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 10     corruption become a misery; as pure water is tainted by running through a miry chan- nel, or as the sun-beams, receive a tincture by shining through a coloured glass. There is no print of evil in the world but sip was the stamp that made it. They that seek no- thing but weal in its commisson, will find nothing but woe in the conclusion. Which leads me from the solitariness of the condition, "man alone,” to the suitableness of the pro-   vision, " I will make an help meet for him.” In which you have two parts; 1. Theagent, " I will make." 2. The object, " a help." 1 The agent, " I will make." We cannot build a house without tools, but the trinity is at liberty; Die verbun tan tum. To God's omniscience there is nothing invisible, to God's omnipotence there is no- thing impossible. We work by hands with- out, but he works without hands. He that made man meet for help, makes a meet help for man. Marriages are consented above, but con- summated below, Prov. xviii. 22. Though man wants supply, yet man cannot supply his wants James i. 17. " Every good and     perfect gift comes from above, " &c. A     wife, though she be not a perfect gift, yet she is a good gift. These beams are darted from the Son of righteousness. Hast thon a soft heart? it is of God's     breaking: hast thou a sweet wife? she is of     God's making. Let me draw up this expression with a     double application. 1. When thou layest out for such a good