...of the faithful, fulfilling the divine promise, in its practical sense and in its ultimate effect, "O death, I will be thy plagues, O grave, I will be thy destruction." This analogy between the Lord's life in the world and His life in the human soul is not,...

...deadimmts. " I will ransom them," saith he " from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death : O death, I will be thy plagues ; O grave, I will be thy destruction : repentance shall be hid from mine eyes w." Accordingly, we read that he " hath abolished...

...prophet Hosea, says, " I will ransom them from the power of the grave : I will redeem them from death : O death,. I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction " These divine supports for faith and consolations against the fears of death, which are...

...claims it to himself. " I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death : O death ! I will be thy plagues ; O grave ! I will be thy destruction." (Hoe. xiii. 14.) But how was it brought about; by what means or instrument was this glorious...

...introduced as saying : " I will ransom them " from the power of the grave : I will redeem " them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; " O grave, I will be thy destruction." But the two latter clauses may with equal propriety be translated, as they are by the...

...therefore behold, to mine unspeakable consolation, a practical comment on those prophetical words, O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction, (Hosea xiii. 14;) and also on those words of His own, / am the resurrection and the life...

...said of his people, " I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death. O death, I will be thy plagues ; O grave, I will be thy destruction !" Yes, Jesus is made unto us redemption; namely, "the redemption of the body ;" and "...

...everlasting life : " I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death ; O death, I will be thy plagues ; O grave, I will be thy destruction (k)." To these positive declarations, relative to the redemption by Christ, we may add...

...shall he " not do it ? I will redeem them from death, I will " ransom them from the power of the grave; O death, " I will be thy plagues, O grave, I will be thy de" struction. Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. " I am Jehovah, and change not." But how is...

...is the devil."f "Our old "man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be "destroyed. "i{ "O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, "I will be thy dcstruction!"§ Under this consideration, the effect of his death is salvation; and, alluding to the...