his body; and that, consequently, it is a spiritual principle, and of course hath its origin in a power superior to man, which power can be no other than that of the GREAT and HOLY GOD, Who, in testification of His possessing this power, has been pleased to declare to His chosen people, “I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought on the Egypttans: for I am JEHOVAH that healeth thee,” [Exod. xv. 26.]; and again, “Bless the LORD (JEHOVAH), O my soul; Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who HEALETH all thy diseases,” [Psalm ciii. 2, 3.]; and again, “Heal me, O LORD (JEHOVAH), and I shall be healed,” [Jer. xvii. 14.]
Behold here then, my good Friend, the true source, and at the same time the surest preservative of bodily health! Its true source is the GREAT GOD and SAVIOUR, Whose high and holy name is JESUS CHRIST; and its surest preservative is to remove those obstructions which have a tendency to close the communication between this HEAVENLY PHYSICIAN and the soul and body of man. Do you ask what those obstructions are, and how they are to be removed? I do not scruple to answer,—they are all those selfish, worldly, and sensual affections and lusts which tempt man to look downwards towards himself, the world, and the flesh, rather than to look upwards to his CREATOR,
