ingredient is Christ Jesus himself, who is anointed to comfort the distressed in heart, and fulfils his office by giving himself to them to meet all their needs. The sermons “which make up this book are full of Christ Jesus, the consolation of Israel; and if, in any degree, they cheer the desponding, it will be entirely due to himself, their object and their theme. He is to mourning hearts— “Sweet as refreshing dews or summer showers To the long parching thirst of drooping flowers.” No heart, however