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1 . Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain
thing ?

2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed.
TEXT.
MEDITATION.
we slow to believe that we arrive at this
greatness in spite of the trammels of such
humiliation, as this faith in Him would
of necessity enforce ; rather than by what
He hath done for us in abolishing death.
Contempt, however, is but the prelude to
another fearful outbreak of ill-suppressed
hatred. As regards the outward and
visible Church, the judgment will begin
there. And in those days of judgment, as
regards the Israel of God, their assurance
that the Lord reigneth may lawfully be
based on their own experience ; for in
those troublous times there will be little
opportunity of saying more than — " I
know that my Redeemer (Goel) liveth."



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PSALM II. 3.
3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their
cords from us.
TEXT.
" But his citi-
zens hated him,
and sent a mes-
sage after him,
saying, We will
not have this
man to reign
over. us." —
Lukexix. 14.
"And as he
journeyed, he
came near to
Damascus: and
suddenly there
shined round a-
bout him a light
from heaven :
and he fell to
the earth, and
heard a voice
saying unto
him, Saul, Saul,
whypersecutest
thou me ? And
he said, Who
art thou, Lord ?
And the Lord
said, I am Jesus
whom thou per-
secutest : it is
hard for thee to
kick against the
pricks." — Acts
ix. 3 — 5.
MEDITATION.
