exhibited a liring and life-giving Saviour to the samtK
The miracles and the doctrines, the precepts, the prom-
ises, and the ordinances, of the New Testament, are
redolent with Divine goodness. We feel satisfied with
the fatness of God's house. We are made to ^^ lie
down" as in '^ green pastures." God is known, and
felt, and loved ! His presence is reahzed ! Hk faith*
fulness is proved ! His power is experienced ! His
mercy is enjoyed !

So rich and arbple, so suitable and adapted to the
wants of the soul, are the spiritual pastures of the
good Shepherd, that the Psalmist expresses his satis-
faction with them, by the appropriate figure of a
^eep ^^ lying down!^ in green pastures. There its
hunger is appeased : its wants are satisfied ; it re-
clines and is at rest ! Such is the happy position of
the true believer. It is his privilege to feed and to
*< lie down" in the green pastures of his Spiritual Shep-
herd, that ever gracious Lord, who "satiates the
weary soul, and replenishes every sorrowful soul.**
The Psalmist fully enjoyed this replenishing. He
knew the largeness and the richness of heavenly pro-
vision. " My soul," he declares, " shall be satisfied as
-mth marrow and fatness : and my mouth shall praise
thee with joyful lips: when I remember thee upon
my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches,"
Psa. Ixiii. 5. Meditation is the " lying down" of the
soul — ^the ruminating of its heavenly food. The mind
fixes its attention on things divine. We recall the
truths, and promises, and consolations, of Scripture.
