Isa. xxii. 13. Let us eat and) drink, for to-morrow we shall die.

Isa. xxii. 13. Let us eat and) drink, for to-morrow we shall die. A strange argument. Approach of death usually mars the taste of pleasure. The handwriting on the wall, even when not known, marred Belshazzar cheer, Dan. v. This is a very miserable and sinful case. It springs from men's being ignorant of the true remedy, when they were sick of sin; and because all the physic and physicians they used and tried did them no good, they conclude their sickness is unto death. But let such know, that there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. Only come and see, and try what may be done. Beware of despair; it is the devil's sin, But he hath reason for it: for he is condemned; and all doors of hope are eternally shut upon him, or rather none was ever opened to him. But for a man that hath the riches of God's long suffering, forbearance, and patience, (Rom. ii. 4.), daily laid out upon him; that hath the door of grace set open to him, and the Lord calling, entreating, promising acceptance on his coming; for such a man to give over all hope, is a sin someway worse than the devils; a frame pleasing only to the devil, most dishonourable to God, and his Son Jesus Christ, and to the Holy Ghost, (I do not call it the sin against the Holy Ghost); a reflection on all the glorious appearances and manifestations of the throne of grace, and most surely d.imning if continued in. Away with it speedily: conclude thy case is not desperate"; and if you cannot shake it off, come to the throne of grace, and complain of it. If ye -can but see the throne, and him that sits upon it, despair will vanish as a night-owl on the' bright shining of the Sun of Righteousness. Despair cannot live in the presence of the glorious grace of Jesus Christ. Come then and see, and lay hold on the hope set before you. Robert Leighton

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