to those who work well in it, give at length the possession of thy Kingdom.
V.
O God, who crushest wars, and by the might of thy defence defeatest the assailants of them that hope in thee; assist thy faithful, who invoke the defence of thy most invincible Wounds, that the fierceness of our enemies being brought low, and all their hostility scattered, we may praise thee with ceaseless thanksgiving. Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God world without end. Amen.
CHAPTER VII.
The Worship and Honour
OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS.
So wonderful are the praises, great the privileges of this honey-dropping Name, as to merit that every one who would be truly Christian should cling to it with the highest honour and love. It is in this Name that we pray for and obtain whatever we desire. If you ask the Father any thing in my Name, he will give it you.[1] But let us hear the praises of this honey-dropping Name from the Doctor whose words drop honey.
Jesus, he says, is honey to the mouth, melody to the ear, joy, nay, and medicine also, to the heart. Is any one of us sad? Let Jesus come into his heart, and leap up thence to his lips. Behold, at the rising light of this Name are all the clouds Scattered, and calmness returns to the sky.
If any one fall into sin, does he by despairing rush also into the snare of death? No; but if he invoke the name of Life, shall he not instantly breathe again and live?
Whose hardness of heart, or indolence, such as often exists, or dull or sluggish indifference, has ever withstood successfully this saving Name? Whose is that dried-up fountain of tears, which, at the invocation of Jesus, has not at once the more abundantly sprung forth?
Nothing restrains so much the sudden impulse of anger, allays the swelling of pride, heals the wound of envy, extinguishes the flame of lust, quenches the thirst of avarice, and banishes all that is unseemly in desire.
For when I name Jesus, I set before myself a man meek
- ↑ John xvi. 23.
