ke; but they drank not of that cup.

"Some of his people, for holy and wise purposes, have had a taste
in the hiding of God's face, but no curse; that he himself drank to
the last drop: He trod the wine-press alone, and of the people there
was none with him. By his own death he destroyed him that had the
power of death, and secured victory to all his followers: he changed
its aspect from that of the king of terrors to that of a welcome
messenger from their redeeming God, to conduct them to those blessed
mansions which he has purchased and prepared for them; neither will he
leave them alone with that messenger: 'And if I go, I will come again
and receive you to myself, that where I am, there ye may be also. I
will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you. The world seeth me
no more, but ye see me; because I live, ye shall live also. Let not
your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.' Amen. 'Come, Lord
Jesus.'

"'Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast
thou opened: burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of
me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is in my heart.'
Psalm 40:6. 'Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and
burnt-offerings and offering for sin thou wouldst not, neither hadst
pleasure therein--which are offered by the law--then said he, Lo, I
come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may
establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified, through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. This man, after he
had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right
hand of God. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that
are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for
after that he had said before, 'This is the covenant that I will make
with them after those days,' in consequence of Christ's doing the will
of God, fulfilling all righteousness: 'I will put my laws into their
hearts, and in their minds will I write them; and their sins and
iniquities will I remember no more. Now, where remission of these is,
there is no more offering for sin. Having, therefore, boldness to
enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way,
which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say,
his flesh; and having a High-priest over the house of God; let us draw
near with a true