shall send them a Saviour_, _a great one_, _and he shall deliver them_. The manifestation of pardon eases the conscience; the testimony of the Spirit that we are complete in Christ’s righteousness, silences the Law, and the Saviour’s great Work, pleaded by himself as an Advocate with the Father, drives off the Devil. Thus these oppressors cease, because they are few. A Believer can bear and endure any thing while all is right within, between God and the soul; not that he is rid of the inbeing of his sins, or the temptation of Satan, these will often oppress him; nor will they fully cease till he lays down his poor body in the grave. Another sweet priviledge, _He shall rise up at the voice of the Bird_. This is a most blessed truth in our experience, for the gospel attended with power stirs up all our faculties, and we follow hard after God. This voice as used by the ministers of the word, is called _The time of the singing of Birds_. The Gospel Dispensation is called a spring time, and when the love of Jesus is felt casting out fear, when the storms of sin cease, by the voice of pardoning mercy, this sweet text is well understood: _My beloved spake_, _and said unto me_, _rise up my fair one_, _and come away_, _for lo_, _the winter is past_, _the rain is over and gone_; _the time of the singing of Birds is come_. The Lord Jesus, and the blessed Spirit of all Grace, are called Birds, and their voice is heard, known, and felt. _My Sheep hear my voice_, _and follow me_. These leave all when Jesus speaks by the Spirit to their souls; while every kind promise, every sweet invitation, and every precious declaration, form the sweet voice of Jesus, in the word and in the souls of them that believe. The Ministers of the Gospel are called Birds, and when they are understood and the power of their message is felt, the soul yields the obedience of faith. Conscience, approving and taking part with the man, as his experience is genuine, is a Bird, and is called by Solomon, _a Bird of the air_; this accuses or approves as God the Spirit influences it.