When we feel him to sit as a Refiner with Fire, and know a Resignedness wrought in us, to that which he appoints for us, his Blessing in a very low Estate, is found to be more precious than much outward Treasure in those Ways of Life, where the Leadings of his Spirit are not followed. The Prophet in a Sight of a divine Work amongst many People, declared in the Name of the Lord, _I will gather all Nations and Tongues, and they shall come and see my Glory_, Isa. lxvi. 18. And again, _from the rising of the Sun to the going down of the same, my Name shall be great amongst the_ Gentiles, _and in every Place Incense shall be offered to my Name, and a pure Offering_, Malachi i. 11. Behold here how the Prophets had an inward Sense of the Spreading of the Kingdom of Christ; and how he was spoken of as one who should _take the Heathen for his Inheritance, and the utmost Parts of the Earth for his Possession_, Psal. ii. 8. That _he was given for a Light to the_ Gentiles; _and for Salvation to the Ends of the Earth_, Isa. xlix. 6. When we meditate on this divine Work, as a Work of Ages; a Work that the Prophets felt long before Christ appeared visibly on Earth, and remember the bitter Agonies he endured when he _poured out his Soul unto Death_, that the Heathen Nations, as well as others, might come to the Knowledge of the Truth and be saved. When we contemplate on this marvellous Work, as that which _the Angels desire to look into_, 1 Pet. i. 12. And behold People amongst whom this Light hath eminently broken forth, and who have received many Favours from the bountiful Hand of our Heavenly Father; not only indifferent with respect to publishing the glad Tidings amongst the _Gentiles_, as yet sitting in Darkness and entangled with many Superstitions; but aspiring after Wealth and worldly Honours, take hold of Means to obtain their Ends, tending to stir up Wrath and Indignation, and to beget an Abhorrence in them to the Name of _Christianity_. When these Things are weightily attended to, how mournful is the Subject? It is worthy of Remembrance, that People in different Ages, deeply baptized into the Nature of that Work for which Christ suffered, have joyfully offered up their Liberty and Lives for the promoting of it in the Earth.