a heavenly inheritance.  And, besides, it was no sooner set upon his forehead than it greatly added to his dignity and his comeliness.  He had now the gravity and beauty of an angel; nay, the beauty in his measure and the gravity of Goodwill at the gate himself.  And, then, as if that were not enough, the third Shining One also gave him a roll with a seal upon it, which he was bidden look on as he ran, and which he was to give in when he arrived at the Celestial Gate.  Now, what was that sealed roll but just the inward memory and record of all this pilgrim’s experiences of the grace of God from the day he set out on pilgrimage down to that day when he stood unburdened of his guilt, unclothed of his rags, and clothed upon with change of raiment?  The roll contained his own secret life, all sealed and shone in upon by the light of God’s countenance.  The secret of the Lord with this pilgrim was written within that roll, a secret that no man could read but he himself alone.  It was the same roll that this same Shining One gave to Abraham, the first pilgrim and the father of all true pilgrims, after Melchizedek, the priest of the Most High God, had brought forth bread and wine and had blessed that great believer.  ’Fear not, Abram:  I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.’  And, again, after Abram had lost his roll, like our pilgrim in the arbour, when he recovered it he read thus in it:  ’I am the Almighty God:  walk before Me, and be thou perfect.  And I will make My covenant between Me and thee.’  And Abram fell on his face for joy.  It was the same roll out of which the Psalmist proposed to read a passage to all those in his day who feared God.  ’Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what He hath done for my soul.’  It was the same roll also that God sent to Israel in his sore captivity.  ’Fear not, O Israel, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art Mine.  When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee.’  The high priest Joshua also had the same roll put into his hand, and that not only for his own comfort, but to make him the comforter of God’s afflicted people.  For after the Lord had plucked Joshua as a brand out of the fire, and had made his iniquity to pass from him, and had clothed him with change of raiment, and had set a fair mitre on his head, the Lord gave to Joshua a sealed roll, the contents of which may be read to this day in the book of the prophet Zechariah.  Nay, more:  ’Will you have me to speak plainly?’ says great Goodwin on this matter.  ’Then, though our Lord had the assurance of faith that He was the Son of God, for He knew it out of the Scriptures by reading all the prophets, yet, to have it sealed to Him with joy unspeakable and glorious,—­this was deferred to the time of His baptism.  He was then anointed with the oil of assurance and gladness in a more peculiar and transcendent manner.’  ’In His baptism,’ says Bengel, ’our Lord was magnificently enlightened.