20. Have respect unto the covenant. Here is
the master key—heaven’s gate must open to this. The Lord has promised to bless
the seed of Abraham, and make them a blessing; we also may plead the covenant
made with the Lord Jesus for all believers. For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. Darkness is the fit hour for beasts
of prey, and ignorance the natural dwelling-place of cruelty. All the world is
in a measure dark, and hence everywhere there are cruel enemies of the Lord’s
people; but in some places a sevenfold night of superstition and unbelief has
settled down, and there rage against the saints reaches to madness. Has not the
Lord declared that the whole earth shall be filled with his glory? How can this
be if he always permits cruelty to riot in dark places? Surely, he must arise,
and end the days of wrong, the era of oppression. This verse is a most telling
missionary prayer.
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