Eomans viii: 28, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." You must know that you love God and that you are called according to His purpose before you can say, "All things shall work toge' ''<^r for my good." Again, tarn to the epistle to v.^^ .tc^hesians; read over the first three chapters careiully. How exalted the positions in which the " saints and the faithful " are there represented as standing ! How bright and glorious the future opening before them! and yet, before you can comfort yourself with these words, you must know yourself to be a saint and to be faithful in Christ Jesus. Of the same tenor are the two epistles that follow, and many of the Psalms. As a specimen of the latter, study carefully the 4th and 91st. Before we can feed on these rich and precious promises, we must know ourselves to be among those to whom they are addressed. Assuraucc of Salnffion. 157 There is another fact worthy of special attention in this connection: the strongest motives which the apostles addressed to believers, when exhorting them to lives of holiness, are applicable only to the assured. Notice the following: I Cor. vi: 20, "For ye are bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." I Cor.