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 heaven—he eats the bread of life, while wisdom, as a rich fountain of living water, is constantly present to refresh and delight his mind. Let us flee then to this mountain, eat of this bread, and drink of these waters; so shall we escape the destruction of Babylon, and be crowned with glory and honour for ever.

HE Lord Jesus, in the parable of the sower, explains both the seed and the ground which receives it, (Luke viii. 11-15). The seed is the Word of God; the ground which receives it, which nourishes and promotes its growth, is the good and honest heart. Every distinct truth as contained in God's Word is one of the precious seeds of heaven; and all these truths, in the complex, denominated the heavenly seed, are sown or inseminated in the ground of man's interior life, called the good and honest heart. When they are thus sown or received in the inmost life, the warmth of affection, like heat from good ground, causes an expansion of the truths; the celestial seeds begin to germinate; first the blade, or knowledge, begins to appear; this ripens into spiritual intelligence, and the ear is formed; after which the intelligence is found to be filled with heavenly goodness; this is a delightful sight, for it is the full corn in the ear. It is in this way that the spiritual growth of man in the divine life is so frequently in Scripture compared with