meditate upon the resignation of Christ and His offering Himself
to bear all things for the glory of His Father, and the redemption
of mankind.—Ps. xxxix. Art thou prepared to endure adversity and
affliction?
_Affections._
“I am ready for scourges.”—Ps. xxxvii. 18.
“I will take the chalice of salvation: and I will call upon the name of
the Lord.”—Ps. cxv. 13.
“Confirm, O God, what Thou hast wrought in us.”—Ps. lxvii. 29.