Furthermore, we have ever to remember that the sinner has nothing to do with God's unpublished decrees. What does he--what can he--know about such? Nothing whatever. But he has to do with God's published love--His proffered mercy--His free salvation--His glorious gospel. We may fearlessly assert that so long as these glowing and glorious words shine in the record of God, "_Whosoever will_ let him take of the water of life _freely_," (Rev. xxii. 17) it is impossible for any son or daughter of Adam to say, "I longed to be saved, but could not. I thirsted for the living water, but could not reach it. The well was deep and I had nothing to draw with." Ah, no! such language will never be used, such an objection will never be urged by anyone in all the ranks of the lost. When men pass into eternity they will see with awful clearness what they now affect to think is so obscure and perplexing, namely, the perfect compatibility of God's electing sovereign grace and the free offer of salvation to all--the fullest harmony between divine sovereignty and human responsibility. We fondly trust the reader sees these things, even now. It is of the very last possible importance to maintain the balance of truth in the soul--to allow the beams of divine revelation to act, with full power, on the heart and conscience, unimpeded by the murky atmosphere of mere human theology. There is imminent danger in taking up a certain number of abstract truths and forming them into a system. We want the adjusting power of _all truth_. The growth and practical sanctification of the soul are promoted, not by some truth, but by _the_ truth, in all its fullness, as embodied in the person of Christ, and set forth by the eternal Spirit in the holy scriptures. We must get rid completely of all our own preconceived notions--all merely theological views and opinions--and come like a little child, to the feet of Jesus to be taught by His Spirit, from out His holy word. Thus only shall we find rest from conflicting dogmas. Thus shall all the heavy clouds and mists of human opinion be rolled away, and our enfranchised souls shall bask in the clear sunlight of a full divine revelation. We shall now proceed with our proofs. The second fact which we shall adduce to prove that God is for us will be found in THE DEATH OF HIS SON. And, for our present purpose, it is only necessary for us to take up one feature in the atoning death of Christ, but that one feature is a cardinal one. We refer to the marvellous fact set forth by the Holy Ghost in the prophet Isaiah, "It pleased Jehovah to bruise Him. He hath put Him to grief." (Chapter liii.)