His
resurrection
"
(Rom.
vL
5).
Can
there
be
freedom
where
there
are
powerlessness
and
restric-tions
?
No
;
"
If
the
Son
shall
make
you
free,
ye
shall
be
free
indeed/*
but
with
His
liberty.
This
is
where
true
liberty
begins.
Nothing
that
God
desires
is
difficult
to
us,
or
costs
us
anything
;
and
if
a
person
is
called
to
preach,
to
instruct,
&c.,
he
does
it
with
a
marvellous
facility,
without
the
necessity
of
preparing
a
discourse,
being
well
able
to
practise
what
Jesus
commanded
His
disciples,
**
Take
no
thought
how
or
what
ye
shall
speak
:
for
I
will
give
you
a
mouth
and
wisdom,
which
all
your
adversaries
shall
not
be
able
to
gainsay
nor
resist"
(Matt.
x.
19;
Luke
xxi.
15).
This
is
not
given
till
after
an
experience
of
powerlessness
;
and
the
deeper
that
experience
has
been,
the
greater
is
the
liberty.
But
it
is
useless
to
endeavour
to
force
ourselves
into
this
condition
;
for
as
God
would
not
be
the
source,
we
should
not
realise
the
desired
results.
It
may
well
be
said
of
this
risen
life,
that
all
good
things
are
given
with
it.
In
this
state,
the
soul
cannot
practise
the
virtues
as
virtues
;
it
is
not
even
conscious
of
them;
but
all
the
virtues
