father who is in heaven. But whoso-\\never shall deny me before men, him will I also\\ndeny before my Father who is in heaven. Matt.\\nx. 32, 33.\\nEvery real Christian must expect persecution\\nfrom the world and though he should take heed\\nof giving needless offence by self-will or rash con-\\nduct of any kind, yet should he not seek to shun\\nthe cross by what some men call prudence, or a\\nsneaking compliance with the world, but be willing\\nto suffer everything, rather than to hurt the cause\\nof God in the least. We should openly confess\\nChrist our Lord, and not mind being called fools\\nby the wicked, as we know that at last they will\\ncall themselves by that name, therefore care not\\nfor the approbation and praise of the world but\\ncount it a great honor to bear the reproach of\\nChrist. Be willing rather to suffer persecution, and\\nto be one of the despised in this world, than that\\nthe name of the Lord should suffer any dishonor by\\nthe countenance you may wish to give to some sin\\nin order to avoid offence. O my soul, flee such\\ntemptation. It is not the will of the Lord that you\\nyield.\\nBlest are the suff rers who partake\\nOf pain and shame for Jesu s sake\\nTheir souls shall triumph in the I^ord\\nGlory and joy are their reward. x\\nThe I^amb shall lead His heavenly flock\\nWhere living fountains rise,\\nAnd love Divine shall wipe away\\nThe sorrows of their eyes.", "height": "3568", "width": "2204", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "238 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 9.\\nTake heed to your spirit. Mai. ii. 15. Those things\\nwhich proceed out of the mouth come forth from\\nthe heart, and they defile the man. Matt. xv. 18.\\nThe heart is deceitful above all things, and des-\\nperately wicked who can know it Jer. xvii. 9.\\nThe imagination of the thoughts of marts heart\\nis evil continually.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gen. vi. 5.\\nPrivate loop-holes, sinful lusts, can hide them-\\nselves at times so well as to seem quite dead but\\nif we grow careless, they spring up again on a\\nfavorable occasion, and sometimes appear in a\\nspiritual shape, and take a fine spiritual name.\\nThus, though the flesh exceedingly likes sensual\\nindulgences, yet to flatter its lust of pride, and the\\nvanity of being thought a perfect man, it will some-\\ntimes endure great mortification. Therefore we\\nought always to be jealous of ourselves, and guard\\nas much against self-righteousness as licentiousness\\nfor the flesh is never more fleshly and dangerous\\nthan when it has the most spiritual appearance,\\nand covers its lusts with the holiness and spiritual-\\nity of angels.\\nSin has a thousand treach rous arts\\nTo practice on the mind\\nWith flatt ring looks she tempts our hearts,\\nBut leaves a sting behind.\\nWith names of virtue she deceives\\nThe aged and the young\\nAnd while the heedless wretch believes,\\nShe makes his fetters strong.\\nShe pleads for all the joy she brings,\\nAnd gives a fair pretence\\nBut cheats the soul of heavenly things,\\nAnd chains it down to sense.\\nSo on a tree divinely fair,_\\nGrew the forbidden fruit\\nOur mother took the poison there,\\nAnd tainted all her blood.", "height": "3564", "width": "2584", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 239\\nAugust 10.\\nDavid s Prayer: O send out thy light and thy truth;\\nlet them lead me, let them bring vie unto thy holy\\nhill, a?id to thy tabernacles. Ps. xliii. 3.\\nDivine Answer: The path of the just is as the\\nshining light, that shineth more and more unto\\nthe perfect day. Pro v. iv. 18.\\nThe wiser we are in our own conceits, the more\\nnegligent are we in prayer, and the more destitute\\nof true wisdom and faith the more carnal are our\\nfeelings, the more trust and peace have we in our\\nown righteousness for the Lord gives sight only\\nto the blind, and to the babes, who pray for it.\\nTherefore the deepest humblings go before the\\ngreatest blessings. O my blessed Saviour since I\\nam always blind and ignorant of myself, if I am\\nnot guided by thine eyes, I desire always to look\\nup to thee, and do everything under thy direction.\\nO send out thy light and thy truth let them\\nlead me, let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and\\nto thy tabernacles. Let thy mercies come unto\\nme, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy\\nword (Ps. cxix. 41).\\nPrevent me, lest I harbor pride,\\nLest I in my own strength confide\\nShew me my weakness let me see\\nI have my power, rny all from thee.\\nEnrich me always with thy love,\\nMy kind protector ever prove\\nThe signet put upon my breast,\\nAnd let thy Spirit on me rest.\\nAssist and teach me how to pray\\nIncline my nature to obey\\nW T hat thou abhorrest let me flee,\\nAnd only love what pleases thee\\nO ma}- 1 never do my will,\\nBut thine, and only thine fulfill\\nLet all my time and all my ways\\nBe spent and ended to thy praise", "height": "3556", "width": "2192", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "240 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust ii.\\nBy grace ye are saved. It is the gift of God. Eph.\\nii. 5, 8. Not by works of righteousness which we\\nhave do?ie, but according to His mercy He saved\\n2ts, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing\\nof the Holy Ghost which He shed on us abun-\\ndantly through fesus Christ our Saviour. Titus\\niii. 5, 6. See also John iii. 3, 5.\\nTo rely on grace, and desire to be saved only by-\\nfree grace, is a sweet exercise but so far from\\nbeing practiced enough, we have all need to learn\\nthe prayer of the Publican better still, since the\\nPharisee is ever busy to creep in again. But care\\nmust be taken that we do not build our faith only\\nupon the sweet enjoyments of the grace of God, as\\nit is procured by Christ, and promised to us through\\nChrist for which reason God sometimes denies us\\nsensible enjoyments, that true faith may begin to\\nact like itself, and depend upon nothing but His\\nfree grace in Christ. iVnd this we have also bold-\\nness to do, should we ever seem to fall short of the\\ndue measure of faith, godly sorrow and repentance\\nfor since there is no merit to be placed in these\\nthings, there is no certain measure and degree pre-\\nscribed to all but it is enough truly to hate sin, to\\ndesire grace, and sincerely to enter upon the Chris-\\ntian race.\\nTis not by works of righteousness\\nWhich our own hands have done\\nBut we are saved by sov reign grace,\\nAbounding through His Son.\\nTis from the mercy of our God\\nThat all our hopes begin\\nTis by the water and the blood\\nOur souls are washed from sin.\\nRaised from the dead, we live anew,\\nAnd justified by grace,\\nWe shall appear in glory too,\\nAnd see our Father s face.", "height": "3588", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 241\\nAugust 12.\\nWhosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the\\nlaw; for sin is the transgression of the law. And\\nye know that He was manifested to take away oicr\\nsins. 1 John iii. 4, 5. All unrighteousness is\\nsin. Chap. v. 17. When He had by Himself\\npurged our sins, sat down on the right hand of\\nthe Majesty on high. Heb. i. 3.\\nThere is a far greater power in the blood of\\nChrist to save and cleanse, than in sin to defile\\nand destroy (Rom. viii. 3). The law became weak\\nto do good, but it hath power to condemn The\\nstrength of sin is the law the law gives strength\\nto sin, because, by virtue of the curse of the law,\\nsin reigns and denies the souls of men, through that\\nrighteous curse, The soul that sins shall die.\\nBut the blood of Jesus Christ hath greater power to*\\nsave than sin, together with the law, hath to con-\\ndemn for the blood of Christ takes away and\\nabolishes it utterly. Where this blood is applied\\nand brought home, sin itself cannot ruin that soul.\\nThe soul is poisoned and corrupted by sin but the\\nblood of Christ takes away the guilt of sin, yet not\\nthe being of it as we are sanctified but in part, we\\ncan only plead with God that we may be kept by\\nAlmighty power and that Jesus may be for us, who\\nis stronger than all that can come against us.\\nO dear incarnate Son of God,\\nWell wash me in thy precious blood\\nCast all my guilt into that sea,\\nAnd let no lust have power o er me.\\nThe shafts against my soul that sin and Satan wields\\nWard off, and be to me a refuge sure and shield.\\nIn sore temptations be my guide,\\nMy soul, in fiery trials, lead\\nMe rescue from the power of hell,\\nWithin tlry house make me to dwell\\nAnd, oh at last, unspotted at thy Father s throne,\\nPresent me through thy perfect righteousness alone.", "height": "3572", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "242 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 13.\\nBe ye not as the horse or as the mule, which have\\nno understanding whose mouth must be held in\\nwith bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.\\nPs. xxxii. 9. Therefore, if ye call on the Father,\\nwho without respect of persons judgeth according\\nto every man s work, pass the time of your so-\\njourning here in fear. 1 Pet. i. 17.\\nREADER, dost thou believe there is a God, and\\nthat He will shortly judge thee for every evil action\\nthou hast done, and for all the secret iniquity of\\nthy bosom how, then, canst thou meet thy Judge,\\nunless thy heart be changed and thy sins are par-\\ndoned? There will be no room for dissembling,\\nexcusing, or escaping them. Begin therefore in\\ntime, O wretched man, to consider how thou must\\nappear before that awful judgment seat The door\\nof mercy is yet open. Oh! call upon the Lord Jesus\\nfor repentance and pardon before the door be shut,\\nand thou be lost for ever. The gulf of destruction\\nis standing with an open mouth ready to receive\\nthee Jesus is also standing with His arms stretched\\nwidely out to receive and to welcome thee back to\\nHis Father and to thy Father s love. Whither dost\\nthou choose to go Oh go to Jesus\\nO God, mine inmost soul convert\\nAnd deeply on my thoughtful heart\\nEternal things impress\\nGive me to feel their solemn weight,\\nAnd tremble on the brink of fate,\\nAnd wake to righteousness\\nBe this my one great business here,\\nWith serious industry and fear\\nMy future bliss t insure\\nThine utmost counsel to fulfill,\\nAnd suffer all thy righteous will,\\nAnd to the end endure", "height": "3572", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 243\\nAugust 14.\\nBe strong and of good courage. I will be with\\nthee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Only\\nbe thou strong and very courageous. Oh sweet\\ncommandment Be not afraid, neither be thou\\ndismayed for the Lord thy God is with thee\\nwhithersoever thou goest. Oh! glorious promise!\\nJoshua i. 5, 6, 9. See also Isa. xiv. 4.\\nGod calls upon us to be strong in faith and\\nstrong faith will make men cheerful and courageous,\\nand enable them to overcome strong difficulties.\\nTherefore, if thy feet and heart are bound for\\nCanaan, trust stoutly in the Lord to carry thee\\nsafely through all the trials and temptations that\\nbeset thy path, and to defend thee in all thy con-\\nflicts with the world and with Satan. Feeble as\\nthou art, yet go on and fear nothing, for God is\\nwith thee. He that has but this one care, and fears\\nnot to displease Him, need not care for, or fear\\nanything else his safety is ensured in the promise\\nof God, who will keep him harmless in all things.\\nOh I thou God of Israel, who didst lead thine\\nancient people to their desired rest, grant me to be\\nstrong and courageous in thee while traveling to\\nmy Canaan of peace and may thy fear fill my\\nheart\\nAwake, our souls, (away our fears,\\nLet every trembling thought be gone.)\\nAwake and run the heavenly race,\\nAnd put a cheerful courage on.\\nTrue, tis a strait and thorny road.\\nAnd mortal spirits tire and faint\\nBut they forget the might} God,\\nThat feeds the strength of every saint.\\nFrom Him, the overflowing spring.\\nOur souls shall drink a fresh supply\\nWhile such as trust their native strength\\nShall melt away, and droop, and die.", "height": "3572", "width": "2188", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "244 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 15.\\nBehold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin\\nof the world!\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John i. 29. These are they who\\ncame out of great tribulation, and have washed\\ntheir robes, and made them white in the blood of\\nthe Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne\\nof God, and serve Him day and night in His\\ntemple. Rev. vii. 14, 15.\\nThese are they who have obtained pardon and\\npurification through the biood of the Lamb they\\nare the Lamb s wife, arrayed in fine linen, clean\\nand white for the fine linen is the righteousness\\nof saints (Rev. xix. 8). And it is because they are\\nwashed in the blood of the Lamb, that they are\\nadmitted to the immediate presence of God, and\\nare before the throne. Nothing that is impure or\\nunholy, or that defileth, can come there. He that\\nwashes himself continually in the blood of Christ,\\ndoes not make light of sin, but detests it above all\\nthings for what can be more abominable than sin,\\nsince it cannot be taken away but by the blood of\\nthe Son of God This humbles true believers, and\\nmakes them watch against sin and if it has not\\nthe same effect on thee, Reader, matters are not\\nright with thy soul for talking of the blood of the\\nLamb, and yet trifling with sin, cannot agree to-\\ngether, but shew a false or a deceived heart.\\nNow will I hate those lusts of mine\\nThat crucified my God\\nThose sins that pierced and nailed His flesh\\nFast to the fatal wood.\\nYes, my Redeemer, they shall die,\\nMy heart has so decreed\\nNor will I spare the guilty things\\nThat made my Saviour bleed.\\nWhilst with a melting-, broken heart,\\nMy murdered Lord I view,\\nI ll raise revenge against my sins,\\nAnd slav the murd rers too.", "height": "3588", "width": "2548", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "THK GOLDEN TREASURY. 245\\nAugust 16.\\nVerily I say unto you, They have their reward.\\nMatt. vi. 2. Henceforth there is laid up for vie\\na crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the\\nrighteous Judge, shall give me at that day and\\nnot to me only, but unto all them also that love\\nHis appearing. 2 Tim. iv. 8.\\nFor this crown faith strives. And because this\\nfaith justifies, it makes the world say, Well, I also\\nbelieve. But where is their conflict and conquest\\nIt is answered, I rely on Christ and grace. But\\nCanaan was also a free gift of grace, and yet it was\\nnot taken without conflicts. And moreover, as\\nworldly people are unacquainted with the wicked-\\nness of their hearts, they do not trust alone upon\\ngrace, but on their duties and outward form of god-\\nliness, self-love and pride still reigning in their\\nhearts. When shalt thou, my soul, be driven from\\nthy earthly stay when shalt thou hope alone in\\nJesus, and be saved How long shalt thou trust in\\nan arm of flesh Oh turn now unto the Lord\\nwho begat thee, and in His strength fight, and thou\\nshalt overcome all thine enemies in Him have\\nfaith, and with thee all shall be well.\\nNo works nor duties of your own\\nCan for the smallest sin atone\\nThe robes that nature may provide\\nWill not the least pollutions hide.\\nYe sous of pride, that kindle coals\\nWith your own hands to warm your souls..\\nWalk in the light of your own fire,\\nEnjoy the sparks that ye desire.\\nThis is your portion at my hands,\\nHell waits you with her iron bands\\nYou shall lie down in sorrow there,\\nIn death, in darkness, and despair.\\n1", "height": "3556", "width": "2300", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "246 THE) GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 17.\\nRun with patience the race set before us. Heb. xii. 1.\\nHE that runs, and wants patience, will never get\\nto the end of his race for in the race of God s\\ncommandments men have foul play one comes\\nand rails on him for his zeal, for running so fast,\\nwhen he thinks himself too slow another gives\\nhim a blow and strikes him down, and up he gets\\nand runs again. Every man will make room and\\ngive way to him that is in a race here while he\\nthat runs the heavenly race may expect, and will\\nfind, many stand in his way, and stop him all they\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2can, so that he will have great need of patience\\nwithout it everything will offend him. What is a\\nwise man, a zealous man, without patience He\\nwill bear nothing, suffer nothing, and can do no\\ngreat good. David had many enemies that spake\\nmischievous things against him, and laid snares for\\nIris life but he was as a deaf man that heard not;\\nand as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.\\nSaul was twice in his power, yet he would not\\navenge himself of him he wanted neither courage\\nnor wisdom he had a stirring spirit, a working\\nhead, was sensible of wrongs, knew himself inno-\\ncent, his adversaries malicious his thoughts must\\nneeds be troubled, and yet he was his own man\\nunder all he committed his cause to God, his\\npatience was in exercise, and he waited God s time\\nof deliverance. Christ s active and passive obedi-\\nence made him a complete Mediator may thine,\\nReader, make thee a complete Christian\\nAwake, my soul, dismiss thy fears,\\nThe sword of truth gird on,\\nThe Christian warfare boldly wage,\\nNor think thou art alone\\nFor Christ, thy King, by His all-strengthening power\\nShall safely guide thee till thy conflict s o er.", "height": "3552", "width": "2600", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 247\\nAugust iS.\\nWhom God set forth to be a propitiation (mercy-\\nseat) through faith in His bloody etc. Rom. iii. 25.\\nGod hath set forth the propitiation. From all\\neternity he proposed Christ to be the mercy-seat.\\nThe spring of all is from the Father, who is love.\\nHe proposed, revealed, and made Christ known to\\nAdam, to Abraham, and to the prophets He pro-\\nposed the mercy-seat as an object of faith in all the\\nsacrifices that were types of Christ this mercy-\\nseat is clearly and fully set forth in the Gospel\\ndispensation.\\nWhither shall I, a poor sinner, conscious of guilt\\nand apprehensive of wrath, flee for refuge Where\\nshall I find it Where but under the covert of\\natoning blood While others have recourse to\\nrefuges of lies, and would establish a righteousness\\nof their own, in the Lord, my righteousness, I find\\nrest and safety. Having fled for refuge to lay hold\\non the hope set before me, in Christ, my hope, I\\nshall have strong consolation. Does Jehovah from\\nthis mercy-seat offer pardon to me, a rebel sinner?\\nShall I not hear this voice of mercy, and live, and\\njoy in God, through Christ Will God commune\\nwith me from this mercy-seat, and bless me with\\nthe manifestation of His love? Oh delightful\\ninterview, when most alone, retired from the world,\\nbut least alone when with my God Oh the in-\\nexpressible pleasure of secret devotion, of a life\\nhid with Christ in God If the contemplation of\\nDivine love here below be so ravishing, oh what\\nshall I experience above? ^ly God, guide me\\nhere by thy counsel, and afterward receive me to\\nglory.\\nIvOrd, while I live, my light, my truth,\\nMy all-atoning- Saviour be\\nWhile here, me by thy counsel guide\\nAt death, take me to be with thee.", "height": "3572", "width": "2300", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "248 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 19.\\nNo man can serve two masters for either he will\\nhate the one, and love the other or else he will\\nhold to the one, and despise the other. Ye can-\\nnot serve God and mammon. Matt. vi. 24. If\\nI yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of\\nChrist. Gal. i. 10. Love not the world, neither\\nthe things that are in the world. If any man\\nlove the world, the love of the Father is not in\\nhim. 1 John ii. 15.\\nDoth Satan tempt thee, either by pleasures, dig-\\nnities, or profits? O my soul, stand upon thy\\nguard, gird on thy strength with such thoughts as\\nthese What can the world profit me if the cares\\nof it choke me How can pleasures comfort me if\\ntheir sting poison me or what advancement is this,\\nto be triumphing in honor before the face of men\\nhere, and to be trembling with confusion before the\\nthrone of God hereafter? What are the delights\\nof the w T orld to the peace of my conscience, or the\\njoy that is in the Holy Ghost What are the\\napplauses of men to the crown prepared by God\\nor what is the gain of the world to the loss of my\\nsoul The vanity of the creature is far beneath,\\nthe excellency of my soul and the things of time\\nnot worthy to be mentioned with the things of\\neternity. Two masters, of such opposite principles\\nas God and mammon, I cannot serve therefore\\nSatan, upon the most deliberate consideration, I\\nmust give thee and thy service up, for thou biddest\\nme to my loss.\\nTwo masters are too much for me\\nNor can the world with God agree\\nThen, tempting mammon, get thee gone,.\\nAnd let me serve mv Christ alone.", "height": "3588", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 249\\nAugust 20.\\nO taste and see that the Lord is good Ps. xxxiv.\\n8. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, to-day, and\\nfor ever. Heb. xiii. 8.\\nThere is an infinite fullness of all spiritual bless-\\nings treasured up in Christ Jesus for all His people\\nand out of His fullness they do receive, even grace\\nfor grace. But, alas we are slow of heart to believe\\nthe truth we please ourselves with small things,\\nand come slowly forward to a daily growth out of\\nthat fullness. Young converts, enamored with what\\nthey have in hand, or living upon their feelings,\\nare ready to flee from knowledge, as something\\ndangerous and destructive of holiness and mere\\nprofessors are apt to deny and even deride those\\nprecious feelings, as though the affections had no\\nshare in the Christian religion, and that the whole\\nconsisted in having a crowded head. Come, then,\\nO my soul, divest thyself from the pride of party\\nand the strife of tongues Be thou an humble sup-\\nplicant at the feet of Jesus, for a live coal from off\\nthe altar, to purge away thine iniquity, and to warm\\nthy affections and likewise for the aid of the Holy\\nSpirit, to lead thee into the knowledge of the\\nonly true God, and Jesus Christ whom He hath\\nsent. Then shalt thou not only taste but see, not\\nonly see but taste, both sweetly taste and clearly\\nsee, that 4 the Lord is good.\\nOh the rich depths of love Divine\\nOf bliss a boundless store\\nDear Saviour, let me call thee mine\\nI cannot wish for more.\\nOn thee alone my hope relies\\nBeneath thy cross I fall\\nThou art my life, my sacrifice,\\nMy Saviour, and my All.", "height": "3564", "width": "2320", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "250 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 21.\\nWe speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even\\nthe hidden wisdom, which God ordained before\\nthe world to our glory. 1 Cor. ii. 7. Even the\\nmystery which hath been hid from ages and from\\ngenerations, but now is made manifest to His\\nsaints. Col. i. 26.\\nThere are some things declared in the Gospel,\\nwhich are absolutely its own, that are proper and\\npeculiar unto it such as have no footsteps in the\\nlaw, or in the light of nature, but are of pure reve-\\nlation, peculiar to the Gospel. Of this nature are\\nall things concerning the love and will of God in\\nJesus Christ the mystery of His Incarnation, of\\nHis Offices and whole Mediation, of the Dispensa-\\ntion of the Spirit and our Participation thereof, and\\nour Union with Christ thereby our Adoption,\\nJustification, and effectual Sanctification thence\\nproceeding. In a word, everything that belongs\\nunto the purchase and application of saving grace\\nis of this sort. These tidings are properly evan-\\ngelical, being peculiar to the Gospel alone. Hence\\nthe Apostle Paul, unto whom the dispensation of it\\nwas committed, puts that eminency upon them,\\nthat (in comparison) he resolved to insist on noth-\\ning else in his preaching (1 Cor. ii. 2). And to\\nthat purpose doth he describe his ministry (Eph.\\niii. 7-1 1\\nReader, observe these two things What God\\nreveals in His Word, let thy reason submit unto\\nwhat He proposes as objects or matter of faith, beg\\nof Him to enable thee to believe.\\nThe hidden wisdom of God s grace\\nNo reason can explore\\nThen help me, by the Spirit s light,\\nTo see, believe, adore.", "height": "3572", "width": "2548", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 251\\nAugust 22.\\nBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus\\nChrist, who hath blessed us with all spiritual\\nblessings in heavenly places in Christ. Eph. i. 3*\\nErom natural constitution we earnestly expect\\npresent gratification. It is by no means sufficient,\\ntherefore, to explain to us our duty, or enforce it\\nby future rewards and punishments. There must\\nbe pleasures at hand, to outweigh the enticements\\nof sin, and outbid whatever that sorceress can\\noffer. The religion of Jesus is constituted in this*\\nmanner it brings the possession of the best happi-\\nness here a rich foretaste in this life of heavenly\\nglory. Salvation cometh of the Lord to the sinner\\nupon believing, just as a most ample estate be-\\nqueathed to a beggar in debt at once it alters his\\nwhole condition, pays all he owes, supplies all he\\nwants, gives him rank, figure and authority, to-\\nwhich before he was a perfect stranger. Such\\nblessedness, in the pardon of all my sins, in access\\nto God with confidence, in victory over my spiritual\\nenemies, give me, O my God, to enjoy\\nThou only Sov reign of my heart,\\nMy refuge, my almighty Friend\\nHow can my soul from thee depart,\\nOr whom alone my hopes depend\\neternal life thy words impart s\\nOn these my fainting spirit lives\\nHere sweeter comforts cheer my heart\\nThan all the round of nature gives.\\nI,et earth s alluring joys combine,\\nWhile thou art near m vain they call\\nOne smile, one blissful smile of thine,\\nMy dearest IyOrd, outweighs them all.\\nIyOw at thy feet my soul would lie,\\nHere safely dwells and peace Divine\\nStill let me live beneath thine eye,\\nFor life, eternal life, is thine", "height": "3556", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "252 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 23.\\nSpare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy\\nstakes for thou shalt break forth on the right\\nhand and o?i the left and thy seed shall inherit\\nthe Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be\\ninhabited. Isa. liv. 2, 3.\\nHow comfortable is it to the religious man to\\ntoehold an increase of the true worshipers of God\\nand more especially in that place where his soul\\nhas dwelt among lions, and been vexed from day\\nto day with the filthy conversation of the wicked\\nTo see the banner of Christ set up there, and num-\\nbers flock unto it, as doves to their windows, to\\n:see the kingdom of Satan weaken and contract, and\\nthe kingdom of God and His Christ strengthen and\\nenlarge, to see the hand of the Lord protecting\\nand providing for His people, going before them\\nlike the pillar and cloud, refreshing them by day\\nand by night this is indeed a feast of fat things.\\nLord, grant that I may be thankful for what I have\\nalready seen, and may behold thy glory thus dis-\\nplayed more and more. And while thou lengthen-\\nest our cords, do thou help us to strengthen our\\nstakes, by holding fast the form of sound words,\\nliving as persons professing godliness, shewing that\\nwe are Christians indeed, by love to each other, and\\nkeeping the unity of the Spirit in the bond of\\npeace Thus shall our light shine before men, and\\nthe light of thy Gospel break forth on the right\\nhand and on the left, and make the desolate cities\\nlo be inhabited.\\nArise, thou Son of Righteousness,\\nAnd bless the world with heavenly light j\\nBreak forth, and shew thy Gospel grace,\\nAttended with thy Spirit s might.", "height": "3572", "width": "2568", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 253\\nAugust 24.\\nIf a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not\\ncrowned except he strive lawfully. 2 Tim. ii. 5\\nnamely, in faith, by which we have the victory.\\nAnd as the enemies return again and again, and\\nare always crafty and strong, we must continually\\nbe in arms. Until now the kingdom of heaven\\nsuffer eth violence, Matt. xi. 12.\\nWith what is all this striving, and against what\\nis this violence to be used Let the Christian\\nhim who strives lawfully tell. All hell opens\\nevery step he takes. He is determined to have his\\nsoul saved and to help him to this, all his sins, all\\nhis evil companions, are to be fought and van-\\nquished. But to win heaven, he must strive law-\\nfully, that is, strive in faith. If those cannot ex-\\npect to be crowned who strive, but not lawfully,\\nwhat must become of those who do not strive at\\nall? O Lord, strengthen me therefore to get the\\nvictory for it greatly exalts thy glory if the power\\nof mine enemies be broken and thy grace is able\\nto overcome the greatest power of sin, and will\\ndestroy it effectually at last, since thou hast prom-\\nised that grace shall endure, and grow, and con-\\nquer, while sin is condemned to death, and is\\nactually dying more and more, when nailed to the\\ncross of Christ.\\nStand up, my soul, shake off thy fears,\\nAnd gird the Gospel armor on\\nMarch to the gates of endless joys,\\nWhere thy great Captain Saviour s gone.\\nWhat though the Prince of Darkness rage,\\nAnd waste the fury of his spite\\nEternal chains confine him down\\nTo fiery deeps and endless night.\\nWhat though thine inward lusts rebel?\\n*Tis but a struggling gasp for life\\nThe weapons of victorious grace\\nShall slay thy sins and end the strife.", "height": "3568", "width": "2300", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "254 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 25.\\nIt is not of him that willeth, but of God that shew-\\neth mercy. Rom. ix. 16. Thou hast a little\\nstrength. Rev. iii. 8. But go hi this thy might,\\netc. Surely I will be with thee. Judges vi. 14, 16.\\nA LITTLE strength is also the strength of God\\nthrough Christ, the second Adam and, conse-\\nquently, stronger than the power of Satan and the\\nfirst Adam should it seem ever so strong. Be-\\nlievers in such a state may think themselves weaker\\nthan before they had any grace, not being able now\\nto put such a force upon themselves as formerly\\nbecause they dare not now be wrought on by pride:\\nfor they no longer swim with the stream, and expe-\\nrience no resistance but swimming against the\\nstream, feel the force of the current of lust. But it\\nis to be remembered, that hypocrisy and proud\\nnature, desirous of being seen, can outdo grace in\\nmany outward things, and have a better appear-\\nance in the e} T es of man for real Christians, not\\nbeing willing to be worked upon by nature any\\nlonger, and yet having but little strength, cannot\\nput such a constraint upon themselves continually,\\nbut they may be in this manner tossed to and fro\\nwhich the Lord wisely permits for their good, to\\nconvince them the more of their own insufficiency\\nand nothingness, that they may rely on the strength\\nof the Lord. Therefore we must not give over\\npraying and hoping in this case but as it is only\\nthe mercy and power of Christ which preserves\\nand strengthens the poor and feeble, we rather\\nought to be more earnest in drawing near to Him\\nwith all our misery, weariness and nakedness.\\nMere mortal power shall fade and die,\\nAnd youthful vigor cease\\nBut we that wait upon the Lord,\\nShall feel our strength increase.", "height": "3592", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 255\\nAugust 26.\\nIf after they have escaped the pollutions of the\\nworld, through the knowledge of the Lord and\\nSaviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled\\ntherein and overcome, the latter end is worse with\\nthem than the beginning. 2 Peter ii. 20.\\nSome affirm that experienced Christians meet\\nwith no strong temptations, and feel no evil sug-\\ngestions from within, and, of consequence, no\\nstrivings against the same but it is quite the con-\\ntrary for beginners strive generally more against\\nthe outward pollutions of the world, whilst the ex-\\nperienced turn their force more against their inward\\nand spiritual iniquities. Therefore take heed to\\nyour spirit, though your meaning be ever so good,\\nand your assurance ever so great. Be not high-\\nminded, for fear of falling. Beware of all sins for\\nthe least may, unawares, and by degrees, draw thee\\ninto many others, so as to be at last entangled in\\nsuch a manner, that without great watchfulness it\\nwill be impossible to be disengaged therefore, be\\nnot deceived flee all occasions of sin. Say not\\nwithin thyself, It is a light matter, it only concerns\\noutward things, which do not belong to the essence\\nof Christianity for such outward liberty is a sure\\nevidence of a false inward levity of mind. And by\\nconforming to the world, we give a good handle ta\\nthe enemy of souls to ruin us and by sad experi-\\nence, we shall be convinced in time, that our latter\\nend is worse than the beginning.\\nOh for a persevering power\\nTo keep thy just commands\\nWe would defile our hearts no more,\\nNo more pollute our hands.\\nOh for the grace that keeps our souls\\nIn Jesus every hour,\\nWe d wash our hands in innocence,\\nNor feel the Tempter s power.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "256 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 27.\\nBe kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly\\nlove; in honor preferring one another. If it be\\npossible as much as lieth in you, live peaceably\\nwith all men. Rom. xii. 10, 18. Follow peace\\nwith all men, and holiness, without which no\\nman shall see the Lord. Heb. xii. 14.\\nThKRE is much contest in the world about pro-\\nperty but believers taking Christ for their only\\nproperty, whom nobody can take from them, have,\\nin Him alone, immense treasures and lasting peace.\\nAnd since wrath and anger turn into nothing but\\n-disquietness, and are punished by themselves, why\\ndost thou suffer thyself to be easily moved by\\nthem The least provocation, even a single word,\\nperhaps, will stir up the corruption of thine heart,\\nso as to change thy countenance and make thee\\nutter dreadful words. Therefore, consider how\\nGod bears with thee, and what an abomination\\nanger is. It is a fire from hell, the true image of\\nthe old Dragon but being called to bear the image\\nof God, and bring forth the fruits of the good\\nSpirit, thou art to follow the lamb-like mind of\\nChrist and to that purpose, it is highly necessary,\\nfirst, To avoid all occasions of strife and contention\\nsecondly, To bridle our tongue if quarrels arise\\nthirdly, To suffer when we are wronged fourthly,\\nTo pray directly, and quench the sparks of fire\\nbefore they break out into a flame. This is the\\n^easiest and the only method to prevent great trou-\\nbles, and lead a peaceful, happy life for anger\\ncarries uneasiness and love a sweet rest in itself.\\nBlessed are the men of peaceful life,\\nWho quench the coals of growing strife\\nThey shall be called the heirs of bliss,\\nThe sons of God, the God of Peace.", "height": "3568", "width": "2576", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDKN TREASURY. 257\\nAugust 28.\\nHaving therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into\\nthe holiest by the blood of Jesus, etc., let us dram\\nnear with a hue heart, in full assurance of faith y\\nhaving our hearts sprinkled (with the blood of\\nChrist, by which He once entered into the Holy\\nPlace, having obtained eternal redemption for us,\\nand purged our conscience from dead works, to\\nserve the living God) from an evil conscience and\\nour bodies washed with pure water. Heb. x.\\n19-22.\\nChrist has for ever purged our sin by Himself\\nfor by one offering He hath perfected for ever\\nthem that are sanctified (chap. x. 14); and to this\\nsprinkling of the blood of Christ, all believers,\\neven the weakest, are to come, in order to receive\\nthe forgiveness of sins and the blood is said to be\\nsprinkled, to shew the need of its application to the\\nconscience by the Hory Spirit. In this purple\\nfountain the believer daily washes it is his element\\nand life. Thus he lives by the faith of the Son\\nof God, who also loved him, always applying His\\nransom to his soul, and pleading His merits before\\nhis heavenly Father, which keeps his conscience-\\npure and easy. Oh may I be enabled every day,\\nby faith, to wash in the fountain of Christ s blood\\nThey find access at every hour\\nTo God within the veil\\nHence they derive a quickening power v\\nAnd joys that never fail.\\nOh may this happy lot be mine,\\nDaily to live to Christ\\nAnd like the favored of the twelve,\\nTo lean upon His breast.\\nOh happy soul oh glorious state\\nOf ever-flowing grace\\nTo dwell so near the Father s throne,\\nAnd see His holv face.", "height": "3572", "width": "2308", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "258 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 29.\\nThat which may be known of God is manifest in\\nthem for God has shewed it unto them. Rom.\\ni. 19. Which when the apostles, Barnabas and\\nPaul, heard of they rent their clothes, and ran in\\namong the people, crying out and saying, Sirs y\\nwhy do ye these things etc. Acts xiv. 14, to end.\\nThere are some things declared and enjoined in\\nthe Gospel which have their foundation in the\\nlaw and light of nature such are all the moral\\nduties which are taught therein these, the re-\\nmaining light of nature, though obscurely, yet\\ndoes teach and confirm. The apostle, speaking\\nof mankind in general, says, That which may\\nbe known of God is manifest in them j the\\nessential properties of God rendering our moral\\nduty to Him necessary, are known by the light\\nof nature and by the same light are men able to\\nmake a judgment of their actions, whether they\\nbe good or evil (Rom. ii. 14, 15). The same law\\nand light which discover these things, do also\\nenjoin their observance. Thus it is with all men\\nbefore the preaching of the Gospel to them. The\\nGospel adds two things to the minds of men\\n1. It directs us to a right performance of these\\nthings from a right principle, by a right rule, and\\nto a right end, so that they, and we in them, may\\nobtain acceptance with God. Hereby it gives them\\na new nature, and turns moral duties into evan-\\ngelical obedience. 2. By a communication of that\\nSpirit which is joined to its dispensation, it sup-\\nplies us with strength for their performance in the\\nmanner it directs.\\nMay God the fruits of heavenly grace\\nProduce within my heart\\nAnd by that grace may many learn\\nTo choose the better part.", "height": "3572", "width": "2536", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 259\\nAugust 30.\\nWho shall separate us from the love of Christ\\nShall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or\\nfamine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Nay,\\nin all these things we are more than conquerors,\\nthrough Him that loved us. For lam persuaded,\\nthat neither death nor life shall separate us from\\nthe love of God which is in Christ fesus our\\nLord.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rom. viii. 35, 37-39.\\nStars shine brightest in the darkest night\\ntorches are better for beating grapes come not to\\nthe proof till they come to the press spices smell\\nbest when bruised young trees root the faster for\\nshaking gold looks brighter for scouring juniper\\nsmells sweetest in the fire the palm- tree proves\\nthe better for pressing chamomile, the more you\\ntread it, the more you spread it. Such is the condi-\\ntion of all God s children they are then most\\ntriumphant when most tempted most glorious\\nwhen most afflicted most in favor of God when\\nleast in man s, and least in their own as their\\nconflicts, so their conquests as their tribulations,\\nso their triumphs true salamanders, that live best\\nin the furnace of persecution so that heavy afflic-\\ntions are the best benefactors to heavenly affections;\\nand where afflictions hang heaviest, corruptions\\nhang loosest and grace, that is hid in nature, as\\nsweet water in rose- leaves, is then most fragrant\\nwhen the fire of affliction is put under to distil it\\nout.\\nMy life, and all its comforts too,\\nFrom God s abundant bounty flow\\nAnd when He calleth back His own,\\nContented I would lay it down.\\nThen if men scorn and Satan roar,\\nYet, strengthened by the God of power,\\nHis faithful witness I shall be\\nThough weak, I can do all through Thee.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "260 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nAugust 31.\\nRise up, my love, my fair one, and come away; for\\nto, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;\\nthe flowers appear on the earth the time of the\\nsinging of birds is come, and the voice of the\\nturtle is heard in our land, etc. Arise, my love,\\nmy fair one, and come away. O my dove, thou\\nart in the clefts of the rock, etc.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Song of Sol.\\nii. 10-14.\\nO Lord, how often has it been winter with me,\\nbut thou hast always quickened me again Grant\\nthat by these experiences I may be so used to thy\\nways, as always to expect the best from thee in\\neverything, and to have only this one care, namely,\\nhow I may please thee as thy bride and dove, and\\nbe accepted through thee with thy Father Let\\nmy faith be so strengthened by all thy various\\ndealings with me, that at last I may have boldness,\\nand find complete rest in thy wounds, my crucified\\nSaviour, where there is room for the greatest of\\nsinners, even for me who am the chief.\\nThe voice of my Beloved sounds\\nOver the rocks and rising grounds\\nO er hills of guilt, and seas of grief.\\nHe leaps, He flies to my relief.\\nGently He draws my heart along,\\nBoth with His beauty and His tongue\\nRise, says my Lord, make haste, away?\\nNo mortal joys are worth thy stay.\\nThe Jewish wintry state is gone,\\nThe mists are fled, the spring comes on\\nThe sacred turtle-dove we hear\\nProclaim the new, the joyful year.\\nAnd when we hear our Jesus say,\\nRise up, My love, make haste, away\\nOur hearts would fain outfly the wind,\\nAnd leave all earthly loves behind.", "height": "3572", "width": "2564", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 261\\nSeptember i.\\nBe not conformed to this world. Rom. xii. 2. Love\\nnot the world, neither the things that are in the\\nworld, etc. He that doeth the will of God abid-\\nethfor ever. 1 John ii. 15, 17.\\nReader, whose will dost thou do Examine\\nthyself. Perhaps thou thinkest, to love the world\\nand to do its will cannot be a great sin, because\\nmany reputed honest men and good Christians do\\nthe same. Nay, but for thy soul s sake consider\\nwhat the Scripture says, If thou lovest the world,\\nthe love of the Father is not in thee and without\\nthis love of the Father, thou hast no faith and,\\nbeing destitute of faith, thou hast no Christ, and\\nconsequently no life and salvation. Consider fur-\\nther, whether thou dost not love the world above\\neither God or thy own soul. Hast thou not a hun-\\ndred thoughts about the world for one of God or\\nthy soul Dost thou not talk a hundred times\\nmore about the world, and is not thy pursuit con-\\ntinually after it, to the neglect of God and thy soul\\nThen, the world is thine idol thou lovest not God,\\nand art murdering thy soul. The Lord have mercy\\non thee\\nI send the things of earth away\\nAway, ye tempters of the mind,\\nFalse as the smooth, deceitful sea,\\nAnd empty as the whistling wind.\\nYour streams were floating me along,\\nDown to the gulf of black despair\\nAnd whilst I listened to your song,\\nYour streams had near conveyed me there.\\nL,ord, I adore thy matchless grace,\\nThat warned me from the deep abyss\\nThat drew me from those treach rous seas,\\nAnd bade me seek superior bliss.\\nNow to the shining realms above\\nI stretch my hands and glance my eyes\\nOh for the p inions of a dove,\\nTo bear me to the upper skies", "height": "3572", "width": "2316", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "262 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 2.\\nNot fashioning yourselves according to the former\\nlusts in your ignorance; but as He who has called\\nyou is holy, so be ye holy (Note) in all manner\\nof conversation. 1 Peter i. 14, 15. Give dili-\\ngence to make your calli?ig and election sure\\nfor the time past of our life may suffice us to\\nhave wrought the will of the Gentiles, etc.\\n1 Peter iv. 3.\\nNone can be so sure of salvation as to be for ever\\nfree from fears and doubts for there is no assur-\\nance without convicts therefore all diligence is\\nrequired to be evermore sure of it, so as to have\\nboldness even in death. But let us take heed of\\npresumption, since we do not know what may\\nbefall us at last and be careful not to despise or\\noverdrive the weaker sort of Christians, nor make\\nour own experience a general rule for others, lest\\nthis comfortable doctrine of assurance prove a tor-\\nment to them who have not yet attained it. Let\\nall who have received a measure of grace be thank-\\nful yet not rest in it but press forward, fighting\\nthe good fight of faith, till they lay hold on eternal\\nlife.\\nHow short and hasty is our life\\nHow vast our souls affairs\\nYet senseless mortals vainly strive\\nTo lavish out their years.\\nGod from on high invites us home,\\nBut we march heedless on\\nAnd ever hastening to the tomb,\\nStoop downward as we run.\\nHow we deserve the deepest hell\\nThat slight the joys above\\nWhat chains of vengeance should we feel\\nThat break such cords of love\\nDraw us, O God, with sovereign grace,\\nAnd lift our thoughts on high,\\nThat we may end this mortal race,\\nAnd see salvation nigh", "height": "3572", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 263\\nSeptember 3.\\nFor the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that\\nwhich was lost. Luke xix. 10.\\nWhoever seriously seeks to be saved both from\\nthe power and punishment of sin, and seeks de-\\nliverance only through Christ, should not give way\\nto heaviness of heart for consider, Art thou a lost\\nsinner? Christ s salvation is brought to such. Art\\nthou seeking His salvation This is a good token\\nthat Christ has sought thee, else thou wouldst not\\nseek after Him. Whom Christ seeks He saves.\\nNow, therefore, call upon Him diligently to set up\\nHis kingdom in thy bosom, and say to thyself, O\\nmy soul, it was the very purpose of Christ s coming\\ninto the world to save sinners circumstanced just\\nas thou art yea, though thy sins be as scarlet, be\\nnot thou cast down, O my soul, and be not dis-\\nquieted within me but encourage a cheerful hope\\nin thy Covenant God, and instead of poring only\\nupon thy sins, consider the exceeding love of Christ\\nin dying for them and, constrained by a sense of\\nthat love, do thy diligence to live unto Him and\\nfor this He will enable thee by His Holy Spirit.\\nThe Lord of life and glor} stands\\nAloud He cries, and spreads His hands,\\nHe calls ten thousand sinners round,\\nAnd sends a voice from every wound.\\nAn ample pardon here I give,\\nAnd bid the sentenced rebel live\\nShew him my Father s smiling face,\\nAnd lodge him in His dear embrace.\\nI purge from sin s detested stain,\\nAnd make the crimson white again\\nLead to celestial joys refined,\\nAnd lasting as the deathless mind.\\nQ Jesus let me doubt no more\\nBut hear, and wonder, and adore,\\nTill death shall make my last remove\\nTo dwell for ever in thy love", "height": "3564", "width": "2220", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "264 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 4.\\nRepent ye (oh change your minds) and believe the\\nGospel. Mark i. 15. From that tune Jesus began\\nto preach, and to say, Repent for the kingdom\\nof heaven is at ha?id. Matt. iv. 17. Repent ye\\ntherefore, and be converted, that your sins may\\nbe blotted out, when the times of 7 efreshing shall\\ncome from the presence of the Lord.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Acts iii. 19.\\nRepentance, or a godly sorrow for sin, is the\\ndoctrine of the Gospel. This is absolutely neces-\\nsary to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and a life of\\nunion and communion with Him. Oh reader,\\nthe Baptist calls thee to repent Jesus calls thee to\\nrepent the God of heaven and earth calls thee to\\nrepent and without it thou wilt perish eternally\\nin the flames of hell. Canst thou not give thyself\\nthe grace of repentance Thou canst not. Oh\\nthen pray and cry to the blessed Jesus, that His\\nHoly Spirit may produce this saving change in\\nthee. Pray to Him that He would give thee a\\nliving, justifying faith in His blood and righteous-\\nness, and that thy heart may be filled with real\\nsorrow for sin, with holy indignation against it,\\nand with a sincere and active departing from it.\\nOh pray that you may walk by faith and not by\\nsight, as seeing Him continually, who to the\\nnatural eye is invisible.\\nMistaken souls, that dream of heaven,\\nAnd make their empty boast\\nOf inward joys and sins forgiven,\\nWhile theyare slaves to lust\\nVain are our fancy s airy nights,\\nIf faith be cold and dead\\nNone but a living power unites\\nTo Christ, the living Head.\\nTis faith that purifies the heart\\nTis faith that works by love;\\nThat bids our sins and lusts depart,\\nAnd lifts our souls above.", "height": "3568", "width": "2540", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 265\\nSeptember 5.\\nWhat I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch.\\nMark xiii. 37. See also verse 33, and chap. xiv.\\n38.\\nOn a day set apart for the celebration of some\\ngreat event, how anxious are the people to get in\\ntime to the place appointed What earnestness\\nis to be seen in their looks As earnest should\\nwe be in watching for the hour in which our Lord\\nshall come, that we may not be ashamed before\\nHim. A heart deceived by sin may suggest many\\narguments against this holy earnestness but they\\nare the reasonings of folly. It is a general warning,\\nWhat I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch.\\nAlmost every day affords an instance of some one\\nhurried into eternity on a sudden. Was not hourly\\nwatchfulness necessary, a merciful God would not\\npermit such sudden deaths. But He hath sounded\\nthe alarm, Ye know not what hour our Lord doth\\ncome. Give me grace, O Lord, to live always as\\nif I heard that solemn voice sounding continually\\nin my ears, Awake, ye dead, and come to judg-\\nment\\nAwake, my drowsy soul, awake,\\nAnd view the threatening scene\\nLegions of foes encamp around,\\nAnd treachery lurks within.\\nNow to the work of God awake\\nBehold thy Master near\\nThe various, arduous task pursue\\nWith vigor and with fear.\\nThe awful register goes on\\nTh account will surely come\\nAnd opening day, or closing night,\\nMay^bear me to my doom.\\nTremendous thought how deep it strikes,\\nYet, like a dream it flies\\nTill God s own voice the slumbers chase\\nFrom these deluded eyes.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "266 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 6.\\nDavid s Prayer \\\\\u00e2\u0080\u0094Now also, when I am old and\\ngray-headed, O God, forsake me not. Ps. lxxi.\\n18. O keep my soul, and deliver me let me not\\nbe ashamed for I put my trust in thee. Let\\nintegrity and uprightness preserve me for I\\nwait on thee. Ps. xxv. 20, 21.\\nDivine Answer Hearken unto me, O house of\\nfacob, which are borne by me from the belly.\\nEven to your old age I am He, and even to your\\nhoary hairs will I carry you I have made, and\\nI will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver\\nyou. Isa. xlvi. 3, 4.\\nGod never does forsake a true believer, since he\\nis as closely united to Christ as a child to its\\nmother whilst carried in her womb. Yea, a mother\\nmay forget her sucking child; but Jesus never\\nforgets His ransomed people. His eyes are upon\\nthem for good continually they are graven on the\\npalms of His hands, and lodged in His pierced side,\\nclose to His heart. We may expect everything\\nconfidently from Him and this confidence pleaseth\\nHim above all things. Then, oh may I be care-\\nful for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and\\nsupplication, with thanksgiving, make my requests\\nknown unto Him (Phil. iv. 6); always trusting\\nthat He will as certainly carry me through all diffi-\\nculties to come as He has done hitherto so that I\\nmay even give Him thanks for it beforehand. O\\nLord, grant that I may practice this better still\\nMy God, my everlasting hope,\\nI live upon thv truth\\nThine hands have held nry childhood up,\\nAnd strengthened all my youth.\\nStill has my life new wonders seen\\nRepeated every year\\nBehold, my days that yet remain\\nI trust them to thy care.", "height": "3572", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 267\\nSeptember 7.\\nTrust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of\\nthe Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of\\nthe Lord, are these but thoroughly amend your\\nways and your doings, etc. Jer. vii. 4, 5. Of\\ntrue prayer and worship in spirit and in truth.\\nGod is a Spirit and they that worship Him,\\nmust worship Him in spirit and in truth. John\\niv. 24. See also Rom. xii. 1; James i. 27.\\nAs a contrite heart is the most pleasing temple\\nof God, so speaking with God in words of our own,\\nas a child does with his father, is the best book of\\nprayer. The most cunning method by which Satan\\ndeceives many now, is the mistaking of an exten-\\nsive knowledge and an assurance of their own\\nmaking, not witnessed by the Spirit, for true faith\\nor trusting on some outward form of worship, or\\nhaving communion with others, or pretending to\\nGospel-experience and liberty, and thereby claim-\\ning the office of building up souls, though a true\\nchange was never wrought in their hearts for what\\ncan all our reading, prayers, going to church and\\nsacrament, profit us, without this Before all this\\nshall be acceptable to the Lord, we must be renewed\\nin our minds, and prove b}^ our own words and\\ndeeds that we are the living temples of God.\\nIs there a thing beneath the sun\\nThat strives with thee my heart to share?\\nAh tear it thence, and reign alone,\\nThe Ivord of every motion there\\nThen shall my heart from earth be free\\nWhen it has found repose in thee.\\nOh hide this self from me, that I\\nNo more, but Christ in me may live.\\nMy vile affections crucify\\nI^et not one darling lust survive\\nIn all things may I nothing see,\\nNothing desire or seek but thee.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "268 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 8.\\nDavid s Prayer Forsake me not, O Lord O my\\nGod, be not far from me. Ps. xxxviii. 21.\\nDivine Answer My kindness shall not depart\\nfrom thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace\\nbe removed, saith the Lord that has mercy on\\nthee. O thou afflicted I will lay thy stones with\\nfair colors, and lay thy foundations with sap-\\nphires; etc. Isa. liv. 10-15.\\nSuch as have never felt spiritual distress, cannot\\nrelish this word of promise but they who have\\nbeen brought out of great misery by this sweet\\nword, or any other word of promise applied to their\\nhearts by the Holy Ghost, will henceforth take hold\\nof it and prize it yea, they should firmly believe,\\neven without a present feeling of its comfort, that\\nGod will certainly perform the promise He has\\nonce sealed upon them. He is a God that changeth\\nnot, and a God in covenant with His people, and\\nHis covenant is everlasting therefore He will not\\nforsake His people, but order all things for their\\ngood, and conduct them safely through their pil-\\ngrimage, though violent enemies assault them, and\\nmighty tempests fall upon them. His faithfulness\\nstands engaged for this.\\nFirm are the words His prophets give,\\nSweet words, on which believers live\\nEach of them is the voice of God,\\nWho spoke and spread the skies abroad.\\nOh for a strong, a lasting faith,\\nTo credit what th Almighty saith\\nT embrace the message of His Son,\\nAnd call the joys of heaven our own.\\nThen should the earth s old pillars shake,\\nAnd all the wheels of nature break\\nOur steady souls should fear no more\\nThan solid rocks when billows roar.", "height": "3584", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 269\\nSeptember 9.\\nTrust in the Lord ivith all thine heart lean not\\nunto thine own understanding In all thy ways\\nacknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.\\nBe not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and\\ndepart front evil. Prow iii. 5-7. Be not wise in\\nyour own conceits, Rom. xii. 16; for the wisdom\\nof this world is foolishness with God. 1 Cor. iii.\\n19. See also Isa. v. 21.\\nWhoever desires to know the will of the Lord,\\nand prayeth earnestly for instruction, shall certainly\\nknow His will. But he must not be wise in his own\\nconceit, nor lean to his own understanding, nor\\nexpect that the wisdom or learning of this world\\nwill explain the things of God. He must not seek\\nto reconcile the word to his lusts, but combat his\\nlusts by the word. In short, he must come to Jesus\\nfor instruction with the same simplicity of mind as\\na child comes to learn its letters and not come for\\na month or a year, but sit all his life at the feet of\\nJesus, to receive instruction from Him. Lord,\\nmake me jealous of myself, enable me to go in and\\nout with prayer, and keep me from all errors that\\nmay hurt my soul.\\nThus saith the wisdom of the Lord,\\nBless d is the man that hears my word\\nKeeps daily watch before my gates,\\nAnd at my feet for mercy waits.\\nThe soul that seeks me shall obtain\\nImmortal wealth and heavenly gain\\nImmortal life is his reward,\\nIvife and the favor of the Eord.\\nBut the vile wretch that flies from me\\nDoth his own soul an injury\\nFools that against my grace rebel,\\nSeek death, and love the road to hell.", "height": "3572", "width": "2320", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "270 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember io.\\nSo we preach, and so ye believed. i Cor. xv. n.\\nThe method of the Gospel is this First, it pro-\\nposeth things which are peculiarly its own. So the\\nApostle sets down the constant entrance of his\\npreaching (i Cor. xv. 3). It reveals its own mys-\\nteries, laying them as the foundations of faith and\\nobedience and it also inlays them in the mind,\\nthereby conforming the whole soul unto them\\n(Rom. vi. 17 Gal. iv. 19 Tit. ii. 11, 12 1 Cor. iii.\\n11 2 Cor. iii. 18). This foundation being laid, it\\nthen grafts all duties of moral obedience on the\\nstock of faith in Christ Jesus. Where this founda-\\ntion is not laid through ignorance, or rejected\\nthrough prejudice, the Gospel has nothing to do\\nwith such men it neither renews their souls, nor\\nproduces any genuine fruit of obedience. Thus the\\nApostle Paul, in all his epistles, teaches first the\\nmysteries of faith that are peculiar to the Gospel,\\nand then descends unto those moral duties which\\nare regulated thereby so we must first hear the\\nGospel, and be acquainted with its discoveries,\\nbefore we can believe aright and when our faith is\\nrightly founded, it is to shew itself in the practice\\nof all those good works that are required of us in\\nthe Scriptures. As man} as walk according to\\nthis rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon\\nthe Israel of God.\\nLet all thy precepts good and right,\\nAnd laws which in thy word are found,\\nAnd the strong faith which gives these weight,\\nBe always in me and abound.\\nAnd, oh reveal thy Gospel-truth,\\nAnd plant it in my mind, O I,ord,\\nSo will my spirit be renewed,\\nAnd yield obedience to thy word.", "height": "3588", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 271\\nSeptember ii.\\nHow can I do this great wickedness, and sin against\\nGod? Gen. xxxix. 9.\\nJoseph was a slave, and in a strange country he\\nwas tempted by a wanton and revengeful mistress\\nhad he complied, he would have been sure of\\nsecrecy and rewards but if he resisted, he might\\nexpect her keenest resentment, if not the loss of\\nhis life. Yet all these could not influence him he\\nchooses to submit to every inconvenience and\\ndanger, rather than be guilty of so foul a crime and\\nsin against God. From hence we may learn, that\\nthe fear of God is a most effectual preservative\\nagainst all criminal indulgences. It was this that\\nrestrained Joseph, and will, where it is possessed,\\nhave the same effect on all mankind, upon all occa-\\nsions, and in every scene of life. It strikes every\\npassion, every spring of human actions, and in-\\ncludes in it all the most powerful motives by which\\nthe conduct of mankind is determined. If interest\\nbe the principal thing that sways us, that surely\\ncannot be so certainly promoted as by securing the\\nfavor of God, and avoiding His displeasure. If we\\nare governed by our fears, He is the most formid-\\nable being in the universe to a mind that has per-\\nverted its faculties and transgressed the laws of its\\nnature if by hope, He is the Supreme God if by\\nlove, He is the most amiable and perfect Excel-\\nlence if by gratitude, He is the Author of all our\\nhappiness.\\nGive me, O Lord, such godly fear\\nAs feels thy presence nigh\\nAnd looks to thee when sin is near,\\nAnd makes the Tempter fly.\\nNor let me e er thy name forget,\\nIn sad nor happy hour,\\nBut through temptation s keenest state\\nBe guided by thy power.", "height": "3572", "width": "2324", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "272 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 12.\\nhave found the book of the law in the house of\\nthe Lord. Because thy heart was tender, and\\nthou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, etc.\\n2 Kings xxii. 8, 19.\\nThe priests, probably to save themselves the\\ntrouble of writing, and the people of reading the\\nbook at large, had furnished themselves with ab-\\nstracts of the law, leaving out, or slightly mention-\\ning some parts thereof, and particularly the threat-\\nening, which Josiah was so much affected with,\\nas being new to him. The book of God s law seems\\nin our day to be lost a sealed book to most of the\\ncongregations that profess themselves Christians\\nimperfect accounts of it are given, which hide the\\npromised blessings and threatened curses of God.\\nWhen this book by spiritual light is found, and,\\non reading or hearing thereof, conviction reaches\\nthe conscience, it is a great instance of God s\\nfavor, a token for good, and must be faithfully\\nacknowledged as such. Reader, art thou truly\\napprehensive of the weight of God s wrath, and\\nsolicitous to obtain His favor? Seek then earn-\\nestly, upon thy knees, and in the house of the\\nLord, redemption from the curses of the law pray\\nthat Jesus may be revealed to thee, the blood of\\nthe Lamb of God alone can take away the guilt of\\nsin having found the law, rest not till thou find the\\nGospel also, and arrive at a comfortable assurance\\nof thine interest in its blessings. Josiah s heart\\nwas tender, he wept, and was encouraged follow\\nhis sorrow, and thou wilt partake of his blessings\\nand make the law of God thy delight and coun-\\nsellor.\\nThe precious word of God is hid,\\nOr sealed eve^where\\nBut when the Spirit light imparts,\\nTis found and read with care.", "height": "3588", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 273\\nSeptember 13.\\nDraw me, we will run after thee. The King hath\\nbrought me into His chambers we will be glad\\nand rejoice in thee zve will remember thy love\\nmore than wine the upright love thee. Song of\\nSol. i. 4. In thee the fatherless findeth mercy.\\nHosea xiv. 3. See also Ps. cii. 13.\\nThe needle s point in the seaman s compass\\nnever stands still, but quivers and shakes till it\\nconies right against the North Pole. The wise men\\nof the East never rested till they were right against\\nthe star which appeared unto them and the star\\nitself never stood still till it came right against that\\nother Star, which shone more brightly in the\\nmanger than the sun did in the firmament. And\\nNoah s dove could find no rest for the sole of her\\nfoot all the while she was fluttering over the flood,\\ntill she returned to the ark with an olive branch in\\nher mouth. So the heart of every true Christian,\\nwhich is the turtle-dove of Jesus Christ, can find no\\nrest all the while she is hovering over the waters of\\nthis world till, with the silver wings of a dove,\\nand the olive branch of faith, it flies to Jesus, the\\ntrue Noah and rest of our souls, who puts forth His\\nhand out of the ark, and taking the dove in,\\nreceiveth it to Himself.\\nVain are the things of time,\\nThere s nought of pleasure here,\\nE en our most sunny clime\\nIs dark, and wild, and drear\\nGod only is our refuge sure,\\nThe source of pleasure full and pure.\\nIn vain I seek for rest\\nIn all created good\\nIt leaves me still unblest,\\nAnd makes me cry for God.\\nAnd sure at rest I cannot be\\nUntil my heart finds rest in thee.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "274 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 14.\\nWhat think ye of Christ Matt. xxii. 42.\\nAnd ought we not to put this question to our\\nsouls, when our happiness forever depends upon\\nHim, and when without Him we are undone to\\neternity How ought we then to think of the\\nLord Jesus Christ Surely, as the Scripture repre-\\nsents Him to be, the chief among ten thousand,\\nand altogether lovely. We ought to think of\\nHim in His person, as the great God incarnate in\\nHis work and His offices, as the Saviour of Israel.\\nWe ought to think of Him as one in whom justice\\nis satisfied, love and righteousness are manifested,\\nand sinners are saved. Oh how highly have\\nGod s people ever thought of Christ Jesus and\\nhow exulting do the saints now in heaven think\\nof Him But w T hat think we of Christ when bur-\\ndened w T ith sin, when oppressed with affliction\\nWhen we cannot entertain a good thought of our-\\nselves, can we then think of Christ as highly as\\nheretofore Alas how very weak is our faith at\\nthe best? Lord, strengthen our faith, inflame our\\nlove, enlarge our views, support us in trials, guide\\nus by thy counsels, and receive us into glory, that\\nwe may sing thy praise to all eternity. Amen.\\nNow living waters flow\\nTo cheer the humble soul\\nFrom sea to sea the rivers go,\\nAnd spread from pole to pole.\\nNow righteousness shall spring,\\nAnd grow on earth again\\nJesus Jehovah be our king,\\nAnd o er the nations reign.\\nJesus shall rule alone,\\nThe world shall hear His word\\nBy one blessed name shall Ee be known,\\nThe Universal L,ord.", "height": "3572", "width": "2548", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 275\\nSeptember 15.\\nOur conversation, or our citizenship, is in heaven.\\nPhil. hi. 20. Therefore rejoice, because your\\nnames are written in heaven. Luke x. 20. And\\nset your affectio?i on things above, not on things\\non the earth.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Col. iii. 2.\\nA Christian being only a traveler through the\\nworld, must expect a traveler s fare bad roads\\nsometimes, bad weather, and bad accommodations\\nbut since his journey s end and city is heaven, all his\\nactions, sufferings, prayers, trade and conversation,\\nturn that way. His actions, for whatsoever is bound\\non earth is bound in heaven his sufferings, for\\nthose who overcome shall receive a crown of glory;\\nhis prayers, for grace is the answer to prayer his\\ntrade, for whatsoever is of the world is sin his\\nconversation, for whatsoever is earthly is abomina-\\ntion, and worketh a lie. O Lord, grant that mine\\neyes may be always fixed upon this mark, so as to\\nregulate all my doings accordingly, asking myself\\nin everything, whether it be fit for heaven, and\\nagreeable to the mind of the heavenly Bridegroom,\\nand to the manners of the heavenly citizens\\nLord, bid my soul fly up and run\\nThrough every heavenly street\\nAnd say, There s nought below the sun\\nThat s worthy of thy feet.\\nSo shall we mount on sacred wings,\\nAnd tread the courts above\\nNor earth, nor all her mightiest things\\nShall tempt our meanest love.\\nThe glorious tenants of the place\\nStand bending round the throne\\nAnd saints and seraphs sing and praise\\nThe infinite Three-One.\\nJesus, oh when shall that dear day,\\nThat jo3*ful hour appear,\\nWhen I shall leave this house of clay,\\nTo dwell among them there", "height": "3572", "width": "2308", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "276 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 16.\\nTo Him give all the prophets witness, that, through\\nHis name, whosoever believeth in Him shall re-\\nceive remission of sins. Acts x. 43 and iv. 12.\\nThis name is as ointment poured forth, the full-\\nness of His grace. Song of Sol. i. 3. It is a\\nstrong tower the righteous runneth into it, and\\nis safe. Pro v. xviii. 10.\\nIn this name we should draw nigh to the Father\\nin prayer, and not approach Him with a strange\\nfire of our own, kindled from the fancied merit of\\ndevotion, and He will draw nigh to us again.\\nDraw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you\\n(James iv. 8). He will certainly grant our peti-\\ntions, and we shall receive, that our joy may be\\nfull (John xvi. 24). For the Lord is good, and\\nread} 7 to forgive, and plenteous in mercy unto all\\nthem that call upon Him (Ps. lxxxvi. 5). And\\nall these promises are Yea and Amen in Christ so\\nthat every believer may say, The Lord will receive\\nmy prayer (Ps. vi. 9); Blessed be God, who hath\\nnot turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from\\nme; for He hath dealt bountifully with me\\n(Ps. lxvi. 20 and xiii. 6). Lord, may this be the\\nlanguage and the exercise of my heart and do thou\\ngrant me to believe more firmly in thy name\\nLift up your eyes to th heavenly seat\\nWhere your Redeemer stays\\nKind Intercessor there He sits,\\nAnd loves, and pleads, and prays.\\nPetitions now, and praise may rise,\\nAnd saints their offerings bring\\nThe Priest, with His own sacrifice,\\nPresents them to the King.\\nJesus alone shall bear my cries\\nUp to the Father s throne\\nHe, dearest Lord, perfumes my sighs,\\nAnd sweetens every groan.", "height": "3592", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 277\\nSeptember 17.\\nIn thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand\\nthere are pleasures for evermore. Ps. xvi. 11.\\nAnd I saw the New ferusalem, descending out\\nof heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned\\nfor her husband. Rev. xxi. 2-4, 10, 12.\\nO my dear Saviour, look upon me in mercy\\nThou seest what earthly desires and unmortified\\ntempers are yet found in me and though I cry\\nunto thee daily, mine enemies still prevail over me.\\nYet thou art almighty to save, and hast promised\\nto cast out none that come unto thee. Let me then\\nexperience the power of thy grace, in raising me up\\nto more newness of life, in stirring up prayer and\\nstrengthening faith, in creating hungerings after\\nrighteousness, and thirstings after God, and in\\nbestowing a right heavenly mind upon me, that my\\nsoul may be as a bride prepared and adorned for\\nher husband. Give me also a frequent taste below\\nof those pleasures which are at thy right hand for\\nevermore, that my heart may be kept waiting and\\neagerly looking for thy coming, and that, united\\nunto thee in faith, my life may be spent in thy\\nfavor and unto thy glory.\\nOh the delights, the heavenly joys,\\nThe glories of the place,\\nWhere Jesus sheds the brightest beams\\nOf His o erflowing grace.\\nArchangels sound His lofty praise\\nThrough every heavenly street\\nAnd lay their highest honors down\\nSubmissive at His feet.\\nIvord, how our souls are all on fire\\nTo see thy blest abode\\nOur tongues rejoice in tunes of praise\\nTo our incarnate God.\\nAnd while our faith enjoys this sight\\nWe long to leave our clay\\nAnd wish thy fiery chariots, I^ord,\\nTo fetch our souls away.", "height": "3568", "width": "2336", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "278 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember iS.\\nWatch and pray let us be going. Matt. xxvi. 41,\\n46. Remember Lot s wife. Luke xvii. 32. This\\nis the way, walk ye in it. Isa. xxx. 21. He that\\nhath begun a good work in you will perform it\\nuntil the day of Jesus Christ. Phil. i. 6.\\nTo be kept from self-righteousness on the one\\nhand, and from false liberty on the other, is the\\nright Christian way. But how shall I find it Oh\\nmy dear Jesus, thou art the way Teach me then\\nto walk in thy strength, to live in thy faith, to gaze\\nmuch upon thee, to cleave firm unto thee, and\\nabide ever in thee so shall I experience the liberty\\nof thy Gospel, which yieldeth no license for sin,\\nbut bringeth joyful deliverance from its power for\\nwhen my heart resteth on thee, it cannot rest in the\\nflesh, and seek to fulfill its lusts but being de-\\nlighted with thy beauty and glorious love, all other\\nthings vanish, and I am kept watchful, close and\\nfervent I live a life of godly holiness hid with thee.\\nSend forth the Spirit and prepare my heart thus to\\nabide in thee, and to turn and bring me back when\\nI turn to the right hand or to the left.\\nWhen m.y forgetful soul renews\\nThe savor of thy grace,\\nMy heart presumes I cannot lose\\nThe relish all my days.\\nBut, ere one fleeting hour is past,\\nThe fiatt ring world employs\\nSome sensual bait to seize my taste,\\nAnd to pollute my joys.\\nThen I repent and vex my soul,\\nThat I should leave thee so\\nWhere will those wild affections roll\\nThat let a Saviour go\\nShew my forgetful feet the way\\nThat leads to joys on high\\nThere knowledge grows without decay,\\nAnd love shall never die.", "height": "3572", "width": "2536", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 279\\nSeptember 19.\\nWalk before me t (as in my presence,) and be thou\\nperfect. Gen. xvii. 1. Fear God, and keep His\\ncommandments for this is the whole duty of\\nman. For God shall bring every work intojudg-\\nnent, with every secret thing, whether it be good,\\nor whether it be evil. Eccles. xii. 13, 14. say\\nunto you, That every idle word that men shall\\nspeak, they shall give account thereof hi the day\\nof judgment. Matt. xii. 36.\\nConsequently all such things as are now called\\nindifferent in their nature will also be brought to\\nGod s bar, and not be called indifferent there, but\\njudged as actually good or actually evil. Oh\\nthe prodigious harm that is done by this false doc-\\ntrine of innocent things It opens the door to\\ninnumerable sins for though our conscience often\\ntells us that we should not do such things as are\\nnot actually good, yet presently innocence is\\npleaded, it is called a harmless thing, which, though\\nit could not be said to be good, yet it was not evil\\nneither, but quite indifferent in its nature by\\nwhich thousands are drawn into the snares of the\\ndevil. O Lord, grant that all my works may be\\ndone unto thee, and in thy presence, agreeably to\\nthy commandments that even my leaves may not\\nwither, and whatsoever I do may prosper and abide\\nfor ever and that while here I may be fitted, by\\nthe sanctifying influences of the Spirit, for the holy\\nand blessed communion of heaven that is hereafter\\nto those who keep thy law.\\nWithin thy circling power I stand\\nOn every side I find thy hand\\nAwake, asleep, at home, abroad,\\nI am surrounded still with God.\\nOh may these thoughts possess my breast,\\nWhere er I rove, where er I rest\\nNor let unruly passions dare\\nConsent to sin, for God is there.", "height": "3572", "width": "2336", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "280 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 20.\\nVerily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born\\nagain, he can?iot see the kingdom of God. John\\niii. 3. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is\\na new creature: old things are passed away\\nbehold, all things are become new. 2 Cor. v. 17.\\nNot by works of righteousness which we have\\ndone, but according to His mercy He saved us,\\nby the washing of regeneration, etc. Titus iii. 5,\\n6. See also James i. 18, and 1 Peter i. 23.\\nConsequently no outward form of religion will\\ndo but we must be renewed by the Spirit of God,\\nand have our hearts changed, else we cannot enter\\ninto the kingdom of God. Christ (by saying,\\nVerily, verily) has confirmed this twice by an oath.\\nHow is it possible, then, that mere honest and\\nmoral men can be saved Will Christ break His\\ndouble oath No, surely. Now 7 since outward\\ngross vices only are blamed in conversation or\\npreaching, a moral man slips through the law\\nwithout censure and the careless think they can\\nleave off their open sins one time or another and\\nso none are duly concerned to be thoroughly con-\\nverted but the new birth and the real change of\\nthe heart being insisted upon, and Christ held forth\\nin this only true way, every one who will be saved\\nmust be turned.\\nThe second Adam shall restore\\nThe ruins of the first\\nHosanna to that sov reign power\\nThat new-creates our dust.\\nWhen from the curse He sets us free,\\nHe makes our natures clean\\nNor would our Saviour come to be\\nThe minister of sin.\\nHis Spirit purifies our frame,\\nAnd seals our peace with God\\nJesus and His salvation came\\nBy water and by blood.", "height": "3572", "width": "2532", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 281\\nSeptember 21.\\nWhy art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art\\nthou disquieted within me Hope thou in God;\\nfor I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of\\nmy countenance, and my God. Ps. xlii. 11. For\\nI reckon, that the sufferings of this present time\\nare not worthy to be compared with the glory\\nwhich shall be revealed in us. Rom. viii. 18.\\nBELIEVERS, we are here assured, maybe in great\\ndistress but though much perplexed, and often\\ndiscouraged, they are secretly held up by faith, and\\nbrought off conquerors. If God had commanded\\nus to pray and hope only till a certain time men-\\ntioned, and His help had failed to come within that\\ntime, we might justly despair. But since He re-\\nquires us to hope even to the end, or last moment\\nof life, this should keep us from impatience and\\ndespair for though He should tarry even to the\\nend, believers will certainly experience Him then\\nto be faithful to His promise. He may try our\\nfaith and patience to the utmost, but He cannot\\nbreak His own word. Dear Lord, whatever load\\nthou art pleased to lay upon me, enable me to wait\\nin faith and prayer till the joyful hour of deliver-\\nance comes, knowing that thou lay est on no\\nburden disproportioned to the grace thou art giving.\\nTis God that lifts our comforts high,\\nOr sinks them in the grave\\nHe gives, (and blessed be His name,)\\nHe takes but what He gave.\\nPeace, all our angry passions then\\nI^et each rebellious sigh\\nBe silent at His sov reign will,\\nAnd every murmur die.\\nIf smiling mercy crown our lives,\\nIts praises shall be spread\\nAnd we ll adore the justice, too,\\nThat strikes our comforts dead.", "height": "3568", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "282 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 22.\\nBe not soon shaken in mind. 2 Thess. ii. 2.\\ndetermined not to know anything among you, save\\nJesus Christ, and Him crucified. 1 Cor. ii. 2.\\nIn whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and\\nknowledge. Col. ii. 3. But we preach Christ\\ncrucified. The testimony of Christ was confirmed\\nin you. 1 Cor. i. 23, 6.\\nO my dear Saviour enable me to rest humbly\\nand quietly in thee, avoiding all such novelties as\\nmight breed presumption, distract my thoughts,\\nand cause my heart to swerve from thee. Whoever\\nhas tasted the sweetness of thy Word will be satis-\\nfied with it and better it is to improve in the life\\nof faith and power of godliness, than in new words,\\nforms and professions. May the Lord quicken me\\nby the old truths, and humble my heart evermore,\\nso as to receive them better, and to abide in that\\nwhich I have heard from the beginning. Novelty\\nis the bane of souls, by which we are often griev-\\nously tormented and distracted. It is work enough\\nfor a meek and quiet soul to keep within the\\nbounds of a settled mind, and effectually to centre\\nin God. How can such enjoy true rest, who from\\na vain curiosity to know everything, are ever run-\\nning after new doctrines, or prying into every man s\\nbusiness Lord, save me from this unsettled mind,\\nand make me determined to know nothing but\\nJesus Christ and Him crucified, and to have His\\ntestimony confirmed in my heart Amen.\\nOh that the I,ord would guide my ways\\nTo keep His statutes still\\nOh that my God would grant me grace\\nTo know and do His will\\nMy soul has gone too far astra} T\\nMy feet too often slip\\nYet since I ve not forgot thy way,\\nRestore thy wand ring sheep.", "height": "3572", "width": "2544", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 283\\nSeptember 23.\\nDavid s Prayer Wash me thoroughly from mine\\niniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Ps. li. 2.\\nDivine Answer The blood of Jesus Christ the\\nSon of God, clea?iseth us from all sin. 1 John\\ni. 7. See also 1 Cor. vi. 11.\\nUnder the ceremonial law all things were purged\\nwith blood and without shedding of blood there\\nwas no remission thus it is impossible that any\\none sin, even the least sinful motion, should be\\ntaken away, except by the blood of Jesus Christ.\\nMay this teach me the heinousness of sin in the\\nsight of the great Jehovah, and may it tend to keep\\nmy heart humble and my conscience tender for\\nhow dreadful must the stain of sin be, since noth-\\ning but the blood of Christ can wash it out Blessed\\nbe God for opening this fountain, and keeping it\\nopen day and night, for the vilest sinners to wash\\nin. May my polluted soul be daily washed in this\\nfountain, and receive both peace and strength from\\nit and, arrayed in the robes of Christ s righteous-\\nness, may I be prevented from doing anything dis-\\nhonorable to thy name\\nMy dying Saviour and my God,\\nFountain for guilt and sin,\\nSprinkle me ever with thy blood,\\nAnd cleanse and keep me clean.\\nWash me, and make me thus tlry own\\nWash me, and mine thou art\\nWash me, but not my feet alone,\\nMy hands, my head, my heart.\\nTh atonement of thy blood apply,\\nTill faith to sight improve\\nTill hope shall in fruition die,\\nAnd all my soul be love.\\nFor ever here my rest shall be,\\nClose to thy bleeding side\\nTis all my hope and all my plea,\\nFor me the Saviour died.", "height": "3568", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "284 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 24.\\nExamine yourselves whether ye be in the faith.\\n2 Cor. xiii. 5. See also 1 Cor. ii. 28.\\nBut is there any need of such self-examination,\\nwhen yet we preach Christ, and stay ourselves on\\nHis name Alas it is possible both to preach and\\nprofess Him, yea, to have a seeming confidence in\\nHim, and call Him our Rock, and talk of His\\ngrace, and yet be lovers of sin, and haters of holi-\\nness and thereby shew we have no interest in Him,\\nbut are in the road of destruction. Thus Jesus hath\\ntold us, Matt. vii. 22, 23. Let us examine ourselves.\\nIs our faith in Him accompanied with much self-\\nabhorrence in the views of our sinfulness and pollu-\\ntion before Him Do we prize Him, not only for\\nHis favor to us, but for His own goodness, His\\ngrace, and His excellence Do we love Him so as\\nto love nothing in comparison of Him, neither\\nself, nor the world, nor our ease, nor advantage\\nThen, surely, we are His, and He also is ours.\\nThese graces are the fruits of His Spirit within us\\nthey are proofs of our faith and of our union with\\nHim and if we are united by the Spirit to Jesus,\\nHe will certainly own us before men and angels\\nHe will never forsake us in time or eternity. But\\nhow dreadful will their case be, who deceive them-\\nselves here, and habitually give themselves unto\\nsin and iniquity, whilst yet they make mention of\\nJesus Christ with their lips Keep us, Lord, we\\nbeseech thee, from such sad delusion Oh give\\nus to remember all our past provocations, and to\\nknow, to love, and serve thee in sincerity\\nIs Christ your only trust and guide,\\nAnd dearer far than all beside?\\nAnd pants your heart for holiness?\\nThen sure you are a child of grace.", "height": "3564", "width": "2480", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 285\\nSeptember 25.\\nWhat lack I yet f Matt. xix. 20. Yet lackest thou\\none thing. Luke xviii. 22. For one thing is\\nneedful. Luke x. 42.\\nThis one thing needful is to have Christ but He\\nmust first serve and treat us with His grace before\\nwe can draw strength from Him to serve Him again.\\nWe must be taught to see Him our food, and to\\nhunger for Him, before we can feed upon Him, or\\ndo anything for Him. And as Christ is the author\\nof faith, He gives it increase out of His fullness\\nand faith, being somewhat strengthened, begins to\\nwork for Him, though it be but faintly. However,\\nwe become Christians, and remain in a perfect state\\nof salvation, not by what faith works, but by what\\nit receives for though a feeble faith will perform\\nfeeble works, it can receive a whole and perfect\\nChrist, which is the one thing needful. Grant,\\ndear Lord, that I may possess the one thing needful,\\nthat He may dwell in my heart, rooting and ground-\\ning me in love.\\nOh may I never want the seal\\nOf Christ my dying soul to heal\\nHe is my s ure defence\\nThe one thing needful I must get,\\nKre death s dark clouds around me set,\\nAnd my freed soul fly hence.\\nI ll hear of nothing else beside\\nMy Jesus, and Him crucified\\nIn Him is all I want\\nHis blood. His meritorious blood,\\nAlone is rich, alone is good\\nFor that alone I pant.\\nSure none refuse to join this song,\\nTo praise our Saviour all along\\nTheir pilgrimage below\\nTo sing, There s none, there s none beside,\\nBut Jesus and Him crucified,\\nNeedful for us to know.", "height": "3572", "width": "2320", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "286 THE GOLDEN TREASURY\\nSeptember 26.\\nJoseph is a fruitful bough the archers have sorely\\ngrieved him, and shot at him; but his bow abode\\nin strength, and the arms of his hands were\\nmade strong by the hands of the mighty God of\\nJacob [from the7ice is the Shepherd, the Stone\\nof Israel.) Gen. xlix. 22-24.\\nJoseph is an eminent type of the Messiah let us\\ntrace the resemblance. Joseph was in a peculiar\\nmanner beloved by his father Christ is the dear\\nSon of His Father s love. Jacob made for Joseph\\na coat of many colors God prepared a body in\\nhuman nature for Christ, filled and adorned with\\nthe various gifts and graces of the Spirit without\\nmeasure. Joseph was hated by his brethren, and\\nthey could not endure to think he should have the\\ndominion over them the Jews, Christ s brethren\\naccording to the flesh, hated Him, and would not\\nhave Him to reign over them. Joseph was sent by\\nhis father a long journey to visit his brethren, and\\nknow their welfare Christ was sent from the\\nbosom of the Father, to seek and to save the lost\\nsheep of the house of Israel. Joseph s brethren\\nconspired to take away his life the Jews said,\\nThis is the heir, let us kill Him, and they con-\\nsulted to take away His life. Joseph was sold for\\ntwenty pieces of silver at the motion of Judah and\\nChrist, by one of the same name, was sold for thirty\\npieces. Joseph was delivered to strangers, and\\nChrist to the Gentiles. Joseph being reckoned\\ndead by his father, and yet alive, ma} 7 be an emblem.\\nof Christ s death and resurrection from the dead.\\nO Jesus I in Joseph see\\nHow archers shot and grieved thee\\nInto the grave like Joseph cast,\\nAnd raised, like him, a Prince at last.", "height": "3552", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 287\\nSeptember 27.\\nWhat things were gain to me, those I counted loss\\nfor Christ yea doubtless, and I count all things\\nbut loss for the excellency of the knowledge of\\nChrist fesus my Lord; for whom I have stiff ered\\nthe loss of all things, and do count them but dung,\\nthat I may win Christ, and be found in Him as\\nmy righteousness. Phil. iii. 7-9.\\nThis was the life and constant mind of St. Paul.\\nThe words, in Him, in Christ, in the Lord,\\nu I am Christ s, etc., occur continually. I choose\\nthem also for my staff, and my song in the wilder-\\nness they shall be my great tower, my strong\\nfortress, my sweet paradise, mine only element and\\nlife. Here may I take up mine abode for ever, and\\nthe Lord keep me steadfast It is good for us to\\nbe here; for this is Pisgah, the mount of the\\nLord, where Jesus, being transfigured, reveals His\\nglory to His disciples. Here we should build our\\ntabernacle and here may death find me at last.\\nHelp me, O thou Spirit of the Lord, to be a true\\nbeliever in Christ Jesus, not having mine own\\nrighteousness, nor trusting to anything that I\\nhave done or am able to do, but casting away as\\nworthless all that the world calls excellent, I may\\ncleave to Christ and be found in Him. Oh may I\\nbe able to make Christ my resting-place and my\\nrefuge at all times\\nHad I ten thousand gifts beside,\\nI d cleave to Jesus crucified,\\nAnd build on Him alone\\nFor no foundation is there given\\nOn which I d place my hopes of heaven,\\nBut Christ the corner-stone.\\nPossessing Christ, I all possess,\\nWisdom, and strength, and righteousness,\\nAnd holiness complete\\nBold in His name, I dare draw nigh\\nBefore the Ruler of the sky,\\nAnd all His justice meet.", "height": "3572", "width": "2328", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "288 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 28.\\nThe Penitent s Prayer: What must I do to be\\nsaved Acts xvi 30.\\nDivine Answer Believe o?i the Lord Jesus, and\\nthou shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts xvi. 31.\\nFaith is not a confidence of our own making\\nbut it is God that works it in a broken and repent-\\ning heart. This faith purifies the heart, crucifies\\nthe old Adam, overcomes the world, changes us in\\nheart, mind, and all the powers and faculties of the\\nsoul, which is the true Protestant faith and not\\nthat we only think and sa\\\\-, I believe. By this\\nwe must try our faith. All true believers have\\nreceived it, under a sense of godly sorrow, and with\\nbrokenness of heart. If we feel something of this,\\nand apply to Christ by prayer for faith and grace,\\nwe have a sure mark of faith already for if we did\\nnot believe, we would not pray. And he that daily\\napplies to the blood of Christ for cleansing, has true\\nfaith and hope already, though he is but weak, and\\ndoes not taste any joy. The Lord grant to all our\\nsouls that repentance unto life, and that faith in\\nJesus Christ, which are the saving graces of the\\nSpirit, that in due time, when the end is come, we\\nmay receive a crown of glory to wear for ever in\\nthe presence of the Prince of Life, and of God\\nHimself.\\nYe d3 ing souls, that sit\\nIn darkness and distress,\\nLook from the borders of the pit,\\nTo Christ s recovering grace.\\nSinners shall hear His sound\\nTheir thankful tongues shall own.\\nTheir righteousness and strength is found\\nIn Christ the Lord alone.\\nIn Him shall Israel trust,\\nAnd see their guilt forgiven\\nGod will pronounce the sinners just,\\nAnd take the saints to heaven.", "height": "3560", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 289\\nSeptember 29.\\nAbstain from all appearance of evil, that ye may\\nbe blameless and harmless, the sons of God, with-\\nout rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse\\nnation, among whom ye shine as lights in the\\nworld. Phil. ii. 15. See also Eph. v. 8.\\nBe as the sun in the firmament he giveth light\\nto all so let your light shine before all men. By\\ndoing so some may walk in it, and God will be\\nglorified. Be no slaves to the flesh but on the\\ncontrary, shew a willing and holy service to the\\nmost high God Bless those that are against you.\\nLord, I desire to shine in good works, the genuine\\nfruits of faith therefore will I give myself up to\\nthee, to purge me, that I may bring forth more\\nfruit. Looking upon myself as thine, I would not\\nonly abstain from evil, but from the very appear-\\nance of it. Some are satisfied with knowing they\\nare blameless, and care not what others think of\\nthem but for the gospel s sake I desire to appear\\nblameless before others, lest some offence should\\ncome through me which, as far as in me lieth, I\\nwould prevent. Thy children, O God, are as lights\\nin the world. Oh pour thy grace, that heavenly\\noil, into my lamp, and so trim it that it may give\\nlight unto all around, that they may be led to\\nglorify thy holy name.\\nO Lord, my stubborn will subdue\\nCreate 1213* ruined frame anew\\nDispel my darkness by thy light\\nInto all truth my spirit guide.\\nBut from mine eyes for ever hide\\nAll things disp leasing in thy sight.\\nBe heaven now my soul s abode\\nHid be my life with Christ in God\\nMy spirit. Lord, be one with thine\\nLet all my works in thee be wrought,\\nAnd filled with thee be all my thought,\\nTill in me thy full likeness shine.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "290 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nSeptember 30.\\nLet him that is athirst come and whosoever will,\\nlet him take of the water of life freely. Rev.\\nxxii. 17.\\nIE there be a sense of sin, and want of spiritual\\nblessings, and a willingness to be saved by grace,\\nthough you know not that it is Christ s secret\\npower that makes you willing, yet being athirst\\nand willing, you are invited do not puzzle and\\nperplex yourselves with such questions as these\\nAm I elected Have I a right Am I prepared\\nbut come upon the invitation, and take pardon,\\npeace, righteousness, and every gospel blessing, as\\nfree gifts to the needy. If on e ready to perish with\\nhunger and thirst were invited to a feast, and\\nassured of welcome, and he should stand hesitating,\\nHave I a right? Am I worthy? would it not\\nseem preposterous in him thus to demur, when his\\nnecessities were pressing upon him, and a plentiful\\ntable before him? The weary, the hungry, the\\nthirsty, the guilty, the worthless, the vilest, are\\ninvited to believe in Jesus, who came only to save\\nsinners, and hath assured them in His word, that\\nthose who thus come to Him, He will in nowise\\ncast out.\\nThe Spirit in the Word, _\\nAnd in His motions cries,\\nCome to the Fountain-head of life,\\nAnd come for large supplies.\\nLet him who feels his thirst,\\nNor can endure its rage,\\nCome to salvation s copious springs,\\nAnd all his pains assuage.\\nAnd whosoever will\\nIs welcome to receive\\nThe streams of everlasting life\\nThat Heaven will freely give.\\nJesus, is this thy voice\\nWe bless thy^ gracious call,\\nAnd flee with joyful haste to thee,\\nOur Saviour and our All.", "height": "3572", "width": "2476", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 291\\nOctober i.\\nWeep not behold, the Lio?? of the tribe of Judah,\\nthe Root of David, has prevailed.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rev. v. 5.\\nHe rose triumphantly, and destroyed the works\\nof the devil therefore sin shall not have do-\\nminion over z\u00c2\u00ab.-Rom. vi. 14. For the law\\nof the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made\\nme free from the law of sin and death. Rom.\\nviii. 2.\\nMany complain that, though they will not turn\\nback, yet they have no power to advance farther.\\nIf this should be thy case, my reader, remember\\nthat the enemy of souls will discourage thee. Go\\non praying, and venture it evermore upon the Lord.\\nConsider how He awakened you at first, how often\\nHe has heard your prayers afterward, and assisted\\nyou in many hard struggles. Surely He will help\\nyou now also. If that will not do, begin, as it\\nwere, afresh acknowledge yourself guilty in every\\nrespect and, as the chief of sinners, plead for\\nmercy, and be instant in your humble supplica-\\ntions looking, at the same time, upon God as\\na reconciled Father through Christ, who is willing\\nto receive you, pardon, and bless you in spite of all\\nyour misery then you will soon make a better\\nprogress. To despair of our own strength is good\\nbut we must never despair of the power of Christ,\\nwho is riser from the dead, but be sure to overcome\\nwith Him at last. He will certainly help you in\\nthe due and best season.\\nHell and thy sins resist thy course,\\nBut hell and sin are vanquished foes\\nThy Jesus nailed them to the cross,\\nAnd sung the triumph when He rose.\\nHe dies, and in that dreadful night\\nDid all the powers of death destroy\\nRising, He brought our heaven to light,\\nAnd took possession of the joy.", "height": "3572", "width": "2320", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "292 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 2.\\nWhom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth\\nevery son whom He receiveth. If ye endure chas-\\ntening, God dealeth with you as with sons for\\nwhat son is he whom the Father chasteneth not?\\nHe chasteneth us for our profit Heb. xii. 6-10.\\nTo these chastenings belong outward afflictions,\\nwhich are precious means, and sanctified to be-\\nlievers. And this is a clear proof that we should\\nreceive such chastenings with gladness, and that\\nwe should not repine under them. They evidence\\nthe fatherly care and love of God, and are designed\\nto try our faith, and purge our souls from the drossy\\nmatter of earth that is mixed up with them and\\nfrom them we must learn that chastisements will be\\nthe means of good to us if we use them aright.\\nOh my dear heavenly Father, thou art only pleased\\nwith a true child-like confidence but I am still\\nof a distrusting heart when anything comes upon\\nme on a sudden. Help me always to entertain the\\nkindest thoughts of thee, and to fear no adversity\\nlooking on it as a token of love and not of hatred,\\nand really believing it to be intended as a blessing\\nfor my good. Whatever thy providence may order,\\nlet me only be convinced of thy fatherly affection,\\nand fall in with thy wholesome and loving designs.\\nThough for my sin I justly feel\\nThy discipline, O God,\\nI wait thy gracious moment still,\\nTill thou remove thy rod.\\nFor I have found tis good for me\\nTo bear my Father s rod\\nAffliction makes me learn thy law,\\nAnd live upon my God.\\nThis is the comfort I enjoy\\nWhen new distress begins\\nI read thy word, I run thy way,\\nAnd hate my former sins.", "height": "3584", "width": "2488", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 293\\nOctober 3.\\nThe entrance of thy word gives light; it giveth\\nunderstanding to the simple. Ps. cxix. 130.\\nOrder my steps in thy word and let not any ini-\\nquity have dominion over me. Ver. 133. The\\nScriptures testify of me (Christ). John v. 39.\\nWe may have a clear sight and a real taste of\\nthe Gospel, and yet be soon deprived of the com-\\nfort of it again, if we do not walk in godly sim-\\nplicity and poverty of spirit for Christ will have\\nnone but humble and child-like disciples. But\\nif we abide in Christ, by a close and humble walk\\nwith Him, we shall come to great and lasting\\nassurance for neither a sweet sense of Christ,\\nnor even faith itself in Christ, is the ground of\\nour salvation but Christ alone received into the\\nheart as the Saviour. Faith does not save, but\\nenables us to receive the Saviour, and with Him\\nsalvation. Neither does a sweet sense of Christ\\nsave us it only shews the Saviour is present\\nwith us. Now, the weakest true believer does\\nreceive Christ as well as the strongest, though he\\nreap no present comfort from his faith. We must\\nfirst believe, before we can feel, and be thankful\\nfor our feelings, but not trust in them.\\nThy mercies fill the earth, O Eord,\\nHow good thy works appear\\nOpen mine eyes to read thy word,\\nAnd see thy wonders there.\\nWhen once it enters to the mind,\\nIt spreads such light abroad,\\nThe meanest souls instruction find,\\nAnd raise their thoughts to God.\\nTis like the sun, a heavenly light,\\nThat guides us all the day\\nAnd through the dangers of the night\\nA lamp to lead our way.\\nSince I m a stranger here below,\\nLet not tln r path be hid,\\nBut mark the road my feet should go,\\nAnd be my constant guide.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "294 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 4.\\nTurn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, and\\nquicken thou me in thy way. Ps. cxix. 37.\\nIf you were to see a man endeavoring all his life\\nto satisfy his thirst, by holding up one and the\\nsame empty cup to his mouth, you would certainly\\ndespise his ignorance but if you should see others\\nridiculing the dull satisfaction of one cup, and\\nthinking to satisfy their own thirst by a variety of\\ngilt and golden empty cups, would you think that\\nthese were the wiser or ever the happier, or better\\nemployed, for their finer parts Now, this is all\\nthe difference that you can see in the happiness of\\nthis life. The dull and heavy soul may be content\\nwith one empty appearance of happiness, and be\\ncontinually trying to hold one and the same empty\\ncup to his mouth all his life. But then, let the\\ntalented men of the world lay all their heads\\ntogether, and they can only shew you more, and\\nvarious empty appearances of happiness give them\\nall the world into their hands, they can only make\\na great variety of empty cups for search as deep\\nas you will, there is nothing to be found here\\nnobler or greater than eating and drinking, rich\\ndress and applause, unless you look for it in the\\nwisdom and laws of religion. Reader, reflect upon\\nthe vanity of all orders of life who live without\\ngodliness, and see how all the ways of the world\\nare only so many different ways of error and blind-\\nness, that you may be earnest at a throne of grace\\nto be turned from the creature, and seek for happi-\\nness in the Creator.\\nNo peace or lasting rest\\nEarth s flattering joys impart\\nThe portion of a beast\\nWill not content my heart.\\nThe God of spirits only can\\nFill ud the vast desires of man.", "height": "3572", "width": "2532", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 295\\nOctober 5.\\nDavid s Prayer:\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Give ear to my prayer, O God,\\nand hide not thyself froin my supplication. Ps.\\nlv. 1.\\nChrist s Answer Verily, verily, I say unto you,\\nWhatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my 7iame,\\nHe will give it you. John xvi. 23. For the\\nFather Himself loveth you. Ver. 27. He has\\npromised Before they call, I will answer and\\nwhilst they a7 e speaking, I will hear. Isa. lxv.\\n24. Therefore I say unto you. What things soever\\nye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive\\nthem, and ye shall have them. Mark xi. 24.\\nHe that converses much with God in prayer, and\\nhas some child-like confidence in His word, shall\\ncertainly be heard and these answers of prayer\\nare undeniable evidences of the truth, faithfulness\\nand love of God, and greatly strengthen his faith\\nand at last bring him to be intimately acquainted\\nwith God. The more we receive, the more we are\\nenlightened to see how much there is still wanting.\\nThis stirs up to more frequent prayer, and to more\\nfervent desires and the more we desire and believe\\nthat we shall receive it, the more shall be granted.\\nUnbelief receives nothing (Matt. xiii. 58); but faith\\nopens all the treasures of God, and never goes\\naway empty.\\nBecause on me they set their love,\\nI ll save them, saith the Lord\\nI ll bear their joyful souls above\\nDestruction and the sword.\\nIn me they every grace shall find\\nFor sorrow, joy, or care\\nTheir broken hearts I will upbind,\\nUnloose their every snare.\\nMy grace shall answer when they call\\nIn trouble I ll be nigh\\nMy power shall help them when they fall,\\nAnd raise them when they die.", "height": "3572", "width": "2316", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "296 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 6.\\nIf I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant\\nof Christ. Gal. i. 10. Let every one of us please\\nhis neighbor for his good to edification. Rom.\\nxv. 2. Fear or love of men, and hypocrisy, very\\noften are nearly allied A man that flattereth\\nhis neighbor, spreadeth a net for his feet. Prov.\\nxxix. 5. But he that rebuketh a man, after-\\nwards shall find more favor than he that flattereth\\nwith his tongue. Chap, xxviii. 23.\\nWe are ever inclined to extremes, even then\\nwhen God has begun His work in our soul. At\\none time we are apt to run into a false activity for\\nthe conversion of others, trusting too much to our\\nown sufficiency and strength at other times, per-\\nhaps, we fall into much remissness, and inactivity\\nfor the salvation of others. May the Lord there-\\nfore always guide me to steer the middle course, so\\nas to walk in all singleness and humility of heart,\\nas well as in true fervency of spirit, faith and love T\\nthat it may be said, I believe, therefore do I\\nspeak. Grant, O my dear Saviour, that I may\\nshine as a light, and be useful to all about me\\nnever seeking my own, but only the salvation and\\ngood of others, with unfeigned love Oh that\\nthy love may constrain me in all things Amen.\\nMy own glory still I seek,\\nStill I covet human praise\\nStill, in all I do or speak,\\nThee I wrong, and rob thy grace.\\nAnd must that which is so good\\nEvil prove to sinful me\\nPoison shall I draw from food,\\nSin from grace, and pride from thee?\\nOh forbid it, humble love\\nHide me, O my Father, hide\\nFar away this snare remove\\nSave me from the sin of pride", "height": "3584", "width": "2480", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 297\\nOctober 7.\\nHereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall\\nassure our hearts before Him. 1 John iii. 19.\\nEvery one that is of the truth heareth my voice.\\nJohn xviii. 27.\\nThe evidence of our assurance of eternal happi-\\nness is that which every soul that makes any serious\\nreflections on matters of religion pants after it is\\ntherefore necessary to know upon what foundation\\nthis blessed evidence is built, and from what prin-\\nciples it arises and those, I think, are chiefly faith,\\nlove and obedience since no man can have this\\nassurance who does not feel in himself the principle\\nof obedience; nor can he have obedience without\\nthe principle of love, nor love without the principle\\nof faith for it is a notorious contradiction to\\nimagine that any one can be assured of God\\nAlmighty s pardon, without obeying Him of His\\nfavor, without loving Him or of the eternal enjoy-\\nment of Him, without a firm and steadfast belief in\\nHim. But here many mistake the nature of these\\nthings true belief in God represents Him to the\\nmind as infinite in glory, and power, and wisdom,\\nand goodness, and in all perfections with such\\ncharms, such beauty, such loveliness, as to capti-\\nvate and ravish the affections of the soul, and\\nsmite it with a Divine love true love reigns tri-\\numphant in the soul, engrosses all its affections,\\nstrips other objects of their charms, nay, makes them\\nappear vile and contemptible in comparison with\\nthe supreme good true obedience strives to please\\nGod, to resemble Him, to render itself acceptable\\nto Him, and ardently desires the enjoyment of\\nHim.\\nFaith only gives me peace with God\\nBut if my faith be true,\\nIt surely shews itself by love,\\nAnd kind obedience too.", "height": "3572", "width": "2308", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "298 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 8.\\nHe that shall endure unto the end, the same shall\\nbe saved. Matt. xxiv. 13. Behold, I come quickly\\nhold that fast which thou hast, that no man take\\nthy crown. Rev. iii. 11. Wherefore, let him\\nthat thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.\\n1 Cor. x. 12.\\nHE that stands in faith, and by nature is of a\\ncheerful temper, must not magnify the measure of\\nhis own faith, nor undervalue that of weaker souls\\nfor such conduct would declare that he is even now\\nfallen into pride, and a contempt of his brother\\ntherefore, however fast we may seem to stand, let\\nus be wary and watchful. We are never so near a\\nfall as when we grow self-confident. He who\\nknows the nature and power of temptations will not\\ndiscourage the weak, nor insist too much upon par-\\nticular enjovments and sensible assurances, which\\nare not the constant witness and marks of faith.\\nThe Holy Spirit Himself is the earnest and seal of\\nadoption who is to be known, not only by this\\njoy, but by all His other fruits and operations. To\\ntrust too much upon feeling disturbs our peace as\\nsoon as it is gone but to rely on the Word of God\\npreserves a settled assurance.\\nJesus shall I never be\\nFirmly grounded upon thee\\nStrong in faith I seem this hour\\nStript the next of all m} r power.\\nPlant, and root, and fix in me\\nAll the mind that was in thee\\nSettled peace I then shall find,\\nWhen I am renewed in mind.\\nGrant that every moment I\\nMay believe and feel thee nigh\\nSteadfastly behold thy face.\\nStablished with abiding grace.", "height": "3588", "width": "2488", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 299\\nOctober 9.\\nIf any man have not the Spirit of Christ (but the\\nspirit of this world), he is none of His. For as\\nmany as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the\\nsons of God. Rom. viii. 9, 14. See also ver. 7, 8.\\nNot gross wickedness only, but even a carnal\\nmind, is enmity against God. Know ye not that\\nthe friendship of the world is enmity with God\\nwhosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is\\nthe enemy of God (James iv. 4). For many\\nwalk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell\\nyou even weeping, that they are the enemies of the\\ncross of Christ whose end is destruction, whose\\ngod is their belly, and whose glory is in their\\nshame, who mind earthly things (Phil. iii. 18, 19).\\nBut how do I know that I have the Spirit of Christ\\nAnswer I have prayed for Him earnestly this\\ncannot be in vain. If ye then, being evil, know\\nhow to give good gifts unto your children how\\nmuch more shall your heavenly Father give the\\nHoly Spirit to them that ask Him? (Luke xi.\\n13). He works also hatred and sorrow of sin\\nrebukes, comforts, and drives me to Christ and to\\nprayer. This is his abiding witness, built upon\\nthe Word of God, which no man of this world can\\nhave, but even the weakest believer enjoys.\\nHoly, true, and righteous Lord.\\nI seek to know and do thy will\\nBe mindful of thy gracious word,\\nAnd stamp me with thy Spirit s seal.\\nMy conscience purge from every blot\\nMy idols all be cast aside\\nRebuke each vain and sinful thought,\\nAnd crucify both self and pride.\\nWithin me thy good Spirit place,\\nSpirit of health, and love, and power\\nAnd grant me such victorious grace,\\nThat inbred sin may reign no more.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "3 oo THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober io.\\nWhosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall\\nhave more abundantly. Matt. xiii. 12. For the\\nwater that I shall give him shall be in him a well\\nof water springing up into everlasting life. John\\niv. 14. He that is righteous, let him be righteous\\nstill; and he that is holy, let him be holy still.\\nRev. xxii. 11.\\nOf the remarkable increase of the kingdom of\\nCod, even from the least beginning, see also Matt,\\nxiii. 31-33 and that beautiful figure, Ezek. xlvii.\\n1-12. This well being opened, it highly concerns\\nns to draw living water out of it daily by fervent\\nprayer, and then it will spring up freely. But,\\nreader, if you begin to be slothful, and distracted\\nwith worldly cares, not abiding closely with Christ,\\nnor calling diligently on Him, your spirit will soon\\nbe dried up, and you will scarcely be able, with\\nanxious groans, to draw a single drop from this\\nwell. Therefore, take heed to your spirit, and if\\nyou desire your own comfort and God s glory, keep\\nnear the well s mouth, and be drawing its water\\ncontinually by prayer, and drinking it sweetly by\\nfaith.\\nGlory to God that walks the sky,\\nAnd sends His blessings through\\nThat tells His saints of ]oy on high,\\nAnd gives a taste below.\\nCheerful I feast on heavenlj fruit,\\nAnd drink the pleasures down,\\nPleasures that flow hard by the foot\\nOf the eternal throne.\\nBut, ah how soon my j 03 S decay\\nHow soon my sins arise,\\nAnd snatch the heavenly scene away\\nFrom these lamenting eyes\\nWhen shall the time, dear Jesus, when\\nThe shining day appear,\\nThat I shall leave these clouds of sin,\\nAnd guilt and darkness here?", "height": "3572", "width": "2488", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 301\\nOctober ii.\\nCast ye the unprofitable servant into outer dark-\\nness, etc. Matt. xxv. 30. Read the whole of the\\nparable.\\nLook at this man to whom his Lord had given\\none talent he could not bear the thought of using\\nhis talent according to the will of Him from whom\\nhe had it, and therefore he chose to make himself\\nhappier in a way of his own. Lord, said he, I\\nknew thee, that thou wast a hard man, etc. But\\nhis Lord having convicted him out of his own\\nmouth, dispatched him with this sentence, Cast\\nthe unprofitable servant into outer darkness, etc.\\nHere you see how happy this man made himself by\\nnot acting wholly according to his Lord s will. It\\nwas, according to his own account, a happiness of\\nmurmuring and discontent: I knew thee, says\\nhe, that thou wast a hard man it was a hap-\\npiness of fears and apprehensions I was, says\\nhe, afraid; it was a happiness of vain labors\\nand fruitless travels I went, said he, and hid\\nthy talent; and after having been awhile the\\nsport of foolish passions and fears, he is rewarded\\nwith darkness, eternal weeping, and gnashing of\\nteeth. Look at the man with his five talents\\nLord, thou gavest me five talents, etc. Here\\nyou see a man intent on improving his talents he\\nhath no uneasy passions, murmurings, vain fears,\\nand fruitless labors, like the other but his work\\nprospers in his hands, his happiness increases upon\\nhim, the blessing of five becomes doubled, and he\\nis received with a Well done, good and faithful\\nservant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.\\nWith careful hand may I employ\\nThe talents God has given\\nYet not my profit, but my faith,\\nMust bring my soul to heaven.", "height": "3572", "width": "2320", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "302 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 12.\\nThrough desire, a man having separated himself,\\nseeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.\\nProv. xviii. 1. The fruit of the Spirit is love,\\njoy, peace, long -suffering, gentleness, etc. Gal.\\nv. 22, 23.\\nThrough pride and self-will, a man having sep-\\narated himself from the written word of God and\\nthe Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, seeks to set up\\nand pull down, and to establish everything accord-\\ning to his own wisdom, self-interest, or ambition,\\ninstead of humbly following the truth as it is in\\nJesus. Self-will never becomes a Christian, and\\nmuch less a reviling those who differ from us. The\\nLord was not in the strong wind, nor in the earth-\\nquake, nor in the fire but in the still small voice\\n(1 Kings xix. 11, 12). He that taketh offence at\\neverything that differs from him, shews great\\nweakness. It is written Destroy it not (Isa.\\nlxv. 8). Though the grape be young, there is wine\\nin the cluster. All spiritual exercises are good\\nbrotherly love renders them beautiful and lovely.\\nThe Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ breathes love to\\nhim, holy joy in his salvation, and a divine and\\npeaceable temper, with long suffering and gentle-\\nness toward the weakness and infirmities of all\\naround us. The fruit of the Spirit is real goodness\\nin heart and life, a steadfast faith in a precious\\nJesus, a partaking of His divine meekness, temper-\\nance, etc. By these things let us daily try our own\\nspirit, instead of sitting in judgment on the spirit\\nof others.\\nLo what an entertaining sight\\nAre brethren that agree\\nBrethren whose cheerful hearts unite\\nIn bands of piety\\nWhen streams of love, from Christ the spring,\\nDescend to every soul,\\nAnd heavenly peace, with balmy wing,\\nShades and bedews the whole.", "height": "3548", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 30s\\nOctober 13.\\nBy this shall all men know that ye are my disci-\\nples, if ye love one another. John xiii. 35. And\\nthe multitude of them that believed were of one\\nheart and of one soul. Acts iv. 32.\\nGod is Love and every one that loveth is.\\nborn of God if we love one another as brethren\\nin Christ, and love all saints as saints, not becanse\\nthey are of this or that party and if we love not in\\nword only but in deed, and shew the truth of our\\nlove by works and labors of love, this is a solid\\nproof to ourselves and to others that we are real\\ndisciples of Jesus. It is a clear testimony that we\\nhave truly learned Christ, and that we have His\\nSpirit and His love shed abroad in our hearts that\\nwe are of the family and household of faith, and\\nshall enjoy all the family privileges. This is a\\nbetter evidence, and more convincing to all around\\nus of what we are, than all knowledge, gifts, attain-\\nments, and outward privileges whatever. O God of\\nlove, cause me to love thee, and all thine the\\npoor, the weak, and the feeble, as well as the strong;\\nfor all are thine\\nLet party names no more\\nThe Christian world o erspread;\\nGentile and Jew, and bond and free,\\nAre one in Christ their Head.\\nAmong the saints on earth\\nLet mutual love be found\\nHeirs of the same inheritance,\\nWith mutual blessings crowned.\\nLet envy and ill-will\\nBe banished far away\\nThose should in strictest friendship dwell\\nWho the same Lord obey.\\nThen will the Church below\\nResemble that above,\\nWhere streams of pleasure ever flow,\\nAnd every heart is love.", "height": "3572", "width": "2316", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "304 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 14.\\nWatch therefore for ye know not what hour your\\nLord doth come. Matt. xxiv. 42.\\nTo watch is the wise exercise of a gracious soul,\\nwho is sensible of his own weakness, loves his\\nSaviour, and fears to grieve His Spirit who is well\\nacquainted with the depth of corruption in his\\nfallen nature is well apprised of the invisible\\npowers of darkness, and hearkens to the voice of\\nhis kind and adorable Shepherd. This watchful-\\nness discovers an awakened attention to our spiri-\\ntual concerns, and has the love of Christ for its\\nmotive, and is attended with a constant dependence\\non Christ for protection from dangers, and for\\nstrength against all enemies, together with supplies\\nof grace in every time of need. If our religion be\\nonly in outward profession, it may pass without\\nwatching but if it be true grace in the he^.rt from\\nJesus Christ, that sacred treasure will need to be\\nguarded by circumspect watchfulness. The ex-\\nhortation is to all God s children, necessary in\\nevery condition, in every stage of a Christian s life;\\nin youth, manhood, old age in prosperity and\\nadversity, in the seasons of consolations, and in the\\ntimes of temptation in company, and alone. O\\nblessed Jesus, help me to watch and pray let me\\nbe always ready keep me in thy love, and preserve\\nme by thy power, till my change shall come.\\nI/jrd, help me to watch,\\nAnd help me to pray\\nFor foes lie at catch\\nBj night and by day.\\nThe world and the devil\\nAre spreading their net\\nMy heart, too, is evil,\\nAnd full of deceit.", "height": "3560", "width": "2552", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 305\\nOctober 15.\\nDavid s Prayer As a hart panteth for the water\\nbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.\\nMy soul thirsteth for God, for the living God.\\nPs. xlii. 1, 2.\\nDivine Answer Ho every one that thirsteth,\\ncome ye to the wateis, a?id he that hath no money:\\ncome ye, buy a?id eat yea, come, buy wine and\\nmilk without money, and without price. Hearken\\ndiligently u?ito me, and eat ye that which is good,\\nand let your soul delight itself in fatness. Isa.\\nlv. i, 2.\\nThere is a great difference between a legal and\\na faint-hearted soul the former is puffed up with\\nself-righteousness the latter humbly thirsts after\\nChrist s righteousness therefore he is not under\\nthe law. but has grace already. It is only the child,\\nor the new man actually born, that can cry and\\nthirst. And though he cannot so fully believe it,\\nyet to have grace is one thing, and to feel and\\nenjoy it is another. Therefore let not the weak be\\nconfounded, which is done very easily, the enemy\\nhimself contributing to it as much as he can but\\nlet it be declared, even to the weakest, that they\\nhave saving grace when they are brought to be\\nearnestly panting and made truly willing to receive\\nall without price (Matt. v. 3).\\nKternal wisdom has prepared\\nA soul-reviving feast,\\nAnd bids our longing appetites\\nThe rich provisions taste.\\nJesus, the God, invites us here\\nTo this triumphant feast,\\nAnd brings immortal blessings down\\nFor each redeemed guest.\\nO glorious God. what can we pay\\nFor favors so divine?\\nWe would de%-ote our hearts alway\\nTo be for ever thine.", "height": "3572", "width": "2324", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "306 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 16.\\nDavid s Prayer How long shall I take counsel\\nin my soul, havi7ig sorrow in my heart daily?\\nPs. xiii. 2.\\nDivine Answer Be careful for nothing but in\\neverything by prayer and supplication, with\\nthanksgiving, let your requests be made known\\nunto God. Phil. iv. 6. Commit thy way unto\\nthe Lord trust also in Him, and He shall sus-\\ntain thee.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -Vs. xxxvii. 5 lv. 22. For He has\\ndone wonderful things His counsels of old are\\naithfulness and truth. Isa. xxv. 1.\\nBe careful for nothing, is a wall against a\\nthousand troubles. But if we give room to any\\ncare and unbelief, it is like a leaven that spreads\\nthrough all our actions. Therefore we ought never\\nto despair in our lawful calling, but rely in all\\nthings on the good providence and faithfulness of\\nGod firmly believing that He will never fail to\\ncarry us through the most difficult and intricate\\ncircumstances, though there should be ever so little\\nappearance for it in our own eyes. But, alas Lord,\\nhow often do our hearts misgive us, and we either\\nmurmur at thy providence, or we trust to ourselves\\nhow seldom have we cast all our care upon thee,\\nand, in humble faith, implored thy direction Oh\\nhelp us to commit our way unto thee.\\nHe that can dash whole worlds to death\\nAnd make them when He please,\\nHe speaks, and that Almighty breath\\nFulfills His great decrees.\\nHis very Word of grace is strong,\\nAs that which built the skies\\nThe voice that rolls the stars along\\nSpeaks all the promises.\\nHe said, Let the wide earth be spread;\\nAnd heaven was stretched abroad\\nAbram, I ll be thy God. He said\\nAnd he was Abram s God.", "height": "3556", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 307\\nOctober 17.\\nIt is done. Rev. xxi. 6.\\nWhen Jesus bowed the head, and gave up the\\nghost, He said, It is finished the work of\\nobedience and suffering, which I had undertaken,\\nis finished. When all the redeemed are gathered,\\nHe who sitteth on the throne, beholding those He\\npurchased with His blood, thus expresseth himself,\\nIt is done the means and helps appointed for\\ntraining you up and preparing you for glory, are\\nnow laid aside, that which is perfect is come,\\nand that which was in part is done away. What\\ndepth of wisdom, what order in the plan of salva-\\ntion, and in the tendency of its various parts to\\nperfect the glorious work of redeeming love, agree-\\nably to the eternal counsel of peace (Rom. viii.\\n2 9 3\u00c2\u00b0)- This is the doing of the Lord, and is it\\nnot marvelous in our eyes When receiving the\\nSpirit that is of God, do I not see and admire my\\ndear Immanuel in the whole of the plan in Him\\nthe beginning and finishing of this grand design\\nAm I a part of the plan is not His eye upon me,\\nHis hand about me Oh amazing wisdom and\\nlove shall no part be neglected can nothing fail\\nin the Redeemer s hand shall even the weakest\\nbe supported? shall none be lost? shall all His\\nhave eternal life Why then should I fear The\\nmighty One will do His works in me and for me.\\nIs the prospect by faith of this finished work pleas-\\nant and transporting what must the immediate\\nblessed vision be O my God, keep me by thy\\npower to everlasting salvation.\\nWhen all the saints are gathered home,\\nAnd time its course has run,\\nWhat shouts the ransomed souls will give,\\nWhen Jesus cries, Tis done", "height": "3564", "width": "2348", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "308 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 18.\\nWe must through much tribulation enter into the\\nkingdom of God. Acts xiv. 22. Therefore, let\\nus ru7i with patience the race that is set before\\nus. Heb. xii. 1. Ye have not yet resisted unto\\nblood, striving against sin. Verse 4.\\nSome licentious professors think there is noneu\\nto strive against sin, and some would seem so holy\\nas to be above it but here we are plainly told of a\\nstriving against it. What St. Paul speaks of the\\nconflict between the flesh and the Spirit, is to the\\nsame purpose For the flesh lusteth against the\\nSpirit, and the Spirit against the flesh and these\\nare contrary the one to the other so that ye cannot\\ndo the things that ye would (Gal. v. 17). The\\nmost experienced Christians are witnesses to it.\\nThe Word of God is said to be a sword, our prayers\\nthe wrestling, and our faith the victory. Thus our\\nwhole race consists in strivings and conquests.\\nThere is always an enemy to be conquered first,\\nbefore we can make a considerable progress in any-\\nthing that is good and none of our enemies are\\nvery easily to be overcome but some are very\\nstubborn therefore courage and patience are re-\\nquired and thus we may be sure to have tHe vic-\\ntory at last.\\nIn Jesu s strength seek, O my soul,\\nThy glorious warfare to pursue\\nHe only can thy sins control,\\nAnd give thee vict ries ever new.\\nThe land of triumph lies on high,\\nThere are no fields of battle there\\nI^ord, make me conquer till I die,\\nAnd finish well the glorious war.\\nAssist me with supplies of grace,\\nTo bring thy gospel good renown\\nAnd let me, when my labors cease,\\nReceive through Christ the promised crown.", "height": "3572", "width": "2512", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "I\\nTHE GOLDEN TREASURY. 309\\nOctober 19.\\nWe are justified freely by His grace, through the\\nredemption that is in Christ Jesus whom God\\nhath set forth to be a propitiation through faith\\nin His blood, to declare His righteousness for the\\nremission of sins that are past. Rom. iii. 24, 25.\\nSee also John iii. 16.\\nHow sweet are the words, By grace (without\\nmerit) ye are saved Here is an overflowing-\\nfountain of comfort and divine strength. But how\\nlittle are the generality of vain and worldly people,\\nwho still feed upon husks, acquainted with these\\nwords How little are they relished by our self-\\nrighteous moral Christians But, oh how deli-\\nciously does a poor hungering sinner fare upon\\nthem There is hardly anything less known and\\nunderstood, as to the power and experience, than\\nthe mystery of Christ s suffering and dying for us,\\nand justification by faith in Him though it is the\\nonly paradise and element of believers, and the\\ngreatest jewel restored by the Reformation. Such\\ntalking and representations of sin as only strike the\\nimagination, are not sufficient but we must also\\nfeel the mortal wounds of sin, by which the flesh is\\nmortified, and be actually healed by the stripes of\\nChrist.\\nGod, the great God that rules the skies,\\nThe gracious and the just,\\nMakes His own Son a sacrifice\\nAnd here lies all our trust.\\nHere rest, my faith, and ne er remove\\nHere let repentance rise,\\nWhile I behold His bleediug love,\\nHis dying agonies.\\nWith shame and sorrow, here I own\\nHow great my guilt has been\\nThis is my way t approach the throne,\\nAnd God forgives my sin.", "height": "3560", "width": "2352", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "3io THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 20.\\nSee that ye fall not out by the way. Gen. xlv. 24.\\nJoseph, having shewn himself fully reconciled\\nto his brethren, dismisses them with this needful\\ncaution, See that ye fall not out by the way/\\nHe knew that they were but too apt to be quarrel-\\nsome. One might say, It was you that first up-\\nbraided him with his dreams; another, It was\\nyou that said, Let us kill him, etc. Thus their\\njourney to their father s house would be very un-\\ncomfortable, if this spirit of quarreling and upbraid-\\ning once got possession of them. Fellow-Christians,\\nwhat a lesson is here for us What says our Lord\\nJesus to us? Love one another, live in peace:\\nwhatever occurs, Let us not fall out by the way.\\nAre we not all brethren Have we not all one\\nFather Are we not all subjects of free and\\n-sovereign grace Are we not all agreed in essen-\\ntial points Are we not all sinners by nature and\\npractice? Have we not all one object of faith?\\nAre we not all traveling the same road Oh then,\\nwhy should we fallout by the way? Suppose we\\nbe of different denominations, yet holding the same\\nHead, why cannot we love as brethren? Let not\\nthe strong despise the weak, nor the weak judge\\nthe strong. Suppose our way should part a little\\nas to externals yet all setting out from the same\\nspiritual Egypt, all under the same Leader, why\\nmay we not all hope to meet at last in the true\\nCanaan Satan, false professors, and the ungodly\\nworld, are unanimous in their opposition to us let\\nus be united, that they prevail not against us (Phil,\\nii. i, 2).\\nOur Jesus is the Prince of Peace,\\nWho made God s quarrel with us cease\\nAnd now He bids the children come,\\nBut quarrel not as they go home.", "height": "3560", "width": "2560", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 311\\nOctober 21.\\nThe sinner s Prayer Where shall I find rest\\nDivine Answer Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in\\nthe ways and see and ask for the old paths\\nwhere is the good way, and walk therein, and\\nyou shall find rest for your souls. Jer. vi. 16.\\nCome unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy\\nladen y and I will give you rest. Take my yoke\\nupon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and\\nlowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your\\nsouls. My yoke is easy, and my burden is light.\\nMatt. xi. 28-30.\\nIn our own ways there is nothing but trouble\\nbut giving ourselves entirely up to be guided by\\nGod at His own pleasure, we may always be easy,\\nsince we know that by every step He brings us\\nnearer to heaven. The only way to rest is the way\\nof repentance and faith in which we consider\\nourselves from the beginning, even to the end of\\nour Christian life, as utterly lost and condemned by\\nthe law, but as perfectly reconciled and justified\\nthrough Christ. Thus to abide in Him, to let Him\\nwork alone, and be truly resigned to His ways, will\\ncertainly have the desired effect whilst, by the\\nrighteousness and workings of our own hearts, we\\ncan never attain to it, and, which is worse, may be\\nlulled into a false rest.\\nIvOrd, I believe a rest remains,\\nTo all thy people known,\\nA rest, where pure enjoyment reigns\\nAnd thou art loved alone.\\nA rest, where all our soul s desire\\nIs fixed on things above\\nWhere grief, and pain, and fear expir\\nCast out by perfect love.\\nThis is the feast of saints on high,\\nBut I may taste below\\nAnd sweeter tastes God will supply,\\nAs into Christ I grow.", "height": "3548", "width": "2236", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "312 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 22.\\nYe are complete in Him. Col. ii. 10. The Scrip-\\ntures are able to make thee wise unto salvation\\nthrough faith which is in Christ Jesus. That the\\nman of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished\\nunto all good works. 2 Tim. iii. 15, 17. Arid\\nof His fullness have all we received, and grace\\nfor grace.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John i. 16.\\nThink, O believer, with wonder and amaze-\\nment, reflect with gratitude and love, that, whilst\\nthou art deploring the common ruin of human\\nnature, and mournfully feeling its sad effects upon\\nthy own soul, thou may est yet look through all\\nthine imperfection, frailty, and unworthiness, to\\nthy glorious Representative, and see th} T self com-\\nplete in Him. The law which would condemn thee,\\nHe has completely satisfied the obedience which\\nit requires, in order to thine acceptance with God,\\nHe has completely paid and that eternal life, from\\nwhich thy sinful imperfections must have for ever\\nbarred thee, is now become thine inalienable in-\\nheritance, as the reward of His righteousness, who\\nlived and died for thee. Go forth, then, and glorify\\nHim in heart and life. The more thou believest in\\nHim, the more wilt thou love Him and the more\\nthou lovest Him, the better wilt thou serve Him\\nand till He shall remove thee from this vale of sin\\nand sorrow, let thy song in the house of thy pil-\\ngrimage be this, Complete in Him\\nTo all my vileness, Christ is glory bright\\nTo all my mis ries, infinite delight\\nTo all my ignorance, wise without compare\\nTo my deformity, the eternal fair.\\nSight to my blindness, to my meanness wealth\\nLife to my death, and to my sickness health\\nTo darkness light, my liberty in thrall\\nWhat shall I say?\u00e2\u0080\u0094 My Christ is All in All", "height": "3548", "width": "2544", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 313\\nOctober 23.\\nWill ye speak wickedly for God and talk deceit-\\nfully for Him f Job xiii. 7. Thy word is truth.\\nJohn xvii. 17.\\nWhen Moses saw an Egyptian and an Israelite\\nstriving together, he killed the Egyptian and saved\\nthe Israelite (Exod. ii. 12). But when he saw two\\nIsraelites striving together, he labored to reconcile\\nthem, saying, Ye are brethren, why do ye strive\\nSo when we read, or see the Apocryphal Books, or\\nHeathen Story, or Popish Traditions, contradicting\\nthe Scriptures, as, for instance, Jacob curseth the\\nwrath and anger of Simeon and Levi, for murder-\\ning the Shechemites (Gen. xlix. 7); and Judith\\nblessed God for killing them (Judith 9), here, and\\nin such like places, let us kill the Egyptian, but\\nsave the Israelite, set a value on the Scriptures,\\nbut slight the Apocrypha. But when we meet\\nwith any appearance of seeming contradiction in\\nthe canon of Scripture, as where it is said, God\\ntempted Abraham (Gen. xxii. 1) and, God\\ntempteth no man (James i. 13) here now, and\\nin many other places, we must be reconcilers, and\\ndistinguish between a temptation of trial, which is\\nfrom God, and a temptation of seducement, which\\nis by the devil and these two, seemingly differing\\nfriends, will appear to be brethren, and agree well.\\nThe Spirit breathes upon the word,\\nAnd brings the truth to sight\\nPrecepts and promises afford\\nA sanctifying light.\\nA glory gilds the sacred page,\\nMajestic like the sun\\nIt gives a light to every age.\\nIt gives, but borrows none.\\nThe hand that gave it still supplies\\nThe gracious light and heat\\nHis truths upon the nations rise,\\nThey rise, but never set.", "height": "3572", "width": "2320", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "314 THK GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 24.\\nAnd Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb\\nHebron for an inheritance. Joshua xiv. 13.\\nThe spies that went up to view the promised\\nland, all except Caleb and Joshua, made a formid-\\ndable report of the gigautic inhabitants of Hebron,\\nsaying, We are not able to go up against the\\npeople, for they are stronger than we. Caleb\\n(answering well to his name, which signifies all-\\nheart) stilled the people before Moses, and said,\\nLet us go up at once and possess it, for we are\\nwell able to overcome. We are told he had\\nanother spirit with him, and followed God fully.\\nMoses, therefore, was commissioned to make him a\\ngrant of all the land whereon his feet had trodden,\\nwhich was the mountain of Hebron. Caleb was\\neighty-five years old when he reminded Joshua of\\nhis promise he was forty when Moses sent him to\\nspy out the land forty-seven years the Lord had\\nsaved him in the wilderness, and amid the perils of\\nwar. Joshua blessed him, acknowledged his claim\\nand deserts, besought God to prosper him, and gave\\nhim the country thus was his fidelity and up-\\nrightness rewarded. Reader, are you like-hearted\\nwith Caleb Are you longing after Hebron that\\nis, communion with God. Are you eager to fight\\nagainst your spiritual foes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 those sons of Anak\\nlusts, passions, the devil, and the world If so,\\nremember the promise, As your day is, so shall\\nyour strength be found. Keep up fellowship with\\nGod, and no enemy shall be too strong for you\\nfollow God fully eye the Captain of your salva-\\ntion fight in His name and strength, and you shall\\nconquer every foe.\\nAll heart, like Caleb, may I be\\nAgainst each spiritual foe\\nAnd, like him, trusting in the I,ord,\\nTo fight and conquer go.", "height": "3572", "width": "2456", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 315\\nOctober 25.\\nAt midnight the Lord smote all the first-born in the\\nland of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh\\nthat sat on his throne, unto the first-born of the\\ncaptive that was in the dungeon. Exod. xii. 29.\\nThe death of every first-born of the Egyptians-\\ncarried so lively a resemblance, and bore so natural\\na relation to their sin in destroying every male of\\nthe Israelites, that they must needs perceive it was\\ninflicted as a punishment for that very cruelty and\\nconsequently, must conclude, that the God of Israel\\ntook particular notice of human transactions, and,\\nsooner or later, rewarded every man according to\\nhis works. The gradual increase of the judgments\\ninflicted on Egypt is somewhat remarkable, and\\nequally expressive of the mercy and justice of God.\\nThe four first plagues were loathsome rather than\\nfatal to the Egyptians but after that of the flies,\\ncame the murrain, which chiefly spent its rage\\nupon the cattle the biles and Mains reached both\\nman and beast, though there was still a reserve for\\nlife the hail and locusts extended, in a great\\nmeasure, even to life itself, the first by an imme-\\ndiate stroke, and both, consequent!} by destroying\\nthe fruits of the earth that of darkness added con-\\nsternation to their minds, and lashes to their con-\\nsciences and when all this would not reclaim, at\\nlength came the decisive blow, first, the slaying\\nof the first-born, and then the drowning of the\\nincorrigible tyrant, and all his host. Great and\\nmarvelous are thy works. O Lord God Almighty I\\njust and true are thy ways, thou King of saints\\nI,et no proud sinner grow secure\\nWho has through dangers past\\nIf former judgments turn thee not,\\nThy life shall go at last.", "height": "3572", "width": "2320", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "316 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 26.\\nSolomon s Prayer Draw vie, we will run after\\nthee. Song of Sol. i. 4.\\nDivine Answer have loved thee with an ever-\\nlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have\\nI drawn thee. Jer. xxxi. 3. See also Rom.\\nviii. 39.\\nMany and various are the ways the Almighty\\ntakes in bringing His children to Himself, and to a\\nknowledge of the things of their peace. Sometimes\\nHe draws by the silken bands of love sometimes\\nby the still small voice of His Spirit sometimes by\\nthe knotted cords of pain and sickness some-\\ntimes He drives them by the storm and tempest of\\nHis broken law but most effectually in giving\\nHis Son to die for them. Reader, pray always to\\nHim to make you sensible of the secret, tender\\ndrawings of His love, and willing to follow them\\ndirectly. This praying always is very needful,\\nbecause we are always in want, and without being\\ninstant and earnest, we cannot receive much.\\nTherefore it is not a hard command, but a great\\nbenefit and privilege as if God should say, You\\nare a poor child, always wanting something but\\nyou may always pray to me, and I will always hear,\\nand assist, and draw thee after me.\\nOh draw me, Saviour, after thee,\\nSo shall I run and never tire\\nWith gracious words still comfort me,\\nAnd be my hope and whole desire.\\nNo lust can stir, or guilty fear,\\nNor worldly wish, if thou art there.\\nOh that I, as a little child,\\nMay follow thee, nor ever rest,\\nTill sweetly thou hast poured thy mild\\nAnd lowly mind into my breast\\nNor ever may we parted be,\\nTill I become one spirit with thee.", "height": "3572", "width": "2528", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 317\\nOctober 27.\\nThem that honor me I will honor and they that\\ndespise me shall be lightly esteemed. 1 Sam.\\nii. 30.\\nThis is part of the prophet s message to Eli when\\nhe honored his sons above God. He had indeed\\nreproved them, saying, Why do ye these things?\\nfor I hear of your evil doings by all the people\\nbut he did not exert his authority in punishing\\nthem as they deserved when they slighted his\\nreproof. This was accounted by God as winking\\nat their sin. He therefore acquaints him, that\\nHophni and Phinehas, as they had sinned together,\\nshould die together, and his posterity be cut off in\\nthe flower of their age, and from the high priest-\\nhood. Eli was not much affected with this pro-\\nphecy, till the threatening was repeated by Samuel,\\nan artless child, who did not know the voice of the\\nLord till Eli instructed him. It appeared then\\nmuch more terrible than from the mouth of the\\nprophet, and led him humbly to acknowledge the\\njustice of God, and to submit to the sentence with\\na truly penitent heart. This is written for our\\nadmonition. Are we valiant for the truth, regard-\\ning neither father, nor mother, nor the most tender\\nrelation, where the interest and honor of our God\\nare concerned Parents, let this be a warning to\\nyou to train up your children in the fear of the\\nLord: For the arms of the wicked shall be\\nbroken; but the Lord upholdeth the righteous\\n(Ps. xxxvii. 17).\\nThe Lord Jehovah calls,\\nBe every ear inclined\\nMay such a voice awake each heart,\\nAnd captivate each mind.\\nOh harden not your hearts,\\nBut hear His voice to-da} r\\nL,est, ere to-morrow s earliest dawn,\\nHe call your souls away.", "height": "3572", "width": "2328", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "318 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 28.\\nAbraham against hope believed in hope.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rom.\\niv. 18.\\nAbraham s faith seemed to be in a thorough\\ncorrespondence with the power and constant faith-\\nfulness of Jehovah. In the outward circumstances\\nin which he was placed, he had not the greatest\\ncause to expect the fulfillment of the promise. Yet\\nhe believed the word of the Lord, and looked for-\\nward to the time when his seed should be as the\\nstars of heaven for multitude. O my soul, thou\\nhast not one single promise only, like Abraham,\\nbut a thousand promises, and many patterns of\\nfaithful believers before thee it behooves thee,\\ntherefore, to rely with confidence upon the word of\\nGod. And though the Lord delayeth His help, and\\nthe evil seemeth to grow worse and worse, be not\\nweak, but rather strong, and rejoice, since the most\\nglorious promises of God are generally fulfilled in\\nsuch a wondrous manner, that He steps forth to\\nsave us at a time when there is the least appearance\\nof it. He commonly brings His help in our greatest\\nextremity that His ringer may plainly appear in our\\ndeliverance. And this method He chooses, that we\\nmay not trust upon anything that we see or feel, as\\nwe are always apt to do, but only upon His bare\\nword, which we may depend upon in every state.\\nHow large the promise how divine\\nTo Abra m and his seed\\nI ll be a God to thee and thine,\\nSupplying all their need.\\nThe words of this extensive love\\nFrom age to age endure\\nThe Angel of the Covenant proves,\\nAnd seals the blessing sure.\\nOur God, how faithful are His ways,\\nHis love endures the same\\nNor from the promise of His grace\\nBlots out the sinner s name.", "height": "3564", "width": "2528", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 319\\nOctober 29.\\nImmediately I conferred not with flesh and blood.\\nGal. i. 16. For the king s commandment was\\nurgent much more the commandment of the\\nKing of kings. Dan. iii. 22. Therefore, be not\\nslothful in business, but fervent in spirit, serving\\nthe Lord. Rom. xii. 11.\\nThe speediest and easiest method to accomplish\\nour desire of overcoming the evil and doing the\\ngood, is an immediate compliance with our first\\nconvictions, without conferring with flesh and\\nblood. If we delay the work, we give room to\\nother people without, and to Satan and to our sinful\\nhearts from within, to persuade us to the contrary\\nby which the flesh can easily renew its strength,\\nand the spirit will be weakened. And what will\\nbe the consequence of this, but that either we mis-\\ncarry in our design, or that the conflict will be\\nafterward so much sharper, and the good work, if\\nnot stifled, dropt entirely yet if it be done, it will\\nnot be done so completely, and with such single-\\nness of heart, as it should be. But if we narrowly\\nwatch our hearts, and directly engage with even\\nthe least opposition when it stirs, then our enemies\\nwill not be so strong, and we shall have no reason\\nto despair.\\nJesus, mighty to renew.\\nWork in me to will and do\\nTurn v y nature s rapid tide\\nStem the torrent of my pride.\\nTake away my darling sin,\\nMake me willing to be clean\\nMake me willing to receive\\nWhat thy goodness waits to give.\\nThen my soul shall praise thy grace\\nThen with gladness run my race\\nAnd, when all my course is done,\\nReceive the prize thy cross has won.", "height": "3572", "width": "2332", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "320 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nOctober 30.\\nYield not your members as instruments of unrigh-\\nteousness unto sin; but yield yourselves unto God,\\nas those that are alive from the dead, and your\\nmembers as instruments of righteousness. Rom.\\nvi. 13. Prese?it your bodies a living sacrifice,\\nholy, acceptable unto Goa. Rom. xii. 1.\\nIf God has my members as weapons and instru-\\nments in His hands, I shall certainly be able not\\nonly to work, but also to conquer, since He under-\\nstands full well how to manage them. May the\\nLord only give me grace not to wind myself out of\\nHis hands, else I must needs be like a dead, useless\\ncarcass for how can a pen write alone, without\\nbeing in the hand of a writer It is true, indeed,\\nit is very hard, nay, impossible, to be really good,\\nand to do all that is good, if we undertake it alone\\nbut God himself living and working in us, and\\nwe truly delighting in Him, it is very easy and\\npleasant. Therefore, care is only to be taken that\\nour hearts may be alwa} r s the working-place, and\\nour members the instruments of God, in which,\\nand through w 7 hich, He can perform everything\\nhimself.\\nNow God I serve to Him alone\\nMy thankful homage pay\\nMy only master Christ I own,\\nAnd Him will I obey.\\nTo Him my members I present,\\nWhich He will not refuse\\nThe meanest, basest instrument,\\nHis glory deigns to use.\\nCome then, my soul, to God the Lord,\\nIn holy ardor come\\nObey the precepts of His Word,\\nUntil He calls thee home.\\nA slave to sin too long thou wast,\\nBut Christ has set thee free\\nAnthems of praise forever burst\\nTo Him who ransomed thee.", "height": "3592", "width": "2448", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 321\\nOctober 31.\\nThe fear of man bringeth a snare. Prov. xxix. 25.\\nBe not conformed to this world. Rom. xii. 2.\\nIf any man love the world, the love of the Father\\nis not in him. 1 John. ii. 15.\\nHow many people swell with pride and vanity\\nfor such things as they would not know how to\\nvalue at all but that they are admired in the world\\nHow fearful are many of having their houses poorly\\nfurnished, or themselves meanly clothed, for this\\nonly reason, lest the world should make no account\\nof them, and place them amongst low and mean\\npeople How often would a man have yielded to\\nthe haughtiness and ill-nature of others, and shewn\\na submissive temper, but that he dares not pass for\\nsuch a poor-spirited man in the opinion of the\\nworld How many wish to be real Christians, and\\nwould practice Christian temperance and sobriety,\\nwere it not for the censure the world passes upon\\nsuch a life Others have frequent intentions of\\nliving up to the rules of Christianity, from which\\nthey are frighted by considering what the world\\nwould say of them. Thus does the impression\\nwhich we have received from living in the world\\nenslave our minds, that we dare not attempt to be\\neminent in the sight of God and holy angels,\\nfor fear of being little in the eyes of the world.\\nReader, how is it with thee Art thou still hang-\\ning between God and the world Consider for a\\nmoment, what can the world give thee in exchange\\nfor the favor of God What can it help thee in\\nsickness, death and judgment Reflect seriously on\\nthis, with prayer unto God, and the snares of the\\nworld will be broken.\\nl^ord, save me from the fear of man,\\nWhich surely brings a snare\\nAnd make me hear their scoffs and jests\\nWith unconcerned ear.", "height": "3568", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those\\nthings which are above, where Christ sitteth\\non the right hand of God.\\nSet your affection on things above not on\\nthings on the earth.\\nFor ye are dead and your life is hid with\\nChrist in God. Col. iii. 1-3.\\nMy soul, wait thou only upon God for my\\nexpectation is from Him. Ps. lxii. 5.\\nThey that wait upon the Lord shall renew\\ntheir strength they shall mount up with wings\\nas eagles they shall run y and not be weary\\nand they shall walk, and not faint. Isa.\\nxl. 31.\\n(322)", "height": "3572", "width": "2520", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "THK GOLDEN TREASURY. 323\\nNOVEMBER I.\\nAt the beginning of thy supplications the command-\\nment came forth. Dan. ix. 23. Continuing in-\\nstant in prayer. Rom. xii. 12.\\nOh comfortable and encouraging thought, that\\nin the same moment the supplication ascended, the\\ngracious answer descended. When we pray with\\nsimplicity and earnestness of soul, the return of\\ngrace and love meets our request before it hath\\nascended half way to heaven and when the L/Ord\\nis going to bless us, He pours out a spirit of prayer,\\nand raises a desire for that particular blessing He\\nis going to communicate. Therefore, when we are\\nenabled to pray earnestly, w T e may be sure that\\nblessings are coming, and that we shall certainly\\nreceive in due time a seasonable and visible help.\\nThen let us only go on, and put, as it were, one\\nweight of prayers after another upon the scales of\\nthe sanctuary. But it is well to be observed that\\nwe must also be watchful, and not act contrary to\\nthe intent of our prayers, which might provoke the\\nLord to delay His help. But when He tarries long,\\nit is not His intention to give us a denial but\\nrather make us more desirous and earnest, that He\\nmay bestow the more upon us afterward. For this\\ndelay He will certainly well recompense, and grant\\nus abundantly above all that we could ask or think.\\nLord, I will not let thee go\\nTill the blessing thou bestow\\nHear my Advocate divine\\nI*o to His my suit I join.\\nJoined to His it cannot fail\\nJesus suing- must prevail.\\nFriend of sinners, King of saints,\\nAnswer my minutest wants.\\nAll my largest thoughts require,\\nGrant me all my heart s desire\\nGive me till my cup run o er,\\nThen my heart can hold no more.", "height": "3572", "width": "2320", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "324 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 2.\\nWhen the woman saw that the tree was good for\\nfood y and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a\\ntree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the\\nfruit thereof, and did eat; and gave also unto her\\nhusband with her, and he did eat. Gen. iii. 6.\\nEvery man is tempted when he is drawn away t cf\\nhis ozvn lust, and enticed. Then, when lust hath\\nconceived, it bring eth forth sin, etc. James i. 15.\\nThus one sin always begets another by the eyes\\nit rushes into the heart from the heart it proceeds\\ninto the mouth, hands and feet from us it is trans-\\nferred upon others and thus we go on sinning,\\nand falling deeper and deeper. Therefore we must\\nset a strict guard over our eyes and ears be very\\ncautious, and resist the least beginnings of sin not\\nmaking light of any, for the least spark of worldly\\nlust being entertained and cherished, we eat of the\\nforbidden tree, standing every way before us, and\\nthereby a great fire may be kindled. But having\\nalways our eyes fixed, and all our conversation\\nupon the presence of God in Christ, so as to walk\\ncontinually in the light, and directly to quell the\\nleast inward motions of evil, they will never break\\nforth into gross outward sins, but we shall daily\\ngrow in grace. May the Lord enable me to prac-\\ntice this good lesson, and may He himself watch\\ncontinually over my heart, eyes, lips, and all other\\nsenses and thoughts\\nWith ray whole heart I seek thy face,\\nOh let ine never stray\\nFrom thy commands. O God of grace,\\nXor tread the sinner s way.\\nThy word I hide within m}- heart,\\nTo keep my conscience clean,\\nAnd be an everlasting guard\\nFrom every rising sin.", "height": "3572", "width": "2492", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 325\\nNovember 3.\\nThe preaching of the cross is to us which are saved\\nthe power of God. 1 Cor. i. 18.\\nOh that I might always feed upon the cross,\\nand experience its* power, till I had obtained a\\ncomplete victory Whosoever was bit by a fiery\\nserpent, and looked upon the brazen serpent, lived\\n(Numb. xxi. 9). Thus always to look upon Christ\\ncrucified is the one thing needful, from which all\\nother blessings flow. And as Moses lifted up the\\nserpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of\\nMan be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in Him\\nshould not perish, but have eternal life. For God\\nsent not His Son into the world to condemn the\\nworld, but that the world through Him might be\\nsaved (John iii. 14, 15, 17). Oh may the eyes\\nof my faith be fixed immovably on thee, my cruci-\\nfied Saviour for as long as I live I shall feel the\\nbiting of the old serpent, and therefore I have need\\nto look unto thee continually and thou, gracious\\nLord, afford me cure, day by day, with entire heal-\\ning at last\\nSo did the Hebrew prophet raise\\nThe brazen serpent high\\nThe wounded felt immediate ease,\\nThe camp forbore to die.\\nI,ook upward in the dying hour,\\nAnd live, the prophet cries\\nBut Christ performs a nobler cure\\nWTien faith lifts up her eyes.\\nHigh on the cross the Saviour hung,\\nHigh in the heavens He reigns\\nHere sinners, by th old serpent stung,\\nIvOok and forget their paius.\\nWhen God s own Son is lifted up,\\nA dying world revives\\nThe Jew beholds his glorious hope,\\nThe expiring Gentile lives.", "height": "3572", "width": "2328", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "326 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 4.\\nThe law is not made for a righteous man, to con-\\ndemn him. 1 Tim. i. 9. For rulers are not a\\nterror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou\\nthen not be afraid of the power Do that ivhich\\nis good, a7id thou shall have praise of the same.\\nRom. xiii. 3. See also Gal. iii. 16 to end.\\nThe righteous man being dead to the law by the\\ndeath of Christ, and living to God in righteousness,\\nthe law can condemn him no more than a dead\\nman, or one that liveth in heaven already, nay,\\nChrist himself for it condemns only the sin but\\nhe is in Christ, without sin for the sin being\\nabolished, the wrath and curse of the law is also\\nremoved, and grace and blessing restored in its\\nplace. Christ has taken all his sins upon Himself,\\nand imparted His own perfect obedience to the law\\nto him therefore in Christ he has fully satisfied all\\nthe demands of the law, and is entirely free from\\nits dreadful curse in his conscience the blood of\\nChrist cleanseth us from all sins, and consequently\\nfrom an evil conscience (Heb. ix. 9, 14 andx. 22).\\nBeing sprinkled with His blood, and graciously\\ncovered with His golden robes, the Lord is perfectly\\npleased, and finds no more fault with us. The\\natoning blood makes intercession for us with God,\\ncrying continually, Abba, abba; mercy, mercy;\\npeace, peace and obtains grace, pardon, life and\\nsalvation.\\nBlood has a voice to pierce the skies\\nRevenge the blood of Abel cries\\nBut the dear stream when Christ was slain,\\nSpeaks peace as loud from every vein.\\nPardon and peace from God on high\\nBehold, He lays His vengeance by\\nAnd rebels, that deserve His sword,\\nBecome the fav rites of the Lord.", "height": "3564", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "I\\nTHE GOLDEN TREASURY. 327\\nNovember 5.\\nThere is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, etc.\\nDeut. xxxiii. 26.\\nIn these last words of Moses we have the glory\\nof God set forth. The whole universe God. hath\\nmade for His own use, to be the chariot for Him to\\nride in, as is represented in Ezekiel s vision. In this\\nchariot God s seat or throne is heaven. This visi-\\nble universe, subject to such continual changes and\\nrevolutions, we may compare to the wheels of His\\nchariot. God s providence is represented by the\\nmotion of the wheels He brings to pass His own\\ncounsels in the lower world, and manages and\\ndirects all, as a man doth his chariot which he\\nturns as it pleaseth him. How safe, then, must\\nthey be who are under the wing of the God of\\nJesnurun who find Him reconciled to them by\\nthe death of His Son and feel themselves recon-\\nciled to Him by the power of His grace He\\nrideth on the heavens for their help. Verily, He\\nit is that giveth strength and victory to His people,\\nblessed be God. Reader, is the God of Jeshurun,\\nthe God of Israel, thy God Is He who rideth on\\nthe heavens thy help Does thine heart trust in\\nHim alone, and His grace subdue thine outward\\niniquities, and thine inbred corruptions? Is He\\nwho rideth on the sky thine excellence If the\\nLord is not thy help, alas thou wilt prove a ruined\\nsoul. If the Lord is not thy excellence, thou art\\nstill a stranger unto God and Christ. Awake, arise,\\nand call upon God His ear is open unto prayer,\\nand thou art yet on mercy s ground. Oh call\\nupon Him speedily, and cry unto Him earnestly,\\nthat thou perish not.\\nMay Christ, who ruleth in the sky,\\nAnd is Jeshurun s God,\\nMy soul defend, my wants supply,\\nAnd wash me in His blood.", "height": "3568", "width": "2356", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "328 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 6.\\nLet your conversation be without covetousness; and\\nbe co?itent with such things as ye have. Heb.\\nxiii. 5. For they that will be rich fall into temp-\\ntation and a snare, and into ma?iy foolish and\\nhurtful lusts, which drown men in destructio?i\\nand perdition for the love of money is the root\\nof all evil, etc. 1 Tim. vi. 9, 10.\\nA covetous man is called an idolater, and has\\nno part in the kingdom of God. But who believes\\nthat he is covetous Now, here you see that every\\none is actually covetous who is not content with\\nwhat he has. And what says the apostle of such as\\nwill be rich They fall. Not only may they fall,\\nbut they actually do fall nor can the fall be\\navoided if men are determined they will be rich.\\nO Reader be thou frightened get the covetous\\ndesires of thy heart subdued, and keep disentangled\\nfrom worldly things for who knows how soon you\\nmust go out of this world, and leave everything\\nbehind Away from it with thy heart, else thy\\ndeath will be very hard. The Christian s motto is,\\nGod and enough for he that has God is content\\nand consequently always rich enough, even in\\npoverty and that must be a covetous man indeed,\\nwho has not enough, having God. O Lord, make\\nme so free by faith from the love ot earthly things,\\nthat I may equally praise thee, whether thou be\\npleased to give me something, or to take it away\\nfrom me and that I may never covetously refuse\\nthat to others or to myself which thou hast given\\nfor my own and my neighbor s comfort.\\nThe rich young man whom Jesus loved\\nShould warn us to forbear\\nHis love of earthly treasures proved\\nA fatal golden snare.", "height": "3568", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 329\\nNovember 7.\\nThe soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Prov.\\nxiii. 4. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors,\\nnot to the flesh, to live after the flesh. Rom.\\nYou are concerned for having no more grace\\nWhat is the reason Perhaps you are indolent,\\ncareless and unfaithful. And though you have no\\nwarrant even for an hour to live, yet unreasonably\\nyou suppose you have time enough therefore you\\nare not serious, diligent, and fervent in prayer for\\nsufficient strength to be always prepared, and have\\nboldness in death. No wonder, if you do not\\nimmediately resist sin, that it grows strong, and\\nyou always are weak and discouraged. And how\\ncan you expect to receive more grace, if you do not\\nfaithfully improve what little you have If you\\nwould but diligently and faithfully apply yourself\\nto the Word and prayer, God would certainly not\\nbe wanting on His part to fulfill His promises, and\\ngive you enough, but not otherwise for it is well\\nto be observed, that we must know it once for all,\\nthat there is no such thing as making any progress\\nin grace, and carrying our point, unless we are\\nmindful of ourselves watching and praying against\\nall sins, and whatever may be an hindrance, on\\nthe one hand and following with all diligence that\\nwhich is good, and what may be a furtherance, on\\nthe other. It is not enough to use some, but we\\nmust use all diligence and according as our grace\\nis increased, our diligence must increase also, since\\nit goes against the stream.\\nWell to resist the sinful power\\nRequires a strong restraint\\nWe must be watchful every hour,\\nAnd pray, but never faint.", "height": "3572", "width": "2332", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "330 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 8.\\nIn lowliness of mind let each esteem other better\\nthan themselves. Phil. ii. 3. Bear ye one an-\\nother^ burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.\\nFor if a man think himself to be something, etc.\\nBut let every man prove his own work, and then\\nshall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not\\nin another. Gal. vi. 2-4.\\nIF we were truly humble, and looked upon our-\\nselves as most miserable sinners, we should will-\\ningly submit to all adversities, and patiently bear\\nthe burdens and infirmities, considering that God\\nhas borne with us a great deal more. Observing,\\ntherefore, the faults of our neighbor, we must not\\nforget our own. Perhaps in other things we are\\nweaker than he. This will restrain us from judging\\nharshly, or speaking unadvisedly to .others but,\\nfirst, we should speak to God about it, and then try,\\nwith gentle means, to bring them to rights again.\\nNay, the best method is to consider our neighbor\\non the good, and ourselves on the bad side, and to\\nsee whether we can excuse him and accuse our-\\nselves and if his fault could not be excused in any\\nmanner, we must not suffer him to stir up our cor-\\nruption but come in with prayer between God and\\nhim, to plead his cause before the throne in hearty\\nlove. It is very easy to find fault with others but\\nto shew love, and restore them by prayer and\\nbrotherly correction, is quite another thing.\\nBless d are the souls who stand afar\\nFrom rage and passion, noise and war\\nGod will secure their happy state,\\nAnd plead their cause against the great.\\nThough in the path of death thej tread,\\nWith gloomy horrors overspread,\\nTheir steadfast heart shall fear no ill,\\nFor thou, O L,ord, art with them still.", "height": "3572", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 331\\nNovember 9.\\nThe eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest\\nthem their meat in due season. Thou openest\\nthine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living\\nthing. He will fulfill the desire of them that\\nfear Him: He also will hear their cry, and will\\nsave them. Ps. cxlv. 15, 16, 19. See also Ps.\\nciv. 27, 28.\\nWho considers these words enough The hand\\nof God being my chief provision and store-house,\\nis it not a shame to be anxiously careful for any-\\nthing Has the Lord all things in His hand then\\nsurely I shall receive what He has for me none\\nwill be able to withhold it. Faith has always a free\\naccess to the treasures of God, who is never want-\\ning. Christians have their chests and treasures in\\nsuch a high place, even in God, that no thief can\\nrob them, and they are sure to have enough in God\\nand though the Lord should try them with want a\\nlittle while, yet He relieves them in due time,\\ntheir bread must rain from heaven, rather than they\\nshould be left without. You need not, says Christ,\\nseek these other things, they shall be brought to\\nyou if ye only abide in me. If this does not com-\\nfort and strengthen us, nothing else will. Now,\\nmany rely on their full pockets and purses but if\\nthey had true faith, it would be enough that they\\nbelieved and had it in God s hand, purse and chest.\\nIf the Lord is pleased to bestow some provision on\\nHis servant, he is very thankful for it, and is care-\\nful to apply it well. But if God thinks proper to\\ndeny it him, he is content and cheerful.\\nThe Lord is good, the Lord is kind\\nGreat is His grace, His mercy sure\\nAnd the whole race of man shall find\\nHis truth from age to age endure.", "height": "3548", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "332 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember io.\\nThey withstood Uzziah the king, arid said unto him,\\nIt appertaineih not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn\\nincense unto the Lord. 2 Chron. xxvi. 18.\\nHere is the only blot we find on the name of\\nUzziah. As long as he sought the Lord in the right\\nway, God made him to prosper. God helped him\\ntill he was strong; but when he was strong, his\\nheart was lifted up to his own destruction. He was\\nnot content with the honors God had put upon him,\\nbut would usurp those that were forbidden him,\\nlike our first parents. The chief priest and other\\npriests were ready to burn incense for the king,\\naccording to the duty of their office and plainly\\nacquainted him, that if, through a mistaken zeal,\\nhe offered to do it himself, he would incur the\\nwrath of God and suffer for it but this served only\\nto excite his wrath, till he felt the judgment of\\nGod s hand in his punishment. Though he strove\\nwith the priests, he would not strive with his\\nMaker, but retired as soon as he was smitten with\\nthe leprosy. Thus we see that the God we have\\nto deal with is a jealous God, who expects all that\\nserve Him shall do it according to His own institu-\\ntions. Do you, reader, come to Him in the way of\\nHis appointments? Take care that you come not\\nwith unhallowed fire before the Lord, lest you be\\nalso smitten. Our prayers, our graces, and our\\nduties, must always be put by faith into the hand\\nof our Lord Jesus, the High Priest of our profession,\\nto be by Him presented unto God along with the\\nsweet incense of His merits, else we shall find our-\\nselves deceived, and have no acceptance with God.\\nNo strange incense let me bring\\nTo present unto my King\\nI renounce my own desert\\nJesus, thou my incense art.", "height": "3560", "width": "2512", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 333\\nNovember ii.\\nHe, the Lord, will beautify the meek with salvation.\\nPs. cxlix. 4. And if ye suffer for righteous-\\nness sake, happy are ye. 1 Peter iii. 14. Lord,\\nthou hast heard the desire of the humble thou\\nwilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine\\near to hear. Ps. x. 17. The meek shall eat and\\nbe satisfied they shall praise the Lord that seek\\nHim your heart shall live for ever. Ps. xxii.\\n26. But the meek shall inherit the earth and\\nshall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.\\nPs. xxxvii. 11. See also Ps. xlviii. 10; Isa.\\nliv. 11.\\nAivi, this is for the humble and poor in spirit.\\nHow does that agree poor, and yet blessed Oh\\nyes, poor in ourselves, but blessed and glorious in\\nChrist. If we never experience His glory, the\\nreason is, we are not truly sensible of our misery\\nbut when we are come quite low, let us confidently\\nlay hold on Christ, and we shall be blessed for all\\nis ours. We may say, O Lord, if thou art a glorious\\nhelp to the needy, lo here is want and misery\\nenough therefore, I come with all my want and\\npoverty to the fullness of thy grace and riches,\\nwith my darkness to thy light, with my death to\\nthy life. Grant that all my evils may be swallowed\\nup by thy goodness and glorious deliverance\\nMine innumerable wants I set before thee, as so\\nmany empty vessels, and desire to have them filled\\nwith thy spiritual and heavenly blessings.\\nOh might I hear the heavenly tongue\\nBut whisper, Thou art mine\\nThose gentle words should raise my song\\nTo notes almost divine.\\nHow would my leaping heart rejoice,\\nAnd think my heaven secure\\nI trust the all-creating Voice,\\nAnd faith desires no more.", "height": "3572", "width": "2344", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "334 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 12.\\nBe ye renewed in the spirit of your mind. And\\nput on the new man, which after God is created\\nin righteousness and trice holiness. Eph. iv.\\n23, 24. Therefore we are buried with Him by\\nbaptism into death; that like as Christ was raised\\nup from the dead by the glory of the Father, even\\nso we also should walk i?i newness of life.\\nRom. vi. 4.\\nO Lord, grant me daily repentance, and a tender\\nfeeling of my sins, that by the power of thy death\\nthe Old Man may be crucified, and by the power of\\nthy resurrection the New Man may rise up and\\ngrow in grace, being filled and refreshed with the\\nfruits of the Spirit Let me ever be in earnest,\\nand look upon every day as the very first and the\\nvery last, that with each I ma} as it were, begin\\nanew to work out my salvation with fear and trem-\\nbling, and so be always prepared for death and\\neternity. Give me grace to surmount all difficul-\\nties, and to avoid everything that may prove a tor-\\nment of conscience in the hour of death. And as\\nthere is no standing still, I humbly beseech thee to\\nstir me up daily and hourly more and more, that I\\nmay make all haste, and give all diligence to\\nmake my calling and election sure.\\nLord, I am vile, conceived in sin\\nAnd born unholy, and unclean\\nSprung from the man whose guilty fall\\nCorrupts the race, and taints us all.\\nSoon as we draw our infant breath,\\nThe seeds of sin grow up for death\\nThe law demands a perfect heart\\nBut we re defiled in every part.\\nGreat God, create nry heart anew,\\nAnd form my spirit pure and true\\nOh make me wise betimes, to spy\\nMy danger and my remedy.", "height": "3556", "width": "2520", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 335\\nNovember 13.\\nHe hath dispersed he hath given to the poor his\\nrighteousness endureth for ever. Ps. cxii. 9. In\\nthe morning sow thy seed, and in the evening\\nwithhold not thine hand. Eccles. xi. 6.\\nThose that lay up treasures on earth, suffer\\nnothing to lie long useless, but lend out as fast as\\nthey can and such as desire to reap soon and\\nplentifully, are careful to sow soon and plentifully.\\nTherefore lend and sow ye also in good time for\\nthere may be times when you cannot shew charity,\\nor at least not so largely. We must not pretend to\\npay the debt of charity with some poor mites and\\npence. If you will give something, give bounti-\\nfully take your hands full as if you were sowing,\\nlike the poor widow with her two mites, which she\\nsowed out freely, though it were her whole sub-\\nstance. But the rich ones were not so liberal, but\\ncovetously offered only what they could spare very\\nwell. Is it not said we should sow Now, seeds-\\nmen sow with hands full, and so should we for\\nGod loveth a cheerful giver, and will in His turn\\ndispense again bountifully to you, that ye should\\nhave sufficiently in all things to every good work\\n(but God dispensing so bountifully to you, why\\nshould you then grudge Him anything, or make\\nonly such poor returns for what we do to our\\nneighbor, is the same as if it were done to God\\nHimself, if done in faith and love.\\nAwake, my zeal awake, my love,\\nAnd serve my Saviour here below,\\nIn works which all the saints above\\nAnd holy angels cannot do.\\nAwake, my charity, and feed\\nThe hungry soul, and clothe the poor\\nIn heaven are found no sons of need\\nThere all these duties are no more.", "height": "3572", "width": "2344", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "336 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 14.\\nHe shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.\\nPs. cxxx. 8. O the Hope of Israel, the Saviour\\nthereof in time of trouble. Jer. xiv. 8. I?i wrath\\nreme7nber mercy. Hab. iii. 2.\\nDespair not, O my soul, in any tribulation or\\nconflict, as if it were impossible to overcome it.\\nThe all-healing Word of God contains advice and\\ncomfort for all cases. The Lord being thy helper\\nin all adversity, and able to turn the sharpest afflic-\\ntions into the greatest blessings, He would never\\nsmite, nor withhold something from thee, if He\\nwas not willing also to heal, and give thee some-\\nthing better in its place. O Lord, I trust thou wilt\\ncarry me through all difficulties. Though my\\nmisery and weakness were ever so great, yet there\\nis nothing too great for thee it is all one to thee to\\nhelp in great and little distresses nay, the more I\\nam surrounded with grief and weakness, the more\\nwilt thou pity, spare and nourish me, as a tender\\nmother does the least of all her children and the\\nmore occasion there will be to display thy mighty\\nsalvation. The sharper and longer my distress and\\nconflicts have been, the nearer, greater and sweeter,\\nI trust, will also be my salvation for the same\\nLord who has said I shall not be tried above\\nmeasure, has also engaged to lead me on conquer-\\ning, till at length all nry enemies are subdued.\\nThere s full redemption at His throne\\nFor sinners long enslaved\\nThe great Redeemer is His Son,\\nAnd Israel shall be saved.\\nA hope so great, and so divine,\\nMay trials well endure\\nAnd purge the soul from sense and sin,\\nAs Christ Himself is pure.", "height": "3568", "width": "2520", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 337\\nNovember 15.\\nThere is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O\\nIsrael: thou canst not stand before thine enemies,\\nuntil ye take away the accursed thing from among\\nyou. Joshua vii. 13. Having escaped the cor-\\nruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Pet.\\ni. 4. See also 2 Pet. ii. 18-22.\\nThe entertaining of any worldly lust, and indul-\\ngence of any known willful sin, is an accursed\\nthing, by which we are deprived of the power of\\nGod, and cannot stand before our enemies. Be-\\nhold, therefore, the severity of God (Josh. vii.\\n21-26), and be more earnest. Make all haste to\\nflee from the lust of the world, especially from the\\nlust of the eye, which is the love of money. What\\nmore needful than to break off even the most\\nsubtle and specious bands of unrighteousness\\nUnless the splinters of the unjust Mammon be taken\\nout, the wound cannot heal up. Nay, examine\\nthyself closely in other things, and whatever sinful\\nlust harbors in thy breast, be faithful to put it off,\\nand flee from it, else you must not wonder at your\\nbeing so weak in spirit. He that does not resist the\\nsinful motions of his heart, will very easily give a\\nloose to his hands and tongue but he that imme-\\ndiately subdues the inward corruptions, will cer-\\ntainly be preserved from their breaking out in any\\nsinful actions. O Lord, deliver me from all accursed\\nthings, and keep my heart always under thy closest\\ninspection and discipline let it not seek after the\\nthings of sin and the flesh, which thou hast called\\naccursed but be thou my joy and my portion.\\nAmen.\\nWhy should my passions mix with earth,\\nAnd thus debase my heavenly birth\\nWhy should I cleave to things below,\\nAnd let my God, my Saviour, go?", "height": "3572", "width": "2324", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "353 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 16.\\nI abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ]oh\\nxlii. 6. am meek and lowly in heart. Matt,\\nxi. 29. Behold, thy King cometh unto thee He\\nis just and lowly. Zech. ix. 9.\\nMy dear reader, reflect a moment who it was that\\nmade this confession, and consider the many excel-\\nlencies that he had (See Job xxxi). Doubtless you\\nwill be ready to ask, Why this self-abhorrence\\nWhat did this man want Let me give the answer\\nfor you Before his eyes were opened he wanted\\nhumility, or the knowledge of his own vileness, the\\nvery thing that you need if not deeply humbled,\\nand the want of which makes every man vile in the\\neyes of God. Elihu charges Job with an undue\\nopinion of his own righteousness and God, who,\\nby stroke upon stroke, and not one too much, had\\nbrought him to the dunghill, is represented as carry-\\ning on the same accusation against him. The\\nwhole issues in Job s humiliation, and conveys a\\nmost important lesson of instruction to all mankind,\\nnever to stand upon their vindication with God.\\nThe book, in this view of it, is preparatory to the\\nGospel, and a striking comment upon those words\\nof St. Paul and the Psalmist, All have sinned,\\nand come short of the glory of God. In thy sight\\nshall no man living be justified. God be merci-\\nful to me a sinner, is a prayer easy to be said, but\\nhard to be felt. One eye upon the perfection of\\nGod s laws, and another upon your own heart, may\\nbring you up to it. But the Spirit s light is also\\nneedful, for which you must pray earnestly.\\nA sinner vile I am, O Lord,\\nA sinner day by day\\nMuch cause I have to loathe myself,\\nAnd for thy mercy pray.", "height": "3572", "width": "2512", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 339\\nNovember 17.\\nAnd they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy\\nto take the book, and to open the seals thereof\\nfor thou wast slain, and hath redeemed us to God\\nby thy blood. Rev. v. 9.\\nIn heaven the saints have a full sense of their\\ngreat deliverance, together with a perfect knowl-\\nedge of sin, far beyond anything we now conceive\\nof it and the glory of redeeming grace will be the\\neternal ground of their love and adoration. On\\nearth, it is the great exercise and difficult work of\\nfaith, to see sin and Christ at the same time, or be\\npenetrated with a lively sense of our desert, and.\\nabsolute freedom from condemnation. But the\\nmore we know of both, the nearer approach we\\nmake to heaven and we are our own greatest\\nenemies if, together with the fullest comprehension\\nof sin, and the deepest humiliation for it, we do not\\nlook steadfastly unto Jesus, and see it taken away\\nby the Lamb of God. This, though continually\\nrepeated by the heavenly choir, is called their New\\nSong because it is always matter of as great joy to\\nthem, as if they had never sung it before and\\nbecause the love of God and of Christ in their\\nredemption, is always opening upon them with new\\nand increasing wonders. O my soul, let nothing,\\nlet not thy sin hinder thee from beginning it now\\nSaints cannot do less\\nThan Jesus to bless\\nHis name they rely on,\\nHis Godhead confess.\\nMy soul, bear a part,\\nIf ransom d thou art,\\nBy Jesus blood-shedding,\\nHis burial and smart.\\nTo Him that was slain,\\nThe scorn d Nazarene,\\nBe glory and honor,\\nLet all say, Amen.", "height": "3572", "width": "2340", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "34o THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 18.\\nFollow me. Luke v. 27. And endure hardness, as\\na good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Tim. ii. 3.\\nWould you follow Christ Then follow Him in\\nself-denial, in humility, in patience, and in readi-\\nness for every good work. Follow Him with a\\ndaily cross upon your back, and look to His cross\\nto make your burden light. Follow Him as your\\nguide and guard, and learn to see with His eyes,\\nand to trust in His arm for defence. Follow Him\\nas the Friend of sinners, who healeth the broken\\nin heart, and giveth rest to weary souls, and casteth\\nout none that come unto Him. Follow Him with\\nfaith, resting your whole acceptance with God and\\nyour title to heaven on His meritorious blood and\\nrighteousness. Lastly, follow Him with much\\nprayer for though He is full of compassion, He\\nloves to be much entreated and when He is deter-\\nmined to give a blessing, you must yet wrestle with\\nHim for it. Thus follow Jesus, and He will lead\\nyou to glory.\\nJesus, I my cross have taken,\\nAll to love and follow thee\\nNaked, poor, despised, forsaken,\\nThou from hence my all shalt be.\\nPerish, every fond ambition,\\nAll I ve sought, or hoped, or known,\\nYet how rich is my condition,\\nGod and heaven are still my own\\nI^et the world despise and leave me\\nThey have left my Saviour too\\nHuman hearts and looks deceive me\\nThou art not like them\u00e2\u0080\u0094 untrue.\\nGo then earthly fame and treasure,\\nCome disasters, scorn, and pain\\nIn thy service pain is pleasure,\\nWith thy favor loss is gain.\\nI have called thee, Abba, Father,\\nI have set my heart on thee\\nStorms may howl and clouds may gather,\\nAll must work for good to me.", "height": "3572", "width": "2520", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 341\\nNovember 19.\\nThe Lord is not far from every one of us for in\\nHim we live, and move, and have our being.\\nActs xvii. 27, 28. Even the very hairs of your\\nhead are all numbered.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -Luke xii. 7.\\nOh the close and tender love of the Lord over\\nHis people Nothing is so mean but it is under\\nthe providence of God, since even the least things\\ncan either hurt or profit the soul. And how sweet\\nis it to observe His footsteps even in the minutest\\nthings, and to be satisfied that we may trust our\\ngreater and lesser concerns to His care O Lord,\\ngrant that I may never swerve from, nor do an}^-\\nthing without thee, but that my goings in and\\ngoings out may be always done in thy presence, as\\nif I had to do with none but thee nay, as if we\\nboth lived together in the world. Oh that I could\\ntransact all my affairs with thee alone, and in all\\nplaces look upon thee as if thou wast only a God\\nfor me. Let me carefully mark the inward work-\\nings of thy grace, and the outward tokens of thy\\nprovidence, so as daily to have a true sense of thy\\ngracious presence in everything, more or less impor-\\ntant and thereby to be ever strengthened in faith,\\nand kept in a composed state of mind considering\\nthat nothing happens by mere chance, but all is\\nwisely ordered by thy providential care to our\\ngood firmly believing, if anything goes contrary\\nto expectation, that something better will follow\\nin its stead if we only can be quiet, and wait the\\ntime.\\nGod, that must stoop to view the skies,\\nAnd bow to see what angels do,\\nDown to our earth He casts His eyes,\\nAnd bends His footsteps downward too.\\nHe overrules all mortal things,\\nAnd manages our mean affairs\\nOn humble souls the King of kings\\nBestows His counsels and His cares.", "height": "3576", "width": "2340", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "342 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 20.\\nCleave to that which is good. Rom. xii. 9. Seek\\nthose things which are above. Col. iii. 1. But\\nlay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where\\nneither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where\\nthieves do not break through nor steal for where\\nyour treasure is, there will your heart be also.\\nMatt. vi. 20, 21.\\nThe manners of such things or persons as we\\nfrequently converse with cleave very easily to us.\\nIf we converse much with God and heavenly things,\\nwe shall be heavenly-minded but if we deal much\\nwith the world and temporal things, we must be\\nsensual and worldly-minded. Up, therefore, with\\nthy heart to God lift it hourly up to Him and\\nthough it sinks down often to the earth again, yet\\nthe Lord has patience, and will as often receive it\\nagain. Therefore raise it up continually, and take\\ngreat care to keep it above, that it may not sink\\ndown and be defiled with worldly things again.\\nThus it will be easy to abide in a spiritual frame\\nbut without this care we cannot abide in it at all a\\nfeather easily rises higher and higher when kept\\nabove ground, but moves very heavy upward when\\nonce fallen into the dirt. This you may take as a\\nlively figure of an easy and heavy method in the\\npractice of religion. Choose now which you please.\\nOh that I may always choose the best, seeking\\nthe things which are above, and never plunge into\\nthe world to defile and distress my soul\\nDescend from heaven, immortal dove,\\nStoop down and take us on thy wings,\\nAnd mount and bear us far above\\nThe reach of these inferior things.\\nBeyond, beyond this lower sky,\\nUp where eternal ages roll.\\nWhere solid pleasures never die,\\nAnd fruits immortal feast the soul.", "height": "3556", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 343\\nNovember 21.\\nLord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,\\naccording to thy word for mine eyes have seen\\nthy salvation.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ltuke ii. 29, 30. Say to them\\nthat are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not\\nbehold, your God will come with vengeance, even\\nGod with a recompe7ise He will come and save\\nyou. Isa. xxxv. 4.\\nWiUvFUi, unbelief only is damnable, and not the\\nweak faith of a fearful and tempted believer. If\\nI do not reject the ransom of Christ, my surety,\\nbut feel my utter need of it, and am heartily desir-\\nous to accept it by faith, God can no more reject\\nme than He can reject my surety, or His own\\neternal decree. Yet, since I have very weak faith,\\nand am often ready to sink into despair, it passeth\\nmy understanding to conceive how I can depart\\nthis life in peace. But as thy peace is said to pass\\nall understanding (Phil. iv. 7), it is sufficient to\\nkeep the weakest and most fearful soul because it\\nis not by any power of our own, but solely by thy\\nDivine power, that we shall be kept through faith\\nunto salvation. And it is equally the same to thee\\nto carry the weakest or the strongest through the\\ngates of death for since thou art always the same\\nwise, gracious, and mighty God, in all circum-\\nstances, and must do the work alone for both, I\\ntrust thou wilt lend me also, a poor weak creature,\\nthine all-sufficient help in that time of need\\nSaints by the power of God are kept\\nTill the salvation come\\nWe walk by faith as strangers here,\\nTill Christ shall call us home.\\nEord, at thy temple we appear,\\nAs happy Simeon came,\\nAnd hope to m :et our Saviour here\\nOh make our joys the same", "height": "3576", "width": "2368", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "344 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 22.\\nLord, how manifold are thy works in wisdom\\nhast thou made them all the earth is full of thy\\nriches. Ps. civ. 24. Whoso is wise, and will\\nobserve these thi?igs, even they shall understand\\nthe loving -kindness of the Lord. Ps. cvii. 43.\\nMany shall be purified, and made white, and\\ntried. Dan. xii. 10. The ways of the Lord are\\nright, and the just shall walk in them. Hosea\\nxiv. 9.\\nO Lord, how many are thine unknown mercies\\n1 am surrounded with them on all sides, yet how\\nlittle do I observe them and acknowledge them to\\nthy praise If thou hast punished even the heathen\\nfor not having minded and glorified thee in thy\\nworks, what will become of me? Pardon, O Lord,\\nthis my blindness and ingratitude, and to all thy\\nother kindness add a thankful heart, that I may\\njoyfully praise thee for the blessing of my creation,\\nthe daily bounty of thy providence, and the ador-\\nable gift of thy Son. In all thy creatures may I see\\nand adore thine infinite power, wisdom, and good-\\nness, and be thereby continually strengthened in\\nfaith, and stirred up to thy praise and love. Thus\\nlet me always converse with thee, cleave to thee,\\nand have uninterrupted communion with thee, that\\nnothing may interfere and disturb this religious\\ndisposition of my soul in the least. Yes, O Lord,\\ngrant me this wisdom and close attention for thy\\nglory s sake. Amen.\\nThe glories of my Maker, God,\\nMy joyful voice shall sing.\\nAnd call the nations to adore\\nTheir Former and their King.\\nThe brightness of our Maker s name\\nThe wide creation fills\\nAnd His unbounded grandeur flies\\nBeyond the heavenly hills.", "height": "3572", "width": "2440", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 345\\nNovember 23.\\nThe sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. Judges vii.\\n20. For they are bread for us their defence is\\ndeparted from them, and the Lord is with us\\nfear them not. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Numb. xiv. 9. But my servant\\nCaleb, because he had a7iother spirit with him,\\nand has followed me fully, him will L bring into\\nthe land whereujito he went. Verse 24. Surely\\nthe wrath of man shall praise thee. Ps. lxxvi. 10.\\nTake care, O my soul, that there may also be\\nanother, namely, a kingly spirit with thee, as\\nthere was with Joshua and Caleb, not to be dis-\\ncouraged on account of thy weakness, and great\\nnumber of frailties and enemies, as if it were impos-\\nsible to live holily and get the victory. Behold\\nChrist, the true and great Joshua and Caleb,\\nmarchesout before thee, to make war Himself\\nagainst thine enemies, and who can conquer Him\\nHe is unchangeable, His spirit now is as mighty as\\never, and His word as powerful and sharper than a\\ntwo-edged sword. Against thy various infirmities\\nHe offers also a variety of Divine strength and\\nagainst each of thine enemies He holds forth to\\nthee a particular sword in His word, and abiding in\\nHis word thou shalt surely conquer. Though the\\nenemy should raise thine inward and outward\\ncalamities to the highest degree, as so many strong\\nwalls, yet he must fall one single word will strike\\nhim down.\\nIvet troubles rise, and terrors frown,\\nAnd days of darkness fall,\\nThrough Him all dangers we ll defy,\\nAnd more than conquer all.\\nNor death nor life, nor earth nor hell,\\nNor time s destroying swa3 r\\nCan e er efface us from His heart,\\nOr make His love decay.", "height": "3572", "width": "2316", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "346 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 24.\\nHearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far\\nfrom righteousness I bring near my righteous-\\nness, it shall not be far off and my salvation\\nshall not tarry. We are all as a?i unclean thing,\\nand all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.\\nIsa. xlvi. 12, 13 and lxiv. 6.\\nTrue religion is founded upon the knowledge of\\nthe true God. Sinners are apt to think they have\\na high opinion of God, because they think highly\\nof His mercy whereas God is as holy and just as\\nHe is merciful and He will as certainly punish\\nthe guilty, as He will pardon the penitent and\\nbelieving soul. God, I thank thee I am not as\\nother men are, says every self-righteous sinner;\\nnot considering that if God were extreme to mark\\nwhat is amiss, no flesh living could be justified.\\nGod be merciful to me, a sinner, says every true\\nChristian and real believer. Till this be thy lan-\\nguage, O my soul till thou feelest thyself a lost,\\nruined and helpless sinner till thou art brought to\\nacknowledge the justice of God in thy condemna-\\ntion till thou art driven to Christ as thy only\\nrefuge and hope of salvation, thou art ignorant of\\nGod s righteousness, art going about to establish\\nthine own righteousness, and thou dost not submit\\nto the righteousness of Christ.\\nI am, saith Christ, the Way\\nNow, if we credit Him,\\nAll other paths must lead astra\\\\ T\\nHow fair soe er they seem.\\nI am, saith Christ, the Truth\\nThen, all that lack this test,\\nProceed it from an angel s mouth,\\nIs but a lie at best.\\nI am, saith Christ, the Life\\nLet this be seen by faith\\nIt follows without further strife,\\nThat all beside is death.", "height": "3572", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 347\\nNovember 25.\\nThou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier\\nof Jesus Christ. 2 Tim. ii. 3. This charge I com-\\nmit unto thee, son Timothy, accordi?ig to the pro-\\nphecies which went before on thee, that thou by\\nthem mightest war a good warfare. 1 Tim. i. 18.\\nWatch thou, endure afflictioyis. 2 Tim. iv. 5.\\nPrinces combat with flesh and blood, Christians\\nwrestle with principalities and powers. Their wars\\ngive days of trnce, ours not a minute s rest. Con-\\nditions of peace there may cause retreat nothing\\nbut death here can raise the siege. Kings, if over-\\ncome, may save themselves by flight but Chris-\\ntians may as soon fly from themselves as from their\\nenemies. The soldier of Christ is in a field of con-\\ntinued conflict he cannot let fall his hands but\\nAmalek prevails. Not to be a conqueror, is to be a\\nprisoner not to win the field, is to lose the soul\\nsecurity wounds thee, yielding kills thee, but vic-\\ntory crowns thee. Therefore watch as for thy life\\nfight as for thy soul the time will come when\\nthese enemies thou seest to-day thou shalt see\\nthem no more for ever! Then thou shalt lay\\ndown thy sword and take up thy crown, and sing,\\nVictory, victory, for ever, through the blood of\\nthe Lamb Let, then, the prospect of heavenly\\nglory fire thee. Though thine enemies be power-\\nful, yet remember to go forth against them in the\\nstrength of the Captain of thy salvation though\\nassaults be many and my enemies mighty, if God\\nstrengthen me, I have enough to comfort me for\\nthe greater my enemy, the more glorious my vic-\\ntory and the more glorious my victory, the more\\ntriumphant my glory.\\nLord, let me spare no inbred foes,\\nBut fight them well by faith\\nBe daily r dealing mortal blows.\\nAnd triumph at my death.", "height": "3572", "width": "2316", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "348 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 26.\\nwill heal your backsliding x\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jer. iii. 22. He\\nwill heal us He will bind us up. Hosea vi. 1.\\nIt is God who worketh in you, both to will and to\\ndo of His good pleasure. Phil. ii. 13.\\nO my dear Saviour, I would fain believe in thee,\\nbe faithful, obedient, and work always that which\\nis good. And since this is also thy will, I trust it\\nshall be done for if thou wilt and I will, who can\\nhinder it True it is, that sin, flesh, the world, and\\ndevils, are against it but shall these enemies be\\nstronger than thou, the mighty God? Shall their\\nopposition be able to quell thy work in me, if I do\\nnot consent to it That can never be. The more\\nviolence they use upon me, the more earnest may I\\nbe with thee in prayer and the more I pray, the\\nmore glorious will thine assistance be the more\\nthey hinder, the more thou wilt further, that all\\ntheir hindrances may be swallowed up by thy\\nfurtherances, as the serpents of the sorcerers in\\nEgypt were swallowed up by the serpent of Moses.\\nThe enemy will fall by his own sword and the\\ngreatest opposition \u00c2\u00bbwill turn to my good, and to the\\npromoting of thy work. Everything, indeed, can\\novercome me if I do not abide in Christ by a con-\\ntinual acting of faith and prayer but by thus\\nabiding in Him, all opposition proves not only\\nweak itself, but profitable to my soul.\\nWe honor our exalted King\\nHow sweet are His commands\\nHe guards our souls from hell and sin\\nBy His almighty hands.\\nFearless of hell and ghastry death,\\nWe ll break through ev ry foe\\nThe wings of love and arms of faith\\nShall bear us conquerors through.", "height": "3588", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 349\\nNovember 27.\\nI am like a gree?i fir-tree from me is thy fruit\\nfound. Hosea xiv. 8. will rebuke the devour er\\nfor your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits\\nof your gound. Mai. iii. 11. In that day sing\\nye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. He shall\\ncause them that come of fa cob to take root Israel\\nshall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the\\nworld with fruit. Isa. xxvii. 2, 6.\\nIs it not a disagreeable thing for a gardener to\\nsee the finest blossoms and fruits destroyed by the\\ncaterpillars? Doth it not rejoice him to see all the\\nbranches bow with ripe fruits Oh my heavenly\\nLord, grant that I may not displease, but rejoice\\nthy heart also. Let me abide in Christ my true\\nvine, and always bring forth good fruits. But since\\nevery fruit has its enemies, and thou hast no sooner\\nworked anything, than the insects of sin endeavor\\nto destroy it, I beseech thee to make me watchful\\nof these insects, and diligent in every good work.\\nRebuke the devourer presently, and preserve me as\\na branch of Christ, night and day, as thou hast\\npromised, that my fruits may endure to eternity.\\nDoth a diligent gardener dress and cultivate his\\ngarden as well as he can, why shouldst not thou\\ncultivate my heart also, since thou art honored by\\nmy fruits Oh yes I trust the crystal stream of\\nthy throne will water me, that I may bring forth\\ngreater plenty of fruit.\\nLike trees of tnyrrh and spice we stand\\nPlanted by God the Father s hand\\nAnd all His springs in Zion flow,\\nTo make the young plantation grow.\\nLet my Beloved come and taste\\nHis pleasant fruits at His own feast.\\n11 1 come, my spouse, I come. He cries,\\nWith love and pleasure in His eyes.", "height": "3572", "width": "2308", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "35o THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 28.\\nwill do zV.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John xiv. 14. And what is that?\\nWhatsoever thon desirest. For the Lord will\\nfulfill the desire of I hem that fear Him. Ps.\\ncxlv. 19.\\nYea, He does exceeding abundantly above all\\nthat we ask or think granting not only according\\nto the notion of our narrow hearts, but according to\\nthe riches of His glory, as becomes His majesty.\\nChrist delights in great petitions for He is a great\\nLord, and is rich unto all that call upon Him. He\\nhas all the riches of His merits and gifts, not for\\nhimself (since being the very God, He wanted\\nnothing for himself), but only for us, even the\\nrebellious, who sincerely call upon Him. There-\\nfore what He has as Mediator, all belongs to me, if\\nI do but call upon Him faithfully. O my soul,\\npray to Him nay, be much in prayer and as\\noften as thou pourest out thy soul before Him in\\nprayer, let nothing resound in thy heart but these\\nwords I will I will do it. As God can never\\nlie, there is not one single groan lost but every\\none will be found to be a jewel in the life to come\\nby which thy riches are increased, and one treasure\\nput to another. Oh how much is there neglected\\nin this already why shouldst thou not be earnest\\nnow to redeem that little remaining part of thy\\ntime, by prayer for eternity, to lay up there many\\ntreasures, and richly adorn thy crown O Lord,\\ngrant that this may be done\\nNow is the time, He lends His ear,\\nAnd waits for your request\\nCome, lest He rouse His wrath, and swear\\nYe shall not see my rest\\nCome, then, O house of Jacob come\\nTo worship at His shrine\\nAnd, walking in the light of God,\\nWith holy beauties shine.", "height": "3572", "width": "2432", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 351\\nNovember 29.\\nJoshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he\\nstretched out the spear, until he had utterly\\ndestroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. Joshua viii.\\n26. For this purpose the Son of God was mani-\\nfested, that He might destroy the works of the\\ndevil. 1 John iii. 8.\\nA willing subjection to any one sin is not con-\\nsistent with the grace of God, and true saving faith\\n(Rom. iv. 14); for though wicked inhabitants will\\nabide in the heart, and sometimes prevail over the\\nbeliever, they must not reign there, nor should be\\nsuffered to stir without resistance since we may be\\nutterly ruined by the dominion of a single sin,\\nthat is, by a single subjection to it, as by the\\ndominion of a thousand, just as a bird is caught in\\none single snare and though you are actually con-\\nverted, and have gained the dominion over your\\nsins, yet you must not draw back your hand, and\\nlay the spear and the sword of the Spirit aside.\\nThere is no truce in this war, nor any rest found but\\nin fighting for if you beat not ycur enemies, they\\nbeat you. Therefore the Christian soldier s watch-\\nword is, Fight on, looking to Jesus. Satan left\\nChrist only for a time much more will he renew\\nhis assaults upon us again and again. But if the\\nconflict lasteth long, remember that is also the case\\nof others and even the ancient fathers have gone\\nunder it till they were gray at last the victory will\\nbe the more sweet and glorious. Only, above all\\nthings, take the shield of faith for faith alone\\ntriumphs by which we are in covenant with Christ,\\nand He makes one cause with us.\\nTis faith that conquers earth and hell\\nBy a celestial power\\nThat is the grace that shall prevail\\nIn the decisive hour.", "height": "3588", "width": "2324", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "352 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nNovember 30.\\nHo, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters,\\nand he that hath no money; come ye, buy and\\neat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money\\nand without price. Isa. lv. 1. Come, for all\\nthings are now ready. Luke xiv. 17. Him (be\\nit who it will) that cometh to vie I will in no\\nwise cast out.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John vi. 37.\\nHow could a tender mother s heart cast out her\\nsick child, calling for help Come, my poor soul,\\ncome only as well as thou canst. Better to come\\nin a cold, fearful, miserable condition, than not at\\nall for if we cannot come boldly to Christ with a\\nstrong faith, we must even come trembling, just as\\nwe are nor will such coming be offensive to Christ;\\nfor He says, Him that cometh, come how he\\nwill, I will in no wise cast out. A feeling of joy\\nis not needful to bring us to Christ, but a feeling of\\nour wants for it is not required to bring any\\nmoney of our own worthiness, but only the whole\\nheap of our misery along with us, and desire grace.\\nGod does not look upon the sensible joy of faith\\n(for this is His particular gift, which He could soon\\ngive if need was), but upon the sincerity, applica-\\ntion, and earnestness of a poor sinner. John\\nBunyan fitly compares such a one to a man who\\nwould fain ride a full gallop, whose horse is hardly\\nable to go a good trot. In this instance, the inten-\\ntion of the rider is not to be judged by the slow\\npace of his horse (which resembles our corrupt and\\nunwilling nature), but by his whippings, spurrings,\\nand beatings of the beast.\\nSee, dearest I^ord, our willing souls\\nAccept thine offered grace\\nWe bless the great Redeemer s love\\nAnd give the Father praise.", "height": "3572", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "Jesus said Whosoever drinketh of this water\\nshall thirst again but whosoever drinketh of\\nthe water that I shall give him shall never thirst;\\nbut the water that I shall give him shall be in\\nhim a well of water springing up into everlast-\\ning life. John iv. 13, 14.\\nIn the last day, that great day of the Feast,\\nJesus stood and cried, saying If any man\\nthirst, let him come unto Me, and drink.\\nJohn vii. 3.7.\\nSo is the will of God, that with well-doing\\nye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish\\nmen. 1 Peter ii. 15.\\nNot rendering evil for evil, or railing for\\nrailing; but contrariwise, blessing: knowing\\nthat ye are thereunto called, that ye should in-\\nherit a blessing. 1 Peter iii. 9.\\n(353)", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "354 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember i.\\nBe not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good.\\nRom. xii. 21. For who is he that will harm\\nyou, if ye be followers of that which is good\\n1 Peter iii. 13. All things work together for\\ngood to them that love God. Rom. viii. 28.\\nThe Christian life is a warfare, and the conflict\\nbetween sin and holiness, and between sorrow and\\ncomfort, is often vers violent. The child of God\\nhas many evils to encounter with. Sin, Satan, self,\\nand the world, are daily enemies. He is also ex-\\nposed oft to poverty, affliction, reproaches, and\\npersecution. Oh my Saviour, help me to over-\\ncome all evil in the strength of thy grace give me\\na heart to do good to all who ma}- seek to hurt me.\\nWho is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of\\nthat which is good Not the Father, for He loves\\nyou not Jesus, for He died for you not the Spirit,\\nHis work is to comfort you not good men, they\\nlove those who follow that which is good not\\nwicked men nor devils, for though enemies, they\\nare confined, and cannot stir one step beyond what\\nthy God and Saviour permits them. When you\\nmeet with a trial, look not to men, but to Jesus.\\nPray for patience to bear it, and look up for a bless-\\ning upon it. Then all things shall work together\\nfor thy good (Rom. viii. 28). Let every temptation\\nmake you more careful, and put you on closer\\nwatching against the enemy. Cleave to Jesus by\\nfaith and prayer, like a child to its parent, when it\\nsees an enemy coming toward it. Behold Him,\\nflee to Him, rest upon Him, and then you will\\nrejoice in Him.\\nHow glorious, I^ord, thy wisdom shines,\\nAnd baffles Satan s deep designs\\nThy power is sov reign to fulfill\\nThe noblest counsels of thv will.", "height": "3572", "width": "2520", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 355\\nDecember 2.\\nPrayer shall be made for Him continually and\\ndaily shall He be praised. Ps. lxxii. 15. Thy\\nkingdom come. Matt. vi. 10. Pour out ycur\\nheart before Him. Ps. lxii. 8.\\nOh what a condescending King we have, who\\nmay always be approached Who would not pray\\nYou say, Oh that my coldness and indifference\\nwould permit me to do it. But are you not sensible\\nof your wants and miseries Is not this coldness\\nand backwardness misery enough Therefore you\\nought also to pray, and to pray most when you are\\nso dull and drowsy, else it will never be better with\\nyou. Arise, therefore, and pray the good Spirit\\nof God will assist you in it. Encouraged by the\\npromises of a prayer-hearing God, and a special\\nassistance of the Holy Spirit in this work, we must,\\neven in the greatest conflicts, not omit to resist the\\ntemptations of the devil. And though we have\\nsinned, not defer it long but pray directly, and\\nsay, The Lord is merciful, and I am unworthy and\\nunable to pray But, alas what shall I do Shall\\nI wait till I am worthy and able Oh no per-\\nhaps that time will never come for I am always a\\ngreat, miserable sinner. A Christian stands always\\nin need of prayer for since the sense of sin does\\nnot leave him, he must not leave off prayer. Lord,\\ngrant me more of the spirit of prayer, and let it\\nnever be extinguished in my heart\\nArise, my soul, from deep distress,\\nAnd banish every fear\\nGod calls thee to His throne of grace,\\nTo spread thy sorrows there.\\nGo then, my soul, and talk with God,\\nBy Christ who d thee redeem\\nIn mercy oft He lifts the rod,\\nTo bring thee back to Him.", "height": "3588", "width": "2332", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "356 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 3.\\nWhat doest thou here, Elijah 1 Kings xix. 13.\\nLET[this question be supposed as addressed to us\\nWhat dost thou here in this world? Art thou\\nworking the work of Him that sent thee, or\\nstanding all the day idle Art thou in the post\\nassigned thee by Heaven, truly called, and properly\\nqualified for it, and faithfully discharging the duties\\nof it or hast thou thrust thyself into it without\\nwarrant or invitation and therefore hast no cause\\nto expect success What dost thou here in this\\nretirement Is the world shut out of thy thoughts,\\nand are the visits of the blessed Spirit invited\\nWhat dost thou here, if thy peace with an offended\\nGod is not already made, or most earnestly desired\\nand sought after? If thou really wantest peace\\nand safety, plead the blood of Jesus, flee to the city\\nof refuge. W T hat dost thou here in times of trial\\nand temptation Art thou flying from the danger,\\nor boldly facing it in the name and strength of the\\nLord Art thou ashamed of the cross, or dost thou\\nwillingly take it upon thee Elijah failed here he\\nfled from Jezebel. And did such an one as Elijah\\nfear Then howl, ye fir-trees, if the cedars be thus\\nshaken hold fast by Christ, ye weak ones, if the\\nstrong fall What dost thou here below? Art\\nthou not pitching thy tent on this side Jordan, satis-\\nfied with thy present portion or art thou look-\\ning to a better country, to a city that hath founda-\\ntions, whose builder and maker is God? Life is\\nuncertain, death approaches, the Judge is at the\\ndoor, then prepare to meet thy God.\\nArm me with a jealous care,\\nAs in thy sight to live\\nAnd thy weak servant, Lord, prepare\\nA good account to give", "height": "3572", "width": "2524", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 357\\nDecember 4.\\nMine eyes are ever toward the Lord for He shall\\npluck my feet out of the net. Ps. xxv. 15. Happy\\nis the man that feareth alway, Prov. xxviii. 14.\\nOh how long can some enemies hide themselves\\nwith their nets before our eyes, and draw in all on\\na sudden It is unspeakable how cunning and\\npowerful our enemies are, how they lie in wait\\neverywhere, so that in all places, and at all times,\\nwe are surrounded with many cruel murderers of\\nsouls Blessed is he that keeps clear from self-\\nconfidence, and, fearing always, says within him-\\nself, as soon as he awakes in the morning, Who\\nknows what temptations I may meet with to-day\\nPerhaps when I arise, by the first step my feet may\\nbe entangled in dangerous snares and nets. And\\nas self-confidence ever will be ashamed, and a firm\\nconfidence in the Lord never shall (Rom. ix. 33),\\ngrant, O Lord, I beseech thee, that, distrusting\\nmyself, I may fully put my trust in thee, watching\\nevermore in all things, and looking cautiously in\\nall places about me, where there is any fear of\\ndanger. Whatever I am about to do or to speak,\\nlet me first converse with thee by prayer that\\nkeeping always close to thee, I may be preserved\\nagainst the power and craft of mine enemies, as in\\na stronghold and confidently say, according to\\nthy own pattern given (Ps. xvi. 8), I have set the\\nLord before me because He is at my right hand,\\nI shall not be moved.\\nGod is my portion and my joy;\\nHis counsels are my light,\\nHe gives me sweet advice by day,\\nAnd gentle hints by night.\\nMy soul would all her thoughts approve\\nTo His all-seeing eye\\nNor death nor hell my hope shall move,\\nWhile such a friend is nigh.", "height": "3584", "width": "2316", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "358 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 5.\\nMy Father worketh hitherto a?id I work, fas also\\nthe Hoh Spirit). For as the Father raiseth tip\\nthe dead, and quickeneth them even so the Son\\nquickeneth whom He will. John v. 17, 21. See\\nalso John ix. 4, and xiv. 10.\\nO MY poor soul is not the blessed Trinity thy\\nGod, in three Persons, able to destroy the works\\nof the devil, and fulfill His good-will in thee?\\nOh yes, He works both to will and to do and\\nthat very thing which is above your own power,\\nHe works, and nothing else. If you can do little,\\nHe works much if nothing at all, so much the\\nbetter, then He works all for He is our all, since\\nwe are nothing, and can do nothing. And happy\\nare we that we can have Him for our support in all\\nthings and that the children of God are not re-\\nquired to direct their own steps, but shall be led by\\ntheir heavenly Father. Now, O Losd, since by\\nthe will, guidings, and workings of my own heart,\\nI throw only so many hindrances and blocks in\\nmy way, grant, I beseech thee, that, in true depen-\\ndence on thee, I may venture everything and,\\ndespairing of my own sufficiency, may always abide\\nin thee, draw all necessary strength from thee by\\nprayer, and bring forth many good fruits which\\nmay last to eternity For thy work in true be-\\nlievers, weak as it ma}* seem now, will last for ever,\\nand none shall be able to destroy it.\\nIvord, let thy counsels guide my feet\\nThrough this dark wilderness\\nThy hand conduct me near thy seat,\\nTo dwell before th}- face\\nThen, if the springs of life were broke,\\nAnd flesh and heart should faint,\\nGod is my soul s eternal rock,\\nThe strensrth of everv saint.", "height": "3568", "width": "2532", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 359\\nDecember 6.\\nDraw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to vu.\\nResist the devil, and he will flee from you.\\nJames iv. 7, 8. The effectual ferveyit prayer of\\na righteous man availeth much. Chap. v. 16.\\nO my dear soul draw nigh to God in prayer, and\\nHe will draw nigh to thee be instant in it, and the\\ndevil cannot stand against thee for prayers will\\ndrive away sin and Satan, as the wind drives the\\nsmoke before it prayer works wonderful great\\nthings, and will make possible what seemeth im-\\npossible. If God has given thee some spiritual\\nblessings already, this is an encouragement to hope\\nalso for that which thou lackest yet therefore only\\npray confidently, and you shall receive evermore\\nfor unbelief is the only reason that God cannot\\nwork wonders for us. Pour out upon my soul, thou\\nliving and wonder-working God. the spirit of\\nprayer let me pray and strive, pray in faith, and\\npour out my whole heart before thee (Ps. lxii. 8).\\nLet me strive in faith that the Lord may impart the\\nblessing and draw nigh to me for without thee to\\nbe with me, all my prayers and all my strivings are\\nin vain.\\nMy God, I bow before thy feet\\nWhen shall my soul get near thy seat?\\nWhen shall I s ee thy glorious face,\\nWith mingled majesty and grace?\\nHow should I love thee and adore,\\nWith hopes and joys unknown before\\nAnd bid this trifling world begone\\nNor tease my heart so near thy throne.\\nCreatures with all their charms should fly\\nThe presence of a God so nigh\\nMy darling sins should lose their name,\\nAnd grow my hatred and my shame.\\nMy soul should pour out all her cares,\\nIn flowing words, or flowing tears\\nThy smiles should ease my sharpest pain,\\nNor shall I seek my God in vain.", "height": "3572", "width": "2308", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "360 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecembkr 7.\\nam crucified with Christ nevertheless I live\\nyet not but Christ liveth in me and the life\\nwhich I now live in the flesh I live by the faith\\nof the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Him-\\nself for me. Gal. ii. 20.\\nIn spiritual things we are too often living upon\\nself. We seek in frames, forms, creatures, and\\nanimal life, that inward peace and stability of mind\\nwhich is only to be found in the Redeemer. Out-\\nward duties are well in their place but they have\\nno divine life in themselves, or to give. They are\\nto be performed, but not trusted in to be used\\nwith grace, but cannot buy grace. They are as the\\nscaffold of the building, a means for carrying on\\nthe work, but not the end of the great design. In\\nthe power of Christ they are blessings without it\\nthey have no power. The whole trust must be in\\nJesus. He is the way, the truth, and the life\\nwithout Him prayers, praises, rites, and ordinances,\\nare carcasses without a soul. Every performance of\\noutward worship is so, unless the Saviour fills it\\nwith His Divine Spirit. Then it is we experience a\\ncommunion of heart, a reviving of the soul after\\nthe adorable Jesus, and a delightful view behind\\nthe veil of outward ordinances (such as no carnal\\neye can behold), manifesting the Lord in His good-\\nness, beauty, grandeur, blessedness and glory.\\nThe faith and hope of things unseen\\nMy best affections move\\nThy light, thy favor, and thy smiles,\\nThine everlasting love.\\nThese are the blessings I desire\\nLord, be these blessings mine,\\nAnd all the glories of the world\\nI cheerfully resign.", "height": "3572", "width": "2512", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 361\\nDecember 8.\\nTake this child away, and nurse it for me, and I\\nwill give thee thy wages. Exod. ii. 9.\\nAs Moses was ordered to be saved by the most\\ncruel enemy s daughter, so Satan himself, even\\nwhen he meditates our destruction, must be a\\nmeans of our life. So also Matt. xii. 48, Who is\\nmy mother? etc. (Isa. viii. 10, and ix. 6). O Lord\\nJesus, if thou art a child born unto me, and I am\\nwilling to receive thee as my Immanuel, thou wilt\\nbe my shield and exceeding great reward, and de-\\nfend me powerfully against all my enemies. O my\\ndear Saviour, if thou art mine, all is mine, even\\nthy Father, thy Spirit, and thy heavenly glory,\\nall accidents, all enemies must work for my good,\\nand be instruments and ministers of my salvation.\\nOh that I may, trusting in thee, never fear any-\\nthing but thinking directly it is mine, may only\\nmake good use of everything. Thus even the very\\nworst would turn to my greatest blessing and with-\\nout it perhaps I should want as needful a thing as a\\nmill or a ship does when destitute of wind and\\nwater.\\nMy soul, survey thy happiness,\\nIf thou art found a child of grace\\nHow richly is the Gospel stored\\nWhat joy the promises afford\\nAll things are now the gift of God,\\nAnd purchased with our Saviour s blood,\\nWhile the good Spirit shews us how\\nTo use and to enjoy them too.\\nIf peace and plenty crown my days,\\nThen help me, I,ord, to speak thy praise\\nIf bread of sorrows be my food,\\nThose sorrows work my real good.\\nWhatever fills my temporal cup,\\nMake me with gratitude to sup,\\nAnd trust the faithful promise given,\\nThat I shall dwell with thee in heaven.", "height": "3568", "width": "2308", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "362 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 9.\\nSpeaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and\\nspiritual songs, singing and making melody in\\nyour heart to the Lord. Eph. v. 19. Teach-\\ning and admonishing one another in psalms and\\nhymns. Col. iii. 16. Paul and Silas prayed\\nand sang praises unto God. Acts xvi. 25.\\nIF we are obliged to promote the temporal good\\nof our neighbor, how much more the spiritual, by\\nedifying discourses But how is it The children\\nof God, when a person visits them, (says a certain\\ndivine), are sometimes troubled, and know not\\nwhat discourse to enter upon at last they begin\\nan unprofitable discourse, or at least they suffer\\nothers to do it, and are silent at it. I will tell you\\nwhat I have done in such cases I first prayed to\\nGod, saying, O good God, here I receive a guest,\\nand have nothing to set before and treat him with\\nI pray thee to give me the right bread for him\\nwhich the Lord was pleased to hear in such a\\ngracious manner, that I could sooner enter into an\\nedifying discourse. And thus keep our conscience\\nclean and though perhaps the lips were frozen up\\nat first, they are thawed and opened by prayer.\\nSome foolish philosophers, to the great offence of\\nothers, mock at divine things, and even at prayer\\nas if we needed no other help than our own depraved\\nreason and will. But what St. Paul says (Rom. i.\\n22) is fulfilled, in them: Professing themselves\\nto be wise, they became fools. What will become\\nof these poor scoffers upon their dying beds, and at\\nthe day of judgment Oh that they would take\\nwarning while it is time.\\nNow if some proper hour appear,\\nI^et none be overawed\\nBut let the scoffing sinners hear\\nThat we can speak for God.", "height": "3588", "width": "2468", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 363\\nDecember 10.\\nTell his disciples, and Peter (who was deeply\\nfallen) especially. Mark xvi. 7. If any man\\nsin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus\\nChrist the righteous: and He is the propitiation\\nfor our sins and not for ours only, but also for\\nthe sins of the whole world. 1 John ii. 1, 2.\\nWherefore lift up the hands which hang down,\\nand strengthen the feeble knees. Heb. xii. 12.\\nHast thou been slack, unfaithful and fallen\\naway Oh poor soul, thou art not to make light\\nof it but why wilt thou continue in thy fallen con-\\ndition any longer, and complain Get thee up and\\nask pardon of Christ He is ready to forgive and\\nreceive thee again, like Peter, having received\\ngifts for the rebellious. Delay not to lay hold of\\nthy ransom, which is greater than all the sins of\\nthe world nay, the ransom is paid for this very\\nsin, and a pardon purchased by it already. There-\\nfore sue it out, and be not discouraged, nor listen\\nto the temptation of giving up hope, and turning\\nback to the world. The Lord even now reaches\\nforth His hands to thee anew by this very word\\ncome, lift thyself up at it, and be careful for the\\ntime to come to be so much more cautious, humble\\nand gentle toward others for a Christian s foot\\nmay trip but when recovered, it slides deeper into\\nhumility.\\nSalvation oh the joyful sound,\\nTis pleasure to mine ears\\nA sov reign balm for every wound,\\nA cordial for my fears.\\nBuried in sorrow and in sin,\\nAt hell s dark door I lay\\nBut I arise, by grace divine.\\nTo see a heavenly day.", "height": "3576", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "364 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember ii.\\nBehold, we come unto thee, Jer. iii. 22, (and)\\nwill come to you. John xiv. 18. A lively\\nrepresentation of this happy meeting, see Lnke\\nxix. 4-6. Zacchetis ran before and climbed up\\ninto a sycamore-tree to see Him for He ivas\\nto pass that way. And Christ said unto him,\\nMake haste, and come down for to-day I must\\nabide at thy house.\\nO my dear Saviour, since I come to thee, and\\nthou to me, we shall certainly meet one another.\\nWho will oppose and obstruct it The devil and\\nsin Oh no this wall of separation is pulled\\ndown. Christ says, Come unto me I am not an\\nangry judge, but a loving Mediator between God\\nand thy frightened conscience keep to me, and\\nfear no wrath. I sit here, that, believing in me to\\nmake intercession for thee with God, no wrath or\\ndisgrace can befall thee. Should wrath and pun-\\nishment come upon thee, it must first come upon\\nme wrath is quite impossible. Yes, O my soul,\\nit is indeed impossible for thy Jesus is the dear\\nSon of God, in whom dwells all the fullness of\\ngrace and the Father, looking upon Him, His\\nwrath must vanish away, and everything in heaven\\nand earth be changed into smiles of love and grace\\n(Eph. i. 6). Dangers and conflicts being hot, God\\nhastens with His assistance. At other times He\\ntarries, and the work of our whole renovation goes\\non by little and little, that, improving in the exer-\\ncise of patience and faith, we may also bear with\\nothers, and learn not ontyto quicken our d-iligence,\\nbut also to wait for Him.\\nIn thine own ways, O God of love,\\nWe wait the visits of thy grace\\nOur soul s desire is to thy name.\\nAnd the remembrance of tlry face.", "height": "3564", "width": "2504", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "THK GOLDEN TREASURY. 365\\nDecember 12.\\nMine iniquities are gone over my head as an\\nheavy burden, they are too heavy for me. Ps.\\nxxxviii. 4. Come unto me, all ye that labor and\\nare heavy laden, and I will give you rest.\\nMatt. xi. 28.\\nIT is a sure sign that a man is awakened out of\\nhis sleep, when he discovers the error of his dream.\\nIn the drawing up of water out of a deep well, so\\nlong as the bucket is under water, we feel not the\\nweight of it but as soon as it conies above water,\\nit begins to hang heavy on the hand. When a man\\ndives under water, he feels no weight of the water,\\nthough there may be many tons of it over his head;\\nwhereas a tub half full of the same water, taken\\nout of the river, and set upon the same man s head,\\nwould be very burdensome to him, and make him\\nsoon grow weary of it. In like manner, so long as\\na man is over head in sin, he is not sensible of the\\nweight of sin, it is not troublesome to him but\\nwhen he begins once to come out of that state of\\nsin wherein he lay and lived before, then beginneth\\nsin to hang heavy upon him, and he groans under\\nthe weight thereof. So long as sin is in the will,\\nthe proper seat of sin, a man feels not the weight\\nof it, but, like a fool, it is sport and pastime to him\\nto do evil. It is therefore a good sign that sin is\\nremoved out of its seat, out of its chair of state,\\nwhen it becomes burdensome to us and such a\\nsense of sin may well be considered as an entrance\\ninto a state of grace. Give me, O Lord, a true\\nsense of my sin, and an apprehension of the mercy\\nof God in Christ, and ability to embrace Him as\\nmy Redeemer and Saviour.\\nGive me, O Lord, the broken heart,\\nWhich mourns for sin with inward smart,\\nAnd will to thy dear cross repair,\\nAnd seek and find its healing there.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "366 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 13.\\nReturn, ye backsliding children, and I will heal\\nyour backsliding s, Jer. iii. 22. When he was\\nyet a great way off, his father saw him, and had\\ncompassion, and ran, a?id fell on his neck, a7id\\nkissed him. And said, Bring forth the best robe,\\nand put it on him and put a ring 011 his hand,\\nand shoes on his feet, etc. Luke xv. 20-23.\\nHear, therefore, the voice of thy loving Father\\nand Shepherd, O thou backsliding child and lost\\nsheep, crying earnestly. Return, return Do not\\nrun on in the broad way with the world any longer.\\nAre you not tired yet of the husks of the world\\nDo you feel no troubles in your soul Shall not\\nthese drive thee to God Lo thy Father and\\nShepherd seeks thee. He is gone forth to call and\\nmeet thee already. He will receive thee willingly\\nand joyfully. Come, only praying as the prodigal\\nson, and He will freely forgive thee all, though thou\\nhadst sinned ever so much. He is also able to heal\\nand correct the most desperate corruptions of thy\\nheart He can deliver thee from the very jaws of\\nhell and the devil nay, if thou even wast possessed\\nwith more than seven devils, He can still cast them\\nout. Begin to call upon Him earnestly in prayer,\\nand, poor and wretched as thou art, come to Him\\nas the physician of thy soul for the physician and\\nthe sick, a rich Saviour and a poor sinner, are the\\nbest suited to one another. He healeth all our\\ndiseases, and can make possible what seems most\\nimpossible to thee.\\nCome, all ye vilest sinners, come,\\nHe ll form your souls anew\\nHis Gospel and His heart have room\\nFor rebels such as you.", "height": "3572", "width": "2496", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 367\\nDecember 14.\\nWatch ye therefore, and pray always. Luke xxi.\\n36. Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin\\nwhich doth so easily beset us. Heb. xii. 1.\\nWatch, for ye know not what hour your Lord\\ndoth come. Matt. xxiv. 42. Take ye heed, watch\\nand pray. Mark xiii. 43.\\nThe hearts of men are not like unto clocks,\\nwhich only want to be wound up once a day oh\\nno the dullness and distraction is too great and\\ndangerous. We must lift them up many times\\na day yea, watch continually to lay aside every\\nweight. Our going out and coming in, nay, all\\nthings, even the very least, we must do with prayer,\\nalways strictly examining what is the will of the\\nLord else, if they are done after our own will,\\nthey do not tend to the glory of God, and cannot be\\nattended with His blessing. But if we earnestly\\nstrive against our own will in prayer, patiently\\nsuffering every hour what the Lord thinks proper\\nto lay upon us, and will be ruled by His hints and\\nslight strokes of His rod, many heavy afflictions,\\nand scourges, and whips, may be avoided for the\\nburdens which we bring upon ourselves by our own\\nwill and impatience, are always the heaviest. A\\nChristian has daily his proper burden, like a clock\\nits weights, by which the flesh is kept under, so\\nthat the spirit can rise up therefore, when anything\\ncomes cross, he looks upon it as his weight for the\\nday, to stir him up to the exercise of prayer and\\nmeditation in the Word of God. O Lord, grant\\nthat I may always bear thy easy yoke, and never\\nbe the cause of my own distress and dullness\\nWait on the Lord, ye trembling saints,\\nAnd keep your courage up\\nHe ll raise your spirit when it faints,\\nAnd far exceed your hope.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "368 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 15.\\nGive an account of thy stewardship. Luke xvi. 2.\\nGod shall bring every work into judgment with\\nevery secret thing, whether it be good, or whether\\nit be evil. Eccl. xii. 14. For we must all appear\\nbefore the judgment seat of Christ; that every one\\nmay receive the things done in his body, according\\nto that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.\\n2 Cor. v. 10.\\nO Lord, how have I wasted my time, goods, and\\nfaculties O pardon me for thine infinite mercy s\\nsake, blot out my debt by thy blood and grant,\\nthat henceforth, keeping a daily good account, and\\nacting more prudently, faithfully, and diligently,\\nmy reckoning may not be false at last. But pre-\\nserve me also from all needless cares, since the care\\nto get something is not the steward s business,\\nbut only to husband everything faithfully. Teach\\nme, O Lord, and give me wisdom and grace to\\ngovern my house, and manage all my affairs rightly.\\nBe thou the principal governor and father of my\\nfamily. I would be nothing but thy servant direct\\nme only in all things, that I may not suffer or do\\nany harm. He that does not expostulate with\\nGod, but accuses himself as guilty in all things,\\neven his best performances, and flies to Christ as\\nhis only refuge, will be justified of God through the\\nrighteousness of His dear Son. And being thus\\nadopted of God, he is ready and willing to be gov-\\nerned and directed by him in all things as a child.\\nThat awful day will surely come,\\nTh appointed hour makes haste,\\nWhen I must stand before my Judge,\\nAnd pass the solemn test.\\nThou lovely chief of all my joys,\\nThou sov reign of my heart\\nHow could I bear to hear thy voice\\nPronounce the sound, Depart", "height": "3572", "width": "2496", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 369\\nDecember 16.\\nExamine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith.\\n2. Cor. xiii. 5.\\nMany might be induced to pray for faith if they\\ndid not presumptuously pretend to it for such as\\nhave actually faith, often doubt whether they have\\nany or not and those that are without, imagine\\nthey have enough. But faith is only wrought in\\nthe souls of those who are deeply humbled by a\\nthorough conviction of the greatness and heinous-\\nness of their sins, confessing themselves not only\\nwith their lips, but with a true sense of their hearts,\\nto be the chief of sinners. Without this repentance\\nwe do not enter through the right gate, and our\\nfaith is only fancy for faith is the greatest and\\nmost difficult thing even to a child of God it\\nreceives Christ into the heart, and overcomes the\\ndevil, world, and all sins, which is not easily done.\\nTherefore, if the generality of people had true faith,\\nnothing were easier to believe for what can be\\neasier than to give a mere assent to the Bible as\\ntrue, which is all that Christians mean by faith in\\ngeneral. The wicked, therefore, who live in sin,\\ndeceive themselves in thinking they have faith\\nfor faith giveth victory over the world. And all\\nwho trust in their own works, deceive themselves\\ntoo for the prayer of faith is, God be merciful to\\nme a sinner! Lord, save, or I perish M If,\\nthen, the first Christians had need to examine\\nthemselves, how much more have we Therefore,\\nthe best and safest way is, to pray earnestly for that\\nfaith which has boldness, and triumphs even in\\ndeath.\\nO Lord, thy power and grace display,\\nLet guilt and death no longer reign,\\nSave me in thine appointed way,\\nNor let my humble faith be vain.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "3?o THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 17.\\nFor thy name s sake, lead me, and guide me. Pull\\nme out of the net that they have laid privily for\\nme for thou art my strength. Into thine hand\\nI commit my spirit thou hast redeemed me, O\\nLord God of truth. Ps. xxxi. 3-5. When the\\nark set forward, Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and\\nlet thine enemies be scattered and let the7n that\\nhate thee flee before thee. Numb. x. 35.\\nEvery one having his own particular gift, has\\nalso his own particular enemies, who lay various\\nnets and hindrances in his way. But as every-\\nbody must clear the way for a king when he travels,\\nmuch more so our enemies, when the King of kings\\nguides us and goes before us. Grant, O Lord, that\\nall my goings and restings may be done at thy will\\n(Numb. iv. 17, 23). Be gloriously pleased to go\\nalways before me, and to make room, that mine\\nenemies may be scattered, and fall into their own\\nnets for thou, who dwellest in heaven, laughestat\\nall, even mine inward spiritual enemies and art\\nable to confound their deepest craft, and strongest\\npower. Enlighten my darkness, blessed Jesus, that\\nI may see my enemies distinctly and strengthen\\nmy faith in thee, that I may not fear them. Be the\\nCaptain of my salvation lead me on praying and\\nbelieving and do thou fight all my battles for me.\\nSo shall I come off conqueror through thy love, and\\nwill give to thee eternal praise.\\nGreat God, preserve my conscience clean\\nWash me from guilt, subdue my sin\\nThy love shall guard me from surprise,\\nThough threatening dangers round me rise.\\nMy faith would seize some promise, Lord\\nThere s power and safety in thy Word\\nNot all that earth and hell can say,\\nShall tempt to drive my soul away.", "height": "3572", "width": "2496", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 371\\nDecember 18.\\nAnd Moses said unto them, This is the bread which\\nthe Lord hath given you to eat. Exod. xvi. 15.\\nSee also 1 Cor. x. 3, 4.\\nThis manna was entirely different from common\\nmanna, which, is shook from the leaves of trees,\\nand used only in medicine this dropped down from\\nthe clouds, and was truly a miraculous production,\\nas is evident from the following circumstances that\\nit fell but six days in the week that it fell in such\\nprodigious quantity as sustained almost three mill-\\nions of souls that a double portion of it fell the\\nday before the Sabbath, and none on that day, etc.\\nThis manna is called spiritual meat, because it\\nsignified spiritual blessings in heavenly things.\\nChrist Himself is the true manna, the bread of life,\\nof which that was a figure (Johnvi. 49-51). The\\nWord of God is a manna too, by which our souls\\nare nourished (Matt. iv. 4). The comforts of the\\nSpirit are also a hidden manna (Rev. ii. 17).\\nThese come down from heaven, as the manna did,\\nare the support and comfort of the divine life in\\nthe soul while we are in the wilderness of this\\nworld. The manna gathered in the wilderness was\\nnot to be hoarded up, but eaten so they that have\\nreceived Christ, must live upon Him daily by faith,\\nand not think of laying up a stock to-day to serve\\nthem to-morrow. They that did eat manna in the\\nwilderness hungered again whereas they that feed\\non Christ by faith shall never hunger. Lord,\\nevermore give us this bread\\nWhilst in the wilderness I stray,\\nThy manna, Eord, I need,\\nAnd fresh bestow it every day,\\nOr I shall faint indeed.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "372 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 19.\\nWhat wilt thou, Queen Esther? and what is thy\\nrequest It shall be even given thee to the half\\nof the kingdom. Esther v. 3.\\nDost thou want nothing, O poor soul Hast\\nthou nothing to ask Oh yes, you say, a great\\ndeal. Well, then, draw near to thy gracious King\\nand Bridegroom without fear. Lo He holds out\\nHis golden sceptre to thee, saying, Only ask not\\nthe half, but the whole of my kingdom shall be\\ngranted nay, I will give myself unto thee. O dear\\nsoul, pray and tell Him everything that is wanting,\\nbe it ever so great or ever so small His loving-\\nkindness will hear even the least petition nay, He\\nwill seem to be ignorant of what thou dost not tell\\nHim. But whatever is poured out before Him is\\nactually addressed and lodged in its proper place,\\nand does not lie upon thy heart any longer, but\\nupon His heart, which cannot rest till you are\\nrelieved. And if you have experienced His help\\naforetime, in great or small things, you may depend\\non His readiness to help you out of troubles here-\\nafter only be earnest in prayer for His help. We\\noften imagined we were willing and drawing near\\nto Him, but He was unwilling, and refused our\\nrequest but it is not so He rather draws us, and\\ndesires our relief more than we do for it is He\\nthat works even this willing mind.\\nAre those the happy persons here\\nWho dwell the nearest to their God\\nHas God invited sinners near,\\nAnd Jesus bought this grace with blood\\nGo then, my soul, address the Son\\nTo lead thee near the Father s face\\nGaze on His glories yet unknown,\\nAnd taste the blessings of His grace.", "height": "3584", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 373\\nDecember 20.\\nWhat wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? Luke\\nxviii. 41. Thou shall love the Lord thy God,\\netc.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Matt. xxii. 37-39.\\nO Lord, dost thou also ask me this question\\nOh yes. Well, then, I answer, That I may see\\nhow gracious thou art that, knowing thy love in\\nthy light, I may love thee again. This is the sum\\nand substance of all my prayer because thou\\nrequirest it so seriously of me. If any man love\\nnot the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema\\nMaranatha (1 Cor. xvi. 22), But thou dost not\\nrequire it as of myself, well knowing that I can do\\nnothing but signifieth only what I am to ask of\\nthee, and what thou art willing to give and to work;\\nfor thou dost not require anything but what thou\\nworkest thyself, and workest everything that thou\\nrequirest therefore faith and love being required\\nby thee, I require the same from thee first. Grant,\\noh grant them to me, that I may return them to\\nthee again. And since nothing is pleasing to thee\\nbut what is thy own gift, I trust that thou wilt cer-\\ntainly hear and fulfill this my request. However,\\nas my salvation is not grounded on my own, but on\\nthine and thy Father s love and counsel, save me\\nby free grace through thy merits, and let me go on\\ncovered all over with grace and pardon. This is\\ntreasure enough, by which my heart can be well\\nsatisfied.\\nHe that can shake the worlds He made,\\nOr with His word, or with His rod\\nHis goodness, how amazing great\\nAnd what a condescending God\\nOur sorrows and our tears we pour\\nInto the bosom of our God\\nHe hears us in the mournful hour,\\nAnd helps to bear the heavy load.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "374 THE GOLDKN TREASURY.\\nDecember 21.\\nIn returning and rest shall ye be saved in quiet-\\nness and in confidence shall be your strength.\\nIsa. xxx. 15. In your patience possess ye your\\nsouls. Luke xxi. 19. Take heed, and be quiet;\\nfear not, neither be faint-hearted. Isa. vii 4.\\nChristians must suffer patiently, and patience\\nis their armor, while God is fighting for them. But\\nwhen we are unwilling to suffer, going about to\\nmake complaints everywhere, and to seek human\\ncomfort, or to rid ourselves, by our own contri-\\nvances, we lose the comfort of the Lord s help, we\\nare stirring up the wasp-nest of our unruly thoughts,\\nand bring more trouble upon ourselves and others\\nnay, we are fighting against God, who thereby in-\\ntends to cure our impatience, pride and anger for\\nthe more peevish and wild we are, the more des-\\nperate is our disease and consequently, we have\\nso much more need of such sharp but wholesome\\ntrials of affliction to mortify these bad passions of\\nthe flesh. Therefore we must not presume to\\nmurmur or complain, which will only make bad\\nworse for he who, through impatience, will flee\\nfrom one trouble, may run into ten others and\\nthough it is possible sometimes to rid ourselves out\\nof trouble, yet the help is not so glorious and\\nblessed as if we had waited for the help of the Lord.\\nGrant me to wait always on thy help for the\\nLord s good time will come, though He tarry long.\\nSure I must bear if I would reign\\nIncrease my courage, Lord\\nI ll bear the toil, endure the pain,\\nSupported by thy Word.\\nMust I be carried to the skies\\nOn flowery beds of ease,\\nWhile others suffered for the prize,\\nAnd sailed through bloody seas", "height": "3572", "width": "2428", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY, 375\\nDecember 22.\\nWhoso loveth instructioji loveth knowledge; but he\\nthat hateth reproof is brutish. Prov. xii. 1.\\nNothing can be said so bad of us which we have\\nnot the root of in our heart and though we are\\nconvinced of and strive against our own weakness,\\nyet we may not strive so earnestly as to conquer.\\nTherefore God comes to our assistance in a sharp\\nreproof from others for He knows how to use\\neven the faults of others to our good. And if we\\nreceive everything as from Him alone, striving so\\nmuch against this our frailty, that we may not be\\noffensive to our neighbor any more, we certainly\\ngain a great victory and blessing. But if we grow\\nimpatient and make many excuses, being unwilling\\nto put up with anything, we make evil worse, and\\nneglect the amendment of ourselves and others. O\\nI/ord, make us better, and give us patience\\nHow should the sons of Adam s race\\nBe pure before their God\\nIf He contend in righteousness,\\nWe fall beneath His rod.\\nTo vindicate my words and thoughts\\nI ll make no more pretence\\nNot one of all my thousand faults\\nCan bear a just defence.\\nThen seek the Lord while 3-et His ear\\nIs open to your call\\nWhile offered mercy still is near,\\nBefore His footstool fall.\\nLet sinners quit their evil ways,\\nTheir evil thoughts forego,\\nAnd God, when they to Him return,\\nReturning grace will shew.\\nHe pardons with o erflowing love\\nFor, hear the voice Divine\\nMy nature is not like to yours,\\nNor like your ways are mine.", "height": "3572", "width": "2312", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "376 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 23.\\nTherefore we co?icliide, that a man is justified by\\nfaith without the deeds of the law. Rom. iii. 28.\\nYe see then how that by works a man is justified,\\nand not by faith only. James ii. 24.\\nBoth these Apostles wrote by inspiration. St.\\nPaul answers this question both affirmatively and\\nnegatively That a man is justified before God by\\nfaith, without the deeds of the law and in the\\n20th verse positively affirms, That by the deeds\\nof the law shall no flesh be justified. St. James\\nasserts, that by works a man is justified, and not\\nby faith only. St. Paul speaks of a justification\\nbefore God James, of a justification before men.\\nSt. Paul speaks of the justification of penitent sin-\\nners before God James, of the justification of\\nsaints before men, St. Paul, of the justification of\\nsinners believing in the righteousness of the Lord\\nJesus Christ for pardon and life James, of the\\nworks of righteousness after justification by faith\\nin Christ. Paul speaks of faith touching its office\\nin the article of justification before God James, of\\nfaith in its fruits and effects. Whenever there is a\\ntrue faith, it must fix on Jesus Christ alone for\\nsalvation that is its principal act. This same\\nfaith unites to Christ and where there is union,\\nthere must be love and where there is love there\\nmust be obedience and where obedience is, there\\nwill be a reward of grace and when the reward is\\nacknowledged to be of grace, and not of merit, God\\nwill have all the glory in time and eternity.\\nI,et all who hold this faith and hope\\nIn holy deeds abound\\nThus faith approves itself sincere,\\nBy active virtue crowned.", "height": "3572", "width": "2416", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 377\\nDecember 24.\\nFor wherein shall it be known here that I and thy\\npeople have found grace in thy sight Is it not\\nin that thou goest with us f So shall we be sep-\\narated, I and thy people, from all the people that\\nare upon the face of the earth. Exod. xxxiii. 16.\\nReader, do you adopt the language of Moses,\\nand request with him that, in all your removals,\\nGod s presence may go with you that you be not\\npermitted to stir without this distinguishing testi-\\nmony, that you are in the path of duty Are you\\nwaiting upon the Lord, earnest to serve Him in\\nsincerity and truth, not being conformed to this\\nworld, but transformed by the renewing of your\\nmind, and desirous to be numbered with His\\nseparate people Then you may expect the Divine\\nblessing, and your way to be prosperous. It was a\\ndistinguished privilege of the Israelites, that they\\nwere to dwell alone, and not to be reckoned among\\nthe nations and it is the privilege and duty of the\\nspiritual Israel to be separate and distinct from the\\nworld they are a separate people in the love of\\nGod in their election in Christ in the covenant\\nof grace made with them in Him in effectual\\nvocation in their being seated with Him to all\\neternity. Nor are they reckoned among the nations;\\nbut as they are called out of them, and generally\\ntreated as the refuse and offscouring of all things,\\nthey do not reckon themselves to be of the world,\\nbut as pilgrims and strangers in it. Lord, let my\\nlot be among thy separate people, the righteous,\\nboth here and for evermore\\nAmong the righteous let me dwell,\\nAnd cast my lot with them\\nBe dead to pleasure, dead to wealth,\\nAnd to the world s esteem.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "378 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 25.\\nAnd thou shall call His name Jesus for He shall\\nsave His people from their sins. Matt. i. 21.\\nSix is the deadliest foe we have it cast our first\\nparents out of Paradise it defaced God s image in\\nman it brought pain, sickness, and death into the\\nworld, and a spiritual death into the soul it causes\\na distance from God, and a dislike to His holy ways;\\nit exposes body and soul to the last judgment of a\\nholy God, and will sink every unpardoned offender\\ninto everlasting destruction. How is this deadly\\nfoe to be conquered Reader, be careful in this\\nmatter, and seek after a remedy that will be lasting\\nand efficacious. Duties, prayers, tears, sacrifices,\\nmorality, and partial reformations, avail nothing in\\nthis case all below Christ Jesus will prove physi-\\ncians of no value. Jesus is the only Saviour His\\nblood is the only atonement for sin this sprinkled\\nupon the heart by the Spirit, and apprehended by\\nfaith, removes the guilt and curse of sin, and speaks\\npardon and peace His grace breaks the power of\\nsin and makes us hate it thus is holiness secured\\nin the heart and walk, as well as peace in the con-\\nscience. His people are all that believe in Him,\\nand depend upon Him for pardon, peace, and ever-\\nlasting salvation. In that happy number, reader,\\nmay thou and I be found may we be enabled to\\nlook to Him, to receive Him as our Lord Jesus, able\\nand willing to save to the very uttermost And\\nmay we walk as the redeemed of the Lord, in\\nrighteousness and true holiness all the days of our\\nlife Amen.\\nHe died to bear the guilt of men.\\nThat sin might be forgiven.\\nHe lives to bless them and defend,\\nAnd plead their cause in heaven.", "height": "3572", "width": "2420", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 379\\nDecember 26.\\nPour out your heart before God. Ps. lxii. 8.\\nWhat a different view does this lively text give\\nof praying, when opposed to the usual expression\\nof saying our prayers saying what our books or\\nour parents teach us. To pour out our hearts, is\\nlike emptying a vessel of all its contents, so that\\nnothing remains and, oh what a pleasing, awful,\\nimportant thing must this be Whatever is in my\\nheart, my guilt or fears, my sins or sorrows, my\\ncares and crosses, my wants, my dangers, my weak-\\nnesses, temptations, darkness, and ignorance, my\\ndoubts and anxieties respecting both body and\\nsoul, myself and others, the Church and the world;\\nevery thought that arises, relating either to past,\\npresent, or future, I have leave to empty myself\\nof, to pour out by drops, or in a copious stream, till\\nnot one burden remains and this before God, who\\nis a prayer-hearing God. He can send a Hannah\\naway no longer sad, can say, Son or daughter,\\nbe of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven thee. No\\nwonder, then, that real prayer is so much unknown,\\nor is such a cordial when it is made before Him\\nwho is a refuge for us. Away, then, for ever with\\nthe prayer of the formalist may I learn fervency\\nof devotion from my heavenly Master, who, in His\\nagony, prayed till drops of blood fell down To a\\nsuffering Jesus I look for pardon and cleansing.\\nOh let me be accepted in the Beloved, and purged\\ndaily from my defilements, and so become a vessel\\nto honor, sanctified for the Master s use for ever.\\nAmen.\\nOh let my earnest pray r and cry\\nCome near before thee, Lord\\nGive understanding unto me,\\nAccording to thy word.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "380 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 27.\\nBy the grace of God I am what I am. 1 Cor. xv.\\n10. Born again, not of corruptible seed, but of\\nincorruptible, by the word of God. As new-born\\nbabes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye\\nmay grow thereby. 1 Peter i. 23, and ii. 2.\\nWhat made the wonderful difference between\\nSaul the Pharisee, and Paul the Christian\\nGrace. What made him trample upon his former\\nlegal righteousness, and desire to be found in the\\nrighteousness of Christ? Grace, enlightening grace.\\nWherein consists the difference between the mere\\nmoralist and the real Christian There may be a\\nmoral conduct where there is no grace no principle\\nof saving divine faith there may be the fear of\\nthe Lord, taught by the precept of men, and not\\nby the Spirit of God. One may attend the ordi-\\nnances of religion have a regard to outward\\ndecency may have a name to live, while dead\\nbe high in profession, and, at the same time, a\\nstranger to the power of godliness. Have I this\\nprinciple, called Grace, in my soul Have I been\\nborn of the incorruptible seed Have I tasted that\\nthe Lord is gracious Then shall I desire the sin-\\ncere milk of the word and thence will draw com-\\nfort and nourishment for my soul. Redeeming\\nlove shall be my delightful subject it will sweeten\\neverything in the service of Jesus, will constrain to\\nextensive usefulness in my track of life the grace\\nof God in Christ Jesus will enlarge my views, keep\\nme humble in heart, and give the praise where\\nalone it is due. Through the sincere milk of the\\nWord, may I grow daily, and be nourished up to\\neternal life\\nWhate er I am, I am by grace\\nAnd unto God be all the praise\\nGrace turns the water into wine,\\nAnd makes the human heart divine.", "height": "3572", "width": "2400", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 381\\nDecember 28.\\nWe must all appear before the judgment-seat of\\nChrist. 2 Cor. v. 10.\\nAnd are there scoffers, who madly question the\\ncoming of the Lord? The hour hastens when in-\\nfidelity shall doubt no more (1 Thes. iv. 16). How\\nwill sinners fade away when, visible to all, the\\nJudge shall appear on His great white throne\\nBefore Him shall stand the whole race of men,\\nsmall and great and by the testimony of God and\\ntheir own consciences, it shall be fully proved and\\nopenly declared, what they have been, and what\\nthey have done. Then sentence, most righteous,\\nirrevocable, and big with eternity, shall be pro-\\nnounced. On the wicked everlasting punishment\\non the righteous, life eternal Oh think what\\ndestruction is hanging over your heads, ye obsti-\\nnate transgressors for, Behold, He cometh with\\nclouds, and every eye shall see Him they also\\nwhich pierced Him, and all the wicked kindreds\\nof the earth shall wail because of Him. Now is\\nthe accepted time, the day of salvation; now\\nembrace Him, as your offered, your all-sufficient\\nSaviour so shall you be for ever delivered from\\nHim as your angry Judge. If this you neglect,\\nhow shall you abide the day of His coming in\\nflaming fire? Lift up thy head, my soul, none else\\nis Judge but Christ Will He, who bore my sins,\\nplead against me in judgment No I know in\\nwhom I have believed and that He is able to keep\\nthat good thing, my soul, which I have committed\\nto Him, against that day.\\nAn awful day is drawing near,\\nWhen Christ will judge the quick and dead\\nAh sinner, how wilt thou appear,\\nWith all thy sins upon thy head\\nNow mercy seek which may be found\\nFor yet you stand on praying ground.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "382 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 29.\\nWe, being many, are one body in Christ, and every\\none members one of another. Rom. xii. 5. But\\nnow are they many members, yet but one body.\\nAnd now ye are the body of Christ, and members\\nin particular. 1 Cor. xii. 20, 27. Behold, how\\ngood and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell\\ntogether in unity Ps. cxxxiii. 1.\\nOh the blessed communion of saints one mem-\\nber has the benefit of all the other members gifts,\\nprayers, and ministrations. One prays for all, and\\nall pray for one. What one has, the other enjoys\\nalso. It ma}- be truly said of them, All is yours.\\nThere is no envy, no haughtiness, no strife or harm\\namong real saints for why should I envy that\\nwhich is my own Why should I despise that\\nwhich serves for my necessary assistance and\\nwh}- should I strive against and hurt him whose\\nhurt is my own Is there any strife between the\\nmembers of our natural body By no means\\nthey all serve, help, and assist one another and\\nif one be injured and suffers, all the rest run to its\\nrelief, and are neither tired nor angry, if the heal-\\ning does not follow immediately. O Lord, unite us\\nall in hearty fellowship and tender feelings for each\\nother and stop all open and subtile divisions which\\nare fermented by lofty spirits, who always boast of\\nmighty things, and to be wise above the rest.\\nSuffer not a self-conceited and a party spirit, which\\nis the spirit of the world, to influence the members\\nof thy body but bless and grace them all with\\ntrue humility then we shall live in a solid union\\nand uninterrupted harmony.\\nOh glorious portion of the saints\\nLet love suppress our sore complaints,\\nAnd tune our hearts and tongues to sing,\\nAll glory to our Sovereign King", "height": "3584", "width": "2456", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "THE GOLDEN TREASURY. 383\\nDecember 30.\\nYe are the epistle of Christ etc. 2 Cor. iii. 3.\\nThe image is beautiful and instructing: The\\nepistle of Christ, written, not in tables of stone,\\nnot on a stony heart, but on a heart of flesh a\\nheart softened by grace, and made capable of good\\nimpressions the heart, the seat of vital religion.\\nSo runs the gracious promise (Jer. xxxi. 33). The\\nWord read and preached is not effectual without\\nthe operation of the Spirit of God. By the Spirit,\\nChristians are cast into the Gospel mould thereby\\nget evangelical, spiritual, and heavenly disposi-\\ntions their resemblance to Christ is gradually in-\\ncreased they have the witness in themselves have\\nthe comfortable experience that they are Christ s,\\nwhen they can read His image on their hearts.\\nThey are manifestly declared to others, that they\\nare the epistle of Christ, by their good conversation\\nand conduct in the world, confessing Him before\\nmen, and speaking forth His praise. Holiness to\\nthe Lord is written with lovely characters on this\\nepistle. Am I the epistle of Christ Do I read the\\nepistles of Christ in my Bible and find them\\nwritten on my heart Do I read the mind of God\\nthere, and heartily approve of His mind Oh\\nblessed discovery What condescending grace\\nThe great God, by His Spirit, to dictate epistles so\\nloving and kind the great God, whom I have\\noffended, to send me a pardon, not only in His\\nWord, but by His Son also. I would read this\\nepistle from heaven over and over again. Oh\\nhow much do I find in it, while the Spirit opens\\nmy understanding to understand the Scriptures\\nI^ord, write thy law upon my heart,\\nFor thine epistle I would be\\nBut write it well on every part,\\nAnd make me all resemble thee.", "height": "3572", "width": "2292", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "384 THE GOLDEN TREASURY.\\nDecember 31.\\nALLELUIA.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rev. xix. 1.\\nThou began the year, O my soul, with a Hosan-\\nnah, imploring the Lord s blessing, canst thou now\\nconclude it with an Alleluia Surely thou canst\\ncelebrate the praise of a gracious and loving God.\\nTake a review of the past year hast thou not had\\nmany mercies Have not the eyes of the Lord\\nbeen upon thee for good Hath He not conducted\\nthee through many dangers Canst thou not, with\\ntruth as well as gratitude, set up thine Ebenezer,\\nsaying, Hitherto the Lord hath helped me!\\n(1 Sam. vii. 12). If thou hast not been fruitful in\\ngood works, is thy Lord to blame or thyself? What-\\never good has been done in thee or by thee, surely\\nbelongs to the favor of God and whatever has\\ncaused shame or humiliation is nowhere chargeable\\nbut upon thyself. Praise the Lord, then, O my\\nsoul, and all that is within me praise His holy\\nname; forget not all His benefits CPs. ciii. 2-4).\\nThou wilt soon, O my soul, enter upon another\\nyear let dear-bought experience teach thee to\\navoid all occasions of evil, and keep thee close to\\nthy God. If thou livest to see another day, set\\nout afresh, and remember to offer thy daily sacrifice\\nof obedience as well as of praise to thy gracious\\nGod. Let every revolving day remind thee of thy\\napproaching last day, and daily be thou preparing\\nto meet thy God, that so when thy days are ended,\\nthou may est sing Alleluias before the throne of God\\nand the Lamb for ever and ever.\\nTis Jesus, the First and the Last.\\nWhose spirit shall guide us safe home\\nWe ll praise Him for all that is past,\\nAnd trust Him for all that s to come.", "height": "3572", "width": "2424", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3544", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "Deacidified using the Bookkeeper process.\\nNeutralizing agent: Magnesium Oxide\\nTreatment Date: Nov. 2005\\nPreservationTechnologies\\nA WORLD LEADER IN PAPER PRESERVATION\\n111 Thomson Park Drive\\nCranberry Township, PA 16066\\n(724)779-2111", "height": "3568", "width": "2448", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3572", "width": "2268", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n017 054 385 3", "height": "3724", "width": "2465", "jp2-path": "goldentreasuryof00boga_0384.jp2"}}