us his very great and precious promises. How has Christ done this? Through these, i.e. his own glory and goodness. The divine virtue and transcendent goodness manifested in Jesus both constitute and validate the call to come and participate in the divine nature. We are promised a share in his moral excellence during this life, and of his glory hereafter. For, taken together, the triple agency of the promises, the power and the person of the Lord Jesus regenerate a man and make him a sharer in God’s