...18, 19. Of the new river (before referred to) Ezekiel says, upon the bank thereof, on this side and that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the * The expressions "prepared" "reserved" plainly have reference, where the apostle uses them, and also...

...Ezek. xlvii. where the prophet, by the Spirit of God, (when speaking upon the same subject,) says, " And the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine." Thus is most clearly shewn the end and use for which the tree of life was designed. It set forth Christ,...

...flowed, so rich and full is the grace of God our Saviour, " were very many trees," full of fruit, " whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed ;" showing, how every spiritual blessing grows on the banks of this celestial stream, which makes glad...

...places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed ; they shall be given to salt. 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and...shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. The grace of the Gospel compared to living waters. The last two chapters of this book, and especially...

...maintenance. Ezek. xlviii. 18, 19. Of the New River, to which we formerly referred, (p. 99,) Ezekie] says, " upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side,...according to his months, because their waters they issued from the Sanctuary. And the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine." Ezek....

...maintenance. Ezek. xlviii. 18, 19. Of the New River, to which we formerly referred, (p. 99,) Ezekiel says, " upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side,...shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consunv ed ; it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued...

...said prophet says, "And on both sides of the banks of the river, every tree for food shall spring up, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: their fruits shall be brought forth anew in their months, because their waters issued from the sanctuary...

...from under the threshold, became a river that could not be passed over ;" xlvii., 1 — 5. " And by the river upon the bank thereof on this side and on...shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine;" 12. So on either side of St. John's river, " was there the tree of life, which bear twelve manner of...

...every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live :" " and by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and...meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the leaf thereof be consumed : it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because these waters...

...thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall 12 not be healed ; they shall be appointed for salt. And by the river, upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade, and whose fruit shall not fail; every month shall they bring forth...