February 9

THE canon revelation is closed; there is no more to be added; God does not give a fresh revelation, but he rivets the old one. When it has beet) forgotten, and laid in the dusty chamber of our memory, he brings it forth and cleans the picture but does not paint a new one. It is not by any new revelation that the Spirit comforts. He does so by telling us old things over again; he brings a fresh lamp to manifest the treasures hidden in Scripture; he unlocks the strong chests in which the truth has long lain, and he points to secret chambers filled with untold riches; but he coins no more, for enough is done.

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