is great gain.” God has also the glory of his power, 2 Cor. 12:9, 10. The saints living in the midst of deaths, says that Christ lives. The life of Jesus is made manifest in the mortal flesh. The three children walking in the midst of the fiery furnace, says there is a powerful one with them. The church of God, is often in the world, like a spark of fire in a sea. It is infinite power that keeps it unextinguished. Here also, he gets the glory of his unchangeable love to his people: this explains