. The book of similitudes: . eatBenefactor, and each one of them says, from hisheart, whom have I in heaven but thee, and thereis none on earth that I desire besides thee. Theyhave access to God with a holy boldness. Beingchildren by adoption, and joint heirs with JesusChrist, they can, by the virtue of his merits, comeboldly to the throne of grace, that they may obtainmercy, and find grace to help in time of need, andin the words of inspiration, they may truly say, He that spared not his only begotten Son, butfreely gave him up for us all, how shall he not withhim freely give us all things. T
. The book of similitudes: . eatBenefactor, and each one of them says, from hisheart, whom have I in heaven but thee, and thereis none on earth that I desire besides thee. Theyhave access to God with a holy boldness. Beingchildren by adoption, and joint heirs with JesusChrist, they can, by the virtue of his merits, comeboldly to the throne of grace, that they may obtainmercy, and find grace to help in time of need, andin the words of inspiration, they may truly say, He that spared not his only begotten Son, butfreely gave him up for us all, how shall he not withhim freely give us all things. The Christian traveler, having ascended to astate of sanctification and adoption into the familyof Heaven, has arrived at the confines of eternalglory. He is now in the land of Beulah, and hasglimpses of the heavenly, glorious and eternal man-sions of the blessed, and can say with the Apostle, Henceforth I know that there is a crown of glorylaid up for me, and not for me only, but for all wholove his appearing. 222 THE BOOK O. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and beingdeceived. 2 Tim. iii. 13. Going down to the chambers of death. Pxov. SEVEN DOWNWARD STEPS. Seven downward steps, behold in mans career,A siren form of Guilty Pleasure near;She gives the cup with all her fiendish arts,The base indulgences of sense , Self-Will, and Self-Deception first,Three steps upon that downward way accurst;Hardness of heart, the heavenly call requite,And Blindness, such as will not see the light;Presumption, sporting next on ruins brink,Too hardened far, the soul to pause and think,Till Desperate Wickedness, last step below,Lands the lost wretch in depths of darkest wo ! SIMILITUDES. 223 The engraving annexed represents a man goingdown, from bad to worse, a flight of steps reach-ing to the regions of darkness and despair. He islured on, perhaps, by some fascinating emissary ofevil, who causes the bubbles of fancy and imagi-nation, with their bri
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