God said to Abraham, ' I will be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.' Now was God only Abraham's temporal God ? If that had been all, then God would have been a God unto the most wicked, as much as to Abraham ; There would have been no difference, for God distributes his temporal blessings among the wicked, as well as among the righteous, since he gives to the men of the world their portion, and fills their bellies, &c. Ps. 17, 14, compared with Luke 16, 19 25. Would the temporal blessings have saved his soul ? He might indeed have enjoyed many good things of this present world, and yet finally be damned. ' For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Mat. 16, 26.

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