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. O' tJhe" lie,pm' l5f' evefla~ti~(T ,'Iove'! l't(he'·'lov.e'of' Gqd'io\vard's' his'peopfe(ih,(~lh;i~F' i%!"6'R~~M'tb~a6~)p'e~t :My''steH~~ o:f e6ir[m~: \:;TW~~

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, when' he' said, ':'~ dlo'u' oast-loved th~rri as'thou hast loved me;" ,and,of the F~fher's~1&v!,n'o'hi:'m'self, 'he said;," tbo'u'!)ovest'me b~fd~~JHe

. foub~atiJhl'of the'wbrld;" ' 'Heretn 'the lote of'the Fiitner ','tint6 •tfie',Soh i$~repl~sented'a:s thegra'6d iir:chetype !(j{ his' I~ve urito IH'sM&pt~':ithe"F'arfit!t,J(Q~~a\ttHeI'~$(in'tu1O;eUiefoundatt'on 'of,the world':· but

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.th~:-Hs,t, C~a:l~i~f'o~ J.er,e~ia~;;we ~fi'hd th~ p,r~ph~~ ~s(>eilk}~g 9,~,o/lJ4:~love as' m,al};lf~ste'a td h,IS 'Pe6~1'~ ,isra~~ (rr'tlie' \vI~der~ess;.blit' ~s' I~the ,prophet' Had rrot traced 'q1v'me love t'o a: period' su'fficleJ'tly,re..

, ~ote,.'th~ iC?i:d.\~~sgrac~Q~sIY, p~~lis:ed.,to.ia~d .the f~lI(jwi~g eml?~~~tlcal-ex'p'res~lOn, as a prdofof\:h~ ~ntNulty an~ e~er.qrty ,O'f}t; !','-yea"I have loved thee 'lJ)ztlt,an everlilstmg lo"Q'e;, therefd,e'W'.JtIl, Idvmg'~kindoessiiiive'T:arawntne~:o" "'" t :,:: l't> '

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" Secondly, it is unchangeable love.' '.. That w~ich is everlasting must be unchangeable, the love of GodIS everlastmg, therefore it is unchangeable, it is like the divine na- "

. ture, th/e same yesterday, and to ,day, and forever. Paul was soassured of its immutability, that h,eexultingly asks, (' Who shall separateus from the love of Christ f shall trib'ulation, or. di~tress, orpersec~tion, or famine,.or nakedness, or peril"or sword? nay, (sayshe) J. am persuaded, O.speak from conviction,) that neither death,nor life, nOr angtjls, nor, principali.ties, nOr pow,ers;' nor thing~ ptese.,nt, nor'things to come, nor' height, nor depth, nor any other crea~tur~, shall be able to separate \IS from the love oLGod, which is inChrist Jesus our Lord." ~om. viii." Hence it is, that an old divine.says; 'ulf Chrrst can perish, and fall from the love of his Father,t'henmay the elect be seduced totally, to faH away and perish final- .

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?i,9i9d,'s ;~,~erlasti~~g ~ove to ~i~ people hath. no ~prin.g, nor, s<;>urce,Ql;I!; m hlmself-nothmg extnnslC couldll!ove hiS mmd ,to this ac.t:~fis~,wpi:>ll};' of-and fro,m himself, it is sovereign :-the Lord s\lid un-,to 'Moses, 1 "1 will be gracious, to: whom, I will be' gr~~foU's, andwil~ sh~,w, mel;cy, 0.0 whom I w,ill shew 'mercy," Ex. xxxiii .. 19. Andit is'::''u~meritlb,d and 'freeiQ its operations as Moses said, 'to Israel,"the L?rd ?,id ,not set his love upon,You nor,choose'~'ou, .t>~cause yewere more I~ number than any people, for ye were·the fewelltof allP;~~HI~:; but ,becalls,e,t~e L~rdJo~ed you/'Deu.t,;,v~i.7~ 8'~,' Thep~,Q.pl~ ofIsr~1 after tne fleshwel'e a type of. the ulIIversat c,hurch

.8.f. ~9(t. ;'th~\r .E:~yptiiln bondage ~as a: ~gQre:~f t.h~' n:aturl\l ~hral'f1Y?J)?~ ~}I, manklJld)und,e~,~atan, a,n,dthe ~~n<).an,'pr~mlsed to th~fP

'~f1 t~Y(!l~bolica~l ~f(t~~~.. et.ernal re::st <;>f th~~~ints, ill" b'~av~n,~ Tbe~~f9.r~ f"?\~ hlllguil~,e IS apphcaple to the spmtua:\ Israel ~qom the Lord?:~th.l"oY~dwit11 a~ eyerla&ti~g 'Iov,e;no~:b'~cau~~ they \v.e,re,il1ore ~han

~ pthers'for they are but" a lIttle flock.;'" nqr because they we,re bet, ~'f'~ :~T1ar "( he'r;es~ 9f m~nkind, for they ar~ ali "by 'na~ure tht; 'cbil

qren of wrat\:l,~venas others;" but s9kly because he freely and spon-!~nf§usJ.r Jlo,y~q '~Jl~~ ~ 'or ..~s ~~'r' 'Saviour9~clared.; "'beca.lis,e i~~~qt,ed g?o,d}~ ~IS' ~Ig~t;". l,f\(l,e~~ the l~hQI~ P.f tl1e gospel maY,;,b,esUqJm~d up, irithis. on~ ~pr~""":Lov~.)',' "\ ' ',';;' .), ~'il • ' '/ ,'d

Fourthly,,,--:-We shall ~otlce the love qf' qO?I,JI~, ~Jsl ~ffects'.',.,!lr,U', The, doctnne 9f electLpn forml\ a <;onsp1c,l;lqu,~,.part of the g~pelof Chr~!it, and eledi9'I'j~,#h'~lly:)t~~effe9~lo,fiJGo,fslove as assertedby the apostle Paul, in hi!l,'cpjstle 1'0 the.church 'at'Ephesus," ~Iessed

he the God and Father'0f.1Qu·r bord:Jesus 'G.htist, who'hath blessedus wiJh all spiritual blessillg~'irl,)lleayehly"pJ~c~s~inChristJesus, 'according a~ he hath.cjloS,yp us i~ )IJ~:.,{r.9;fu;JMf~r.~ the foullda~~ol1'ofthe wor!~;" Eph. I. ~,~ 4{, , ~o"K<,\f th~:c~h.ur$.I,\~;W'cre ble:>sed With llll

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spiritua:l blessings in 'Christ before the ,fbtihdatibpof,the ,w''O~lli;thi:!re, could be nothing to move God','toit 'but,'tHi'owIil'love/,wni'c!li~ eonfirmedby tHe apostle's ass'e~tion in the, next verse, "ha'vir:Jg(say,s he) 'predesqriate~ 'us to 'the1ad?'ptiQ.n of chil~reri~hy'';Jesl1~Christ to ,hullself accordmg to the good t)leaSuT~of Jus Will; to thetpraise of the glory Of his grace." i' , :, "., " " ; (. u:H, ,

''!'he'free justi6'cation' ora sin~er at the ba:r of. Gbd~ka docfi;ine, of the' gospel, and is al~o aneffe'c't of God'~ infin~teJ6ytii

; forts~r:~the apostle. H we are Justlfie"~ freely by hJs grace through'the'redemption that"is!n Jesus Christ," Rom iii. andredl:!mpt~on'is,I},Ure~) (Iy the effect of divine love,'" God so,loved tbe 'World that he, gavehis ol1ly beg-otten Son, that whosoeve~'belie'vethinhill1, should.'pp'tperish, but have'eternal'life, Jonn-iii.15'. an\l again', "herebj"per'~ceive!we the love 6f :Goa because he laid dbwn hi's life fbi tiS':~", l~John Hi: 16. I't is,through the ob6difmce aHo 'I>'loodsbeding pH:iIlWs1;that we are ~ade righteous and ,are'jQstifled lifJ, the s,igH~'ofGdd;'anHnot by the deeds of the l~w; for 'the apostle,declares)" :that i'Jtiyi<tHgdeeds b'f the I~w there' shall Be no' 'fl~sh justified 'ill h'is: (th'at' IS' G6'a"s)' ,sigbf" Rohl:iiii, 20. I 11,' ',:" ", .;, "cO,;, f", ','" '1l1:'ul:,n,4'., "In 'short; all:th~' doctrines,' of tbe1gospel' Qhh~ ~ver2bU~~s'eaf'~daare f~undecl on,.~nd ema;~ate, ~rrd' fh)~'(~6~,~bisl~v~rla~tin.~'~ndl~,?,~ve~elgn lovey~ ~IS ele~~IJl Chrl~,ti a.s (u\!y:sb'tf?r~h,r,~,the ~l.sc~~~'sesand declarations of ChrISt a,nd Ius apos~les~;-!7for~.~alJ}ple ~e'e 1),Johni~.' 9,10;' Hin,this,wij.s m!lnifes'ted1tnelove qf'E';oa i:bw~rQ's·uJ,.)~~1

,cause' that~Go&,~e,llt his orily :beW)tten '2880 'i;n'io::~l:ie (W'o~lCI' tn~t' \~B',mignt 'HveJnroiigh'hini ; }heJ'e,li\'isl\dv'e;"n!~ti th~tl~~lov~d,GQIf,,hlfithat; he loved us; ap;d s~r:Jt, his 'Son'fo be ~l:ie prbpitiati.On·(&lo\ir'!sliiY:;and Eph'.T ii~ ~; 0, &c. 1 "G9d who 'is1ricH;in;hl'ercy fdt,hisJgrcatJld'vew~erewith he.liNed ,lis, eve'n' wh~ri 'we were 'l;Ibid irrsin'~, :lihth'tqfii'i:!-)8,.ened'uil ;)\'thilt ih' the lages,lto cdmiHiE\:Jrii~ht Shl~\ri~fiele~~e~~f~riches'of hi's'rgrace in hi~kindn~ss"to~ai~'shi~£.11'~,9'~gn.~e,~1l~,lehtif~~1for h V 11 race are ye saved." ,,' .1 ',.Il';/l1"'!',J 1,,1' ',' ,", ,d.! :!1I0q,f.

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. 'Thi~dly, PeI~gi\l'~~f,l~ ..~bat ,~a~,l~~rf)e,{\y~n!l~clinea witnout t,hegrace()f GO,d, and that: g,~~e~",~..g,\r~I,1;l,1) p,-f9PrR,rt!on to one's men~;

"our e:v.angehcals are nQt b,ap~~~r~,iJ.il(,t.bl,\'.Lr;e!ip~~t for they tell theIrauditors to make haste'to flY'(lfrQI~.tb~l.wrat.h,tQ.'come;and to c~m-:

ply! 'YtlP t.fl~ ,grace OrG9d before it is too laJe;, tA:!lpei.tk:afteJ\,'thell1a~n,e1,' of meT) ;thisjs sendipg~ouls'heaolonginto hell, for i~isdenying the first principles in lhe J3ible and the first rudiments of-

.<;thr,is.,tianitiY; [JamelJi,lmaB,beih~ in a: lost. and 'ruined st-ate,· ·;I'l~e'p.roi. .phecy. of God the~piJfit 1.>~',Sail~li~a.ul is{exJ~c,t<ly fulfilled, in our, day,'1~t~;;~(x..\~.~;tf,tII~!ftP'?~~Je h,ag t.o19 t~,e,,«hy,rcl1 inJtI}~)~7t!?Jyet:s~,that .

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~pQ%.t1e, an Antonomjan tIme~e'ly to Idl"aw,disciple's·after\,th~1i., 'they';W~We what he. ca:llslelsewhei'e;teach~r:sha~illg, itehi:tiJgiears~ "'''~h~~~teachers aro.se frqm among them~elves as the holy apostle sal\h'ln-

) the 29~h versenvb~h~apostle Jude ca,Hs~:\ereepi'ng,\inllnaWat~s,,lwhich proves to a demonstration that these persons pretended to'holdforth the sanie dbctrinein some r"cspect as the apostle did', or it could.not serveSa-tall's rpl!lr'pCilse,withot1't. there' Wag"someresenibl\l<nce. Ihope you will not be offended with me, my ·dear, C(b~istian friends, 'if I t~Jl, you,·th",t ~~ere ,a1;e,men 'I)f the,same.com"plexiol'l 'iutheiv,ery.day.in \\hi~,~.we li,:e; w~ ~av'e some<tha.trise,.u.p,am,0ng.,0'u,rselves~lthat',p.r:eten,d t;,o.h;0Id th~ C~lvjni,sti€.doctri:nJls,;,and, byt this:meaRs,uecornet!,le ,gr~Me~t'enerni~?,tq the cb,~rc\1,of (Jod,,~nd,to,the doctdne it~elf;

this js the reason 91}:r ton;l, alldil;be,apostJe"QOlilpll:J:es them tl?'wolv~i., ,i"F.'pyr~\1br·, ;r~lag;I'us. tllugi\at ~.ij,ll,thJ;ll~n milyar,r:lv(e;a,t,.siJch a state ofp~i·fe<;t.;ofJ,as:t~ib.e no.lol)gE:r> l!ubject to 'p~s~ion,oljslns. A!\:not here.a. gr.ea~,she}V:~fit.h.e, holil'le'ss",of;~be!s3(i,nt.?ilay fblJtjthe~ pl1ide'\ofi<-t"iie

I d~,::il i~,a:~ t1:w ~(Wom j he ,set$ out-fwitbout a'sense Qf)Qtiginal SiIJ~'arra,that it i~i bi?:dli.t-y Jo~;qo pisl,pl1rt:;,and Chril!t' ~ili 1).13'ke,'Up the·:defiClr...el)cy'" IH1rfti/l)f'b.ei.lo~es ;Qhri,s~,':~eforEj Ghrjs,t lov~Q,ihim; tan5l:thcll'heiwpr.~hjl?s;bis o,-.y'l)-l:easori.,; '·nl:~S ao 't(rr~H~,it1 the,&qpersirllbtu~e fjf'ig-fJil,qrl}rlC~ ,a;nd ifony,.is PQIt!,p}eteq ;,an,Q tb,e, f,oqlish; btlilderlanji'ves'att~eJpossession of the fool's paradise; this is the result ,of bis'gro\vill'g tllll

. 'S\~il,ctiqcJ!ti,Oi,O" ~\'kt:,:is·::t 'cqm,q),~\li~'ayipg' a:.nrgng.:,otir ,eva,ngel~$als),fio'w,~6 ,cal.! ,~,lllil}i:~lerLt-bat ,p~efqhf1~'lOl;givel)~sso,£;(lit\sit~XQijgh\the ldone,blqod~"ofPbri~hbeiis ,a,r:r..A,ptli)owial'l :, thi,s,WGjfl:1 #·the,deviPs;mas,::;t~r....pi~ce~~ 1I iWMtC09Mers~n.~ \no~o,ll;g silJce, w'i:thlil, n,ltlliis.ter,. ~'~q:1 i'~de,emed evan.g-~I!$ljl.l, o.nrPo<,:tr;l~allf.>?m~s;,a9d 't,b'eJ~lll~:>te,J:.I;~JOl~~~ ~o:~hlllk,th~t\~~rWlJl;,q'q\\,q.n,.¥\ntlrJ9.m)an. ",~I';,'\\\W; ',n \'V.'\'), ~ ''-':<'\' ,'i' I hav:e' ~t'Jeq"~.subscfti9~w,,to ~a;nYI of,tll,&\r ~Q~qi',eti~s;. iv1drtls~t0'attend, ~1~1Jb,(jit;:qle~tj,~gs;,in, ~~e JJlQ'J;lth~f,Mi\M.;:'ti!lJiL'a-t last;,Igrew,

, qui\ejs,-i,~k! ,Qf ~he.~,'~~a..t\li1!,.~~r~Mi,it W\%,"ll;', .l\,~~V~,:-Dfli'd,oJ~htlma:nY>achild of God can set too their~ea:l,(a~ to. ~!}~rfltct;~f this, ana:I'amJ.;tdl}ii i)i>er§U;~Qr~Plthat ;this (is:t.h~rf'e~s9p. :ffi,&'Py~<Aqh~mjnis.t~rS: aave,~otllihg,t?cd? Ytli;tpjt,h~~~fonhe~e. i'~ just ,~~,I¥)~ch sQJ~I)~:i~y:t,obe s~~n in ,~~e 'Je)'Vlsh, ,syoflgogueS;Of,lll the. '~\~enthll)ker~ ;cp,a-pe'Jhn .tewrrfrStl1€eti~s then: isill th"l(i,l< sQRiet~~s\;, ind~~p,t~lflilr.l~<iefllf.9,tJ,l:y ,ai'rl'l~at ,lna;kin'Wt-~e,ir vpt~ii~s, \'lJeny, 'by .Jre\ating anecdQt~Mrlin~ indeedr,e,v~r.y"thin:gtba~J& .q¥1lcu~latE1q, ,t9; feed :cal!mlhm.~nla,ijd)woIPe1'1·j)whdJstalllP> witin.th~ir, f,::~t- ~ijdj)c1,ap,· th~ir '9a;ri,d!\ ~,s if th~~/w~re in,;a"play'hi?use,,.{))~;

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, p~filo"'Him.es; nev~rl~qel~ss, G,ql)l's ~Qundatj'O.n, st~n,~~~.lb'su're;hay~~~, ~~s ~e,,~t'~,~~ J-qlr~ (~nowe.th th~rnl t~,a~alie .tns ,;:~u'l.ng 'U pe,nrC}jrll,~t"

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amongrallithem that are sanctified.l Grace be with-you, and all them'that love ~nd 'desireto love our Jesus Christ in sincerity.· Amen and

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I HAV'E to apologize for not.atte.ndingto your request sooner', a~·stated-in the' last volume of this Publi.cation. The delay has origi'::nated from unavoi<fa'~le domestic occurrences, in connection \vitli'\he!promises of,rseveral 'su bjects on'religion that were'before me, andnecessary to commUllicate to other:' cOrreslJonde.ntsi . ..· oLcannot discover any great difficulty'in the passage recorded inEpn. i.,,3. ,.wbich compose~ the subject of your enquiry; n~r in youro~seirV'a:tionrelative to definitive tes6m'qnia:!srespecting the blessings.o¥~~!~a.tl.'~>I1'-0~hich h~yebee.. 1'l purch'ase..d.fo~t,he chur~h:~y ChristJe-:SlilSIOU~' LOr'a,..::..:JfIWel~iikieup the 'subJect ni the mo~tislmpleform,itlamo:un't~· to ,tJlis:·..... t;hat .tbe apost,I'e..hav~ng commenced the·fote.:going epistle witbz/i benediction, we discOver the object; the charac!t~rS interested'; 'and' the abstract 'or sum'of those- blessings intended1..- ., '. I . '.lJiJy 'It.,'N< (Ir .. 11. }...:,. ..·r ~ ,l J'~, • .1:

.' ",f,heioij~ct.-God the Fatber::"':':-b'lessed 'be the. God and Fat/UT ofQ.urJ.! L.ordl Jesus Christ ; .......for ' th'e g.r'eat.I)ro:visldn·~ and unmerited$.o,ut!c'esof consolation maoe't6 us' in r:he'work 'ofredemption, 'in' hav-'imgl'prep,ared ,the ,incarnati'on of 'the i ,Son ito!a~(me'fQr sin; td satisfy'jmjQ,r.~d'j~sti.ce; and-bring'in 'everla~ting'righteousne!?s.';/· , I,'

,The characters £nte.rested.-:'~· vs:"-who 'ka,tk blessed ~is--those,

w}lOm .the\Ji'atlJ~r'Jbath ·lbve:d.....cil!Ned...,.ca:llea~separated :.<-:.:.!' to. the~ain~ wpi~,h~re;atIEpp~s'b~;'aild t,6 ·~~e faithful/in Ch~ist Jles~s:'·'. 'h.

J. 'iF,neda'bstract"'or' sum of,tke ble~szngs;c~nfer1'td:·-,-H'aU"spmt,ualbJ~ssingslillJ;heav'enIY'pl~cesinGhrist/":·,,l,~', .1., ." ';",<,tThis ,posi1tionJsignifies all·covenant ebgagem'erits fulfilled' by the.Redeemer, together with the j'ncOl'lcej'vilbleprivileges,that res,ult by!Iu(,;h: fulfilment; through' the Fathel~eve~lasting'lo,;etowards his

. chosen'people, -whereby..they are accepted m tJJe·beloved. '"mhe,following particular of thb, blessings'hei'~'intended is given

'bYl the, apostle ftom 1the" third I tG\ the'fi'fteenth' verse r bles&ing~ mo'sf .affel,:tingl3',ciah::I1I~te~:t~"excite o~r::(aith ~;nd',ani~ate;out:h~pe~,'j,' : l..ll1..,....,0ur ,ele'ctzon•...;..~~ He·hath 'cHosen' us'im -hIm' (mOhnst); ,before th"e f~,undatiori of the world.", i,,':.I:'· ..<. ,:,i. b.,I;, f';·.:12:.,......Ou4': santtiftta,ti'on•.2:." That' j we' Is:hOulq :.~e,h()ly 1l'.ndG,withoutblame befoJ1e him:,in love.'? ,I',; I,.~rtl,\:" .• oi .1.; d; }'.l" , ' ,".' . 1/;

,.,3:":""""Ou'1l;adop~ion.~,'" ,Having p,r(!destina!ed'us to the adoptiorl,of

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, 5~-Our redemjJtion.':-''' In- 'Whom we h'a've' re-demption thr~lighhis blood, the forgiveness of sins, accordinf{ to th~ riches 'of his'gia'c~,\wherein he hath abounded toward 'us in all wisdom and prudence."

6.-0ur7nystical union with Christ.-", Having made know:rno, us,the mystery'ofhis will,' according to the good pleasure which he ', hath ,purposed in' himself, that in the dispensation 9f the fuluess' oftimes, he might gather together in one all things in Christ; bothwhich ,are in heaven, and whi.ch are on earth, even in him."· . '

7.-0ur inheritance.-" In whom also we have obtainetl an in-heritance." -~,' ,J

()Qr high character as attach'ed to tIle glory of God.-!' That' weshould he to the praise'of hisf{lory. who first trusted in Christ;"

9.-0ur dep'~ndance and security--" In ~hom ye also trusted,,'after ,that ye heard the word~f,t'ruth,the gospel Of your sll-lv'atioJi1;in who~ also after that ye b'elieved ye were !;e~led with that:Holy'Spirit of ,promise.", '.' " , ' " -, i:; lO.-Our jutureriisidence.-c,'Until theredemption ofthe' purehas":

ed possession.;"-not a possession without a title, or suq;ect to 'uncertainty; not a precarious, doubtful t,enure as in the first Ada~;b~,t a'possession/::onfirmed with the oath and promise of the Fa:ther';"new,heav,ens, and a new earth,wHEREIN':r;lwELLE:rH RIGHTE.OUSNE!;S," bearing 'a legal justifiable title i~, Christ Jesus, according ~othe conditioQs of the covemint, .and ih fullllgreement with'~he'cha..l

'racter'and,law'ofithe Most High God. ' . ,', '. ' ,; \. .:., The Lord the'Holy Spirit as the Spirit, of-promise, rna:k~ tmi

'known to us through the .present world,~" \\ibi'ch is the eilflltf~l:'ofour iilhi'l'ritance:' to excite; renew,and quicken us by faith:in,to'ihe ..living realities of aJI gospel blessings, and to a,futlire state ofqappiness fully to enjoy them, to a city which hath foundatipns, un'ii~theredemption of this purchased possession shall' be'made-Imo\vn itiun-abated fruition, with the Lora, "unt'o th,e praise of his glo·rj.'" 1

o what a. combination of gosp'el blessings· is' here!1 wha,t'~h i~;"

pregnable phalanx! whata'''strong towed'" tb def~ndthe',', 'manymansions", and .maKe .certain the glorious resi~e''lce, the everlastinghap'piqess. of the: children'of'Odd !i'l" Father 'I will 'that they alsowhom thou ba~t given, me, be 'with me where Tam; that'tb~y m;iYbeh~ld my glory \vhich thou hast'f{iven m~." -, ',' '-::" " ,

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1. The love,of God ~ -is the origin or first caust; if all thebles$ings,I' h . 'I' . , \ ' ., . " ,,' .o t e gospe '.;'" . '. '\, . ',I '" .• '.. .

,~ God so loved,the world,-that he gave his only begotten Son."It is, a love that, existed in 'God alone from everlasting, and it is

ullmer,ited on the part Qf'tp<;>~.e \fQo rec~ive it;. it is·withoutanyre;s,pect io:t~e' c~'\I~cH' (ii) )t~elf); ~s l{itS A.u~b~rs o~· qUll:Jifi,c:ations.t~~h1 I;?rd "d}?,not,s<rt,hl~ love, ~p'qnyou"'T}or.-qhQ9.se,¥tQU,,because.<ye.,~ere Jllqre ,In number, than' any people; for yeiw,t;re the fewest ofall people.'" . f ,fl .• "

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-:'."'Jr ',ye a~ide;in me,~y~ shall,ask whaf ye.will"and 'i,t shaH Beqoqe,untQ yOti,~" ,'f I!.' ,", ,'1',''1'\ I 1'<,'\1,: '\ \,', Y I' .J~"

" :We are info~lPeQ.~n this subject, that the ~piritua~ bless~ngs.pur-'c;ha~e9 fpr U,s by pln-,Ist"are; treltsuJed, Up. ';'In heav:enly place!>l'~

9r. agreeably w,ith heavElnly things ;""':"denotinf!; ,that the raturrC andperfQrmal1~~~ of ,<;;hrist~ to w,hi,ch'lwe:are attach~d, and ,from whieh,all ;spirit~q.I· blessings derive their action and title, are perfectly com~

patiJ:>le with the design, the work, and the character of the three sa..,cft;d persons ip the·'~0dhead.> " "I f, " '\ '

"'See ,t:h.~t:thou mak9 ail tMnt,s aocordingto,the'pattern shewedthee'in the mount." , , .\' , ." ,11 '

; :. r,he ,S~tllpf,~od ,in. the ha,bi,liments,of. human j)~~ur~~ hlllv;iAg ,I~~, g~ny'a,l,ldrper~lfully brought US,out of our fallen-conditIOn, hath In

his resu~~ectionstat'e acquired, or obtained; or pu't'chased t\teseble~s'i~gs~l9r\tbe, ~h4rch in !U11ion,with himself,by his active ,righteousP!rs,s <\nd,oqe9ience,ju,nto, dea~1),:* i Acts 'x: x,. 28.. And:itis in tHissense'that Gqd .the Father i~ ack,no\vledged in the text to .hlessiuswith a,U s,piri~ualbles~ings, by loving"us, (lnd aeholding Uisin the ha~tur;e, arul, peifqrmanc~s lif' the Son.~" 1. bave ~ecJared unto, the,mthY".nal11e".a,t1d wilhdec\;tre it" that ,tke·l'itoe1flletew,z:tk thou h'rl"st ldv.f;~/'1'1,'1e nf-a,y ;qeJN THEM, ~ND,I IN T~EM."";' " r ' ,, 3., If all tlie blessings of God the,Rat,he,r,.onliehaif.of the church,

(lr-,:, treaszr/red !lP, ift qhrlst". wr ,infer, ehat detac~dfrol'ft wti/ion with,l:,hrist, there":J:J'no,,"le,ssing. -"-'1(" 'fl ,,-, '.- HO',,) I. ' ,: ,

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ni f},n\ erfor 'h~J:~, ~nd pur" ,foundatJoni~iIl 'be. :removed:;' ,all)er,rOr, here,'.l1l?d all o,ur. pjet)' is sin,; all'or "gpodness is a~ a m~rning cloud,:.a~~ ,~Jil thlti' ~arl.y, d~w .','~It ,is' Uporr,thi~ ground that-" God! Is a~on~uming, ~l'e ;;"L.it.lis1upon this grOl~nd tha,b tbejb~asti'ng practice,Of.,;~P~i P!e~entl qaY",ls; so. awfully,defeotwe,; an9 the Il~fe oftr.ue god,.'1\f~~ss in union ~ith .t~e S<;m ·of God, so ineffectually .esteemed.. ,

....HrTH.e Hracti,c~ 9f,tbe"pre~ent daf,is,to ~0,0.k,for.spir1tualblessi.ngs,pleaSIng to the Father,"o,utof Chn~ ;"':'""imaklllg (In,~uc~ a',practice),

" ,th~l!rUeiw;qr~ «;if, th~ ;Hply.,~pidt; tb~manitYland d.iv;inity oftheSon; anl;! thee,sseritial glory of the Father, nugatory; and the high

, "a):l.~qori~~9( theprcse,I'I,t,subjeet .ofp,Q e~ectualco)1si'cderae!ori ....:..-" Allseek thezr own, and NOT the thzngs whIch are Jesus ChrlSfs." .'. 'l\1o~~,a)so comp,\ains,pf ~pis'~sad dec;:lcililsion, olirather df(tl1is'ra':'

, dical depar~u,re(1'0J!l the tl':ueJ;ecep~i.onand bless.ings of the'gospel.:- • ~'.' I ;. I.i;~ Jr';" " P c./' .:' A ) ,.J j';',ct til ! 1,.\;) I ••~'Itl,;t. ,., Vide margu\al reference'on 1 r.((t. 11. 9. where '),f9~llf~' (D'f,wolrJlT", Slgl\l.~e.,~

people acguired .o.r, PJr~hll~ed' 'in. an;'esp~cia\' manner,; ~~?\qf .colll:se,a!l,the; bje(s:tngs an'd lm'm~mue8' ,altaj:hed to such purchas'e,"-i'hI"s donel, sauh the'anlmatedapostle, tQ s~e~, fQr,th' the'; praises ,lilf h!m, who l!:ith ·called us·out of darlttiell int9IllS 'marvelous hght. ~ ."1 ,.. ••

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"their rock is ~ot as' our rbck; their ~ine is' of the "ifl'e o(Sodom,, a,nd;of the fields of Gomorrah ; their grapes are grapes of ga:I1Ltheir'clusters are bitter; :their wine is the poison of dragons, an'dthe'cruel venoni of. asps.;..;..O!' that they were wise, tha~ they l1'6tlhstoodthis/that" they would consider their la,tter end! ,I " '"

, May you, 111y dear friend, av'oid this 'imaginary rock; this narcotic potion; by which mrIlions in the present day are asleep,-stu] ..tified ;-" drunk~n; hut,not with rcine'I'" 'may you continhe to pleadat the throne of grace, the inestimable blessings of the true gospelab~ve sta~ed, ~s your own p'urc~asetl poss~ssio~, your ,Iegal/~:~~per,ty ln Christ Jesus: and'be-assured that to receive, under the dIrection of the Holy Spirit, an ear~st of this primitive experiency)5f th~ ,people,of. God~ is more than ad~quate to repel eyery painfl1l'Vis:issitude; and sufficiently exhilarating to,producejoy and peace~ln b'Ellieving ':quietness and assurance through' all the transi,tions df the

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w'hat wassald~ <;oncermng the E~hlOplan's ,SkIll, and th~Jt9IJ:1~,t<l.s,spots, as. applte~ unto men, \yhlCh'the prophet had ~h~epy, .lnJlISvle~, there ·~·r.e ,nQn~, t~at 'are fre~ fr?m ~ih, neither are, th,e~*r,~n'y

t~at ~re pe:fec~ ~~l tIJIS !tfe; J?hn says! c~.lf,~ny !Dan say,h~"h'i':tJrnosut he deceives hlmse1f"and the.trulh Is not 10 him:" and Solpl9oll,says, cc 'there is not a just man upon the earth that, Hv~th ~~d~iDl)e,thnot," Allcl' ,~hile we .1oQ~ upon men or ,women in ,such,a ,p~\nt ofview, we ',cannot say of' iny such, there is,,no spot in them,;' Ah,ile .men are the ,s!ibjects of 3: corl'Upt ~ature, they sin daily ,,in:!hou~ht,~brd, and deeg; and,l!-ll m~n that are the S!lbj~ClS of ~u~h imperfectiol)s, their'spots will rll0re'or)ess appear, wh:icb is rea~ily,apknbw:'ledged'bnllechurch of Cod" in their collective or indivi~ual.tloo.....fessions, Cant. L 5, (). I am)jlack, look not upon me be<;aps~Jam

black:, Ana' in what other sellse are we to notice that s~els black?but in 'referenc~ .to her sin, which is what she alludes to, 'a~'d{s, the·Sn?Je~t,~at~er:'9K?~r~s~~plai~t,A~dwhat ~a~e bel' blaGki~ p,er ~Wlileyes; and notbi.ng els'~ ? But"Sbe 1$ mu<;;h more ~o black, ip. the ~y~s

of'P~d, bi~ la~;J~n~J~strce,'.~~.n~~d.ere~in'her~elf, as as~nner~H re.l.Jdaga~rI~r .~o9·; !!I:~td'l~t, m~f ,b,e ap~l,!~~ t.o, w~at th,e ~arnal \\ioEld,! th,l~I~'~nd .~~Y,of all such, thlitoeheve III Ohmt, In pOllltm,g them out ~o b~vile 'arid'infa'm6\Is'cnar:acters, whi{:h all such are, in the eyes and eStiniiti8tl"of'w'icke(l sinners: But in a very' different sense al'e th~y

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black in theirowlI view, to what they are in the eyes of the worl?;they are black, and blackened by the world, not for their sin and eVIl,but because they are 1I0t oftbe world, but are chosen out"of it, andare s.erar~ted from i~, and will not join with them in their iniquiti~s,

/8nd IlllqUltous practIces, 1 Pet. iV'. 4. Eutall the followers of Chnstthat are really so in heart and life, are looked upon in a: very different view byour Lord, to What is said above, and in a very different8~nsc are they thought of in the above words' of Christ, s'peaking to!llS own ch."rcl, alld people; saying, "thou art all fair my lov~, th~reIS no spot 10 thee." It becomes us seriously to attend to what IS saId,and not hastily to pass over it, without due consideration of such ani~portant ~ubject;. that the persons spoken of are the.subjects<?f .divwe love IS certam, anti w,hy such 'that are the subjects of dIvI~elove have no spot in them, and in what sense they have no spot ID

,them, is clearly pointed out in the ~acred records; what is said ofthem, and their pollution, and in what sense they are black, alludesto them as sinners, and hreakers of God':; law, and under the curse,and as such stand guilty and condemned at his bar, without any viewto a Mediator; Gal. iiL ,10. But what is said of such being withoutspot, ~lJudes t6 them being interested ~n Christ, and united to him,as theIr head and representative, ,In which sens.e tbey are free from~ve~y charge of sin and guilt in the sight of God, bis law, and divifoleJushc~; the Lord is well pleased for }lis righteousne~.s sake; he wIllmagnify the law and make it honourable, lsa. xln. 21. and Pauls,ays,in the triumph of faiih, Who shall lay anything to the chargeofGod's .el~ct:.it is Go~ that justifieth; Who. is~he that ~ondem~.,eth,? It IS Chrastthat died; yea, rather that IS rIsen agalll, who I!;even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercessilln for us.

Is God well, pleased with the righteousness of Christ, and the lawhonored by the perfect obedience of Christ, and divine justice satisfied ill the atonement made for sin, by the sufferings and deathof Christ; then Paul might well rejoice and triumph onhis own account as well as on others'account; and every one that is interestedin Christ, have equal cause of joy, with:the apostle'; and on the s~meground for themselves and others, no charge could be brought agalllstany of God's elect in that day ; neither can it ,against any such of t~epresent day: but Paul in his triumPh, did not allude to tbe elect thatwere in his day, but to all God's elect uJ;liversiilly and indiscriminat~·ly, that ever had been, that then were in the world, or ever would be toth,eend of time. -David points out what is' intended by such jO~T .al'ldtnumph,Psal.lxxxix. 15,.H;. blessed islhe people thatknowthe.Joy",fut sound, they shall walk 0 LOl'd, 'in the light of thy countenance ; iti$ an allusion to the jubiloo trumtJ~"whichwas blown ~eryfiftiethyear, When all such.diat had gold 'their inheritam::e; and oecame bondservants, had 'theiri#beritanJe, retfil'netl to ;them free, "from whichtime th~y:wereJreed,fromiall se~itli~e, ~naSreturOl~dt~theirfami.lies:\\~ho callexpress,~h&tjoj'andgladness s\ith persdn~must feelupon s~ch an ,ocoasi.on: from which the' PsalmCist shews, how muchgreater joy and gladn'ess th~re is··in every sinner's breast, that hear!-

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. the joyful sQunq of salvlltion" by ,the,ob~,~ienee,atonement;'andrighte.ousness of Christ:; iQ thy name shall they rejoice an t'he'day; ,,f,t~)I~, the day ,they (irstheard._he joyfuL sound, to the·day: of t;heirdeath: ~ sen,se of what he did on their,aCc0unt, tbtiau'gh which ~heyate delivered from c,leath ,andeternml misery, ,fills thei.r'S'0uls. with·

Jnexpressiple.joy ii~d triuPlph: ,and iQ thy righteousness shall; they~e ex~lted in (,od's aC,?~l\Ilt.! But maq): that are regenerat~d-,cari'l'lot "se,€f,,~hem~~lres so exalted, thoughthlilY m3::y'much wish it, but derive't~~~t'1~~ief comfort froIl) th,eir lov~ to, God,;aml ,not ,from asens'~,of

-C\<:lVe, to theqJ,;, Qut the above,evl-dently,aHudes to such that bf!heye,abqve truth, and/see tl)emselyes, eKalted from a s~ate of }vreteh

edn~ss and misery, by the righteousness of Christ, which lifts' them1iP~b9ve ev;ery feal'~wjth ,a !?enseof,their ow.n, personal and \inaivi~ual, safety, ft~e fr;<;>m eVCilIiY ch~rgeoJ guil~and.con,<lemnation b:y)t~er}gh~epus~less 9f. Ch.ri~t im,pptedtpthem,(in'whi'ch'senseaU sucha:re .~x~lted, a,nd in whichthe;y glory": Agl'e.eably to which the,prophet

. ~$aia:h !lay.s of tl;1.e chl1rch of-Gaq;;.r will greatlYirejojce in :tlre"~~rd"Wy~~oul ~,bal.ll>e jfi>yful~QI myI Goa ; for he hath c1othed ..pe W:i,f~·tlYe

. ,g~t'IPents of salvation, he :ha,th covered me with the robe (j,f'r,igh:tfeoqim'ess, as 3" br.ic\egr091I! qecke~h bilnself, with 'ornaments,:ari?a:~s abrld~ adorneth herself witb h~r:Jewels. . 'Ht) '.,; ') ,n,;' ,,(:W~oev~r'we :sensiq,le of,tn~i;r fulbnd free salvation from1thtd6,ye:,

pp,,~r,~ an;et,praf~Jjce of sin from. Satan, ,tbe world,:'llhe flesh, a:~ath

a~4 b;~lI",?y,,~lt~Lord Je~us:Chr~st",w.?O su!fe,ted an~ di!e~Hh,~tb~tr, ~o.ty' a~d, s~l'lad:,th;at the~;tp~y ,~e.cl~~hed w'1tlHhe 9afm~nr~L

iV.ilW~!1; Yllphe~,a~e.!Jsepf m:t~r.es:t.lO ,It; an,d: ho,w can·any-sud<i:lqu~.l h!1lp.~ay"ilng'iI:wiU gr<tatly rejoice' 11~'th~, I!.orcl'j tny;so~~l-"h~e'J:o.yfv:r};D' Ill,)', God;· no~,01lIy:for\sa4Yatl'on,<buthe hath; doverea.~~, \Y~~lt-th~. rQ1m of righ\e,o)<ls.ne~sr;whiohis nOM partial;,b-~~''~'~~:i',Y~fl!a).<;pv,t;.npg,. ~hat C;9¥er.s!~very, part,: die w;hole man, s:o,t-hat, there~J~;~0,~t~h~:le~s~'s'p9,t.~O.~e.seen;, ~h~y~ar;e';bi~bfI10m:theview;Qr~~O~,~JafJaiW. an,~ ,qlvln~ jUs,tIce,.,;. Jp Whlch,sensej ,an<;l no other, G;Od;;lSJfl'~,~'lJ4~'~'{)'t~e ungoe!l:Y ,J,v,vl,J,i:~:ld~i.des the sinand,shlimeofa:thluch~~ft~.Mw gh;ri,st'~ r.ig,bt~P\lsl.'l,ess,fs imputed,. whoicb iSiY\!hat'.js·,irlt~nef:\~~;~Y. ,9,~ingl cp;vtfred, ~y;th,et:Qb.eof righteousn,ess~;t as 'a: brjldeg,roomQ#Skte~r b,in'J~e~r;with ~rPfl.91entsj an.d. asa bride aderneth;herseI.f withiMp je~lfJs,.lS!h bi. 1Q,< It ~iis;lls\l'atwithi.t\1e:rich andgre<liC 'inlt'tte .pr,9;p~~f~;}p~y .. tp,r ItAil;,~,t:~s:l,gr,oom ;and hride; to:deck th~niJ&e\ves.ill •.~Jf.e,r~r,~~Ij~~~ ga~lJ!en.t:s apdQl!~'~~ents on the day'ofmarIfiage,pto hide .~py,~~fqrm1~V~,q.I:lt\ to ja:plp.~ar ;ltll IIlt"lich grandetl;r,; with whi9lJoorfra;:.~~nt~,tk!1YI~er~o;Jil.l\ch ~~l:igh~~~~ :b~,j:, what alle:aH:.earthLy~ gartDe~i&~.~r:t.p'lfP~o~t cl?$tly 0rQaw~ot~ pr,i)e.wels; w!JeOlcompared WI.t h"C?f1st':s$lW~JtW~k ~q~e, qf~ig.h j:equsn~~S'" wh.ich" hides, every clefOlmHty, ~t'l:d' ~X';.,,<:e~d,~',illiJ!.I'Wl~O.,g,rilfl,,*el,;l'F,jn .the, liniyerse,\witli which ever~ b~lie,,'er

, ".,J~~t, ~Jl.9tr.~lh~ ~~} interti~~~q }lQ it, ri$. highl~ \dehg,llt~d j lJ-nd'd~ily\~'ut!s\[lhQ~;d~~;'~~ Hp,tJlk~ tth~rr~~e~~nd 'qrn;;t~e~j:S' ~f W;1l1Ces'?, Wllfe'h fa:~e,,cw..~J~\~cj!;~';0~h~.m Q r;,e.l\~ 'l~ wQ!n,tbe~bnglltet11t ,&hl'lles;'J ts heantyth-

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nor cheer the drooping' spirits, 'but the righteousness ot Christ doe~, both;, for all such that know they are, interested in it, it is life in,dcilth,j.oy in sorrow, which at sonic seasons fillstb'e soul with rap

" tur,e; It IS ,the best robe which IS' P?l upon 'evej'y returoiilg.prodi-~al, to his Father's, house, in~he dayrof his corversio~, Luke xv>2,~.Jt 15 called the wedding gl\rment, :M!ltt. xxii~.1J~ and fitly repre

, &ente~ by. the prophet aboye, by rich garments, ornaments lIn'd jewels, ,\'l'Ith'joy tbat attends it: on tbeda.y: that any sinner is espou'seq.

'to Christ, it is a day of joy., and gladness that is not to be equallk,dp,y,';any carnal) joy.at any' prince's' espdusal; the' one is' c;:trn"l, b.Ptthe o~he~: is spillitual; wliichis signified by being merry with m~sicaud,dancmg, ,1 '. '

:4"Pfince may look upon his bride as a perfect beatity, adorned, '.;wltb hl1r jewels; but what is such an inclividu'a,l's blfalltV, to all such',t,hatare adorned with the Jledeer!Jer"s righteousness;' all such are pre.,feet beauties ,without spot: (ind.thy renoWn went forth among th'e"h~~then Jor thy beauty; fot it was 'perfect' throilgh;my ~c'omeliness,t,whlch Lput upon thee" saitb't'he Lord; E~ek', xvi; 14: His tberj.g"~lteOusne5s'of Christ that constitutes 'the church?s be~uty ~nd p'er- '

,.feQtiQn:; ~hichjis,God?s work albne to ,p'u~ :it upon ",:holll"he ~l~~se,

, wl;Ji~h "he does by imputing iuo their account; and wherever it isso iinp:Uted, an such are' without sp10t in 'the sight of God':' and are

lwha"t the ,apostle 'fllludes ,to, .in saying the 'c,hur'ch of God/is a gloriJ~,\lSl church, not haying :spot or wrinkle, otany such thing; y~a,:,wi'thout ,the, least: l>lemish ot- imperfection' whatso~ver, Eph. v:t7..apc\>,whatis it; but the' highest-pitch or insolence'and wicked!le5Sto,;sqpp0se for one moment 'that any human being in the'world 'can''belooked u'pon in such:atpointof view;. that are the s';lbjects i6fso ma,or: ,and great ihlper.fe'Ctions,,'ill' any dther'sense; but aStney'~retcort.sidered in Christ, clothed', with his spotless righteousness, i'n 'which,serise;,)anddn no 'other', 'all such are jllSt~ arid justified; beiilg pre'.:':t&ented,to, God,;·per.fect,in·ChristJesus,:Col. i, 2'8','lin whi'ch ,:iew,

andl lIA;\'po other, all snch' are all: fair;, in whom there.js po' spot:. in'.which;sense and oO'other, ,there 'is :a' great beauty icrwhat ,issa:id by'.f,eremiah, Hin ,his days Judah shall ,be saved, an'd Israe1"s'bitI~'qwen

safely; and this.is his. name whereby: he shall be called, THE LORnb'U R RIGHTEOUSNESS:" What end could tbeprophet n~\re'in vie'w, insaying,,-!le shaH be· called our vighteousrtess;if'h'eis not so, hi!> :dgbteousness cannot be ours ;iby partakiFlg ofhis di vine. perfections, ,wrbicb i~l' im possible; but by implltatibn of his ri'ghteousriess,in'aIL

',thatrhe .did anc:ts,tiff'ered being, pul:' tOio'uriaccoullt; ill which 'sense~he, is our, righteousness, that i~, of: all qod's e,lect' thr~u~h.,?ut,~h~ ,wor'ld; and sodong ,as the Redeemer's pghteollsness remallls witn,,:out, ilPOt', so must all such be; that are'cI'othed Of cdyered 'with' if;.,whichd~,thep.rophets meaning, in saying, he shall becalled1tne LOfd 'our righteotlsness;whichis grandly illustnited in what John Heard

,in 'J~,e;velat.jonsxix.· 8; "'which wassp'okcrt' dftne'bride' the Lamb's- wife: an <1: to her was granted, that'shesQoula be a:rr~yed'in ;'fi~~

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am! ~ha.t was/the !inelinen clean and white,that}oh~was told Wfl,S therig;~teousnes~of the saints, ,but righteousness of(::hrist ~ 'and the grant'9f)t to ,t,lw bride,.and her.being,arrayed in it; any thing more thall~'I1~at we hay~ ,stated, and prove,d above from ditfeJ:ent parts of divine~eveJation, to be the righteousness.of Christ imputed; which above,IS compar~d to fine, c;:lean, and whit~ lin~n"with'w.bicnChrist'sbrideis array~,d,:anitin whicq sh~ i~:ppre;and holy l\~ ;Ch;rist hilllsel,f, asman, .tbough not a,s God; Up~n\faichhead Jpl~n is verybold,.in·say'jn~,.he ~h,at dQeth righteousness is rjghteo\ls~ even as he is righ.t~ous, ,1 John iji,;, 7. And where,is the impious wretch that dares ,~e~ythe ,spotless pl,lrity of thedivin~Redt)em~r,or reject the t~ti.,mOIl,yof the1l;Oly·Gbost, by an inspi~ed a.postle, in saying, ,that'" ~H ~qc,h tqa,~.p,elievein. Jes\ls ·llit;~. ri;ghteouseven<S\s he is ,t:ighte:-:OlJS. If we\;Jeli~ve~whatjis ,said. above b.Ythe 'apostle, we"havceql,lal authority to b~1ieve the one, as ~e have t9believe the other,;.ther~fore they that deny,the one" po not believe the other', an)~ . ' .more tha~ the Jews that pretepded to b,elieve Mo~es' writings, y,e,ttejecttldCh,rist~s word: we ,~ill ~tte/llpt to exp1ail) wh~tf is, q1~antapove, 93 ~ ~.imile.; MIlan th\l;t ~Orrow,s.a S\lqI of ,money ,.and'.anot~~,l."

PE;.r~oA!i~ ,bC)Ui;l~l ~ith Qjm fo,r p~ym,ent, the'~o(rowel',faHs in payl"rii~,~t":T"~Pid ,the "bQtndsm~"fi pays,ttle whoJedebt,; is not the bo~r.ower

d~J~~r.e,<Lju,l/t;,u;id·,hQnQ.urableby.,t.he laws ofPIep, as much as thpug,h:,he 1iad 90,ne it him~eJf.,pQ~h ~eiQg,bo\lnd;whi~heN'erpays th~ d~,b,t

,botl:t ilr,~,e.quaUYi9.ust~np righ~eous .in, doiE;l,g it; .and was not Jesu~boupd ,in povenant"tq.tbe Father, .Zecl,1. vi', l $. to obey tih~ l~vy, ato~efor si\l,.l\rid, bfingrin an eyerla~ting righteousQess; ~Il ,which p~ldidfor'aIl)h~ e!e.ct"i-n tb~ir rOQm al,1d in·,tbe.ir stea,d,Are not all such,fol}w4o~,H ;vy~s ;dOlle, equaUy just and righteous ~n t,he ey.es of. God,his,I~~,;'~Il~.div!He justice.; ,P,Q~h ~eiin,g h.ound ih,.tIJe fulfilq'le{lt titth,eAw..9fl.J~{~~th:~re.~quallyjust, apd ju~tifjed in/i,t,s a,c<1omp,lisnJIlent·;whj;<;;~":Jtht(r~"i.~ In9,d~)l~~t, .i,s .lNhat is ,inten?e~ '~Yjthe.ltpp~tle J;Qh~li~ .rsayIJlG;;.J' ,he Lthat .doe~h r1gh~e.oJ.lsness l~.rJghteous~ even as he 1:S ,righteQu~:" the~r doing righteousness is,flot tJl,e ca~se, but ~videnpe..of tI,eir ju~:ti~cat\on; ~nd all !ll,lch. are pnder, in6nit~'(Ib,Jjgation tothe, divi,ne Fatl)er in providing such, ,a ~urety., to the divipetS9n infu1~liQg i,t, anptothe divil,l~ ;Spirit, .il,1 r:e.veaJing it to.ltll s.uc\1that .ar~ ,jt;lte,J;e!lteq '" it,. 'n; '. ;, < .1', :, ,,' ;", ""0., ' , I,' ,.,,' ,

'The more s~l1.si.blewe are..J?fthe importance, o.f.Christ's righteou~::: iness, and' of. our ~wn j,ustification in it, we sijall Ill!> qlllch the ,Olore" 'thirst aftel'al} inc.r,easing knowl~dge of it; 'P~ul,waswell acquainted,with it, an.d,·ipoqred,contem,p.t qpen his.own rigbt.eo~!!.nesswhich wascif, the la~;1 ,b,ut .thi,rs~~d ;l.fter ,an, ,increasing kpQwlf:dge of' Christ'sright~ousness,':whicb,is,o,f,IGod py,f'litQ, Phil! iii.,9.· which ,is lY.hl/-tis intended by out' Lqr~' in"sa};ing, "blessed are they whjch do h:u,o,-ger and 1 thirst'<1-fter Jighteo\lsries~' for they shall; be ,filled," Matt.v. 6. \.. 1 I~, • /'" I I'! , "">: .•, 4 ., j.l: ~.' • ..

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judglt1eilt came' upon an men t{jcond~innati6rt~·even, so in 'thesall!e\§ense~ though' in a.clifferent'vie~,by the righteQti~nessof ouethe free gift Cllme 'uporl all men untO justification of life; f61- oy oneman's' ~isebedi'ence~any'Were made sinners, S'O by the obedienceofrone;shalI.tnatJybe 'made'righteous, Rom. ",,;Q8'/19;' ':Fhat Ad'am'ssin was the hiih'of all liis natural seed','no :man can deny, that believestbe, scriptures: and- the' second Adam by his obedience and righte:..ousnes~; deliversi'fr9m;condemnatiofl, and by his righteousness ju'S.;.tifies' the alt men, arid the lliany men, that are above alIllded' i'a ;Chri'st is the head' c;>f aH such, and'they are bis spiritual seed; for whombe'Was'made SIO, and"tfJ'ey aremade'the fignteousn1ess of Gocl inhiih., '2' Cor. v•.21. and it: is expres,sly promised, that the gentiles,shaill .see his rtgi1leo~sness, and"allkihgs. his glory, Isa. Ixxi ..2. It isalse sa'id, that his name shall"be 'great 'among-the gentiles..Mal.i;:'H.an'd in· what sense was Christ made' sin; but by irnptita-

.dod, onhe rIghteousness of God'i,n"him, I'n any otner view, but byitti,plitatjoll;' thei,r s'ins ctr'e impufed,t6'him"an(l.·his righteou(tne'ss byGbd·s' sovereigrract'is 'imputed to,them i; ancHh what other sensewHir the gentiles wit\1' het kings see his righteOlilsness, and beholdhi.s,lgl!()r'y~:bli:t:'by.~faith,;' in whidiSenselJle eyer has'been seen byJews. and genti:lcs, and· wiU ,hereafter be seen 'in a more gloriouss~n~,ehy' gentiles and,kings universally; when ~i~ name will bel greatinideetl" amo'lig thelgenti'leiiatioilS and' kings ,tbro\Jghout, thew0Hd,f6r· aWMilg~ shall 'see· his' 'glory. ;!a'eri wiJ.l be ,fulfilled whaHS'saidbd M.'. at¥.J k.ii;.. 2'.1. ".I in, his nanle ,shall the g'entiles: trust.·" and"bliJ, 1 ,.,

'PauL' in- R'em.' ~vi 12-; 'C(·thete: shall he a root'of: Jesse,.and· he sha, 1rllle td rbignover tMgehtiles)iin ,him shal1thege~~iles trust ~"7-'wl'thth ;'i'plplies, lan' unreserved ,deperidao'eeupOri Chtist.laying' 'tbewhble's~Fess ef,jA'divid:~aJ sarJvatiofHipon him~litJd him 'a:lonei,i andto 'no 6~het'serise'can,it be,said, any:mah1th'at tr,usts'iri' him i and haw..e,v~r<;tnetl"in'lty difl'er in :non-essential points;'all G091$eleet agreeiintheir~, El'ependance u'pon .the' ro(}t,.oPJes$e.for'th~ir 'W1~ole (5alva.ti<!ltl~fo!, time, arid to all' eternity. " '. ,ii" ;i.. j ',.,< ' ; ':, ,.'",, '; Matthew and Paul,above refer to'lsBrx:f: FO~ wfiljehthey' aip"'t.;. ........ . ,..' r,~J'

t6 ,thlst ,.iri "Cbris,ti~1 but'the propllJ'et,;f-hisirest ~hatr b~'gltiriide:s ,: 'inl)oth ;vrew~ k is' grand,'-aJl stic\HhaJltrust hi ChH~t,',he-isa gloriousrest, or resting place for them; a -sef,lse of w hi~h made goed bid Si<me6W\:vith,tr:il!nspot'tirlg> joy t01'sayl,.-, ,'.~now lettesHHou. thy' servant,4,epa¥t j'8' peace, 'fer mine ,~yes ,have}seen ,Hiy, sal't'iation.H '.'"

.1t 'N;;just~:Y"said"of!!atll belieVleFs, aecdrd·ing to· y;eur f.aith-" 5d,be it~Uentot\!qu;'J'ilst ·sQj·{af llilid\'~b flmthe.r .tnan the'hea,t1witn its ·a'ffeett.."oris ,a.re ;fi~ed ~fHjn.,'t.be\,:R~deemei',>peace .and prosper:i'tydab(jun~,

in wh-ichE;li~~i'Fn. '~nd: Ilis- Fathet:'Js -hoose were typical of" and.he,.stia·)ll '0e 'for a! ntlorie·(jgi,th:1':@.ne;w .hJS'iFat:h~r'8 house" and ,they shll'1l ., p I I El , ",hangt;upon, ,Mm a~IJ 't-!iJeg16ry'.e€ his:Fa.,thdS: house, the offspring and~the issue, all tbe. yess,~lso~5ma,1l~:}\l~tit,Y., from ve_s~els of cups, even·,to;l,l!U,thedTessels,oHlagons.·", 'J'". ';' .. ') A,' r'

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every individual of his Father'~,.house;Trom the,gre!ltest prophet orapostle to the meanest an,:! ,weakest,believer:that i~,i'n,t!le ~prld,';

wllic;h is. signified by"~~an vesselsl'cup~,.and.Bag,ons,;to AlIiOig'\i1p9:n,him, means to look up to him, and depend,'u,pol) him, and igive_himrall the glory ,of their salvation'; in'Yhichsense, all Gocl'~ .repeemed,hang UpOIl him atal\ times, for all things. espeeia/.ly in wlWt'relates to,their prese\lt, future, ,a,nq eter,nal.sa:\vation: :arid liH !luch ;are deoJared,'to be blessed ,and are so indeed, ina full [ree pard()n qf al.J.their s;ins",unto whom he Wi1l~10t impute iniquity; which words ,Paul, appliest~ th~, gentile ~onvert~, an~ ,so~e Je~ys"tttat w~r:e at!l0me,~wi,th flView, to comfort th,~m 10 'th~lV many ,tqal~ and,dJfIic'll;t1:es,~the:y,:wtere

called to str,~gltle 'fith, frol:l~ elH!mies' with\>ut, apd fear;~ wit:hil'l;:'Rom, i v. 7, 8, ~hich pas beell\ the~9m;mlj>1l lot of,.all believers to be I

tried and ~emp,t,ed,}'!p,ne, are crx~mpt,y<et t-Qeyare Gqd.'sjewe.ls" in,whom t,here i~ ,110 spot,;', ,and,. \yhat was ,llaid by, B3Ilaai,r)'l, '~naqqod d,id,not behold iniqui~y 1ft ,Jacob" nor see pervtjrst:qess in Israel; ·jS'tI'UI)\'of all God~s elect"every individual ~;lw,t iiof the qUll)b,er"will be pre-i-'sented to the Fa~her h,o!y and unbljip1eable., .and ~nre;pl'~Vc~a,bl~ ~n,hi~.\

sight.-I.a\Il,Mr.. Editor, your's a(f~ctio.pat,ely, f .',' n .! :1.'"1'!ebruary '18~~.'. . " ," , "A J,.OV.E;R OF TRU'fH~ . ,;

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I TAKE the l,ib,erty,to add,ress you with ~ few thoug'hts ,respecting a' .palpable errot:, con~ained in the'observa6~ons made by'~A .owarl,'l" \in the, Gospel Magazipe for June 182.2, wherein. me· ,has 'attempted: 'to. distinguish" bet~~!'ilil' "'the ,opera,tiolls of grace iQ, th.e hea;rt'i~aiwd \.a,theQl'eti~al knoW.Jedge Of trut>~ i.o.theheart.'~ .• ' ' d ::; 1 ; ~i

. . I feel no' hesitatiot;l m..acknowledging that.~'·A D,warf"··has made' .some exceIleQt.,rew~r~sin' his effort at·j)u.eh di'stinctiofl r but t,j;Jat'be:i~ ~wb.,olfy ~, un(:otr,upt . if! doctdne1?, r pan 1'1 0(' ndmit,,~ tas:·he ,dedares:".that .;io committed by· tbe objeetll of election is ,the meritori.ous!cau~~ of.salv~tiop:1' and this error,is:me,p,tioned amongst the:SOlin~es~of' C(i)n~~lation ,~~ ;f1;he belieYr~r. in'Qhrist;' lICQn,fess~(after"readibg'wl1at, gave me ,~om~,sa:tisfacti@pJ,lw..as ,stirprised that iSa gre'a-t an, '"err,?r should,havemad:e'j~s appe~>I'al1e"e in such good cpmpany•.atld,in su~h'a place withOl\t (as I suppose.), being detected by,you, 01"

its author; I€orrc~jve'it to QeJ,()' giros.s .an error, tbat,tbdse who a:re>taught-af God, will ~<:arcely reqtl!ir.e:'Qsingle arguttrent,io prove'it,;"notwithstanding., i, ~iH ,endeavour;r'.b¥'a few obserViatioDS', to shewits inconsistency .witQ., ~ruth" .and i,ts' pernicious tendencies. ,. If sincO.mmitted '~y thlR·!Pe,0pJ~of. <;7o.d'He the me.ritoriou$;causeof thei'rsalv~lit9B, then that,piJ:l't pf God'·s-f"mHly:who'liIavife di,eqio,it'heitill-'fancy b~fpr:e'~hey g!\v.~,e~i$~eoceby't;h;eiCommission of"g;in, to the.c:;a4sfh~frt.QtRiXl (ja[yatt0.n mqs,t oCQCi)u~r~e !(!l,we their' felicity~-entireJytoatl;Wi9M~~lIjl"a.y.~~y,l\iia:erent~aus~o'r.·s,ource;it!ley'calI1not:be f~ de;bt~r~r~(ttp-t tJ~ll,Qt!ihowever " A,Dwarf': mayl!>e incl.jned'~o .rej.o~cethat be has given existence to the cause of his salvation by.his ac-.' \

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trial transgression ..Ifow ridiculous is tile idea? if thersins cOlllmitt'ed, 'by Gou's 'chosen people be "the meritori9us cause' of satvatio'n" it

will' follow that, t,he greatest sinn~r, will .most merit salvation;, then,'" let us db evil that good may come:" How Can the cha

racter of God be vindicated on sU'ch .pernicious principles, or wherei,n appears tire propriety of confessing Ollr sins as meriting the curseof a just law? If we can ex \lIt in the idea that the ~ins committedby us, is "the mer.itorious cause of our salvation;" it must then 'be

'. of sin, and not of God,? IS not this turning t,hings upside down? You'must I think see at once the absurdity, and how detestable is sucha doctrine! We read, " by sin came·death;" but wher.e do' we r'ead ,by sin came'life, ur salvatiun by it?' We also read, " tne ~Iect are:redeemed by the precious blood of Christ;" ,Therefore, I'conClude;that: the bl~od 'of Jesus Christ as shl1d for them, i's the' meritoriouscause of'their salvation, and the sins of the same people merit eternal; de'ath,' ":which. is th.ewages of sin;" that mercy: could not bedisplayed to,innotent persons !S a clear case, "the faH wrought thechannel' where mercy should run ;"',but the course Qf salvation existe~ before ~I~e fall, he ~ho can'commi.t i~qui.ty ,",'that grac~ mat'abound,"> {enJoys' 'no eVidence of electIOn to life eternal) WhICh IS

the tendency of the sentiment I plead 'against, he or they cannotenjoy influencial' mercy who, can he· pleased with such sentimentswhich must lead to abominable practices. It is impossible that·the.grace of' God which bringetli' salvation 111 enjoymellt, and which

, teaches ihe subjects of.it, to deny ungodliness in all, its forms,canI at:the same time be operative in'the heart where sin'is cher~shed,

and hugged as'the meritorlous cau~e of salvation. .But· I hope better things of " A Dwarf" and believe .he is nl;)t altogether blind to

, ,God~s way oft salvation; though I·thus have spoken, I seek his 'good, and the good ,of others. I.believe th~re,would be as mucb proprio"ety in saying that. sin is the procuring, cause of the.loye of God to

" 'sinners, as,:affirming thait l>in is, the meritorio,,!s cause of q sinner's, salvation ': from such sentiments may, the' g'ood Lord f6rever deliver~,s!;, ~s not si~],a God.dishollouring thing" is'it, nQ't that which~Satan]Ov.es, and what'God and good men hate? ,'Vhererdo we read,that itis to go unpunished, it cost the Son of'God his life 1'0 put sin away"and establish the, tights of .i,us'tice, for his belove~ people,and to vind.ic4lte the injured honor, of the holy law of God l~)the atoningdeatlrof the Lord,Jesus Christ theFefore, is the,meritorious cause of pardon,peace,; and salvation, and the imputed'obedience of Jesus to'the sinner, is· his, everlasting justification fWln the 'curse/of the law:d'tre to'him as a transgressor of it. Without hisrighteousness'itl is impo,s=sible to stand before God/with' acceptance :.now'to live 'by faith On'tbel dear Son of' God,; to enjoy these importapt tfiiths:o'in, Jrid 'byfaith" under t.he: teaching and influence of the Holy Ghd~t'lwilt clistingujsh a, mlj.l1;for God; 'and'against all that is:disho.nora:hle' ~a'him;'

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ascribe his present and 'eternal salvation to gra~e, bleod" and power,and aV the praise, will redoun(to God, for ever. Amen. '

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, A NOTE ON THE ABOVE.*' YEg,Sir, most certainly, they' are conceived in siri', and shapen ~riiniquity';:that which is bdrn of the. flesh isC flesh;. they'are,bo/''l'eason

. of the disobedIence 'of the first man, sinners, that is, " debtors to tlteflesh ;" and unworthy and unmeet for the heavenly glory, and nllistbe excluded from it, unless washed in the blood ofJesus, and sanctified by the f~o.ly Spirit. To S~lprOse ,a,ny infabt ~o'perish" is,topechielly w.ise above what)s \vritten'; ahd to imagine they are so itolyas to need no deansing,or thadmy,thing defiled can'enter rnto hea-ven, is direc,tly,Hying in the fac.e 'of-scripture: so ~h>at though Weflre n,ot positi"ely,tQld what' is/their/portion, ne'vertfjde~s,'vV;!;i,','may,.,safely determine'lthat they are made meet for the inherit'ancli whichis incorruptible, and undefiled, all flowing from the abundant:mer~y

and power,ful grace ofGod the Fe,tther.,,' , I .. ," We leave this Correspondent in' 'the;hands,. of tpe Dw'arf,but'~,ecannot close this note, without observing, that he makes him anetJ~:'

my for rather an ambigllousturn oC expression.- We;,WiIl for a rh6.-'rnent or tw,o stand forward In the Dwarf's shoes, until he has ,time

to' put ·tb.en~'1o~1:, and, ASSERT, 'that:sin caused a display of -the love .f

of God ,-!-.sin .was the cause of the.,death of Christ,-and'the'deathof 'Christ was the,MERITO'RIOUS CAUSE OF. SALVA'J'ION~' Now praywhat is .all this mighty vampering ahout? the apostIeJ?aul speak's.more stronger,. thaneithel1.the<0.warf, oriwe'could, speak,,: H, bU't;if,OUR UNRIGH'!'EO·u'SNESS COMMEND ,the righteousnessof.God, what·shall we' gay; is G.od, unrighteous?' God forbid !'.' Iwhat could this.Corl'esponde·l1t be ;dream,ing. of w,e cannot thinlc ..:-Ol]e word moreas' our t'edious :talkers. say, and ;we:wil'l stop,. f., " 'r ,~! ,},' '. I.,

[s there not:;so,mething meari,pi~iable, and invidious, to drawsuch base con,CIusipns fr.om Dwarfs'principles, eveu;were trey Mso.wn, nal'l'1el~l ,.~ thaphe greatest sin,ners will most, iner;it ,salvation,

-and that wel:Ila;Y:,do ,e,vil thatgoocll·may come; how nHlc'h is:this' inthe'mannet',of those. censorious men, Hall"Chase, and'Bidhike: isi't

, ,not dust ~hrown to. blin~ the ey~s.?f the di.scerIl,ing; mere jargop;.a m~pk piety, ~" pretensIOn ~o S\lp~n~r s~nctlt~: fbr· were 'W~, Pagans,we. would elld~ayoul,' to be Just and eqUItable 11l aU our' dealIngs, andcommiserate with suffering humanity; Is this doin.g: evil that goodmay come? we. are ashamed of aJI. such paltry subterfuges. A de

·cision so, dictatorial w~uJd have.appeared with a better graeehad it,a little }Qf~the,suavite'rin modQ, it might ,ha.ve conciliaie,d r ' , ,,'

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Ebenezer Erskine, w~ know notwbich; of a diselilbddiedspirit, 'Ivhenarrived in heaTen ' ' . " t, , " ,

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, , MUlt be the chief of ~\ngers now<

Then says,S. S. and persons, of hisdescription,'the mor~ yon:sin,t~egreaterdisplay ofsinging you will make, in· heaven, therefore.goon a.~,~ ,~~\l. most ablih~antly: th~ good,old'sa:in't did tlot tbinks?l;

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W1TH9'u'Tg,eing oVletlhe\gr04nif·klrecid'.Y~r'6daeIl,:inthe'prec~dingftlJ:itlbe,r on this st1bject';l~I ventlir:etQ assUme for granted:, that as tbe9!r\1l~h'0fthe Mo's't JHghG~q~ ih;a'lI ,age's, is 'and must lie, spi;ritual;all the tendencies of grace, in the ministry of the 'Word, must b~81]:sq';Spz1'l:tilti{5i~:tAtJdV,~s/arIl'dng'thepromises Of'GoD, the latter ,dayQi~pensati'0~,.~~a,st9be'known ~ 'by 'a m0rr tba,n or?il},ary effu~~oFl of~b~i~,PIR):r,,~;thepers0ns 'ohhe L~.)lm'5people;,wfien the ~(l)n ofqdli> hacHi'bis,bed redempHon ar.:ld returned to glory; and Go'd theHQ~~,"G~os~had c'Qme dQwn,)n ,a\.trj(j'rlN)peh,illld:\vlj'~ible displ,~!,of,};uffiself, for th'e 'gove'rOn1imt 'of ,hIS churcb and,people; then it

I' :\Ve~g.:in:tb,iserM1m()st'etni'lleFltIY:i\v.~sto'be:ldoked' for;;the,glotioiiJ:s,a~d{trabious, manifestation 'of' the' spiriHia'l, teigFl ofrhe' LORD JEstrsCHRI~T'-', He-flce lit· wil:l unde'rlia\1rY'f~ll0'~',) thaf,th6seSct.i'rtures,

·,bpth ,]:0 the Old ,Testament "and' the New,'w'bich ;r€fer to tiil~ ~bS\.,~pid~:\J's evem:t,,'demall'd the :speciallifttenti:t>n lof th~e'Lotd'srp'eop;}e ;an,d-eolne home to tlI're'clwakened notkeof'every redeemed a1'1'd,regenel'ated cbild of GOD, in a v0iceti'ke'that 'widiw'hic-hithe'!:;dRD'.himselfc1o.sed'his '~'eS:sag;e, ~,{:) 'each of tpe' seven' ch~rches ili hiia,: He that

.l~;-q..t!t dn ,e-ar'vlet ~1Z:f7~"lIJeri1'1tvh'(it 'N1,e 1.h'Pi1'i't'iail~ .Jrtto 'the cnNi'okes!Jji this POil'};t off view, tbe t>r6pheey of'Ez~ki~~;:absfrilC~edfr'o'fD:

t~e:,hJi~:t'o;~ieaT:parts'ofltt,a'!n'd ftf:b!m thos~'eve'I'l'tS) 'Wai'c9 bad';i,heir gc9WIlP~lshment;,"soon after, the ret:ifrQ ofthe.'chureb 'from 'the :!Jab!Jk>'?l~§h:;parptiwit'y : 'app'e-atS""cotJS~iC'll,ql'fsly rst~ikitig. ''No, lone' ,amongtbe tr-uly ,taug,htirofGoD,'C'a,n bew'it~oqt (Jotl'\~iction, ,th~t th'egreater"p'ait otth-is, man :s 'insD!iir~d' w;riti,'t'fdSj "bad, 'r~shect '!te,l the .llattet,:,d'alv

.1. 'r: "1 , . h ,', t', 'JdJ~pe,nsa,tiol'l,) :~Ezekiei;,:w.beF\ 'clelNerirug., hilj; prophecy, S~l':iilS to'h~v,e, bepn ilO'okilFlg 'f/jp~8Jrd;' 'A\(i)t IOtJfy- fo theH:a:ys:',0f tbe' gospel" butt9A,qe relnptest sperid&i(bf rh1e':d~ys of 'tha <gO'speL'Ht\ dotl~t.i'?teRt~rin to the subject ,of!~tlue .p-er:sonali rei'gtl/J0f die (L't\!t'l>V ,Jrsu:S'iOJqlRwb,UP9,ll;(the. 'eatth:, (\'Vhatever thal'pe-rsonal, in' m'illertn.~u'rJ'" ~"el'd:l'/J m~yb~;) but he draws at Jargethe,ciistinguishing characters of th~sP~ntual 9'l'iut.ch>.of Cro:rjs~'Jby' which ·t-hat'chU:rcb'shOuld l]e"k\n0wllf lJ'e-fore that period, b'ot!iftqm the mere'professor·'and-'profah~.1~"And

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, pfOphrts, as apostles, taught, the church to expect, that'z"~ the last.p;l;Lys p,t;tr.ilO1.lSI, t,z'nJe~!(shou.ld, com.e:;,i',in. which, ,heresies 'W(Iuldabo'l-tng"and th,e lave.·qf man!J~ wax cold: the gr.acious God in the infiniteconqescen:sion of his 1,0\7'e, watching over, the spiritual!ilnd: ,eternalin~erests of; bispeople, 110 less tifught ,them to kl'lo~ .4im, arid tpepower, pr, hi;S,i grace in thei.r. hear~'S: ~¥.th~ spiritual :c~nlmun.ic;at~oAS

he wguld :hnpal1bto\ them;I I 1!li.erefore.my people ,shaU kno~ n~y,

name,: therefore th~y shall know £n that day, that I'am he that dothspeak" beJ~Qld; # ~:$ I! Isaiah lii. 6,,'1> ...~" By, takiog ~ .~OmparativesllatC\D,1enLQftheinspired,~ritit!gs 9~thr"proph~t E~~~iel, with those of thd~postle John, in liis b06k'ofReve1i1tion, w~tb, which he clQsed the canon of'Scr-ipture" the mind ofthe "redeeJ,ned; ,arid regeflera.ted· ehild, (j)f GOD, ~s! ,struck wi~h t~e

wopd~rfl\l,sirrmJ~rity,.,·, flad"the, SOl'. o~ 1JZf~i,.been'!lt R~!rnb$j~~~~:~d ,pi (Jhe!).(w~ when ,John wwte fro~ the~'aUthentY'QfCHft"::IS:T, 4:h~~tw- 1

Galyp~e,; .&nd h,ad',the proph~~, copied from the apos~le;,'lit wer;ehllr~~y possih~e to have heen inor.ei.n ,unjson,on the great:su,liject of,t,h.~i,J; ,~e!?p'e~thre"ministrjy:.. , , l~d~e~r; hoth,~C:ri'P\lI r-es, are,. jh~; ~~nyparts jn such perfect· agreement, asif the ,one was designed a~ a dU"plic~te'~o thl'l Q~ber; and il'ltendedby the ,A1l!ligllty, Aut~o.r of all1,1lsplratl9n, for,mlJtual explanatiOl'h And alchough',Ezekld, wrote,lJi~'pr9rhecy",'{l~ai\ $!~1;l,~ndr.t:d':y'~ars,IJ~~,f~Fethe, ~\A:~li!-t~IDa~t10~11'Qf~h(}~,·

. il;..9RP. J ",svs'O;H~J$l:', and Jphn, tlljeRe<VielatloD"wihle,~bears!nsnam~,~f1{lu,nr/:red ye.,Q,l:$ alter; .y,et the professed, ohje~t ()f'bot<h.~is oh~"al~d

th!rjs,i1w~, A:E;l.dtm,os~ ,~vidently",t<? whatever pir~.od ~ of.thechu'r,?h,toe,pl)e, r,l'iferr;e,(;l' ;"'~Q. tdo,~h \tb~,,~,t?rl"., iJi eX~p',t,,\ttd,\\r~vet~ '~li.:t~I~Ss~~telJlf1l.lt, tl;ieJl1:se t/i.~e? ,~baptersL.of th~' Ibo<;l'k :of {,pe ReV'e!a~lOiHfQr tt\e~e;are' ~hQ'lly ,descriptive ofi;the, p8Tsopal:reign of, the, LORD

. ,.:tB.SV:~\C,H~(~l" up.on, .eaJ.:~h~. B~t. an, t12e"pr.ecedi,Q.g ,.) ha~e respe.c~t,o

t.~,t;l~o~Q'$ $pinttf/ffl6 kipgdo,m; J :A~(!hth~s ~Sl 'phij.tv:fl1bm,an,other cq.ni.sil;l."er~.~~qn.. J'be:ll83'$O~{ll reign ,jq.f <?la.IH~~ Jis sp,?k-en'i Of,1 a~ a· n~i~l~X!1I:li¥rn, 'AI' !1. tbQu,&andj',yeats.•.\ T.he SfJZYlztuaZ lI~lgn OfG~1US'F J's;\pt~wedent:~9i,this,;, ~(,r;rhe prefac~to' the bO,ok itself, ,is said.,to be ,of,tp'in,g,s;Iw;hi'(1,h~ ~!Vi1~bQ~tl:r ~o l'c,ome to:flass ;':sept~\l}'nQ signj;fied 'by ,hiS {l;~~~I, ·t'O"I~I~ sCl'vant,JQh\l.' Ee". 1; :1., .. , " ,I' "~": "t. ,

. ;Rt},;'p~ps' i,tJ;wiUl~nd" un:~er: llhe"di.v;ine blessing, tc;> favor a ~!earerappre~en~i?rn ~.of this, g;re~t .d<ictri~i~ ?f~ r,he ;L~R,D~s,ehu.rch" bein~' ~

_w/,l'QJ)i,$p,mtUgl, ,alld ,a~ such 'Tevealed,\,1q,~.both. those ,sw ~~ures; If f ,

th~ .:ttiroe~t; be ,cp~sid~r.ed .aecordi~g,io Ahe 'ord~r ~"hi~(.J :GQ~ h~m':'~~)( 11a~.9,qElen!p!~~$6d to: Qbser,v;e, ,In the rev~la~wn of It by hiS se·r.Vi,J)tjl',1 IIp. doipg ,this;, ~aI'U;l, humbly' (oUowinO' the, footsteps oftheLQ,l,l~'Qn\,th\s. g1r:Q1,l.pd ;,,1 ~ha:U ,b~'gill~,thel subject.w"'efetheI:.G-R~hi~'&,e.lf.'i!.wgj\p; i({~!lffl~ly, wi,th the f o17d'inah'on of :E~ekiet; taking~,GOlJl,PjlI'Atj,~~)v4ew as, we. go on, with it of tJte.oYldination of JO!{N,

,for tlV.s.!\<p~~\i~\ IPinist~y"ito'wJlie'h,t~~ LORn, called both,iI!·:And when"(~.jl~§ lJ9qQmpJ~p',e.d ;,t;hrs'ser~.ioe;j.~I;;>~hal:1, ~~l)l,~" ,~eg ,to' ca!1 't~~"read'~eM,a.t~n>lqp.~ ~Jjij~r ~he hope ?L~!ie same dl\k1'l1e ,teaaln:n,g, to c?',~PlIIJ~: l;J1e le,dmg,pomtsof .the,.prophets', and of the ap()stle'~ wnt-',,' '. . '\

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~,ngs a;s they are found in these respective scripture,s. And ,lastly,offer some few 6bserv<1-tions, which"if spiritually" and s.cripturallyfounded, the redeemed and regenerated child of GOD; will do \\'ellto ponder" on a 'subject,of such infinite im.portance, considered witban, ey,e t,o t~e' correspoi)clil)p; events going on in the 'present.awful9ay, upon whom the ellds (1 ,the wo1'ld ar;e come: ,1'he L'oRD.th'e SPI- 'RIT, if i,t be his blessed- will, give his unction to this'review of Eze-,k..i«;i)'i;l writiflgs; .,as the LORD did to' Ezekiel, ,in' hi.s o\~dination aridministry,; that .asthe prophets nal~e .Ezel~iel;,significantly ffil(\lVS(rp~y ·be f~l,t,lno)v; as he did then,) ;streng~henedqf GOD'!, '

. ...:l;b,egjn ",i\h a\scri pturahnquiry,'.into· the .leading particulars, of '. t1,~he proph~t:s qrdinatiop; It is worthy of our I~ighestobservat'ion'l.In ~ha~.<~:~ubli~i,ty"oforder, and ma\Juer, the LORD mad'e an.intro'-' , ,

. :R·W;:t~9n.toJ/lissol.emri ser,.v.ice.• -Thus' Ezekiel himsel~ispeil.~sof it..N,0;'(tJ £t cawe, te"pass £n like t.h£rtietk:year; in' tllefourtk;month, in the , ~Ji.if!lt d«y,qf the mOJ1th; as;!was among,the:capt£ves~y the'river ofehe. .'.~ar"tlt(lt. tk~ heq.vens wFe"dpe,ned,. and. I saw visions OJ.(jOD. Ezek.i.,I. 'A,nd tbe PNphet pwceedi;l immediat~ly after dati~g,the t£m.e~~~n,~I1I?q.ce, of this ~Q[)derfui, transaction, to stat.e .the. more striki,hgpartiGulars of tilt; ,vhions., 1;he hand if th.e LOR.D" he saith,. was

,up0'(/. 11.i1)1~ apd. '1-. wltz;r;Iw,il,ld came out of the 1lOrth >' ther,e appeared(},gre.at"clo'l(,d Up4jil'f} unfolding z~tse{f" and- bri'ghtness ab.out z:(.· .out,of,ttl,e.nlidst. thereof, came the lzkeness 0.( four lfv.ing·creatures; and,~hey h~djtke likeness: of a,·rnan" and tlteface·of a lion,.,an{tllejace.of,lfIJAV,and theface of an eagle. ~,And th~y had'wings ; two 'lv-ings:f!fl f'Qe.ry one Wt;re joined O1;le .tn I another,. and two· covered thei r bo;qie$" '4n~ they had wingswhicbwere,. full·#, eyes' l'ouJ1d abou~.l,\,pd jwheri' theY .went,.the,; prophet saith" thatlhe .beard J;he noise of,~p~jr \yipgs, like {(le '{lQise oj great .7Paters.,' and;as, tk~ 'l:o.£ce, of·the.'-Al- .,f(llgltty.",., A~d ab<i>ve,~he fir11J{lment, ,that; was..over thelf·hea:ds; was.lffcgness ofa tltrane, apd the.li.keues~\qS\the\appetm(l,nt;eof{l man ;aboveJt;:iIi,nd fr,:om tbe.appearanc~,of,M~ lo£n~ e,ven.douim.tiard, as the appear,·. ,anpe qffire. And. ou.t ofAthe fire went ~orth ligAtnings.." And th,efl:PJl~ar,~lilcE<of,a,b,Qw in the cloud'in the da.yof rain': ·This was theappearance of the likenessr0/ ~he glarY,f!f,the LORp'}; See Ezek. i.,'~Qap~J,1;,;b.r.o4ghQJjl,tii'$u.ch.,w.et;e,.fl,Je' ~isionsil,wli~h ;'-which Ezekiel')'y'<\S f,aViou.re,d ,preparatory ,to hIS ordloatIOll, j o. I i "

'1. Let us n9W tak~ ai" ~omparat,iy,e, view of the apo~tl'e Jonn~s orqinlltiop;,as .js.Fehearsedat'~)arge,;jn~he'open;i.ng,6ftheDook bf.Re.,.v.elation~",hieh bearsbis;riame,. ; IQ wor.ds,llJot only sitpilar; h'\lt nearly'.the same"herrela tes,to,the ,chHrch,a summaryla,ccount of the revelation.made ~9 hi m at,his ordination ,I, John; who alsq ,am'yourbl'otlter,rmd t;or.tplJ(r',i(;m ,in tribu,lation" anda~'n,,the ,kingdom and pat£ence, 'of,,,JESUS CH~lST :, wa,s in the £sle! tkat z'scalled,'Patrnos;jor t'he word,q£,God, rmdfor·,the,. testimony of,JES.U.S .. CH~JS(P,~;j, Wds' £n the iSPIRP!, op.,tltt:,LOR./I'S.' day,. 'dnd,heardl beh,ind,il'he,a.great voic~ 'i,zs of atrun~pef. Re\;, j .. 9, to. And like, the, prophet<Ezekiel,l he·des'crjbe~,,thl'l sighth,e had ,of QneJike,unto,tQeSon ofman clo,tked.witlt agarm~*

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do7fln t~ Ms feet:"whose,voicewas, as ,tM:sound. ojmafl,y waters.orRev. i. 9-':"'1.6; h He al,~o·speaks''Pr~eiselyHhe.\sameas Ezekiel, offour Hviizg, creatu11es, wh<!isefaces 'were as tliose\ Ezekiel, saw;' andwho had,.w£ngs ,like th0!le mentioned by,the prophet. ,Rev. iv:, 47.8: Thc;rainbow'in the cloud, and: the "appem'ance"if fire, aml thehghtningsand thurndering:~;i a:t:i~ -as particularly enumerated, by theap~is~le as; by, .theprophet.. ,'And if the,one was blessed.wi~h·those

g:ac.lOus tnal~jfestationswhe'n in captivity : so was' the other•. Ez~kJ~~ by.;t,he'1'lvel'O/zt'ber;,JoQn in 'the, isle of,j-)atm,o-s. If one was In

bondage ;': the other was'in banishment.' 'It was the sabbath day,'when, the:visiol)s:of GOD1began 'with Ezekiel. as' appears··by the re":n~wal of the, s~ven days after: St;e Ezekieljii. '16. ~It wa~ theLOitD's.day· 'John.leNs us when he was thus-"in the. S'PIRIT',Rev. 1:,10.And ihhe rprop'l:1et in tl~e'iy,isio~,heheldthe. throne, and he tha~ sat'upon ,it' waS' \asthe 'a,pp~aranceoj'a man i'John is express no .less' todeclare, that he, whom he saw, was like unto the Son qf Man; IiMwho called hi'mself, the Alpha, and Omega;: the first~ 'fond the la.s!';Rev. i. ,'1'0. ~"L r,.'~ -f')' ,f.; 1 t 'L~' '¥~f~'! \ i' l" I ~ ' f ¥ ~l :~',\.J; {'I'.:., I} ·'(t

" Fl'Om ',t;-his:view,. of the preparatory means;"the LORD was ',pleaseq .to"adopt,; f6'r,·the "\lrdination'JJf the prophet Ezekiel'; and fr{)lD.the. cornparativ8!yiew 1 of,.the ,sam.e, in the:,inst;:lnce, of the apostle' ~oh'n,~jnages so \"emote from each other,;:,ahdcin which'is' behi:ld-th~ most ,exact'~agreement;'we"'Hot"onlyIearn,lthat the' sam~ 'A~~

Uligh~y.GoDwho pre'pared the one, prepared'also the other; but w~at •is iuoreiparticl.1larly. the 'object<! /Jave 'at presentin.contempl'atio'ti\t@shew, is;; tbat);he ministry of both, had, special reference to the,seq:iceo(the ~hurch, during the'spi'l'itu~l rei'gn 'of our LORD J~sus GfI'U'lS'l',:in the,lattet1 day dispensation: "'f1beg that thi's,' may}be,well~pnsi.de,red',' a~d duly:d,welt ttp?n ftol'n its vast 'impGr,taqce by the rea,der,.A!~:d/i~ving'!~'J'o'wfobserv~d,lwf~bl!'Yha~'a' wor'ld"lbf apparatus, pro).;VISIOn was IlHi.d~·:f9r the,mtrodut«t'lon· of the? LOI'd"schosen servCl:nt·into, t~isJministry ,; I snaIl n'0w' request .the rea:der'to,'accohlpaiJY'Ai~~o a vie\~'i:lf wh'a,t the,Ilply Scriptures' hav.e further reveale~ ;of. the()r'dinati'dti i'tselfl whh:h;;'under divine teaching-, wi'll COil firm yet,mOl:ethe;inte'resf<ir1g ftr!ut-h, 'tnal th,e'insp'ired1writiings of the P,fJi>ppet E~!'l,.

kid, as 'welJ.as those 'of'lhe;apostlel.Joho;f'iil1l'thtllClose of.t-I-ie canal)of Scri'pture~'were\'intended With speilia!'\refereQbe'<tO t~e'-.:oFeig-n·, ofgrace in the 'spi,ritual,kingd'om"'of oUr\LO~D\J',B'S\'J,S\CHIHSa:':,', (')" '; '". 'Alnd here'the ordina:tlon,ibrith of'th~,prophet\a.Fld\ the apostle,\!s'opened,tb'us in f~esanie'way,y'ea nearly .as'faras th'e,circumsta'leesadmitted in die 'same' words. \. IE",ekiel, in behold ing' the visions thuseX\pre~Sea:,himselfl JV'ken\'.,I.':s'a'tJJ 'it,'{said he~ ,lfdl,upon; m,yjae,e"and 'I heard aovoice 0/ one that'spake.\ And, he said unlo;}lle j\Son.,(!I .Man stai-ia upon thyfeet 'and."1· tvz"ll ~peak u'rito (Me", ;A:hd the SP,IR'ITentered,into ''fJte~wMnke spfI'ke unto ,me;:a,nd set me·upon rJlY.feet, thqt:J:heard'him'that'rPake untO/file.;, Ezekiell. 28. and/ii. l~ 2." And

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Seco1ldly. ,Themext.acc,ount ,g,i.,,~n:~oth~i church, i,n. the orclina'tion service of Ezekieljils 'of, the persons to' wholl). the word of hismini$try was to be deli,vered"aod, which is decl;ared 10 tchQSe wards:And tlie $pIRIT,ente'redinto mel'ltJ,14en he spake,~tnio me, and set.mtupon my/eet) that Theard him that. spoke u,nto me, 4n,r), he spiel un.tome Son if man, I sena thee to the c1nUreJ~ 0/ l~raellO (l 11e{Jelliolls'l,l.4tZOn, dhi{t lzath 'Y'ebel'led against! ''me; t!l,ey and theirfathers hav.et'l'ansgressed against fne even unto this very day. For they areimpu. 'dent children and .stijfilzeart'ed. I dl/ se.n.d thee. u;nto ~hem, anr!Ah.Qushalt sd..y u,1fto"tkemi Tlzussaith tke!La1l'd Go(/);i.andl, t4ey,w4:etk.cr 'th~ywiU lka'l'., or whether ~he!J willj01'!b.ear (jon they a;re a rebellioushQuse) .yet. shall know that there hath. be,en, a p1·op/!,et among, therll,•...-r-

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natipn~,and John's, be taken in tbis pOint also, w,e shalh~r.Qeiv',li) a.striking,analogy", J~h'Tl' rel/lJtes th~, folloWlt:lg cpnc.~f,ning the 4il'Gc- . \tlong~v~n to himll Lipqs in the SPIR1T; :on :Alze £oiw~s dO(lJ~ a'ltdhea'Ni behind me ,'0, great, 'Voice a$oj; (J,l t:r:~mpet; s,f1I!jing, J a,rr~ AiplAa.,~1id ,Omega,;. tkejirf>t 'and .the last ;fi/,n(;, ,w!ul.( tM,l), ~(:estJ,wr.a~e Jl!1t,; a'liook" and send t£t' unto the se'tJen ckup,t;hcs, which. t!i1.e,i9J", A#q,; un~p

Ephesus,and 1.tnCDI Smyrna, and:'l.fn~~ Pevg,an:zO,s,Hnrl· U(flto Th.ya.l'ir;Q,and..,j/it-to.jSa71dis, arid ,u1ltP.' P'hiladelpjza'tl;,)~1~d 'tmt(ikq.pJiice~,; Re-v. ,i1t)/} 1'0 He>flcewe perceive that i 1) botlt 'instances Jb~ or.cli·flatipn l'sloneall(;j.,f~e;same •• It is a'SPl1!'itualordir,latiQo ; (or,tb,e,Pfqpqfl.t, aud,itheap'.osjjJe)owere alifke't1:n~e~'th~\iln;fl,ue9~e ~f,t;he, SJ:lHWF.'IAnc;l th~ mi,!lsion .~f!bot'h,.was(llike direc,ted to ,the l<fuJr.ch.\, ·]fo,r 1's'in ~,.b~ ins,ta.nce of,;the· prophet,· so in lrke ,manner ,~he iIl.pQstlc" thou.gl\\Isflle} was, dlt';',cla:t@d hy.the',LoitQ tohe,:ar~bem9.uslh:~.use,,'y~t ~,er~,~~,~~ &~il1 }~r.(J,el;.And int,.elation'to .Jahn's :min:istry, .tQ01lgh tbewhole·seven ~hUl'~h·

.es·to wh~m 'the,ap,ost!e w.as coinm:atuledt t,Q se.~d 1J<"f(J,things, >vhi<,:;hhe'had';seen,.lwene in~~'s!ld'state Aficlegen~lI~ac;y,; yet;we1f~,tbey( s.~iU.-called h~ ·the LORD' himself, the,ck~n'k..,Col')<:eIjqi~g', the ,fo~pr">the com~isslon,)1an 'in ~h,~se ,w,~rds';klSo.nlifm.(Jn"i~~et 4he~ ;wn.t~.(ohe'l~puJs,jof ISf'ael,anil "sp'P,(lkl(J)~tltr"'/'! '/Ppr.as, 'll1.atg,:th'fV~'" /'qr ..thf)'f,ar"t not sent unto ,a·peo.ple< if a lvtrfl;nge ·.$pee([/h g/n4,o/ an 1),9,1'4·,JI},ll'rguage,>bflt:to.tlze hQuse;qf,I4rl lel" E~lelJii.,14,rjg.· :t,Anc,\ 'j~fl;f.;.fe·

'Irtmc~·t~~Mlhe·'latter ?:tnougb lwha.tltbr ,l"oR>D 'Il~jd of QJie:,;IllAr~ prJe~s;beeame the oharacte,r. oral! ;: the:}' ,hild a name, tg hvq., b'!J;t 'lfJ~~e 4eq,'(f:;'yet thl;l'-chal'~6r,O~gr$.~erem.~ned ';.,8~,.t~(lMZi;J.,thq.n~~.qlf' let lzi~7,,/.I;q(l;r:fiJh'aUth'1'8p.IiRf.T!fsa,itl1i:'UrJ'~iJ.Jhe· ch~nlhe-s,.t ")1\1\ ". .-,"..,":.(.~ ~, "1' " l't!}

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nation was one and the same ; 'an~ from onland .~he same authoritybut alsotbat the ministry to w,lntch both wer.eca),led"we,re ,tboneand the same purpose. The part of the ordination'service to which'1 now refer,,is that part which relates to,the eating'ofthe"ron, andof the book, with the ,effects which followed. IT'he prophet/s, 'acc0!1nt of the bORD'S appoint~en~ he~ein\is as follows' :-Moreover,~ hesal,d u'(lto 'me,80,,!',oj man" eat, :tna't thou ,Jjindest:: iopen' t~y'vmoutk'ana eat~tkat I gwe thee. Arid when ,l--looked, ,behold a ha~d wassent unto me;,' and ,lo a rolt"ofi It boole was t/.lerdn. .And he spt'eadit bifore me: and it"was wn'tten within and without ':' and thel'e 'waswritten therein, lamentations and mourning, and woe., J/lnd he saidu~to me" 'Sonqf man,eat,this roll,landgo, sj}(wk"unto the/house of,I5irael.·! "SO' I-iJpenedll1ny m'Outh~ and, he1cauged$,;me ·to eat',t'hat roll.A.nd he said unto 'me, -Sun' if 'rr-an,cllllse thy beZl;y to eat and'jill thyhowels with. this roll that I give thee. Then, did, I eat it, and ,it waSz:n my mouth Us kone,yfor swee,!ness. Ezek,. ii. 6-10. and iii; 1-3.

And if from the,prophe't, we turn ta the accou nt given by the apostle, '\\'e fimLhim. thu:s speaking. ,.Aind I sawunoth'er mighty'llngelcomeldowrz'jrom,heaverrclothed'tJ.?itlt a cloud:iand a ,ral~bqwwasu~onN/'is h'ea,d':''and hisfai:e'was, as it 'werre tke sun, and 'Jdsj'e-et a$

pzllars 'o.f:ftre. And he. had in his hand a littJe. book open; I and Iheset his'r.z'g'htfoot 'Upon the sea Plnd his lejefoot on the e(lrth.· !AnathevoicewMrh -.j h'eardfr'o'm heaven spoke unto Imel,ag:ain, 'and said,gfJ and taloe,tlie little book whid~,t£s rlJpen in tke h;and-qf the, amgel1whia:'hstCfndetk ll1;pon't'h-e:sea U/IV{1 upfln the'earffe. ;.yjnd I went unto thk\i!-rl/.:.gel ,alid, sal"d unto mm ;,gtve me the little book~ And he said'Un~o 'm'e;

. take it-and'-eat',i-tJ1:tp:' and it'shatltmake l thy,bel{"lbitter, but'it skallbe in thy mouth sweet as, honey. Ii/nd J, tookthe little book out uf-theangels's ~and, and/ate' it up;,a:nd z~t WllS in"m.ynwuth sweet as h01lii!y,:and llS soon, as .1 h'ad:eaten it '1n(lJ' ~ellJJ :was bitter.iRe,v. x'. 11(-: 10 ~I

No-w )te~ the"reaqer 'p'ondm! we[h'dmlC'ircum~tali'ees'he're related.L.et'him 'mar.kdistin"ctly ,the several protnillentfeawl'es"in'the or/id!iJ.

. natz'on of Ezekiel and John> Let him ,not ioveFlook the different,per'iods'of the ,chhrch~ in, which those servllrrts~ofthe'LoRlD,were call- 'ed it<Hhe mi'nistry.. Lef'hi'ln recoI:lec:t that in Irelation t,o thtl:formell(eJ!cepting ~s'befdtewasnoticed the!bist,?!'i?a!l 'patts,of'Eli:ekie~'s '13r~pbecy) theFe'''/s.,tlot'bing, lb l!ttwhat ,is Spzl1:ztuaZ" and most evltJelldyhad 'reference t.o'tihe titnes'oftJhe gospel,:, and 'in1Fda,tion to tnerZaUer. •the' very scope ,df-the' whole visi0n, 'andlthe.fir~t voic~'w:hieh ,ff.ohnheard, I3!fter the m~ssaigessent:to the seven churelhes'ex,pressly €alledupon him to COIi1'e up''httlher, fO'r,'it·was said) ,1''(q;ill shel{q) ,thee tMngswlUclt 'must, ire:hCiJlcajter:; I ;sayll'et \th~se thit;'gs, 'be' Uuly weigh'ed';the' iSlIime·ness of~ the 'jiordi na.!i6~,\jf,; 'ilie pl1op:het/ 'and Idf-,the. 'a:P(i),stl~,

~s :CiJ·ul.y consi~~re(l;, aFlq the eV4!?'eHt 1encl~'02Y off,!b(j.th,'Wt'itingsl iie..-Hlg of,'the:s{')u·-il:itlJal·~al:l!l-re, cltlsely-I extimtlile'dipand ..iwlllilpar-edto'ge-thet; tal1d I ''V1entute ro ~orldU'l\let the result.wiU 11}e, irf,ndeTldivineteaching: ito ICa'r.ry c-onvil:!ti'on" 'to 'evety Matt ta~ght'Of,G-eD, ;" 'that-tl~ <,-pI'Qp,lIiedy',o}\,jJi}ze1kie1, as{iW'ell~:as '-the IMYel~tli()1neI4t:by ffohn,). ..,......,' '~I!.t· ~

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I haq relation in a sp~cial and peculiar mannedo the latter day dis~pensation ; ,and hoth were directed, to the spiritual kingdotn of ,ourLORD JESUS CHRIST. '. '

I should no~, as was proposed, prosecute the subjec.t under thesecond branch of discourse,' and invite the' reader's' attentiO!l to e~

am~ne the leading- points of the prophet's, and the apostle's writings,as they 'ar.e found :in both scripturers; from the combined views ofwhich, I venture to belie,ve"will.appe<t-r in much more luminous characters, the eviJen t appointment of GOD, that Ezekiel; was appointed as truly as John, to minister to the church of' CHRIST, in' the lat-ter"day 'dIspensation.·":" ... 1'; ,," '.' • ,I '''' \ , ' ~, '" "I""

But,... reserving Hlis part of the, 'sul:>ject, for; another' number, Iwould beg to fol1.up the presen~observation~which have beenbrougbt forward, With .'oneo.r two 'improvements, from what hathbeen aheady' offered. " . " '.. '

Andhoit 'me ca]).upon the reader to remark with me,' with whatawfulness those holy ,men of,old were introduced by,the Lo'RD,him:self,' iri~(') the ministry of, his.'sacred word. Inllhe instance; of botband 'at periods so, remo,te1from each otb,er, wefind,that. visions ofG6,D'Were 'made use' of, tb.prepare, and, soletnni,ze the'minds' of the

, tORD'~'servants, before',that the Lo.RD ~ent t,hem fbrth,·to the sacred,wor~. "Ve obserVe; mo'reover the effects induc~d the~eby' on both.When,the'LoRD thus made man.ifestations 9f,hirriseH}though aB inlove and divine favor t'o their persons,; ,theJifel1 o'n\their face as deadat hJ~ feet.' Should these observations) be supposed :'to come before

!'a:ny,who labor in 'the word and doe,trine, in'the,present hour; mayI be permitted t6ask; whether i~ cari,.be supposed that the pre'para_tj'(jn for the LORD'S servi€e'is less,iIPpor,tant now,?and.if those ,high_ly,fav.ored servants '9f<GOT>trem\jl~id:ill the \(erY' pr9specl of.th'eem.ployment, and fell b,efol'e the LORD' as dead, when'the SPIRIT had

, en~ered into them to givethem!life(;~Arethere, any who,would rushinto,tne mihistry ,as,tbe'ho'rse'\'{ishe(hito-the battle,' 11 nse;nt , unc'all~d,11nauthodzed, unappointed? ' '. :!-:/J . ;,,/,'( _,I' "f ". '",Moreover ;, if as in both instance's oLthe prophet 'a!l)d apQstle;the'LoRD p'Ot ,onfy,c,alled them by sO,vel'liign 'K~a~e,,')b~dained':themby divib.e:authority, Pout his Almighty SI~IRI'P in/'them, to qualify,"' '\t~e.~ for his service; b~t ca.used th~1ll ~lso Vi.s~~)[Iany to e~t th~ r?ll, ' .' I.

whICh they were to open'.and eXiplam ,to 'others ; ,made the' food, Qoth . . isweet, and bitter, to their spiritual st)nses, that feelingly and experi- •mentally they ~ight, i:>ri~gf0rth,to those among whom ,the,LoRD : "Jsent\them to,minis'teri,of what -they.themselves had known in.their t~i

,OWN souls, of the bitterness 0\ si.n, and of the sw~et.n~ss'o.f salvat-io~l';' ' !Iby the LORD JESus Cl;lRIST: If such wen; esSentIals Ill. tbe solemRm:, id'ination:tlu:n ;'cantthey be less es,sential naw ? Oh! \hQw il~p'os..sjhle Jis it for, a,dead, a'11d una\Yakene? arid uTlr~geneJ;li1t'e :man, toprbclaimthe glory, the fulness', the sUJ.tablen~ss and, aU, sufficiency of thehORD' JESt'S CHRIST, ?; L<;>iRD! I wpul~ say, in mercy, tb, th~, church,g'zve pastors accordz'rig' to 'thine own heart, 'U1hz'ch 'shall fee.d thy peopte

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w.ith ,;~nP'f!J.~edge and understanding,.j Oh.! for~he L.oR,D to rais((, up, .hiS ,,Ez.ek~els a9.d ~ohns n9,w t!? go It) and out In the present 4ay, of 'rebuke 'and plasphe01Y' before tliy diosen" as. they did 'of old,' and'holcfl'fbrth' thebreaa of!life' which 'they :themsdves have livedtipoIl',an.1f; en:joyed, in fellowship and comm!"ni01i with the,F~THER 'a1J,dzvztn ItlS SolN" JESUS CHRIST., ", ,,' ,

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TH~S 'quarto,pa~phh~t ipP'ear~ ,to us, to be sheets taken from th~', J;' i ..) (( , I 6 ,!: \ (/. t ".~ " " 'lb." .~..'

body ofa lat:ge ~qrk;' tl)e part h~re selected has a reference to mis-

~i9nar~ l?r~,Se..l1ding~~ :lJ.~d ,a~p:ar,~n~ly ~,,(>Il,e ~lth ~ ~,iew. rOI i~~r~tia~~the wnte.t: w~o, th~ good opinion of those who, are partizans, of t,hat

">$Qcic~y; 'it is,~~Q,rt ~(e~rryi\'lg.favo~~ wi~~ the,m in or~er,to p~ti?~'7ize~Jar~e ~otk~ ~ntitl~d,: "'.4 Ne'U! and (:omprehensiiJe,SystemJf.Mo~er'(l. G~olr,qphJJ;, wh,ie,h:;ts far a,~ 're have pt;rused, sta~ds in nee<iof no, puft);lJg, o,r rec,o,rpmendl!-tion w4atev~r "as it's intrinsic ,y,ahie ,

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cannot fail i!:1:JDlt~illg its, ,w~y ,~pevery <;jrcle: I ~e will take u,r.'9:~'~s

tq ~ay., it is th~,<';)e~twork?f,tl)e kind ever published in. :E;nglantl';'{pr, we Jm,:e ip, ,t:lli~, ~yst~m of,~~ographr, the'au~h.entic <;>rigina\lfecon~s, fro,m the; beginning of t~me,se~ pefore the sple'~did eye of H·

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~~Q, 1;l,l6,!,)It~ ~qpor to the,,u,n~e~s.tandmgof Mr,. Myer~, and who m,,,~ithj,u~t~cell<n~ ;p~qprit;ty,~~ ,s,tiled tbe Herodp~us ?f modern,~ays.;j1!qet;,~ b~ h<a~ .r-,!-r~iit;passe~th,~t f~"~er,~f history, who ha~, ~eit~er

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seems tothink' that '(7r~~tBrit~in is'Jhe 'at'Jgel Hying through the'mid~t pf hea.v:en with tile eveTI~sting 'i~spei. thatip;o~e h,~nd she

, beat.s.:jl; sw~rd to chastise, and in' the other hand a br~nch o'(the tree,Of,life'; ! All' this ,wecon(ess' OJay read ~ery 'P.~~tty ~~on ''P~~~~' butwhen we see ,Inen' oftne most heterogenous' and opposite'ippinionsengaged in this enterpri!~e,we 'cal)n,ot hut ask, Is this "the everlastzng gOMJel," delineated in the scriptures? Is this the gospel tp~

apostle Paulpreache~?' Or is it ~'anothergqspel,." of which he says,letthe preachers thereof." be accursed?" Dr..W a1son, ,late Bishopof Landaff, qna,e,?declar~tj,·thathe bad noopjectionJo ~is,sionsprovided theY'pil~ijiedChrisllilIJityfro\m its cornip'tioni: ';'t i~wellknownwhat this pr,elate meant by its corruptions, and 'we 'believe Sa'tanhimself would have O!?,objyction to any scheme ofconversion, provi,4~qM'?s.kept,,out .of siSh~ "',th~ feUpwship of t~'e, my,stery

:\¥hi~b from th~, 9~gin:ning of\th~ ~orld,~ha:t~,~een'hid i:n: Goa,~ho:" ci'i~a,t~9.)'fll ~hirJgs by,J:e,strs, Chrht, ac~p.rding"t~ ~ke ~~~J!]al,p.urpl?se

" wl){~Q:,.q~ p,il,rp,osed,in;C:;:a,lrist. ·Jesu~.our Lord." In faCh,a,.ny ,thingq,utijQit~r, ~hois the sum and substanqe of rey'el~~\0f!, a,.lJY,thing toi'nv~igle arid allure from the sim pliCit'y ofth;ego~P71> j helJ~e,~hatcaqtion ,and rul~ given by,th~ apostle John; beloved,believe not.

~'+~rl'lp,M~t'!f ??(t";tryth~~p~r\t·~;/~tjetber't&,et.~~e,?f'~id;~~ca~;~~ma!lY:f!!:lse J?fophets are. gone ol,l~ Into the world ;,t,he apostle pauli~~'uti.i~;;Il ,\fi'tl) his brother disc~pl~; says, 'e' tpat'W~'l'l~~)ce(brth'be,'noili~fel~~i'la1en~ 'to~se'd 1;0' '\10-q' ftlo~';ahd ,~jarried ~lJb~t tv'itH:ev'er'y /~irid.of d~~Wj.t;~, ,by (he slgrgh,t 'of 'lli~~;i~n~'; cuiii)l~g ~tllftlmls~~ wher~by, )b~)t li~' iJ'{vai(t~"a~~eiv~':i;' 'fWJ"'atJ'b;tleP~t~jf'h~lqt6Ut.llbe~bo~,~P'eh{~etii~'se'hs~ 'tij~f, "'hla[{y fRI~,~'pt~~:fi~tifirJglorle :&\:ii lhto l:h~itifll.,F'l '\{~';"~('.<., '" ;.;". : .'t,'."'Ji' 'f""}S"'r' ,.,.:.~ r"'1 O~.'.'",)' /J","

,j1pr;lr~.'~?'~i!~<&il~g/n~a~?a~Wherisll~~/"ti?to,'~~J~h:~~~b'~~js~~,L~~~>n~e~His,realby'cQmmehdihgtlje cH,u~cli 'pf EJp,~e~uff~r'~ryin~~h'em

, rwp~;;~i~'~th~y, w~fe apb~Hes~,jtind w~re~bi~iHld ~bhcl:,tbeirih);l:iellafs.'r'::lW~IJiittW~h>~\var~tbaf' tb~H)ti~t':\Mfa:rii~ii(e:&,~he, ,.prop,rreri'ofih~~pr~;~k~:rl~'ro~~g6ingfotwllrd;brt9' questi'o,n: i~ iH~Mo~t :remoteill~h~~/th~ spitifuat~hQ:o'wn)en£sOfi1il~lincaliBns6fth~~'e'~iiibarKedjnllihbi"'(mterpdze;.IIiu~t'.ltiyus "d,pim, t'd'the ':malevolenee' and or'":p'r~bidH~;e'pltbets 'of ,thel v~riouS"\'sjecHM<:!s; therein"&~ga'ged;i~ndo'~~~~i~il "food tfor the Jtbdth"o{'caldmrlyj;:inson1Uch,iis"we:sh~1lbe,cllarg~({ 'as '~'ant1ng:l:lowe1s' of compassion ,towaias,th6se:~*hoare:re~dy: to pel'is~; fOl: it is Qnequivoca,lIy asserted, tniit'hi;illionsOf/~~.ie

,;nunlih ,species'for~w~ofii Chti~t1di~d'rltr~~r;q~riPlfi'nt~h~fI, fO~Jth~.want pf mis,sionar1c.i(ert'ioBs? aided bY' th'~ ·pecu.niary help c:\.fman.

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, tn, this res~l;lct. we are perfectiyat eclse, and under no a~xietywhatev'er, for we rest satisfied, that the dispensatioQ of the go.spcl isunder, the care .of-the l'oly Spirit, who will ~;;lI"fY it on aC,cording fothe purposl:~ and col1nsd of God in this world; we well, know that

, all t:bose whom thy Fath~r has' il~vep ~nd biven to Christ t9 l'edeeip,notone of tl1em, ~hafldrop ~nto ~,ell." Th~ Lord is not a~a \o~s for'

.ways and, tIleans,. 'if his. creatures lire; he a,lone orders ,the unrulywills ~t),d aff~~ti()n's o(si~ful men, anq'sh'ews tq them ~hatbe in,errortl~e lightof truth; for having all. h~artR in hil> hand, ~e,tll~netb anddisposes ,them ~s s~emet? bes~ ,t~ ,his Godly wisdom~ and whQ fro~

the very stones, can raise up childreldo ,Abrqham. . ' .~s,it is the sole work of God to ,fulfil i~ us all the good plea~~r~

of his goodness, and the work offaith, ~,'ith pow~r, itis the provipc~

of m~nto contribul~allhe Qan to break do\,-n the partitionwal\s .ofignorance,a~d to ma,ke man the friend'of man ; t~ ,c;:allse nationrt,as.. . , '" ~.\ " . , , ., " ,

much as, possi,ble to look' beyond thei r own n,arrow circle, and !Jot(- '1" ,,' 1, I', J :" "

wa~te ,their treasures in creating misery and, wretched ness 'whiqh~ight be empl,oyed in p'romp~in,g, universa(4appiness aI'l9ben~vo-''I(;nce; this sQ~~ld ,?e the labour of. man. But to tl\lk of evangeli-zing the, whole, world, ,ana, th~t every spot of this habitable glo?e~h~1l send fo,rth praise to ourredee,ming Lord an~ Saviour, is absurdon. the view Qf)t, and reversing the, very meaning of icriptllre.Let the 'gospel ~elpreached where ther,e is an open path, b~t let usno,t endeavpur.,to tea,ch God, or to be beforehand with him, S9 as to

bursf:9.·P7n ,t~e9oor bf h,is, pro,:,i~ence: fOJ;. we, are cer~ain th~~ the~ercy)f G~d,,~~al! tril;lmph i~ all i.ts greatnes~, and shin'e ip ali~ts ,

, }.ustr,ein 'tbe·'vesse1.s o~,mercy prepared unto glory; the word ,of ~ife

wiU ,effectually work, what, 'God designs it to work, <lnd shall beeffi,c~'ciou~ an1' vict0riOl~s. "".' ..'

It appeat:s that' until the present eventful period the Chris~ian

,world has, been sl~eping,an~ that ,our goo<l old a~cestors, like mariners be~ore, the discovery of the compass, seldom ventured a league

, b~yoM :tbe kn~wh ~h'ore, or without sight of land for fear of danger.'. Indee4\:Vpen w;~Jook. to the present lIoise and bustle. it might appear

that the ,Almight,)· i[J 'hi~ wrath and sOftl·displeasure stood, afar, offandhid hi~self, or. kept ,his: hand in h,is bosom, in no way desirous toput in incit~mentIn 'thebFeasi:'of 'his c~eatures, to convert those,~ho.were setti,\~g in darki'l~s~~~d i~~he shadow~fdeath, un~il the p~esent"halcyon d~ys, which have presented such ~ religious phenomena,

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thetempl~ ~f the Lord on, t'pe'stil~)(nit"lof'the niou:fJtiiiris., 'for a:1I na-,, {ions to :flow unto it. ' J, ' ."" ", 'I' • '

'ro be 'sure about 700 years' ago ~here was a reli'gious influ,enza,which ca\lght hold' of the most' celebrated 'n~,tions df'Erirope, who'were 'seized 'with a>frenzyiti tn~ir expedition 'to :thEs Hdly 'Land' in

\order to f,6nvert the Turks to'~h'ristianity. Thos~ missionary, e~,ploifs cost the liv~s 'df' millions of men, and an itrlmen,sity of tl"easlire': they ma:rth~H forward with :the'banners~f the cross unfuh~ator the p~ople to enlist under its standard, 'and wot!ful !'s it ,to say,,that dIe religion of Christ was made a specious: plea for 'carrying on'those infamous crusades: th~ feeling r~lind cdnnotbe,hol,d withouthorror'and regret, the'accounts oihhe dreadflii carnage ~nd' slaug.h~'

ter'by which they were attended: ' Blessed 'be 'God, mankind ~n ge_neral are now too much' enlightene6 not to see 'the ilhsurdifYQf'm~QY 'usages adopted in former 'age's, both in tlla;tters of rel'igiti'n .it'1<! p'olitics, wnerein despotism and the greatest sllperstitionhave

,! triumphed o'ver humanity anU common sense." ' ", •.",:lWe;neea 'ndt go badk intolhe historyofthisc6untry, %1" to' mark

ih~ prt?gfe'ss that Christianity 'has made among~tus since its first pr~mulgation in this island; but, let us'look ',at the present, and then by

"parity Of' r~~sO'n I,~e may judge ori the <;elerity of converting theo/h'()ie iWo~~d, and of brfrlging'ever.y 'individual, bfmankind, to 'the~now]edgedf our Lord add -Saviour 'Jesus Christ'. '"

'Up,on !the'ne~re8t'cakulati()n,1 it is' supfTpsep tli~t w~ have in'Great ~

l"Bdlai'n 'Hot;']ess ~han 'ten thousan'dchdfches, besid~s chapels/add'wHat uncoutl1lY"ate caHed,,, meeting-heuses. Allowing one priest

", ! " . ' , "', " ,, to eac'h.; the ariJount'cannot 'weJ'l.-be,uR'd'er'fifty'th6usand preachers

;"or t'eachers ; and to make"tbt~'~'a~hin'elwotk"'wk11itjs'ascertaih'ed,{QUI' mjlli()ns of pO,un_ds are expended.annuatly;',alld' yet', ,a:ftet all

'tl1is'labouf and expenc~; it 'li~s been'publicly a~~erted, that out of":'aocl11,t':flfteeti tnHlidns 'of inhabita:nts, "one1nalf 're'tn1l:i'n, 'at the present, 'o1'6ment 'ignorant' of thefirst'iuarments ef'tne'Chrlst'ian reIigion.-• 'iV~a:t "are 'we to think then; accdrding to tHe'l map 'Mr. 'Myel"s

herepre~'cll:its us'with; 'marked out i,1} colorll; dencting, thevaiio~sreligio(ls' ofiUlfferent cout'ltries;lea;virrg li~e un:coloured..'part~i~'i~ a

, state ',Qf nllture, which'must be estimat~d', asni~e parth>ut' of t~n, ,tliat are withou~ ,klrowledg,e 'Qnhe true'God,' and,!Jesus'Christ Whom

,ll.hl!:' haS~e'nf:;'Theil accorttjrfg'to 'i'liis'Tepre~~Ji'tll:tiol1', it!must' take'marly 'tbOU!f~H(ye~rs' before 'nl'issi(jna~Y'exertit>nscan'be d~f)wned'

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Il1lndredand eighty years, the whole inhabitants of the earth, fromthe least to the greatest shall know the Lord:" that is, about fivehundred millions of Pagans are to be Christianized; aine hundredand forty miliions of Mahometans are to substitue the CrOSS for thecrescent, and that two millions and a half of Jews are togallop andtake, possession of Palestine. These are the pretty rattles goingforward at the pr~sent day to amuse the religious community andto employ their time. TblJs while they are the keepers ofothersvineyards, their own are going to' spoilation. We would say tothe ,Christian reader, leave the times and seasons with him,whois, "excellent in,power, andinjudgrnent, and in plenty ifJustice."To dive into occult matters, is too deep for human wisdom to fathom,Ol to search into the divine counsels and dispensations, would be towade ~eyond our depth, "such knowledge is too wondeifulforu's;"for, "lo, these are parts if Cod's ways; but hor~ little a pM,tion'isheard of lllm:" howimpe1)etrable are th,e,reasons ,Of the determination of hisinfinite mind,concernlng ;iq(i~vidm;'ls and nations, ina way of judgment as welLas of mercy, and how untraceable are themethods of his dealingswith~his creatu:res inp'rovidence and in'grace,fOf accomplishing his great designs, 'i w,ho ~$ 'zvonrlerflll'iizeounsel,arid e.z:ce!!ent in working,-wllOse wa1f is in the sea, whose 'Aath is ingreat waters, and 'l~host footsteps are not known.-O! the dEpth ifthe riches both of the wisdom and.kllowledge of God',' 'Ve wouldconclude these observations: in the words'of the apostre, " to youwho are troubled" in such concerns, "rest with us, when the LiJfdJesus Christ shall be revealedfroTfl heaven ,withJiisrnighty angelS ilzflaming fire, taking vengeance on them that knownof God, a~J' th.atobey not the gospel cif our Lord Jesus Christ."

. Pillage Se1"1nons, on Interesting Su/dects.-Hy Thomas Miller.

THE public 'are certainly ohliged to this gentleman, for his presentpublication, which he modestly entitles" Village Sermons." In ouropinion there 'are many cathedral discourses, however they mayabound with luxurious sentiments, or are ornamented with the flowers of rh~.toric, are feeble and flimsy I cold and langUid, in comparison of these addresses now before us;_ for preachers having 1)0 ex.perimental' knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, they bring forthnothing but hay, wood, and stubble, floating on the surface. Notso this manly and intelligent writer, of these" Village Sermons,"who rises on the steps of revelation to such an eminence, that he

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'sees the countrcy aB' arol::tud;him, rleiVcr: loses or ~nta~g]~shhnseJfiHtheanazes of:;~otil'plieatedlpa,.ths."hU,t: noticest,he.l~fld; m~r.k!l" .i!-~d ,,keeps erect, w.alking iri.the .king'si high, road. ':'" ,; I! !"

We wish, to'presenHo our' readers Mr~ Mill:er's, ,view ,of, redell1p~tion ,'which is calculated, to. di~play the, wor!" .of C~l"ist in the ~;alv(!.;tion j of man; as ,the subject,., is thelife' blood of a ,belie,Yl;lr, intlleoQuse'Qfhis pillgrimage, and wiU be the bu~thelJ 9fhissongJo~ete:r

in,heaven "we will, make. no ,apology;,for thy;lengt h,of the extl;a~;~,

whichwiH.exernplifY a clear head, and a souQd judgm~nt. . "Speaki'ng' from these \Yords" who his ow~ self, bare our'sinsin

, his ow,'n bo~y. on t,he. tr~e.'!- -,He t,emark~, , ' ' .,' "l

': i,,'; Tl1er~ W~Si nd 'sirl' in the, Lord Jesusbf,his! own;' hislnattlre was'1ptlreanq'.fr,~elr.om,the stain' :of, sin.,," That holy thing:tha,tshaU

- '1;>e;,born(Qf;tJJ€;~,':; s!l:~Pil,he apg~l, ,~' shall be callc9.thy Son <?f God."". ,<:An~:Jr s',irl.,poIlN ~:a,:e ,I;i~e~ Charged upo~ ~im by;~~n:~ it, w?Ql~

, most ce~tarnly have been done; for ever.y one ;jVaslookmg and• ;~at~hing 'to fiillf ~bli1e s;pot:;\ out, even they being judg~s, no 'spot't':Wl;l~ foul)d; 'fc::irille'asked liheql1estion; ,H Whicfliof.you'accusetlh

,; 't\lc/,of si'n W· a:n~ theY. werEr,silent:, ,and at.~~ei:trj1;lLbef6ref~I~(:1

-"n9~ ,?pt fa.lsetttl~,nes~es,~ppeareq., 4:l}9.a vOlceJp?Ol ;heav~PJu~tlt ~e:s,l~ls:t?har~cter~-" thIS, JS ,~y ;b!"lpr~d'~'?i~ ",In, ~.~,om.!Ic~~ w~1l; pl~as~d; whIch cQ~Jd D(?thave been, the c'ase,' had ,the smallest l'talr,t;' of'sin been' in 'hirn': Arid 'fhe d&vil hinls'e1f,"',vitH' allhis1malice:,

. " ' co~ld~find' nbthirig in·him; and 'therefore 'nol'sin"behmged ,to' hi'ln;", : butrthe.sinsof His people, by ,jmputation:' a,nd;as thtl'.goat i,tlthe ,old,

( !, .1.a;w"ty pically received, the sins,of the p,~ppJeupqn, ·hi~,.jJ~ad", an,d c~r· ..ir,i.eq the~ iptothe wiIqer~ess~ ~,? J7~\,1s reaHY,"\?~~:\~J;I:fsi,Qs~p.9n,h~nI.,an,d.suffered the pUnIshment due, to then!,",)!') illS own I:lody'o,r{the'trke:." Now from this it plainly appears~tfiat'thewl~ole'qf

'the sins of the whole of his pe0ple, Vl"ere,lai'd.tlporl'~him',\a-r;td"hehOllethe weight of all their:transgressions'<,' in his'OwiIbody'oll th.e tree.•"It is somewhat singular, that.not.withstanding sinners, are willing toa.qn~.i~ that all,tbei~ sins,~~re'iPpr.oePy ,Cpri&t,. y~,~:thrY a.flt not,willing t.0r(}ceive bis perfect ll.tonementJor their justi~catio~,without"mi'xing some0f'iheir 'dOIngs \vith' his'obcdieuee;':wbichis- in fact de- '

';nying the e'fIicacy'of bis'atonement l!Itogether;i J:Builtllis is a dig'l'e§.:..':sion fliom ,the subject; it ,is our i wisdpflj.·.toaccep,t, ,l\1f,a 'p~rff'l~~{ r.igh·i~~ousn~~s (or ,olJr jus,~lfica.ti~~" ;md thi;scannot b.~ ~u,t b~' ~el.iefyiijKip,and r~stm~ 00" the all-at9ll,wg death and sufferlOgs ot the'I;QrdJe-sus Christ i,mtiu'ted to us; intbe s:lme' way and mannyt as our sinwas! imputed to liim':'iand in this way a:Ione,isa,~ifineIi ac'ceptedinthe sight 'of" Go,d. And :hQwhappyand ho)¥:hJe~seaistbat.s(;)ul,",ho, can' by .faith. tbusbehold'/a;;cruci fi.ed,SaviolJli, ,as JlIade.pfr,cpod

',unto. him, wisdom ,.' and·, .rj.g~teousness, ,aH~ ,sanctificatio\l;," andregell'1ptio~. In ."truth, there, 1S l)1ore'r,eal good gained t.9 the soW,,~ .

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by faith's ",view of Christ in this way, Jhancan~.obtained by all.the ways in 'the world that man can devise besic;l~_Jndeed there isno good comes in any other way, and this is all the.believer's salvation, and all his desire.

"But surely when once the Spirit ofGod opens the eyes ora sin.ner to behold tbe aH.sufficient sacrifice of the Lord Jesus- Ch-rist;and gives him f'.lith therein,the comfort that he derives theref,r(}illis unspeakable: it4ilpell5 fully to his view the channel of mercy,shews the purity of God's nature, the impurity of his own, and theglory of God is promoted -in his,experience of the virtue of thecross. And what a humiliating doctrine is this? how it empties thecreatUl1e, and heaps honors on the head of the Saviour !-what exalted views it gives of the glorious perfections of Jehovah, and whatself loathing it creates in the 'brea"it of the believer, and how strikingly-doesit prove the believer's interest therein, by the effect it hasupon him! And who is there alllong the race of mort~ls, that hasfelt the j:>enefit of this great atonement, that does not love the Lordthe more in proportion as he discovers more and more of this perfeet work of the Saviour? In a word, this doctrine accomplishes S()

much for ,man, that its application c.onsecrate$ man entirdyto God,and nothing but this will, for terrors, law, threitening, vengeance,and the like, only harden, ,but grace and the atonement soften andmelt the heart of stOJ;l~, and fill the soul .at one instant' with shameand confusion, and with joy and peace in believing. A person whocordially receives and rests upon this doctrine, is truly happy underits influences, and would not exchange situations with kings; hefeels such heavenly consolation, such divine deli~ht, such holypleasure, ~tndunspeakablejoy. Compare the benefits of this doctrine with. the pretended benefits of the religion of the pharisee, andyou :will fitrd the one exceed the 'other in true enjoyment, as far asheaven' exceeds earth. What are all the pleasures of a mere moralist? tbey only tend to gratify the flesh; lull ~he. mind to carnalsecurity, and content the beartwith a lie, while the satisfaction ofChrist applied to the.soul, removes the fear of death, ta~es awaythe sting of sin, implants the love of holines.83 and secures the favour o(God, promises'heaven, and maintains the hope, establishesthe soul, and creates new joys in the mind, puts a Ul:'W s0J;lg in th,emouth, and fills'the same with thanks~iving: and in a wQrd, secure\>upon no less-premises than the veracity ofJehovah, al) eter~alcrowl).and kingdom, and joy unspeakable and full of ~Iory. '

" And bere, let us observe tbe order of the words ofthe apostle il)the text, who bisoYtmself bare our sins in his own body on the tree.His own;s~lf, 'I have trodde.n the wine press alOJle, and of thepeople there was none with me.' No! all forsook him and fled, inhis agony in the garden, be Was left alone.. all his disciples were hea\yy with sleep, and when apprehended there, his disciples fled sofast that he was lef~ alone. It is true that Simon Peter presentlymade his appearance, and drew his sword, and smote a servant ~f

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tllehigB ptiesf an'et t!ut off' his 'ear-~ and JeS,us '3S;SQPP: matl'e 'thatserv3!nt 'vHlote" ag~lirJ' But who,stood by him;~hen:' th~ s~hUer~:led'-hiiri a'iVay to' p'iI~te(? ,Not one:~ Petel!'. indeed f0110 wed himafar off, and entered into the servant's hall, and wartrled ,h,i,rosel£.by Htelr fire. '~'Ot, \vha:t d'id he, db-in following. him, any,tI)111gto h~lp, to defend and deliver him? Nay verily. ,He mig,ht,jprleed,fee} nmchifi his mind fdr;hiin, but he felt so much, love to hims~lf,

and such 'fear; lest hesl1ot:tld be 'condeiil>oed, with him, ,that he wouldwis'h,fb befhought a stfimgel' to him; and bei'Flg ebarg~d withlcon..nexiol'J with him; h'e deftietl, rtnd vowed'th'at he k'new hitn n0t"am:1s(j;great wits his fear of not beirig:believed, that, he adds dath$ aine!curses to 'Ilis 'assertions; and swears that he knows not the man-:'till .Jesus looks upon him, and that look broke Peter's heart. ' He;iIi'Sfailtly goes out and'weeps bitterly'. All the sormW:, burdenl andpain' oflredemption, must be,-borne 'byChrisf.alene.:And,surt<tythat man that could and did bear in his tJw6 bedy,himself, and b-ybi'll'SeIJ, with'out anyliid ftbmalllY quarter, must'be divine, andorh.l

.. fiip'~t~nt. Tbis did Jesl:lS; alid','fr,01ri hence his Delty,is ,as e)e,al' as.f~:fi.light' of the su~ atHio(jA-day., .For if onc.:e the infinite sufferingcl'tie'to sit. be' consideredl Mjdiflfinite satisfaction di'scovered as made$i .tfhl'ist;" at. fliatiinst~!lt" tbe Deity ofthe: S,on Of God. is seen andproved b~ybnd toe possibility of a doubt. New allthis Jesus bat:e I'/>

'lh" HIs oWh btldy; 'matk{'lte' bare. T.hel1i it follows, that his people.. Rl1Vk'liothiilg oHhe' sott lef,dor:,tliem ~0,hear! :for tbe'd(jctrin~:of

'CllriSt'~,sati!;fadibn, is slieh that it is complete in, all its Pl1rts.. ,; If it., Wer¥hdt~ ti6 'hope:tlfJI;a:lvll.tiotl (lould 'be experienced, for perfect

oij1:!dience is \'l'hdt is requited, atld nothing: can be perfect, that pro~tel:ltls from allY thing hnr:HiM; and from the hea~t of man every thing

, ' proceeds thafddes PttlGl~l!~." HEmce'notlling iof man's can be pure,.bedtu$e'man's heart is as 'a cage of. tindean birds, and' in our 6esh

, • 'tlWen~tJll'ho good',thitig. Hence all that o\imes from such a f0untainis, 1ik~'the sii1l{ it ~Woce~ds ftort:l~'polhitell!'~?~)de'fil.e~,anq con~eq,uently

~hl1cceptableto God, and usefesll, to maiD ;tn 'pQm,t ofs~l.vatlon. ,,lcWhlH can Arians ahtl Sociniatls do wi~h such a scripture as this?

Atl(Fwl1a~ cafi :theselfJtigllte'6us''Se~ih i.~? :evidently .every' ,thing. 't~at cOhdemns,lJhei't'ot>itfietlsl,ancl strips them of,the:ir ptet{mdeQm~

tits.. Allchis of 0111; when Uzza put ferth his hand to staY,tbeark,.thetelly' t1iscfediti~'g tlfe'thHh' 0fGtid's promise., find ,fearing the in.suffidency ufGod's power;> ~e ,was.st~uck dead by anpffeVl~,f,!dJ';od, ~md all the 90ings'b'f aN ~ticli tlhaI'abter.s,asr!woul~ tnjngle,their"'9r~s'with ~he.sa:vlOtII"sWJeritl;j;~nlshatet~he same late,iaDd real> tbe same]1~hjsh'Ihetltt:ltul'Y;the~ is'~dt ~'gt~l!te.r.offiinee\(lomlillitt~qin't,he sight,of P'Od? than ~o attei'it'p,t tp ~tJd -to the plll'feetw,0Tk ofthfi(,$O~·9£GQd:,sinb'lB,rit IS 'sett~ng' ij,t '~oJlgh't kU(1lhat'@ud,haiisaid, Christ;~ dog~; pr.the $pi)'it effect~d;anJ'ietticlfylng the' Son \OflGo~ 'afre~p, ~nstputiing IiifiJ ~tOa!p tlpen' 'sbilrile'l by -telli~g :the'wddd:,t~~_be pe,gan toJjl,lllaantl w!\s ht:Jt',abletli'earryJit oll: and therefore' tQ~f ar~, cODlefofth to'corlliil~~~ 'what God cotilcl ',nl:lt~'tinisb~, ~Ild:, "~I~rQwQ tblt-t

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c w4rp, they would'see and feel 'so. 'nluc of tlJejr'ow~ 'insufficiency, and weakness; tha,t they would 'not~, tempt it. And s? much of

,the perfection Of the work of Christ, t at it would' seem useless, and,they would ~nioy1i~o much bfflle gift ° life fl'eely by the atonementof Christ, that thes would find erioughto do in ad'mir'i'ng, and'aciot::''ing" and prahi~g, ~hat the'ywQu\d .hay-eono time for thi~ki,ngab9ut'apdlOg, any thmg the're,to. A d It se:ems worthy regard,t~at.every hu~bl~ believer. i,s,plai~lj, onvillce'd'of th~ trut,h ofthis,more by experIence of the thl'ngS'bf~Od;than by any lab,oured al'.gument whatev,er.· For when he co siders what he is, and \'I,hatdrea:~fulrebelliondweJls in hill}, antI b what means he W:;1S brouO'htto, th:e ,~ee.t .of ~e,~Us', he is ~orl~t'rained, t,' 'co'nfess, that' th~ p'o\v~r t~~ts,aves him Is'dlvllle; and It h'as ,been found that a poor IllIterate oelieyer, could, ~onfound ~any a wisel professor on this subject bysill)pIY,statin~hi~,e'~pe~ience~ WhiCh,.falthol.1gb it'~~~I,d, ~ot'.satisfy'a ~c.~ptl~, y,etlt:~o~ldaburdaritly c~onvlrce,tbe,unpreJual~ed, tha.t. th,eS,a,nour I,S the mighty God" and pflllce pf pf'ac~. Ex jJei'Jlm!ntal reh-

gio.n is s.ure.,t~,.rl!~.r.aral.I~~ Wit.h.. e.,ve~y i."IP.o~,tant d~ct'ri.he',oftne W.O.~d'aQ<f every essen~Ja doctrJ~~ I~ In tune, , hhn'by expe:leoce ; and rrf.c:"q,uently when laboured discourses fal to set the mllld at Test 'O,n' asubject lik,e'this, aconsideration'of wh t'is don'e in man'and for him,at ohce. settles ',bis judginerit~i and est !isnes his soul in the prQperviews;of tne name, nature, character, rid divinity of the S.on ofGod.A!ld jqnay beremarked,~ha~ it is very rarely known, ~hat an exp~rienced Christ,ian falls eith~r i'~to A.rianism; ,6r Soci,ni~r:tisrn,a:ndIf sucp a mystery' appears once 10 abentury, It contmues not for'any, length of time; fot.s~ch an oneist,sooll brought Oll,t of t,he sn\lreof the fowler, and b,ecoin~s tenfold rr10re than ever, established on~p~ rock Christ J,esus. In aword, thJ doctrine of the atonement isthe' Christian's b~'lwark, anc;l when fll besides> fail, this. stin keepshim firm. On this'he' rides through ~verY.storm,and his hope and~xpectation are: kept aliveoy, an e penence of the Qenefits andsW,cetness of this doc~rine; and \Vh n Ilell most assails him, thiskC'eps him from sinki~g into' despai. Nay, withou't tbis for hissupport, he must, inevitably fall a pre to the teeth of the destroyer.But, '.' " . " .J ' ,

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But ~h3;t' did theSa~iour>i~e~r? OJr'srns. , The personal experienc~ of our interest in Christ, isa mai'er of the great,!1st' mo ~ent;And ,a matter that' is to be known, <,in ,known too by'.means:the mostsatisfac~ory.;Jorif lhisyv~re not the. c se, many portions of the wordwo.uld. faH to the ground. For iristrllce, Job's assertion would be

. but ~n e~pty spund, wren he said, know that m,y Redeemer,liv·eth i' If ~he firm persuasion and sure t.ope of glory we.re precarious.

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raamit tbat ma!1Y of Goq'srpe.~ple arebotab.le, .to .s~);"~·ith confidence, that they. are sure of hfe al]p, glory,; Dut thIs by no me,~ns

:proves tpat t.hey have .no scr'iptural'right to do so, f6r ~very pets'onwho is wrought u~on by the, Spiritef God,and;enabied tqfq,rsakeall and follow Jesus., and.feels a real pleasure in the '''ay' ofholln~ss,must Co.RC~ll~~ ~h.at .a ~or~ ~f gr-ace~s)eguri in his lioul; a!ld, it'll:i:>,b~un,,It IS nl; 'vlrtue of his mterest In the atonement, and the,reforemay with 'the ,g-reatest safety believe that as Jeslls sllffe:red 1'01', him'.en the tree, all ~hat connects itself with his'salvation»):;; ac~omplished for hi III , and of course thel'fds n'o room tQ be afr,aidtthat 'heshall, not ,se:e glory, Th us ~hell the text leads:us to consider re~lreligion as a personal thing. . . .'

,Besicles we. may ask, Isitlourreal desire? have we a wish co·n~o.,mint with the word and willlof Gad, to be'saved in the way of God'sllppointment. 'This 'could not ~xist, if wehad'no interes.t in theatonement; for wbere a lidiptural desire of ~alvation ex!st~,·t~eremust of nec.essity be 'a' worlt·of the Spirit of God upqn the he,art,~nd w~)e;i;I there. is, a work of the.Spiri~ of God upon the hear,t j llIereis al1 appreh~ncHngof. tbe Saviour, and thereby ail ~nt~resl in th,e;atonem,ent IS eS~labJ,ishea : for·rl<) natural man cad 'discern tile thi'ngs

",J~,Wl,1~ . ~pirit of God, !Jlu<;h less .go o~t i,n af.fe}~tion, af~~r.J~em.!t{~1)~e, :sllch l?~rsons. mus~·(be interested in the ,atol)eme'n'f,. or the;1?:pl.~lt;"Y'i'l\I~ n9t pe ,g~Vel)..l.h~m; and,po?b~less,the~ ha;,,:~'~ r!~ht to.believe that, Chnst died for them. ,ThIS IS very different from the

••;~~ottOti so ,p,revalell't in 'the w~orld, '€~at'Cnrist(Ji'eafor an 'm''c'h. .A'~ .I~l~n(tPa.t. is tp~1y' co~1.~in<;e~r9~ sin .isnio~ ~asi!y.p,ertu,a;tled :t~ bel~ev:e

ttb~t Ch,~lst died for 11101.; and he never wlll,tlll God the SpIqtbnngs.11ome with power the vi.rtue of Clirist's death.; and then be r'ejoices'.h~' ~'oq exceed,i'n,gly, and' in t,h~' \v~rk of the' fsp.irii ~ri his 'heart, by .~,v,I~o~e. i[)flul:m~e:~e ~~qe)v'es VJ:Ie atoneriu!nt.: Aod all th~'h\aq~krio~.)t:9,g~.)J.l.th~ \~?;r~{t, WIll !lot afford any t~ing like, a, gopdl1,ope'of't,hlsl{)n~r~' A recelV'\ng the atol'1emeht'.is e~,ent,iaJ to tlie salvation ofth~sout :< As this'is not a matter of'sp,ecul1ition, but'a rn'atter of expe:;·i.~,ce;'h9w'nece~sa(y it: is,Tor fis 'to lookwell'(~' it, 'to s~e ~·herfier"W~ 11Ij.Ve, really ani! trill:l,y received the beriefitsof ,the :atohein~llt or~Ot" j 'tt i,s 'notsU!ficiEiht f01;" ds si~p'ly to l>e'\ieve' ~uch trutl1s' a'tecon- i

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and If ,we have no feeling df them; w'e cannot expeptever to be~aved by them, t;QNa.l,:atjon :stands com,p.letel~ in Olll' thus experi-mentally receiviHg.;t,l!P iSaYQU'I; of il;H;,l;saGr~fioe0f Christ. And whatswe~t p~~t;~,! what heave~I,lyj9Y~ fl.~w int? the.s~ult?jlt ~hu~ is" b.lessE1~with "a See11hK IJiterest'tn the b1ddd 'of t'~'fl' I;amb:' nOthing thaP'l'smel;~lY'imo,rd! ca~l: ~~6dlh:8.~"-If~ t:hi~gs.'as ,th~se;' all'~b~~~b~aIJtj :t,lin

.do, IS to qUl¥t theCOll'sb'fence,ano''h:1'I1 t'h'esoll!'ro'sleep Ih cct1"nl11l.seou~ity, '.but tHe religion' 6f.the'cr'Oss \V,ill 'arouse add; the'n 'fill '~~

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e~l~ ~m.a, tree." . Ari(the)..~rd,.ris~$ dicire~lly. ol1ore upon t):l~c~o;.sthat cureSe; an'd as one salth,.was made'3, curse for Us. 0 wondrousIgve ~nd inercr! graC;lous J~sus!' Pidst, thou become a curse fbrJ1lan? Didst thou b,ecome sin for us, that we !Dight be made righte:-'9uS i,n th~e? .~ma~in&'.Il1ercy! l1la!chl'e~s grace! h,ere!? is,loy-e, :lOt •that ~~, !o\'ed G9d,}lut ~hat ~he lqved Us, anc~ gave hIS SQn ~? be ~propItIatIOn for our s1l1s.-BelIever-the doctJ.~Hleof t.~e cross IS soul.savi,ng" sin.ki1Ji~g, saint-edif>:IIl&,and God~glorifying. 'W~Jl m:aythe peavenly mmde\:tW:attsslOg: ,,' ,

I . " His cross a slice foundation'laid'For gldry and renown.'?

And the Chdstian ~ho lives by it may sin~' thankfully", . '~"The cros;'! the <;1'oss! Q\\1,'1t'$ iqy, g-a.i~! .

. Becau~e on that the Lam!? was slain; , ''Twas there my Lord was crucify'd,' ,'Twas there ,my' jesus for me dy'd."

Tr'\lly what~ver ,hop~~' a person hall I that'spring not fmm a"(aitNsview of Qhris,t crucified, are false and i delusive, and wUJ be found to 'fl\il thespul iQ a time or nece'ssity and clang'er. 'But the sa<;riticeorC;hrt~t, and tqe atonement nJ,a(le by th:e. ~ord of life and~I~~.ffor"~Hpfld man, ,nev~r Jail the belIever. rt' IS t~u~~ thllot he. somett~~s~,e~ns to get n6 c~mfort therefrom, ,b~t then It IS not fi'<;l'm the,wW1'tor efficacy therein, but for want of faith in the Lord Jesus; who<;li~,d .thereon: and when faith is aliv~, and acting'upon Christ," then it is'that joy anel love. and comfort abound. For then it is wejoy in Godthrellg\h nur·Lord .Je.sus Chr-ist, by ,whom we h.llv~.r~Gl;!ivedtqe ~.t.ollemerg., And' ll;lm w(llj FersuaQl<\i, that th,e p~,sq~ wIH~,l<.n0W:l. ,whattrp~ Joy' ~ll~itns",ij\t\~,~$ .W~jl that\ ~t" i~. de:ive~lfI:~m(lo o,t~er quarter~,~an th}~l. ar4 '&~s.~~e'\the folly ofl.o?kmg a?y w,h~~e ,etse fot ~a:~p'uless..,All· duties, 'all w0r.ks, all tall; but €hrJ$t1 IS the same, hISlove;' Ms riame;hi's naful'e,· and hJs,graee:; aFld nothililg' is. wantedbut! faith·ia pis blood ,to brj.n~ solliJ Qomfo,J;t jll:~o th~ ~o~L 49c! it

, is truly slirprising how swee,tly peace and pardon' fl.ow" ",hil~ thehum,ble ~eJiever l,qQ,ks ~hu,s .to hj~l, ~~ho bore hi~ sios)ri hi~ o~n boay,on the tre~. This IS the hlghe~t pltch'ofbappmess on earth below~

'ds ~heaven begun, 'tis g!t;lry ia"th~ bu'd. 'If a cl1ild 'of God dl'l6s"atany, time ,fed something cpf hea,y.e-nly. joYs, it 'is than wqen fle ~~ I~y

i,~g<.t~t th~ fo.o~ of th~ cross. f1. wapge,r' n,l,igh~ thin~ very diJ(er.r~n~~,)y~,w?r,~ .,b~ ~eE;~ ~~~'J?oor creatu;e bathe1\\l~~hte~rs;,but ~~-s~i?t.k~Qws. tli~t ~t I~ ~ommonl{. thE;., case, ,that tbe,. m?re' J;>Q,re Joy,. themore ai?unclant flow"of peOltentlal son·?w. And 1~ a believer might,have a 'choke of the state of minQ he ,·.wuld ..be in when dying:,,itstl'i~e9me itwould be this'; he feeI~ sO;~9c::h of, ~\.I~ ~a~l~ ~in,d o.f,pl~a ...!\",n~ Jb~t i~felfip hl<ayen. :4.ndwhil.~ brillg~'h IlH? why it evid~l)tlyflpws !l)t9 ,~i~ ~o~l fr9.~ th~ fO\lnta~~ of a Savi~~r's. blood 7 ~h.ro~~~J~he/~l~ll of P9,d's. el~C;h and the -Sp.Jr11 of God wqr~]~ghum~lt~tlO~;coqtqtlOn,-and ~nnglOg pai'don:'home through the blood of tlie cross.Hap'py Christiari't bappy, l>'eliever! what la~guage,be~t suitstliee, in~his state-'of mind?, thfBi wilichdQng ago flQwed'from·tl)lf ba~f?M ~~~t

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of a child of God-Who is,a God like unto thee? that Rardon~thiniquity:~,a,nd~bl~tt~t~l. out the, t;'ansgressj~ils of his peQpl~;'he ,re-·taineth not his ange'r for ever, because he delightethin mercy. " nthis joy is once felt, I 'am conscious that the 'SOll{ will warltno otherway, nor desire any other means by wbiell to dral'V<;~nsolation" tb,anthe sacrifice of the Lord'Jesus Chri~t. I n'eef! not say that this ismore ,than notion. For one,l am read}' to :give a reason of,'the

, hope that is in me, and honestly 'deClare" th~t this .io.y I have felt';and that, before.J well understo~d any thmg 'a'l)out d fferences Ofnotions, and opinions: and am fully convinced that wlwre thE' Spi-rit of God works,· the soul is led to rest entirely On' Chl"ist alone, andby fetith in Christ,alol"le~ trllf1 co~fort flows into the soul: We maybe permitted for 'a time to mingle'thepure wine with water; butaswe grow in the knowl~d!!y of tJle'thill~spl G.og, "'e ghalll>e led tofind that nothin'g b~t the pur,e :ioj,ce Qf the grape"pressed from thelivin.g vine Christ Jesus,.wil1 ,11<)I,j'Tislt and make Qursotlls Itilppy and£l.?~ri~~ing, in the cQu,tts. :of the Lord.'s huu~e, i~ our fJilg-rii'll~ge' "$ta:te here belo,w; and tl1lS good old Wltl,e of the kIng Jom cheerethbpt!;J q.od and .man.· God" as it ~atisfies his justice, man as it:atonesfor ,hi.s 'sins,anCl brings' peace into his' 'conscie'nce, hope into.his~nq., pardoq into his heart, and life, love, cOJrifo'rt, ai..-d salvation

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,ftj.lq~~,is' another attack on the doctrine of the"Diyine Perso~aJity'of. our blessed Lord, and 'the Holy 'Spirit, by a' minister: of the'NewJ€.r,~s~l.em·Chrrrch. ,The 'gen.tlemen of thatcomlnuhity,se~m to usat pr~sel)t, determined to' ~rase 'this doctrine fro~ ;our 'most holy ,f~ith, bpt ~ll such efforts a,re as weak,js r,emovinga key_stone frdrli

, an arch, or the centripet~l f9rce,) that c'onfines 'tile" planets withinthei~ orpit;. For while Janguage'h~~ at)y inea'nihg, we ~ust assent to what the scriptures assettt, as it were w'ith i ~kmadeoflight,that there are three 'real 's'ubsistehcicsin 'one'Divi~e Essellce, and~hose ~istip'ct .~elatjbns,anq 6"jIices

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onl)~ figur~tiv.e, 9r in .our, new.co;\led ' phraseohlgy, ", A u,n~'ty cifsh~p~;" ~hh; we sa)', rh~toricialls'must give us a new form·of speec~;and t~e ,G'OIJ of nature'~orm'an6ther lllllle'rst~ndi,ngwithin ,~tls: '

However 'we are'willing to rest oilr' faith ohhe ever ble~~ed ahdg16riQus Tririity; three Persons 'in one 'Divine ,Essence; onthe~enaked declarafions of the scripture;" Bu't when': the plain do<;tl,"inedelivered in the words of scripq1re is .denied, ,and the language ~s'

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man take our cl'own. ", .i ~ '~ • ~. ~f;:"I~' "'-(!'I'f,r.

Therefore, wc againrepeat, that the,rea(f~y.:of.thefac\ respediilg' ,, I ~ '\ . < I' ~ {] ';' 'I.

the J:dni,tv is asserted in the, sacredScr;iptures, the 'manllerl~ow itis, vv~ ca'n~ot'comp;'ehepd, ~'ut ~re we fo,; this r~aSD}1 ;0 acc~~modate our faith:, tqt.h~,S~b~Uia:n"or" ,the New, J~riJ~.alern .systeT a~?;

asser,t,;tbat the.~op ill the F3;th~r, and ~hat the F'ather IS tQei~QR?:

this would b~, to llse the most aII)9iguo;~s la~g.uag:t' that can ?e 9ff~r-:,

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In the name of common sense, what could,mduce Mr. ,Goyderto bring b~ing f.?fw~rd 'Job~ ,,~e.slets·Se~~~.n··?n the I'rinity, w~o ,was one of.the gr~atest b.9\~her~"in'J,di;vi~)tythat· e,ver o~e~ed,,~ .. ,mO,utll, or pu~ p,cv tOip'~P~r.~ •:li'~ere wii,s, a ,m;~I~tal c1urp~',ness flP.e~e,ry; thirigQe daq~IEtd ~n" w~~th~r ~~ p,hy,sjcs. ,Eplitics, o,r th~olpgy ~

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Indeedtf:1,eter.givtlr,s·a~~~ms in thy ve,ry s~r~on here,proqgntforward, ,, evidently ,evipcythe, chafg~.\}'~ ha~~ ilsse~~d. , Then weja~~~,h'at'

could.induce ~hi,~j~9~I~man ~~ e9P'~u",~era windmH", oJ f,igh~~i~a~.of straw; surely tbismust be • species of cowardice, orat be~t, f~int-,.

,he,artedness., ~Mfqy,n01;Qrjqg,into ~he,fiel~,suc~men, as:~~}toll,; ,Sloss,Serle" and Jones,;w~~h a,host,o(o,ther,s,. iJlere talellt~ ~~~,ld har,e\Jeeo:;e.rnplo:y:ed,in ;~tioA·,.and, for.t,~ty4e wq,qld ha~e bee~,s~5?.c~~

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;t~pe,Ev~(lenr;l:, to,s4e'tq;,thatJ~ere.i~ ,n,O Cqmm,i$~?'o't1r or 4u.thority,fr,(mir qrist, ~·n.lt//Jt: New ''l'est4rn:nt, la "e$ta6~isl~ Wale" Bapt~;1b, " . ". " . .as'a~Ordinanc(j in )lii~ Churclt.:..-By, J. ,B;\ .,'

N.o soqn~r'had'we p'oticed Mr. tr(m"sviews~lI3,apti~m,in qu~Ja~tR~¥i~~ ,dep~rtment, '~'nd'sent tile art)de tb press" wher.-,th~ 'ab~'ve

boot ras p"ut'iilt~ our~ h~'nds•• It is' curi6u's' to ~eti1~rk, ,taat ~bile'~~ ~e're;endeavouring to stop the feulls'~nd;animosities'whI9hhavearisen fr'om cari'vassing tqe ordinance of Baptis'ttl ~!. Nrr~:r. ]f ~teps

'i(l;'t~'save.us'anyfur~her.troubl~;by caspietirlg'ifaJtdgether. '" Wenl\i~€~ckn:6~IJdge'it is a m'ost ingenious He~i'ce,som~'t'hi'ng iike the,qU'~,~k<d'ott6r wild had a troublesome'pittien:t tormei1ted~i,th'corns,

aa~,se<,fpim, as the mo,s.t 'sp,eedy reriJ(~a.Yto\luiiplitate the'\leg~t'o~ve

fur~~e~' t'ibuble. '. ' TI~at ;baptism ha~ beeti: the' great ))fana 'in'th~e'teli~iotis' wOl'ld, we are fra6kt6·~cli.~owleWge",W' ~rid:ack~b'wJed;g~(d)};

, "~Jll;ny' ~s as~ving tite; inso?I~'ch~ tFl~i:;rttrn~ie'nok~essen,\tz~th~s'~'~~nex~lted into "?, equ'aHty with t~e/g~~ge 0f'~'?d;' ~ow ~~hy;~hQu

, san.as' of\;(j]ume§ have bee~' written;\l'esp-~ctiilifthis dknt!o{'an ih~

,'war,d'and spiritual'grace ;\wha~ilif~s!ons;; w~a~;iln:fniij~iti,~s/~~rifes;a~d~antentions'hlisth~ ihvestigrlH'9n ,ga~~:iiiSe' ,fo:wb"'are "Hlppy

.to.·a:~llert,tbllt 'we' hav(f~'ve{be~il HiI'ietl?dfi''oHi,~tH~sesb~d~les; our:'" ,only strife is, for' thf;i5U1'l'lica:ti'biiiofiptl;~.e:~'v;irigEiricitltrutb, and that"'a variatipn in external ri;b'db'S';'snfl'Wri~ve'(tl~s'troy:bbr love to those

who dlil'Jr ,ther~iiJ (rob l'iill~l':Wowe~e'r bhey';m~y' ma,ke them a',sy~te',~a\i'~ bar~i~r. Eei,rigfuUy\!~ersuiiaedl fHat'liii' ci,liri'st4 je~\l~,l neither~df;ibt'b'lirti.stn, ni)r:4u\Ml~t!~ioii~~Vatre1!li~a\ny'tQi,l~f'\:lBut:atiew'

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as "'e l~a:'ve'the ex'press bmnmand Qfour',~ordfor the purpdse,as,~veU'as t¥l~ 'Iexad.lple o,f' the':t>r\mitiv~1 chu'r:c~~'H Wh'ere, ;'ye:~,;o~ldas~ {- .,B. 'would be the ha~m, providea ~n;tlri4~~ stress, ,w~re notput 'upon it, if we were baptised seven tiqles a day:, ,and 'lmd :all thewater at our command fOf the pur'pose, fronl'liondon to Gtave~end?

A 'v.aluable friend of burs noW' in 'heaven,; 'onc'e said, aiid wewiih tb, l~ave :the'salne ·:i.h:lpressiO'~ upon' t'genriHd's of'our 'rJ,i~~rs;asit maqeon us. TpeLord, S~Y5 he, h~s ma.'<;I~ ~eapartak~roftheoneessential baptistp, a,od I am therefore perft:ctly,easy a'bQuJ any modes.of washing away ,thefilthlo/the flesh , I am ill. .sjnmll",\just~..fied frq,mall'':~hings~fi:eely by'grac'e,; my' faith' is fixed' upon the 'rock of ages,my Whole aepen~r!uich i~ oil the b100d an'd'r'i,g:nte'ou'sne~ssof Cb~i~t,

, ~lr'h~m 't stand cdmpletely justified, pard~ned', ac'?~pted; my 'cpq~~Lence echo& t@the vpice 'of his'word, ~yhich!iays" there is 'lip' condemnation'to them· thatane,in Ohrist JeSUiS. 'Through hitn.! have pe~cein ~y,:conscience, by him .I amk'ept ftom fa"in~;7 froq'i bi'rid tJ~..rive'all my bld6aHhgj:lip~ctatibnll of gr'a~~:'a?d,~r8r.y;'~n,d',ih;llih,1

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la~]Qn, h~erty, str~ngth, and hohn~~h,_wPlc1}r;efr{jsP f11f Sp1flt"arnjlmake ~he' .wilUern.ess withim fo hlossoln a's Ithe'lrose,1 and flaur.is-h jasthe garden' of, God; my joy:'isJ 'i'd be!ie\ling~' 'abd f1lows fr~mthefdu~ita:in of life; llIids~Jvati61ilirtLghrl:stVes'tts:, ;l'?th'irig Ca~: e~llirgeo'r brighte'n my jov, 'b,ut 'aci '~nlarge~e'n,t and i,ndreaiE; ,of fa:I~~?~

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work, is as ,dip"erent!rom thatwhiclh ,springs fr01n a simpl~ depeh.. ' 'den~e 'on'th'€"fu!ness of Christ, as ,the Itr3,lflSient ,g'JjmlTleribtg's'~f\a

meteor is,fron1'fhe vtvid And 'gel'l'~Talirradl&tiohS bf'~he 'sun. 'Theon~ 'm~'y' gjv;~ ~~aSh of F&,ht~ ,ahd'\gust of su',pe~ficial cO:l~fort, b,~_~~nly the'9t~ler ~ilIl.administer tb~tjC!y in the, B.!>Jy Gbos;~, whlC~ il> 'U ospeakable and full. ofglory.,"', ',."To the·abG:Vie ,cohfesSll'o4 We set 0'~r'h~nldts llrid'seals:i >wish.ing '~~r

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2. )J &equ-elori. :eke ~nowledg.e· if {;.pd I (ke ,Fa.tuer 'wnd qf his< 8ontle':'sus '€hrrst; :chzefl!Jfroma'I'reutiiSe:qj; D~: '1'. 'Goodwin. '

WE c1~~sth~. a~ove ~.wo, ~racts tog~th~~J,as' fheyevidently -~o9'lefrb~ the sam.e ;ourCe.' Dc. T. ~,ood ~in is ma4e J;J.ere to ,assert, an.cl'we Mu<:a DOt,rBT the assertion, that " The MAN Jesus, God loves

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1" ilBiJt \afteYfall" ift:en!t'ilou'sandGoodwrris/or it; it ,wel1e,p.essib:le' the.~pqleJn~ss.;9f~eligi.onhts,werel,lp,in l,t,rm~.,ag,Clin~~t~~I~d'1trine.of

, ~IH~,~ver"';bl~s,sed ~m~ glor,iou~,Trinity; and \y~, \V,el'e ,left,stari~lOgis"s6Jilal1y i'nd'i'viduals,thi's shall' .be 'o'ur 'immoval)le foundation"':"'ThatT}rREE: 'PERsoNs' are' seHo'rthiri the' SCRIP;tu'~E.S; u'naer the se~.vhalinarrles'ofthe'FA'I:HER, ofthe 8014, and' 6£. the~HoLY GH:OST:~:~hatsuc:;h, ai:t~!are; ascribed' to:,eac,h, as.do\ne~eSsar,ily' denote a DIS:'

,\ \~!Y;~TfON pf,:!:Ji:.~S?Ns?,,~p4, at the sam~ ti~e" ,~u~h p.ttributiJ.,s, a,seVl'dently prove an umtyof essence, Ht;re· IS. the hfe-bloed of 0llr .'lfd~e'tvlljle w<~ <ha~el thr~ugh tllis w.orld 'to' an:~'ther; fOf ta~e' awayttiis:aoct~bre;,theni~ va'cated'tliesat!sfact/gn; metits, anti mediation,Gf~.<:;hi'i~t'iltl;e'gos:pel'i~<:t4ied; ao'd'eventuallyovetttmied; <~;,"rHowever," ~1th'ere' i:i:rlothi'filg"n'ew, under the, S:lm~, for"the'y,ety..~J-\!n,e ,hfr;e~i~~, ":~ic9an~ ;gv~~~h~lining':ls,at, thl( pr,esen~. mClIpent,'f!~lfF~~,epitP'~}}If~l))t,lir1!~ch:, .In tbOSe,,~aiJ y~gesf ,th~ e~emJ;e~,of oQrm,ost.h~IYJa~tb~twere, ~Jt,h~r'the,hea:the~ phdosop~v,rs, ,an?theJ~ws'~lfhl)u~:,<Otril;;,pr6sely!e'~;' sorne' '~ews and heathehs~lthlp;':Whl~h,.:e,~·aet1y( repfesent the:!present: limes; for thc' Deists and "F'ree<thibkers [without, joiriin ,unison/with .:v~rious sect,aries' withid, to:I,m:~r\\hrrow.the foun9a\ ion, Qf ~ Chr-istian's h.ope:' 'f)!" '" :,'.'

,f),'.'~rfJ, all}hj\>.i,~',f';~!e~l?t~~by, ,a ,d~~~~q\l~ jingl~: P~ ,?o~€) pl~"~si~le.te~n;t~;", ~nl.~H,,3;I!l~~~apdliPPose,upon, the U'n~ersW:ldlllg, ml:,l~gsorJ~'trulh W'ft~; rtla~~fcrld, 'falSebopd.· Tqe grand nia-&iln, wi'~h theril' is,'tFJ'at1man's knowlepg~exitendsno further than his idC:las:":Tllaf'ii\1'as:'

, ~seh~lmust ,beJounded u.pon'knowledge,and;all:knO\y)~dgeupoo 'sen:..sib~ee.vid,enc.e,a.nd qeql9t;l~~r~ti<iJr,,; l1he, d:~niets.of i,he,dpctr,ine o£tqe.-rr!~l\y,., ,~re cpptin~~llYIn:ng:i~.gc"th~.. sh~Il~,es:~pon ~h~~~ faJ"~rJJl~xl,ms. ",But t.h~y ,t~)l,us" tl;i~y .G~ml?t,hehev~~hatt~ey<;~~,notQh!np~~hend•.~.. VqYt~i're ,Wbuld}~l'llk~ 'a:"'btjtterChd~f,ianj; .£or'h~'as'serts~\:'Fha:t'we;aretout' at' sea 'Wlit:;rnveiwoUld"define~\ 'iiridwEI 'lirlh>tl

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.~r~a,~\~~~merl.s,iJ,y ~,,'K~,,9,~W.,. \~e~\~9~oU&,~~,a, glll:s~" ~ark~~) ,s~?,\tly ~everY',lmpedlmentt\l ,6utYI~lOn\I'~'ill,/I)'e"removed., In- ~hemeaIiti'me, ,while we sojouffllfiJere,. 'J!et:;it he~;th~ ·b'ui"thencif our'song,To the Father who has lovea us'4 tg "the Son who h'ath ,rede~med Us,

,and is,.now se!1ted a,t his, Father:~ ',rigb.t, hlj.nd ,tg, Jll!i!te "inter,e,essi<>o. ~or 9s,;,,:;r~ ~?e ~?Iy Spiri,!",w~o~u~,<;:~,~~e? ~s~,h~n ~~ w~re:.dead10 trespas,ses a9d s,m~: 'T9. t~e'diteedlvme'l>ers(l):ns;'m'the'u'nlty ofthe Godhead; be ascribed'glory, and prai'se!, for'ever ana ever.'

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