There was indeed a wonderful Time, when our Lord Jesus Christ Himself made a wonderful Use of this very Text. We read in Luke 23.46. When Jesus had cried with a loud voice, He said, Father, into thy Hands I commend my Spirit; and having said thus, He gave up the Ghost. Sirs, God uttered His voice, at this rate, and the Earth Trembled at it! And well it might, for never did there such an amazing thing occur upon the Earth before. Now, our Lord having said, Into thy Hands I commend my Spirit, stopped at those words; for He was Himself the Redeemer, the Lord God of Truth. But as for us, we are to consider God, as in our Lord Jesus Christ, when we Commit our Spirits into His Hands. As Luther could say, Nolo Deum Absolutum, I Tremble to have to do, with an Absolute God; that is to ⟨p. 7⟩say, a God without a Christ: So, we may all Tremble to Think of Committing our Spirits, into the Hands of God, any otherwise than as He is, in Christ Reconciling the World unto Himself. We are truly told, in Heb. 10 31. It is a Fearful Thing to fall into the Hands of the Living God. Our Spirits are by Sin become obnoxious to the Fearful Wrath of God; and, woe to us, if our Spirits fall into His Hands, not having His Wrath Appeased! Sirs, We Commit Bri•rs and Thorns, and wretched Stubble to Infinite Flames, if we Commit our Spirits into the Hands of God, not in a Christ, become our Friend. We deliver up our Spirits, unto a Devouring Fire, and unto Everlasting Burnings, if we approach the Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty any otherwise than through' the Immanuel, our Mediator. We are to Commit our Souls unto our Faithful Creator: But if He be not our Merciful Redeemer too, then, He that made us will •ot have mercy on us. When Hezekiah was, as he thought, a •ying, he Turned his Face to the Wall: I suppose it was, to that side of the Upper Chamber, the Pra•ing Chamber, where he Lay, that had Gods Window in i•, the Window that opened it sel• towards the Ark in the Temple. When we Commit our Spirits into the Hand of God, we are to Turn our Face towards that Ark of God, our Lord Jesus Christ▪ We have this matter well directed by the words of the Dying Martyr Stephen; in Acts 7.59. ⟨p. 8⟩He said, Lord Jesus, Receive my Spirit.
There was indeed a wonderful Time, when our Lord Jesus Christ Himself made a wonderful Use of this very Text. We read in Luke 23.46. When Jesus had cried with a loud voice, He said, Father, into thy Hands I commend my Spirit; and having said thus, He gave up the Ghost. Syrs, God uttered His voice, at this rate, and the Earth Trembled at it! And well it might, for never did there such an amazing thing occurr upon the Earth before. Now, our Lord having said, Into thy Hands I commend my Spirit, stop'd at those words; for He was Himself the Redeemer, the Lord God of Truth. But as for us, we are to consider God, as in our Lord Jesus Christ, when we Commit our Spirits into His Hands. As Luther could say, Nolo Deum Absolutum, I Tremble to have to do, with an Absolute God; that is to ⟨p. 7⟩say, a God with•ut a Christ: So, we may all Tremble to T•ink of Committing our Spirits, into the Hands of God, any otherwise than as He is, in Christ Reconciling the World unto Himself. We are truly told, in Heb. 10 31. It is a Fearful Thing to fall into the Hands of the Living God. Our Spirits are by Sin become obnoxious to the Fearful Wrath of God; and, wo to us, if our Spirits fall into His Hands, not having His Wrath Appeased! Syrs, We Commit Bri•rs and Thorns, and wretched Stubble to Infinite Flames, if we Commit our Spirits into the Hands of God, not in a Christ, become our Friend. We deliver up our Spirits, unto a Devouring Fire, and unto Everlasting Burnings, if we approach the Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty any otherwise than thro' the Immanuel, our Mediator. We are to Commit our Souls unto our Faithful Creator: But if He be not our Merciful Redeemer too, then, He that made us will •ot have mercy on us. When Hezekiah was, as he thought, a •ying, he Turn'd his Face to the Wall: I suppose it was, to that side of the Upper Chamber, the Pra•ing Chamber, where he Lay, that had Gods Window in i•, the Window that opened it sel• towards the Ark in the Temple. When we Commit our Spirits into the Hand of God, we are to Turn our Face towards that Ark of God, our Lord Jesus Christ▪ We have this matter well directed by the words of the Dying Martyr St•phen; in
