God's word has a hold on natural conscience from which it cannot escape. The light detects the “breaker up,” though it may be hated. And so the word of God is adapted to man, though he be hostile to it- adapted in grace as well as in truth. This is exactly what shows the wickedness in man in rejecting It; and it has power thus in the conscience, even if the will is unchanged. Men resist it because it is true. Did it not reach their conscience, they would not need to take so much pains to get rid of it and disprove it. Reader, it speaks of grace as well as truth. It speaks of God's grace and love, who gave His only-begotten Son that sinners like you and me might be with Him, know Him—deeply, truly, and intimately know Him, enjoy him forever, and enjoy Him now: that the conscience perfectly purged, might be in his presence without a cloud, without a reproach, without fear. And to be there in His love, in such a way, is perfect joy.