The Saviour is greater than all our sins.
The deliverance is more than sufficient for the worst.
'God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.'
Ezekiel's vision of dry bones.
III. An example of how the remembrance of past and pardoned sin may be a blessing.
Mary evidently tried always to be beside Him. The cure had been perfect, but perhaps there was a tremulous fear, as in the man that prayed 'that he might be with Him.'
And so, look how all the notices give us one picture of a heart set on
Him. There were—
(a) Consciousness of weakness, that made her long for His presence as a security.
(b) Deep love, that made her long for His presence as a joy.
(c) Thankful gratitude, that made her long for opportunities to serve Him.