I clothed thee also with broided work, and shod thee with badger's skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. Ezekiel chapter 16 verse 10

See with what matchless generosity the Lord provides for his people's apparel. They are so arrayed that the divine skill is seen producing an unrivaled broided work in which every attribute takes its part and every divine beauty is revealed. No art like the art displayed in our salvation. No cunning workmanship like that beheld in the righteousness of saints. Justification has engrossed learned pens in all ages of the church and will be the theme of admiration in eternity. God has indeed curiously wrought it.

With all this elaboration, there is mingled utility and durability comparable to our being shod with badgers' skins. The animal here meant is unknown, but its skin covered the tabernacle and formed one of the finest and strongest leathers known. The righteousness which is of God by faith endureth forever, and he who is shod with this divine preparation will tread the desert safely, and may even set his foot upon the lion and the adder.

Purity and dignity of our holy vesture are brought out in the fine linen. When the Lord sanctifies his people, they are clad as priests in pure white. Not the snow itself excels them. They are in the eyes of men and angels fair to look upon, and even in the Lord's eyes they are without spot.

Meanwhile, the royal apparel is delicate and rich as silk. No expense is spared. No beauty withheld, no daintiness denied.

What then? Is there no inference from this? Surely there is gratitude to be felt and joy to be expressed. Come, my heart, refuse not thy evening hallelujah. Tune thy pipes, touch thy chords. Strangely, my soul, art thou arrayed by the Great Sacred Three. In sweetest harmony of praise, let all thy powers agree.