True Manna

Great is the similitude between the spiritual Manna of God’s Word, and that corporal of the Israelites in the wilderness. That refreshed hungry and famished bodies; this, hungry souls. The was small both in substance and show, but great in virtue and power: so this seems week, when it is most powerful. That came from heaven and fell with the dew: so this is heavenly, and with it comes the dew of grace. That was white as snow and sweet as honey: so this is pure, and rejoices the heart. That fell every day, and all, both good and bad gathered it, but not all to the same end: so all must daily of this Manna. Everyone hears the Word, but not all alike … He that was the true Manna, and the Bread from heaven, our Lord Jesus, in this parable shows the nature, quality, use, and diverse sorts of gathering, and gathers of this little, white, and sweet feed of God’s Word, afforded to feed and strengthen us through the barren wilderness of this world.”

-Thomas Taylor