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< The sacr'ifices 'iid}dill ar\ra broKel~'spi~it;,abr<!ken ~na: 'a cont\.-,ite 'hekrt~' O~".. , ,', .,' """.,' God, rliau \vill not despise." I' l ,t, i'!

l"!:lE' ~9~trite or bruised' ·~eir.t-,\ th~ugh ;beior~ ~~;ne~iJI1~~:'Iijk; ,':If! adamant, ,yhi~h ~ercieslcoujd not'mek, nor judgments, ter­,rify." is. now., kindly broke,n, OJ;'i bru;~ed" betw.ixt lthe, ,upp~r. 'and' -

., t41lf r.~tller"miJ\~tone ,Of~the upper, 'mitlstone of ,the ,law, asens~

of Go,d's wrath against sin; 'al1d the nether millstone of theg~s., ,pe!, of .divine lov~;mer<;y; ~nd favor"nianifeste~. I If oQ~~going

~o bqm~a, hard ,s~one .~o'\ll~ Jay it fi,rm' Qnallother JWJ;g;:stQne,wh~ch,will, Il9t ;yie,l,d, u~.d~rne",th, iv, .then, when ,y.Qu str*~~ tit,willeitlWf pot b~eal}, l;lt.'all, or. if;it .11'-:, it ,w.iH- ppt"pl'eillk"in' ,shivel;s;butday it" h,o~low, 9r on ll'd~~t,;bed; antL:it w~Jim~~k:'1l:11 j~;shiv­ers~ Thl}s, Jay the h.~rd9~ar,t u~,,~jl,the,hilrd law, al)d,stnke It,Wlth tlI~most dreagful threateniqgs.of be,U:,a,'!1d,dawoatiop, it-eitlJ,er,~m 'no~

,break at all, or a~ l~astit ,lNiUtun break smaU~ BJlt"la~,tb~ ,hardheart ,9'A tlle.be~ of :th~ ,gOSl~eJ of,rpet.cy .andloYie;.alJ!l ~Ml\l Jet; thehamAJ.er-qfp~~,1al\js~p~~, ,tlr;heart wIll ;g'9.:-J.sUil!l.el'. '.. Jo~l, l~ys ,thehear~s of ,hiS bearers on,:W.ercy, tben·;fetche;;: hIs i stro~e wlt}l tb,e..hamme.r o(,t~e ,~,w:, and cries,'~ ;Rend your' heart, .anj,ld'lp~ YP4rgarments, and turn ,unto the Lcird.p~d,for ~!e is :g,rac~l!l:-q~,:.a;n~mer-

. ,ciful, ,slow to anger",anp pf greilt ,klndm:ss, aqd:l'e~e.ntethhllll of. the eviU' •But, it is the Spirit; pf: the' L()rd"that carries ~Ol1l~ the

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.. :Bl,"uising or l?r~akin,g,aJiving ~m,ember is no~ wi~houtipaiJ;l. G,od,,wo,qnds the ,gqilty<;pI;is,yience"jthat. the sinner may\ se~ and fin~

)'V,qat jiq ev~l <l,n.d P,itt~l~ t.hi~g1 sin, iF}hine O'\\'I) w,iq~edness,spall~m:r;ect.tge~, and ,thy bac~slid~ngs shall .f;~prOYe thee.; :~QOW, there-

" fQre., and ~e,e,,' ,that it)s:an ,.e~Uthing''!lnd '~" ;bit,ter, tpat thqu 'has~iorsliken toe"L.ord th); ~Qd, and t,hat my.(eitr is not in, thee, saiththe.,Lord,:God- ot ho.s.~s,.;,.,The,deeper,t4at;tbe wound~s, tbe 59,te\."the heart)s ~roKen: . It .is pain~d with sorrow, By,sc;>rrow of., thehea,r~ t.he spirit i~ broken~' A \>roken1be,art is'a sorrowful hear.t .for

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for,sin, for the offence giv~n to God, the dishonour put on llim byit, and the evil brought on one's self. Thus the broken heartedflinner is a mourning sinner. The spirit of. heaviuess sits down onthe man, until Christ bind, up hill,wound; l~is joy is turned unto la­mentati,09' , '.rh~ b~a~t i~ pa.ined a!so wi~p. ~~~~~slf for Sill;, everyremel1Jhra.nce Q/' ~ hi,s fQl\.y gJ;.VlilS ~IJn lj., ~w.:It:~1i ~y t~ ,scourge ofco}!~~i~~.c:~!I~ell-JIs hims_elf fool ao,d ,bea..st for so requiting the Lord.~e ~s hea'rtily displeased: wit4 himself on ~hat account: WhereforeI abhor myself and. repent) in dust and ashes. He smites on hisbreast, a~ tIr'Jr'thyto be 'piel'ted, and smite~ on his thigh as worthyto be broken.for what ,he. has done. He is pained wit~ anxiety andcare how to be saved from sin: \\That shaH I 'do to be saved? Itbl'ings,q.J~Qrden of <;a;re upon his ,head, bow to get the guilt re­mONed,;thepower.of it bro~etJ, and to get, 'it expelled at length.Never was a man more anxiOUS about the cure of a broken leg ora..,r:m, tqan tqe bro~en hearted sinner to g,et his sop}.wouQds healed,and to he free of sin, which is, bis gre'1otes~ cross•. The heart ispai,ned with longing desires after graC,e., IyIy soul breaketh (qr,t;tIelonging.thab it hath u~to t,hyju~gments at all tiine~. The broken•

. hearted 5inl)('):1, slmsibleof his spiritual wants, longs for the supplyof them; pants fOf it, asa thirsty man for 'water; and the delay. ofanswering these' desires- makes a sick heart: Hope deferred mak~~hthe heart sick. ," ), . , ', ,'Ph;e 'Whole heart In, sin is impudent;' hut' the brbl~enheart,is fiH~dw:ith, sham€}. Ezra said ,~,(} my God, lam ashamed, and blush tolifll'ltp'my fa~e to thee" ,my God: for our iniquities are increasedo\"er oitr, he~d, and;'our trespass is grownup unto the h~avens.'''!J.lhe:tnan hapgs ?own hi.s',~ea~'b~fol'·t'the Lo~d, as not able to loo~UPl ",He sees 'hImself' stnpped 01. .1'l!s beaut'iful ,g,arments, and< ISasbamedj of his 'spiritual nakedne~s, and, with the publican, lie can­n&t lift' tIp: h!s eyes. He is fallen. into' the mire, and is ll-shamed tocome b,efore God in his defilement; His vain expectations from theway',of'sin are baulked~ and so' he turns back ashamed." His re~

proach is discovered, he is convicted of the basest irigratitude, andso is: fi'Ulld· with 'shame.' As the 'thief is ashamed when 'he is found',so is theohouseof· israe} ·ashflmed.A breken heari is a soft ~ndtender h~art":f0rl~bro~en ~nd\ a har~ .heart are oflPosed t9 ~achother: ," I ~IIl' take away the stony heart out of, your flesh, ~nd Iwill give you an h~art of flesh:", When, tbeSpirit of' the Lord,breaksthe heart with gaspet'gi'!lce, he melts it d~wn; and softens it, takesa;vay 'that ~loneitIess; stiffpess, hardness, ,that eteaives to the heart ,inHit, natural state. T'he- hroktm-hea:rte~ 'llinpef, how~ver~ivill pr(Jbatobly's'ay, alas! '1 find' mY,hearta hard h~art~ .~o~~is.I a:ns~e'f~[:to'~tJd the ha.rdness of 'h~art, and to, be gr(eved With It; IS, a sign ofterider~liss,.evenliS groaning is a sign of.life : , for ifthe.t~ be ~'i:st ,aWjlHn'g mihd~ it js accepted according to what a m;m ha(h, and notac<lording to woat he hath not!. There is no heart 'in this worldbut;'tberers some ba~dne·ss ill,it.' There'may-be tear~where th,ere

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My; Christian'friend, Is your heart kindly affectel:l'wjth p"ro,:,i_dences? Thou 'lIleetest with a mercy~ and itis awonder t~ 'see'tlhitthe Lord should be so ki~d to such ail unworthy wIJ~.~cl~l !?busayest as Jacou, ," I am not wotthy of thel'east 'of aH 'thy mer<;Ies,and of aH the t1fUth, which thou hast she\\'ed linto tli'ys~rvant." Itmelts,thy heart into an earnest'desire (!If holiness, 'kridWil1g tha.'t t'h'egoodness of God leadeth thee to repentance. If t'h'ou m~etest *itha ~ebuke o'f providence, shewing thee that thou' Art' out of ttre' ,,/ay,and thou darest not venture rn,rthet that way. :J1liis i~i(go~a ~'gI'l;a reproof enters more 'into' a wise I'tHir'I', than 'a lIilljdr~ti:stripegitltoa fool. Do the threatenings of the'Lord's wotl! awe!t11y'h~art~li~tonly in respect to gross outbteakings,'in t:I]\': course ,of't'by lI1Ljlywalk ?-to llhis man will I look, even 'to him that i~ pt><;>'r' a'tld~f"acontr,ite ~pirit, and trembleth at my ,!?rd., Art thou ~ra,ld.'~r,~reLord ,s dlspleasur~ more than ofany thmg else, and 'hms,t tHou standat a distance ftbm.:t~ese t~irigs which th.e w?~i~ '~il.~~s ~i~W(*,n',that account? ThIs IS a sign of a t~~der, he,art; '!qI~ ~efl~~£~p,n

., was comfortable to Job, for destructlOll frdm God was lalerrorunto me; and by reason of his highness I could not eMur'e: .T~eplopgh of 'humiliation and repentance is~ra\,\'n t,h~~~~h,t,h:¥ ~.~~ft,WhICh ~ears up the fallow grou~d,and pIerces to the very, $01)1.Many a man's heart is rent with remorse, OI', rath~r inarigleCl, 'wlli~his never tho~ougllly rent; alld "so' thei,r wo?n1 ,g~es '~?g~the'ra§~~hafter som~ tIme, and they' are as befoic. ' Bdt tile 'Huly broken Heart'is r~nt to purpose, till the plough reach to tl\e 'root Ofsih. , ,',:. ~, Here there may be,pr~pose'd this q'uestiidn;Wnat iHlie djla:er~~beof thes,e rentings? To th,is I ,answer; 'reIhen:mer ail imtentnyga in,~I\'Sheart may be rent for sin, but it isndt rent' fi-oill it. The' hc¥~i-t

. tr~ly ,broken is not only' rent 'for, 'but fr6lh 'sin; O'of brlly Hffrl'g'fJ(tid 'at, ,!.jut f...amed'into a hatl'ed of! it; Then, sWa:lf you rem~H.bgr'f9Hrown,evil ways,·and, y.our doin'gs that ~e:re rlQf g~bd, anti' sliall' l:oii~heyourselves in your ownsigbt'fo( yOili' i'J)'iqu\fi~s"and!¥M y'ql1rab,ominations. The heart iS'sb brbken tWit tIl81'rc'igtlin'g;1Qy,c l bf$in runs out :of if" as watet out of a.' cradkea ves§el; at 'h '6¥fty,matter 0\1t of a wound lWhich is laid open.' H~ digs deep; i~..tbe

. wise builder,;, the other, like Balaam, who professed a'rega~d tl£ Hie,,' al;l,~P9r;ity of.G.od, but still loved the 'wilge,s bf iriiqpity., Tfie,l~ilt,,' oft\1e former either closes too S(5on, as those who quickly faU secure

agait;l~ get~ingease by hribin'g their cl:>nscience~{: Or it nev(W#~s,c~<?sed at all , falliqg under absolute despairllke, ~udas. ':Ihi'i' (neoth,t;r is at length healed; ):et1tIo't tm tbe great Physi~ia:!llak,es tije,~ure~ in lJ~nd, .,', The w.ound ,is l kept openia~d the soril' r:ef4,~~h~eahng; ,tIll the, Lord looks down aiid beholdS from hMvet): ,T'lie

':wou,nd is too deep t~ be'cur.ed, b'iitb'y liis &1008 i,:i1li Spirit;'y~t nptso de,ep,' btlb that '~onte 'tay df h()'p~ is ahviiys lefi'; thereis' awltolmows but ihe' Lord'will yet tetlltb ? " .,

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, W:~eQ th~ Spirit :breaks ~he heart {orlsin, he, makes,it a 'hearfclfflesh. Hearts which the grace of God, hath not .touched, are 'like,y,qung .horses not ,used t.o the saddle, ,young buHocks unaccustomed 't.o,tlie yoke; they al,e unpliaple, and unmanageable, because theyare not YEjt broken. ;But if,ever '<\ny, good be made, of that heart oftI~ine" the' ~pirit of God ,will, break it; however wild and unt~act­

able it be,the Spirit w\ll make it pliable tei the will of his' command­~el:l,ts,,! Si}ying ",L<ml, wbat woulqst, thou have me to do? andwhatshal~ We, do ?'~ They !lad often ,heard before what they shoulddo, but they woul,d not, comply; b,ut now, since their hard heart isbrQ}t.en, they are very pliable. Many a time. the, sinner7s heart gets~\ich a piercipg thrust in his s.inflll course, that one would thinksQn:ly he will c0Irlply no~w. Yes, but the' heart is not broken yet,t6ere~or~ the man wi~1 not complY1 according ~s Solomon repre­sents Jt In the ,case of t~e drunkard,,',', They have stricken me, shalt

,thou say, and I was not sick? they have beaten me, and 1 felt it not;,,,hen shalf.I aw~ke,:\ I will seek ,it yet again." But if God have,,~ny, thoughts oflove tq hilp, the Spirit ,of God will take the case in'\1}i~ '9wh han~; an,d were he as stiff as the devil 'and his bard beart'~~nmf1ke hi lp, he will break him to that rate, tbat he shall ply as'fa.x' ere he have done with him. Witness Saul the 'persecutor,who, W~s so softened tha,t. he cried,'" Lord, what wouldst thouhi1.V,e me to df>?" The heart, be,comes pliable also to,the, will of 'his'

"pr9viden(:e: " That.thou might ,be justified when thou'speakest,,and be clear~d when t\1oujudgest:~'" Ap unrenewed heart is a mur­, mu!ilJgQrle under the hll-qd QfGod,and will readily chuse to sin ratherthan suffer. ,But the bro~~n hearted w~llsay,Give me thy favor,

, ~nd take' from m~ what, ~bou ,wilt: If any,'~an come to'me, and',h'cite not his fath~r,and mpther, ,and \yife,and children,' and •bre­~hren, and si$ter~, anq., hill ,0'!Vo,life .also, be cannot' be my'disciple."S9,metj~es'ime 1l}eets with,an affi,iction, ,and they cry out they"arebr,o.k~n, ,they ar~ !Jo~ .abW to, Qear:.jt.. , God isendsg,them a,? he~vier

.' on~" ~h~y. ar~, stri<;l<en, till they leave off weeping, and'.withal opeo(s"the he~rt-vein ,to ,bleed, .for sin, and"so in some' sort they are' m'ade, t~ forget their afltiction.~nd it is their ,great concern to get their, ,so,ul's disea~e h~aled, It;t, God do ,witp 'them otherwise' as he' will.,." :A broken hl1art' is,a ,ga~ered boil;' ,when it is broken, it isdis­·pers~d.· As soon as the heart is bJ:9kenunder a sense: of siri~'pride,cindself:conceit vanish away; .and the ;m'ore ,broken-hearted, that: itperson, IS, the less proud. Paul ,was lli proud persecUtor, but theI;.oJ:u laid the pride of his h~art, when ,he 'broke it, Hezekiah ; in his

,brokenness,of l;teart is very humble; "I.shall go softly," said he,all my years in the bitterness Qfmy soul.'~ If the proud andlem\p~y

profes~ors,oftbis:daydid,tas~e of t}Ii~,broKen heart, it would soon laytneir gay feathers,Je~'outtbe ul<.;ersof pride, and:,self-conceit, which'are swollen so big it} ml/-riy'a poqr- soul. , It wo1uld, ,turn the saying,,. Staq,d by" fod,~1l} hQlier th~n thou," Ul'lto ,H Depart, f.rom me,for I am a sinful man." It wOlddmake them thitlk liUleof what

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also', 'if theyh'avct,lny; no boastj~g, o~"pr.ogress\ve sancti6cation~

b~t th~\' cr~, (will' b~ ",.J3e~~ld'.I a~tvile."· And r,eqtember thebr?~e,n/.oe~rt~dareG,od's prorer' p~tle~ts,; aI)d therefore' .he has a'pecUliar ~l,lre of the~;) ,'~, l \V11I feed my Jlo~k. and bwJlI. cause'them to !iedown, ~aith'the Lord God; I will seek thaot. which,wall Jost; and bring again that which was driven away~ and' willbind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which wassick; but I":ill destroy the fat and the st~ong, I ,will feed themwith judgment." You see that 'he will handle the 'broken heartedvery tenderly: ".lIe shaH feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall'gather ,the: lam~,s ,with his arm, and. carry the~,i!i his ,bO~Olil,. al~~shalt, gently lead those tba~, are wIt.h 'young; '," A bnHsed ree~

shall he not brea~,:l,lnd the smoking flax shall he not quench'; heshall bring, f9r~1l judg~ent unto truth." ;,,;,' ';

Those, who,se brok.en, heart~ Christ, has healed" let them takeheed to/ ,the preserving restored, health. 'Indeed'every ode' Mlqseems to ~e .healed, .is I)ot healed';i but .if your hearts 'are eased,aqd your wounds bound up by the great Physician, you ~ilI

know it by having ,an appetite for, spiritual food:, " As new-b,orn....,habes, desire.ye the· sinl;:ere ,mil\~,.of. the word, thatl~e may'grow~h~r~by! ~(s'o be ~1~/,9,ay~ ta~teli ,thllt the, Lo"d·~s ~racious:" When'Y~,e b~~IPS t~: recoy~~ .lD ~~i1me~t, ,he recover,s hIS appetIte:' '"Buts~ch !,an one,'y.e ~ay, I~"not w~lI.y;et" fQ.- hl'l' ha(>.,.no .appetlte; sotnod ;;t-t~ not, wel~',if th~\l d?st, \~a~t. tb~ sp,irit.ualt ~unger .. YY<.otitfood Will, not rellsh IWI~h;you :,,'~ The f1;1,1l sC;lUl,lbatheth th~ ho.:.,liey-cOmb; ~qt to the hungrY,,:sou,1 ,every ,bittflf" thing, is ,sweet.',"Many have their quahns of co,nscience which, they get over, butstili they have :no relish fc;>r spiritual things, but for the. world and'(pelr lusts. 1;3ut if Christha,s he,aled thee, he· has cor-rected·,) thy,ias~e. ' You. wiI), ,be walking i!l,,~he ways -of, Gild. ": I wiH run,"~~id David~ "i'l1'fh'e,way of tpycolI}man,dments, when thoul,shalt€nlarge mYHear~.'" They who ,l,"et,urn with the, dog -to, t'- vomit,'shewtilat th is' diSease is yet ,in, its str,engtb, thouglithey are, not

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"N:ow, if Christ has healedyqu, jt6, ,preserve the health of', yoursod~Sltit),s 'nec~ssa~y I fOr, ;you:--;-to ~eep a, gOQd. and, re,gu!ar, diet.Be'Ya,~~ of,~hese,,~hmgs~h,JCh forfD~rly cas~,thee,mto SOul-sICkness~Pe~er ,went n? .IP~re ..back. ~o, tpe hlg,~ I prlest'i~ hall, nor, J udah to'1amat:." .. Feed the!,~, .~nd on thos~rlthimg~ w1ll(:)hl :may,te,nd to theso'ul'~ he~lt~; "Behold," saidJe~us to, the in)poten~' ~an. he ~ad'healt:,d, ," tl,o,u,a,r,t made w~ole~ SUl; ..notmpre,.Jest ,a,worse.t-~lDgcome qp(;m thee,": A,nd fQr, thls.,cau,~ei obser.ve your";Rhyslctan'$ ,-..~~~s in~ll, tlii~gs.-:-;- WaIk,circllmspectly, I ta~e, ,notice' of I every,'stl1P yP~ IPl1-ke., a~ ~ne)yh9 ,has ha~!a,b(oken bmb, healed:' I <shallgo ,~oftly; said; ~~z~\~iah,.H,: all~¥ ,yean \fL ~h~bitte~nFss of. my)

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whel'efyoUi lCaJ:mo~'tl'iscerh iy'oul"Jway~yth~ .tight ,of tb~,iL~fa,-s:wo~d ..~St~d'y:to increase'i~'1?Y'~ t'oJCh'r.i~t;~,i~l:~o~!hi~ ,glof,f, ~h~hatred of 's~n,--Always'k(!ep correspondence Wlt,h YOl~r' PhysIcian.

,"B~ ott~n~lth~thh>ne.ofgrat:·~ ~yprayer,~nd~k~epu~c~mm~nipIlWlth,lum Inthe'e'xerc:Ise of fa1to .. "~ They wh() \YaJt upo~ ,the Lordsball renew' their .~ttength, tbier'shall mounl:-1u,p. ",itb wings aseagles, they shall 'rUn and not b~' weaty,. and t'b~'y 'shall w'alk .;j.'ndbot faint~" I;, p'), J i I . 1.1, , ' , ' . " B'.

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excellent truths, 'Arius, himself, .anti' other: ~al'lgerblJs i'n~ttti~ents,of:Satan, wfre teo wise to stliff,theit:disc9uts~sWit~' nJtijt'n~':»ilt,hertCtodo~ matter;. precious 'ttutHs dr6pt', from ·tf{erri"a,itfiw~'i.chthey sp~in~led ~heir corrtlptp~i~~iples,'.yet'wi~hsud~ ~r~ ,_~,~"s~(j(qldnot easIly be/dIscerned.' ThIs our Sav~our warits h:s, ~lscIJ?les of 1\1

wh~nhe bids! ti,he~ ,beware Qf.th~',lea"ve,_ n,' a,.if t.he' ~."~a,.,rz,'~,e~s,~, ('th.~',~!i~.',{),'.f. I~jlthen, errors); But· why leavet:t? For the secret mIxture of I~ WIth ' I

·the wholesome 'bread; you c;lo'not make your bread: aft ofJe~~en, ,I lnone would then eat of it,! but crumble a little of'it hi'to a' whole \batch., whi'cn sourS' an. Thus. Christ d'o'th telL~is, disciples; thatthe: PhaJise~8'; among many'truths"lhlxed tht;ir ~tt,dts, ,and' therefore "I,it:behov:eSi them to beware; 1est';'Mth the thlth th~'e"rolgoeS'JownalSo.. ;,AgaiH, leaven'is vefS ,}Hie' the ilorlgh; 'of'tlle'sarne gra1ri:yvith

, it, only differs in, age and ,sourness: thQs qhrist i'il'tirilatesJhe're- ,. i

sem~la.nc~ of their' errots tcl t~e trut~s, 's·c~:t~e1~. Js' ft\V~~~,;'::~ut er!the sC~lptlilres, Ibutsoured ,WIth theIr ,false" g~oS'ses, , Thls, lO~e,(ildmakc:s:it eas-y for'/Christls'sitee'p, to, be infe,cted ivit~ tli~ scah, 9ferror:pMecause that 'weeu wni~h br~eds the'rot is' so)ikt!'rHe grat?e

, that 'lJotulisheth .;them: ,I ThiS' briI~g$ in" .w.hdl~ sho.~ts 'of siRY soylsintotheir'llet;the' heart ,ofi man'lhves a, I'ife,' t~oshap€ a/ reljgi~m~.cc(i)11d:tng' ,to hiS -own' hum'dur, 'and" isea:sy id ~l:m~ve ,~,hat f,9,'!>e 'a tl1utb:cwhi'cblfa~ou'rs'·it's'bwi1 :indihatiQh ; whatever: dd'ctrine:,(iou­risheth~~ ~oodiopinloh(jf man irl! l:\rS'(,\v'tieY~;"i.s' adC'epta.blt£.~f() him,.1lhe,'P'elagian:JJ~nd,SemiJPelagian; :Which 'set', Ji~tiJ,~ uUofi' !1ff-s ow.~legs,land;~persua6e'tnltii ne';ea:ngd ~fon~ toef1tist~ ,ot')i't'least wltf!.,a,;.J;ittiU:",e~te1lJ1ab.n~}p()oijal~:handt~'Idacf~ or arguiH~n:f ,to excite"

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without, any creating. w.ork' i,n tp.e, soul.' 0. .",e ,caQ"nof; c.onceivehow glib such stuff goes down! If one workmaq sQould, tell "yout/lat YW.Jr l>pu~~ is rqtten, alld~ust be, pulled down,i an~' all' newm~t~ri~'~ prt<Pjlred; and,another should say no such ~natter~ such abeam, l,S good" apd such a spar ~ay stand, a htt)~ cost. will servethe tlll;n; \t'.wet;e no w,ond.er' that you, should )ist~n ,to him that~~ulq put you \0 the lea~t c0tit~and trouble. Tb,e:f~ithful·ser,vants 'of Christ tell shiners, from the word, that man in h,is Qatul'al srateis corrupt a,nd rotten, that, nQthin~'Ofthe old frame will serve"andther~ mrtst needs be all new;. b,ut in comes, the Alllni:nian, al1d blowsup the sinner's Pflide". and tellshirp. he is not so w~ak ortw,icked,astht; othe~ represents him; if thou wilt. thou playest rep~I'I.t andJ.be­li,eve, ;o~. at l~ast.~ by e.f;erting, th~ ,~;J.tural, abilities ob!ig~ God toli~pera9d wj,),at, t.hou ,hast not... rIllS IS t)Je wOl7k~an,that ,wl·l] plea.seproud rq~ll, be~t,:; ~ ~u'9h itS tPt;. policy of Sat~n.' 'and the frailtY'Qf the,best, tha~. tr~ m9s,t p,oly" men have, b~en hiS lllstrume~ts to seduc~others., ,Th~.,~el1pent'-s eye (~olle salth) dwells more u~ the dove'sJle~d., . 'Tis'lnq',wispPJU to shl,l~e with God" by denying"his. t·ruth,or s!}iftiqg i~« Q,ff to .keep. corr:t;spondence witli men... He that willsav~. his life' s~3ill ,lose it. As you love your peace,; Christians, beplain-hea,rt"ed, .Wilh pod .;;Lnd man" and-keep. the king's highway.._cI:Iell it!;>elf IS, flaked·b~fQre. him, and the~wast~r 01$ destroyer 'bath noco\·eHng:. ·It.is ,r.eported. that a certllip. Jew shGlUld, ha"e poisonedLuther1 but w:M,h.ap'pi.lr l1J:evented b,y his pictut~ t~at: was sent to·Lut~er, :with.~ ~fu;~ing.(~oW;a fahhful friend, to ,tal}e hefld of sucha man, by .w~i.ch\~I1' ko,e~ th~ ".lul1~,f(lier, and ,esc~pedhis hands.-'­The ,word ~helws tpee,O ,C~rl~tm!l, the fa~e qf1 those whom'Satanemploy,s to,·butcher thy, precIOus ~Ol~l; but.lf'on~ yqu come 'to en­tertain the,in, and '?~. Sllltar~s.nurse to them,; then' th~y will, be castupon you.'; . , . :

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DEAR SIR" , ~ _ ,-YOUR corresponderi~ "Sara\l", after. loasJin~ ~e 'WIth ,reproach,calls'me "'a boaster of inherent perfection ·anaselfirig.h.t~ousness",

and says, that I:openly avdw that the risen ~umanity cif, .Christ isMoo e'ffect to me~ Now,:aUwho have condescended.tqt,readmyanimadversions upon ,her ~nd. other's new-fangfed' schemes, ,mus~'know that both th~se'cha:rges are utterl;¥ fa1Ile,;, that ~,have ,neverboasted of the one, nor avowed the other.. Yet this very.writerw-ould havj':l us believe, that s}le hath clejl.u escaped the.imp.erfectionarhhin o~'the old·sf~~e. ,How di~gllsti~g i.s i~ in i1 ~riter, parti­

.cula~lY, With such pretensl,pns, to, nave J;ecp'urse, to ,falsehood,and ca-­lum.riy'~ for the'base 'and d~sp~c~~le purw?s.~: of.,exciti~g 'prejudices.agamst lan opponent. Such wflters lJ.r~ lIl;htled ,to,po respect.•

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~nd to be plain, I thiqk she hardly. u~deistands' her~elr: 'T~k~: thefollowing i!1.stances.·' ',,' " " r, "Our ,bodies' in'a resurrection state on earth? No! but the sOQI,chosen in 'hi'm' before ,the foundation of the'world; the soul is not

. ,removed ,from) the humanity while in the body,' in any,oth~r waythan by faith .i.ri works and obedience of the son, which is ours, toreceive and en,joy." And just before, when falsely' speaking ofmy rejection of the hu~anity and perfect 'wor~ of Christ, she sayshe must he: in the ~es,Q" or the humariity is l1rider the curse arid so'cannot p~ease ,God,' (See May Number, page ~07.) with such Jan~

guage"as' this;' I am not disposed to puzzle myself.h would'take'uptoo much space, and after all, tend to I)opr,o­

lfit,' to 'point out, all the faultl1 of this confused and erring. 'Jriter:buftl,ere 'is one mor,e; which from its magnituae ought not' to bepassed over. It· is 'a gross misrepresentation of God's word. SheteHs us,' the' word says, "God out lif· Chrisf is. a consuming fire. ":What must' the scriptural reader thil,lk of '"~ S.arah" whe ll he'kn.«?~s~hese'are not God's words," but that three of them have been unwar­rantably interpolated by her. It will avail my fait: opponent no··:thing,. to plead, that' she was in" Haste, and quoted 'from memory,·because the above language is repugnant not only' to 'the sense of the,par,ti'cular text alludeo. iq, but to the 's~nse of scripture geq.erally.rrlie :perspicuous language of the llpostIe is, "our,God i,s a cons.um':'

. "ing'fire." Heb. x:ii. 29. Our G.od~· th'a,t is' the Christian'·sG9d.lAnd \vho, Sir, is emphatically. our God but,the Lord Jesus C?rist.He· is the. image pf the 'invisible.' God, by' him 'were all ~hjngs

created,; by' him all t~ings consist; and:, by ,him all judgment .isexecuted'; Col. i. 15, 16, 17, 'John v. 22. Our God sliall come, andshall'not keep' silence; a fire shall devour.before him, 'and it shallbe very tempestuo~s round about him, Psalt 1. 3. And then shall~hat wicked 'be revealed ~hom the Lord shall consume with the spi.l'it of his mouth, and shall destroy. with the brightne.ss of his comz'ng,2 The,ss. xi. 8. With thes~ scriptur.es before him.., I thin~ no rf.alfollower of the Lord can doubf.that the apostle meant God zn Chnstwhen he wrote" Our God is a consuming fire." ,

A similar. liberty has been taken with a remarkable question" inthe epistle to the Romans. The ilpostle's words, are', who. shall de­liver PJe from .the body of this death? 8amh's quotations is, Whoshall deliver me from this body.ofsin and death? This variationmay be ·thought; by some, to l;>e quite innocent. ,,Arid so it wQuldif our author meant by this body of sin and death, precisely. thesarneas Paul did·by the body lif this death. B\lt it is eY.ident shedid not. It is quite clear from various expres'sions in the paperbefore me, that" Sarall" c~nceives'it was his natural body fromwhi6h this divinely-taught man desired ,to be delivered., She sup­poses the natur!ll body and the body of sin,to be ppe'and 'thesame; and that this, e,xclusive of the soul; ,'constitutes the hu-,mal1ity~' But this is obviously erro~eous. . , ..

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'li'he!sou:ltas weUlls the'bedyris human,; and the botly of sin is: athotLy.; distinct I fJ1lom-' bbuh,;; tfJou'gh< in' lit time-sthte, not' 'se'fiai'iI!'il~ ,fndm'·either.... In' the,im'laluable. ehapter whence'the'labbve~·t~lXl'i\sl~

tak~ll; Ifthe aposble giiVes us' an Ii.ni:mitabl\:l desariptlon' of:, the' cotlfl~t!t"III his.(jwn person between two oppesing principles, sid and g-rai::e! dJ":holiness;, (Eph. iv.. 24.) and- concludes;it· withthesc' s'trikfing WO'rl!l~ ;"Nowif,I,do tllat I,would\/1ot>; iltfis n0 1m6rel}ithatl dorit),!l:hltf'sfl,i'that dwelletih in-me, FOll Ildelight in the law of Godl, after the 'in- .wa7·d:man.' 0 wretched: mantbat I'am'!' who'shlfHdeliver'nte:ft(jiti·the ,bo'd.v'o'f . this' death'r" Now what' is t'heldHfloltel'ice lietweeWt11'e\'bad.o/ cifi'ih:Z:s death,: a'11d;·s£n' t'ltat dr.q){lb!el'fl in me'?' Ar,e·'tlley Aoll~p.r~l.\itcise1y she same? Bull the· hum'al1 bod:v is'totally distinot rfl1OlIiI th'iSl';, .for aocording to ]. Gor.i",i. 15, t1he bodies of 'the' Lord'~ peb~l'e' a'rethe members of G;hrist;. 'Tbey are're'deemed by' (%risf, Rb'rtiHr1~!~"23. 'Fheyarel 1sl1¥ed-, by ehr,i'II,. ~ph. -vi: ~3 i and\thOlig'h'thE!)Tla~OpoHut~d an:d;,defoniltidiby, the"incorporation of' sip,,"'Christ1sb'ali.cbarigeJour viJ~, body tbat' it may bc' fashionedl like UrHo· 'b is Igld.Lr .

rious body:;'.' 'H/;Jil .. iii. 2'1. <i:an' any' thing like (t.his be'saidldf rtlfe1'h'od;}' [efl s'in, ,wh iah is· that princi~ahvbr;k.ofthe' dclvil, tn'at',thl9S6n'1of God was manifested,to.destrby'f· _'; f' l ";', ,1 ;,

But the, gneat1error', of, ", Sarah" and 11e1"defendersf, an.<1" tMiit­whillh,Iies' at;; ,thel bottom of, their'mazy divinity;, is ~thjs'; t'hey 'afs'!.Jserb tbat ,reg:eneration consists' of,\a'trartslatiOl1' int'o; and 're~id,~,i{(!~j,in;, the, risen humanity' of·<J:hr,ist i~y faith;' or, to:exlpr:ess-tbe' rrie-arWmore e'x'pHcitly" !J,y, believibg;; this propositiMI under"di:V:j[u~:~",Lt'terna! influence; and, consequently,they deny/that l'egeh~rati6rl\)

is!a!pmducl-iQur oE'spiritua~')if~;,b.ylthe solel·agelfcy" of!. God'l~heSpirj~:, ,inllthl?'persoRs .or,the'c::le~t(peop,le o~JGodr-' ;,". ,I, .', ,<

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ritucrll'e:ader 'Cannot. fail to obser,va!ev:ide)lt :'trace~ 'df!'iit": tht()ughOt1t 'theirwritr.ngs, ,par.ti~ularly in :suel1'exJJressi'ons aSi"thc'se; ".petfe~tIor iegen.er~tedIiA Christ,'.' that 1's; 'by translation tifito:hig risen'J}fu:l' ,manilly)( (~e-e'Ma'y·Number., Pl206:,) "', Re-generation in1tWe1nurnji_'<nityl101'''tbe 'Sonlof God~ 'alld',the'"trai.lslatioh of!th~~elie"eti into' thlitl}hurna.ni<tly." ',(J lUle; pi 287l)J I,",We' shouldl walk. <in'· n'lhVh~s~: hf.'life~" that.is, being' broughtl into') out tiewl c'ohditiohj i QtJ1new 'st'al?e';',or' oiu '. re'sul1l)ec.tion' 'state. in Chr'isti'Jeslils:;" (M.Ml J61y; p! 2g0:).·"Jricorp.ol1ated' with' the holy: luad~t:(a}~~ ,and; sep~t'atitlg'prjvHlbg~8'of the gospel," (July" p. 275.-) But, to remov~ all· dolibt:' re!.::'specting,the, reall'importi

. o'f,ithi's language, ,Mt. M~M. boJdlv'iirldU oequivoo3!lry asselits,;' that' it is 'a;:deiusion· to;,mp1Jo'se alarwe' receiT/e ,'/ ..theSp~;Pit"'into'"tkeSltl1bbdies!Oj' ,si~;and d'edth'~' 'm~~njrtg'~ ,~ldld~u'btl,l: ;'I~

Qu,~lfl!llturah b'o~iesi~ tJi.lir, p!.,Q8S.) A(Sellll:ni'ef.l't' mote ,'erJOIM!loi:tm tht'lltr.i.le' sellsecof1Gods! biessed rwoi1d, 'and'tile' eX'petiencerrof1liis'('regenerahhohild<reii,;tan1.hardIYlJje:eonceived,o: . r, '.' "

'heli' 'us"-cOtffror!Jll;rfor1a ilb0m~nt;' tBis' arr'tigant· 'luid'p'resdmp(Pjidils' 'wr,iwlI;".withvtner(7,ed,\ o:f!tr'u'th';: who says; c", Kn'o\v' yelnbt~'1 th'at''''

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yo~r i~odies'are,the members of Christ I" "What! know ye llotthat.your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is zn !Iou,;which yehav'e,oj-God, and, ye are not your own? For ye are bou.ght'wit!)., a price :.therefore glorify God in.your body, and .~n yourspi-. h' h 'G d'" C .fit, w lC are, 0 s. .1 or. VI. 15, 19,20.. /. ., H«;lre is .the Lord. the ,Spirit teaching us, in the simplest and

pla:inesHerms, that our body is the temple of the Holy; Ghost'liJhicht~ .in us. 'and there' is one of his little sinful creatures impud~ntlycQo!'radiotinghim tp his face, by saying, in effect, tllat he is de-.luding ,us" by teaching us to suppose, that we receive th~ Spirit intoot~r bodies. ,Who, Sir, is to prevail? Will you not heartily join my:

'spirit in saying with the apostle, "Let God be true. ",From the first proclamation pf.the gospel to the present hour,

the true doctrine of regeneration' hath been a cause of stumbling andoffence.. to all professors whQ'have never experienced theexceedi·ng,grel,l.tness of, God's power" in the thing" which is according'to !lismighty power, which he wrought in Christ,' when he raise~ him'from the dead,:' Eph. i. 19, 20. All. tne heresies and schisms, allthe superstitious fooleries and will-\\orship Jbat have divided anddistracted the professing church, and disgraced the Christian name"rn~y b~ justly charged to t'he meddling ignorance of such professors.Wl:l,atever creed they ado.pt-whatever denomination they assum.~,!

tbeyeither settle upon a mere form of works, or else wander in the.u:.a?es I of speculative error: deceived themselves, Clond deceivingof ;others,; ever leaJ;'ning, and uever able to come to the knowledge'

, o,f;,the,tJ;uth.·· . ' ,. But the truth of God must and wilLfore'ver stand unalterably the

same. ,Whether men attack. it by open assault or by stratagem,their;efforts vy\iij be equally unavailing;, l,l.nd that truth teaches that

. W1t',are ·regenetated, not by a translation'Jrom the' l,lumanity of, 1\daJ)'l into the humanity 'of Christ; .but by t~e coming of 'Christin,t,9'juS by the,Spirit.: A new spirit (saith God) will I 'put,riJz'thin l

yoUr,.. "I will put my Spirit wtthinyou, and ye shall be my people,3n9:,1 will be YOUl;"G.odt Ezek. :vi. 26, 27, 28. '~And,the heathe'n"

'shall know' that I the Lord do sanc~ify, Israel when my sanctuary;shall be in .the mi~st,of them for evermore," vii. 28. "Ye are the·teffipl~ 9f the liyiQg God ;"as God hath-said, .'.' I.wiIldwell iidhe1J~.'w{Jlk.i1~.them ; .anQ I will be thei~ God and thf;;y shall b~ my people, 'Z Cor.,vj. 16.. ,'" ,,' i ;.! <I" ' I

-These prophetjc promises are graciou'sly accomplished in all'who be,come ",sons <of God", .by being Dorn, oot of blood nor ofthe(\ViH of the flesh,: nor ,of the will'of man, but ofGod," Jo~n i.,

': 13., And all those who are thus" born of the Spirit". receive theSpiljit:, iutq tI~elr ,bodies, where'lhe abideth agreeaply .to..Christ's ,promise,:J9hnxiv. 16,17. 'q will pray the Father,:andheshall ,giv~ you anothercoplforter, that qe. may abide with :you..forever;,even ~be spirit of truth; ~hom,theworld cannot ,receive.,:because i

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dwelleth with 'you, an;d shalt hein you. We rt:ad in th~ 'epistle to',the Galatians, that "God hath sent forth the 'Spirit of 'his Son 'intdyour heQ'rts, crying, Abba, Father, iv. 6. ,An'd th~ beHl:lvingRo.:.;'ma:ris are informed, chap. viii. 9, ," Ye are not! ,in the flesh;bufi'rl'the Spiri~; if 'so be that the 'Spirit f!/God dwells 'in you. Nb'lo ifany inan have not th~,§piritOf Chl'ist he is none of his.'~' Thusft~e

supposition'that we receive the Spirit into our sinfu'l bddies, its es~a..blished uppn ,the most ,indubitable scripture testimony; and is cor";diaHy believed by 'all who can say trllly'with the apostle, I 'Cor. ii.12. ," Now we 'haverecei'tJed, I,not the 'spirit of t'h'e"world, but theSpiritwhid~ is c!f'Gcd, :that we,might ,know the ,things that arefreely given to us of Go'd." " ,,",A~ the chimerical translating scheme is founde~ princip'al\~y'upon

such scriptural phrases. as, 'chosen in Christ~cr'eated in GhTist'....... ­perfect inChrist,-":"it would be very sati,sfactory to ascerta'ii1, exaetiy,the divioe'author's ineaning in these and similarexpressions.- " '

,My opponents,,' and I mUst take leave to call them the 'opp6tieilt~Qf simple truth,'seerfi"to cODc'eive' that Clirist's people are containediri,,his humanity; as inhabitan'ts, are contained in a, house. What amonstrous image is here prest:nted to the' mi,Ad ,! Christ's jhuma:~i1:y

tontainingall tne myriads of the 'saved !. Surely'sat'ha conc~ption

c.~lJl~~t~?~frdm,di~ine',teaching~i'becau~e C~rist~is'in his 'pebpl~!, a;sweltr~:nrs people In 'hIm : ,themtdwelhng l!l'Sald to he mutual,dl~d

that hy'our Lord himself, 'John xiv. 20." You '£n me; 'and I'~1Jyou.'! : I- wQuldnot speak positivelyupon.a subject"so divinely stl,:bli'me,. Qut I, venture to~think; 'that the in is intended simply to sig.:!'nify the intimate and indescribable u':lion and"connection that,'s,rblsists between ,Christ and his' 'church; antecederitly' in thed,ivillecounsel,' purpose; . and, willj .lind subsequently' in , the' ~olllinub~bhof the Spirit: and also;\tob mark\ Christ's pte-emirteWce;" ""FOl.oitpleased; the' Father that in ;l:dmshould all fu}hess dwell," I Col. i. '18;61.' This spirit'ual union is faintly' shadoWed 'by ,tfie images\of a ,,~ileand'its' branches, and a head and its metnbe'rs~, &c., out h~ver si)-'well as I "recoiled ds it represented by'any body: cO"nta~rlingwifhiIi.itself. another 'body.. Hence Iwe are" taughtl; that all ". spirittrlt1blessings" are treas~Jred Jin 'Christ, Jas the ordained source a':ld '!tie!.diuni of all spiritual communications; 'and,that, 'pyliniOll 'withhim, effect~d'by the quickening power of the F!o!y ,Gh'os~,' we',lleL.come fairly entitled to live by faith upon' his' fulness, the fuld~ssofhim that filleth all in all," Eph. i. 23. "He that is,joln'edto tMLord isonespirit," 1 Cor. vi.,·17.·'~ Holdingtlie head, 'from w~ich

, all the. ?oi::l~< by~jo~nts and lJan.ds, ha~i\ilg nourishmen~~,~inis~~~h1,and krt1t' together, Increaseth wlth'the Increase of God, I CoI.1I.).9.'"Even Christ: from whom the whole· body ~tly'ji)i'ned~ togetheran~ ,compacted by that which every joint suppl'iefh;-'accordingto,the effectual working in the mea~ure of every p.art,,' maketh 'incre'aseofIthe bolly unto the edifying .of itself in"love," ,Eph'. iv. 15; 16~;', Although~,' Sir,; I have'alreadyinfruded too' 'Jlnicb dpon"your.pages, I Cannot close without '0ff~ring'an'observatiliin or 't,wiiupOD",

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- wJl\.glY~of ~.\~\9\f.p,h~ji·t;t, C,l,Ql;htli1~iJ;lt~fPale$.er;C,ises,of.G6'd·~ c!ilda~'re.m!llmrp. Mr fat:~~ ·~t(flli;Oej\s;J ,wqid9-'~eliliti:l\v pray.goodLord,del~,v,er'USl

'J;~~" ~s~\,a);i.st I ;SlI:Y~,; {~ee, \R$:almi( l:l'~j,ii.",and} lx,x,vii. ,~th~Q:ugbo;ut,) ,~'iJYlyft1~t!~ertr a,lm0,s:!: :gop,e, 11)l;Y' sJl'lPsdila.d"meJrl)igh,sl~ppe'cl ;?lJand~fi ~n.~iOfl~!¥,~I};<jl\li,r~1i"IWjJlthe, 4~r<l. e:asJ;:;o,trfor. .eve!'1,---tTD:~tl~ ·his·H!\~Im~ f~ll} lAM' 'Y<\~Q ~ni1l1jiayh~w,inafJy'of:theLord'sexerclsed~9~s~!lrl:?lJl,the \pt;e~a\~P£G of,unqeli~fJ9.ver.f;tith, or tb,ef,lesh' o,,~rthe Spirit, have not a '~ firm Gonfidence",&c~ but:lire complainingb\~ffirly; ;iqJh~I';~IJg~~g~ lof t\:1e .Iproph~li;. "MYebope ,is, pe.ris.hedfroJ!Hhe ~~)f(;l,r· I,-l;tm, iji.18., But. ,this ,is ,th~il' illfiiormity, which~S"p.q.n;t}I~On,~O ;aJl tlWqalled pf Gop, in,thep,resent .chequered'state :sbmetiIij!'ls 1;19u,bri(;),g;,;' iJ,n~J. "jnQ,~,~vines~ thrl;)ugh 'manifol~ tempta­~~9}1~"t.~I(,tr.il}.J urtpeirJllith .Mio:g pre~i~ilJ&":;' and, l;l;tJ;other tlmes,l~:~th~rlgqd gf.;oope filIi\> thtlQ;l,With,alljoy,a;nc\"pei,lce"i1) belit}v:ing'th,Sl,t,;)theY,trllj,¥.,~llP\lI;Jdv)n ,:hgpe; ,tbl'o:\lghi .t;\1.e PQ":€1lJ :0(' ,the HolyV1Hl~t!~r't(1:P'~t~.l!'i· ~,,7~ Rgm,,~V,,·.l'3'1 Let not, ,t.bE\f,~for:e'i'thepoorfft~l,in~,~jfme.r~:~~9,qlj~ir,e's ·tg:b.fl:~~Jlil,iVed bJjgt:aCe,1t' pe ;di~collragedlilt¥' ~'I,~GlgpOrflnt:. sGf1b,;~,;:'for. :t~.ollg!;J.,.:b~;·haY:e .. rjotl.la,;" firfp \cOflfi~~fi9.qtt';l;lwJm:h ,!~ PP,\i t.hepr.)y.d~f;','e, o.fbab€Il",y:e. t 'l'tJS Wl1Itten, f~rh!s ,,~qlYP'yr~g~,"lflnt.,!·(he LQr,d'{f.!zllfu1jiJ, (lie deszre, '0/ them thJ!tfear~i?11',;, JW'I<I-I!lq,\\ii~l;~~»,r JQ«;:ifi Qry~ aiO~.,wip.5ll;v.e ;them::', :/t'he'.Lor?tl!\~etl} pl,flill&u.rtUn ,~h~m: tbat fe<\rlhJmt;lndh.os~ that. hope, 'In ,hiS /'

!Ur,rFY',11 Ri!'.'~a,h:~ioJ1 !jll >Jligh.dile.mlth~t fe.llr, him;; ""Tlhe,fear'of.tlbe!-9.rA:i~, ~ge~~gi:lJnitiJg:p.f.~fjsPIQm,',' P~li., 1~'.li.xv.:H).3, IH!." tU,S...,.,.".

,. htn~ 'Y>~..q;l5~ ~qQfi~j:lIJ~P(tqjlii Vl:!)1Y ;~hing" ;tba;t, ,he ~hic)11 flilt,h begun_f. g~qd, work ~~>}iQP.'(gy ,p,l1ttiug lli!'lft;qr ir~to..y.(J,U1Lhe,ar~s~ I agreeabte .tP'!cqv~,lJ~nt'PP?mis~, ,J»r; u. :~Q •.},,;'!A!lIl;p#,rf<lllQl itl IUl'tihthe:dayof;t.~~P~ 9pr.i_s~. ",f')fJl.ithfill"ill,: h~' th~t :elille:th.y,Qu,'wbo;also",w:ill. d'Gh/~ r,~giJ.i,·r9.\ 'l;Tb.~s,. v.~4 •. : An<l 'let• .thelJ:..~rQ;~s>.tilllDl1eus\ones.n~~,~vre~,~~lq~\, th!l,~,,~bey .!It:e, 11', 0:1;).,t, pel;'spns- whQ I~,~ de.sire to: bef/!'!i'If/, ;I&,.faltk~ 'J~~> I},llt eVil men (,vy,.lthout; godl,fe,ar)'.aH<l s'eduae1!s)J1f,HP :m%,)G}ypr~I'PJnJil ,w~m;,e:tlidecei ving· iaJtlil heingcleei \le.d. " vd" ,1)'b;~f" §iJiJ:Mo\l.atJ:fJ.,4l:! thilit.imp,~lit;,l,nc~ tQ:the" d,oGtdli~,ohhe 'inh3lbJ;..tl},~i~J:rr ~f!I;r;l;l)Sp~~\~, ~md ,liege.nera\ipn b~ hipl,. tb~tt'I: do-; 'I flatterm~~<:;lti~llJaJ:;;~h~s'l},ulPbl.e,~ffQrl.r.iH ,i.l;$ ~efe\il<l<'\; WiuLinot 'he;!refusedB~bj~,cjtY.d~~tl)(~ Pl:lg:C:sof. the:.(;Q'ip€h~4aga~ine"i<; ,', I" ",

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.~u!y,~~~J.:l8~!", '";,, .,';" L·ESS THAN,T:mE;LEASill..' ; . ,. J,R~~t ,'ilf:t,l;1.~i'lJ.PQV~i wa~ w,ritteD in,M11;Yt. when ,itt w.as dropped fotW~9:t~I,~)djr~~~:$lJf<~Vi!tQ,'w~ltt;Lc~n£eiv;e to, ;b~~ t:hem.~ err<i>l1;w);11QhJ.~~J~k!i}IJ;lC,~ Q~l?@r't\:I,lile1Y' fugnshed. ,,;;:,:'i,;,;.~l·"" .

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I -B~G lti~ve ~o sqg,g~s~to M~'ra'!' very ,ser,ious,considerl\Jt,j,oq. thefo~lm\rj,n~\portiQn' ~f God's ,\>Jttssed,W,Qrd: ," .:BI;~sse~ b~"the G09 andFat~er of our Lp1'o Je,su,!!, pbrist" ,}Vhp hatp ble!l~ecl ,,us witlnU spirl:' ,~,~~rbless;"Igsin h~'.\.vt1,t;llYc.,pl'ac~s,in Chri.st.': "j, :.'" " '

. , T!le rea~oll I, t"ke the,llberty ~o SUb:ll'llt ~~e, ab~~e scripture to t~econ~nderatlOn of rpy, beloved fneJid, l:>",b~cause' there are contentI,.ons among the brethren, whether Christ'did, or did not flullehasethe bles~iqgs'oft,he gospel fot his church. ' .' "

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I",DEA:R ..FRIEND, ' ,',' " I, ,;, .'WilT H a melancLlOly pleasure, nrld at th'e' same time"self"abaselhen~~

J ;1~~ilt:J: your lectufes 011' :tnan's heart, a~ 'fat letl ,by' 'Mig'illal'ap'ostacy ~and, the dreadful epiderhie:d1disease Of sil\; W'h'i~h l:hi~\'sf>reli:.d itse,!f9v~r t,he wlh(i)lei sbul, ,When )"oll· dis!l~cted and' anatomised tHe heat't:of man as before and after conversion, you'went into the privat~do"

set: pf, my: heart, and th~ under~tr()l1nd.va:l1lt~; where you have duglip. :sorne of. the, bones 'of the 'old lri~ry; that,li~ve l()hg'lbh~' la,in I'ot.l(Ing.ther.e""l-' '" ,,', ",:"" " , I '.. ;

. ,~ere is,the genc::raL exchange for corruption ;' hete' th~' wotl<i' andthe ,Devil often Imeet' togethtYr; !nere they :cortes[idild, tral:le,atidtr~~~; .lind, Satan'weH ,krlQWs 'this' j's the be~t price' fat vellding·hiscon,trahand goods"having:so ma:tiy ftiend's that co-u'rt the l1ei\-rl{ftild(eCQmaiend his waresi'vI'z, vaitb thoughts, roorld~y,im'agmdtf(jriS'., iti.:.o-r;d';nate desires; eviJl and' impure 'setl-satib1'lS; ,;earl'ltty 'affections.; ilmlii~t~()!l'S~'I)i~ws,high ..rnifldednes$, riche$~ 'atid~i:'iful'plea'Sures; or phU1'li..sa,leal ;nghteousnes!f<1 rrnoral conji'de1'lC8;unsetiplulfiJl1hopes, JOf'riililf(l,.nctt'ty; '7.mcovenanted 1n~rc.1J; Mc:J~' ". " . ; , .

:Satan takes a turn. rOlinihhese Wal~'S, a't1f} pays' his compliments; (IfI m~, so-say) to themma'1les 0(my sl¥I1I" who-ar'e'1'ris t6~'dfrierJdg.·ev'e'rY·d~y;; aye, every hour; he'ttieS'37lwayil tfj fio'&dut thUoristittltioizalsin', 01'w,bii.,tthe' apostle 'caHs, my mosfellis:y'bes'efth'lft sin:' 'He&, xj~. t.~~~ has,baits for an sorts orcdtrtipi~c:m~,al,d he:e'naeav6rirs to' fimehlsassa;u./ts.. Sometimes be bjds'go6J"niorrovv'tt>'oiie'lust"oI' C'ot'I'ti{>'",tion) sQmet~mes t{)UanotlJer) and m~kes' ctri'el {risi~s from' oI'l'e\ place'of the. soult€l alnother all daY'lbl'/g', add' never\ bid~'gdo'd night'; fote,ven when, l'go 'tE1 bed. he 'lies down ,~itli lite, ,and' s6nh!~iines i'tl inY'~e.ep helhaunts wnd aw:altes 'rne· ' " . " . <', '

If li go' into, my: aloset<, in arder 'ro' lock my'selftup' fro'n1:- t'h6Bl!isyworld, ,this' im~J.l~inene iizltruder, t'lle devil,. Win /)reciR: in' €he'r~ {00"WitjlOUt askingl me- leave i. ~ndf sO'i'n' the farfiilj; ltlid: eteii in" lifi6'

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sanCtuary, -the house of God, I am dogged by this roaring lion.­Sometimes he snatches the preaehedword from me;n way offor­geifulness; I sometimes presents other objects to my view, and some­times would have me make an ill'"use of it, by misapply.ing it.' Some­times I,pray"aS if I' was ,praying to a,' wooden God, without a pro-per sense of his divinity and'omtliscience, and,ls~ b,nJY:UJ~r? i,t wi~hGod. By the'.way, I would riot'charge the Devll'with more than I~

'his just due; for I know my 'own corrupt hea'rt sometimes invitesSatan to come in, and has ofte'n entertained and bid him welcome.

'. Alas! how often' do 'even the b~st6f christians tempt th'e'Devil'tqtempt them: /' ." I "',. . ' ' .'

Oh! how Lu~ht I to be humbled! that I have so often'fetched'achair for Satan 'the tempter to sit do'wnin,while'l:ie has entertained 'ihim~elfupon the lu~tsand affections of rn):' soul! and has he n,di had ' :the, Insolence s0!De~J[~es ~o tempt me to ~Ul from the a~lOundmgs of ~.grace? 0 horrId IIIJectlon! and sometImes such cQgltatlon~,hav~

worked upon the i~agination and the heart in a,pd u~d'er ordinances..What power,Satan's temptations have had, and ,how often the8eedsof, ~,n .have,sprung up, blossomed, 'and budded, and brought for,th "fru\t. to my sorrQw as well as shame, I cannot express; but I would '\open the, ~atter with. soul abasement to the eye !Jf him that~Jooks

.~:n, into my heart, and see~ all the ,workings of iniqui~Y!,~i~h~n. N., R~sp~cting what' you are now upon, it is' pleasing to' find expe~ ,rienq~ ans\yersex perience, (\S face to face in a ~lass" Prov-. 'x xvii. I{- .19. There is a prodigious'alliance formed by the empire of hell; I "

the G9d. of this ,world, and.by. u~bel~ef with ~Il its train of sins; in ~~qe h.ear,~ ofevery ll~tu.ral mJl~, and the u'nrenewed pal!t in every true \b,~li€?ye~ ;"this is tJte tlir~e ..fol~. cord that is not easily- broken; this I.iSJ~e graqd al,liilnce Sir, thus the ell-se stands; ,and on these accounts . ,lDy ,so.ul,hasof,ten bled; afraid of myself, afraiq:of,'the devil; afraid i\\pf cyery,one, a.n~ ~ornetill)e~afraid even of my'God. 'Job'xxiii. h?, "16.,. ,I h~ve sometimes had hopes that grace had, enthroned itself'inmy, h,eart, and J have had as it were a cessation from corruption;at,least, in some branches, the war has seemed. to be.at,anenq almost, ,~n4.,1 have often sung a funeral s~mg of victory over (asI thought) a -.'

, ,dea4 .cofruP,t,io,n; but Satan has called u.p all his. forces; and'fired.~gain, apd with his fire balls .has sett~e whole cit~ of my: soul ~nto.a flame, an.d there has been a,res",rreptlOn of the· monster sm agam. I

.,Qh!, (,lity me, a)l yo~ c~mbatants in the field. of ba~tle! .that knowth~ for~e of temptation,.and are. haunted as 1 am, WIth these ghc>stseon.tinually. The Devil somet~mes gets me dow.nand buffets mc,and .,then turn~ lacc~ser, a1ld, brings t;ailing accu.sations agl!illstme;and if he cannot keep me f(:om atlupne of grace, he makes m,e golimping and halting tlfere, afraid to ~pen my mouth ~ and so~eti'ineslean only hold.up my hand at the b~r and cry, gUJTty! gQllty!, . ~ow Sir, let,me as~ yo~', is th,i~ ,balm in GileadJor an old ~ti~k..ing ~~re, as weU'!'s fora COllsta:nt running one? A spr~·thatIthought

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had been ~ealed lohg ago, bu~, 'breaks out again w1t~;its,bloody 'is­sue. Is there a physician? what,Jor such a nauseo"us~defjled, stink­i~g,as well, as weak and sin.sick, sO,ul of mine?, I truly'need a,pby-'si~iant{i~irt .as well as wit~o'ut, Cbr~st, and his b!o,od and.rig~teous~ ,ness, ,t ~J.I;l,~t)[V' and, acqUlt, and IllS blessed SPJflt to,sanctIfy andcure t e iqw~f;~ ~iseases of my.,soul; for what would it avail a con­,temned malefac,tor, to be pardoned and acquitted of his crimes, if,he had the jail distemper upon him, and was to die by it ?'- ~he;real christi,an desires to be freed from'the love and power ofsill;aswell ,as from the g:ut~t, condemnation" a'nd ,punishment, d(le to it.' ','" \'I

Indeed Gpd never justifies but he sanctifies;- Election is God'smark to know his own children by. Calling and'sanctification are'our marks, (not of ourown procuring, buttheworkofGod'slove,graceand Spil'it, on theso~I) ~y which w,e <10me to know that we ourselyesare his ~Iected children. Oh, then set forth the work of God's Spi­rit in a rehe.llious 'Yill, a blind understanding, a hard heart, a stupidconscience and :vilc' affections, renewing and sanctifying all thosepowers~ and so proving it to be truly the work of God and not of­man. TI~is, gospd sanctification I need and earnestly desire; and if,you' could help me in the llreseptprospect, orthe eye of Christ,,scanning tile hid~en par~s ofk,;an,'it' would be'doing a good piece offservice, notonly,Jo"me, but perhaps to many others who may be itlthe same case. ; '",','Dear.Si~, m~y you be helpedtQ lay open the'inward powers',of

the soul an~ the,' deceitfu,l arts1of the ,body, for'the alarming and,",rQpsing, t~e c,?nvic;te,d, ~nd for the search and inquiry,of the convert­ed, both with regard to the life, growth, ,and activity, of the graci­ous, and, i:~e decay,; ,ana witheril1gs of, tne' same; what· interest God',ha~' in', the heart; and how mucb, sin and .Satan have. ' There is no'hear,t ,so ,p~~f~ct1y r~.newed by ,th~ Spirit of God, out has, and will,have, .as 10!lg as i~is on, this side the grave, the ~ss~nce of corrup-':tio~, ,r~rn~i'1ing in it. This ,ml;lde,the apostle Paul groan, being'burd~ned" and to ~ry out. 0 wre(c/l,ed ~art (ltat I am,'who shallddiver me fr;om the, body of tMs (leatlt?' Rom. vii. 24; 0 what loi..teri,n15' back.slidings, or falls, there are found -in the way to glory.Some Chri~lia~s find mljlny mO,re, stutnbling blocks in their way tha~t:otbers; but all havetheir trials, tem.ptations, and hindrances- ofon*"kind or other,.either from sin"Sa,'tari, the world, ,or the church·, orelse from thei'r own deceitful hearts; which shouldexcite them con- .stantly to watch 'and pray, tha~ they may he enabled to'press for­wardin spite of all opposi~iQn" and; at last come off as more thancQnquero~, through him thll~h!\th,l~yed tbem. .- " , , ' ,

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De,,~ ~ri~~d.:-By 'some hints in a la~e discourse;-the ro~gh·araughtof t~l~ ,pprtralt of my ,soul hasrea<11l~; your hands; the lmes perhaps,. 'w~re:i~'rbng in ulany parts~ but yet imperfect. This I call a.

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sk,~.t<}b,;" 'billtll~a~J,wet:e,I't(!)lwl'it~IWhbl~ V.blumeillp'6n t~~'S(i.~j<::.ct"~~!}~l~Qu'ld s.~i)l be,;bll!lt'smallrsketc~es(.'·'c' _ T • :~", I L; " ...·1'. 'J(Q ~.natomit'Tc' my owmsouIl,and -pointl,out t'11eJrreglrla:~ 6irnin~itaIlg, wind,i,ng,sJof aldec.eitfu\rheal'~';'i5 oeyorid'my,iskYll. ',W'ell might'tbtV pFq,pJlet, s~, :'Ehf' heart. Z!:del'd'tjit~ ~.~p'ae~dllr t,f!t~~d;,~~!,~~id despe~­at.fflJj·.rozoke,d:;; /whoica'n know ltJ? Jet'; 'XYH'.3'. Satan WaJlv'ays beat":iQg. l!J)pi bUliI,ting the; Rowers! 06' my 's6Hl;' wafchirig>;Wbat '{viI" ~nirt .n~~t; wh~ther pride, se'11Jsuality~ covetousness,_ 'worlittj, jJleasU1'es; S?c.and, :wbate\;'t;:ri,sirisithey 11re; 'htf·wHJ. b'e~u're to "st'rikc"in atid'fol'lQ)v.How Qften:IJjlJl the·,souLgon,e\handl'in~h'arld\vith·Sata;n \n;diase, aftercall1li\hpleas,lll'(J.s;,'filJ-it has' been! everi tired, ana then .what fruits,hllS,it Rf~l!hleedJ}u:t:sor,row'ailiJd sllame: .". ' '" . i .;

'6Q.~, Sit;, ill' or~er,; to: mY' deeiplqering- th.e eorn\)i~ed; fare~s ,~f:sin,heU,., aqd,thei w,0:rJd1iaga1'Tlstl mc;,'you 'I)ave Justly opposed tne three­(Qh:i;gra,rut.a\l.iance that isi £or.eve:rJ believer, viz;;the Fatller., the So~,

ap41 t.Qe,k 'Holy ISpil-it; True:!<'bll'v the' query' still remail)s, Can~qci\la ou~,~'Y,IDwlbe,in!allia:ncewith the' king of-lieav~n; or'bear theil,Jilpg-<:'! aJld. !i,tamp.ofahe ~ord Jesus'? 'Where'is the consist~ncy? I\\l~m,tp ~JlO~ithe wOl:sto6.myself:: I bwn aspark oHea!"gra<;e. shall beI.~p.k~li~e j) l,et~tbe\windo:f.,temFJt3!tlon:blo\v ever-so hiigli pr 'strong, .on) t:h.~I!.w~Ye!l1 o(;,ternptatioIl1heat,e\ier sO,hara(,triie' grace shall be

, '1i~~Q1:i,QIH.,.....,.this:is:a,ma:tte[\ oB cQmfdtti, ttdiFlcl,ra stllokin'g, ei.!J,ber' uno,. der a load of ashes. . " !

'lir:Q,e;r#o~aYJ,he; IndeedLtwQ lne'niiJi!6n~'pers()p, 'ihe1old,and neW,,ni~npa~!lJ-h 3Il!Id,Spirit; ana1wHere',th'ere 'i's'tru~'Jgracel in t'¥1~ heart, .th~V~lW.iU ·be 'desires;fon-itSiitJctease,'1 'Sb;bn~a me'da:li

; tij~.i·e:niaY, be,oq;o;l1~ s,itle"the';image;df!the! I')~vn; r'eoetlio'n', 'slavery, ]ust~ and'ty':'~·~J.WY ka,n,dlonithe other"si'de1the,e..ffi;gy of/a ig?'od{ptinc~,lli;>yarsu6~.J~~tslpe~_<;e;Jand'plenty,an:d tbe'etiemiesnearts tril:lnpled'upbn ai;;coh.::q"~f~l;!!., 1l!::ljis,11 thif}~ 'a· Jiv~ly 'rep'r~Sentati'dn lor.:t!He case;- add itw~~~licb~, a happy ta:lll1;'cou,ld l' ~a:keJit'out'So'-to\l:l1Yown soul. rW;~kHtO_1 se,Cl,:the.'SaV~Glll,'S image' c.a¥ved' iUlOrelleglb1,y -do; my' own j

',h:.eA~t, , I"amisu·te"I,'seethe picture'QfictheD'e'vilstrO:ng,e~ougl1.th~r~ ..L Q~,nPll; s6- much: fear'tb'e 'ame'cl1army of'the"princ'e'o'(I,tHe,wodd;aQ~i th}; ,wo,rld'itselfi, uJild~p theJcaptain.gelierIlJ,"the;Devil-" a;s [fellr~IW;11'~\}~J,1i~Jrl'inltn:y"ownibowd~jthe' restless nion~ter sin, 'witlIirime.'Qj;vi~):waJ"§)'atejl1Jl}(~,m'O'~~'sh~cklitJlgand:tlie-lffiostl fat~l ?,besi?es~ my,;so,uJ.l~lhelseatr bflW3,I'S'. alia confli'Cts ~:- an~'; you kQow'Slr; what 'havo'clisom,adl'l.lllsliIalLy,;in ,such' l,lliices(1 ;, t ;, .': '~'. ' q'. ';' ; I " , "1

'. ,It;kn~W;lalh the':power,s 'of1th,e;enem'lh '(-leilll1i'l~ -DeViJ". call the.~i,'~hl~J.ii:i)vj\~Crihles ii£ he'WiI:I<);carlll~~; hal%:'Ille~1 :~ere- it'?~t\for !?b~ed ",foes. Itls the corru ptlions iwithhi1:riJe;' not-the eOtltag'ion' witlloutme, which'J feaJ:;;.or, tOft, b~DOd¥ial1mies. !around me; it'is that un­

"ruBy rebellio'u~ rttgimen.t,pf baHditti\w:~th\n,m~ .h~art,,my l~sts,\my"appetites, anti: pas~i;j6s~ that rf~~r'wntdestroy'iiiyp:eace: .~,ch~!s- •tiau;s ,w.();r<st~'cnemie&"ar,e·"1tO'se)·dfhts(J'iJm:~ous'e. jif'1S"I tl1at j'&fhctm¥~elf~';an<1 )thetefor~. it 'is'lmy(.dAi,ty'-p'riyer,"I:ord~Jd~li vi?imiWr'o~" ,myself.) This. is alway's 3,'pattt ()ftny-lirtanYf lind/sometihl'es'lhe first /' ,voice of my retired ejaculations.'- . . .~

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Indeed, Sir, this kan unnatural rebellion, to be in arms arid 'in'coil­jupctiolt,witbone"s own invetel;ilt~ fb~s; who are kiming'at,my he~rt!s

"bl~o.d';'t) 'What,' figh~ agajnst' m~self'? "Yes~ s~ ~~ 'i~ ;:'~e~~ .a~4ir[~tspmt;: the untenewed agalOst the repevved ; sIn agai list graye. IndeedL baNe proclaimed, war'in the nadle oft'he-k,ing <?f. ~eaYen; ~gai"nstt.~ei:~tates"'gene'ral; of hell Jso fat aS'it is i,n league ;~itl{S~t~~,)ia~dagaJI~st t~e l?oten!ate of sm; but to tell you the tllI~es h0v,v oft~u !have' beeu!fOlfe1i andb~at, 'or'raised the siege, or'been wounded, Orhad" a limb s~o~ off, or been trepanned, or taken prisoner ~ I ~kQbW

, not; ,but, I! eau'. never 'sign a truce; and I am deter!Uined throgghI, grace" if I die, to 'die sword in hand. ' , 1. .' '

. I must own i»have 'sent out a hue and cry many times·'p.~ter ~h~traitors,land bave 's~meti~~s hope~ I had secured sblll;e of.the~.-;;­I have. had t\Jem"lO prls!?n and IP (etters, perhaps for weeks .auamonths together, and the~:have been brought out to ,sev~r41 :c'ohrts'of judicatur.e,·partlci.ularly "fhe, court of consciende~'but that is' Rar­tial. I There 'have heen' bribes'at times, add not sufficient cha~tise­'ment'; "but at other times there have been ve\:y ~evere rebuk~s,and

conscience has' condemned the vassals to 'runt tbe: ga~nfIe,t:wr~h' p6;.~ror, doubt, and d,espair.. 1.'he pharg~s.of tl~~,C(H~rt of C"onsc~encehave been read aloud; tenible peals have rung, 'and the c.b~m~ ofhell have rattled in the eart., " I ,,' ' ".:

Th.ough sometim~s conscience has given the ver9ict on tpe sid~of grace, at othertimesS there has been an arrestofjupgmen't, and a.cit~tioni befote the ldrd- .chiefjustice of:theking's bencJI' ir(heaven\~and though llae wret«::h deserves ·no.hearing,as being .ou~law.ed;yet.to the. ~o~lOur,of the grace and mercy of the sovereign;-th.e ct,lminal

. ·is. br~ugbt' to the bar: arid though there 'is no' room td;say any thin.g .but; guilty! yet every plea that can be m'ade'in favPur' is·'hea·id*.; /how they were drawn .in uy $omeQf the clans ofhell...l...perhaps forc-ed, a.s it, ~ere against the settled judgment of:the sou~;' arid perhaps'through w~akness andt infirmity, could'not get out of tfJeway, orfrom Iig.n6rance;of the' c~ime,o~ fro~ ~~tenua~iondfth~ .guilt, ~r:', r

from- belQg hurned away, mto the serV;lCe 'of the lOvader,. wlthout'so. much. as giving-time fo)" a cool thought. And sometimes the;poo.r>;soul has,been like a galley slave, wisbingfor deliverance fron{'t:h'ebond of~orrhption,and cry.ing out of the load 'and fetters ohiti,and saying.with him ofold, Brz"ng my soul out c!fprz"so'n, tliat, I may'praise tltyname: Psa. cxlii. '1. . . . .

,The high court of judicature hearsparticular!y the- relentinggroan~' and the ,attorney-general of heaven has compassion enough.top~t inn; peti~ionary ple3i for ,the guil~y wretch rwbose hand is stillupon· .thebar. ,',But ,the dead warrant is come·dt>wn from beaven

, f~r. the'e~~ution of sin, and all the heads of the Clans of heIr; f/lor­t:ify,·tlterifore, your members wMch a1'e on the eqrth,Jornication ~c;·so ifan eye1or. hand offend thee, cut it off. ".,

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A,. repr~e\'e at lar has bee~ i~Sl1ed ou~ ~or the so~l; and the re­. pent.ng, smner ha~, gone agaIn m pU,rsUlt~f those Invaders of thepeac~~and court of..grace, and th~ soul has laid hold ofsome ofthem,and, cried,.out afresh for justice and revenge against these traitors'inhis', ow~ .,br,east, ,and, has laid the sac~ificing knife to the t~roat of!heseJ>r~ts 'qf h~ll. But ho;-v oftery have they raised up th~Ir seem:­109:~y ny,m,g b,~~ds when. Qn tb,e very block,. an~ ask,ed for pity.! anddurmg 'Jtbe,:VrfY,exequtIon have done,m,lcq mIschief and made,mebleed and' groan afresh. . ...,.". I hope at times they are c.rucifyinS; but .cru_ci~xion is a linger­

.Ing death, and I find they have still life, whIch, WIth the help ofSa­, tan, their .grand ally, they too often discover, and break out again;and all [ can do is, to cry out, murder! murder! tathe Lord Jesus.I may truly call them murderers, for they often destroy my peace'\,.and. com~ort. I long- to see them de~d!, <lead! dead! Sir, it is, hap..

I py for' us! when indwelling sin drives us to a throne ofgrace to suefor mercy to ,pard.on, ,and grac~ ,to help in every ~i~~?fneed; w~Uassu~.ed ~hat praYIng br.eath s~all never be sp~nt lfl-y-am. IdesIreyo.ur prayer~ for the' poor wounded, but your 'affectIOnate, humbleservant, &c. .

. .' Letter t'he 7'hird, to tl~e Rev•. Mr. Berridge.Dear'Sir.:.....After having been so free already, as to ,disclose t6 youthe secrets of my Qeart, you'will not think it strange if I subjoin jl

1hi':rtjletter. There is on'e point more that deserves animadvertingupon, and; that is, speculative sins, which I believe are too qften,.

{o,:e'rlooked by many professors. Qr at least very superficia!ly regard'.ed.. If it does 110t ~lnount to an outward act, it is too often passed.ov~r: wit~, sil~nce; but tr,uly I think there may be a committing~dultery mthe ~eatt. Matt.v. 28. Sothe~tat~telawofheaven~un~:'It, is o,ti~.Of the hea~t proceeds all evil; Mark vii. 21. the seeds of It.are sQ,wn there, and it, takes 'root and grows, ,blossoms, buds, an'dbringsIort.h fruit i~ the soul, po eye but omniscience sees it..

': 1i~}V. oft.en ha,ve speculative evils been acted in the heart! thebe~rt' has beim both the adulterer and adulteress. Sin has been be­g~tt~,n, nursed, an~ bred up, and acted its ,part up'on the theatre ofthe\h~art. How often have,sinful objects been represented to thefancy by speculation? Do ~speak the ~xperience of others, or only

,my \o~?? ~he heart can bring forth, dress .up,a~d act the;,p~rt of, any' .~hJOg; and, there has not only been an mtervIew, but an mter­

COurse and sinful flLmiliarity. , ' . ,. . . '. .,T9~rehasbeen.manya mortal blow given byr:evengCJ~in thehe.art. ,"1;~IS,,IS specuJatlv~ ~~rder; ~nd ~here has been. covetmg anel~h-

. ;hour s. estate, &.c, and what IS thIS but speculative robbery? God:J(ooks.upon our intentionsin the s~me light as actions,thoughwinnar.'l)?t have a,11 ?I?portuntty Q~ putting them intopractice~n So thepnde of the spmt shews Itself m m~ny branches... When>I,have beenenlarged in prayer, how has pride and the devil clapped me on theback, al)d said, well done! Y0t.\ have been very greattoday. "How

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abominable' ,is this, to attr.ibute an'enlarged frarri~, in any r~~peett,,to self! H9w ofte~ have I been pleased with flowery words ~md. flu"ency in prayer; more than spiritilality! again; how" often' ~'aveworldly objects and creatur7-'comforts been set up inthe 'hear~; ~n~,have not the.affections too frequentl~,bowe~do~nto them? or'w~~~a near relatlOn"or a beloved prattling child It may be, have beeflcall\ld away by the superior owner, how often has theheah w~is:' 'pered,' and the,tongue been ready to blab out, you have taken awaymy Gods, and what have I more? What is this but specq~ativeidolatry? '" " " ,. 'I ,

How have pride 'and covetousness worked themselvesup"'some~times into a coach and six; aye. into 'a palace! pride and'covetous­ness hal'e no bounds; the'more they have' the more'they ",:ant,....:J.Really, Sir, I am ashamed of these masqo'erades. The heart'w:i'J) tur,niil any shape. Well may It be said tobe'deceitful ahoveall tMngs;.and desper'aJely wicked. This is still a 'black 'picture; but iri adis­tant prospect.' I'sometimes hope at the closing hout, when }shallexchange world,s, Jesus :will help me to lay hold of.everysiilful ser­pent that has ,long·twisted 'round my soul, arId ke~ps me' corripahyall my pilgrimage:alld enable me,byth~ h~nd of i'a:itl;1? t~ h,?ld.them up" cr'yin~ out behold the .head. of tralt~rs" Wh;ICh sh~ll, n,ev1~r.

. come to"hfe agam! Oh! wJiat a Joyful shout"~I.Hi give wht'm'I'shll:,llfe~l\these,ver,rnill drop off. ,By faith the christia,n'is enabled to' c!.otl;;quer, every of.'Oe,,'and shall at deathcome'ofJ'iInOret:han'}t conquei'o:t;Rom; viii.,37~·./:,,{' ' ',.\:' ~.~ j;l~ ,.'~ 1 . tJf:';!-li :"~ ·"-ld>.), ('!

, !iAtJti~es'iia~'ready:to hope the g]<!o~y'~er~i~orie~'or't~egrav~are~~lrnj)st'T.eadyforme, that I may lay-dpwn thts body ofsu)"uponthe block-for,everlasting execution. Oh! ":h'en shall ~hose etdgs_,ridf~tt'ers '.be k,nocked off, .alld the 'dark arid .grooinY' \valk's of ihis' valt;

I of. ,tears furned into brigF1~ Il'nd,peacefu11Fe~Jin~~l ,,) c'l,'q,'" '} 'i"d

, .DearSir, thesehavc' 'been/bl:rck lettet~lfor'your aspiring lio\lNci'read; 'thGl1gh";,I ,do not question· but y0u'have 1foun'd'somethibg iO'fithes,e;comb'ats,yourseJ£,. and' ,therefo)le 'can''Pityla:pd'sympcit!iife~W'alia pOOlvwea,.k,wounded, shaWr: ca:1Lmysel.f1.lJ7l(lken S"oldier:l'Y'o¥la~v.~

your "enemies~,I do'ubt hotjand 'can ttampleiipoil' therb~II cdrNtf.a~tulate, ~ou,;:on your victory ,(,thoughootlyet ialJcomple'te corftlUes¥ltijrough the ~captain oLyour.salvation.L ];';wQuldi,fai'tl bear ;fplffihshputing salv~tion, 'anp:hollour, glory '!I,Qd· powertt\), the':coriqu!eriOgSaviour. Rev. v. 13. He rode triqmphantly;to gldty~":iftler'he!bad

,obtained, a co~plete conqU'l:~st over ~i.(.l, 'death, and fh'e1tt anadfagged~he mOQster at:'his chai1iot wheels: "hnhen.gave Satan such 'a blowthat he ~as not recovered· since, nor nevefl.\1vill. ," l,~,ts'ji,~~s'h,~~';~{'lJ,p' ,From ,hence I fetchnalbmy, hope." If'e.ver ramlsaved,'lt"w?Jllbehm ,\'\'illl ass:ured,lby.mere:gr.ace,ilirid almighty aWbonqUering t}()~~,er.;;Eph,•. ~i.,8." .A!las'! -what.'haslsllch ,a'depra~e'd poUut~d;'~nd'cot~,r,~pted InlsCfeli\1t'ras L'to ree,lcoh'upon',whym~tcy~tidgrab~ sh~~fd'ree.e~e,r.t~d,:inl m~(salvati.on'" but,,{\,~; rich~ sovel'e'ign'grat!e?1illisi will,pe (the, tQP~C 'offt~e, eternal son:gs,df redeem\'!& soiilt.:, And ,wllat., Si~~

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if ..~U,Cb. a. 'po,o,r" ~we~k; 'Wtmther-beaten;"tost, temPted~'n'dalmo~t·shlpwreck,ed.ves!,:~l,a~1"sbQuld,~t,l~st, land safely 'QD" e sliore ofe~~,t;'Ja~.qngre~t? ~ureyo~wQ!-I1d,strike,up:a new song,to,s me har­9.9pi jp; the h,eav,enlY po!~,,:if YJQu:~re"there,before'me'" And,what,IfNjlSh11 ppor, w~~k ~tpplll1g,a~:I.,sbould;oome'offconquero'l"<land

, ll]'».re lqan so, over au armad;:l. of, et1emies, fnom sin, ,death', land hell,A~Q.)vhat t,f you ,sbo!lJ~ meelime,),f),the,pea<:eful,Fealms above, with~Y.~9bes"washe~l.inthe blood, of theJi,.(\I1.HI', -and. a palm of victorym.I'P;y,lp'and? ,",d e' ~ '" ' . iJ J in.' " ,"~ .

Perhaps you may know me by my scars; but even by everyone,of thl1.s~,~iILbel!-,s~~ olf'to the freene£s, sovereignty ~ and unchang­~b.l~n~ss, o( the ~ove M G:od;lthe,wprk.and effieaeyof the dearRe..;dt:)~m.er's merits; and the ,power and prevalency of-his almighty and'ever-,1;Jl!'jssed Spirit.-The burden of my song will be grace,! grace!Ep~.). t!., if ,eV,et lr~ach the heights, of Zion. .--:: ,''';,:. l, q)Eiss t1~e l.-ord'·i&i'Pce,,~he.'fits.~ essa:y.l.w"rote t~ :rou,'!' ha.ve found$o,p,W 111,11'" ,r.ec'j."ijl"$ f~~'II),~be lllexbaustlble magazme; the ;bra'l1e-ge­n~ral, pas got the)i~tQ,~ahd is· keepi;ng l off theienemy, and i~~'llst hasg,v,.~\li\C\,r,eij:ewed blow tp ~Jl;the\c,ohfederatetroepsithattare in league~g,~~l\~! ~\e; a'N,l;! ),filj~lYi b~Jjev~ 1 sliall be an'overcoinen tPr.9ugh thelj~og~qf.~heL~WI,.. ~SrJ!h.Sf.<ve;e~;perjeneed somelspecialad_vantageifrotn~f~l1;stPB¥I' 91Jh,~! qld' ;man, ancl ~Il hi$ cUl's,ed arUllery;:;with dle'f>0wers9~utjJl11 jJlf~r:l),aJ ~~jngW)rri; fahdh tliis:lworlrlJ I "'litn:, alki,tsJ hewitcHillg~~epM'{)~,\Y)0.¥\~,e,~rfl.e.s.tIY'J;e~QIn,E)ilend:s0uHtudy\:de,\H"stu,cdyto"ev.e..

'ry ~hrlstian friend. Commune with your heart daily ; ('Psm. iV';'I~.

P'f?~fl.r~(9.f.~a,ta/l~s.p~~ic~~;;( ,and, b'e ey:e~l on' t~e wateh', llest y oll enter~R\~"t~mRtlltiqn.;'iq,; ~hpJ.lg~Jhe.~pj.Jiitl\rriay'h~·.Wi1I~hg,yet tb~.~esh't~i~\!~~~h1'1.~~h :~'\!f\V:l., 1IJ'.II I dU ,111,li\i"":;:') ';7'lnni''',1')'! ',) ",'I

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fl!pj,n!1?, t~~ !E{n~J;'aj)~J,p~,\,Q.~'J(iold )!'wlthl,ln:ote,{r.eedo0!ll< :than~·eu 11ave~e~JW:~t'~, p'ef6f~;llQut".w:th~I' ..I h~veta lWortJelhear,tbtHal'll,~'nr' oth~r;, ~r

~p~~e:,.~r~, fQflny(~.qQ\lP~~r.J?ar~i ~Dt itheI'ex:p~Ii~~I.l~e~·:of othersl" 'IndeedJ,/.~flrn~Wme~ll~hln~ '1~~f~ht;iY:lmy,s6Jf;;; ~IHl: If ~vernIget to' heaven, I~~liIB9 tr}lty., ~J 'flQQgexlt/l~re.; rRsnl.ll~~jl,':~ :~!;d,sh~l!hbe,a~,I~n ~~~r,.:Pflbm9.PP',~eQt\ ~~'JuP M{.tb~ hon~ur t9h(~IVme grllce, ~nd,t~el'nSij~lp:"tl,oji,'~P9.0t~1' w~J~ ~~·;t,·bJs:\. A Ibl~ckt helhsh'i~ra,nd" plpck~d'out of thehHHM, "I,lg"l qoWjrp~~~, ,thriou,-g;h ';I"J,ch. mer.ffY" alpJ1.I~D~d .st~nd ;for everInUJe,tel,llplep,f.iGQd.-r\;ltl';'lqol!","btJ'!'" .'l,:.;,I." I"

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M/t•.EjjIT~~, , . ' . . '.;:' '!: '~1 AM a,constap~r,eader of,thlf <;7ospel Magazin;e,. and ,most .cheerfullybl~ you Gqd, ~peed, ip endea.vouring to ste9J ,tnat:torre.nr.oferro~which ~o"dre~q.fl;1.1,ly a,~olln,d~ ,In ,the present day ,o~ glartng, profes­sipn:,bYsucl;1.a~tl)tr,re5~ rea~~m ,t? .feal[ are de~ti~~teof.vit~l!god1i­nt;~~, NUrnberl~s~ ,Brq~~s~QI;S" Pl101st~1,"~'iJ~nd pnyat~,.mdrV'Jduals,.give.a",rulJ>ropf from,.,he :erro~e~qsj.d,o~trlneslw~ll<;h;~bey~~t for~han~l qJa1ptaiq, ~hat ,tb~y flrecstll\ ~Q i,~h!'l. s~mestate. ~n .w,hICh theywe,re ~9rJl, jgnoran~ of G9~ anq.of.~hJe/Ds~l~es."AstIlls IS th~,ease,j~ .9f1co,mes.th9s,e.!~hq ,p.rq(ess I' ;tp 1;>,~ sflnctlned·by, Go?Q" ,the,.Il'ather,p,:esery~d ,JU ,C~nst..Jlil,SU!l, ,~c;> J<;ont~ndlpr .,t!:laL,f~IJ:h.J w~nch~ :wasqn<;e ·de!ive,r~.d, ~9l»~I~&-in,lf,jn,:fl.H ',~~s'ipart!il :~ofe~,esp'eciaIJy as,~,~~f1n;}sJ l'tp~til,e'Jf.i>,~~~. Jvit;J.gdqw,- 9(.Ch.~i!it, ,,llOP 'Qy ,his- ag~rit~, istln:\lst~qg fp'rt.~ ~U(;~. i~ If/.o.od,19f,erf:~rSlof.almclst; eV,ery, des\,:·npt(on.,

. ~p'q~ayo,l;lriJ:rgto lth,~9~ larx~J over·.t-lI~J glorjops ,.~~ld I disting:nili1bipg4m;trin'€;~'Jq,~ tlJl:} gospeka{ld, bY' I cll:Ut~W. arts. and, &1tratagem~,.tn·atl' ne,c;)Jihls(~g.eQtsl.ca!,! inye",t,f,to ,tuGn, th~.mi9d~. of,the;Lord's ,p.eQple to.~~~t';w);iii""'9i,~jll ~e.nQ.J t,Q \,{eCp Jtpe~Jignoxa~11 of,th<t. same. r'I am a1- '

·W;a.y~;g!a«;l; wpen I/a;m~avou~ell,wlth,.the\;·plea~ureof perusing the\V~~iiJ;lg~.of~w<h\as, l\pp.e~~ltpjb~;conoerned;for"themaintenance' of~q~Jr!1~h af\~ ~~"in .J~S,I1!i, ;be.sause tbere i~a,real.LauseJorit.. The~r,qt.~has,a:(h,o!ltQf ~n~mie& ItQ,eJl~ol,1,nter;.Iand.'altboughweare cer,..,t~in:,t&a~, it !lqa~\.ev:entlll\.lly ,p;r~vaH; yet ;aU,I(l.w~utmeans land e.xer­tions Should be used in its defence.· It ha~ fallen :to my lot to ad~-'

dress you, at th~. request p( ~e:v:eral .real friends to distiI;lgu'ishingtr':1~~i IN,!:tO\l,Ue constant readers of your Publication,' to !state, th~tfor a very considerable time. past it is conceived .that it has beenfilled ~r, in ~r~~~ .p.a.~t".by.,?oiltr~v~rsi,es on, s.uc~ fPoint~ as tendvel'yhttle to 'edificatIOn.' :' Surely at such a tune astnis, when ,theen~ll,lie~ to, the-f,ai,th are sOthusUy engaged m ,spreading their err:ors,

.and ,~ll~lH111p;lqersoffpersons J3.l:e &ent,to'tne different manufactoriesto \e",i,n tQ~ ,art of; W~l\v.i~g,t~e. sa~e into"their' hearers,. th~ Uor~'s.p.~o,ple, awl <¥lpeclally, Ills mInIsters, lshould' feel themselves called ­qppn :toi'P.~,.up i ,aQdl dQing", and ,tOi endeavour ,by'scriptural,argu­jn~tJts) ,aiq~:d ~b~ their own:experiense,',to .put, in. a caveat'ag~instsq~h <.t.n alitt~-!lc1,"lp:tulr.aLstatementla,s as made frOl.n,most:of ·the"P111.pitSi'~p.,)the Iprefle ~af') ,L:need,nOlll,teRyo.u,,·Sir, tha.tth€H:lear I

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, ,WE thank this gentle~an for his good wishes, and, his: commenda~ti08s, and,lam~nt with him the melancholy state that the religion of,Christ presents at the present day, when numbers' of outward pro­fesso.rs l1eem to encreas,e in shoals,;' when' the ,world, pours into thechurch, insomuch that she seems in danger 'of being,~rtied awayby the fashions, the maxims; and 'practicesof',it; it behoves ils tolbok narrowly I within, to scrutinize our own hearts, to examineourseh-es', whether, we, be indeed in the, faith, ana whether- we 'arethe living and lively temples of t~elHolySpiriti" ) \ I'

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knowle~~~:ofthel!l'd~pendsthei~righ~ e.xpeti' nC,e and, practic~;fOl: error In"do~~rme 'and error ]Jl practIce' gen ally go han'd" Inhand together. 4110w me to say that the Reviews, sinc,e I have beena teader~ have generally been 'such 'as have given proof that theReviewet:, had' been concerned to detect the cloven foot VI herever ithas 'rnad,e its ~~pearal1ce, and in my judgment, proved him to bea workman that needeth not to ,be ashamed; but I cannot helpthinking, ,and therefore s!1ggesHng, that there are subjects which'might occupy your pages much more calculated to promote thereal edification of your spiritual readers tban many, of the' contro­versies which'have oflatebeen introduced. Tltereare m~ny sub­jectswhich ]itHink it would be well if some df your :correspondents,who are sound in the faith, were led to; whichwouldhelikely to,betlte means'in the Lord's hand of establishing ;his people in ~crip;

" -tural views' of the same, such as " tlte doctrine'of the 'Trimty ; whatregards tltestate and conditi'on of man 'by nat:ure~as the do'ctrine

, , of the im'putation of Adam's'sin 't<)'}iisposterity4he co'rru'pti?D of, , 'nature, and tlte impotence of inen 'to that which 'is good; wha,t

,concerns the acts of grace in the Father, Son, an'd Spirit, towards1 aridu pOD' the sons of'men-as the doctrine'of ev~rlasting love:.-eter­

nal election-the covenant ofgrace-particuIar ,redempti'on:.-justi!.flcation by the imputed ri'ghteousness of t;:hrist~pardon;and recon­ciliation by'hls blood-regeneration and sanctification by 'the g~ace

! 'ofthe'Spirit~final persev~rance-:-the resurrection oftl!e'deii:4~' andthe' future glory of the saints 'with I Christ," beside'matty,lbthe't,subj~cts,of an experimental(and ' practical, nat,ure.The:se ~ay betruths 'that are' generally known;' but they 'are of!so mU'ch imp!orb..ance to the Lord's people, that'they need tO'have them frequentlyset before them for' their spiritual nourishm.eut•• ·I hope y,our! cor:"respondents will take so~e no!ice of. thisl hint,!and may the I Lordenable 'you and them to; be' faIthful u,oto death; ana, s~ be nioijth'and'wisdom ~o you, that, all 'your adversaries'sb,all !1qt be ~b1e ~ogainsay or resist you. ' .' , ,'" " '

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Had our correspondent bCt;ln a peruser of this work for the lasttwenty-five years, he would have perceived some thousands of itsp~ges enriched with those precious doctrine~ "l~. mentions, as alsowith the h~art-grati'fyiqg experiences o~ 'many of,the' disciples. ofour Lord and S~viour. The greater part of those writers who haveso ably supported us, are now in the, full enjoyment of those reali­ties, which they beheld while here below with the believing, eye offaith; and 011 which they so sweetly descanted on, and com~unl.cated to their fellow believers.

. Resp~ctillg the ,department alloted to u~, we have nothing l~ftbut going over the same ground again and again,,:in canvassingthe same truths; insomuc,h, if those subjects. wet~ not the joy ahdsolace of our hearts, we should have been wearied of the work longsi'nce. We are not. con,sciqus that tl]ere is. a single.llI'u.mb~r, bu.twhat contains matters worthy of the public's perusal, and of theirpatronage', excepting our own fugitive observations. . ". .:

The Editors, as caterers to various tastes and appetites,' aresen!!ible they hqve a di/fi,'Ult tas,k to perfor~" in presenting 'Jl~ch .viands as to suit-every palate,; fe,eble as their. poor endeav.ours are,th~y know ,~hat G"Qd can." a,n,d has. blest the sirnpll1st:. word, andgiven' their,'feeble ende~vours success. In the' n1orniJ;tg thereforeWe· sow the seed, a.nd in th~evenihg we withhol~not our band, for"we cantlOt tell, which may prosper, thi~ or that. ' . .Th~re is one circumstan.ce. 'which. we wish, to:, i,mpress on this

Corresppndent's. mind, wlIi,chis,. tha,t W(f have ,np ~ore .interest inthe sU~gess of th,e. Gospel ~agaz~ne thaJi h~ ha~ ~imsel~; thereforeif we fai~.in selecting pr<.>'~er fie~es for inse~tio.l}, it must be forwant of Judgm~nt, ,or spmtua discernment. For, as conductorsof this· Work, our hands are clean from all pecuniary advantages,which cannot be said of anyone Editor of aireligious public~tion:

t~L1S not. bein~' bi~ed by ',any .o·u~ward consideration, we stand onthe broad baSIS of lIldependency. . , . 'i' ,: . ' , .'. Our\'lm'pe'r,~e~t ~abours, aft~r ~~ove'.tweptY·five ,years servi~e;

are now drawmg to: a close, and we can appeal t6 the. Searcher ofHearts, we'have;kept that whi~h has been committed to our trust,avpiding p~ofane -and vain bablings, and opposition of,science, socalled. We ha,VIf, studilfd to ,she~ ou,rselves app.roY,ed unto God.W ~rK~en '~~a,t'll~e~eth not .to,be ashamed,~·rig.hjt~y)pividing ~lleword of truth: t Grace be WIth our readers, and WIth all who loveour'Lord 'Jestls ehrist i.n sincerity.' Amen ... ·' HI">!", .

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',T~E"seeltnlJgl.y, ,avowed i>urpo~e of this .wprk is, to, cOlJfine ,thespirit of ,pbHanthropy' within proper, houndll, and;to extend its in­fluenc~ !n suan chail'llels as' may ,be 'conduCive in prom9ting theworth and 'corpfOrt of the: lIu'Ih~n specle~.' Of ..' ..

"'r~deed'~'verYeff9lt"of the :mj'nd, wbl1ther to, 'civilize the savage'-, ••··.4(' .f "' •••. '.' f' ,.

,by "?~n,~¥.c.ul~iva~ion"lor,to."plo\raljz~ mank,jf:ld by precept and ex-ainlple"lrnust',I:>.~faYQrable to; the causeof.hqmanity. Su~h attempts, •

'\ 1howe~el' lunsucc'essful'; n'ot only' communi~ate'pleasure' tQ'benevo- .ielltdfiih'ds! w-ho'wisQ'well' to' their fe-Ilow~creatures,but mqst, \)c ~f

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o~,HF U~II~OS~ Ic'R'9f~fl'?rnce ~,t !l perio,4 wiJen FP~me!~e ~nd P9i1osppl)y. are 'uniting their il)flulilnce~o r;nalte !l~l, the nations ~f' the earth;of. PIJ~,family"interest~ ,and ,affection. " , ..!' ;, .Hi But ,Dr.' (jJhalm~rs;seems' to' 'thihk:' before there can 'be S\l~h a

; !ril.~lio~aiionl; tli~~e inustt he ," a 'wi~~ ,~'xtensi()J~'of c~rilitian ze~l, se­:tfb'nded,~by, an' 'eq'ua,l' degre,e o(~h~istian Ijbera:l\ty., all ,over th«; )and,Ju~t in proportion as,,'~he gpspel dinas a ll1imerical way di~ough hu•

.;manl h.earts and human' families,.'J ' ,,,,,, : ". ''" " I We lwould h'e~ei o})ser've, that if we are to look'for such a gen~.

ral exteAt" of christian priqcipl~s ah~'christian prac'tic~ in t~is land,oppliticiilns,.aQ? Jmqrflljsts p1~y; w:~i~ ,lqog enough be~QJ.:e t they .will;hay~,the,ir ex:p~C;~i)oti,on§ re~lj~ed. 'Fbr:'is.it possible there ca~' begreater' facilities 'to e~pa:nCi' theknowle'ge (jp Christ 'than ,~here is' at

,: the preseii~;day'itl 'this'couqtry; lHll;V~ we rot tho~sah~s,and', tensOf(th?~s~nds ~ft:~;ach~r~;, ~'~t~,tih~'i,r)sV~pf,di~kt~l:Lu}fi.ll~r't;J,s,~. ana nqI,l,eneed to be wl~hout the :sc:r~ptures \Yho are de~ll'\oUS\of, ha::vmg them.MiUions ;of fftgitivepieces from 'the press', ate, distributed also inorder to make the inhabitants of Great Britain wise untd salvation.What'can be done for this Vineyard more than has been done?What is the result of all those exertions? let facts speak, 'and theywill speak volumes.' Are we wiser or better than our forefa,thers ?

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upin .Qbs~utity; owing to thMurgidity.o'f ,the. language, conveyed!in leng;thened, periods, sometiuies {to' the ex tension of. betweenfhirty,andiforty hlin,esL' ',W~~,n.evftrll riemelnher:)tea!dingl,such a ivierbO'se'perf0rmauce. The style iSllal:ioured, and· inflated ,; stiff, :heavy,cand lumpy, without the11}east' animation, w,hich'rentlerthe perusal'insuppottably: tedious, .iLribt disgusting~: .,';Ye!( arecontiluhtHy'meeting with th~ most far fetched phrases; ,{drjr'lst'ance.:....;;~':An ex...

. ternal 'apparatus fo'r the transIJ;lission: of Christianity~ourpre'sentgodly' apparatus of ohurches~ma:teriarapparatus of J schools,-:an.atmos'phere.'of kind"lagr-eemept -',- terrestial rhechanisttlf-riasc!:ent

.piety. TheJrame work of a missionary society.-If.:o\lr rili\ers:should lever propose an ecclesiastica.lapparatus.r-;.ag'gressiveness:~foper,at~on.---'The: movement is far more a vibratory than a ,succe~~

sive one.~The.new 'ctnners';would' soon ,catch the espr,itndeicor.p~

that' w~s altea:d:y 'formed.'?' The :following. i'enfencel'is a <curiou~

description: " The healing water .is a,'treaslire 'put intro' e'cif\th~n

vessels"and'is conveyed'lthrough the whole body:of cdrruptlion· byeartheiz":pa,tk'tv(J.ysf,//" . ":~ L ':: '1 !.i [1'1'1' , :, "_' ",<1 (

.:' W(!11mUsli iacknowl~ge'lo~f.selves;',;welj!harve- ,neither. taste norjudgmenl to ,discern the propriety of sueh -diction; 'tihe 1opty rexQcuse'twe can' make fOf thee'writer' is, ,that he:1hlls beent ovef.cbll1eby a 's~t1a:teness; of thou$ht, tinsomuch'tlhat h0 ·has.been ~prived

of f6f(j~' to·'tmliven·a:hd'wartn-the r.ea€l~i!s>"· ", "~, \" C''''!1 ~

Is this the Dr. Chalmers, ~he northern light1 who 'hasbech leld;. forthl,ls'a phenOmenall of t1ie:age for 'otatot>Y.I:ttidclglassieallitera-ture? '·strrely thlscan'nol:- be ,the lse'lf'sll.rbe -gentlemaili?lj J!',' '; ,

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';l'HEi ,writeJ: of the abov;e pamphlet I tells. 'ils.; ,that' hi:s .r~11~O\1~IJ9ridissent fr.omitth'e Churchnof England aTe fo.U'JlQe,d,'llpqI1' mqralnedes.sity';l he ,enters his, :protesv.;againSt i~Qn),e: of -the',dOCRin'!!~r9f

the"o~Urch,.,pa~t~o~~a~I~.. ' w<~ere. she.,acknoWleges th~. Deity... ~(t.b· .Son"oLGbd;: 'a~Ul~p);J,'~tlQn of. tb~' Holy .&pIJ:!t. Re: 3:~Jc,~." .I:D! what'lpo4ttrdo rthe' primi~iVi~ 'a:Nd moder,n JQ\sho,ps COi~lcide?; land;goes'lou1:0/say;: thah"~,tpe!h~ad~J' the:ancien.t bishops was JesQ.'!t;::Y!ok>NI;7':No:.X. jj i"i l "., . '? L !: I ,., .•, ',. ,,!',

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(j;hr,.ist, who had' no rich benefices td bestow: the head of the ino.dent bishops is George the IVrth. the fountain of riches and hon­ers~ '!TtJe ancient bishops believed" taat:tJheir great head c~uld dono'wrong; our bishops seem equally forward in saying the same oft,heir great head. Christianity needs no mitred bishop, .nor"crow,n.

, e~:Hosannah tO,ensure its, success. What-comparison can be ~adebetween the:simple oabits, the modest attire of an ancient bishop,apd th6( gorgeo,us' palace, the fooslcap mitre, and the other splendid

: trappings 'ofour bishops. When do we hear of an ancient,aposto_

lic bishop translated t,o a ri<,:ner see, or votin~ in t~~'enate houseto please his king.'" .' , ."Now. as this layman says, 'Volumes have been w! tten upon this

subject, and more may yet be written than has aIre y apprared ;w~ o.n our part think it will be loss of time, and tend to tire thep.ati~nce of our readers, if we should enlarge our ,extracts, or makeany obser,vati9ns,on the subject. .,

S1,1ffic~ it to, say, that s.ucb is human nature, that there, a.re·alw.aysto be found men, even in the Sfcred functiqns, wheth.er,episcopa­lillns Q,rqissenterll, whp. are for milking to' themllelves the mammonofuq,{ighteo,u~ness., It ,ii:i' of no use, for, thil! l~YQl.~,n, nor for us hisbr.ethr.en, t.Q ~a~~ ollfselyes uneasy ahou.!: tb~ ma~te1;; as w~ are"QQ~;~9nCem~lli{l; the scral.uble, of coul.'s~ we ba\le, n9~ th~ t~!1l,pt~.,

~il>n to try us, how we should re,ceive Of J:~ject thQse good, t4i'[lg's of.tli is 'Hfe~ ',,,' f""

"We <:a!lnotcop~hHJe\,~h~se 9bservations., ,wjth,Q~t r~rnar~i~g hoW''lamentable itj~ 'to s:'~~ gP9Q 'men co.n.tin\\aJJy l>~nQyiJlg ,about p~r~petuaI accusations against eal?hpther,an~we are appre'hensive theearned.uU ro"utin~ 9~ arg,~men~ and invective. is, the Ol~ly pr~spec!\~e can look to while' man'is'man;' '" f.hi~ jay'in~n ;1;~ul{ha~e'c~~~ideI:ed; that t9e" sysb;m h~ holds) ins~ch abhorrence, has heen, vindicated by a.t' leas! as many learbecJ~

honest, and pi.ous men,. as his own; though the' friends of tlleforh,.~r have beeri,adcusedby this writer, of-asserting, abs'urdities;ahd'defending"for the sake 'of preferments, contradicti,onsthe moSt,palpable.:' While we have had. the honour: ofsu,pel1intending .the'pa'~es of: the Gospel Magazine,' we have ,set our co).mtenancesagainst reviving ,tRose animosities so prevalent among 'churchmenaria <Jisstmters, which are the ,bane of genuine Chr:istianity': :for hard. .

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cast stum~ling blocks 1!1 the way of,th';lse wh,ose grace is sinc~re,though feeble',; and whose ,faith is, rea1" though 'r;nixt ,~lth ma~y,lm';petfections and prejudi~es. 'For' it 'b'ehbves' Us\to fcillowthe, ,~p(os­,olic admonition "L~t everyone of us please'his miighbort thatis, h:y to please him; for 'some neighbors; 'perhaps; 'ean never 'hePleased d'o 'what you ,will H'fl)r 'their go'oa to edificiltiori.'" 'M~h

are not to' De yielded to in things thlit 'are evil; but in all tliibgs,lawful,~e 'shb'u'ld be !aftable;ii'n'~ coiliplyhig,"oeai'iog "aM foI'b~ar·iog 'with oHe :another. ' " ,. , ., , ., " ,'. 1. . J

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fJidualof Mankind, to heJoufiil in'thetr 'Du'tJI towartls God,land 'lowii1-ds 't'keir'Neighbdur~;in'ordd' 'to insure 'their eterWaZ 'Happi-ness. <B'y:!oaniel Pearson, LiL. D. ,', " '

TiI't '~riter'6~flthe above: e'ssay is very desirous :\:6 tefoi'm ~~~~~cl~s df'society,: 'without' caHi'ng,ih .t'he'aid 'Ofi'eut~~si!i~tic 'iiiiJiii'and"tailors, ~ho, by, tHeit 'botc'hing, do'n1ot~ :Hah1l 'tMni g(tH~!~1He 'says if't~eOld Whole Duty Of Man was rf!ll<l oye',' 'bY' e~~ryitldiVidual, it wpi\I<l' be Idf more 'ser~ke,' 'ftilih 'tllousl!:hds "t>f -Bi'bl~-and Missidil'ary,Societies. The Doctor isvery'watmfa:nd(fer~id(iiiibis address, ana Iwe giv'e Chtrh' ftill credit, for ,His intentibt1~ I; ;tmnfbmust' 'permit u's to' say, tliat'1ilc'e 'many of toe' erithtisilitt~ )~'e i~lh~~l!

'he re~~rses ''the', st~tute,s or t&~ 'kiiig(Jo'fti 'of! CllHst, :by be'~ik,n.i~g'with' the wrong end, nainelyr, that 'Chri~iian' inbfality !Mttd~h I f5lir'servic'es acceptable'to th'e AHhighty. 'Tli~ gr'andlliiOb:m ;n1'~itifiib'~ed in th~ 'v'dfu'me oefo~e 'us,lby Dr. Par~oi:lS:{s, tha't'fubt~l 'fiftri~'tie~ets C!iristian!ty, and fh~t"Christiahi,tyvlJfifigsus: iri,r6 a j(i!M\fi~d~~tate. 'Ail'd jl' '~e'f6110,*,lour 'L8r'd's'IHeatitdaes iiDd\~~qi:ii'reili~1ifsin his sermOn on "tlie 'mount, ~Hid iri 'his' aisCouY~e:\titfi m~"Yomfkman,'iri th~ 'lgokpei~~then ~e mat rest as:5Qt~~rWe~ sBhll',:,n,ot'fJii ,atJih'WtMtii)g~~rnaJ Hfe. ", j., I; I I " (",' 1 ., 0,',1,'

'. ~~e, late: 1,~••(,~i1pi~, p~e~:~~dar~ ,of S~l~sljjiry;,blis :1',11",'~~af~, 'J~·die·.fourlh val me oflhlS Sermons"lt~at " some jJ-eO'ple ~hdeavpr tocover their SInS with 'what they ca:lltheir virtues; such' as:hone~ty,'temp'era,Il'ce~ veraCity, or' s~mel(>ther virtue, in: opp6l;iii~n to some,favorite 'sins, arid ~ope 'under, 'Such' cover to escape'.'" .i Th'e fat!i 1s.ali'uhreg~der'ate people, Of 'ev~}\y denlothihatiofi~' " 'G6 alh'ihititb·~~tablisn their'own right~busness~ and hav~! 'ilot 'submitted to th~

. rignteotishess:ofGod by' fafth." .W~ clirindt'pro'ceea"any fuhUJr,"~s we have' notaniiulition to throw'a\\ray~ \,~, ',. I r ",'

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,JIPYf .(ar,lwo.~~sof ~hi~Ji9'~w,ay·.help ,tp $t9P th~ Wflnj~ \~Opfjd.el}ty, ., f~' ~re, a~,Joss ,tf! :I;lonjlfctttr~~ bptf,erFalnly f!..p,hy~}ci~pwho'jl~telUpts~o ~}\~e).osfritY'ish,(;lll~et.i~~ IP,erfecF!'Y' \sqp,e ,qi,rp,self'J B,ut we ,ha\fe 'q~a8If,~:of e,very...de~frip~,i:qn, ~Qd, plenty' ,of t.ho~e, btet~r~~ of thecraft erecting their various'stages, each docto.1j~r.l;\qJpeting f rwar4those infallible virtues of their. nostrums, from the. high right 've­!e,n.~ fath~r, wi,th,his <'\\4po1?gY/\~9:-:vn ~9 ·.t.h~pre,serlt bnmb ~

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: ..~.b~ f~ll~~i~g\\Y.<;ipe~.nt~pl,lred\>Y\J\1F" \Gri!TIShil~V; l!:r~ sJl4~ittedtothe Deist's acceptailce; ~n.l\hd9~*tl!l~1l thir> I phys~gjar. (sup.poses,i,fI~~.e~" ~?~J\ ~Plh\l~~, If, ~\l~~ W10q,d<:,r(u!. fff.efit., \;)f,~,e;F8P;!pO,W'lil,tp,~~~~ .ar~..~!ta~ ~', l:E;,yer:!l "fl(1:n. ~.~th;a.! ,H9f,tipn •. fill ?~t,e~',t91 iqif~I'A~,J;. ,the.~r"la~ 9.?,dj 0l<;L)!; trl.\tP~l a,s ;fl.~:~l,(mt; ~9. ioc.9~~mYr,l}d. {iwi?r?-v,~)j; }ln~ ,il:S

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"' It?;~~9~o~J~';l~olthel a?PY~:~¥f/.;nye~..\,~pi~.h~lSt ,tqa,t, '~I,!q)P?~C!P9r;t£on .~s;;':\fl';. ~~sl~e'J:' j:pe).p.~e~ept Jigh~l ~i~h:,a..1S~\~@.bl!"Ajftt;,: po,~ ;wHl el}J}!-yge.Pq~ .vjsi~H ~l)A unJ<;>,sk tqt; dqpr, p(Q~r.s;p,i*ual,~lfr;vLcY~·:;!l 1<1,":'. ~~~t s.t~pi4,. st;9,s~Je~!,'j3:rgoJl. is a~Lt~j~•. Jps,tea~.,Qf,994 ;~~ulg~he first mover in a sinner's salvation, the featl}.~r,y Alu!Ue ~s Blaced

"ip !;qe,Rap .of free.':'~~II"and. up st?trt~.th~ ~reaq~re pp the.pe,de~t~l oft~u.wa!},P],erit,.~nd' t~en:lI}oq.~s.tly·.~~!l~, O;U, ~M;)'A..I!.D~gh~y toihis.j\s-. " ".. ,slstanCe., .!.. " I, ,'. ',.1 . . ..., ..•.• . ;r.:' ,J.,..-r. ·.I.l~'';·',l J, ,1,:,# ~'" \'1(.,. 11: .1"'10'\') , ....~.f J .ij "j" r ".,_, ,." .

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TH9lJOH SolomPh,}m,!l;said;t1iere is ~q new.',thi'ng under'the sup';,}ie­~ee;Ill~d, not to hav,C alltici pateq,' or even had, a ,conjecture what ,Was

,to. happeR Sp.nH~ thOl~sands of, y,e:ars afte,r ,his decea,se I' for ,we ,live in~gtiwhi9Q.produces ~ver:y,thioglil;eW." New ~orld~,newfasbions, ,~

/ ~pd, n~\\l';: exper.i;~el.i·t.s' IO£" every I ,kind. ,Indeed ,our ,very de~otio~~DJ,~,~t be' ~fiw., fpr·iWl:ll have ,pew tr~slati:onl(of the ;scripthl'es, new"maL.n~ah pt.praye,r~,·:new ,weeks preparation1s, ilnM 'clt NewrDuty vf Man •~o teach us 'a nt'lW'wayr to.'get;t~. hea'VCIi.: Af>' sucJrthings are,the

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?f glory, p~lr:nf?,pf yi~tory ~'~nd robe~ of p.lJri,ty. ;,.'Fp,rla,cco~dil),g tothe J;llodem ,c~ee~, tber,l1is •. a ;su.ffic£e~tc:y; of yght ;awl ;43ufficiency: qf1'edemption for that very purp.c;>se, ~\'hich tPIilY :telb qs ,if there were.not",God would be unjust, cruel:, 'fl.nd ,ar.bitrary. Then \ye s~y,

there can be no gra;ce whatever in his bestowments,.for wbate.verGpd'is bound il) .justice and equity to giYt\; cannot Qe grace, thiscarriesitll,own evidence :witp ,it." "~' ", '., 'I I' '/1,\", ", I,, We l'~lould be gl,ad to ~lik: M,r. Grir:nslraw, Wha.~ this presen~Jight

, ,withiQ" '-ever pro..du~ed ,even' in tht;l most enlightenedll'eathe~~'lor}Vit~.their ~ight, they~ere,lll~e" bljllct; Q),en g~o;pjngr, in the 'Park.A~.,the natl,l~al :ligh,t bestQW~;, bears,no \f>k;op:orl.ii~m"tQ,theknow..ljege ~hichcomes by .re,v~lfl,tion, wh~? applied ltq ,the"un~erstatid,.

~ng by the ~-foly Spirit. , ';'1'" " ; ':'/ '" ' J I, " "I;.1:0: proced~'any' further in this tnlct, would'b,e w(\)l'se;than a dose

of ipe,ca,cuaoha•. o.ut readers ,may,;givel us .credit ~hen ~e ~aY;ltbat ,in..the' handling 'of;suchnauseous)ngredienfs;~otconstantly, thrown,t}bQUr way, that we 'are~ot only completely: sick, )buti(qui:te e:xi~'

h~usted.()f our modern theological books we may.:say, what Dr.i~~welsaili ,of, Jacob ~ ,poetical' w,~ltel', 'wh,~h ;~ommeoting: on '~\\;6p,l~ces of hIs; ",:":'" ,t ' .'" :;. h,., ,. L

'",: ., Pare1lt ofdarknessi genuine s~n'ofnig'ht).~ li ;'j '.;) d ", ' _ ~, ' -~' . . .' ',.,

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i"eade~meed nof,be s~rpi'i~ed that among the m~~ifold cnanges 'anilchatl(~es 'of,this mortal life, that there isaNEw JERus~:t.EMCHURC~

descended fr:01D God ouidfheaven, arid'take'n'its residence in LisleS{1'eet, Lez~ester Fields, where it appears a Mr. Noble officiate~s'High Priest!!!' ": When a newr~gious sect start~ up, an enquiry is na1:u~aJ1y ,seon foot to know what are its tenets, and w~ence its credentials : a'ndit may not seem unreasonable 1'0 expect a satisfaCtory ans'\\ier to thisinquiry. As such this new 'teacher tells us i~ is his 'int~ntiotl to 'givea brief ,account of some of those' old an'd'n6,C things, by drawing 'acontrast between th,e old dectl'ines and the new~ ,on'thiee impor,tantsubjects,' namely" the trinity, 'regeneration, and/good.works. Weare frank to declare these new doctrines here'elu~idateaarelzlo\odlerthaT] ~the old corruptions which have beset,i4e:cl)'u~chof'God fromthe first 'ages, and: are now meandering with ralnio'st ev'ery sect.,I This n,~w Jerusalem teacher begins his;exordiuul 'by'aid'cnial ofTthedoctrine ofthe e,ver-blessed-and glorious Trinity, 'and by.des.ighltting~he I)eliefthereln'\as a potioti, :and then boldly jumps to'a conchtsion,that ,it i~an acknowledgment of.the existence ohhreeGods"w,}{enin his conscience l)e knows, there never was such an aV'oW'aHrb~'tlie

JIlouth ~r pen Qf ,a trinitarian. On 'the co~tr!lry,"we are fOT~

l,>idden by the catholic faith to say, there be,three Gods." •He speaks,m~ch about ~he:,u.nityof the God.head, and we would ask Where is, the religiqus\worshipper who denies it? ,but he asserts that it cannotremain ill the mipd where there is an acknowledgment of three di­vine pers~ns~ "He~e ,v;e w:il1leave him in full, PQs~eSsioll of his o.w(,\;lpsi dl.i'it,~ and' t~trn to his view,of what he term~ the,ditJne ~rinity.

, '~' By 'the, Father" 'when 'mentioned in 'script'~re, is hot meant a'God· distinct, from -!esus Chri'st, 'but hi!?' itnhost'ilrinciple of qivine

• life,. arlsw~rlrig( 'to t,he soul i~ in!n.:By the Soh is not meailt: 'a"di-,~ J ·vine 'person Iseparate from the Father, but the manife!lted form. ,of the

~\j djvine es~nce,~nswering to the body-in man. And by the iJ~lyI:!. ~Spi~it ,is riot meant a: divine person distinct from both,but the ope­

, Il;ating';,lif~,' or influence, of the divine ~ssenc'e and divine for~''in'U:n,ion,' answering to the op,erativefaculty in man, ot' to the infliuence

'lJe e'x,etci,ses' updll persohs and ,~hj,ngs"w,it~in his .~~here ~f actio~:­. Thus'Jihewho1e,divinity centers,jn '~Ae one,unqivided ,person of·theLQrdJ)Csu~,Ch,rist: ,and. the, Father; '.son 'and,lidlySpirit, Ito more.forQlthree div,ine, p,ersons orGo'ds, ,tha.n·soul, badY'~'and 'dpetation,-in e,~~lH)f us, form. t~ree human per!Qns or men." ,,'

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'So then a<;co\:ding,to th;is high priest of the new j~\'usalemchurch.'The Ahnighty God is,ma~e up of SOUL, BODY" AND oPERAT'ioN.U!On this h<;>frid description, o( the Deity: we' shaH< make no ·comment.How trl,leis thatscripture verified'where it says, '~bu't evil men,andseduqets shall wax w:orse and Iw~rs~, deceiving and being deceived'!rMay the Lord the Spirit of his infinite mercy deliver his,people fl"omsU,«h dreadful d,elqsions that they ml1y,nevet swe.,e from the form ofsou,nd words, which they have been taugh,t, in faith and love whichis in Christ Jesus. . .. ~be doctrine, held forth in. this lectme. before us, is, that the Cre-'

ato.r and the Redeemer are the sa~e one divine~person. Then welI.~k, How is.it posilible tOlu~derstand'tb.elscriptures wbicl} speak ofthe divine; pers(malities of the :!i'ather, of ,the Son, and. of the HolySpirit? to inte~pret them o~herwise lIlust, b~).to give a if",lse gloss tothe:;sicre~.records,? Let us stop a ,qIQIl}e,nt,a,nd eXilmiue,the pointre,si¥C:~i{lg the on~,pers9t:l. of the Fa.ther., subsisti.ng in ,the:.son; bythe word, an.d .testlmouy, of re.velatlon. '~The Father loveth theSon, a{(dhath give~ all tbings unto ms han,d." Can any thii'tg bempre~de~lAJ:a~i~eof ,tW9 perso,nalities. .It is, wri'tten. " all men. shall:bQl10r th.~; ~oQ even a~, they honor the Father."" Here can: be no'doubtQf;~j;s~~Q<;tp~:rsonality\, otherwise, we might read all'men,shallkdnof; .1.~i::Fa(4~1.;, t~~~; as the!! llOn,or;,tke. Father.! !! Let. Us takethe f(j1l9Win'g[,~<;,~iptu,re,,,"pjch stands as a bulwark for the distinctp,erllQn~lit.r.of)ow;, Lord apd S~v~our; " Iproceecled;forth, ana:came frolp Go£\,}neith~~.came I ofmyself, but-HE that sent ME.";Itisyery r~!Ilark;l.!:>Je,th~tilij,tpe~iatelyafter.thi,s d,eclaration, 'our Lordsays to ~q~ Jew,$~ ,an<;l. we wQuld Sl;l.y the Slime. to this New,Jerusalem.priest, ',' ,Why, qq ye .i19~ unc:ierstand my-speech? even 'because:yecannot hear ,my w.9rd.'~ So her~,.jt is, " He that is of God, hearetlr.God!s words;' ye;: t~~refore hearj tbem'not,bccause.ye are not ofGOQ::' What;app~~"ofscrip,tures might''Xe produc~ fot:'the trinity;of pers,oris inth~ ·GJ'-4~(l~d; ," A.tl tpa~ the FATH~'R has ,given me.~'

" A;,> ·th~ living f A.TH·fR: ha.tg. s~nt ,~,.l!:."-:,~' ~ am on~J that1be,aJ;eth"whneJl:S,. of .MYs~:t.f, anq tn!1.Ff\T~E~ tha~ sent me beat:eth ,witness

. of. .M;~,'~~",The F 4;,~HJ':!t, I,lily.et,?, the SON, for as the FAT~E,R liat~,life ip:,~~M~,:p.F" ~o,qll'~J;l,·qe(gi~~!l' to, 'tp~, S,g,N to hay~ life irl himself.',' I

4.c~p.r~·~Q;g, ;tp·t~~; P~\Y phup;!n this, ,tex:t ,sh9Uld be ~ead,. the' FatherlQ~tJ.k #~ (f.,~~h.f:i;),.j;Qr.. a~Mt;.,Fa,~h~'?,;4eth We inJt.irnself, so hat1t:hegi'()~r;;:t l;th:e:...JtQlth~;<~o ko;'O.e, 'life ,inJ"i!flr'§~lf. I 4t 'us take anotherre ." gortwo in order, to shew the abominable fallacy of thc ~bove

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scheme.-,-:-cc'The' Father loveth the-Son :;" read the Father'[Gveth the.Ftlther~·~c The Father judgeth no man, but, hath com.initted all' ­judgment'to the $on;" read tlte Fatller<}udgeik no,man, ,hut hatlt

: c011l/f}'Ji~ted aUjudgmeli~ to the Father.i.-C,C For ,~s the Father bath life'in himself, s~hath he given t~ the SoMo have life in himself ;'~. read,

.fo~ as the Father hath lifez'n'hirnseif, sO ha'th he,givBn, to the F.AT1/.'ERto .. have life,in himself. "But theC~which is the'HolyGhost, whom the ,Father win send'in my .name!l,........read, But the

, Comforter which is the Father, who1Jl the Father will send in ?ny fiariM.'."H~ breathed on them, and saith unto them receive ye the HolyGhost."~readagain......He b,'eatlled on them, and saith"receiveye theFather. We have here put·thf(se,:emendatibns in bl/-ttle array withthe. ~acred text ;: 'they are not for~ya, l}u't n~eessarily folloW' oh th~

su:pposi.tiori,·tha:tthe Deity tartle down ftdm heaven, lindJived up­onlell;rt.hin'the1>'~rson,of,Jesus Christ: and that in)esus.Christ, cen­ters, ,Father!,' Son',and Spirit•. 'Bef~re' we clO$e' thes~ remarks; wecannot .but ·,.observe, that howevel.' the Arian hypothesis goe~ to thedegredation 'ofoilr Lord?s'di.,'inity, it acknowledges his divine per­sonality. The Socin'iall witf:ithe M'ahometall confess a distinctness ofpe~son in Chliist from the;F~ther,though'they'uhdeifythe Lord oflife and gJory; and'make him a: mere creature' with fhemselves.

-!. ,However we.may· have had to combat with the blasphemies of theArian and, the Socinian, the banefut and masq'iled.error,of'the daY/ISthat,.of Sabelanism, which flows upon us as, a HO'o&-tide ~nd whic,hWol'1ld annihilate tne person df'the Son, and the Holy Spirit.I The church of England has happily got rid of Some df her illegi':'timate sons, who hiwe ,gathered th~mselves tOg'etlier against the Lordan~ against' his anointed, and· h~ve j6ined hand, ill' hand with theseNew,Jernsl/-Iem people, and their allies the Swe'denbotgians., oBlessed, be God in the midst'dfthese conflicting opinions westltndupori a rock~andls'hall main'tain;whileour bloo'd'ct>tltinu(;ls to'flow,that.in:Jehov:ah there .subsists distinct" sulista~ce§,dr persons. ·Weassert, the Son. Wal'!' incarnjlte, nOt' the Father : the Father anointed'the S6n',1\l1e Son did not arlbint the Father: the Holy Ghost is sent'by,the Father .and Son, but th.e Holy Ghost''dotli ilOt ~e-nd'the Fii'ther'or Son. The Faihe'r is BO wb~te sailhcitedeem'lb, redemption Is1 .said't6' bee,wrought by th~ Son,.. 'The'FatherbHngsih'is'begotteri.Son ,into, the worM.,·' The Father rai'ses ·his begotten'Son ffori'the\dea:d.TheFafher.lsets his' Son up'o~'his throrte;not;tnc-'SoIl,theFa.....

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, working, and works from himsel.f by the Son and ~pirit. The Son'Is, distin~tl~ sr.~~n~ in' order' '?~;~~~~!iri~, ~f ,himsel,f fr,~~ tbe Fatl~~~,?.an~l br.~~e,~p'i~~~; :.; ~he SP\~l~ ~?rks frpm ~h~.F~the~f a~~\:he S~tir ,a,nd by himself. .1 he character of theFatb~r IS" that he Is,the Fa-

• I' jj' 'H'ft l , . I I' I \," 'f'tl" Jfj' ··i '"ther of,Christ, Eph. ,i. 3: The character of tne 'SOI:qS, that he is the'brightries~ ~'r l1i's'Fatll~f's ~iOty anp~he'expr~ss i:ma~e oflii~'persril,'iteb., i. ~.i 2 901': iv: (j~ TfJe ic~~r.~c~e~'of t~fHol/~lfos~:is~' th~;he is the Co,mf~(1~r, theISpim,of't':uih, proceeding~ se:nt'fo~th byChrist fr~rti iWe Fa'ilier, arid sent'l>y the:Father in the h~ni~ ofpnri~t,\Tohn xiv."26: abd xv. '26. "T11l1s' the irihity in u'ili'ty;and'tne 'llni,tyin ~tin,ity are t~\be\vodhipped"a's-'d)~equal,co-esseritikl, cQ-eterJi~J,-a~~:c().illl~Jt~bl~'\ in ',m tHe!r'f6~~'#~icabl~ ~Hr~b,ut~s, 'Johni. i.'a'rid ,,:1'111. 'P'hll.iit6~' Heb'. ix;'lk.. ·: ' .:, 'J', I ; , ': ( i ' l

lIappy', would "It Q~ 'forthk1high prieSt,ofthe'Weiv JerusaJern'Church, ~itll'liik'Sabellianand Swedenborgia~ hr'et'h~~~';ftthey~ere '~naDled to fail Ido~h at',the footstool c;c th~!divirle~~ll.jestY"; with deepcompunction of ~eart for their tem~rity ~nd\rashpres.urription,_and

'acknowledge ~"that God is pne Lord; 'not one' okqrpetson, but'THREEi/ErtsoNS; In one substa'n'c~."-:.:.'~ 'For'that :)Vhich iY,e belieye of'the glory or'tli~ Fa'ther~' th~\slifu~ w~' beiiMedf! the'S'Of!J(,i antr~ftJieHoly Ghost, without any difference or :uneqQality"~"Therefore'with ang'els'and archangels, and ,with all the comp'any dfneahm,we I~tId and mag'nify thy' g(l>rlous'name; e'Vermor~ pralsi~g ~hee~ :~nd~ay,iOg:' ho1y t Iloly !holy f Lot? God of h~sts,'heaven and earth.

,are full of thy glory. "Glory be to thee 0 Lord most lIigll: for thdu'o~~I art~olr::;:rhou,:~nIy ~r,t ~H~t~~cl~, ~Thou only,? Ch~isfwiththe.Holy Ghost, art most hIgh 10 the glory-of God the Fathet'~~:', .

'Ori the' sut>j~ct}~f regeJIeration this new teachet'appears to'be to-. ,'taW in, the, da:rk~'and tobe soaring h1theregionsofUtopia~' Instead(bf tne'w'ottlbeing ¥1n act of ~od 'Hle:Holy Spirit, he makes man the'fi~kt'~gc!nt';" He '~are cateful'to pertorm our part in the

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bie~tijed lri,i~llff th~ibr~at~(M(I~f~~' ~'nd"in~~lb~c~irik~litr~l ~~uLC~B'tit in actU' ~e~~ri(/o~l;t~ati i~/ih <~~l'~ejr~idK '~iN~h'/isWe s~;~~s<,J()i~~:t~~y ~otl~W.'ti:,:G~~~ an~'i~ '~~~.'~W~c(pr 'tr~~1~~~\ ~~ge~~~~t:on:I~~~habitt 6f dlvine'g\~c~~nteJede'nt{Yi'lIfu'~ed; l~ caIl~a fo~th'iIlto'its n;a~nifold exercise. The seed, which in rt<&eperati6~~~s'di~i~~iy:s~~~r,~~fW;#~, up,~~o'd /r~' kn:o~~ '.flY itsJ~~it}; "In the rJririeV·ta~e:·t~e\~illhA',Ja~'d' ~ii'n ~~ltv~ ri.ot~i~'g\~o 4'0 {.ti~';Q1~('I~tte~, ~ijich;,if th~,i~,iep~r~amI codse ,I'e' ce of the fi'i:s~, both"fhe wilFarlCI'evbrj '''oiver of thehf~,"- )1 'I, fill." ~;\J'<.~!j' q 'j ", ,; ,;';I.;''{} "liJ"'1 ;~i I" ''', lrl!,i, d' \~d·.)lI h- d

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, by; lts)ang~a.g;el~~ "Jcursed},~ ey.er,v.,ont:w~p,cpntmues110~1l~ allthi~'gs t~~t l'a~eH,\Vritt~JI,. ihe'15o~\[ ~d~e'law/t~ do them." "I't,rlght~oJsness~'b~t that~ 'chri~(~lo~e~~~an d'efy th~ Qnerrini\wei~~ila'nd sc.ares;~df' mouilt' srnal ~ ~1""6ul~ ."propo;t~onJ''oJ. 'rndrif;", '~'i1i ri~~·~";o!t: ",t.~ ~.i "h ;!:~l ).. I. '.~.' (,.i'n' /:,~, '~lj~"l'J .,' 11 , ,d

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used a palr of scales coostructed with such exactness, as to turn wlththe2QOth,part6f ~igra.ip":~r:N?~ tha~ kjn;~;~ ~tt~'rn~y:g~~t:r~f,being once ~ P!CS¥~t' ~h~9':th~~~ ~~a]e:s \\1e~~ trie~ ?~~i~ ~ .".~ll ~~<ruid ~~Ioth1 t~'have'a:ll 'uIY actions wl;ig'be<l 'in .suchj~ba)an~~'asthjs '!~~AhJ;Jo:wh;t 'W:o~)d beconi~jo'~:the ~rightest\'~at~t :~R~~' eitt~,'if hi~g,f~c~sl ;fil'd. virtue~ wer~ weriil1ed'iit that scale\i11finlteli'J{'~ebtiU,',\~l';" II~', Ht ,."I\~~Vj·.. I.... \.~~., l\l'';:\~'~'d' ,~f·t"qi'l!q'·'~;,~.':

,!hi~h, ,~ill ~a.~~ i?~ !ll~o~~~~~,fQ~.'~n ,U!l~~J~,\~~\~~~~\t?~,~rf?~\~Rtridle word. If ,t should be aSKed how are we to examine ourselves?~h,fb :what\~ie 'smust we:~t~c~~d't~,:~'~tY1~Et~~!' ~oihti~~'ottii~

gi~;~tJhqh~f;r ;1; !~j'r{(~IY ~,. ~Ol~ ~~'~~!~i~~ ~~r.~,~~~~,~: in:t~¥:;~?~leRft~e ,I~w; fo.rli~ Q,OlOt of~u~l weH!'h~,not a. gra~e 're h!;iov~,.nor the ~st:"'·ork' 'ie'er' ~¥f~rmed'can:r~t:hthestandardoftha'tall ~;t~dtb~~

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WEwquld, if we possibly could, have given the whole quintessJ::Dceof those beautifl\~ illustrations of Paradise Lost, b\lt as we pro~eecl,'.we find the regale gets more and more llixuri~us; by the rich,juices and'poignant sauces pres~r\ted before us, insomuch t,hat {>turco~fined limits forbid us: to prolong the gratification, by, any fur..'ther advapce,in 'oilr extracts~ excepting the follpwing, with whichwe plose the .p~,ese~t entertainment. . ,,', , ,.,

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duced,' ·will fuUy eSt~blisb the critical acum.en of the reverend An­~otator'" Milton describing a battle of Satan an~ his hosts, says.....

, " Though sta~ding els,e ,on rocks, but down thciJfellBy itho¥'sands, angel on arch.angel roll'.d."· "

The remark 0,0' fh~ above is-'~·Wet·.e it o.ot.forthe ma.nyheauties'of Milton, which must, and ever will, endear Paradise Lost to everyintelligent mind'; were it not that our great poethath djsplayedin many parts. the soundness of his faith; were'it not that in an,epic poem we are taught to expect, like the d;rapery of paintingitl a, 'picture, s?mewhat we know to be -among -the}ripperies 'p~e,tsare md\llged wlth-:-every reader of common sensew-ould turn awaywith disgust" at this ridicu'lous battle of clevils, in oppos~ng ,jth~

sov~reignty of God.', They who fancy that l;hrough thic,k anEl1!~litlthey are 'obliged to follow the first of 1111 poetical wnters, andrather sacrifice' sense and reason to the g~neral voice, than hetho~g'ht singlllar ,and .fasti(lious in condemning any errors, mayf~ncy and' attempt to impose upon their readers the same fancyof 'supposing much excellency in this description of the ,battle.of 'angels by our author. But every principle 0 common I:l!lder­stanaing revolts at the idea. To 'suppose tho aods of angels orarch-angels rolling at'the explosion of ' owder, and 'thoqghthey might as spirits have ,evaded by contraction of -themsel"'es,Qr by rempval from the ca~noll of the q,evil, is among the weakestthoughts which ever possessed Ithe 'mind of the wtiter of Para~.dise ~dst. And yet Mr. Addison, whose critique 'on this poe~hath oee'n' considered the standard of decision, saith, that there IS

'I!o,thing in the first and la/lt days engagement wl,lich cloth not ap'­,pear ~at~raland agreeablefenough to t?eideas most readers wouldconceIve of a 'fight between two armtes of angels. I shall leavetb~reader to his ow..n opinion: but 'I hazard not to say, ,though itmay bring upon me much condemnation from that class of admirers

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'who prefer Homer and 'Addison, Roscommon, and the like; to thescript-rites' o( God" that Milton ,never falls short of his subject ~o ,much as when he leal' eS the sw~etand pIa,ntruths of GO,d to follow,in a childish i;mitation, those heathens whose style ·so captivates,in direct defiance' of the i:livloe standard of the Bible." ,~I'Oi1 thati p,as~age.in the poem des~ribing God the Father address- .

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,: ':1 -, i ;'! ,I" Mulgence qf my glO1y, Sqn ~elf)ve4." ,

"rth-::Ha;wker'observes, with' his· usual vigour .of expression:-" I ,llaye b~fQreta\1;en,op~asion toobsev,vd1pw, very much our'poet sinksbepe'l'th',tq~ subje,ct,(a,s well he might) ,in those 'parts where he in­vents speeches for the' Lord: indeed it was not to be avoided. Butflad he c;onfi,ned himself to scripture upon those occasions, he wouldnot Ihave .sog:rea-tl-y-failecl. It is but just, however, to observe,thatl thou'gh;tJec6rries sbQrt in wo'rds, yet not in doctrine. In,everyinstanc'c, as iQthe,p~esen;t, our poet:s,hews' his clear apprerhension.of the faith O!ICe deliv.ered to the saints. How striking, it i~ here­Son, in r~'hose fitc~ ~n1)isible £s lrelletd 'Oisiblyrdzat by Deity I am..l~e tb~t reads tha't blessed,seri p,ture .by the 'apostIe~with an en-.1ig;htened'l'lye, ,\:Vill see th~ beaqty of thisp~ssage-;-Noman haths.~e,rz,,(J.J)d,at.any.tin,2e';,t4f< orzZy bego{ten qonwhich Ia,V in t.he .bosom

" ~~l~~,,?i1th/:r:,~'he,hafh (leclaTed him,-'-~0hn i. 18. The Son ofGQd1f): o,Jir jnatUl;c, ;hath" ~ome ,fortb frOlll the bosom of the Fatber tollla;t<~knQwn,-"lha,t ,without this r~vel~tion never ,cou.ld have beenroa&iy ,k~pwr.,? ,Goa?s eternal powe~ and Godhead. He h~th, madevisihle;what.witijout this revelation must haNe been for ever invi­sible; ,and"Christ, that ~s,. the Son of God in our nature" is the onlyvisi;b'le' Jeho.vah; What 9- sweet and p,recitmsconsideration !l '.;VVe, cannot bu.t congratulate our- po'et' in his s~ccess, and takeIp.,art"iuithe saIPe., when w,e find hiql at home in &cdpture. ' G,odthe:Father's mission of his ~0l1 to the victory, as he~e d~scribed, is's'o exact in correspo)ldenCe'i to tl.1e, written word, th,at qe !)ath a;snearlyaslpqssibl.e·retailled the veryexpressiQns. Whosqever rea<;lsthe·Jorty.. fiJth P!ialin, with this book of Milton in his h~nd, will·tbink the autbqr of ~!1radise Los~ very happy in imitatio.n.~Gird

dhy:s'$ord, upon t~ytlzigh. Qmost .m£glzty, ~itk thy glory and tllY.'mV e,sty. .21nd 2'!lthymaJes~'Y TIde pr,osperously, beca,use,.4 ,thytru'(lJ" .and meelc~zess, and r£ghteo,usness,and thy right hand shal~

/;~ach thee terri~le things. Thine arrows are sh{lrp in the heart qf tkeking~s-enemy, - whereby .th~ .people fall under thee.. And no les!l.in

.Chr·ist's: answer. Whah can be more ,scriptural and agreeab;le ~o

the Son of God's',subjugating his foes, than wha~. the word'f,ef ~ods'a:Ith h~ shall, ana our,poet hath here as'signed ,him. .T/~e!/ shall be1JUnis/!ed, it is said,with everlasting destru,ctionfTom the pre,senc..e qf •tlu: fDrd ~nd from. the glory rif", his p~weT,.. 'qJlzen he ,~~allcom~ 'to be,gloriji~d. tn lets saznts, and to VC admzTe,dm alltMtp. that .qelzevc.-

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2 Thess., i., 7-10. ; While we attend (0 the ,glory and, greatness of,Christ1s person, as set, forth in this beautiful,part of,th~ poem~ J,beg the reader not 'to overlook the perfect orthodoxy of, the sanie;,in the oneness and union of the'F<tther'and the Son. That,Lin theef01'.,tver, and thou in me, is blessedly preserved 'i(IJChrist's speet'b.And our Lord's delightful prayer, t:hroughout,the 1 'hjl chapter ofJohh's gospel, most firmly and deCIdedly asserts and co!}fir.ms.)the,doctrine:~" , , " ,'j j;;d

i' Welnust nO\vtake om' leave ~f thi's delect~HIe treat l>yon~%ore• I • I" ' ~, " .'": " / ~ ,J I , ',l r .:quotatjon" ,:-vhich i~ from that, :part ~f the (lq~T', 'Y~,e~ei,n our; ~rstparent is represented as addressing God respecting, his mysteno,u,~

workings in nature, providence, and'grace, He is-made to ex~laim;

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a, great mind, but.that wJ'Jich gives the vepera~leC9mfllenta,torthepalm' above his predecessors, is" that he has,~a ,method ,of pursuinghis auth0r 'peculiar to him'self; s6'as to.eHciVtruth from e,veryd~a:~

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The elucidation on 'the above passage' 'is as follows :...,.." MIlton:~ath introduced into thes~ verlles a subjeet~ ~hich;)ho?~b'fi,t)e'left unfin~shep, (as .from the ve,ry; n~ture',of thiDg,~ cal)'ll(~.t 1>pt ~~left un~p'lsbed, durIng,tl~e pre~ent ~lIpe:-s,ti1te p£ ~h~ fhu,rcl!) J}athnev,erfheles~ c~llf'ld up :th~ atten~,ion, and, e~,g,'}g~~, t?~ c}~~fs~ ~t~4y"of the mqstl,tIjpughtful of Go'<,fs people In a,11 .~Ke,s of' t~e,: 9~~r9~'Full o/,dou.6r, 1, stand, (saith our first fatjlei;·~sIWi.lton suppo.seth,hi,m sp~aking, while contefIlpla~ing ~h.e wonders ,of Christ's personand ,his w:o,rk of red-emptio,n) whet/leT T'slioul'd ,'i:j!peTit me not/!: of

,sin. ,".}Je seems,"salth Mr. Newtori, 'ih his 'com'r'nent. on t'lIis, pas~age ',9f Milton, "., to;halie reme~befgdtJ1~t"r~nt" Of one' 9hlie

, fll:~hers-O /dix culpa,' ijUd1' idlem;' a~ 'fif~~tJ."!-' ''me~u,rt',' 'liab~re R~­.demp,~orpnJ (0 happy ~\n',.. whicl~ 'gav,e, 'tis.~'J? s,?ch "and' ,sb",gt,~ata Red~eqIer!) But thIS I~ no ran~. ~estus ·s.aId much:the sa'rn.e·to

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,.rant:, fAn~ t,he scri.p~·urt:s 'assi~~);t/e "~I C~IIS~ :'-. ;r.ti~' i1~aiuraVrn~n",.~ce.z'(Jeth not the thmgs 0(' tfze,'Sp'~r?'t,q( Gf?d,J?l .~/tey ar'~fo~~1~kness tJ.?Zto him ;ne,ither: can M' kno'(iJ I th~Jji,'6ecdUslthe!rJ.re s'/Jtrz:'

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Che 'fath.er~ Considerecil. the fall Of man, ~jth Milton, as atnong th,edrdl.nat.lonsof God~ for the, ministering ,to the greater,glory ~ ,Ch~Jstl~ r~demption', is ~ostcer,taiiJ; Nay; they went Ju,rther: 'They·have observed in'their writings; that the holiness in whichAdam',was nrst 'created could n'ever have been intended by. J~bo~'ahto.con(trlue;' :'not only lJecause infinitely' '$reater blessings wOlJld 'anse Ol/t, of fuiu'l~s fall by Christ's redemption, but because the verynature of creature.holiness could not, from the mutability of thecreature, but ,be subjec~ to change. And change it necessa,~ily

~~~t.h~ve done, sQoner or Jat~r, having no rottom but creature­s~re,ngtli ~o stand upon. But when from the redemption by Christ,a:n~ t'lle~ 't'ege'nel'lition by the Holy Spirit, the new creature be­pOmes"(l par/utter of the di'tJinenatul'e, as the a.postle spea·ks-heret?e redeeme~ ha'ving all tMngs gi'tJen unto them that pertain unto

. life, and godlzness, 2 'Pet. i., 3, 4. are possessed of an unchangeable~,oh:n.rr~si9 ChJ.i~t; ~nld g~in infinitely more by treir union w!th thesecbna Adam so.called,l Cor~ xV~ 45, than they havelMt 10 the'jf/r~t:" ,~hetbersucl1.views,are scriptural, become~me not to say.:!hat I joi6 in 'opittidMvith MiltQn, and the Fathers on thedH,Ibject,{S. ~~rdly 'Qeces!iary for ~e) to add; for otherwise I should not pavebrought tliem forward. But for any man, as Mr. Newton hath.~one~ to decide against them so peremptorily, and' call them rant,'argUes: t,he wani of n'lodesty, and a breach of candour to the senti­mellt'~'6four'great poet.. ,The cause indeed i'se.xplained in scrip-4~9re :, r.1e''fiJori~ by rpisdom .If.new not. God.-I ,Cor. i. 21., ', . -;,~~ WllJle I am upon th\3 S\i~Ject {"wIll venture, though With much'~uii}bJeq~~, to ,go 'further, and' "JbsJrve, that evt'iry principle of,common'semse,'as weH' a~ the scriptt\res bf God';'tlliiforluly ,teach,~~at the first ansl,'1A!~i~'~,t~ ~~~i~,h. pf~ehovah, in al~ ~is' dis~ensl1.,:tlO,ns tow~rds mankmd, must be hiS own glory. . AlI(110 relation 'tothe gre;lt work of redemption, infinitely momentous 'as that redemp-

:t'il?l\). is'.~n l~s elf~ctst~ h:s~r,y,et it,'is.'ih,?Je so in its caus~ to the Al.mIghty Author and F~Olsn~r of It, the' Lord J~sus Cnr!st. Ours,

Jndeep. is tbe benefit, b,nt his the glory. Hence we a~e told, that. all things :ttJe1"e /rea~ea ,b!/Aim a,nd jc)'t him; 'that lie zS hefore all,tMngs,an(J by him all, t!iliri;gs consist: .And this is expressly.de..dllred.,~~ be the .cause; that in',all things'he -might,have the preemUu:17Zce.­,'C'ol; i:·i6:....:J'S• .' And'such ihdeed~he'hath, ~f:tlie'bitt\':rnessof man's':inn'Q~~~'Cy' in hi~ fir,sf ~r~~H'?n ~a.qo: ordiined,' as in the iloss of it

. :'r~id,C~~~i(:>,Q was; ~h'erel>y .gi~e? ~na' ~~~~~n~a '~1i~t 'ttre ;~bn ·.·~f God,i!n'flilpr,.Jillr~u~~ sHo¥\ld~~~E)eIll,hp11-,~rom ,th7 .rilms ,of the fa~l, al?dl,by,~mW\lnica..tlng,P) hlPl al1 ~ql'i'ness 'g'reater tha;Ji, th~t.wll1ch ~e

':"b~~'l?st, e,v~Q ,3;~ ~fi,~qa~,ge~~~~,ho,~i?e~~ f~om ah '\imoh WI~,~. ~~r:tst",,}mnseJ~,never ~o ,Q'e,takeq away" b~t to .hlive and hold for ev~r, be

is made 'eternally" holy,i~a etehial1j happy \h 'Chri'st:, l~<J~u~,lf' we. reverse the case,iI'~ stJPPosethat ''Ch'ristt~'tiets9,r1a:I"'g1br'y'I~S not'td !;;,' le 'J 't'''' ,\;or:· ",',,} t' ' ....'.d,·j, 1,/11, ;JllJ:ti:):." tr . ·a t'tc's' i!\Du1t ''''hat heue Jlrs 0V.J,~fL l~, ... ~ ,a,lV.I.lle ~J~w,.m ,!'lese. rans on ,u I l .

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trire from the ruins of the fall, and that the happiness' of the ~hurchwas the first design in redemptio/1; this' would be to invert tileorder of things, a,nd su,?pose man t? be atgreater objec~ i(the divineesteem than the Son of God. ThIS would he theforrnlOg-: Christ,for pis church; and not the chur.::h 'for C,hr}se: 'this wotiJd.h'e tomake the man for the woman, and not file w.:Jma'ri for tge man:_.And the Lord God said, it is.not good't~at man should ,be alone ;1'.[will make an hdp meet for. Mm.-Gen. 1i.. 18. And the apostle adds,Adamwasfirstformed and then, Eve.-:I Tim',ii.d•. So thC1:chtJfchW3S for'med for Christ, and not Christ for the churdlj .The Son 'ofGod set up from everlasting as the hea~ and representative Of hischurch, engaged for hert:Qrough time and 'la an eternity, "Hisglory therefore is the first and: predisposing caUse 'of ,1>11. Ourredemption by him, our graces from him, our. hlessedness jn him,

, 'are all in~stimably' great ~J;)d" glori'o'us.; but' he ,himself. .innnItely'greater than all.' The person of the Lord Jesus Christ ·is 'of more'WOrth than the ,everlasting salva~ion and e.verJa~ting .happiness.often thousand worlds~fat)u ten ,thousand times ten Jho~sa:ocl cnu>rch­es)n t\Jese worlds, (~ad the Lord created ~s'(riiiny) to"lil'J eternity. ,

. W ~ are much gratified on~'review,of~h~se' "ineStima:ble. notes,~nd warmJyr~commend,this edition of Paradise 'Lo;t to the public

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milies.... For our pa,.r~sjrveregardth,e P~!>I,ication:as a grea;~ ~e:qp~- .'sitjon to emendatC!ry criticism, a'nd areha-ppy to 8~y,: ~hat AS

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A CONSTANT R~aaer or' .your truly',vaLuable Magazine, requeststhe insertion of the following account of the death Df the ReverendT.·S. F~eeman, in the, ne?'t month's Ma'g~zine. '

Godmanchester, Sept; 17, 1821. . i' ., I'~., ...

DIED August' 21, in the 35th; year 'ef ~i'S age, :Thomas Steven~Freeman, Minister of the 'everlast,ing 'Gospel.of ,the blessed God, .and eight years Pastor of the Church .af Cll1:ist ,at GQdmanchester, ' "Huntingdonshire. . "', '. . ~ . , . .

. He had been on a visit' to ,CorDwal~.(!@rsom.e~we~~s, for the res-toration of his health, but finding :lis,diss'ol~ion Was approaching!

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and, .liaving a ~reat desire to,die among his peop,le"qver whom ~odhap placed lum as an overseer. He left ,St... Iye:~ ~ornwall" m avesseLfor Itonddn, 'llJldch .plaqe' he reached; but fr,o~ the e:lftrelliedebility of his ,frame, cou~~ Pfoct;ed no further! .;Thus sovereigillydetained by, the·h;:md qf h,is'cpv,enant.God, he departed to stand inthe society. of theglQrified, wi~h the Lamb, ',in ,th~ manslpps ofeverlasting 'bliss.. l', ,,"'. . • ;, "..... .' "

It will be gratifying to thos.e, w.ho. ,hay~ knf?\yll., and witnessed,his glO\ying. zeal for the <;auseof sov;ereign tr\l~h-":'the holy ardourwhich fired, his soal-his unwearied la~,ors-;:-.the.discrimi.n~tipgdoctrines of sovereign graCe,:. whjch, he WCJ.S ~tre,ngtht;ned t9 ,ma1p~tain and, constl!-Iltly to preach-to re;td the, fpllowing, testimonywritten'ill the immediate prospect o~ his depal:,tur;e,.ottt.!,if ~ime,

and,' ut:tdei:, the expectatiqn ofl;1is not reaching, Goqmanche~ter. 'while in the body,:.H Write to Mr. M; ' .. ,..if I ~'rp nqt ahle to

to write, tnys~lf, or in m~i:cy I should he take!1:otf, I die in ,lh.e fun,assurance of faith, rejQicing ,in ,my . sov.ereign-relationi~· gr~ce,

ratified 'by the blood of Jesus, and applied, by the, Holy Gll~st;".

. His mOl:tl!-l remains, were rem~weq,to Go~.~and}ester.', and ;interre~<m the burfa;l ground of the Particular Baptist Church In that place, \on Lord's Day 26th', when Mr. Sherod of NeedengwQrth pre~ched'

from 2,'Tim. iv~ 7,,8, alid thf1n addr~ssed ~h€~ spectators,jltitqe

grave. , : " ,,'., , . '..... ",' .. '. '", T,hijs having reared up the"standard of truth in very faithfuln~ss

in the church militant, and feeling the power iahd' glory 'of the 'lbasis of'liis.eledion-standing on earth"he is.now exalted in union "to bis If);lotious head'of grace, to rea}ize the ev~rlasti?g, bless~~\1~SS

of the; man, ,to w~om t4t; {Lord. zmpu:tetl~ :rlghteo'!'~t1e~~ w.t/~outworks.. '

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o GOD how oft d9 .1 offend ." In thought, and word, and deed;'i,J:~~Woft ~hy HO,ly,Seirit, grieve,, , And make my Sil.Vlour bleed.

How Qfi does my example proveA trouble to thy saints; . "

. ' : How oft I roh my soulQfpeac€r , .,I i ,AnQ utter sad complaints. ,I'.

:: My guilt appears, of deeper dy~Because I have profess'd -

I' '" ,; ,To taste a'SlloviQQr's dying love,And every sin detest.,

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Job xxxiii. 10.

John xvi. 33.

/Genxlv. 5.'Gen •. 1. 20.2' Sam. xxii. 30.

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Against these evils, great andsmaJl,o may I watch'and'pray'; .

And' from the faintest shade of sin ~.,

. Indignant turn away. ,Bast thou a work of grace' begun, '! ,I H'

I surely must be thine; '; ,'" \ 'I

Then take these little foxes, Lord,; , I ,t.Which injure thine own. .vine.' I " I

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'Vhen all my friendsth,eir faces change, I

I'm not surpris'd or think it strange,Nor creatures rashly blame: "

'Tis God ordained it, to the .end 'I may the more on him depend,~;.

Who also is the same.

Welcome l~y fciend~, myfrieilds you'Jl be' ':f' :' iSo long as God, does wisely see ' . . " .' , ,

Your friendship!wil!,l>'e bliJ~t;,' "Job xix. 21.When he sees meet to pun ~e downMy friends shall change and on i mefrowl1;

In this I'm also blest. '

Farewell my smooth and easy way\ Since God ordains that 'as my day,

E'en so my strength shall be ;'Lord grant me this, let all the restBe manag"d as thou see'st best,

I'm happy still in thee.

Farewell enjoyment of the rnh'i-cl rHow oft alas! de;> ~b.ristians find, ! r. .~ 1: '

All discompos'd withiI!-;*" ."', Rom. vii. 24.

Of 'rhough' it cannot b~t be ~ckno~ledged that t~e Lord',s Pepple are sometimes .the subjects of this state' of'mind,-yet let it be remembered, it is the. fruit of unbeliefor weakness offaith; for it is the high' privilege of tbe'believer in ,the Lord Jesus

-Cllrist to bear up in tbe strength ,of Christ; ';md whil,st,he feels his trouble, cheerful­ly to endure it a~ the ban~s ofllis heavenly Father, yh ,to enjoy perfect peace amidsttue 'most calamitous circumstances'of tl1is lite~-sai& the prophet, Thou 'Will keep.

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THE spirituality contained in the followingliP,es iuduc~s me to re.quest for them, if you, plea:se, a cOl1ner in your valuable Magazine, .

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GOD IN CHRIST, o'tJ;li SUPREME GOOD.. ,, ,

Gen. xxxvii. 18.

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Yet can't the changes of their frame ' 'Cbangetheir dear Lord-he's still the same

, As he has ever beeri. '

This is the su m of every bliss;A God in Christ! what joy is this!

It cannot be express'd; ,This God enjoy'd,l still esteem'My SUMMUM BONUM, f(iwim J~im

I've everlasting rest., '

Heb. xiii. ,8.

Rom. v~ 1. '

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THOSE families are doubly bless'd• . ,'Yhere God hi,sJov~ display,S,

'Whete Jesus is by all profess'd ', ~ A'il'd all r,ecord his praise.

Helpful they to each other prbvel3y sympatHetic prayer,

I When God to one reveals his love'J ! ' \ All in the comfort share.

"'hen providence to ,one ,appears '. Prognostic of a' .c,urse, '

'the other charms the groundless fears.' By proving the 1'everse. .

Then good Manoah's~if~w~ {Qund,An helpmate 1n 'the Lor:d., , , ,I

S.trpng was her fa,it,h, 'herjUdgment'soUl1d, , In God's most holy word. ':' •

Almighty.GoQ. ,our h01J,sholds bless,, " United let them be,

Let all the Saviour's name/confess, . And all belong ta thee•.

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M. W~him in perfect peace, 'Whose'mind IS -stayed On thee, 'because he tri~stetll in thee,Isa. xxvi. 3. Neither this infirmity, therefore, ,nor any other; known ,in, the minds"of the Lord~s people, is. to be encouraged, because found linthem~ rather let us say,thanks be rmta God which always causetl: us to tr,iu,!!pll.in Christ, 21<;:~r.)i. 14.

.. ,. 1Lfttrat~ inttlHUtnttt ~A ne\~ ~diti~n' is in the Press of De'Potipn~l R~tirement,1J.J TopladlJ, to which

is 'a'dlied, never,'before puolisheB,Jfrom the author's M.S:S. An 'Essay on theCharadte'r of Job -.:trd h'fs Cbnfissiom. 'Likewise severa:l poetical pieces never'before 'inserted. . J ' ',; 'J; ......

-. ~n. ·th~·press, ana Sh,?r.~lY'~vill be plibli~he?, by SUbscriptlO?~ a Secon~ Book ofOngJnal ~ymns, containing In ll\ltn~er'5'4~1',In a 'new' type,a~a ifille paper,1'2mo.'By Tholna:sJRow. , . , ", ,'" ,!,,. •• , ,J

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