...that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him… Eph. 1:17 By the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we are new-born to an heavenly inheritance amongst all them which are sanctified; but our own corrupt wills would tempt us to seek this glorious birth-right for the vanities of the world, which, like Esau's red pottage, may please us for a while, but will soon be taken away from us. God knows this; he bids us to renounce them for a season, than for the short enjoyment of them lose the privilege of the glorious birthright, to which, by knowing the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we are entitled. O the depth of the riches and excellence of Christianity! Well might the great Saint Paul count all things but garbage and dross for the excellence of the knowledge of it. Well might he desire so ardently to know Jesus and the power of his resurrection! For even on this side [of] et...