...any) authority. The God of power and faithfulness says of his church, says of his people, " I the Lord keep it, I will water it every moment, lest any hurt it : I will preserve it night and day," Isa. xxvii. 3. May this promise be our shield ! be fulfilled to us evermore...

...this unchanging faithfulness of a covenant God, expressed in the word sent to the church by Isaiah, " I will water it every moment, lest any hurt it, I will keep it day and night." If we analyze the infinite tenderness of this language, it includes the diary of our...

...serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent ; and he shall slay the dragon that it in the sea. '2 H 0 3 I the LORD do keep it ; I will water it even- moment ; lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and...

...church on this subject, in his holy word ? In ihat day (saith Christ, meaning the gospel-day) sing ye to her a vineyard of red wine. I the Lord do keep it....moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Are we not warranted from hence to conclude, the unceasing presence of Christ with his church ? Is...

...the presence of the God of all power and compassion, who himself declares concerning his church, " I the Lord do keep it: I will water it every moment...: lest any hurt it I will keep it night and day." Our earthly friend may be unable to afford us the aid and the sympathy which we require: but the Divine...

...of his church, being so founded, and built on him. It is that which he expresses, Isa. xxvii. 3. ' I the Lord do keep it ; I will water it every moment...: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.' The church being built, is not able to stand of itself; for unto the end of time, the gates• of hell...

...mercy and of reconciliation. Is it not of them, as the church of the Redeemer, that it has been said, " I the Lord do keep it ; I will water it every moment...: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Thy Maker is thine husband ; the Lord of hosts is his name ; and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,...

...to secure his prey. Hence how precious and how indispensable that Scripture (Isaiah xxvii. 2, 3): " In that day, sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. I the Lord do keep it; / will water it every moment; lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. ' ' Ah, dear reader,...

...same purpose, Isa. xxvii.3. where this land is called God's vineyard ; ' I the Lord do keep it, and will water it every moment, lest any hurt it; I will keep it night and day.' There is the watchful providence of God over the church night and day preserving it, which providence...

...there to be but a momentary interruption of that glorious covenant engagement (Isaiah xxvii. 3) " 1 the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment : lest any hurt it, 1 will keep it night and day," Satan would instantly seize such as the only fitting moment to secure...