"If nothing were forgotten, if a distinct impression were retained of all the words which he had ever spoken; of all the deeds which he had ever done; of all the thoughts which he had ever entertained; of all the places in which he had ever been; of all the persons whom he had at any time seen and conversed with; of all the words which he had ever heard; of all the pleasures which he had ever tasted and enjoyed; of every remonstrance from conscience; of every warning or invitation from God or man; and could he, moreover, have continually in his view these things in the precise order in which they all occurred; could he behold every cause and every effect; and every thing which he had been invisibly operating so as to prevent a manifest cause from producing the effect which might have been looked for as the usual one; and every thing, on the other hand, which had secretly assisted a cause apparently inadequate to produce a greater effect than could have been anticipated; how very different a thing from what it is would be human life! Now, although this accurate remembrance from vivid impressions of the past is not man's prerogative on earth, yet it is easily conceivable that he might attain to this in a purer and brighter world. It cannot, indeed, be imagined that the angels do not remember every thing which has occurred during the whole of their wakeful being." pp. 28, 29. In another place, when referring to the Messiah, he says,-- "He has, in one word, adapted himself to your circumstances. It was in all the defective and sinful parts of your history that he was likely to be the least capable of affording to you succour or supply. It was in the pity that your misery demanded; in the forbearance that your propensity to crime required; in the minute example that your dulness called for; in the suffering which was necessary for your deliverance; that there was apparently the greatest occasion to the sinner for apprehension and fear. But all these parts of the condition of the human fallen, their Redeemer has met in a manner which bespeaks wisdom the most amazing, benevolence that defies adequate admiration. With the view that has been given of Jesus Christ, in this essay, we cannot reasonably allow ourselves to be subject to despondency; for finite, little, imperfect, diminutive, frail, occupying so small a portion of creation as we are, we cannot possibly despair of being complete in Him, in whom dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Oh, let us then unite ourselves to Him in the bond of a covenant which can never be dissolved." p. 321. Towards the close of the 16th essay, he exclaims: