The Lord has shut His people in unto Himself by His choice of them in Christ Jesus, by His redemption of them from among men, and by His sanctifying them to be a peculiar people unto Himself. Yes, the Lord has done it—“The Lord shut him in.” Take notice that this was a very close shutting, so as to keep out the water. I fancy that if you saw a huge vessel lying upon the dry land where the floods would come to float it, you would be very anxious about that great opening in its side. It was evidently