...behold him in this character, and hear him utter these gracious words, " lo, I come ! in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O God ! by which will," says the apostle, " we are sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus...

...burnt-offering and sin-offering- thou hast not required; .then said I, lo I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O God. In the Epistle to the Hebrews, the passage, as cited by the Apostle, and applied to the obedience...

...; burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come; in the volume of the book it is written of me ; I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my heart. I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have...

...to secure the recovery of man. " Lo !" said our ever blessed Master, " I come, in the volume of thy book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God !"* But this proves not merely his most zealous affection, but his Father's, a proof which...

...returns, unappalled by every danger, regardless of all the fury of his adversaries — " In the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, О my God — yea, thy law is within my heart." О Lord, how wonderful are thy works, whether performed...

...the rescue of perishing men. In the counsels of eternity he cried, " Lo, I come ; in the volume of the book it is written of me : I delight to do thy will, O God." On the wings of charity he descended from heaven to conduct us to glory — And when he knew...

...could not take away sins : But mine ears hast thou opened: then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me ; I delight to do thy will, O my God. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation, 1 have declared I hy faithfulness,...

...victim, but what the Lord really wants is that the servant do his, the Lord's, will: "In the roll of the book it is written of me; I delight to do thy will, O my God" (Ps. 4o:7b-8a). The apostle is called; so are we (1 Cor. 1:1-3) The second reading for this...

...again accords with that saying ascribed to Christ in both Testaments : " Lo, I come : in the volume of the book it is written of me. I delight to do thy will, О my God : yea, thy law is within my heart. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation :...

...had seen that this is the way God is, and he would reflect his image. "Lo, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me; I delight to do thy will, O my God" (Ps. 40:7-8). Jesus not only believed that God's reign was upon us, just around the corner,...