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2 KINGS, 6th Chap. v. 6. _And the Man of God said_, _Where fell it_? _And he shewed him the place_, _and he cut down a stick_, _and cast it in thither_, _and the iron did swim_.
ALL scripture is written for our instruction in the knowledge of the Person and Work of God our dear Saviour, as the only foundation of our hope, the object of our faith and love, the only refuge of guilty man, the brightness of the Father's glory, and the express image of his love, his wisdom, and his infinite condescension. Holy men of old spake, and wrote the sacred scriptures, under the divine influence of the Holy Ghost. Christ is the main object they all believed in, looked to, hoped for, and held forth to succeeding generations. Christ is the substance of the whole Bible; every passage, in some way or other, like the Star of Bethlehem, points to him; and the most wise and spiritual children of the Most High, as divinely taught, must be ever upon the look-out for Jesus in every part of the divine word. Christ is in every doctrine, in every sacred illustrious character, in every type, in every ordinance, and in every precept, in every promise, and every Old Testament history, as well as every New Testament parable: and where the mind is sweetly influenced by the love of Jesus, it gladly receives Christ wherever it is given by the Spirit to see him.