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Vor. IV.-I{o. Yl.Of a FtrFTI{ SERItrS, for JUNE, tSSg.

c3 In doctrine shetaing uncorruptness.',',. B ew at e g e of t he t eaxen of t he P Inris ee s tohic h i s I{ yp o cris y.,,

" Jesus Chrbt, the sonze yesterda! to4ry a.ul for eoer. .T\honz to know.is llfe

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1. And Jacob rvent out from Beersheba, and rv€nt torvards lleran. An{he lighted u-porr a certain place and tarried there all night, because rhe sunw&s.6et ' antl he took of thestones orthat plaee and put thern for. hir pi l lons,and lay down in that place.".. .Gen. xxvi i i . 10, t l ,nr\lL HE life of the patriarch .Iacob, contains in it some of the mostgrand and sublime secrets ever made known to the church of tbel iv ing God. I t is a h is tory conta in ing mystery entansled in mvs-terX. ft js a,select instance of provid"enti i l pr-oceclurJof rn

"*irr-ordinary kind: yet, rhere are in it corresponding features of allGod's people. There is in it, also, thar whiih is ,o"hief,lv offensiveto.mankind_in general , -a h ighly d is t inguished prooi ' oF tbc sove-reignty. of Jehovalr ! a proof, however ha-ted and d,isputetl ,-that thepot ter has power over h is own c lay. Had noth iug e lse 'been wr i t_ten in the whole book of God, than the h is tory of tE is ext raord i r rarvman, ebough evidence could be found to frou", tharr.r Wi,-i iman sow, that shall he also reapr" and althouqh some men's sins sobefiore-hand to judgment, and others follow jfter, yet in everv i?.s ta l )ce thei r s in shal l f ind them out : For there is noth ins h id thatshLl l not .be. knownr-and-as in tbe sequel of Joseph;s case,-'( That which was done (to him) in secrer ;as proclainied upon ih"house-tops."

- Th_e former part of Jacob's l ife clearly shows, that whilethe Infi_nite Jehovah maintains iris sovereign prerogative, in turning thein iqui torrs proceedings of Jacob, towarbs the-channel in whic i rhestream of c leansing l r lercy ran,- thereb_y proving h is former de_claratiour -" Jacob hare I lovcdr-and alio ihe fac*tr-that .( wheresin_aboun{edr grace did rnuch more abound i ' yet, for all this, the

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9.38 TITE GOSPEL MAGAZINE.unhappy consciousuess of what he has doneo attends him go wherehe wi l l ' . -

Never le t our accusers vaunt inglv oss€r t r on account of mercvshin ing wi th such t ranscerrdenr b i ightness, ' in washins - ; - ;a ; ; 'hh l thy sta ins as were found on David, Manasseh, paul l Magdalen,and a host of otheys, that we would, for one mornont enconrage s inon th is account , -God forb id! AI I those rvho srand upon . , i .ha,pre3umptuo.s morass, to defend the awf lu l tenet ,_wi l l f ind thei rf 'eet slip aptf p]unge them in <6 everiasting destruction from rhepresence of the' Lor-d !" But to return,-

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- Fronr the c i rcumstance of having supplanted h is e ider brother inobta. in ing th^e b less ing by subt lety , '

" ro." a murderous purpose in

the breast of Esau. l 'o f he , , sa id in h is hear t , the days 'of mourn-I-!S for my father -are at hand, then wil l I slay my brdther .lu.ob.i 'I lav ing d iscovered the secret , ReLrekah counie l led Jacob to l lv toPadan-ararn, to Laban her brothcr . Accord to her reqrrest , J icobset out f rom beneath the roofof lsaac h is father , to ver i fv that sar , -i n .q , wh i ch i s s t r i c t l v t r ue , o f a l l God ' s t r i ed , r vande r i ne fam i l y . -" l -hey are st rangers and fore igrrers on the earrh. , '- . Indeed, horvever various may'be the dispensations of God torvardshis people, i l_1.!!r on t"rp""i tbev seem to agree, almost ,"i,f i"r,exceptir)n. Will i t then be as[s.j-( Is this in evidence of God'rlove-cast ing our lor midst br iars and thornsl And d id be- thuslnanifbst his love to Jacob !"-fs5; for we are assured by his ownword, that in the carry ing in to execut ion h is deep dei igns, thechurch is ' . a l lured in to t l ie wi lderness, bef lor .e he reveals to-her h isever last inq p. r 'poses of love ! " That is , i t is essent ia l to h is d i r ineorder , ent i re lv to over turn thei r pro lects, take thei r wisdom in theinotvp.crg l_t , and br ing to nought thei r prudence. Man is so opposer!to h is Maker, that rhey coniend unt i i the r r .eakest g ive uo. , in nna-ing h is wisdom turned backward. Thus i t fares rv i th

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dual of . the- Lord 's people, and thei r innun:erable indiv id ia l casescompre^hend one common likeness. So it fared with the patriarclr,for r,re find.

He lef t l r is paternal roof , and in a cer ta in sense may be said toabsco.nrJ, borne down wi th a wcight of gui l t , and in fear of los inghis l i fe (a fcar not erascd dur ing ' twent i ve i rs absence, t t . "

" t ,u i i .xxx i . . 38) , thrrs bending h is sol i tary tuuy, io tbe absence'of a l l th l twas.de-ar to h im, addingto a l l , . , The s i rn setr" and added darknessto darkness ! In th is .Jrate, . . he l ighted upot) a cer ta in p lacer ' ,wherb the Lcrd in tended, and undei c i rcumstances sui ted ' to t l iec i iv ine rn ind; " and he took of the stones of that p lace. and nutthenr for h is p i l lows, aud lay down in that p lace to 's leep. ' , In sodeploratr le a p l ight a_s. th is , who would have supposed tL is was theJacob the I-ord ioved I The srnooth-shod profesiors of our dav. whoestecrn wor ld ly prosper i ty and f r iendship 'as un iu .ont"* t iUiJ I roofof God's lov6, ivere thei . iu a s i tuat ion so p i t iab lc . would inakeshipwreck of all their religion. <. And he dieamed, and behold a

T.HS GO$PEL MAGAZINE. ?39ladder set u p ou the ear . th, and the top of i t reachet l to heav-en : andbetro ld the augels of God ascendrng anr l descendins on i t . Andbehold the Lor t l s tood above i t , an? said. I am the" [ ord Gocl ofAb ra l ram tbv Fa the r , and t l r e God o f l saac : t he l aud r v r re r t : on rh . r rJre3l r jo thee rv i l . l I g ise, .and. to thy seed I ver . 14, 15. , ( And bc_hold I am u ' i th thee, and wi l l keep thee in a l l p laces wrr i ther thougt- rest , arrd wi l l br i r rg t i ree again i r i to th is land, ' for I wi l r nor leavethec, unt i l I have done that rvh ich I l rave spoken to thee of . ArrdJacob awake r l o r r t . t ' h i s . s l eep , and l r c sa id , su re l v t r r e Lo rd i s i r rthis p.lace, and I.knerv it nor. And he rvajafraid, ancl said, Flowdretrdfu l is th is p lace ! ' l 'h is

is none other than rhe House of God,a r rd t h i s i s t he ga re o f heave l t . And [ , e ca l l ed t hc nan re o f t ha tp lace Bethel . "

I rvould here prenr ise, that i t is a remarkable fact . that in rvhat .ever instance the Lord is pleased-to visit bis people in an extraor-d inary malrner ,^ i t is preceded wi th some gloomy ind overwhelrn ingdispensation-. So it fared-witlr Abram, ic.n. *u. te ) when ttrb-L.o ld,*u, r p leased to couf i rm his promise re lat ing to i t is seed,-" And when the sun was going down, a deep s le 'ep Fcl l upon Abram,and, an horror of great darkr iess { 'e l l u t ion

' l r im." '

f lere is condescension in the in f in i te Jehovah : thus to not ice solnean and obscure an outcast as Jacob, ancl honour h im wi th a v is i tso awfully grand ! Here let the belie'er in the [.ord Jesus. stop andref lect o* the subl inre rvonclers of the scene. IJe cannot fa i l , oncompar ing i t rv i th h is orvn exper iences, to d isco 'er the beaui i fu lresembiarrce it bears. He knorvs from what has passed in his orvnso,ul, wben.God the Holj. Spirit. presents him witir the frightful ca-ta logue of h is s ins, and whei labbur ing r rnder corrsc ious i tnsat ionsof it, the.nrost keen and piercing ; whit it is to have cried, ,, IVhi-ther shall I f lee lrorn tl iy spirit t" arrd orher excramations of a.s inr i lar character ; what i t is ' to have rested on a. r HARD pr I - r ,ow, ' ,and in such a case be bas cr iec i , when undera keen. fe l t .ense of h iedarkne.ss, t ' Would i t were morning. , , Add to th is , other cr ieswhich have beenrarung as ic u'ere frorn his sin-burctrened rnind, f i-omthe drcadfu l appreherrs ion, of the of lended just ice of GoJ comingupon h lm for sat is fact ioo as an armed nra i , ,6 Lord have merc iuport Iner" orr-'el.6yd sa?e or I perish ! ' ' As this cry \r.as pll in 5issoul by one rvho had promisedr ' . .1 . , " rvho seeks shoi t { i r rc l r ' , so, thepoor s lnner . thus cry ing shal l be heard and answer.ed ! ycs, a r -eal i -zattorr ot tbat most cheering declaration recorcled in God's rvord,shal l be made knor 'n ro h i ' i I namel- r , r 'herr thcy cr ied unto l r i rnhe hea rd , He rvho b id h i rn c r1 ' l o r l , e l p ,a l so po i r i t s h im to the l r e l nneeded. " Bel ieve on rhe Lord Jesus ' Chr is i , and tLou shal t b tsa'ed." For as much as the chrl<Jren ,""r" -u.d* partakers of f leshan.d b lood, he a lso l ikr rarse h imscl f took par t of ine sarne, rhat l rem igh t be a merc i l u l [ r i gh p r i es t i n t l r i ngs pe r ta i r r i ng t o G , , i . , ' No ttoappo in t suc l r a ueed ; ; , . he lp less ,o r r l a - t aok , , , o t r , j p rocu re ha f arenredyr'and then bid- hirn d,o tlre orher hali ' ; but, , ' , To lrari e

g,{0 f}IE Gosrlnt ftr-.lcazlNg.RncoNclLIATroN FoR rNrqutTy." ( . To l rut away s in by the s i ter i :I ice of l r imscl f . " . , ' Io br ing in an evei lar t ins i . ieht" ,1urness." -' (^ ' I 'o opcn a_new and l iv ing #ay iuro the hol ier i o f a i l t y the b loodof Jesus." I 'hrough whonr r "e have boldness of access in to th isgrace.whcrein rve stand, and re jo ice in hope of the g lory of God.This is the r.RooeR set up upon"the earth, ihe top of , ini"t reachedto heaven. He is tbe door bf access-he is the channel of commu-rticatiott, rna-de nigh bg thc blood of Christ, Tlre angels in theirascent and descent are swift messengers, to ef|€ct ceriain ends un-seen b-v those rvho receive the rich 5l"sins. thev communicate.-Are.they.not ministering spirits sent forth"to miirister to them thatshel l be hei rs of sa lvat ionl Thoueh iu c i rcumstances the mosrdespicable-d isregarded by men, a"nd counted as 6( dung and El thof the earth--yei, the-offscouring of all things-yet, .]o *o,"l, l 'ulls tne eye ot -our heavenly Fathet , that the enem] ' is kept of f by arri rnpercept ib le guard-saying, ( , come not n ighi ' T hough t i ie t i ,tempte( | , and exerc ised wi th ten thousan{ l ner i ls , o f a nature whic l - lmakes the dorvucast believer exclaim, ., iVIy way is hioden fromthe Lord." Providences, too, rhe *o.t t.yi"rg, ivhich press downand overload the nrind, so as

-ro shut out'all lomfort trom everv

ea.rthly expectation. There is an inseparable union in tlre rvorkingof providence and grace to effect oie end,: those of adark aodtrying kind, are equally provided, and wisely ordered. Ferhaps,the head rests on the sttne pil lar of povertJ-yet necessity, by itsgiving to.the cry of ,, Lord help," ind heip doming in th?- [.6rd'sappointed way, fully i l lustrates ihis great t iuth. I wil l never learethee nor forsake thee." Thus the days of prosperity and adversityare set over against each other. So, the cold hand of wretchetlrress,added to the almosr endless variety of the believer's sorrows, assisrh is growth in grace, and in the knowledqe of our Lord Jesus Chr i ' t .There are trials rvhich lay in the belieier's patb of so horrible anature, that every counlenance contains a frown rvhiclr seernspointed at him. Even the watclrman, from wlrom some comfortmight surely be expected, have €6 smote him !" And so bewiideredis l i is senses, that the very heavens seem to exclude bis prayer, andSatan presents to his nrind that so awful is bis rnalad.v, t lrat it isimpossible for God himself to effect a deliverance. H-e is shut up,and cannot come fortb, thus connecting in one bis accumulatedwoesr-met together in midnight horror. He turns his heaog head,on his " hard pii lowr" when the Lord is pleased to anaken him toa recol lect ion o l ' the LADDER. Then as ' tbe darkness d ispels, andthe clouds are fleeing, he is heard to exclainr, " Surely the J,ord isin this place, and I k-riew it r.rot."

Alas ! How l i t t le do we know that is real ly worth knora ' ing, andhow seldom do we see to our satisfaction. ' l 'he Lord is indeed rnthe dark clouti, and lbr purposes too profouncl for our penetratiorr,b ids t i re angty g locm to hovel over the heads of those whom |eloves lr ' i th an €verlastinglove. Satan is av€r on the aiert to improre

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1l::*^y:lr"choly ho.urs to his infernai purposes I our hearts, t ire$ea[ ot every irnDurity, inoite his evil .suggesrions, uU of , ifr icf,woujd seern io instruc"t' us, how ,nu"t ,r*"' ir"cd nls f,-f p *'fro"i,mighty. T'hen we can see the Lord has giugrurty-l,"Jg5a'r_"1",and,wi l l not pernr i t ouf tenlptar ion to exceed ,h; 'b" , ; ; ;? ; ; ; ; # ,silt l

' r Sur,e]I, the,Lord is in tbis place,,-the place of our chastise_rne r r t which fe l l on Jesus I for ibe chast isement of our d; ; ; ;:1il..:.,3,y.

Perh-aps this, langua.ge propheticatry oiluae.i" C"f ""_ry, ,wi ) rch sa; 's , . ( r How. dreaci fu l is ' th is p lace i , , *h"n tn" ie * . ,.arKness o 'er tbe ear th ur t i l the n inth horr r ! and he who thenhurrg. upon the accursed tree, in

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"t"#1::l l*:: l l :he. hig.h honour of tf ie foitowing emprratic words of. tacoo, " I hrs rs r rone other but the house of God, arrd th is is thegate oi l iea.ven." ' l lhus.Jacob,

in lr is rour to pud;n_u;;;", ,f,"ilc f i to te penod. preached by d iv ine insJr i rat ion, the ever last inE " l r_1;el of Chrisr,, , '"no h"

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. Jn pursuit of the blessing. laicl .up fon them irt-ro-f*r--t iro, tf,"bel iever in Chr is t occasionai ly l ighr ' ; upo; a . ( cerra in p lace, ,_aplace .ot easily for.gotten. th.3 r,rn Jirigl,,""rJ";;; '"f.,*, ;f inear ing ln hrs wrngs-carr ies h is contemprat ive nr i r rd f rom ear th,l l . t l .y . "_ ' ' " :

upon eagles ' winss-and wharever may be h is h indranceir re ru l rs , and rs not wearr-walks, arrd is not far i r t , F ie sets r rn h isstone p i i lar wl rereon has- la in h is *eary head, as; . ; ; , ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;_rnent o l love and n,ercy, bedewed lv i t f i tears,. Wtren under suelr distress of mind, ,"uJ"r, may the Lord theSpir i t make tn is appeat to vour .out .

' . i w; ; r ; ; .JJ; ; " ; . 'O ; ; :coo, arro speakesr , 0 lsrael , My way is h id l iomibe Lord i , , HeKnowetn your r rame, aod wi l r per f 'ect that wrr ich is lack i r rg corr -cerntng you.

C,si3j, turarth t. A HEwIR oF wOOD.

APHORISI \ IS BY WILLIAM ROMAINE,

No. LV.Ir has been qr.y.one grarrd ainr rhroughout the whole of my mirr is_t rJ ' , ro spread the farr ie and gJor . . , ,o f nry Reieenrer as fa? as mytongue cau_reach. . When I takeup rny pen, i t is to nrake m"nt io i ,of him. His obedience and deattr is my favorire theme

"";;; i;:and u, i i l , [ re r r ry t r iurnph and song of , re jo ic i 'g , *h"n ] ; ; , ; ; ; ;, lon rv t tn evcr tast lng Joy upon 1ry head, and in my heart .

. r ne scnp r r r res a rc a f u l l descnp t ro r r o f t he d i v rne r v i i l f r on r e te r -r r r ty . to etern*) ' . we 6nd therc i . a counci l rvas hel t i be iore a l lworlds, between the l{oly ?-rinity. An agreernent was enteredinro, Immanuel was the c6ntre theieof" a i l ' t l re cornc, i r , . . lecre"r .aqd works of Jehovah begin a'd terminlre in thc Eternal s""

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the Father. Tbe voice from heaven is, This is my beloved Son,hear ve h im.

I often reflect, if l i tt le faith finds Jesus so precious, horv lovelyrnust he app€ar when faith yields to sight and .sense.

Growing in grace, is wheo sel f is kept dowrt , and Jesus exal ted.Bel iever , consider in your var ious conf l ic ts wi th s in, Satan, and

the world, that they are all appointed and managed for you by thebest of friends. Ar such, learn to receive them.

We are all Papists, Arminians, Baxterians, and Wesleyans bynature, rvishing to be independent of Christ, exalting free-wil l anddebasing the Saviour, so as to set up rvith a stock of grace of ourown. But if the Lord has any love to our souis, he rvil l soon turnal l our merchandiz ing in to a bankruptc l r so &s to humble us andkeep us serrsible of our poverty, and that we cannot possibiy ofour ie lves obta in e i ther in ear th or heaven any good th ing, but,wbich must be .received every moment out of the fulness of JesusChr is t .

It is an axiom with me, that all fulness of good is in Jesus, asclear, as that all the sap in the branch is froru the stock to which itgrows, as thata l l the nour ishment in the member is f rorn the body.Then what have we but what we received. Where is boasting then ITotallv excluded.

Tb6re is a needs-be for allour.srrfferings to keep dorvn pride, andto br ing every h igh thought of .scf in to subject ion to Chr is t Jesus,that rvJtnuy

-tre ai*ayt lelrning of him to be rneeh and Iowly.

Yesterda"y mornin[, beirrg t-ne Lorcl 's day, I arose at my usualt i rne at Larnbet i r , whicb is f ive o 'c lock, aud I breakfasted at s ix , Ihad srveet communion in rny chamber with nry dear Lord and Sa-v iour , in t reat ing h im to

" ro*n t l re day wi th r r r i rcy and lov ing h ind-

ness. M.y breath ings were accepted. I walked to the Lock Hos-pi ta l , anr f preacbed"morning and-esening in tbe hal l o i that bui ld .ing; 'u chapel is going to b i erected on ihe south s i t le . l l r . t ladandii me the hono=ur io read l,rayers. I found great freedorn ofspcech, and my orvn soul l ike-a lvatered garden. How t rue i t is tt i rey tkrat wai t -on the Lord shal l want nJ good tb ing. The Hal lwai crowded to excbss, so that bundreds could not obtain adnris-sion. I-ord Dartmouth took me by the hand af'ter the iVoroingService, arrd observed, the prerence of the Lord haC been with usof a t ruth. In the evening, as I rvas ret i r ingr a pat ie l l t wi th arr ight-cap on h is head, addressed me t ry saying, " This is aday,Sii, that rvil l nevcr be lorgotten by me." Here is verif ied thecomurand, " In the nornin"g sow t6y seed, and in the eveningwi thhold not thy hand." I i rust , God t ,as many souls to cal l toglory from this place, and when his designs are a-ccomplished, thedoors rv i l l be c loscd.

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. (Continuetl from p. zSO.).r The law worketh wrath. ' , . . .Rorr. iv. ld.' . t Faith worketh by love.,, . . .Gal, v. 16

Tnx lazo ?s:t?t-of faitA-without faithit is impossiblc to pleasetroo-anrl_f-drl l is the gifr and operarion of God ! Wh"re is boast-I , r ) g . t l r en i l t i ^ s exc luded . By wha t l aw l O f wo rks l Nav : bu t?_.r . . !nr

t .ay.o! ta[ !h: (Gat . i i i . r2 . Heb. x i . e . Eph. i i . s . ) And a**1, ,??, l t ra i th i t is impossib le to p lease God, and as the iaw is notot ra l tn , therefbre i t is wr i t ten of them who are of the works of thel1w, thlt they are unrter th.e curse. 1c"1. iii. io.y-'-a"a-ioiir,".,tbat 6'Israel "which foilorved after thJ 1", of , iglt"ou;;"r;;;;;not attained to the larvof righteousness. W-hereforl I B""uu;; th"y:."^"Sht-1 not by faith, but 6y the works of the law. (R";.-; i.-; l3,2,) Know ye, rherefore, bietlrren, that they ,hi"l i ur"-oi ' l^;; 'the same are ihe chi ldren of Abrahem. end ihe . ; ; ; ; ;Ar .* ; :ing that G.od rvould justif,v the heathen inroogt faith. pr.eachedDelore t!" l"* was qiven by Moses) the gospel rinto Abral"iam. sav_l lg l t i

thee shal l a l l .nat ions be b lessed. -

Sb then they which 'be

6fra l th are b lessed wi th fa i th fu l Abraham. For as many as are of theworks of the law are under the curse: for it i , ;; i , i ;; ;;r;" ';;every one that cont inueth not in a l l th ings which are wr i t ten in thebook of the law to do thern. But that ?o *"n is iust i f ied t_rv theY:,i l,, i : ' lsltof God, it is evidenl' i ; ' ; ;; ir!;";;;;u ti, lr ' ;,t

Ja!t!t: (Gal. i i i . T-l l.) The reader wil l obseive, it is positivelvsard, as mang as are of the aorks of the laa arc untler the clrse. thittnetawis wo.r of fa i th , ( l Gat . i i i . lz . ) bur the just shal l t i ie by

fait/t..* Again, i t is wr i t ten; the luw uorketh rorath. (Rom. iv , t5 . )But, the faiti of God's elect workcth bt i";". i-C"i.';.1;.'i ' ir"i,c.llled the law of faith, as the antittr"ri" if ifr" t"l"

"f *".tr.'tn"r".

i i i . 2?.) It may-be "ull"d

th" law of faith-i lecause it embraces theeternaf and unalterable, p.rlrpose of God, wittr all God's covenantuil ls,,and.s.ha.l l1, and shalt nots. And as rhe iu,t f i"" [v-i"i i fr] ' i i: l-a]. be called the r.nw of faith, becauseit is the nurr of abelieuer,slife !

-^ A rnan is either uniler the laro of wsorks, or under thc rau of fairlt.If he be under the taw of *o.li., .i; il;h ;;;i;i;;;#';ii;(F.,*.vi. 14.) and, the law worketlr in f, i . . fsJla," i"; ; ; ; ; ; :or tneapost les._and-so i t doth now. f .e1 we may both see and be"arot men professing. the name of Christ, who rath-er than take or suf_rer wrong, or be defrau4gd, go to law one wirh another . ( l Cor . v i .9r 2..) .n;,ner than crucify iE" fl"J, they reiect ,t"

"r.rriof" *t i"ilChrist hath. teft us ! ( r pe[. ii, zo-;s.) "8"";;;; ;h;-#;;r;;;;ror tne lawless and disoberiient, and for sinners, they will haye an

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"I"^foI an.eJe, and a tooth fora roorlr, &c ! They proless the/uith

of Chr is t , bnt rv l ien they are rev i lec l , they rev i le , 'and when thevsuffer they threaten. They are tlntipisilns, thai is, as srrongl;opposed to the.faith -the law of faith, as the Antinamiqns are tothe lazo of works. For as tlrere are ,4ntinontians in prtu:tice whoare Nor Antipisittns in pro.fc.ssiotz, so there are Antipiiians in pra.c-tice, who are NoT Antin,omians in profession. The'-fornte,n are eoe-mies to thefaith of Christ, ancl the latter are enemies to the crossof Ctr r is t . But where are they to be fourrd, or rather , among r rhatcongregation sball we find, the laat r '1 Christ, the rule of l ?-Whire- are thefollowers nnd imitatoti of Goi, as dear

""hiidr"n,

walking in love, as Christ_olso looetl us, and gave hintse.lf/or u$, &nofering antl a samif,ce to Cod,for a sweet sielling tooii, ? (trph.v. 11 2. ) . I t is ev ident the apost le so l ived, for , & he l ived by ihefaith of the Son of, God, who loved him, aud gave hirnself for him :{Gal . i i . 21.) And he fur ther sai rh, , ' I say ' ihe t ruth in Chr is t , Il ie not , my conscience a lso bear ing me wi tn-ess in the Holy Ghost ,that I havb great heaviness and coitinual sorrow in mv he"art. FoiI could wish- rnyself were accuTsed from Christ for my "brethren, rnykinsmen according to the flesh," (Rom. ir. l-3.)

But, where shall we find the professors of the faith of the saints,who love their enemiesr-1119 blesi them rhat curse, rvho pray fortheir persecutors, &c I Shall we find them among

-the conteiders

for the law as a rule of life I Shall we 6nd tlrcm amongst the revi-lersrwho nickname allas Antinomians, who hold the mystery offaith in a pure conscience I Surely not; for the larv worketh wiathin all such revilers, and in all such contenders about the law.

But, why doth the law work wrath in fallen m&n ? Caa the mi,nistration of death engraven in stones do otherrvise than workwrath in the ungodly I Surely not, for it doth not allow any mercyto be shewn to i is trinsgress6rs. But, the laa of faith, Chrisr's lawof forgioeness, until seventy times seven, worketh peace. Tnerefore,6c whatsoever a man soweth, tbat strall be also reap.t (Gal. vi. ' i .)If he soweth the law that worketh wrath with the l iv of faith, he i ihimself a transgressor of that larv, which he professeth to: be hisrule of fife; for ii is written, t( Thou shalt not soo thylield oith.rraTNGLED seed." {Lev. xix. 19.) Therefore, the sooers of mingled,seed shall entirely reap wrath either irr this world, or the world tocome.

A remarkahle instance in proof, tbat the soioers of the mingledseed shall reap wrath, occuried a. f 'ew years since. A human Ire.existerian preacher, a contender for the law wbich worketh wrath,'as'..

o rule of sanctif,catian to spiritual men b.q faith in ChristJe$rs," ro*ei the lula with other' mingkd .""d"o"f divers kinds,amongst his people, who received all his inventio'ns for truth : andin thermean trme, both he and they reaped, a harvest of wrath.-'Ilhere was not enen a grain of suttctifcation to be seen amongstthem ! And the law of lbrgiveness is so l itt le known by him, tlrat

TIIE, GospEr, MAcazrNtr, gA5part of the-wrath he then reaped was to be found in his own barnl.alt yga5. For, when writing'rh"t rv"u called a pastoral letter to arnend, he never said to his friend, whqm he calls his son, as theapostle said_to Timothy, ,. We know that the larv is good, if * m"nuse it lawfully ; knowing this, that the law is not made for a righ-teous.man.; but for the i-awless, &c." for this human pre-existerianconsidered rhe law oF faith ,,,Tnruasonable, that he hbd thcretoforefornred a sgllogisttt in opposition to the apostle,s doctrine. An",l a,th ls humarr pre-exis ter i in preferred h is reason to those d iv ine mys-teries which'l ie calls absuri. h" n"u". uaoir.a his friend to hold ihegreat rn-ystery of godl iness, but he sai<|0. , A im by a l l means to gainand,kcep your own conscience on your'side ; it ; i l I do more to-up-hold you in your suf fer inss, to i ls , "and d i f f icu l t ies, than any g i f l tb ft:_p"991 you may possess," Did he not know thai Saul gainid, aodttept his own conscience on his side, when he persecuted,lhe church9f Q9d' when he *u" mad, againri it

" ,uintr, ,ilinf.iog tre was doing

God's service i

, {Saig, he saith, rr Conscious of .your integrity, &c. Vou, wiI,I be a6teto standEour ground,in the midst oi all the

"firnJiri that evil rongues

can raise, &c. This I can speah by erpeirience; f or I baveTeen

::l-1jl years past, to

"n<lure ,u"h'tr"uioi"nt o, I hope you may,

as a_pdstor, never undergo.',, Now, if this buman pie-existeria' had arso advised his friend of

1le_,treatltutlthe.peopll had been ""f

t"a "po,,

to endure from him,il_il!r?it!t-r:-we

should hare knorvn whatJhe meanr 6y gaining andEeepz.ng co?.scretrce on his side / But, as the law was-stJll wo"rkine,wrath in himr.(alttrougb years had passed,ir,"" A""ni- i i";r1"i i i tProceedrngs), he shows his teeth to ihem, whom be ought neithci tobr te, nor to devour.

Ti.""* are.many who consider the commandment to be ordainedunto lrle, and who condemn all men as Antinomiarrs, who bave foundby experience, the comntund,ment to bii i io deati I g"i , lr" '"r*'-mandment was nor ordained unto l ife. inJ."a, the word

"iaii i iais in italics it l .Fop. vii. lo, f* if i t" "#tonar"nt

had treen or-oarned unro I r fe , i t would have been found unto l i fe . These oer_sons would do well to examine *tur t i i"-uporir" '."ia ;,"i l#;lfrvhen under the law of rvorks ; '"i i" r,i* tily wirt 'ave a i"irriirrwitness, and a solemn-tesrimony, irrrii l"'raw werrketh ureth.-" H.e saith, he was of tfr-e .r"J[

"F-i.r*I, of the tribe of Ben-jamin, an Hebrew of the g"ur"*., i, ;;;l"g the law a pharisee,

concernins zeat nersecutinq 1e ,ni;.rn ,l"irni"i iii ,Uiti';;;;;',which is {nthe taw, btrrr:A:*; - iFr.,ii.'iil.?, o.t The reader wiltobserve, that wheri Saul of r"r.ul-*ur'iioiirirJr; ;;";-hi"s ;;;;righteousness in the ta*, he ;;;-";;;r;;irior, tt.,^t,, manv of ihcsaints he shut un in'nrison,' when tttly *"r"-pi, i'i"" a""ii)"t7gi:,Zhis voice ogainit tnr:^ ; i" p;;i;ffi ,i,"ri'I,, ,n e'ery synagogue,Vo l . IV . -No . V I .

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and comTtelled them to blaspiheme I antl heirrg exceedinq ntad agnittst

them,, hL pers-ecuted them even unto st range c i t ies" ' ( Acts xxv i '

ro . r r . )- - i f i i Jhool , l be a"ked, was th6n t5e law rvhich is goorT,madeurath

unto him I God forl l id ! tsut his self-ri7hteou52s55 lvqrktng lvratn

in him aqainst the saints of the Most High God, by his. \carna,l)knowlet l [e of tbe law, hedeclares hethen (6 ve ' i ly thought th-at he

ought to 'do many th ings contrary to t t re namc of Jesus of Naza-

re th . " lAc t s xxv i . 9 , I t . )For, *hen the apostle was under the law, he thought the com'

mandment bad been ordained unto l ife, but afterwards, when born

of the soi r i t . he found the comnrandmeDt to be unto death." ) Rom.

vi i . to ) ' But af terwards, he sai th, t t Y!"n the comrnandrnent came'

,irr r"uio"d. and I died. For sin laki;ng occasiort b.y the com'mand'

ment, deceiv)ed him, and, by it slew h,im. (Rom' vii ' g,-t l '). And

if suci be the experience 5f the children born ofl the lpirit, before

they are brouehi in to the l iber tv of the chi ldren of God; . horv

; ; i l ; ur" th" i when they kno'" by ex[ 'er ' rer tce" 's i r r shal l t lo t

5" i5 i . t i " lon 'on" , them i for they are not urrder the law, bul

under grace." (Rom. v i . t5 . )- W6!n the apodtle Paul wis rro longer -under the law of works,

he saitlrr-" i through the larv,. ait-. learl to lthe la-a:, that -I-inl,J ii'u" un,o God.i-" And ihe lfe zehich I now lixe itr' the

j,tii, i Uoc by the Jaith of the Son of God, who lo"ed me and"nuuJ h i ,n." l f ior me."

' In h im we have a fa i th fu l_rq i tness, and

i;;; i;; i ;r i i ,uonv af rhat faith which ta:ot'keth hy looe' He !e-c ia res h imse l f t o be the ch ie l o f s i t t r r e r s , ( l T i r n ' i - ' l 5 ' ) " be tng

t'cz:ilerl, he blcssecl ; ltcittg ptrsectttt.d, he sufcrtd; betng dtfatned', he

t , i i io t lA. ; , ( l Cor , iv . 13,) And-/ rc p. rugt( Jbt ' thc sutaut ion oF-rhe

J e w s w h o h a t e d h i m ; o f r r . b o m | i t e l i t t t t s l r e r e t . e t v e d . f o r t y S t r r p e ssave oire. Thrice w'as he stoneti; in prisorrs he rvas frequentt and

in death, of t . (2 Cor. x i - 29 '25 ) Unto the Jervs he became as a

i l * , i r ' t -o t* ,o ' ig t , gain the i "* t ; to t l tenthat are under the lau '

"i "iai'i th,e larol, thZt he night gain them .that are ztnder the lant ;

to them that are wi thout la iv , a i wi - thout law, being not wi thout

law to God, brr t (ennot t tos) logul to Chr is t , that he mlght .galn them

that are wi thout law. To t l rc rveak he became as rveak, that he

-iff, i g"i" t l ie weak: lre was made all things to all nlen' that tre

miit ' t Uy all rneans save sorne. '4 ttd tlt is he didTor the gospel's sake

( t C o r . i x . 3 0 - 2 : i . )t ' , i , irt i t , i*", b"' i i ,"o,"ntbereti, he saithr-" I through 'f: 11* 1'lo

a.^J i " - t f i " la i , thar i * ig l t , l ive unto God' I am cruci f ied wi th

Ct . i t t , neuerthelesr , I l ivE; vet not I , t ru t Chr is t l iveth in me:

unJ ,h" l i fe which I l ive in ihe flesb, I l ive by the faith of the Son

of God ! " (Gal . i i . 19, 20,) So- that we.have the test r tnony u.pon

t""OtA, concerniug tbe apo'tle wherr .under the law of, works' how

;i";;A r;";rion fry the commandment to work cv^ratk' And tben

n'e have'another testimony concerning the apostle, rvhen under the

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1,"- : l fa i th wrought .by love in h im, wlrcn he through the law was

Oead to r ! r e l aw r vh i ch ruo rke t l r w ra th !, .

Wh i l s t t l r c apos t l e was l i v i ng l _ r y rhe fa i t h o f t he Son o f God , ho ro19- ln"

prof 'es inq Jews then l ive- l Werc they not zealorrs of theIaw as a ru le o1 ' l i f e I And d id no t t he l aw work w ra th i ' t r r en r I!-or rvere. they nor the apostle's most bitter

"n"ri"r t*i j i j- i f,:"

""icf argg hirrl w^ith beinE an zllntinomian, or that his doctrirre ,uul ,4o-tznomta,tsnt 7 when the,v said, he taught all men every zohere againstthe luza. - (Acr ,s xx i . zs ) . r ' r iey cal ied h im a pest l lent fe l lSw, amove r o f s rd i t i on a rno r )g a l l r hJJe rvs rh rougho r i t t he wo r l d , a r rd aringleader of the sect ofeNazarene.., wlrr*-ih*g

-*i ia irri i i i ira

accol't l ing to the ,lu:p-runx rule o1'/r1e. (t\crs"xxir.. 5, 6,)

r t ls ver) ' .evtderr t , r r 'h i ls t t l re aposr ie was en , ln t ip is ian, i r " wa, un:19 fJ - : ,

Ch r i s t a r rd t l r e c i r u r c i r . r \ n t j i r , r . quJ i l y ev iden t , t l r a t:ltrfst the ap9s.tl9_ rvas ealled ao zlntinomiaa, h6 adlrnecl tho doc_rr ' rneor bod hrs Sa! ' rour ' And as by thei r f ru i ts the d isc iores ofchrist are ro lre known. alow n'e t. ' ."v, ir-irr" rL i '" ^"i"i lrt- irr '-t r t ians who do nor adorn the docrr ine o i 'C"J- , f l " i ; S; ; i " ; ' ; ; : ; ,zlntinonulans are also Antipisians in henrt. r\nd if there be-anvAntipi 'sians who are ttot '4n"tinornn ns, either ;n J""i. i"", ' .. i" rl i-",: i :h^y i l l ,he

h ighl l 'esreenred anrong rnen, l rur , neuertheiesr , , , suc i t .:,:':. :J,,!ot,

works oy the lu:o, untl ure wtdli tlte curse.,,J(Gala-t rarrs l l l . lO.

( 7-o br Ctinlinued, )

THB BELTEY_&R's Lrf,.-E Ers coNSoLATroN rN DEATH.' , He. is thy l i fe, and t i rc lerrgth of th-y days. , , . . ,p611 xxx. .J0.. , And beeause I l ive; ye s l ra l l I ive 'a lso". , , . . .John x iy. lS.-

-' . When Chr ist , wl io rs our I i ie , .br l l ;pG;; ; lhen shal l 1e also aDDear:

w i t h h i n r i n g l o r y . , , . . .Co locs . i i i , 4 .

* .y : : : : l : ,T: , ly , "y tut , charges brought against backst id ing rsrael

f iy , , l , " prophet Jsaiah, th is was reckoned not t l re smal lesr . - . , ' f

h*lq: j : : " l r

perrs i rerh, , (s leepeth) and no man layeth i t to hear t ; andrnerc l rut nren are taken away norre coi rs ider ing that t l re r . iEhteous::^:_lik":_iiay fiorn the euil ro come." ir,"lr"r, ,i rira_:"fin;::.: j ::.1:i.r.e

prSrflssiu$ church_is far spent_lthe sun is going:...::r^?::

t the p rophets*th e bi rds are h aste n i n g ho me_ the. I ab'o u rJ: : j : .11] ig- ,he

subsrar)ce of re l ig iorr decl in i r rg, 'and the shadows arestre ic0 lng out . Wi th these solemn r . f lect io is , wel l rnay we int reatthe comlranv and r r reserrce of the dear Redeemer, as t i re d isc ip lesdid. " Abide * i t l i u* , lbr i t is rowards evenins. and the dav i r tar

i H5'?' * ""1i'

;,T^""T'; I " : I : :. -t ":i : ry-+ t " $i :{ ":] i$1, I : : if r i e' d s ", a ..11, i, I.";,:i' li"f :i:::' Ji,r; ;: _:,'; iilJ l; ;l'i ";[ i 1: ll,;Fl,i1:f.""0' arr en r i on, rertcc r io n, r"l i-;;; - - -,t;;;'

i,;i;t ", ;;i;;

, . ,^Tn.n God st r ikcs, he c lemands an hear ing_when he knocks byIrts nlessenger.s, affl ictioir *'d death*_it is, 't lrat we lnaJv open thl

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door, receive the message, detain the messerlger, and inquire fcrwhai purnose he is sent. t ' For the Lord's voice crieth urlto thecity,dnd ih" *un of wisdom shall ree tby nanre; hear y'e the r.od,anl who hath appointed it." "We are the more sensibly touc.hedwith the stroke, rithen the Lord says to us, as he did to the prophet,5' Son of man, behold I take awiy from tltee tlre desire of thine

"y". *ith u r,rok", and at

"u"n ti wife tl ied." Eztit. xxiv. Such

p'"infrl dispensations are most keenly felt ; and while we deploreih" tuu"g" t 'o f death, we cannot help-rever t ing to i ts inst rumentaissu56-; i S ino which 'brought t leath in to the wor ld, and a l l our woe l "to this King crf Terrors, aricl o[ten terror to kirrgs, ali lrave submittedbut t ruo, Enocl r arrd El i jah; aod a l l must submit r except those ofthe people r.rf the Lori, who wil l be found alive at the secondconrinq of outl Lord tlreie wil l probably experience a momelltarychanqE, equivalent to the st roke bf death, arrd be charrged body ant lsoul In ' the twink l ing of an eye. ' f h is great mystery was revealedto the apostle Paul ; perhaps the first,that was ever led to know tt.All besiie, the Lord'i people, as ,r 'ell as the rvorld at large, rnustpass th rough the g loomy te r r i t o r i es o f t h i s k i ng : bu t t he dea r .Sa -i iour har 'engugih to go r r i th a l i h is people, and conduct themsafelv through";"arrd thoueh all do not

-go through rcith the same

iov. v" t a l l i re led on safe ly . Thei r eneruies keep st i l l as a stone'* t i i , i the purchased peopl6 pass ot 'er . Noth ing, in heaven above,or the eartfu beneath, can possibly prevent the executloo of ttte (le-

creed sentet)ce,-" butt t 'hoo ari, and unto dust thou shalt return"'It is the pull ins down of the house-it must come down-the Ie-nrosv is in it.

"sin had entered everY rootn iu the house; and in

lon.Lqu"n"" of UuO tenants, which occupy i t , the Almighty Land-

lord h is ordered usto qui r i t ; rve have t 'eeeived, rv i th many a patnt

a wr i t o f e iectnrent ; ' b^ut we-feel re luctant to leaye th is house ot '

c lay thouI t r in such a damaged state, l the indescr ibable.uni tyrrhich subists betrveen the souiand tbe body, l ike mutu-al friends,

renders parting painful here, alrhough they have ottetl been clogs

to each ot l ,er ; -but the.y wi l l meet again, under the most g lor tousand happy circumstances in the resuirection mornilg'. Atrd what

soul canto l rce ive the ioyfu l meet ing of the g lor i f re<l sp i r i t , and

the newly-raised, beaulif-bl, immortalized body ? Eacb rvil l know

I t S O W n a g a l n .

-r' Nor chall the conscious soul' trllistake its partner, but amidst the cro*d

Eingling it's other half into it's armrShall rrsh, with all the impatience of a manTl iat 's new come homc; and having long been abrent ,wilh haste runs over different loornstfn pain to see the N'hole' Thrice happy meeting l

Noi f irne, nor Death, sball ever part them more"'

But however dear to each other, the union must be dissolved ; the

bands and l iganents, by which soul and body are uni tedr .must be

separated ; t l is earthly house 'rust be dissolved ;-t ir is tabernacle

TIId GOSPEL }IAGAZINE. 219must be removed- i ts cords unpinned- i ts s takes oui lcd uo -andthe whole must be taken. down. <. Knol ingr" sa i th the ipor t l " ," I must put.off the earthly h,use of rhis mf iabern""l". i '

-Ti"*lf i

rs represented as a_depa11u1s- i f isgoing f iom one house to ano-ther- i t is loosing f rorn por t r -arrd lar inchi"ng in to the ocean. Deathrs the shrp or boat rvh ich waf ts us over to the shores of eterr r i tv .I t is gorng theway .of a l l the ear th-going a journey to rnuni* lo , isnorrre- to an lDvrsrb le wor ld_- through a dark val ley, where wEtreed a guide ; and a covenant God has f romised to guid 'e us throush.I t is going tos lee.p io hope of waking aqain, swetr ly , " f r " rh"J ' int l re^rno ' . ing of the res ' r rect ion, f resh, l ive ly , act iv6, and d iv ine_ty .bt ted. tor . heavenly exerc ises. ' l 'hc s l r iprvrecked mar i r rer hasii.atned .the shore ;-the rvear.y traveller,-t irc fatigued labourerr_the afficted cbild is at resr.

T)eath, through covenant mercy, is the full, the final deliverance.And J r . rhn i s con tn tanded by God rhe Ho ly Sp i r i t , t o w r i t e i t down ,and send it to the churchei '- 'r slg5ssd ire'the dead rvhich die inthe,Igrd, even sor. saith the.Spirit, fo,r,they rest fro-tfr"i. i"t;;;;and tb.eir works of faith and love do follod them." Like Abrahamleavinq h is .nat ive country at the commaud of God ; - t ike Jacobleaving Pat lan-Aranr wi t l ia l l h is substance, to retnrn, io h is k indred.such is the bei iever 's c leath. Ferhaps, inc leed, a rhousand a larmsmay seize h is spi r i t , l rear ing that f t_sai , r ' i th h is armecl men is com_ir rg out against h inr ; but by prayer and fa i th l re obta ins the b less_ings, and meets Esau with conrfbj.t. For rviren a marr's wavs. tbro'grace, by prayer and. fa i th , t l rus p lease the Lord, he s,ak"s evendeath to be.at peace rv i th h im. Deat l r is an eoern.y [o orr r natures,a l though. i t is a corenant .b. less i r rg. The last enemy that shai l bed_estro;'ed, is death: but its enrnit.y is slain irr the dlath of Christ.Here. th.at serpenr rhat crawled up the h i l l o f ca i r .ary, and cntwinedround the.cr .oss, le f t h isst ing in the sacred body of a dy ing, Saviour :nor can.a l l the^powers of darkness, a l l t l re s ins, bac(s l iJ ings, and

ll lf ir.nrit ies,.o,f 9"d,'- people, er.er unire the sting ro rleath u[ui,,.-Srn rs abol ished, the gui l t is goue.

^ I t has.been said, that when a bee bar fas ienecl h is s t ing in man'sflesh, it is Jost for ever after, and becornes a drone. D&th is l ikesuch a- bee, can only hum arrd aHr igbt , but never s t i r rg or .hur t : i tr naJ , t t mus tdes t roy t he body ' , bu t i t canno t hu r t t l r J so r r l ; l r ke af ierce dog, whose teeth are bro l ien out , i t can bark, and rear 'a .nreretattered coat, t iur it cannot bite to the bone. iVlrat a feeble weaketemy is death, since it took a walk to l,Iount Calvarv! Unatonedgui l t is the st i r rg of death.

But the Lord's dear people are led, in sorpe degree to see forthernsei 'es, t i ra t c l r r is t has 'born" arvay t l rc i r gui l t , h 'as rerr roved thein iqur ty o i that lar rd in one day; a 'd wl ,cn f r* . r " checret l . cru ick-eued, s t rengthened, and wel l - -establ rshed i r r t l r is p lcasi r rg i .c i , th i ,hope support ing, sp i r i t -g iv ingr sonl -animat ing assuranie, we leel

25O ?HE GospEL MAcazrxr.ready to go, to departr aud be for ever n'ith the Lord, in this sweetwell-founded qonfidsngs ;-

.3 I -o ld, let Me rest my head, c lose laet these eves,Y ie l t l t hee my b rea t l i ; ; r r r d t i t h exu l t i ng . uu i ,Smi le a peace-ut tered, d;r lg, sweet Arnel . ' ,

[3u t amids t the d isso lu t lon made bv deatb . what an unsoenkab lemercy i t is for the Lord's t iear people, the uniorr betrveJn Chlistand t l re i r sou ls car i never be d isso ived: they arc h is p roper ty , l r i sch i ld ren , h rs b r rde ; he is p rec ious to them in l i fe a r rd deat l r , as thel l lessed e f l 'ec t o f h is love to theLn, a r rd t i re i r va lue in h is s igb t .!Je l l ce , i t rs sa id r '6 S iuce t l rou rvas t p rec lous in my s igh t thou has tLreen l ronourab le , and I l rave i< - rvc r l rhee 1" e rod i r rec io r rs sha i l the i rb iood be in thy s igh t l and as c l ley ; r re ; r rec ious to i r i rn l l v ing , r r rswr i t ten , " F rec ious ro the s igh t o f " r l re Lor r ! i s t t re death o f l r i ssa i r r ts 1" r )o r s t lou ld the i r dear f r l re g r ieve ius [o r rs , espec ia l l y dy ingin l i ve iy bope, cheer fu l con . f idencc , sweet asburance, c lear v r r :ws ,ar rd le rvent des i res . T ' ! rs i s t l . re b lessed c l ] 'ec t o t t l re g lo r ious un ionb e t w e e t r C h r i s t a n d t h e s o u l . a s t l ) e e t e r l l a l s 1 . r r ' , r r g o i i i i e , a t l d t l r cg lonous bead. o f t r i s [ rody , the c i ru rc , ; , r t l to i ras g rac ious i ; ' dcc ia re t iin mos[ pos i l i ve te r f i l s r t ' ] l ecause I l r r -e , ve s l :a i l l i r .e a i ,c , "

Le t us r lo t . i ce the l i i ' e o i our mosc auorab le Savrour . F r rs t . asGod- i le l i ve th f lo rn e te r i r i t y ; r re ts tne l rv i r rg God, t re i s empl la -t i ca l i y ca l ied l i fe , the t rue Goc i , and our e te rna l i r fe l and t r r rs rsthe e te rna l i r fe wt r i ch John says was s ran i tes ted : the very kuow-ledge o l whom is e te rna l i i fe begun in t i te sou l . In h is < t rv ine es-seuce. h is e te rna l na ture , he isse i fex is ien t , independeot Jehovah,ur rder ived , unor ig ina ted , and rnco$-unun icaDly God I rv i thout be*g i r rn ing , successror l , o r e i rd ; rv i thout the shadorv o f a c i ra r rge ; hets e te rna l , i r : rmc l ta l , rv l io on l_y i ra th iu r r lo r ia l r ty f ron t ever lasr i i rg toever ias t rng I and o f h is years r l le re rs uo e{ )d ; o i re rn t t }e d i ; iueTr in i ty , co-equa l , co-essenud l , and co-e ie roa l rv r to the l 'a tber anr lt i l e Ho ly S i r i l r t ; one in tbe sacred soc ie ty o f [ i ]e aJorao ie I ' r rn r t l ' ,enJoy lng the r l los t t r rconcervab le de lghr anc l complaccnc j . ln r l rsown d iv rne per iec t ions I a r rd in tne ho ly oDes, the Fat l re r au . l theSp i r i t ; t l re u rv ioe na ture , essence, and per tecr ron j rvere no t cour -mun ica ted to h i rn as God, i ruL wc le o r rg in r l l y , rudeper r i leu t iy , a r rde t e r u a l l y h i s o i v r r , i n c o n ; u r r c t i , ) , r w l t n r n e l ' a r h e r , a r r d t h e H o l ySp i r i t -and as the se i f -ex ls t -en t God, he has so ie rDory dec la red toa l t the enemies o f h is Gor l - ' , I f ye be l ieve no t , r t ra r " I ; \N l " - lesha l l c . l ie tn your s ins . "

' l ' l r i s a lv fu l t ru tb o r re wou ld r l r ink , ts onough

to put to si lence al l the cavi l i rr tne world agalns! t tre i) ivinrry ut 'the t ion of God, as Gocl .

As the l i v rng God, he is the au thor o f a l l rhe l r fe rv [ r i ch has been,or sha l l be g iven to c rea ture i I rn b rm was l r te , . fo l by h r rn wcre a l tt l r i r rg " made, and rh rough hr rn do a l l t t r ings suos is r , i rea ted by h i in ,and uphe ld by h i rn I a r rc i , rvhr le " [ ex rs l as God, .ye s i ra l l l i ve a iso .r l s t l te Son o i God iu h rs d ry tne per$on, w i r i c l r rn tp l r rs i t i s e te rna ,

'TX{E GOSPEL il{AGAZII{E, 9.5Ire lat ionship to the Father , he l ived in etern i ty as a person exis t ingwi th the Father ; he is in ' th" born,n o i in"^p ' " r f r " r , i f r " only l f r "go;te... of the Father, the expres,;, image ol the Farherr'tt - S"" l iC-lJ,wi thout tbe consideratron of the human nurur" ,

" i t t " r . U"av o, ,or- i l lHe was a l)ivine Person : the human

";i;;" dicl nor -;[" fr i- *person ; b* t the son of God d id take the hrr rnao oature in to unio.wi th h imsel f l , and thorrgh possessing t*o naturer , he is but one per-

so. ' As the adorable son of God,-he r ived before a[ the *r i r i , tl i f le rvith the Father-a l ife of iu.on""io"trl" a"i igfrr. H-;;;-;hI 'a ther has said of h is dear Son, , , in * to*- rnv soul del iehreth: , ,anri the dear Son of God has said oi the r'",rr&,"I,.. i ;;; ?l; i; ' ir l_{il i el''1;""^.stantl y a.n d i n'ariab ry rerli"i

" s:;l ;^.,.; ;;i;;;' i;i;_oelrgnt lng wl th the Father before the wor ld rvas_:e io ic inE. , , t f ia tne possessecl the same nature, being, and per fect ion. , ur t t ' thar r restood in such a relation r, bim a, thJson orir.rl putt,"r-ancr becauser j lve as the Son o l 'God,-ye shal l l ive a lso."

(To be Continued.)

iPOSTOLICAL SUCCESSION.

Ir is the qreat.impor.r.ance attached to tt ie subject by those r.vho con-tend for the Aposto l ica l succession, which

"6nr t i t "ute* no in"o*L

derable par t of thei r error . what has not beerr 6xecl and l im; teain the Div ing Word, tbey t ry to 6x ancl l imi t , and confr r re f r " i " -ferences and dei luct ions; und then they make thei r i , , f , " rJnce"eq r ra l t o r v l t a t i s t : xn re ; s i y com la r rded .

-No r do theV no t i ce t he

di f ference rvhich Bishop .s t i l l ingf leer and orhers t .u" l i u , ,o *ukuterween- an Apostolic example, and an exarnple enjoined to be fol-lowed ; thb former beins often occasioned by ex'istinicircurnstances,arrd therefore not nece\sar i ly b i r rd ing; und the la i ter being con-f i rmed bv a Div i r rc sanct ion- , and thcrefore pernranentry b i l rd inf .To confbund th ings of th is r rature has been t i r " o"cor ion 'of . r ror?foll ies, and nristak"es in every age.

t

The object I rrorv.p'o.1lose]is t-o sho,r', rhat there was noifr.rer] anJuniJorm plan prcscr ibed by our saviour , or pu 'sued b.y h iJapost les,at to sucbesrion, or..arc"iy any otrier trL.,n"rroi Jir.r"trri"".t"Trri3v iew is consonant wi th .pr inc ip les a 'owed by Arcbbisr iop cranrner ,Bisiop, Sti i l ingfleet, and in a-measu,re by Hooker, Bishop Tomline,and other Episcopal ianu. . Ng exclus i l le system, such'as that ofRome arrd t l re Frr"ey i te schoo_l

" .u, , cornpor i rv i th ihe account g ivsn

us in the Ncrv Tc. t : r rncrr t . I r rdeer l , the pu"ey; tes would f i , ,d ' i t ad i f f icu l t tas i { to prove thei r aposto l ica l succession.

Aposto l ica l , as held by those o i the paprs"r rcAL school is s imolvth is : - t ( Chr is t appointed and sent h is apost les, the apost les LJ-po. inted and or .dained b is l rops, and these b is i rops appoin ie, l aud o ' r -dained thei r successors; and none but rhose who i l ius der ive thei ro rd ina t i on a re eu t i t i ed t o t he p rom ise r ,6 Lo , I am w i th voo u l * " veveu unto the end of the worl i ." a i ,ur-f rnl, i . ,r"Lir"p;;; j

252 TI{E cosPEL M.dcazrNn'

bv the express delarar ion o l ' scr ip ture, for Chr is t d iJ 'exprcssly

tgnq

f6r th h is apost les, ant l d i t l promise to be wi th them to the end of

the worldr'but he said nothing about the ordination of their succes-

*orr, o. the transmis;ion of any commission to them. This is only

an infererice drawu frOnr rhe promise, and by no means a necessary

;;". It is the aork o[ the ministry that btrr Saviour speaks of,

and not the appointrnent to the work, The apostlbs were to go

forth and prcichtbe gospel, teach, and ba.ptize,and to olrserve what-

ever he ha,l communied' thern : and to them as doing this. work the

nromise rvas made, and made to a l l t l ra t woul l engage lo t t u l l to

ih" e, , , .1 of the wor ld. This is the only legi t imate in ference, and

the onlv one which can be supported 6y facts and the succeedinq

historv"of the church as deta i ied in t6e Acts of the Apost les. The

onlv do*mission given the apostles in the passage above alltr;ed

to,'was to preach, ba1tize, and to teach., and there is.nol a siugle

alfusion to any authoiity, rnuch less is there any, authotity given

them to "o*o,irio,t

othriri for the same work. There is not to be

found an instance oD which our saviour has g iven h is apost les an.v

commission to appoint successors I and. there is no prece,P! or an

order on the subject. There is indeed an account of what tlre-y

afterwards did and practised I but even that wil l not b.ear out aoy

thinE like what is hbld out bv the PAPIsTTcaL Successionists'TB interpr"t the promise of Chrittr- " fio, I am w.ith you alrvay,

&c." as 'coi,f'ned' to'his apostles and Lhose.ord'ained,by thern, is not

onlV wi t l rOtr t ev idence, b l t Contrgry to ev ldence, and tne eXper lence

of ihoorundt. Let it be thus l irniied, and Paul is completely shut

out , for he was not appointed r ror .ordained by, any of thefrs fapos-

i l . . ' to *ho* the pro in isewas made. But le t the.promise bc v iewed

as made to them a* preacher.s of rhe gospel, and to.ail such in t_hat

character, and Paui as well as others unconnected witS tbe 6i'st

apost les wi l l be inc luded. The quest ion is , Is -not the promise

made to them as preachers of the gospel i t t Gor" be says, " at td

teach, &c." and ' i Lo, I am with y-our" thaL is,. rnanifes.t in Spirit

and in Dowerr when you ared,oing the work; and with all who shalldo the ' rvork i r r r to tht end of t6e wor ld. And so i t was; for i t is

said iu Mark; '6 they went forth and preached ever-vwhere the I'ono

woRKrNc wlru THEM." And i t was not only wi th them he worked,. but with others who derived no commission from tbem ; as shall be

hereafter proved.- -t" hiJtory of the Acts shall be brie€y referred to; and we-sJrall

f ind that whai bas now been advanced wil l be confirmed; What

*u* trr" f irst act of t lre apostles after our Saviour's assension ? It

ryas to f i l l up thei r own number. Did they proceed. in t l r is mat ter

as i f the saviour had g iven them t l re power_to aPpotnt and ordaln

".roth", apostle I BV iro meaos. The whole or nearly the rvhole

"ho."h thln existing, were as$embled together, and?e.ter proposed

t'be matter to them."' iwo were chosen, notexclusively by the apos-

ti.r, Uut by the whole company; and the selection was decided

T}IE GOSPEL MAGAZINE. 253BY Lor ; antl'that constituted h*n, an apostle aithou,t any ordiwtion,There was no commission given him by those who were alreadyapostles, and yet he was, rio doubtenti i led to thepromise made lryotrr Saviour. After the lot fell on him the only thing said is, that" he was numbered wi th the e leren apost les." ' Her i i t a d i f ferentmode of appointment from what the PaplsrrcAr, Successionists,or any o_ther class of successionists, can prove was 6xed and settledby our Saviour .

The- first appointment by layinq on of hands of the :ipostles wasa seculur one; the ordination ofseven: and those were chosen bt!the people, to administer the alms of the church. Two of these, iochosen by the people, preached; and we read of iro apostolical com-miss ion or author i tv beinE g iven them for that purpose : and i frhat had been esseitial, i t 'wBuld have doubtler. L""it given andmentioned too ! Stephen preached, arrd the Lord roas cliarlq uithhim: be did the work, though nol apostolically commisiioned.The other, Phil ip, not only pre-ached, butbaptizei, also: and with-out any apostolical commission for these purposes. He went toSamaria and '5 preached the word" there i and we are etpresslyto ld that what occasioned h is going there was the persecut ion thatraged in Jerusalern, Acts ri i i . tO.- Mantlroere conoerled, helieved,antl uere baptized by himl When rhis was known in Jerusalem,the apost lessent there twoapost les, Peterand John: And thesecondinstance-of the.laying on of hands took place then ; by rvhich thebaptized received the gifr of the Holy'Ghost, that i i in his mi-raculous operations as is evident from the context. Acts vii i ,I 5 - 1 9 .

Now, as Stephen and Phil ip were chosen by the people, and Wereneoer ordained by the apostfes to preach. there ouqht nor to be adoubt , that i f l the apost les had the exclus ive po*ei of ordain ingmen to preach and baptize, they never would have allowed theirpower to. be encroached upon almost immediately. Therefore, thefact is, that we have no aicount of such a power-being bestorved onthe apost les by our Saviour !

Fl, it it be conjectured, in the absence of proof, that these menordained to preach and bapr ize, though there- is nopart icu lar men-tion of this, then the Pellsls and th-eir all ies have only a conjec-ture to srrpport their apostole'cal succession, in opposition to the evi-dence and experienceof thousands, who' have ielt the porver ofGod ac-companying the ministry of persons, the Papists call here-lzcs. l3ut, we have an instance in the Acts, in wbich even a coryjec-ture caolot be harboured ! There is meniron rnade of a person.who (( taught dil igently the things of the Lord," being ,, rn s16-quentman, and nrighty in theScriptures,', uilhout an! apostolicalcomrntssionr-nay, even when he had not received baptismr., koow-ing only the baptism of John,?' Acts xvii i . e4,-zg. This wasApollos;_andlr_is rvork is spoken of with appr:obation ; and the Lord

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was evidentlu "t)ithhinx. And who were those who (( expoundedunto ApollSs the way of God more perfectl.y ?" fzoo tl isciples,.alutl-mah and a lay-wiman,-" Aquil i and Priscil la" arrd.they. dirl

th is wi thout any -commission

f rom the apost les ! For which, i t is

not improbablel some persons in the present day would excommu-

nicate them !What was the case of tltose dispersed when persecution raged at

Jerusalem I See .r\cts vii i . lr 4. There is no rnention of their ordi-

nation, nor can it be proved that so many were ordained. They

are referred to af terwaids in x i ' l9-21. t ' Ar ld some of them were

men of Cyprus and Cirene, which, when they were.corne to An-

iioch, Spake unto the Grecians, preaching t6e Lord Jesus' And

the h'ani of the Lorduas with thim: and i great number believed

and rurned unto the Lo1d." f{ere is the Saviour's protrrise verif ied,

ancl verif ied ro those who preacired : but of the succession of orders

we have no account. Wei'e it so important as made by the' Fapists

und th. i ta l l ies, i t would doubt less h ive been ment ioned. I t would

have been quite as Decessary to mention the commission as tlreir

f reachine, ' for

the one wi thout the other , as is l to tv taugbt would

have beei qui te useless !We come next to the case of Paui , which pre;ents an instance

rvhich singularly contravenes the sentiments of the P.tptstrc,lr.

Succession"ists. He was miraculously converted. And to whom

was lre sent for instruction and for baptism I To Ananias, rvho was

a disciple-a latl-rnan. It was Ananias that told him tbe purpose

of Clrrirt in con-vertinqhim ; that is, to make him an upostle; and tt

was Ananias, a lay- t ia t t ' that bapt ized h im I And af ter th isr -Pa' l

began instan tly to"preach, rvithout any other cornmissiott ! If i t had

beln n".dful f6r ParrI to be appointed f or ordainecl , or comrnissioned

lrv t f r " apost les, the Lord, in 'h is prot idence, nr ight have easi ly-ar-

, insed th ines so as to send Paul to one of tbeut , and not to a- la-y '

, io i r i t he thought proper; as he d i rected Cornel ius to send fbr

Peter ; but thef ,o. . i a ia not do so; and doubt less he had a rv ise

,ruruor" to snswer. I f th is had been done, what a s t rong hold i t would

i ruui i , " "n for thc succcssionis ts ! Some conjecture or other would

orobablV have been bazarded in l ,4rs case, h i rd rye t tc fa l t l ter in [or-

L,",ion Ln th" sub.lect tha' that given in the Acts. . Bu.t t.he apostle

hi*r"lf, in his epiit les, has p-ut.ihis ca-se.beyond t6e l imits of con-

jecture, andrti ld it,beyond their reachJor eter." Bu. we hav'e not dofe with the case of Paul' He had, the laying

an o-f hanrJs; but it w4s by a lay'.man.: and it is the only.instance

.u* ' iruu"

in the Acts of suih a ihing being done for a ministerial

11urpose. Are the Romish priests, or tbe Ptrseyites ordained -byiou-nr tn? We have in f ' ,c t l to account , throughout the whole New

tlrtament, of any one of the twela,e apostles onl.*initzg ung one to the

ministry: and if ihey had a.n e.rclusive power.for this purpose,,we

should l tave had sorDe recorded instance in which they-exerc lsed I t ,

u, *.l l as rhose recofdetl instances in which they did lay on hands

THD GOSFET, 1!I,T.GAZINE. ?55for other pur l loses ! But Paul , and a lso Barnabas hacl hands la id onthem: and t l rey went for th r r r consequencc <l f t l r is to ( { to the workwherunto" the Holy Ghost . . had bal led thenr .n, But rvho la idhands on thern I Noi an,y one of tbe apost leso but 66 cer ta in prophetsatrd teachers" at Ant iocL ! This is the onlv miu isrer ia l ord inat iourecorded in tbe Acts, and not one of the a"post jes had anv hand ini r !_This is i t t tpor tat t t , and nr ight be used'as an argum"ent to se,aside the ordinotion, as it does ihe at,sttrd nolion o[ th"e succession-is ts . There is noth ing more througbout the Acts that refers to th issubject , except an expression resp"ect ing paul and Barnabas thatthey ' ( or .dained e lders i r r ev"ry church. ; ' Acts x iv . 2 j . Barnabaswas uei tber an aposr le, nor a b isbop; ancl vet he ordained e lders"

The rvord rendered. , , ordainedt ' y*ooto ionrrq, might wi th morepropr iety be rendered appointed, se lected, or-choie, as i t is ren-dered in 2 Cor. r ' i i i . t9 . . ( Wbo was a lso chosen of ihe churches,{"." Iu whar ryay ive did ordaiu them rve are not told. T'hevthemselves were af lpointed to thei r work, accordi r rg to the d i rect ioho t t he Sp i r i t by . , p rophe ts and teac l re rs r " and tha iby l ay ing ou o fhands: and they af terwards aDpointed e lders. whet l rer

-bv- lav inr"

on of hands.ot , io t , we are not ' in formed. I l , iherefore, #" 96 U|the recorded. e.xarnples of Scr ipture, we must t race the lay i r rg"on ofnat lds for mrnrster ia l purposes to thei r . . propl rets and rcachers,"and to Ananias, a layman', and not to tlre trveive apostles, of rvhoielay i r rg on of hands for th is purpose tLere is no nrent ion, no, nei theriu the ; lc ts , nor iu arr_y of ' the Epist les rvhich they h ive

'wr i t ten.

And st range. i t is , i f th is power were exclus i ve ly deiegated to therr rrve have, wi th oniy one except ion ( that of St . paul ) no account ofit-that we have rio account l i tf,". tf th:e bestowal oi the rrower.. oraf i ts e*rc ise. / But such is the fact*we haoc no such'n"o.runt .and let those rviro pleari for such an account, procluce it '11 tfr"ycan.

Our Sa' . ' iour appointed h is aposr lcs to the rvork of l min is t r .y , but d. i t tr io f

,ex pressly i r r v e5l .11-r"nr ^r i th -powet

to a ppoin t orhcrs, , ' f hat powerne l r as rese rved to h lmse j t : and we see by t he h i s to ry o f t he chu rchiu the i \c ts , that he exerc ised i t on sever i l occasionJ as he thoughtproper, without the instrumentalityof his apostles. And does he iorreserve it sti l l I Where bas he delegated i1 ? Let the document beproduced. !-e ha9 norr_as it wereftied himself dorvn to any spe-c i f ic mode. He adopted in the pr imir ive church var ious

-p lans.

He l i imsel f sent for t t r h is e lexen aposr les bv rvord of mouth. bhei rI r un ibe r was comp le ted by l o t . He endued S tep l ren and Ph i l i p w i t h1l r rg.? e. f fu" iorr t ' i t ' h is sp i r i t , anr l they pLeacl red and bapt i led.-The d isc ip les a, t Jerusalem when d isp-ersed bv persecut ion, w"ntfor th and pr" .acbed h is gospelr .and he b lessed

" thei r min is t r i : . He

fPPeareA to Paul , and d i rected Ananias, a la"y"rnan, and he-put h ishands on Paul, anri baptized irirn. Our Loid sent forrh prul anciBarnabas to the work of the min is t ry , having f i rs t d i rected sorne6 prophets and teacl rers ' to lay hands on them. ' -And theyaf terwards

266 THE GOSPEL.MAGAZTNE.appointed or chose elders for the churches which tlrev had formed.We read of all this, and not a word of anything l ike"the peprs.rr,cAL or Pusnyrru notions of Apostolical sicces"srox or Apostolicalco i l l t t s s roN .

But in Paul 's epis t les to T imothy. an express ment ion is madeof lay ing on of hands by Paul and " the Pnessv ' rEev. What th iswas I shall hereafter d6scribe. Timoth.y rvas left at Ephesus, tofinish tbere what Paul had leftundone, un"d Titor was sent to Cretefor ,a s imr lar .purpose. - {nd they were to ordain or appoint e lders ;and these e l t lers were a lso cal led b ishops. (See Ti tus i .5-9. Thiswas a course different from what we before noticed. That Timo-thy and Titus were nbt then lired in those places, appears clearl ' rom the lprst les sent to them; They were presid ing or ru l ingelders, and_the clrurches were left to th:eir care.' This a-ppearr eoi-dent frorn Paul's charge to the elders of Eptresus as recorded inActsxx. i?-3s. He-devolved on them t i re whole care of theEphesian .Church. Though he rvas doubt fu l whether he sbouldever see theln again, he const i tu ted no b ishop over them, r lor se_lecte.d any o{ thein for that purpose. Had he deemed rhat indis-perrsible he doubrless would trave done so. The professed ofice ofa.bishop, as confessed by some of t lre most learned irr arrtiquity,dld not exist at 6rst, but came into use by degrees, and- .u,adopted.for the sake of ord,er and regularitg, atid thi-r io some placessooner than in others. Evenlin thJtime 6f Cl"*.nt of Rome, wbosent arr epis t le to the Church at Cor inth, there does not appear tohave been any BrsHop then const i tu ted in that ihurch.- From al l the preceding account , and ib embraces a l l that can befound mater ia l on the sub. iect , the conclus ion we urr rs t corne to, isobvious, namely, t i ra t thei 'e is no such succFssroN la id dorv in iheNew Testament, as the Peplsrs and their ALLrEs. have absurdlyassumed. So far is this froru being a disadvantage, rbar ir is a greitexcellency. The gospel is no^t ciogged by their sJsr.en) of diicip-i lne, tnat l t mtght obtatn a t ree course throughout the rvor ld,T.here are certarn general principles ancl exampies recorded. Towhich we do wel l 16 take hbed in th is day of phi losophy, t radi t ions,visions, and infidelity.

. The blessings of itre gospel are not made dependenr on the opi-ntons of men, but on the power of God. But presrrmptuous mal tattem-pts to preventr,or make void the testimony of God. 0, whenwill t6is wicked nvoik, on *hich an awful woeis denounced, of atl-cling to God's lvorul, be given up and relinquisbed !

Thesentirnents of Archbishop-Cranmer, ai quoted by Stil l irrgfleet,are.well known, and convey ideas as accurate perhals as can rvellbe had on the subject. (. Bishops and priests" he siys, wel.e nor/x t . th ings, but boih one of f ice i r i the beginning of Chr ls f s re l ig ion.In the Nerv Testanlent , he that is appointed to be a b ishop orpr iesrneedeth'rlo consecration by the scripture , for elecliorz or .ap'poirtt-?rJj thercro is sufficient;"

- The opinion of Archbishop Whrtgifr,

TIIE GOSPEL MAGAZINE. 257as quoted bv the same aut l tor in h is l rerrcunx. 0,394. is the fo l ;lowing:- ( ( " r fhe form of d isc ip l ine is t ,o t pai t icu lar ly and bvDalne set down in scr ipture, N-o Alnd.of government is expressedin the word, or

"un be necessarily concluded tbence." I i these

words of the two aichbishons are -well

fbunded. what becomes ofthe Papistical or Puseyite notion of the apostoiical succesionr -asadvocaled now by the bxford divinesand thLir friends I It is whollyd-ernolished, andLppears to be nothing more than a human inven-t ionr ,a Papish t radi i ion, wi thout anyth ing in scr ip ture that can berightl_v and fairly adduced for its ., ippori. It i i indeed no rnorethan a scheme made up ofshreds and patches formed and connectedby guesses and conjeciures, and varnished over by a compositionmingled and prepaied by wicked men for carrral $,trpor"r. '

\Vhat Bishbp Toml inL saysin h is Elements, r i l , i , p . 4oo, eor-responds essentially with the sentiments of the two Archbishops.t ' A-s it had not pleased our Almighty Father," he says, '3 to pre-scribe any particular form of civil government for the securitr- oftemporal comforts to his rational criatures, so neither hath he pre-scribed' any particular farm oJ'ecclesiastiaal pati,ty as absolutely.necessary ro rhe atrainment of eternal n"ooT"ihorESTANT.

Evenorr,rcer, Gror,ocy.LrrrBn v.

'fo Dr. Pyc *g.ifh, aith re.ference to his Course q1f Lectures on

'c Geologq unrl Revelation,l't 7ro* bcing delixered at the Congre-g a t.ional Li h r ary, B lo om field, - s tr e e t, Fi ns b urg - c it-c tt s.

Slnr-Without any unchr is t ian exul tat ion over t l re unenviable po.s i t ion in u 'h ich you must now stand l refbre -your d issent ient f r iends,we_have, wi th grat i tude to the Most Higb, to proc la im your tota lfailure ro Drove-, or make out ao_y scriptti iai, o.

"v"n scienti ic, de-

tnonstrat ion of the l is t o f p ious proposi t ions arranged before vou inour last letter, as gathered from your six preceding lectuies on" Geology"and Revelation." Nor

-one single'evidentii l proof could

you establish, either from the grafinnatical construction of the sa-c.red language, or from any consistency of truth in the principles ofthe ' ( new sc iencer" of whrch you have thus promineut ly presentedyoursel f as tbe evangel ica l hera ld. The only dernonsi rat ion youpretended to o$'er was-a half-risible rid ic ule ol the scien r i f ic isn orJnccof .tbe J9w1, and of the lroly penmen of rhe Word of God.- trVe saya hal f - r is ib le r id icu le ; for , had not your re l ig ious audi tors beenoverawed by our prev ious auinradvers ions on thei r p ious inrp iety int l re nrat ter 6f tbe ' f lood, there is no doubr that we ihould h ive badthe same:dernonstrat ions of godly asel ) t to your hal f -humourous ex-posi t ions of the sc ient i f ic ignorance of the { ,holv oren who spake

?58 THE COSPEL MAG"A.ZINE.as they rvere moved by the Holy Ghostr" as tbose r,,hich we wit-nessed on the former occasion of your facetious porrraitu'e of theNoahean ark. St i f led r is ib i l i ty ias, however, p la in ly mani fest ,spr ink led wi th- a few open dernonstrat ionu; uni especia i lv ( i f wemistate.not) . f rom amoirg your own pupi ls . ' We enter thus 'par t i .cu lar ly in to the c i rcumstan-r ia l conduct 'o f the. memorable iec i . res,that thei r t rue narure, sp i r i t , and pr inc ip le may be unequivocal lyuranifest. And with principles, rve repeat, we ire now specificallydeal inq.

Your opening, Si r , o f ' the expected proofs o[ the godly proposi -t ions in quest ior) , s tar ted t ' rorn Psai r r is x i i . 6 . as a"characte i is t ictext , 66 The words r - r f the Lord are pur .e rvords; as s i lver t r ied in af'urnace of earth, purif ied seven tim;s.r' This you assumed, at theoutsetr as descriptive of the characteristic natuie of God's revealedword ; and according to rvhich assumpr ion your in tended dernoo-stat ions would be exhib i ted, t rn expl icat ion of the text , therefore,and the^assumed p r i uc ip le i t i nvo l v i d , you ta ' s l r t , t ha i t he r vho leword o l Uod ts there ln contpared to s i lver ore, ln i ts nat ive state;aud that , in the in terpretat ion thereof , the in terpreter rnust act thepart of the metal l ic ref iner l that is , be must r i isengage the Scr iptures1o be expounded f rom al l adsci t i t ious marrer of sc i jn t i f ic ignoiance,l ruman defect ib i l i ty , and ot i rer natura l rveaknesses and f ra i l t ies, inthe holy penmen 1-and so, set for t i r the pure s i Icer of the inspi redport ions of . the Sacred Volurne, and thei r d iv ine meaning ro man-k iod. This, i t ap l )ears, Si r - , is the- onl .v pr inc ip le of Scr ipture in-tcrpretat ion whic i r you acknowledge; and th is is in lamentableharrnony w- i th th_e fo l lorv i r rg neolos i io-evangel ica l v iews of , the in_spiration of the_Book o.f Life, puli i i .hed in y:our ,t Scriptural ' Ies-

t imony to the l \ less iahr" before-a l lLrded to: -

, " -3!" Hol ; ' .Scr iptures, rvh ich are rhe h is tcry and deposi tory ofthe Hebrew and Chr is t ian economies, have t i rere ibre bee' commi i tedto wr i t ingr . under such a k jnd and dcgree of c i i r . ine in f lue_nce, thatrs , rns-ptrat lon, as was requis i te , in every casel ivhether of thc rnostcomplete suggest ion, or of ass is t ing and d i rect ing the ord inary fa-crr l t ies of those whom the l {ost High was p leased-to empioy cn th,subiect of inspi rat ion.

' ( We have reason, f ronr the whole tenor of -scr io ture. to bel ievet l rat i t is not the wi l l o f God to ef fect any cnd by L mirac le, whichcoulcl be as well effected by the establrshect

"our"ru and rnethods of

hrs. prov ic lence. F lenc,e, I - in fer , thar the k inr i or c legree of rnspi -ration rvor:ld be according to the riature of the obieit-revelatio'a ,nd the h ighcst suggestron, where they *" r " n""" r r " " ry ; but wherethey rvere r lo t necessary, that super intencience or d i rect ion ofd iv ine l iower upon the rn ind, which were suf ic ient for the pur .pose.

6 'For example, the t i r ree f r iencis of Job, and sonret inres Jr :bhi rnsel f l , advance many posi t ions which ate r rot t l .ue iu pr inc ip le,nor r ight in pract ice, s t i l l less inspi red; rhougb thei r 'er ror i in

l ' I {E GOSPEL MAGAZINA. 2Ssseneral seem to have lain i ' mistrndertandinq and rnisapplvinE sen.t i rnenrs which were i r themselves t rue

" ;A ; ; ;J : ' - t [ ; . " '?" , , i i_

tnel ] ts . c lear ly h^armoniz ing wi th the d ic tates 'bf insr l i red doctr . ine(as r t ls t (nown f romthe p la in par ts of scr ip ture) , and ut tered wi th:lt"-":lT,T,ljesty,, as truths which none

"l"f,f 'li.1irr",

*"*, i^at t probabr l i !y , the apotbeums of the ear l iest patr iarchs; of suchmen a$.F-noch and Noah, Shem and Abraham and Nle lchis idec ; andthus l rad f lowed f rom an or ig inal fountu in of d iv ine inrp l r " t ion.^Y"r-.]1.1 o u r s u peri or i ll u rr i riat ion, fro * rf,""p"ri"","a';;;;i;i ;;,1J:_q:^ l ,h .d, to

urrdersraud them bet ter , and app. ly them more just lyrnan i l rose who spake or wrote thern. , '_(Tssi . "Mesr. pp. lS, ao.Edi t . rBsz._, ,S, ,gh are the op. in ions of Dr . pye Smith on the inspi rat ion of the, : :11

o, Uod, and og:u"q pr inc i l i les d. res he i r r terpr .et i t , and teacht ts ln terpretat ion. - Thus is he h imsel f re6ner-qeneral in l is pro[es_stonal and min is ter ia l sphere of act ion ; thus dSes he t ra in uo 'a suc-:^"-::t:1

of evangelical refiners rvho areio refine the i.rpir"J'""i"*1ror th .err f u ture.c.ongreg.at ions; and on the same ref in ing pr inc ipredoes he proeeed in the dernonstrat ions of the holy propo". i i ion, iu ,forth in the presenr course of lecrures on;; b"ofJg;;;J'R;;5;-t i on . "

Standing, therefore, in th is evangel ica l and,scr iptura l pr inc ip le,Dr ' Pye smi th essayed on TuesdJy

"u"n ing rasr ro renne varous

parts of the Word oi God,,by applying to thtm the t"st* of ". ir i"fscieuce ; and in rhe sacred prot6ri, tf ie reverend *6n"i rrAil" i lthe mused observance of his'pious auditory it

"-i!".rr. i, 'u*rirTi.,:Jj.n"*::,i:._..p^p::i "* 1i n. ld diti on ro ali t he c r?at i o n

"U. r ra i ii", Ithat , accordlng to. the words of the holy penman, the ear th *au

-."::.no",o, on,a ptatn, su,pporretl by pil lars and pedestals, and sur_

rounoeo Dy the oceau ; that the c louds were large receptacle bausor skrns, conraining water; that the de* earde ao*i, fro,,,. i l i . lsKy ; that the l lghtnrng.proceeded from ignited pieees of charcoal ;that the thunder was* l i tera l ly^ thc voiceo of Cid; ,d ; ; i ; ; ' ; ; ; ; ,show, and hai l , ex is ted ready- formecl , in vast . "por i tor i " r - ; ; ; ; ; ;the clouds, or in the ocean ii rhe beavlens. atf i[ i , ,"n;i l;;t1as

vast ly amusir rg; .but i r was a r id icu l ing laugh " ,

* " , "?"" r i f i "lgnorance ot the holy people, entirely gni.tuito=us, and a refininr"operarron on, rhe scrrptura l ore ( in the rough ! ) whol ly soperf luouf itor we use the very expres-sions to this h6ur, in the lui,euun. oicommon

, r l ter :ourse, amid. the surrounding 'braze of nu?uru- l * " i -ence' ano rn tne fuil Dossession of the immortar develrpments ofCopernicus, Gali leo,'and Newton.

-^Pi_._d''"i_"nstrating.geologist then rvenr on to apply the sanre saidrennrng prrncrpre to thc rnain purpose-the expci i i ion of the f i rs tcnap. or ben, ; su.pposlng, consider ing,probabi iz i r rg, rssumirrE.(butev loencul€1, provtng, aud denronstrat ins noth ing) that . . , the 6egin_ning" Gen, i . I , m;st have been.oont l " .o ages anrerror to the cre-at ion of man j , that in a l l probabi l i ty Asia wa's,n,he

"ar t f , ; r i f .p6 l1

260 THE cosPEL llIAGAzrNE"

of lancl that f irst emersed from the deep, and on wbich the first

created man and fanimais were placed ; that the l ight which is said(or supposed) to have been created on the first dav, l lad no doubt

existeii ' through a long anterior duration, but was invisible, fy t ' l t"' r 'eason of ttre"mist thal surrounded the emerging earth;.that the

great l ights, the sun, and the moonr w-erenot created on the fourthiay, bui f ir it becaml visibrle on thai day, having been created at

some long unknown anter ior per iod.Such a?e the principal features in Dr. Pye Smitlr 's tristory of the

ereation. by the'appliation of the refining science of geology to

the rougb scripture enltlasse.Noiv, what we full.yexpected, and had the mos,t just right lg e*-

pect of Dr. Smith, atier the open promulgation of the aforesaid ter-

i if icallv evangelical propositions, was alwofold demonstratlon'-fthem-lthe onE demonstration geologically scientif ic, t lre other He-braically qrammatical ; in bot[ of wlich Dr. Pye Smith has openly,notorioir. iy, and immortally failed' For5the. for1ne1,..f! only haveoffered to Ls peradventures, suppositions, and probabil it ies,.backedbv a regiment of recantant and sel f -contradlcent modern geologlsts ;ui,d, foi tbe latter, we are'favoured with an opinion that the con-

iunctive Hebrew particle VAU (we use Roman cbaracters for ty-'posranhical

reasons) maY in this passage be made disjunctive, and

lo?irionn""t the first frim the second -verse

of the 6rst chapter of

Geneqis, aud,therebypermit us to.imagine that the first verse f Peaksof a separat"

"t"ution at some rmmeasurably'arlterior period; a

sceDt ica l ,6 lv inE refuge," wl r ich has been exploded t imes wi thout

nu*b"t : tnd lui. ly, and very abl.v so, b.y Professor Moses Stuart,in hit inrobuertibld

"n.ru". t6 Proiessor [I itchcock, on that gram-

matical point: a grammatical fact, so plain to every sound Hebra'

ist. so e'vident to"every honest God-fearing Hebrew interpreter's

conscience (some of thl most eminent of wbom is b.y our side) that

it is unquesiionable by any, sace a mod-ern :ceptically and wickectly

determinate but again a-nd again defeated geologist.^ Dr'..Pye

Smiih bau no mot"i ivide the first consecutive portion of the divine

recordr which extends from the I st to the end of tbe 5th verse, and

*ti i"t is coniunctively ancl su6srantively connected by the unitinil.lf"U*, chaiacter PAY, at its terminaiion, than he can unite the

lnnnitu of seolosical contradictions into a onetress of truth. The

"onn"lt inn'arrd "combining Hebrew characters have " joinedtt the

wholesubi tance (Gen. 1 to 5) '€ together" , in the holy lar rguager '

and so has the Cieator himself in bis own interpretation ; nor-can

br. S* i t t , wi th a l l h is neological ly ref in ing l ing.u ism, ever lawful lyi out th"i ' asunder." Thii exflected l ingual attestation of his

l"i. l ing eeological prindiple is the-very- object.for which we waited,

but in" ia in; 'Dr . Pye Smith merely dropped-a passing e l l ip t ica l

bint, not offering a-word of philological proof' Had he.done so,

atrd had attemptJd anv ulawful wresting or'perversions of the sacred

text, we wereTully piepared, to expose them, and to impress that

THE GOgPEL M.A,CIAIINE. 96Iexposure on this journal, and to transmit it a! once to the foilreorners of the ear th," The preseot is not the 6rst t ime that we have brought geologismand geologists to dris decisive issue. C)n a former ociasi6n, in- ourpublic " Answer to the Christian Observerr" we defied on the pagesof th is same journal (The Time; , Ju ly 14, IsSa) a l l the pre emini r t rgeologists, Prefessor Sedgwick, Dr.Chalmers, Dr. Buckland, theRev. Mr. Con.r'bere, and others, (and we now add to their l isl Dr.Pye Smitb) to disprove our scriptural position, then and thereinscr iptura l ly proven-that the term , , dayr" Gen. i . 5 , is the samein durat ion as thar of Bxodus xx. I I ; and that , . the beginninq" isimmediate ly connected wi th the creat ion of man : e" ih poJr t ionbeing substant ia ted by the in terpreta ion of the Creaior h imie l f . Adisproof of these positions r", n"oer ailenrpteil by anv one of theabove eminent geologists and evangelical

-dignitir iesl nor lras it

been effected now by"Dr. Pye Smith, for he ailmits thai the formerof the two posi t ions is insubvert ib le; that the word , , day" cannotbe made to siguify an indefinite period of t ime ; and ihat, if i tcould, it wouldinvolve many absurd geological principles, whichare now recanted and exploded. Th6 lattir pdsitionl thireforesti l l stands on the basis of everlasting veracity, impregnably uo-moved.

The sentiments of a certaiu unknown gentleman, named .r Baco-nicus Chr is t ianus," were eulogical ly quoted by Di . Pye Smith onthe rnemorable Tuesday eveniig 1a.1, in .upport of his whollv un-demonstrated demonst iat ions. " And what

'demonstrat ion. 'do""'{ Baconicus Christianus"- produce I None whatever of greaterweight and evidence thau thbse of his euloqist Dr. pve Smith. Hisdemonstratioils are to this proven certaintyi--,, To all appearancer"* having every appqaranc'er" &c. Theig apparenr ftbnuUitit i",form the whole wbight of proof he can offer i and these he consi-ders to be demonstrit ions of sufficient evidence to set aside entirelvthe- '6 commonly received" and ( . fo is tedt t in terpre iat ion of Gen.1r .2, wi th * l " popular comments." So much fo i Dr . pye Smith 'sChristian Observei neological-geological friend, We "beg leave,however, to add the highly exa-ited "name

of ., Baconicus'Chrirt i-anus" to that of Dr. Pye Smith and the other geological princes ;and we sacredly defy them all to give lawfull l, 'and'honeltlv anvother interpretation of the openine of the fi iuine hisrorv br tn*creation and of the deluge than tf,at (to use Christianris's ownpious expression) .. commonly foisted" by the Euelish Bible onthe wor ld.

We naturall_v anticipate the loud lament that wil l be heardth^rougtrout all ihe geolo'gical fraternities. What then i;; i l ;;;o f our popular ( ( new sc ience i " We repeat , again and aEain. therightful-alternative. Let it remain in tbe r. outEr courtr, ' a-nd ihere(ar--to all_the p_r_esent-day human fancy, populari"ty, aricl purpose)

Yor. IV.-No. VI . -

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261, THlr &ospnl MAcAzrNE.be pursued apart, nor let it again approach the sanctuary of eter-nal truth, rror apply its refining operatiorr to the prrre silver of itswhole inspired.veraeity, unti l i t sball have got rid of its recanta-tions and contradictions, and sball have arrived at a common senseproportion of proveable intell igibil i tSr, consistency, and unity ofev idence !'We

would now advise Dr. Prye Smith. for the consummation ofhis geological and evangelical glory, to ioin, four months hence,the motley troop of stroll ing pbiloiopheis, the present Brit ish re-presentatives of Nervton ; who in their due rotation wirh Barrister.and Company, Wombwell and vans, are to exhibit at Birminghamin August next (should they hold fast tbeir philosophic foll ies solong as to pay that menaced visit), Dr. Pye Smith may there pro-claim the decided geological triumph he has won at the Congrega-tional Library in London, and may extend his evangelical farne byjoining in th'e applause; of *"ny

"onsistent and tru"e clergyrnen of

the Church of England ; while one rienies that the Bible was everintended to give a history of the creation, wlri le another avers thenecessity of concluding that mankind must have proceeded fromnlore than one primeval pair, while a third asserts that geologicaldiscoveries render a new ftanslation of the 6rsr cbaoter of Genesisabsolutely necessary, arrd while the rvhole clerical tssemblage cansitand hear the loudest plaudrts lavisbed on the arvfull-y-immorta-l ized Dr. Prieqtly-plaudits, commendative not only of lr is exten-sive philosophic researches, but of his conscientiqus. labours toinfidelize away all Chrjsti,an faith in the DivinitSr of, tbe Son ofGod.

f am, Sir, purposing, by the Divine permission, to open up yeta l itt le farther the true nature of modern dissentient evangelism,yours faithfully,

39, Highburg-placc,April +, ra?s. HENRY COLE.

-ooa-

Gror.ocv.

Eveev man b5r nature is a Geologl'sf, he is of the earttr, earthy,and his foundation is of tbe dust. I le loadeth himself with tbickclay, a mere groveller in the eartlr. He digs tberein, but not.forthe pearl of g"reat pricer-it is tbr that which profiteth not. Thistheii wa.y is their fbll-y, yet tbeir posterity apProve their steps, un-ti l sheep-they are laid in the grave, and death feeds on them, andthen ends all their geologicallesearches I rrevertheless, the righ'teous shall have thddomlnion over them in the morning.

Yain man would be wise, though born l ike a wild ass's colt.Moses and the prophets, Christ an-d his apostles' are se-t at noughtby hin" He maketh tbe Almighty such a one as himself, and judg-eih bv analogy, not considering-the eartlt is under his direction,We aie toldfGeology is an aecumulation of facts ; yes, and.an ac-

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THD GOSPEL MAGAZINE. 263c,umularion of conjectures, And then our wise rnen begin to ouzzletdei r poor .b rai ns," i n exu*i ning i,;; ;h_ ;;;;lr';i d;?;;rh f# ;i::i::.l lr

subsrances, why some"are disolvent, ancl others of , Uriii i"nature; they emplov.their whys, ho*r, and *t"r" io*r, ' ; j ' i l ;draw t l re concrur ion"t t t . i i t " t i#r i" i r 'Lr" .nur, o. rLat there havl*"^ i , i " t cycles b9fc,e t i " ," : t t ,oufh; l ; . ; " lbok at rhetow stateor sclence, eve. until the last two tho-usand years,

"na "t tt" ,toil

:j":: ': l:":',": amons *u,,rlnd, it ;;;i l ';;p.ar to any impartialreasoner, tbat we were children jus_t emergi,i t

"oi inluil"yr lr-,i,",we had lately arisen frorn a stare'of b;rb.ii;..

upon the whole. di f ferent,sects of phi losopher, have each theirdifferent opinions and pre..ludices. sir Isaac Nervton wrote in hisPrincipia a Dissertation oi Cruoiiy, ;;;;" philosophers of Eu_rope got to,logqerheads upon_ tr,Ja".."ure .i ;;;;;ff ';;d* ;h"l"O,illor,

and the circular motion of ttre-eiittr as contradicting theBut it is rvrirten ai yjth a,sunb.gam, upon all terrestrial inquiries,{ t Hithertothou shaltancesof "",;";;;;:sp"",^T1ff {u'ff :*ilXff *':,-*";i*'"lisuch vain'sroundless conjectures, ^"i-r"r*i"

" Jir"ipr"

"t' i l; f;,of Jesus, tf,ere'fo receive instruciion" To act otherwise we shouldbe our at sea in all our d"fi"iti;; i;;1"" in uncertainry ou,r ,br ishtest v iews. and olunge our. top"l i " , i l " a"r f . abyss of despair ,To hear our scientifit nre"n te ll

";; ';;;;;;;"re does this, and naturedoe,s that, rvhile the im-mediate-ac,

"i C"a

'l;;r;i i i;:h#;;r:i,

leading to Atbeism. \,vh"; th";;y;;il of $e. Universe speaks,let all rhe world staird in awe "",1

ir;;;f;;. rvnun he made theworld, he qave rhe commanq, .; i;;;h';;; ie light, and there wasl ight". When he a"rtroyeJ ' tn"; ; r ld, ' ; " ;serts.

, { I , rvrw f , do!,1t:,,s "

flood of *ut.r upl,n rh" uurjn',i, 't ""r"

r"rp".,ing his asencvat l t l re cEolocrs.rs are only ,p""u"eroR.. Th:; ;"h; ; ; ;J i" l f t i iacer ta in tg , t l ra ta l l the r i ie rs ,un ln io - t tu sea, ye t the sea is no tl:l '";,l l l:t;he

place rr'm whenc" ir'" i i*', came, tbither they

.,- I l l :h:"Jd p"r.nn, Iose,t le ir t ime in f , rui t less researches, when:,|:_:t-*!t is far spent, and the day is ur t"no; our life is but a va_pour, so soon -passeth

it away nnd ,o" ur" g;n.. If we arrive at theextended age of fourscore years, one thir t is lost in sleeping, andi.:^":' i{: i"6le,portionri n

";'rl " g, aii

" f.l

"Si "" a i d le prattle.,I,herewas a phrlosopher rve knew,. of-the namd;r Urirri;i i;;;r",;;;ytor the lasr rwentv vears. of iis lif" *ou"to

"rure to be giro;;;";;;*.,of sand so f ine. i*""orth- d, , ; ' ; ; ; " ;* i iury "ouro

exceed. Hemoistened the sand dust with water ani other ingredients, to make:..*pl of. paste of it, and k";; k;"J.Is'i" ti,. lasr day of his trfe,atct dred without accomplis ir ing hi , p,urplr" . Hi, l ;J i , , ; ;d; ' ; ; ; ,rn I am baff ied. ' , Indeeo, aod rndeecl,

{1-n.1,t", in reasoning pride our er.ror l ies,lyren quri iheir spberes to rush into the skies.

Men get into philosophical and speculative researches which tendto no pront , for what can we reasoo but f rom what we know. Phi-losophers say, thet mau is a microcctsm, or l i t t le wor ld; as such, Ie t ,h im examine h imsel f , by ret i r i r rg 'v i th in; and endeavour to put t l tagadvice inro execut ion, g iven many centur ies past , " Know thysel f . "For t i l l th is is known, a l l o ther knowledge wi i l encl in delus ion.

Curiosity, if directed to useful and innocently pleasing pursuits'is not only lawful , but laudable. l t is to be b lanred when i t over-flows its banks, by becomiug inordinate, or attended with a degreeo[ undue resrlessness antl anxiety, or when rt too deeplv elrgagesour affectioos terminating in ob3ects, that are frivolous and im-Droper.'

lV" can relish the elegancies and tlre energies of a fine painting-the nice proportions and ttre exquisite anirnation of a masterlystatue-or a well executed medal-or tbe captiYating magit: of thenrusic ian 's f inger- together wi th the lovely srructures ra ised bvPal ladio, an In igo Jonls, or a Si l Chr is topher \4 ' ren. We l rave or tthese occasions a secret source of pleasure in our orvn breast, rvhichadds lustre to radiancy, and ri ignity to grandeur. For we considerthe successful efforts-of art, aJ so many of the works of God atsgcond hand. He is the primary fountairr of all the excellence of

+the beaulies by which we Cre charmed, or the skil l which we cannotbut admirer-of the hatmony that meltsthe soulr-an.i of the ma-g-

, nif icence that strikes and awes our sight' Fronr whence came the, wis,lom of our Bezaleels and Ahobabsl rvhether ancient or modern I

Let inspi rat ion answer the quest ion. t 'Then wrought ,Bezaleelaud Ahihab, and every wise--hearted man in whour the Lord putwisdom and understanding, to know how to rvork all urantter ofwof,k." Therefore, it may well be said, Tbat of him, and to hirn,and through him, aie all ihings, to wltom be glorl ' , norv and forever .

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May 16,1839, Peckham. EDI ' f OR.

flheological Roview.

Thc Sabbath to be kept strictly holy. A Letter addressed to thcThree Eetates. By Wrll iam Burder.-Cawthorne.

Ws would put two questions to Will iam Burder, which are, Whoare the p"r.bnr requiied by God, under the Christian dispensationto keep'the Sabbaih-day l ioly I And also, What restrictions, andhow would he model t6"* , i t to enforce them upolr the commu-nity in.Tusf proportion, so as not give a preference to the bigherclaises i g"r" we think would be a task in the present state of so-cietv. with which he would find it dif if icult to er)counter.

Tire writer says, tbe Legislature should enact such laws, as the

THE GOBPEL MAGAZINE. 26fiP*y gf the Lord mayhestr ic t ly keptholy. Here we would inqui re,.Are there not at present, restrictions fully adequate for an ouiwardobservance. There is no want of any other enictment, for accord-ing to an Act .of Parliamenr of Chailes II, in the 2?th ;.ear of hisre ign, chap. v i i . i t is declared, . . That an.y person of ihe age of14, and upwards, who shall exercise worldly labour. in anu u"ou onthe Lord's Qay, _shall_ forfeit f ive shil l ings ior every such

-offerice."

BJ ,1" 5th Geo., III, chap. xii i , the toll o*n the turnpikes are doubleo[ a S,unda4.

4nd a pehalty is l ikewise enacred for nor going tocnurcn on tnat dav.

Now, what moie could have been done by our ancestors, thanhas been dqng-sn5u1ing outward decencyJ6nd this is all that canbr required. IIow can-wicked men keep the Lord's day holy lShut thenr up in thei r drarv ing rooms, cel la is or garrets, ; t wl l l makelro drtterence, tbr rhe sabbath ard the worship oi God thev utterlvdetest.

,.Theg 1.*ty sh.ould they besrRrcKEN I God hiniself askiand replies, " They wil l revolt nrore and more. And whv, 6, Be_cause the wbole head is s ick, tbe whole heart is fa int : f r lm , thesole of the foot to the crown of-the head, there is'no sounclness, butwounds and bruis.es, and putrifyi 'g sores," Would

"ny ,eu.onubie

man tn jnk r t posstb le, that sucb a descr ipt ion of persons, wi t l r the mostsevere pe-rralt ies, can ever keep the SaUbath diy holy. \4re wil l goone step further,, even to our piactical pietists, t iho oiak" their boa'stor eatrng cold lo iv l and ham on a sunday. and shut t ine thei r win-dow blinds, and only walk certaio distauiis, ancl l ike tHe Jews, nosnuffing tbeir candles on tlre sabbatb ; sti l l i f the heart be unrc-r1c-oed. by the Holy Spirit they are in their sins, and where God isthey oannot come. And let it be remembered where the beart isc'hanged by divine gracer. every hou_r,constituting a day, is a sabbarlrdevoted to God by the believer'. Fle is the trle *oishipper. whowors.h ips God in the Spir i t , re jo ices in Ctr r is t Jeru. , und ha, noconfidence in the flesh.

- Ttre Fharisaical devotee knorvs nothinf.

of th is .0 blessed Lord and Saviour, thou example of purity and holi_

ness, how were you, in the days of 1'our temptati,on u"pon earth,who were witlrout sinr.and without guile, barmless and iireproach-airle, beset with lormalists and hypodrites.

When he wbo was sporless.puii iy turued water into winc; he wascalled a wine-bibber. when lie plricked the ears of corn

"ni t,"ut.a

on the sabbath, he r tas cal led a-breaker thereof . At another t imebe rvas. charged with being acc€ssory to those wbo ate with un-washed harrds. when helooked upon the worth less and depraveclwith a render eye of merclr he wai called the fr. iend of oorlLi"rioand s inners. But knowing the hearts of a l l r r ren, he wa, able todetect and unmask those pi-ous devotees-those varnished sepulchresfull of dead men's bones, and exclairns with a holy iodii l.nation,Ye,hypocrites, wbo for.pretence make long prayer$, Jo as ti jdevourwidows' houses, ye shali receive the grear6r'du*nuiion. Wo unto

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you, hypocrites, who_ encompass.sea and land to make proseiytes"Ye gni t -s t ra iners and camel-swal lowers, ye serpentsrye generat iar tof vipers, f i l l up the rneasure of your fathers, for how can ye escapethe damrrat ion of , hel l .

As it were in the days of our Lord, so it is now, and has beenmore or less in every age of the church ;-a great out$'ard shorv ofgodl iness, but l i t t le of i ts power; -outward couru worshippers byihoals, but very few who belong to the inward court. It comes tothis, a. remuunf accorr.l ing tc thE election of grace-a l itt le f lockuntir whom it is the Fath6r's good pleasure to giue unto them thek inedom.

Wbo would not but think, seeing the mighty stir making in everydis t r ic t , that r ig l r teousness lv t ls running down our s t reets l ikc water ,-that we were"in the land of Goshenr-that our walls were salva-tion, and our gates praise. The simple-hearted Christian has beenled to believer-oow,- for alrove half a century, the most wonderflult ransact ions would take p lace. l ru t b is expectut ions have been d is-appointed. Rcflectins men uiihout religiotr begin at last to opent6ei r eves wi th astonishment , that no refbrmat ion of manners, i t t amoral"point of v iew, has taker p lace, thcugh theschcolmaster isabroadl and the galiows is abolished. The I'er-r'Judges in the landare astounded tolee crime increasing, and they try to invent everydevice the heads of wise men can devise to stop the torrent ; but it

all proves l ike Peneiope's net'work, tangling and untangling rvith-out 'end. Thev seem none of them to be in the sEcRETr namely,that the beart df man is desperately wicked, and deceitful above allth ines, and none but God a ione can change i t ; nor i f a man wotr ld

ei te" the whole substance of h is house he cannot at ta in to i t ' Asioon

"an the Eth iopian chanqe h is sk in, or the leopard h is spots,

then mav thev do qood rvho are accustomed to c io er i l .Tt r is is oot t " ik* ine, but facts speaking lorrd. Have rve not

preachers by thousani i andl tens of ' t l tousarrds in our l i t t le Is land,lnd Bib lesr ihat in bulk nr ight reach to the c louds, as a lso t racts. i t tquant i tv resembl ing the sands on the sea-shore ' Then monel '1 byl iundrel t o f thousa"nds ' -gr ' !d , as wedges-so as a ln,ost to reorovemountains; sti l l the fl intl ' t leart of rnan reurains obdurate. Thewhole comes to this, neither by might, nor by Power' but by m-v

Soir i t . savs the Lord of hosts. For except the Lord bui ld the

nJu.", tb6y labour in vain that build it. .0xcept the Lord keepthe c i tv- t l ie rvatchman waketh but in vain '

Free Grace, or the Flowittgs of Christ's Bloodfreelg to Sinners'By John Saltrnarsh.*Bennett.

T'nu writer of the above litt le book was well knorvn, and prized bv

the old stock of our forefbthers. The subject he'lras here chosen

is of great magui tude and interest , and has t reated i t as one rvel l

nurtuiecl withihat wisdom which is lrom above. There is a noble

THE ( }O$PEL MAGAZINE . 267pla inness of amiable s incer i ty , and the honcst war* th of undisserr r -b led probi ty-beaut ies, which learn ing nol ' rhetor ic canr lot confer .This l i t t le work comes recommended i iy the la te wi l l ianr Hunt ino-ton, with a portrait of himr.deemed an'exact l iker.ress.

The appraaching Miltrennium, whenthqTrue Christian shall, neaerlenow Trouble more, By Jane Murdoch, of the" C4r:nongatqEdinburgh.

Tars is a thick volume, describing a terrestrial paradise on earth.I fhere are to be temples, and houies of habi tat ion not made wi thhuman hands,-food rvithout ar).) ' preparation, springing un beforeu.., ol, l. gardens of delight to walk in,-and fruit 'of t ire riosl exqui_srte delrcacy tbr our repast.-When we arrived at page 42, and r-eadthat there. rvas_ to be fre without smoke, rve closed'tbe performance,and put the whole dorryn as a ioke. I

Tlre perusal of these few piges, put us in mind, and we believewe have mentioned it before, of a book prinfed at Mentz in l6t,g;rentit led De Caelo et CoelestiS'tali,crwherein 425 pagesar.e takeri upto. ,FIoug, that the. pr inc ipal employment of th i . i la in ts in heave, i ,wi l l be in the cont inual r ing iug of 6el ls .

. 'We bave-re-opcnedthe boolof Mrs. Murdoch's ,and on tbe fur-ther persual .g ive. the. lady credi t for her s incer i ry , bqt the h iehfl ights of her imagination we are apprehensive may-lrave a tendenEvto br ing on a rer .vous i r r i tab i l i ty , iousider ing tbe del icate st ructu leof . the humanbrain ; indeed, such occurrencel , upon such puzzl ingsubjects, are both various and numerous.

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The Pobr futan'e Commentary onthe Book tif Ptahis, By RobertHalvker.-Bennett.

Iw -reading the mass of our theological treatises, wherein we seekoand even dig, expecting to find the pearl of ereat price, we areoften after much labour and fatigue obliged to give uf the iesearch.In openirrg the ponderous volumes of oui forefithcrs, how have webeen amazed at the paucity of ideas, in their formation of sqchimmense folios and quartos, without soul or aniunation. The drearl.and never-ending wildness of an Arabiarr desert without a stream".a tree, or a flower to cheer the traveller, is a faint and inadequaterepresentation of its desolate barrenness. The skil l . the la6our.and.the productions of the spider., have been broughi forward toexp.lain and il lusrrate the texrure and inaniry of tbese divinity drud,geries.

However at the present day we may have occasion to lament thelabours of a misgirided zeal, and t-he blindness of our spiritualguides, y-et blessed be God, the day-star has risen upon us, ind notonly so,but i t is our pr iv i lege to-have been born ' the chi ldren ofolden tirner.when thesun of righteousness shone in its meridian

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splendour. Our progenitors only enjoyed, as-it were, a ferv droprof the golden shower, while we their offspring have the stream pureto drink from the fountain head; they walked by the lengthenedshadow, we are enjoying the substance. -

Thesl refl.ection's i iavi arisen from reading this invaluable Com-mentary on the Book of Psalms, attd we cannot but sayr tbat inevery paragraph rve per'use, there is an eminence above the commonr"".h.' Le"t but the spiritual reader promiscously'open an-v leaf oftlre 599 pages of which the work is composed, he wil l not fraC one,but rvhai iJ rich in gold, frankincense and myrrh' The whole come$to th is point , the gr :ac ious man of God waspr iv i leged to dr ink f romthe fouhtain-headl the streams from which make"glad the city ofof our God, and which are inexhaustible. Indeed, there is such abeautiful simplicity runs through the whole performance, with asweetness in the composition,

"mbodying tbe characteristic features

of all leading excelleicies. To t"y no irore, the entire lrork is soanimated and enriched in spiritual experience, that it excites o-urastonishment and admiration. Praise cannot be too lavish on theinestimable gift, a light which emanated from a bright star in Iheavenly constellation.

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The lTeaned' Chilil with his Hand on tl& hckatrice's Den, a Re-ply to J. Cushworth. By Gad Souttrall, Minister of Zion Chapel,Nottin gbam.-Groombrid ge.

Hnnn is an exposure of the Wesleyan excrescensces, and a sbock-ing rehearsal i i is; but it is the religion of the day, suitable to va.r i ius sects wi th which we abound, Jnd is s ickening to dwel l upon.Indeed, we turn from the writ ings of such men with execration andhorror, 'and bless God for deliveiing us from those paths which leadto the pit of destruction.

The-controversy, the origin of this tract' sprung out from thedeFamatory expithet of Antinomian, by a Nletbodist preacher ; it isa term of iepriach, when used by the eoemies of a free grace gos-pel. The apostle Paul had to meet the same slander-ers rn his day,who drew the most depraved con3eqttences from his doctrine, as bycontinuing in sin, and'so exalting the grace of God. To whiclr hereolies with a hoiy indisnation,*as ev6ry believer in Cbrist woulddo', " Goo ronsrb!" aid trepts ttre cliurge as an impossibil i ty.These wicked defamers were the ancestors of Robert Hall, wholike swine, indulged in the (' ooze and the mire."'

Mr. Southall has done well in this l i tde work, in unmaskingthe deceivers, with a magnanmity becoming a Cbristian soldier.

Christ's hasi,tation to his Spouse, o Sennon By Robert Creasy.Simpkin and Marshall.

Tnr text of the above discourse, is taken out of Solomon's Song,c[rap. iv. 8. ; thir serrnon is fraught with evangelical truth, and

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deep in Christian experience, NIr. Creasy f 'eels with becorningweight, the importance and pfessure of his iub.iect. Here is a. por-tion not ouly for seven, but also for eieht. We forbear giving anextract, as every passage seems equally deserving perusal and at-tent lon.

There is alapsus l ingua, which the reader can easilv rcctif,v withhis pen. Orr paqe43iappears, " Lazarus was denied

"u"n i drop

of rvater to cool his tougue ;"-substitute c. Dites,"

On the Return of the Jews to Palesti,ne.-By Isaac l\{endez.HBnr is the o ld s torv. over aud over aEain. not bot torned on a fa i rand candid in terpre iat ion oF scr iptur" , t rot f rom t radi t ion, and aprolif ic imagination, arising from a l iteral nrisuuderstanding of thescriptures. F-r'om the days of the apostles to the present era, at va-rious epochs, have arisen prognosticators, with a'lo here is bbrist,and lo there is Christ.

In reading history, we find in every new polit ical event, the hu-man mind ransacked and put upou the stretch for coniectures. Ifwe only look back to the time of the Cornmonwealth, and the FrerrchRevolution, rvhat boundless fields of speculation were enrered intorespect ing future events, by enthusiasts; not contented rv i th theplain interpretation of scripture in confirm.ation of truths alreadyi<no*n, anil with prophecy'revealed, but must push into the laby"-r in ths of fu tur i ty , and open the enroiments of heaven; determinedto know the times and the seasons, rvhiclr is not their province tobe acquainted rvitb.

W'hat impostors have arisen in the days in which we have lived ;one marr, prophesied that London rvould be destroyed by an earth-quake; another , of the day of judgnrent ; and John W'eslev, thatour earth at a certain time was to be burnt to a ciuder by the tailof a comet. Then there was Brothers, and a rnernher of th-e Senate,convuls ing the whole of England wi th thei r ly ing predict ions : theformer assumed to himself to gbe a deleqate from God, a harbin-ger from heaven to lead the Jews to Palestine. We saw the rna-niac, and endeavoured to reason with him; but he denounced onus the wnath of God for not l-relieving his message, and that weshould see the Jews return ipgto the Holy Land,6ut should neverparticipate with them in the.-ir blessings. At that very time therewete preachers standing up in various parts of tbe metropolis, agi-tating the conrmunit.y in their calls and preachments to the Jews.Half a century has now passed over, and the whole has evaporateclin_smoke. Bi t s t i l l , en ihusiasm once produced, rv i l l not s iop ; i twi l l cont inue to betray in to s imi lar acts. bnd rhose under i ts in f lu-enie wil l only vary th-eir means to effeciuate the same ends. Lool<fbr instance at that misguided votar.y lately departed, who was pre-d ic t ing, and threatening, and mark ing out t in ies and thei r ef fects.. Vor,. IV.-No. YI. 2 M

27O rr{E cospEr, MAGAzTNE.The higher orders of society flocked around him, he rvas followedby multitud es of relig'ious ( ?) people of all grades, ; but ar last thecharm broke-the delusion was manifested'; he lost his fame andpopularity, and was driven into a horrid anguish oF mind for hisrashness and presurnpt ion, and h is la t ter end was far f rom being en-v ied.

A lesson is here taught us to leave future events to God, and pa-tientl"v wait for the development of the divine planr-for the burst-iug forth of that l ight wlrich shall bend every knee, and stop everymouth before Godl

What concern is it to us whether the Jews retuin to Palestine, orre,main vvhcre they are dispersed as standing rvitnesses to the truthof the-scriptures,

-and the icripture prophecies. CJur blessed Lord

in all his discourses never so riruch ai gave a hint of such an event,on the contrary, he says, The l rour co 'meth, when you shal l nei therwors.h ip in th i i mounta in, nor yer at Jerusalem;"but the t ime iscoming, wben_ the t rue wolh ippers shal l worship the Father in Spi -rit and i n truth. For the Father seeketh such to rvorship him. attsuch fruit less inquiriesour Lord stops with a reproof, What is tbatto. ) 'ou l_ Follow ihou roe.- Have 5 o'ur loins giried and vour lanrpstrimmed, re.ady to meet the bridegroom ; for at sucb an-hour as Teknow not, the-Son of man cometh-. Indeed, our grand concern-isto make our call ing and election sure I and tbei the Jerusalemabove, which is the mother of all the true Israel of God, shall be ourreceptacle and habitation for ever.

And here we must observer.that too rnany of our public teachersneed to have thei r wings c l ipped in thei r prophet ic i l and Utopiarrexcursions. It is but u fe*'dlr 'r past, we hLurj a clergvman for'onehour enter ta in h is audi tory, in descr ib ing the t ime iLcn, arrd themann€r how the .Iews were to travel to tbe Holv Land. and whatthey were to do tbere,? andafterrsards to rraverse the globe to co[.yert the Turks and Heatben, and that tribes of the earrh rvere to layIrold of the skirts of a Jew. The King of tbe Jews, nor rhe 6nisheiwork oF.Jesus oE the cross for the re"demption of sinners, were notso much as once glanced at. Now all such wild reveries we call reli-g ious t r i f l ings ; Satan 's tovs to amuse and deceive; anv t l r ins wi thhim,_ and his emissaries, but Lhe otte thing neeiful. " Reai[y, wetremble while rve make these observations, but this is the reiigionof the day i go where you wil l, any thing but Christ and him iru-crhed.

i I As we know not how soon rve ma-y close our labours, we would\l intreat our readers to be sober-mindld, and not to be led away by\i imaginary-ideas-, rvhich only have a tendency to unsettle the minO.\ ' Let none beguile you ; hold fast tbat whic6 you have I so that no

i,yan take.your crown. Remember the day is f3r spent, the nightj is at hand, and tbe Judge standerh at the door. Ret i re in to yorr r'

chamber wi th the word"of God, and in prayer , and here you wi l lneed no man to instruct you, knowing whose-you are, and *"hom yoo

TIIE GOSPEL MAGAZINI}, g'11serve. Cease from.mao, whose breath is in his nostri!s, and let noone have dominion over your faith. sti l l honour the faithful dis-pensers of God's most holy wnr<i; abide with them in fellowslrip.Go forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed beside the shepherd'stents. ' l lhe Lord Jesus Ctrrisr be with thy Spirit. Grace ile *ithyou'

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IlIelcy and, Jud,gntent, or a Disptag of the Diztine Clcmencu. A.Funeral Sermon on th.e Death iy ih, tute nlrs. Creasg. By fr.obert9-r"u:yl. Minister of Zaar Chapel, Leicester.-l$impt ln uJMarshail.

Tse text of t lre above discour:e is in the foilowing words, (. Forth is God is our God for ever and-ever ; he rv i l l be"our guide evenunto death." From whence are deduced severar sentirirents fromthe principles^wbich the writer would wish to enforce, suitable iotbe analogy of f aith. His conceptions are just and vivid, arrd placedrn such a l rght , that the spi r i tua l reader canuot but receive 'muchpront f rom the perusal .

I ! " So91 man, in the above d iscourse, drops a t r ibutary tear ofgncf, orr lrrs bereavement by dearh of a beloved partne;. I\{anand wif 'e aqpgal to have mo-ved in a rnediocrity of'.station, l ivir 'gwhen scnse f-ajl.cd, by faith upon the tjon of God. dlrr,u"uk..o"ise l has out 'dden rhe sto.m, ard is now above our c loudy atmob-phete. A chi ld of r rouble, af f i ic t ion, and sorr6w, e lor i t . i ing Godin the midst , e 'en under tbe b id ings of h is sensibf" -p." r in"E. , t i i lber anchorage rvas rlrm and stable. " Her last *ord. drer" i; il;;,rvarblingsr.. ' Come Lord Jesus, Come quickly.', Such are th" .x_prrlng asptratlons of rhe saints of God.. We have just been perusing an account of the last moments of

that rlotcd statesman arrd- diplomatist Tar-r-r,vRAND, whose fameextended throughout the foui quarre 's of the g lobe.

'The descr i r r .

t rorr we read.or . hrs dy ing chanrber carr ied u i in perspect ive theie.we traversed hls sunrptuous apar_tnrents, l lassed throirgh the trainof h is nryrnr idons and h i r cro*d of f r iends, and percei r -ed the pr iestsperforming their requiems. we drew back his eurdv

"urti inr-andwl tar drc l we see! A most d is .mal object : a l i i id pale, haggardvisage, drstorted with bodily pain, and" apparentiy Jgonir".i-*irt,'neural

. ter ror ; nor one ser ioui tbought i i i * rnoi ,ur l ty-wi thourGod-dyiug- as seuseless as a very togl elt t lrat can be "said

"r rri^

now, lsr " I l *s t thou ar t , and to dust thou must return. t r T i : is isthe inexorable aud univirsal decree. Here is equalitu.eorrallv con-spicuous. Wirere is Alexanderl Where is C'ssari Wfr.r"ir-B;-naparte I whose very narnes nrade the world tfenrble. They haoeaetn, btJt. they d/d trc nt.ot'(. Ih.ey have fallen at that omnipotentvoice, which calls the cli i ldren of inen ro return. r-lere the sceptreis n1 more lecurity rhan the shephercl's crook. perhaps *" *uysee a rnagnlhcenr tornb wi th f ine inscr ipt ions ; but le f us l i t i th l

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sione which covers the cause of a i l th is pornp ; here we f i r rd only alitt le dust, and a few rnouldering bones I , just as much we shoulddiscover under the green sod that covers the peasant's grave. Wesaid just now there is an equalityr and true it is; in ttre palace andthe cottage, the ravages of death are the same therein-the rich andpoor are alike condenrned to impenetrable darkness-their tonguesto s i lence-and thei r bodies to tota l d issolut ion. To sum up thewhole, rneu of hrgh estate, and nren of low degree are altogethervanity. The noble who sta.lks in borrorved p!trmres, and counts forh is honour the number of h is ancestors, th inks h imsei f . formed, ofricher clay than other mortals; the piebeian whc ridicules this follyis as ridiculous in ariother way ; these, though they all tread in dif-{ 'erent patbs tend infail ibly to the same end, they go all the rvay inwhich the world has gone to death. So that we may truly say inthe words of the Fsalmist . Man i iv ing in hotrour abideth not , butis l ike the beasts that perish, T'his is t lreit way, and their folly, yectheir posteritv approve their sayings, and rvalk in theil steps.

Not so the r igbteous, they t ravei f l 'on ear th to l reaven, l rav ing aview to the recornpence of reward. They l ive b_y faitb, rvalk byfaith, and die in faith ; rhis is no barren specuiation or solitary in-stance, as our departed sister has here exemplif ied, but the rvholefamily of God's elect people have evinced in every period of t ime ;longing to depart and to be wi th Chr is t -kno' .v ing t i ra t whetrthe ear th ly house of thei r tabernacle sbal l be d issolved, they s l ra l le hange it"fbr a better buiiding aud better cotripa-ny, uni to rh"ll belbr eier with the Lord. Bleised is the dcad d'ho die in the Lorci.

Tltings ulzich rentain. , S-::'r, ,*trhed' bg C. DrawbridgerMinis ter of Rushden Chapel , Northampton.

The above is written by a Baptist }l inister of t lre most l iberal sen-tinrents, to all those of whatever dencrmination wbo are of tbe house-hold of {aith. The worthy man rises out of the slrackies of palt5,and takes h is rod to whip out the buyers and sei lers In the out tvardcourt temple which abodnd so much-at the present da1' . The whoieof the few pages contain a word in season to the children <if theLorcl's famil.y.

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Sewn Spiritual Letters to a Soldicr. By the iate Henry Fowler,Niinister of Gower Street Clrapel.-Bennett.

"Inr,sr lettersrvere written nearly forty years silrce, when Mr. Folvlerdlvelt at Flymouth, w-here, as he has since told us he sat under thelninistry of-Dr. Harvker, lrom wliom he recreived much spiritual in-t ruct ion and rnany huppy hours. Both bei rg t ra iued up in theschool o{ Clrrisr, ue need not say tlrat t}ie allove letters corttairt soiit licod, and l i t rong wine wel l ref ine d on the lees.. ' l 'he lvortl:y man, thougtr we belonged to anaii ier comlnuuioo)

TTIE GOSPEL MAGAZINE. 273called upon us previous to his last i l lness, to bid us farerveil befbrelre entered the celestial city. Being an occasionar correspondentwith us for many years, we have resJrved a niche to per.pet'uate lrismemory, in our catacomb for the i l lustrious dead.

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in, Essag on Eevealed Religion fram*the frst Ages. By Joseph

r-rrna is a rong disser,ft:*Jll' i;?;ll':ilo"", the spot on whichi t s tood, as a lso of the serpentwho iempted l rverand thet lo th inq a l roof our first parents ; the'prolixity cn these and se'eral other l iointshave wcar ied us in the perusal . ' The volu ine is s t retched o 'ut , u ,Procrustes's guests were strerched to tne length of his bed, so is ihisauthc'rr 's ideas, *' i thout yariety or anirriation] ou", u certain numberol pages, in proving *!.og

" fbw lines, in our opinion, would have

demonstrated incontestibly.

1 Brief Description of the l)octrtnes of the Gospel, toserher zoithtt i I i cles u n d R egul it ions oJ' a n r n d e p e t t tlen t c h u r c'h, ziar s h i p pinsat T'rinitg Cha[el, Jllill street, Iluit. By S. Larre.*Solcl ai th?Vestry.

F lvrnv professed bocly of Chr is t ians have a r ight to associare toge-ther to Jbrm rhei r own lavrs and regLr lat ions, t ror is r r the businesi o l 'a s t ranger. to in termeddle thererv i t i i . The

-doctr inal pr inc ip les an-

nexed to the above r l )pear to. us. to be agreeable to t i re scr iprures,so that to such- a congregated body of believers, we truly wish thenrgood iuck in the name of the Lold. Peace be within"their wallsirrd prosperity in their dwell ings.

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E'pistolce Cuntatis, or E,pistles of Looe. By C. Drau,bridge.-Darby.

THs above tract is fraught with choice sentimerrts, desiqne.l for rheconrfbr t o f the cbih l renof God, wr i r ten b-y a worthy ur i i is ter of tbegospel who has beeq a faithful labourer iu" the Lord-,s vinevard.

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Hoo tlo you do? By a Friend,-Groombridge.Tgrs is a laconic in terrogat ion used by a l l c lasses one to another :the amiable wr i rer 's wis l i tbr h is readel .s is , t i ra t , f , -v ̂ "y or" r "L iand be in heal th both in soul and in bor iy ; as such, he p, l ' ts fo i thhis . inqui r ies to var ious descr ipt ions of characrers, wi rh i 'a i ' tnessand naioet€, as also with that absrraction and precision of t.houghr,which sefrarates rvhat is fronr what is no: to the purpose.

These few intrinsic pages are sold for_sixpencer'no[ conrainingso rnuch in bulk as ouli penny ephemerals;but what is a cabbagEro a p iue i

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The Looeliness anil Union of Christ Personal und, M.ystical, tn Lifeanrl Death. Tlte Substance 9f a Sermon preachdl at the FarishChurch of Charles, Plgnrcuth. By Thomis Hare, Curate of thesame.

'Wr_are truly pleased ro see the pulpit of Charles, Plymouth, occu-

piecl by a_truly-evarrgelical minrster. The subject l iere treated onts the citul spring of a godly man's experience'. The reatler willf ind a rich repast in the perusal, his atteution wil l be drawn to con-ternplate, th-at by_ his union with the Lord of I iFe and glory, his safetyin tirne, aud his future felicity hereafter, are secured, so that whehChrist rvlro is his l i fe shall appear, he shall also appear with him inglory,

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A liroposalfor Evangeltzing the rtshole Population tn England,, Scot-land, and lreland. I3y Will iam idonson, a Lay-preacher.-Smith.

Tne writer appears a serious devout cbaracter, and thinks tbat ifever;r Christian would but exert hinrself to the exreot of his abil i-t ies, wli ich God has bestowed upon him, be might by persuasive ap-plication do incaculable bene6i. By convertir ighis"nirghbour, andthe neighbour doing tbe same to hrs tellow creafure, it would goon by progression, insomuch, that in time the whole communiiyrn ight be one consol idated spi l i tua l fami ly .

It is certainly very plausible, if the act of converting a sinnerfrom the error of his rvays could be accomplished by an arm off lesh, but as th is is the act of God, andl ike the wind b loweth whereit l isteth, tbe work belongeth solely to him. trt is his first showingmercy to the hell-deserving, that. recouciles tbe heart unto hirnself,for tbis reason the gospel is calied the word of reconcil iation, wbichcontains the grandest viervs of the perfections of God.

There have been, and are non., various schemes afioat Jbr the unLtersal cornersion of mankind, as different as the countenances ;almost every device has been tried to make naughty man good, butl i t t le progress is seen towards the accompl ishrnenr of the design.Education is now the dernter reso?'1, and the r.r 'hole communiry isstanding on tip-toe, to see the garden of Eden restored to its primi-Uve Pui l ty .

All such visionary plans, independent of God is Herculean la-bour, anci the t ruth is , the Alnrrghty is le f r out of the quesr ion.Wtren we meditate ul)oD the work going forrvard, we olten think ofa proposition made by a company of agriculturists, in order to haveplenty of wine produceci in l-ngland: theJ recommended the plant-ing of .v ineya.rds, as an object r . ' t po l icy, but orr consul t rng a Fr 'ench-rnanr.he to id them, the only neans to accompi ish r l ie i r designwould be, in moving Great Britain six or seven degrees nearer lheequator, atrd they might stand a cllanse of surceding.

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The Glory of God,s _Grace. Four ^ferntons. By W. Gaclsby, ofManchester._Groom brid ge.

Tur above sermons on the doct' ine of q.""J are consoridatecr intoone; they are p la in ly ,wr i t ten i , homel i J icr ion, conta in ius- ihesum and substance ofl a believer,. n"p" i"ii,i;; u"nj ;lli ' il;1i?#:last ing theme in rhe_realm of br iss. ' H;r ; ' l ; no mixture of , resarrrgnteous.ness, trut rhe. pure golrl of Ophir, rvhich wil l ,tand firemost cr i t ica l examinar ion as i terr ing coin.

'The

"* ; . -o i ;h" * ; i :ter, ro the best of our recollection, i"" tt int ;;;;;;"h;; '";;;.1;;,

many years ago, to make honorable .mention in different purt, oiof th is iournai .N{r . Gadsby speaks very feel ingly in dcpict ing the prayer of thecontr i te soul 'uowed

dorrn-wi th "

J*nr" of e 'u i r t , and of i ts own hern-lessness; but then we would wish to ""#"

r"'; '11,i; ' ;-.;r l i ;;;; i ;elucidation, where he says, speakirg;f

-r;;;":;;;r";;;;;;; iJ,othersr ,hundreds of y"" r r io

"o*e, hoi .ue. they mav be v indicated-

tney.wl l l never sui t a chi ld of God, nor does he 'ber ie le unv min is t " iof Chrisr uses them in his secret .o*"nt*., i-- AH h_ ii lr; i l ;;:serves, ( ' t l lat if God and conscience were always tencrerlv and soi-ritually corrsulred, prayer-books, whether

";i l ;; ' ; ; ' 'E;;#_trans or Ltrssenters, would appear as they rcally are toL trr ' jrtn"rl"dconscience, mere lurnber.

. If.the a.bove paragraph has a reference to the Christian characterin n$ pr?oatd recesses

.of. devotion, we truly agree on this point,The cbiid of God in his immeai"t" int"icorlrse ,vith his heavenlvFather, desires not the words of .ny n,"n, ioil,."rr""rirr,r"*r'iitown .wantsr_ ald a strang.r cunnof interineddle tt"r"*itt.- f l ifact is, the believer is a ri'an of pruyer, rr.'una"rrtn"J"tr, *-r,rt ,rr"trneanetb, ,,,pra.yiryg alzoags.,, He-"o'n*on", ;i,1,

'G;;-"f] ifr. )""Jong. ln the cabrnet , or the senate house, h is breath ings a lJ ,o 'Hold r l rg.u.*q. rp, ind I shal t U" ruf . . i ' - - -Ar t l re exchanse. in h iss l lop, or r f hrs a i lo tment in r i fe should be that of the *or ' t m"niu ldrudgery. ; s t i l l .whi le h is head is in t te-rvor fJ , f , i , f r " " r r " i r ' * i in

God. His crv is. ., H_ide- me in thy pavil ion, i" tfr" ,""r"i .f. , ' frutabernacle bide me,,' ln ttrea;gi;r.ir,;h;';; ffii;;;", ";;;"a;r,|:*:*._li: :t::it,:id his pitiow i" hi" iariituar,y. H",":c;t;d

I i tm communestogether , so that in the midst of h is perp lexer l and:l:]1,'::.1 ]lgughts

withirr him,^.his comforrs delight' ttL ,""i ; ["rnus grves nts betoved s leep. Sle-eping or waking, I iv ing or dy ing,he is ihe Lord's. peter rvlien.si"t i i ,slaii nor *"n, a prayer_book,rror did Paul aud t".:?-n:ltf noJ[, *uhen they sr:ing"th" h,g-tipraises of God b.y night rn chalns.. Bug,ff iVir. Gailsby has a reference to premedtta.ted, praver usedt:-fl3::f-.*:X!rp,by whar hc denotes .c mEtt nnd.e pru.ytis,,i'here *eaectaedtg dr*er, because we cannot .ioirr in concoid ;ith ihe Lord,sproressrng p€opte rn oHering our praJers and praises in e.rlenporantenusrons. we may g ive our a$rent or d isscr j t by saying Amen, o"r

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not, afterlvatds; but how can we, being uuacquainted with whatis going to be deiivered, joinio what is unknown at the tinre. AndthJn to-make thenrcst of it; i t cornes to this conclusion, " nlen'-wade pragerstl!"

Indeed-, some who carp at what is called a fornr, and rrouid con-sign those who use such to '-{ntichrist, allow that to themselves,w[ich thev condemn in ottrers. There is this difference, one offersup the sacri6ce of his l ips to God in prose, while the other preferspoetical v ersif i cation.'

And yet larnentable is it to say, that rrpon tlrese l itt le differencesmen wi i l wrangle, b i te , and ar i f -ere-devour.one another ' Th"intrusive impertinence of some self opiniated dogmatist, incapall leof extendinq ' the mind's eye, beyorrd the c i rcumsir ibed l imi ts of h isl i t t le cabinr"and yet conf ident everr to presunlpt ion, and presump-tuous even to rashness, wil| d,omineer and tgrann[ze ovet those wltowill not bow in every iota to their orvn dicturrt.

W'e are not drarving an imaginary picture, we state.simple facts,being continuall-y beiet with ihe cabals of party' with men wltomal<e mounta ins of t r i f les, d isput ing about var ious tastes ; I ike thegormandizer, who wrangled rvith his cook for an hour, respcctirrgihe propriety of eatiug inchovies with redherrings.-

These il l 'nitured humours are so extremely absurd, that if instan-.ces were not seen every day, it would be impossible for a man of'sense to believe them.

'Wh-at is it to us undei what form or mode

a rhan worships God, provided his heart- is right with hiur, 9utpeculiarit ies ma.y uppear strange to another, as lt is do to us, then'what

risht lras either to be sour to another for matters of mereopin ionl and proceed to downr ight quarre l ing, wherein th.c wisest

"na b"ri of men have differed. Ipofrt is wit6 the heart that man

believeth unto righteousnessr and rvith the mouth confession is madeunto salvation.

"If thou shalt then confess with th-y tnouth the Lord

Jesus, and slralt believe in thy heart tbat God hath raised him fromthe dead, thou shalt be saved.

It no more was God's intention, who displays such an infinite va-riety in all his works, that in ittno, *oit ri we should all thinkalik"e, than that we should be all of one colour, speak tbe same-lan-guage, observe the same customsr 66i trear tlre same dress. W'rap-

i ied"up in Nla iesty Div ine, does the Almighty regard our whimsi-falit ies, or .ei himself at the head, of any religious party in tlreirunsocial bickerings i No, nor in their soctal ones.

As offetrce, rnult necesiaril.y arise, for lve are neither seraphs .norarchangels, but poor peccable creatures, Iet us as much as possible

live pelceablv *itt uil *"n, neither giving offence to Jew or Gen-tlle;' particuiarly to the householl i7 r*ira, abstaining from allf ru i i l .ss d issensions. And nra.y thc God of peace g ive us a r ighturrc lerstanding in those th ings apperta in i r rg to-salvat ion, and abidervith us alwarls ti l l we see lt im face to face.

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A Treatise on the Perfection and Equalization of the Redeened,or the Perfect Equatity of the Saihts in their gtorified, State.-By I. B. Crowest.-J. C. Ketly.

W's remember a few weeks before Mr. Saunder's death. tbe rectorof St. Anrr, Blackfriars, we happened to conqregate io our favoritechurch, where we hcard the above gentle-En "urur" his auditoryupon the aristocracy which subsisti in heaven, from perverteitexis of scripture I itamounted ro this,that the more we dii l for Godin this lower world, the higher would-be our dignity and situationin the rvorld to come. He parcelled out our vanous statlons weshould fi l l as our recompence of reward, whilst the loiterer shouldbe placed on the lowest-form. We sicklned at the rnummery andid-le discourser- and which gave us a clue to account for the ienialof his pulpit for the venerible Hawker to preach the unsearchableriches of Christ therein, which he had done for many vears. as asuccessor in palt to that seivant of eod, Will iam R6maine i andnrost remarkable to say, thar veru pulpit closed his minis:teriallaboursby the hand ofdeath, whi6h'he'refused to that eurinentman of God. And it may be noticed on this sub.iect, thar papists,Arminians, and ̂ every sectarian are partizans for'degrees of glory,and that so lar from receiving by grace alone the nerfect fruit ionof bliss from the fulness of Go.-d iri C"trr;st Jesus, as a gratuitous gift,the5.' scorn the boon and say, Is not this the freat Eubvlon wii icttrve have built. l \Iy own arm hatb brousht salvarion.

!I-e remember, when -boys, leading i i l Archbisbop Sharp's ser.-m_on:, that heaven is a kirid of lotteiy, which to obiain, ttiere,arebtran-ke and prizes, and by our acuten6ss and perseverance in goodworks, rn .alms, and church goings, rve may draw a prize.

*It is

r)ow fresn rrr our remembrance. To work we went. w6ich rve outdown in a l itt le diary that we lately destroyed, which wourcr

"uiirceour jaborrous exercises. T'o get aprize we have often attendedJohn.M/esley., in West Streetr*Seven Diulu, at f ive o'clock in themornlngr,and trren pfafel.s at six o'clock at St. Ann, Soho, indeedno-poor drudge in the Devil 's seryice could work'harder. Thelitt le,moiety *"

l l{ given us., the grearer part wenr ro rbe poor topu_rchase the archbishop's ticket._.Suffice it to say, the-above treatise is a masterly composition.lhe superstructure is built on rhe foundation G;d hal lain inZion, and the whole centres in sorereign grace. This little com_prehensive treatise is only a shil l ing,"urid

" nt

""r"p""]""-i",Tgpladf's piece entit led 3; Equality 6i happiness in d";;; ";;:slqereq.- lve [ray rn a I 'uture day turn again to tbis excellent

productrou.

Yol, IV,-No. VI.

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chrislthe true and faithful witnes.s of the Euerrasting coaenant.-By Henry Bourne, Esq.-Seely. -

Tnrnr' is no subject more interesting to the believer in christJesus than that whlch forms. the topic of . the above publ icat ion,which we have perused wi th much sat is fa" t i " " , p tLrrur" , - " "adel ight . The b ib le and the above invaluable com'posi t i " " ' * . r "our companior)s on a s i lent sabbath which la te ly fe i l ioour tot , i t , "conversation we found sweet, never to be forgoiten. The *o6i"",rnatter of the treatise

,isr. The things oppertaining to the i;#;;-t ions in the Jewish religion, designed'to represe"nt christ-as' ' i i lemediator and faithflul witness,of th-e graciou.

"ou"nunr, unJ *"r"

preparatory, which is exemplif i.ed iu fourteen particulars iro,,, i t.. sacred scriptures, appended.,with interesting nores. The autho,then proceeds to- qxhibit cbrist as the faithfirr witness of the cove_:l:1,^f ":::l_"-ty

':l:lled in the gospel, in twenty trlr"u ,".iionr,wrth.the lg:trm.gny of rhe ever blesscd and glorious Trinity. and.of h imsel f by.h is m. i raculous works. Also t i ie test imony o i 'so;aangels and evii spirirs, of good men and !"d pgn, of ,n"'propohitr,apost les and. martvrs, to which are a lso added the." ia"n io 5 i i r , *church _militant, tbe ministers of God and believers,

"na

-of

de.parted saints, to sum up the.whole, the united t"rt i*olv'o] uttother persons, creatures abd things, in nature, prooid"nc"] g;;;,and glory.

.Yuppy ale we to see alay gentleman handlins the word of Godwrtn that correctness and.purr ty , so as to rank h im among the f i rs tclass of divines. There is a correctness which

"t"uut"r-our-rl"i-ings, and_a combination of excellencies which entit les th* *orl i-toprais.e- .No incorrectness or confusion of doctrine, o'hi"h w"

"i.continually meeting.with in our tbeological treatises, ptunglnE rh"sense inro twofold obscurity, so as to make it io,porriut" i" !"*tany kind 9f qrgani1g,,!-."p]ng us as it were. in' leading ;;;;r,when we should walk arone In ruer ldran sunshrne.

If our l i fe should be spared, we wil l embrace an opportunity torerurn to this volume again, for it is not ver.y commoi, i. n"J-;l"ua rich dispjay of the go;pel in so brief a coniparr, as is to n" f"""Ain the. performance before us.

Yerbaque provisam rem non ini ita sequentur,_ooo__

Justi'fication by Fai'th alone,-and, the Eighteonsness of Fai,th im-puted,, tfu Qyintutence of Antinomianism._By fon* ,ii"*_ton, A. B.-Crowther.

' .. IIe makes the giants first and then he kills them.,'.-ooo-

A short and,easy Method, withihe De:ists.-By C. Leslie, M.A.Tnrs is a gheap edition of an old work published above an hundred

TI{E GOSPEL MAGAZINE, 279vears s ince, and perbaps as far as argument wi l l go respect ing theoutworks of Chr is t ian i ty , Mr. Leql ie ier ta in ly takes the ' lead a i thebead of our 'Polemics. But then there is noth ing respect inscaptivqting the understanding to the obedience of .fait'h, by'a reginerating principle. The arguments here are founded upoir natu"ralreason, not abstracted from that wisdom which cometh from above,or the communication of divine l ight to the soul. Job asketh fromwhence cometh wisdom, and where is the p lace of understandinq.He replies there is a spirit in man, and th6 inspiration of the MostHigh g iveth h im understanding" Al l wisdom sai th the son ofSirach cometh from the Lord, and is with bim for ever. That oldpoet. Phocytid,is, when speaking of the differenc powers andfaculties of rhe creature, says of-man, that though reason is hisdefence and orrrament consrdered in his natural-state, adds, thathis true perspectron is that wisdom that cometh from above.Anotber heatherr writer, Naumaclzius, observes, tbe spirit must be'qnited by a kind of mystical marriage to the tt6yoi, or word of9od,'to bring forth cooceptions fult oT l ight and glory, intimating,that. our spil it is the faiulty to reieive divineliglit or heavenl"yIl!do-, as the natural eye is of receiving tbe l i[ht of the suri.This mysterious communication of divine l ight to the soul, is int!:e-language of scripture emphatically called lsetu, ot wisdom,spoken of as the gr f t o f God. Upon th is pr inc ip le the apost lePaul reasons with lbe Freethinkers'of bis ti ine, ahd ttrey are thesame as the present day, who maintain that man, by hii naturalPowers, can restore himself to the divine l ikeness, in other words,repent and believe the record God has given of his'Son. T'hespostle expressly declares, that the natural, or soulish man, ,recei-veth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are forbidden tohim, nei ther canl , " know thern. for thev are spi i i tua l lv d iscerned.An unconverted man horvever our spiritual goid"r nniy woo, andcoax him with their general offers- of heaven and a crown ofglory, can no more apprehend spiritual truths thau a blind mancan see colours, or a deaf man hear sounds, each of them wantingp.roper organs to convey"this sensation to tbeir souls. It is lament-able to say, that the religion of uncultivated nature is more con-sistent and more to the plrpose, rhan ninety-nine outof a hundredof our trained band preachbrs, wrth their ciooked systems. The.yaddress.the ungodly Ls if they were born with spiri iual optics, anhthus trif le with*ttre"souls of men. 'fhev enccrnpass botl i sea andland to make proselytes, and wonder thit the blind caonot see northe deaf hear . ' I t is" t ruethey p ipe, but the people wi l l not dance,nor when they mourn they will not weep. They are puzzled thatwitl i all their-efforts they:make so l itt l l progre-ss. For when welook around, we see at t6e present mornentouJperiod, that wittr soma.ny preaching, even the far greater part who atrend theordinances of God, and cry l-ord, Lord, are as absolute strangersto the e-xqqrience of grace, as any can be who never heard of-thename of Chr is t .

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Euidence of the Truth of the Chriilian Relieion, deriz,ed, from thelit eral fulfilment of Prophecy.-By Aleian der Keittr," D. D. _Longman.

Tnp above publication issions, a work which thetrventy editions.

an enlarqed edition from other impres-public hai encouraged to the exterit of

, The desigtr of the undertaking the author says iu his intro-ducto.ry preface -is, an atternpt to give a geneial ancl concisesketch of such of the propheci rs as h"arre been d is t inct rv foretord-and clearly fulf i l led, and ai may be deemed sufficient to i l lustratethe truths of christianity; inasinuch if one unberiever be lecl thef i rs t .s tep to.a fu l l ant t c indid invcst igat ion of rhe t rurh, or , i i ' onedoubt ing mir rd be convinced, i f oue"Chr is t ian be conf i imed morestrongly in his trelief, i.f ooe ray of hope for better things to comearise frorn the prod.u.ction, to eirl iven i singlc .orrowin! heart, soas one atom be added to the mass of evileoce, the iutLor wil lneither have lost his reward, ltor spent his labour in vain.

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UNION OF SAINTS.rr I am the vine, ye are the branches.,,-John xiv. 5.

A c l r reo bard, has toucbed his nat ive I t re,And sweet ly Eung, a dying Pi lgr im' . wor is.'lir joy to bear an aged Pilgrim sayr( I 'm going home;" when stepping out of TimeInto Eternity. I)eep, in my sonl,

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I feel the mystic union: and canWith joy, the words of the departed SaintRepeat-.r I'm going home',-Ah I this is notOnr rest:-\Me're wand'ring thro, tbe wild.erness,Strargerr, and Pilgrims, as our fathers lvere ;Fight ing and strusgl ing wi th a host of foes.lVhat, tbough we i 'eel not -yet , the c lammy handOf Death; !-aith spies the distant land ; and srnilesS_erenely at ttre peltiug storms. My soul !Cheer up ! - i t matterJ not- , , You're goinEa home."This World t Wbere are its clrarms ? bece"itful allAnd vain,-Ancl self ?-I turn with loatlrine frornThe s ight , THsu canst not srnooth the pi lg-r im,s bet lWhen Death dr .av.s near. THv home, is th i cold graveiFor dust thou art-to drst shalt thou returrr.The Spirit views tbe promised land, and sees

. The (,onqueror there-Jesus-whose miqhtv armI;Iac conquer'd ail his foes : whose tender-voiceThb Spir i t cheers, and wbispers to the soul-" Fear aol, l,,hou'rt coming fome ;*a place I have

THE GOSPEL MAGAZTNT. g8IPrepared foi al l my own; that where I arn,There ye may also be.',-Yes-Dearest Lord IVfe'retrav' l ing on to Thee:-ft 'e,re journeying thro,This sin-polluied world, which rlou iti*"uii'--''

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Hast trod l-submitting to the penaltie!Of sin, for all tby srntul race-'ihvsetfUnsinning. SUil t a sinful naturd then,lJare murmur, at tbe roughness of the wav ?Arise-go hence-haste ihee to Calvary,s'Mount_S_ehold tby Lor.d-deny'd-for6akeu bytrls own-Atld canst thou dare courpliin ? He diedAnd shed bis blood, to wash thy sini awav.Pilgrima-" W-e,re going home,,-A glorious liuhtAppears. The darkness rolls away :

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Tbis world with all its cares and toits ,"""d"r,The soul sees more of that effulgent ligbtWbich guides us on out. l"uy. i.u""-then, O Ieave| ilrs darken,d world, and forward looL to tbatlJright beaming tigbt, wbich brings eternal day.r,nrs strange, mlsterious world, must soon be l-eft,t ,ut oh ecstat ic tbought ! , . We,re going horne,,I o rresus- onr fnrmanuel-the llelovedRespond ye F i lg r in rs w i t l r one l rear t and sou lI u the last words of tLe departed Saiut,, ' I 'm going home,,,

Mag l4 r l8S9. A Fn l ra ls lVaNpEnsR. lN THE WrLnERAtsss .

THE SOCINIAN,S THORN,(Revised and Corrected. b-v J. Carter, Minister of God,s.Word, poortsea,

El-rpEllcEs oF rHE DErry oFtTilisr, AND rRUrH oF cHRrs.l,r,ANITY' OPPOSED TO 1IIE DBLUSION OF SOCTiIiNTV rrrlrMgiiri"

t s y A F n r r N n , t o J . 0 A R T E R .Cgnrsr a mere man ! TLeu l ,m decerv 'd.And have a craf ty ta le bel iev 'd. ;And shall for ever be accurst..For put t ing in a man rn1, t rusi .

Chr ist , a mere man! tben we are sul .eThat man knows not bow sin to cure:This error dolh but sin enhance,tr'or death's ead black inheritan;e.

Christ, a meie lran ! My soul, u.e'll traeellhe truth or falsehood of this'ease .' Ih ine

Al l upon th is point depenr ls-He's greatest cheat, or bett of frientls.

Christ, a mere man ! if that be true,To worship h i rn is not h is due; /Say, i f thou eanst , what has be done

. To clairn it as God's onl; Son ?

Ch_rist, a mere man ! my soul exclaim,d,I should for ever be as6am,tl,To face a sin-avenging God,Through the mereJne?ium bf uran's blood,

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Chr ist , a mere man ! i t cannot be,IIe's oue of th'Eternal Three,Wbose praises in the wor ld of joy,Do all tle heavenly host emploly."

_Christ, a mere man ! my hope, my trust,Ie he mere animated dust 3Ife could not bave deceiv'd me so,And prov 'd ' twas l i fe, me him to know.

Christ, a mere man ! I make appealTo wlrat the Spirit sets his seal ;The Word whicb men of old have prr.rv'd,They wrote, as by his Spirit mov'd.

Cbrirt, a mere man I the numerous cloudOf witness exult aloud ;They died in faith, now live to viewHis manhood and his Godhead too.

Chr ist , a mere manl the Word procla imsThe Dei ty in s ignal names-The Mighty God Immanuel !'Whicb,

all arch-angel-narnes excel

Chr ist , a nere man ! lhe Eterrra l T1'orr lNot only nith, but n'as the Lord,Appear'd in flesh to dwell rvith us,1Io bear the law's lremendous curse,

Chr ist , a mere man ! and pay a debt ,Tbe pain 'd in hel l have nol drne yet ;Nor can eternal pains dischargeA debt so infinitely lalge,

Christ, a mere man ! the Fatlrer says,t le 's wel l -p leas'd wi th rvhat he pais,Receives bilu as tbe ransom price,Then there's rro other m€ri6ce.

Cbrist, a mere man ! degrading thougbt;Sirrce he for man so much lras wrougtrt,l ' l l never be ashamed to callTbis man of sorrows-Lord of All.

Christ, a rnere man ! and yet came downFrom heaven, to make his mercy known;To execute the eternal plan,Coultl tbis be done by puny man I

Christ, a mere man ! to whom from far,Did wise mei coine, ttreir guide lris star,Would angels in immortal layc,Sing to a mere young mortalfs praise I

Cbrist, a lrere man ! what pow'r like thine 3Could turn mere water into wine ?IIe heal'd tbe sick, be rais'd the dead,And thousands miraculously fed,

Chr ist ,a mere man ! who, wlren he saidBe still-the boisi'rous sea obev'd.

THE GOSPDL MAGAZINE.Wlro cur'd the lame, deaf, dnmtr and blind.And worse diseases of the nrind.

Christ, a mere man ! who sins forgave,And came a wl.etched worl.l to sav-e ;And who, since died, when he bled,To break the.subtle ser.pent,s head.

Christ, a mere man ! the Pope may thenAs well grant pardons and condemh;Aud holy watei is as goodFor cleansing souls, as.-mere mau,s blood.

Cbrist, a mere man ! irr dreadful hell,I t6.potent prince l ike l ightning fel l ;When the apostles preich,d h"is name,T'his coldest bed--eterrral ffame.

Cbrist, a mere man t ask all the hostOf heaveu, who rnake lhis man their boast;f,_ngels and saints were this the case,Muet be an idol-serving race.

Christ, a mere man ! who, when on earth,Diseoursing on the second birtb,To Niiodemus did declare,He was in heaven as wcll as there.

Christ, a irere. man ! if that,s lhe case,{9rv is he full of truth and grace 9Wben in tbe scriptures it is-said,AII men from truih aud grace bave strav'd.

Christ, a mere man I yet-att the whilePure, holy, harmless, without guile:5_9, by !!" I,.ord, was then for[o!Who said-There's not ooe min ihat sinneth not.

Christ, a mer.e man ! why did he die, 'un- charge of bold blasphemy;.Wh-y carry on so long fne fraua,And not at death i tself be aw,d,

C_h-rist, a mere man ! If tlat be true;Who would lrot erucify bim too IIIe said he was God,s'only Bon,His Father arrd himself are oue.

Cbrist, a mere man ! Speak, dyine thief.And tel l Socinians thv

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Tbey cal l him Lord, inO suppticateA man to save thy soul so liie.

Christ, a mere man ! yet, one said heLlries out,-My Lord, remember me,When thou ar.i in tby king,lom come,frepare a dying sinner room.

Ctr-risf a mere man ! they best ean tell'Wbo_ trave_by him been saved from hell ;Zacchel4 Magdalene, and paul,

Antl millions crown him-Lord of all,

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Cbr ist , a mere rnan! rvbo conquer,d death,\4 'hen he, as rnan resign'd h is breath !Who Laving shed his v i ta l b lood,ffe rose and reigns-tbe vital God.

Cbrist, amere man ! whose nanres express*Grace, wisdornr pow€r, and r ighleousness;

lpholding al l th ings by his p iwer,Berng God o'er alllbless,d evermore.

Christ, a mere man ! look at his side.Whose Leart d id steel , and death der ide ;Andyet he l ives, and Thomas canCall him Lord Gcd, as well as man.

Chfist, a mere man ! had this been own.d.By Stephen, he had not been ston'd;A_nd al l the nrar t l r 'd throng had l iv 'd,llad the_v, such fool'i romairce believ;d,

Cbr idt , a mere m&n ! No, Stephen says,And to the last- to Jesus prays;And dying as l r is Saviour d ied,For mercy on his murd'rers cry'd.

Christra mel'e man ! tbis Paul can tell.'Who prostrate at h is presence fe l l ;'When

Saul he thougbt so, but says, nowLord, What wi l r th5u, that I shol id do ?

Clrrist, a mere man ! believer, say,Who is thy true and living way.aWhere is tiry faith, thy ho-pe, tfr.v love,But in the gl'eat God-rnan above I

Chr ist , arn- . . " . "n ! ask dr jng beds'Who' twas srrsta i r red their ia in- t ing heads ;

Who took the st ing of death au'a-v ;Who's victor o'er the house of clay- !

Christ, a mere man ! this won,t abideThe throes of death in Jordan's tide;

JVlrer-e purchas'd wrath, in 6arning siretch,fnfx its arrowe in the wretch.

C!{rt, q mere man ! So Julian thought,Till he the poison'd arrow caught;tHe fell, and follow'd by despair,Confesi'd the Lord God Jesirs-there,

Christ, a mere man ! the last great day.Will prove his Godhead, and display.

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By him, their Judge, will betry'd.

, ,* About the y.ear Ezo, in the open Field, at a r_rational fertival, in prerence ofhis no-bles, a poisoqed dart purposely m_a!e, wrt\ mighty force, he thiew, iavinc. taki tn;.my,present-'-tEour.tesusr-thou king of the Jews 1-f[su curseil, dalilean. on hijrlshr rnoulder. close to tris:3r, trhc afro-w -returned, struck, sunk-.. leavins him fiveho-urs to study ind say-(( Thai Curxd God leiue G'nif.1iliil;--

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