, ,ll' ,\ ,~,' \\~ i~: in' D~s(ri1~c ~!le'{ving il~lC,O~~l,lptlless.:' . , .le Beware ye of, tlte, LWYf:/l qj the ~/~a.I'~sa!s, wft{dl,!sHypocnsy."

" And lloiv 0' Father,' glority thou me, with thine own self, with the glorywhich r 1Hid Ivilh thee b~fore the world was." \ , .)

,'. ", T,I1~ ,p~~,~O~~L'IT:;(~~lD,'~t~~y,OF CIfR"IST.t CONCEIVE from the plan of this most diyine praye~, we ~ho'uI4gather'tllI\,;, instr'tlGtlo'ri, .1{Pl> pr~y"w,ith a. v,i~w, as \--ceping in me­mory, an.d exprcs"ing the order ano economy of the divipe Trinity'in 'al'l'their ;le~s. of gr.a.ce; and transactiolls in the everlasting cove­,naht, 011 the IJehalr'of the ,elect and beloved of God. We shouldattend more closely than we genel'ally d\>, to our Lord's 'prayers,as reuor-ded in the'\vord, and more especially to this before us, as itw()lJltl' gr~atly, help us to lIn4erst~nd what, we are to pray for, an;C1the groulld on which ,we should rest OUl: faith and hope in God, fQ~the acceptcll1ce 9f 'ou r .persons, and ,performances bqfore the ~ord.

The whole :of the~foliegoillg y;erses:, are fl!1I of m3tter. rhey, acp, most truly excellel'l·t: . \rI'h.ey ,are/all ,closely .linked, anQ. so conn~ct­

'cd t6g'(\ther, that the:}' .form,1!;,c'han of ,glprious~ruths, ill w~ic~-are ·lco·ntained"tfue,Jw'i.~dQmi~f' God iu". a;"mystery. l wo~Jd' 'say,nhe·words bet'orc'.me are tIle grandl conclusion of the former VCI'ses.And 'here ends the first part of this prayer. The \yords now; undelcOlisi€lerati.oo, arm the uttermost of Christ's heart to his Father forhimself. "And.nowt () J{athe1', .IJlm'ff'/ tlzou 'me, ,wW~ tltine ownsel/~ witlt tlte glory whii:kI III/,d witlt tltee~ ,bt;j'orc''[vorld was." ,'. '

,I I view this, passage as' one of -the deepest in all the book of God.For as.themystel'y!oC the"Trinity is OIJ,.C of the deepe;>t ,which is,or cooid;possibly be revealed, so nex~ unto it, the pt'rs~ntof Chri~t

must be tl1e'illost profound. And 'as I cOllceixe it is most, gloriolls­::ly'set before.A.ls in the gospel, and is the myste,ry o£:godliness. Gill!

\ 1naii:ifest.il'lJ theflt.:sh., As wj,tho1;lt the doctl:ine of the :rl,'inity, the, tr'tllMS r~cordetl'i:l! the scriptures~anlto,t'be supported, so this g,reat

..truth,'tctmcerning the. persOllalities in J~!J.ovah, m;e l1IQ~t,' clearly"'e'x:pressed' i~;' the, incarnation, of Christ. So. tl)at to a mind, spirit-

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l1ally enlightened to know Christ, tIJere cannot be clearer demon­stration given of the person of tIJe Father, ancl the distinctive per­sonaiity of.the Spirit, than is made. known in the person of Christ,~ho is vodJ,pal), GOjl if!:\.our nat,pre. GoJ. ~b'{ellir;J~ personally111 the llJan't(JWriisj:' J~G.s,u~.,,, [G.od wj~\lUs. It..Jbil~t·f~Qr\'sicler ;alJ theseexpt:cssions to. be trufy agreeable with scripture, and therefore,perfect1y-safe hJ,b-<1-usea, and that:-no Wl'61tg'-idea ,can-aris@ frQIl1them, yet, I w,ill"s<1y, next,tor-tne.T.'rlnit)\ id Unity, there is not agreater di~pJay 6f God in bcavl;;1l or earth, than in the man Christ

. Jesus Jll'oOi~ h~re T>r&ying-l: 'lFIktf'{ijsl ta -tlfe :Fat~ttl\;. 1, TJe' prays~il,'God.,.man. :.... lie prfty.ll t:(}l:J1i)n1>.~Jf:,,}.Jie .l?L·aYl'J.9J:..hi~ own glori­fication. He (pra,y,t~.tI1is. ITI'ilY bc, !iP~edj)y. And. 110w, 0 Faihe'r,

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gl?>:f[Y.;.{I~u.;1~1,r:, {I>l J""lf1m-r ?rcm.\stzh'~lfli ~1le"" gl~r!J zphlcl~ I (ladWith thee/before the rool'!'d was." III which' worM, lYe have thefollowing- p:ll"ti'cntars.- ..

. E:~rs1J;t ';]Jne pI1e-c*-i$tencc of!!Chri&l;o,', H~, ~as pefpre the wOOl'ld.'.' And now () 'FatluJ11,.g.!01:i(Y thou Vl~ ."tJIit,A tlj,iW/ PU!fl self, with theg lO1:Y whic!l)~I{I~]pi~1 t/~cf' .b101'5 FI~ '~~.i;ld ~a~:/' ,... .'

Second Iy.;, Re speaks of a' glory, Whlch1he had wlth'the Father,~, fh ,J 1 " :<.' 1'1" '. 'I ' j " , \.. .'oe ure_tle ~ur u ,·vas. i :.'1,) ('"'ff) ,d:i {t~ (J '1;, '.J/".J

.~ THirdIJf:,',Odr'Cortl [Ways to 'ber,glorified. ,f' Y11.1d; nOrl), Q·Father,g lbr-if,y rhtJiitne,,'iL,c'." , :rc.,j 0')') ., fI;; 'I" ", A, "lj" ,-ntl' J • I I I IJ ~ . , , 4.1) ..... , . • ,,' "\ ' .

:Das'tJy.:~ [That this ltiay'speedily tl1ke, place. ", And no'm; (IJJi't/a7zl:r,'g"ot~b thou ?/~e, L·mit<ll!tlNflerore:lxsfjlf, wi't/z. tJi(VJI017j; wltich,l had

,,~'ilh"/.'h'ei {~t:f'oi'i::the (rl)oJ'ld ~{i.s·," ", il .;t It!" " ,~. ,!. , 'I. 'c ;'.1

;' In·gri-riit;o\i~rth'~s'e 'p,htlc'u)acs,laTil attempt wifl be made'tp,unfoldlthe mY,steiy of't:!'Je per,sui[of' Ghl,jst>, God man, ~and how he ex,istelllSe¥'Q\;e'ct)I''\¥oI'ICl,s,t l~l1)J' IHl.d a 'gI6,'y' with the..· Fatpehbef0r'Citbe world,vaS':~ Also:J l llh(' ~111'l\l'r:yJ(w'i'l\,'bbn1ade oonc'ernirig what'thatlglQry~",cis ~'imd also, whJt t1Ihtlglory'i~~1ft wblcl) he. shilleS"'forth r at"t,be'rT~,I\i::'flCl:!I?,if:,thef~J'J'it:rl·~t.i ~Il' h~~'I.'.HMay'thc t?r~; th~ Bdly Gho.st,'lie my ~;\.m1c; a1r~t~e I~Jly, ~o3Ije7:'llHvhIUh '?nth~it:l~ ,revealcJ,,\;>e my<}{ile, s6,a;' that Lt ma~(teh(Ho' the honour' ,0f,ChUlst" an5hy,ollr SpI­

ritual' atl v'aqt!lg:@t~~ni,ld;hhall sct'beflMe Jlou concerni,ng theselmost:'troly di'9Ij;n'-e:'ahd fl~{avt;n'IY"slib:jedS':ln~l1crf '" • ~ ,i.l'l!~ ;"'11 ;1H, Pi I'St. ; '~lo~hhll:t S'peati 'cfJl.lbeI'1l4flgf. t the: jjr~-e'x istenr,e<:,o£ Cb~jst,· it'bt·ing, h~ld'f~ttl{\ih~9'u1,) tex't!\~( :xtnd,norlJ} (),/.~ /t'atltel:,'~lorft.j;, them'1ne,>,Wlth ;tlI'e ktpry'"(r)./l7CIi j'; had ~ith T:th6'e,//}(JYm: ,the'.f:v01'ld. '(pas."

. -If Ohr:fst'~£c(a 'kl~f11(~~th .thd'li~alh~·r ,befure .,nhe: world wa~i he ihust•Have '!ni,d"'ex lfife1ne'e' w"J:l'h" the'l' cl ttWl1 'be f,1.te'i (th~.. world U1was.," .then

,cH~ '.I5re~ek'l~tell 'Jj~fol'e' 'his' i flfiurnatio'tldJNet lIs1l( ine.an, fls, ~h.e-,LQrd~ ~J!~I'l' ,g~~lcr~l~sli, ehab}e~nfe..'th,t!n't€l' clead".'i1irt.Q;t!:is,~ubj(tct, hmust"}l~oceea'~lfi&tuhJly.al'ld~l~dlltl01\S)Yi s~, (,is'> ~hatJ n0thmgobe uttered,(-tvhi'ch,'6!>,'Ltj ~v~l1ik~:n 'We 'ToundatibFHJ p'<1fl whic:b,\all\J:hJ:-i rests. Chl'lst:,V·'t;;\e l'fopa o( / (iiF lii;irt~). Godi.r l ' .1\sl"sut,li ;-..he ,is,~~rs'onally ~l~sti'llctffi)m)tlte J~iat1Je'r;IYet pt"'. the satdb,ntitl!lJ1e, 'aht! J,OQdhead ,w,ltb the

!}:'.l"t'E,(J.,r 'tHHfJih e:-;~IVi't!~J As sheh 'he)e'i.iiste~ -with th~ ~;atheE 'a~l,d the~:-;J.i'!t ill the ilH,:olllprehensibleHJdlovah, asl G(j;iXo,,~(Jilall;...blessed- .

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~~IE I G9 SP,E!' l'~~Gj\ZINE·t , l~1(01' liver., r:4!S1 he. :pre-e'fisted ~~I the ~on;t:of GO~'111) ~if.qjstjn~tivepl;lrspnality, ~Il ,Gl?dhe.~,d,. as ,one, vv~th the F~tber.,aNd.the .sp,iri,t"Fohe had the ,g!orx of h\~,self; an,cl ,~Q.e(ma,l\e?,.ISt,~pre 'Yo~t~, the' Fa~lwr~9d,the Spll;j~,,,Ye,t'ltl1lSi c;an.l)9~ b~ ~9Pf~\V,~(t. g~. It be~l~g<!:s" yastatldIncol~lpIJ'!!le,rwbleU& Go~lJJ~ad" ! .h~ref?rfJt.rn.ust "en! ~Yi~al.~,,~!?at

,as,he e~{JsteJ '}s,the ,~on I?f 9qd ;Wlt!J},he); at~er,fl.ndJ~Bll;lt" In tb~ 1)1-

~ol,l1~nuni~a,bfe~sseP<ie" so )t,\yas the" wjJlpf the,F"ther, ~,hns~l(, aL~d

,,~plrr~;rh,.: ~r.ol1k!.~e,predes~\.l1as\(~,tqI9~~Yo,d:m~n., ,He,,~a;; th~ es~e~··tLaI wonJ,aljld t~e, ~p Iy, begp~~lin ~9J!; 9f.{ppd~, all,d Ry',the ~i)'f,of ~f!e.E~erJ:)al ThJl;ee, hill warto,'b,e th~lm!1g;elpf,thr I~wi~bje·qQq. "1'h&·I)a,ll?e or title of i,mage.J s,ay~ .ol)~" 1S !:15>t,sPQk9!1. p.f,t,~~ ~¥~ence ~f:P?R,. blj,t, IW!l,tliI;e!~t~Qn ,t9, 11s" ,~~ as(tlle.l'et'(;ll'~,,~A1Fi8tji~ ll}!,! iq'l'l-ge,of G~)(I, Ge~~~ls,e?/h~rr)al~tj~ a~\ith~fr~i"iq9,dy~~ij;JleJP m~. A,t1d"y~t,<;:;r~ist i~: o.ctl1e,~fmle~s~el)~(pv,it,b ~9~ Fa"ther,PI' ,he coule! I!.o~\tl'uJy,(and to, ~h~ life,)'l;ejlresent, .G9rl to,IIS,: '''''',,'' t" •

I 'J' ~ J , 't' ~ 1.·' ..... • '-"r la , t' .... .. ~ . ;1 ,

• i. ~h.y diy,i~ledIJ)sL~.sJ,<;ntl\l:l.;p~rSQIlJllitYlqf.tbj'l,$on,of ,q.~d,uis the:fo9t1­d'!-tlOnlPf. ~I~,oelngj by, JJJe j\Nll),al!t! ge~)I;~9 of t)le ,T,mnty" ,Gog.-.man;

.and as,s\lqh"p'y' 1}!tf'1!:, glory l~it.h J\1e...Father, b~for:e ,the 'yodd waj>.·l.1e,Rre .exi~te~jt~,P9q-OJan, before hiS! \lC,ariJat\oll he wore the ~IQr'yof Gqd Ifl<\oJlef,9f;.Y ~!;llIfP~ •..ij'Qt Fnjlt ~~ h!l'lI)i'l-? s~}ll thy.~ eXls,tcQ,nq, bLl,~.t!lq pertlql}. otf th\'l.'$OIl of, Y~~"1X}!i.lPd'l '1ll'! ~I}~ "Y1t}r 9qQ,and WD.S God, '.1, i'l 11 .. I){ '0 !; ,,: ,j ' ..~ 'I 0 ,>I ,

"TJlis d.i,:j,nY"n~Hon ~ay~,(:Ur, G.o0d,~in~ w'!s, by all'actand ,d~cr~eH~~,\Go~\,s wiJ,l, ~)~~g1e(LqHJ ,to.fl~S/.l~eHqq~)n'}.~ur!'l, ~Ilft to :~.u~taint"er,persq.n. pf ~n,b,E;Il9.I'~efqr(::.~m:l"".'f~ hH§,.<;1,1rt~t"as.~o~~m~"T.asdqehfa[}, 9f tt!f1w1):o)q r-,lec~io)1 of g\'ace,. as tf~~ Father, the hu,sq1:j.n~y the ,,s,~~Pfler<h tile Hpdf,~mer, )t!ll':, friqu9) the i~uret(}',r t1}~ brother, t~e· l~e,prel',epta\~vy :qf.bisfPttqp1e., pad ,a:cojy'enan~-s~Q~ist~n<;<:,b'~(orl'(,{7oq,

,l,li'! h~~"a g,lp~y. \Yl~tlr yqd., app, tl*..W:'\s befor~;the wq~:I~I~as .., He~l'i sted'l~l'iol' ,to ihisj,' lJt-:ill'lV!tipn ,;3.S,. God:.lp;an ,,el!,ict,As;;su~h, he\;Vas l,he, ftt/lC?w ot~tJ~ !1prd .of Hosts. ThiS IS jaU Ilpe~~ 9Y the pre- .

~e,xj~,te~c,e ,0:', (f.llJi~~, .• :J,b~~ the E~~elitial/;~n of 90p ,.,Wjl.S !\l;l~,UP

1Ry. ~bti:£t.e.~flrl i;F~r~~f ~s', Qodi! rua,.,lj ,-l~oI~l)(e~~rla~,t~i.l)~p·lA.S: ~1l~Q,'~)le \vas,g!9pfied, es' b~\ng'la(\mltte<t ~b ~bll1e fO,1;.~Il-ln su..ch:,g~~ry qSbep~~ne, ~lJIl) wh<;>- ~as' Gqd Cl!.?,}, maa ,m;~ne..CI1l'lst; '.. A!~ thl~h\S 'con-

·_~ljl~J~gl.b,yl QW,h-9rdjs w9.~ds> I)0\y' ~efor~ u,s, ",41]d"JZ~rv) rQ 1.'.g.~I1~r,(g~Q!,iJy t~P;1f Vl-,e "'Y2L~h t0z'f/e,o'tq)1~ ~e{j~IJ~zt.(~) t4'6. gl(J1',Yi w.!gC!JJ.lla,4~'!f~ttttt,!;ee 4if.9,~,~·tlleJffl.o,rldwgS;.~~, t ,,; ". ;.,: " ( 1,.'" • ?;1('~). I~\1 Fa~~n,g <!l;lc!<lre<J,. my views, ~f;t,heipre.,e,xi~~(tpqe(,oli·Q.l;I.rist; th.ath9, a~,~J1p' oply .l;w,gotten, ~9n of (.,GQdi,l'!,ql,1alf\~1iI9(co,-e-§s~nt.ial ,wjt.h

"the ,F~t(Yr:,rll:!-pd"t!l\'!i~pi~~t,,in tbe,:il1oo.mp~eb~p&iql~, -lepp.va~,: wa~ s~t, u p,~S; Q!19. mal~s-th'!'J i,{nag,e ofJh~tj9,v!~ible VO,d;-t!}e:fellQW.. Qf;~he'Irorl)., 9t ijpsts ~ <,.pd as ~l-l<th,' ha<j .a gl,ory 'VVitq the-.Fa.tl1~.t:~ ~efore, the

. ~,qrld ~¥i.!§'Pl~ aga:iu"l'epeat, ~p.d;Ilmeap,ttJ~qle ~v~s~(jt u~ in the~wbplp,\'l.f~)S, P,Yr.~PJ;1'I,fI:?,G.pd, Hn'!~e9.)~9., qlan,:ye~ WIt<hout:h~YJ!,g ~!\­l:sl\:ped, t~.e';h\PP~l1I.D'illpr a~ny, Pllrt~lwreof, .SQ'.!\ prOG~~d,.WI~41.IPl"text? an.~"ap1"I!q\y}Q,,:Ilpeak ~,0(. ~h~ ;ne~t.I'~'Anth'1 t1nq,d4.visiou Qfiit.;\VhlCh l,~,.. ~ _ <./1:'"- <"~I ( "1' ~~l:t ' 1"" . ..' (f ht, '

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'; 8 :iHEI'o"~SPEL MAGAZINE.\. I Seeohl:Hy, Chrisrspeaks of,a:lglbl~Y whlcFflle had with th'e Fatll~"°before"~Iltl world was! "'Alld: lidw, 0 }/'cdh/t~ gib/'ify thou 11l1',

'liJith'the gldi'!J'1 h'ad 'ft/il'lI tlie'e~ 'befln't!ith'e ilJorld 'tlJ.as~ 111 ',I j i '

,'1'- As to't.he' glory of'Chris~, ,\\Ilat it'Is, \~ltd e,l:/nsj"sf~ ~il'; ~~lust a~, We

a_re·on.,thl~ part'l~~'thesubJect,' b'~ e~q~lre_(hqt,?!,t~~are ~ol~l t?say from the sd','ptures ot truth,,'that' Christ 'hath 'R' t)vo. fold 910r)\.And' ~t ~dq~i~ts tn ·~.a ~ldryl,:"hi_~I-IJbe,IO:n;~s to 'l~ls 'py~S~~, al~d wH}.ill

- beloo~~ to hutt, asJlt'~espe_~ts fllS, office as Med'ator, "Od.. 1'.orq 'b~re, '~Ma~~f; or a gl~rY',(~I,i~h, !l~lh~d wrt'~rthe};\tber berp're 'f,h,Y ~brtd ~;~~.

He p~ay~fo 'be f~'ld;rfie(J WIth th~ ?~?ry wlllc!~j he ha(l w~~h, t~e ~h~~~e.r. ' befor~the \~~l\'\V~S~ th'ere!.or~ l,t}oH~ws, he n~c1'not ~o~V' t!I~I,t gl,~~X'

, ' It,~ wa~ ~t thiS't'1'~~, f~\1.d.urlJ.lg'_ ,hH:,llIlt'a,:na~~ state'cli~,~;t~Q of !t;~' ~t~~r,wlselie'cQt;lld llOt'lw1th ~n'y !mrd ·~rpr()prlety h~l~esald; ,( ./Jnd n,orvoPather;'gloi'ifytlWu,me' w'ich ~1ie-gldl:yw/!~iJl l~f~l 'j£Jft~)h111:?t:0rethe wodd wqs," Consequently' it'lntist lbllow,' that he'CaJ1nbti[)~:'h:€re

~ spea1pl!0' oflq1is.'es~entlal,' glbr,'yj¥$:'fV~, (o~\~qj~g~!f~b'~I~p'nl ~f:~?d.,He couM no'more lay aSIde hlsessen~lal glory, t,han "'1e-lcotl!u'ceas~~1;o,lbe~'H:" H,e ~o'til,dl, ~6t~pr~j' 'to;~'c:,)gldri;fi-~'~' '~¥,~.I'id, ~P'O' t;>.f:fll~~l~,~tP$God:, ,because he was,the _'s~mt< III ,qle'seV"exlsqJg!esst!tlCe),vl~Ftthe

,}'a,ther andJthe ~pirii::i He 'r'nu~t, thel,~r6reio.~ 'h~re tlrWerstoqd, Jas, ,spcqkiHg' oPhis1perJolial' glory'? ats l OOa~nlati~ \Vh6 as' st,lch, :l:,\d"as, made one in .the trinity, /:lad shone forth in' the"fOr~,ofqbd,'andlth'ou'O'HV;jt: 'not,roblJery' to'IJe; ~ni:r'dl'with' (;Iod~a"nJ was th~ first-l' ~ . ' 'J ' .' ; 1 ~~ t .'

:'Dorn,lof'a-1I 'Godl~ tl1dtf,S'hts, purposes,'coullsels';and 'deslgns~' whomI:..t'tie"I:or(]J'had-! p'osses1(~cl,;jn.th~ jb~:"jlll;i-h(yof'l\i~-'wavJs ' b~fd,re'jthls

I 1 J" -, t> t> ' ' J' , I-'\YbrKspf 010," ,As tlle.Soll,'of' GO'f) '.pre'destinateq to \)i'fllan~'ilnU by'1:lie"persolial'union~~ofthe mmi in God, the SbuQf God, dwe!t;withaU:,tliC"'filrlhess1of G'&dheaU 'Sol't:hat"\God'lhah' lis' t'he b'.:jh-Iltness 'of

\' _ ", " . , r, tl tgloryl:Lthe 'i'liag~ of ·tlle) l1\'isi ble'GouJ-iti 'whorn<lll ;ot' GQ'd 'is re-

."ealeq';- and fr'611i' wl10in I~,ll of'GbdL:is' comnlll.riiCated-:.lle as thus"~'onsitlhed~'h'atll dWrsona~ glory, i'n J"Jhic!i h& -sH6~'1 forth' itl' 'h~ave~lbefotc'lhe'world began. This glo'ry IS sl:Ch,.a~ <tan \)'e 1nl no othertthah i'n:him5, wbcj 'is.. tb~"on\y l?egqt\ell Son of'Gh.:: p~rsqhally an'd'~~ssetitiaHy'!j~:Add eve,vlu "is 'n,o,t' th&l;p'crsbtHd aria Jssent\'U,1 fT, lory' l6f. . ') /J r ~ I • b .

-tneJ'only'l1eg6tten'·SonJof Gddl} 'bLif it 1S the glory dilc"to' €!\l;jstf wbQ

, ',i/?"Hu/'lSon ofHH:r'li'Vi,l3g G6d rit~persbnal1yrap<t~sgerltial) y. cJn!li'a.~I·­~"edJ;~fj'l\e~dwe1h'i\I;i ao:&iS'tl'M~ecl;W die'm'<lI\iCIHist~)I'esus~\' :Whichgl~ry ~~ri~~,. ~s Go.d,-ma,li; W_~Tt< ~n )le~ve'il ,fIld~T e~',t!rla~t~n~ ,~~'b~dwas gl.onfied''Wlthfby"the BBly' FljI;ee,.l~efore th~ w6rl,11 ,\l!rs:" ''lfh~s

~~i&)'Y"'wa,~ 'd'is~ov/}r~dlin', ~h~~e'~:p,p~,~a.t1c~~'~Jr;~111b \ll#.fdts:Wf§r: t'lie,'f'llI}!.".vIWe~"e~tI: tll~ I}or-d~'odflwal,kedllm.the gard~t1' 1I1't1le cooILOf'1'h'e'da~'~ " Gen;, ii~lr'g\'"'Whiell'\n,b~t! b(Y·ap!)nd~ fo'!lth It'\:jpb,fand~~i}f} th@!f&cond.p4r'gon Nod th'~~r;:j,N; ~o~I~lhHh"i'liet;lije'i-n~'a1 sfith:,1Ctlh(sent'oi)c, ·t:h~ ~~ti t1 L·i liel-son'; 'OleIN-led iWf()r~'ftd \v hO~I:illjlJ'~lgl{ll;n,'t~i~corn'mi tteU,I' '!" '1:/i~'Eatf/{JI'JlldgftVl f n(I'~1I1),t/Mt '/zath tb}J1111il'~i:i/; alliudgJ!lelf-~Ulltf! ~/~er.8o'lI' 'J'61111 v-l,f2'2:'(I'i=le'!tPlieared,mIJ'~'hb~e f6hh

.:in la most -wo/,l(]erf;uhlisplay ofllist g'l6ry, as is'lh~bf(jre!J It.E~d~ u,'s)~;J-.);et h could not be his essential glory. For he says of hiS ~~s~hce,

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~' No o1ie aim see 11~1)fu~'e al1~7·lit'e.' Ekodus XX1<iii: 20. ".'The.lj,s~'lO.the (;od 0/ Israel, and, under M~ feet as it- were,' a paved work of (1

s[ljJphire. stone, and as it'tcel:e the hOlly q/llea'tJen in its clearness.~'· ,It was the God-man whd thus 'apl'Jearcd. The sapphire stone is

of a sky-blue coloul'. DudeI' the teei: of this' glorious perspnagewas a paved 'work' of. sapphire stone, cut lin' squares, and, the splen­d(ml' reflecte&fl'Om it:was jlS the body dfhe<wen in c1e;;lI'I'leSS, hlue.skyas wc' may so say " '~td~ adcled,falso t/i'dy, saw God,'aud did :eat- and,'

Idrink, most proba&lv; orl ~~cJ",ifibi'ah food,J ,Now,f consider this ,as ,ashine, a refj.ection1of ..th~· same. gloryJwith "'ltich',o'uI",Lol'd, shoueforth on -the mount: ", A.nd ,leoneeive",alLthis ta b-elOll,g. to him asGod-hlan,' 'He shope funth, and gave,a,glimps(hof h~s pe!,soilal

,glory to"lsaiah, w'ho saw hiin in a visi.en, between,the seraphims ;i.n'tJie holy of holies, 'who worshipped bim' with a tbrice holy, holy.•holy is the-Lord of-hosts.) tnel,wnoJe ,earth,ls full of his glory. 'SeeExodus vi .• I,' 2, 'S.:r;!.. ,".!l,;i 'i'" I ,f. ,/"1 •. ",' "'.':tH~ wa~.s~er1as';Gbd..(man'by (Ezekiel, ,}vho gives Jt:he follo~ilig ac.­

count thereof. Anti atio.v,e'.the filirnament that 'wasovertheirhea~s,wastIle Ji'kenhs:of.a;thh)lle\as 'the ,~lp,pear,3illCe 'of a'sapphire'!l.tone" andupon the likeness of the throne, was the likeness,;as t,he appearanc.e<if a' man1·above,;upor:rJlt.' "'I'dY1.l1~ ]./suWla$;.tlte eo(quY' 'qfiia112b'e I;"as, lhe

•apprroml1ceioffire 1tou'lld,allou /J fllJ'li~/ti-1II£t'~, fr~m' lIu;, 'ajJpc(J;ratt~'e'tif Msloins,even u]Jr~a]1dsj andiimm the dPPcaI'dnce 'oj his, loins el/ci},. c!qU;f''''

'wards, I saw, as iti/Jel'e ,the! appeamnee cif,firc, and, )it~hfld brigAt..,?leSs 1'ou.nil ahoul·it." .As tlze.'appeal'ante of tIle b(JU/ th:at. i)S. in,iheolmuls 1'n tlte qa;1j of z'ain., S(f"WfJ.-S I t/le aPl!eal~a.n.ce r!f the) hl'ightt/e,}s1'ozmd,aboui. ,'Plt-i,s. "was, ·,tlle ap{f«dl1anCe qf the likeness aj,t/t,e" glqryqf the LOj·d." I Ezek.iel i. 26,-,,28.. t,)' I I ,~ " ,"

'He 'appeared ,to, Danicl.p' A\S"a.ma.'1l clothed ili linen, :whose loins~fere,gi1'ded with.1ine gdld,qf·Upha~", 'I:fl~ b.ody w~s.li·~e (he Qe1fyl, .~

and Itisface ds, the appeant'nce (if (~l!litn!1lg, and Itls'~lJes tt5 l{m~PA qf"jil'f,.alid his;l'cll'lns..-and "lIi-sfeet,.li'lte in colollT' to 1polishe';' bT'p:~'fl,

and t'he ,voice;. of: his '[I;ol:ds, Nlcel the voice .q.fa iJlultitude.'!", .:Di:tl,1j~tx: 5, .·6.; ;.; ,I: tf,,'ln')' II.. fH\j'.;li ... : \' t' "'.-:. J,~~jr~1 .I. J} H q

, 'CaH there I~e"any'fair.erlopenin~,thesesacred\accol!Jnt~" ,than ,toapply them ,as',s'ba,ctows ,of t-he"lpJyl's<m3il' glory of Cbrist,·God·man.}I think not. lot was not, ,\,)br~st,in \his,;t!s~enti!\-Il !}Ut <;hdst In..,~is

personal glory, who thus discovered himself. A !1~1 he enlightened, .if,l may so' ,say,.alhhese'l1J?pe~ran.ces·?fhims~~f, ylefore, his ,near.,.nation" by wh.a\:. took pl~ce'm"lns state of hu!n\batlon,~ when b~fQl'ePetel' , .J arnes,'(j,'ndiJ ohn;,he Nl.aS, transfigured IOn -the "holY- 1,l1Ql,l,gt.When his. fa:ue_did: Ishin~ as tile" sU,!lphjld "hi's ~~i(llent ,wa..s. white,asthe ,ligbt~,.Wheh·the.;dis~iples,saw Ab glor,y,the ,glory ,a!! 'oJ~th&olll'y,IJ~gQtten'of1tlui Fat~er, an.d hereby knew him to, be;th~;,qnty:

b~gottell '5)Of) oLG'oGi. c': ~6,t~QSe ,S,\10h, ~lory .could;:be ,ill n~ne-~qt'hiril, rwbo 'wa3~J.eh0¥a:h's;.equa:!, the m.a%of G6d!s ,ng;ht 'halld., •U"IHave.bpene1d lhe, s~!:b.jeet ~ll~lsfact{.lri\)'l to<\.-uy ispirit.ualrminc\; I'.wol,l\dgive th~ whol~ glo!J ,t();jG.od. )M,L hav~'~ot, 1 woulcl rS1fe(theJ;rl

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1)o·lt'he\"script'tlre~. isSeawJ!Jwth'em:, ,mhey"a~e,t~r.em,), wJrich"\testifytlo)yc'~1injnfrOhrist',s: essen'tial and :pcrsdnal glory .',),.Atl~hhc ptdso­nul gl'ory,'of Christ,',is the ,God:~eetd)Ehw:el.li,tlg\P€H's(j)l~al1'yf'li-n the hu:riHpu:ity, 'SI) tJ;mt. the ·I:rers.dna;~'gl,0rY iOflChdst is' ,esse:nHaLllo the mum:intG.od;,,~ncl 'in()ohtmunriib)hle:!~o~aJlI'beside. .He-ihHs :t'he!full en~6y-

. ,meht: of::~ ,,'It ,islhis'iri:gbLqy' inhel:itaif1~1"I.';Yet lJe(Cann0Lc,o,rn~n;~­'TI1cate.~it.!J(Nl,n:y., '\ rAi !Vision ;06 hj'lndn.f1J,is fperso:11abgJ.drY;·lmillhhe tbees1;entra 10 [.: 1)1es.se'dlH~ss"to a:!Lhis~'sai[fts\i:o,,,glhr~.. lH:e'lvho ,lived as,!God~m'alriri the I oo~om of. ,the'l Fa-tlier.;,·b,ete.re, 'the.lt\vodcl"wasi,:al'ldhvore pel.1sonabglDl::yi'ws. Bad"tnuh:; e.lec;t-:--wb:o lln, ,the;appearance fofIwhich anl RctoiliUit has b:ee~ILgnren;m~ais'pleased t:O':admit',hiSl'S:aiMsdoa.rlU'lBwJed~ge'lof 'liJimself as' Gud ..ni.cttJj ~rhh"vas"pkaseQJin .the:fLiJnessof..t'imt!;t:o:becnme'~rfc.al.~hate\;::irn<d· a.t his·li 13,mt<rnaiti'0nf,..he,lla.i.d ;aside

....hi,s glorY'I! ili~:dJadijright;,1l6 ba"f1lShol.;vn JQrctJ;] irr,:ivirilqldlidtely,, '~S"so@t1 ,a~'11C:lsh$ lfii~ fi.JfIt:"on ·iOUT·/'iwi'lHd;. ;G,BHt ,that hermi,ghtlac­

,complish salvation work-he laid it aside. AmI. ;t.Io\\; QEt h<.ittlt,as goCki-:as- curD phftea 'Sa1iva.tioI1 wnrJ" Hlel~lraws:(hc may,aal,en tmp-ag'll'fll j hill cl. shio.ejfOlith; witrrth.e>.ITath:liYui a:s'helhadibe£~r;C'.t\f f, Aud, norrtJr' Of !E·'allll1:lJ'{flo,r.i!1J tJwUJilll7l;ftpJith ~th/)lelOim1J,~:clf, 'lai:t4;tltc, 1~loir.y;rl~~ad<rwiUi ,f,Iu.e

.,btf/ff1'€ ,f~he'wdmldrwa'£IP,;,,1 !Hl: -J':!} ,~fff"(rh till;·.) ~.2~a~ ,i -od; noqH• •I ;thinkr~Lh~veHlgiv,en'-"Y'(i)l\~\tlle ~efu'l\i'ne ,mean~!1i~".oJJ1IDu.cHLoid s~.wOl'.cls~'tr{!'spec,t'in@:t:'he gr0rY~Qesrgne:d\ \\\l'NO'lI'holl ,el\l:i~t, hath :al1\a'o­"·~d'iied:gls>r.y:\(and\~h,~cb ,?e'\~\I, Lre's~n~€~1.l,Of} ~iQlI' by, ;t h,e·'tiathelr,

l.1l ;Ct!nse.l'llieh~e\Qf 1,11S W9:rR~'0f.,~tlet\r~'Il:OI1,. '}'iJ.'Ie w.eans; 1 n~'iheav;e-n ,t./re:Jglorv M al1"bI'Wi;j,'ffie"cs~(- !>J\i;.1sh;rvr'f'l.,[onh '1'1;:L glo"'~)' ilIs,the 'Iua:mb [>I'am.'f,,¥e't·l c0t:Jc@\i~v6'.it, "is his ll?e:rsonhh~~or}ll- w.hat 'b,e 'l.!lost\\chiefl.¥.· i;e­',g'~l:<;Is')her'~; "a Rd, Uiere.t:O'I;!Z~hvjlh.cO'Q::ent 'ITI~\~c1 f, ;~'ith ,a~ld;:~~pto: l:h is!lead, ,and then close It. fha.bhke,a,s'all tJr.ll!f.l:sact.ed 'w~tthm. to!JeJ\9­

·.!ivl'of~ilolies; 'b:et,\v,cc:In,Gdd. :'U!1€bJesl1s 'Cb'cist,,{wa:s.sbt>tO',rt'h,.inAjpe,,":fii~u~e~:pr.c)ill'\s~:a~d pr'ori·li~cy!an.?s:t ell:!1CtJy.:..<lls\'i! $\VD S 5tat~d~}n· th~itlri&hlfa il'i'J nd,~fd e11.0 \'Tab;" r.lf1d·\~~ 1t,'.came,'1'0:,'R'~ss·;;,\';octh e.pt.111)ftva·l.,..t'ai1tib\t""';:'rcl'~o!lal~nb,tive:'antl\i llheJ"ent;'g'l~liies 'Of 'Gln;j'i't; 'G~d ,Inalnl~erJalsb, J1erlil,\lwdl tbe.!:e,d1B\i:o:v.'e,rel:l\'lto,s~itH:S, ulldo.~. tbe.101e.b\Test'a~

rnellt dispensation., And it be-eomes us to search into tbes.t{;reycaled}1t1'tlJdj';n~pir.etbl'ecbrds;J~to.':tlJ.e;!iri te:np~ welmayl'see;.,(Hw· e~Qe,ed ing

~.g'l'6Itt II@\t~~fl(i),lJi i, Jes\)'sr,' l\tllialf!lwug1t~fie ii'lIS<1;·iLk.;yet,jon;ljr<!tr{sak'(}s,e~$w.vfs :Bil.~r;., :l/~el bP.6it1Jl()q/001lfltli'(iOjm~h)'d;tI{!,,h;/;l.t;'~pd.veT.o/YJ'lmig.,M Ix:(~'l,.li~1.c1~:l:.? ~d hill, ,'H<':<;wirl htH:mlf):jh lwii 'HI'./? ,!,~,-,~:.'J'Hlo '!~J(I

~'1S~IP'gs§ (!iriJth~rQ.;j.y~:t(i)ia!J6tiGe;(j);ntnl:ro;ljq!pr.ay,s!tQlb~gloriS€\dr;·:M%In£!'"~%;w.,; (}.,.Ji''i/ltl~1p:g:liJ~'ifi.!fi tJi,ryrmrte -wit/~1itMY1i\f(w!"l!'Self; rwitIt, tiff; (g}arw

'JfiJlttl5lfll,lh tid'.'tiJt'thaiu}e;"tr.fljJ?J1eJikiJ uim;/d',w({slllolNs I I.,bfl\<;e eticlf;l;w'O6\'­.. si~4~idde~lwriSHtlat;irp'ersbhaJl1(g,J.Qro/l(])f(}(l:lll'i'St;'rirld l)afv:e'ilIl:tned.l tOJshMveft$e1C5'I@iY':yv'h~GhJt1~ Jlf.d)l~i;tthi tbq¥atHqi?het'ar&t Ih6lw.6r1dl~~~S;'ISOdfinl~rJ :tlf<i~ {freseJiJ.( 'beareR, t.tl~'V,rll ~eta ,pwv.tt.ofi i:t>;,to'sheWto~vdHlt,l:hatiJI~)\>v.tjSi, rf/l ~vihilehJ~l\,l1(.b,d(~s tfarlib,!~atft·he!h!)b'tdlltritl, .o61bt: majesty~1J, hio1h"! l;dWk;li6U:dc\h~ ltiC pt:>i'fl vi~w ~tt1ln;l'tJ~~uS"arld\'o,,'iS~s 11iIJ/F,<\tbtll"

Ijlu'Sf(a~ li~J}j~ganiJ i-'}ni.,w;l1s·;t{)etJ~J iFa.thBn..1,;.rl~,us' ;1iJ1!'l \CVplJ. fFl/ tl(1r;~,j .;\11,'t.hel"dilf~(~~'deiis~a:h\~'''Pl:m:;j~1 ih'llho .;ldtl:VY~!>I, e:yllyaYi\oLim.p.~'tun~-

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T'R~ 'GO$l'}>L.M A,GAZtNeEI 1'1,1.ty. , Y!3tJ '1ba\llf9.t"PW<1l1rm, i,t,'1)~!'~"b&oa.us_eqt!wil1 more fidlY'come1\n~let: PPIJsj:d~r'i1.tioq ill,~h,e~clo§ing:head of this sllpject. Oml Loud had?heen ill Ili~ incarnitt~.$tat~,.ti:Vjng,lil(f;,\1J,prinG~ in, disgu.ise. He"badvoh\nt<1ril.r\etnptieqNm;,>el,f.,ftq(~ in~liis ~t~te Qi·,h~tpiliation~ wrougll~'out alld<;:QI)lple,~edthel~v,-b~Jewi;Jrl\, t,Q~ wLlIclll he ca~ne from' God:'lt.is t herefore hisrefJuq~t; ito b'e\glgrl,fie.tl, wi th the glory, whieh he, had~with \b~ .F:athe~•.l?~f~v~lt;h#,!.wm:I,~\r.\\\M~'l ~To:sit at the right ban/Pbftb,e"I1l<1.ie~1.yp!,~,hj,gh,,a§lth~Jp.ropijeti priest, and kingl of hisfchurc~'f

-rarl,d tq sh~n\;Lf,ort:l;i; in alJ)bis ,!1a~i Ve"l ile~s.onalj andl.an61flnt Ilsj)len~i.dpux).,~efo~,~ saio:ts f!N11ft.llg~l§, tl1 rheil:st~'erJJiiS_i.og,.ioYjand'..satisfw~JtJOIi: ,- Whll~t"lQl5(;~l~~J~{P"d,Ml;l;1<;led'Lan~~)notl ~xetudetl.asla) pah!ofrG,III'I~t's,glonfic~!9n"i,yehft IS) fiQt!,elw ess~n,Ce and subJeot ofwhaQUI' Lprd, is~IWry pr~ying fQJ.,kN0.' I,He'Jla,~ notJas,~etput up 011'C>

petition fot:. ,h~fi ,<;)1yryb,j;,lh, is, lall, bithertolfor .hirhseif: And theJutrnq:it ofl Cprist.'~;r!'1q9l?}t jpl thi woi'ds, befote ,us,Jis for qis o.Wnlpet...~9nql 8'lot'ifiCClJi6~1. 11A1ld "tl1e.-vyry' ~ssencti of that,is ~xpressed, asconsiSting) i.l) p~~LJliq~,.i(lti'n<!;ciY1 OI.nd) JeHo\:\l~hi p with' the"if.ather.." Glol;!i0. tkO/£.'III(:;.3<Jl;th, thili~ Q1f1l{'se(f"!{I';LeJ:, me be' tak~?NUpintothe .r~1<?Lli)t:0f pers:~tJ>a,1:~on~.f11tJi;l·i9'!1\wi,th\tbkl9.~r As thqu'dids,t, a4~I1il;.l~le lllto,\ aJ~ t1lY ',Vo<lst,\.des'Jgn..:;•.,,as \\~he\ ,oeptrcN.o(l"a\l ,~t?y\ mamf,es·.tl,ve ,g,IQry,j ;.at:)(t,cl.ld~t,#~laC;t! th~" IllJj1c\' III ''HIe'.M-lhe. o~)ect ,6f dunejm:ffab 1R,',!(l\',c; anQ•• <;Otn\P.l\lC(}!ley, ; , as, t bOll\\d idst, s(lil'd\m~. i IIl'.tQ .' thewQrld, tbiit t\tQ,u \nig,ht~se ,glo~ily thy.,name, and hast,testified\ tliy<.1clight in IJiYc pg;r~on ClItd '}~9r]{rt-and has glorj6.el1 me o11lthel rrloun,tof transfigul'atj,oll,,:ux,a,w,bice .!frQm· .the excdleri.t glory, so glor'ifymc, by rJising nle~l~p to. tl;1at ipQuite pinnac!e'of glory,tbyd)osom"t.here to.sg1acelrn~s~lf.jn th~e"Rud fpr, thee there, to_sQlace thyselfill Ille, just, as W5'h I~ave p£forp,tlone. Not~i[1g shod of,this is thespirit 'Of t!1.e ;requ~~t .. So' that 'h,el:c th~ hlwian s?uJ,of Ohrist in, uni­011 with tbe person of the Son arGot!, prays 011 cal'tb~ for tHe ut­'~Cl"l~'os~.~i~h" wh1<tll:-9Rl\kl. bt:) e'ljoy~d. ,.b): .tobe.I.Gocl~man i,n,heaveq." (JloljJ;lj~tlLO~( n}f.~\wJtft\,t!LJ~Ut 9fo.lt\self3 zmMz tht! glO1'Y mluclz IJzOldwith (het: '~ifol'~d,be.,wgr:I'rhw(ls~'~ ,\L~,t (n,~ be .~d:r.nitted "}tHo a'll those

, \Converfi.~s\w,~h .tQtt,~~ .w\l~p,l} ;,yj\.! btl'.all in,fit1 iUM[ll'ing ,of nl.'lltu~l ~6Ia'ceand delIght. Draw thecurtalll jjfit,w~eI1Iroe a~)ljl ~hysel(:lf!.0' Eather,glorif.'I) me, 'Wit{,,·t~tine frr~lvetj: ~jl1t #.e,glprJj; whi'c.It,J,had 'With thee,{Jiff!'!'/: <he Tfo.r~d.~·~s.;~j ;' ,f,. ,t ,1/ ~liy,ld ;" r •. 11. " '1'.' I ('

: .Let 111e b~,adJ111tt,.e~cjt<i».~hl:i g,lqry ""hleh 1 had with thee m aLL thy,love" dt}ligh,t"C~u9~el..,qo,v.erian~ anq.. g\CWY" FatIUJt·"glorify. t!lou..

.1f1,f wijIU!linf:,,9lf.n se/J.....TQclyG.Q.rrwo, ,shines f9rt:b, at the rigbt­~llJaflJJqf"tl?~ ~I1aje~,ty.lo.\t ihig\l,ti nIhisJpej;~91(a1 glor'yl; royalty, .fulhess'.<U},d neTf<r~\ion~" as,19,od}~jn O~ll;,I?atur~ ••,~s tbe.Father'slbdcived.,4s,ltl~c clml'c,h;.s, JJ...el~.~~d.,lj .J\s,thfiJ )hffld~J;l,~;hjs ,body\tl~~ dlUr~h. IAs

• thl\l SaYlqur o.f1lt..L·'}s;tneti gr~a~IP,lgp,-pl'Jest.'IJesus 'IS glcmliied'invthe,Sf\meln~H\t,lr~~il~f,y.Nch he,w~s.\ge,bfl.s,et:l. tIe is gloFlfied in,hls person

.., work.. ,;; ~If:,isJg]or,ifr!1d,,,jq Q.is,·o_$c;~~, \' .His 'name is\ fhe, wdrd\oj GMIn him all fulne~.s C;l..v,v~Ils;n,lje iS1J,..~rd, of ail.• dngelsj.prihcipaiitie&,j,lJ}dipa~c~rs.Jlrc..JJlfljt:,S}+pJ;.~t ,t'lj!!qlMm,; l,"~ ,(', j() • ;d1 ' ~[' ,d.

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,Th; gI6ry'iwwhich:hc;s1:lines' forth,' fl'O\vLinJ heaven, ·,,'as shewed.forth in-,a beam of It,!wuen he 'w<ls" transfigur~rI;At, \vhich time,Peter says: " .ftVe were eye-witnesses '!filu!; 111aJestlj.'!" ~Pet. 'i. '16;11

", FOl' he ,rec"ivedJ1'om God ,the Pather, IlOlIdttr .dnd 1910l;y, 'wllmthae 'canie such a 'voice to' him ft'om thl1 eh'ellent g-ZOl:~, ,'1'11l:~ 'is'IIWboloved SOli in whom I was well ptease(U<.1 ' :vCl'se 17. " ". 'Ilheglory in which Ctrrist then"shone' t'<wth wels I)is personal glo'-;~y.'~ Yet h~ shi~es; fort:h,in'heav~n.W'a" g~'eater,de'~rec''of.it in, ma~Jesty and splendour. than.he theli'duJ.' Yet as he then shone forth,th'Ose ~1'0 wcr!1,eycHvittoesses J ofJ iq sa:v;,.,'and khew it \yas glory,

, whith',could dwelhn lyo'other phsO'I')"thl1n f be.\v·ho.w'cts; the ollly be­gotten ,Son of' God: ,By t.he 'shine'.6f his pe"s6Ilal"g'fory then, he

,gave evidence 'of, the' g;IQ'ry in ":i'hicl)' he' will appear at his second'comihgt, Arid this, i~ 11er;;onilf g.l'ory, is'native' andinhercl'!t ili' him.He dic.l.not'l he cannot" be ,divested 'of) it. 'He'.'was not in his inCari.natl;} state:, y.et hei-suspentled' the Ishit.e of! it, which >shewed I~is

"tl'ansGdndent g\;acc. 'I HC'ICOl1Icl not have' obeyed; 'Sll (feted and diedhad he appeared, in his glory., 1'h~refore, though" He was in t}~e

fOT11Z,of God, and thought it' notJ'robbel':!J- to be ('qual 'with: God, yet,',he Iruale ltiJ~l'selJ of no reputation, and ;took"upoll him thefol'Jn q.f. aservant, and 'was made in the 'ldceness o/"'I1len": -lInd beillg'!OIl1.Ut -infaskion as (l man, he,'h/llllbled himself, and, became obut/ent unto·,leatYt,ffiven the death qf"tlte'CI'oss, -w1te'J'ef01"e, God also hath It/:gltly'cmltedJlt'ml" "Phil. ,ii:~>;(l-9'. '"" "v.e'see,J'eslls,,''1:d!zO was rmzdi: 'a'little (OWeI: tllfl1'll the 'an~ezs,fo7' the sl~(Je7'iug of death" crowned with,{to"'I/, alld liono)'. Heb: j,i.' 9.1:" 'Abel thiS Iiriligs me, "~

Lastly, To' shl'lw it was our Lord's 'request, ~h(s his glonfication,.should speedily take place. ", A1U~1l0W, O:Pdthcr, glOlli]y thou me~l!itlt,tlu:Jie,ownoselj~ with t/re.g,'loT'Y wltidl f had· witlt theej'b'efore'the

_~t'orlil was. ", I,) 1 -, ,- .

- .1 ThislWill-most' easily appear~ by ·re'viewin.'g'these words, in theircon'nection w1th the former.. I have g'101'ified ,thee Olt t7,e 1eaTth: I

, Itav'e jinisluld"'!lIe zfJork 'wIde/I; 1fhbu {/a~e!i( I'/.le ,-to '{[o. Anrl noW', 0r Pather, gt{rJ"~fIJ /ltou me witIt rMM tnOIZ self, !I)ilh 'the glOlywhiclt l,lutd witlI, thee'befol'e the world~uj"s;", ,':d.'., .: :;.\ "

As\I. hav(l' gI01;ifipd. thee'on' the,'earth' to theuttermO'st, 'so do thouglorify me ~n heaven. Glorify thou me with thine own self, by'ad­

'mit'ting'me int'o;'allr that sdla~6', 'g'lor.y,irHl blessednes~,wh1cl\' (lha,d-in and, with thee from.evei·lastirlg;t Glorify thou me with t~ine own

,self. There is tl gl'()atness anit depth here. Bllt nothing sho'r't of thiswillrcontent,Ohri.st.1 GlbrWy ,thou me. , 'Vhat', a full proof is;hercof the di¥ine'personality ofthe·-Father. :He is the "person in Godhead"'ho;is·het1ead'drc.scd',;;if on'cperson in deity is' p)'operly ackhowledg-

fed, an the others must necessarily~bc included.. 'Therefore, JO¥lrl',says, '" WllOso~ver traJisgresseth, and· alJidJih 11ot' ill the (lodl'inJ 'of.Chl"ist, hath.llot God: '!Ietltqt 'abid~tlt'ili tllf; drJi:trill~ of CIII'ist, he

, kath (/Jotlt, the'Futlle,. a1ld tll'e';Yon." .Epistle11! 9.' l _ . r1f the periioll of the SO,l\ be denied, the_pe rson of the Father· can-

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TIlE GOSPE'L MAOAZIN~~ , ·'is110t but be denied.' And it the personalities of fhe F;ather and theSon be truly and properly atknowledg~d., the person of the Holy.Spirit must be acknowledged also.' As the doctrine of the 'three in.Tchovah, are so ill union one with the otbd'; that in every act ofgrace, they are all revealed, though not always expressed. Christ.is hel'e praying for his oWn immediate glorification, and for tileglorification o~' his person as God:man, now immediately. "Andnow, 0 Father, ,glorify thou me." Let there be 110 delay. Let mebe received up into glory immediately, as soon as I have completedthy vast designs in my mediatory work. 'Let me shine forth beforethee in the same glqry in which I ever- did froll! before <111 time.We learn from hence the heai,t ofCh'r)st. What it was set upon.As his end in the o/hole, he had wrought apd finished ill his incar-,nate state; was to bring manifestative'glory to, his Father, so whatkeptup his great mind ,inthe immediate prospects ofhisimmense SOl'·:r.ows whioh he was to sustaih, when the Father's wrath should comedown upon his spotless hUlllanity, was the views of the glory whichshould succeed this. '0 what a depth is there in this subject!Such as I cannot I'each. No. Nor shall I b,e able 'fully to compre-,henu it in heaVeIi to eternity. I cannot open the life, the love, theblessedness, the' glory, the God-man lived and enjoyed, in the bo­som of the Father, before all worlds. I cannot set forth the graceof his mysterious incarnation, the love he manifested" the ·life he:lived, the obedience which he performed, the worth of his saorifice,the ·immensity Of his su:lterings III bis stare of humiliation, No. ThesJ}bject is too vast. .It is.jn~nite. There is a sense in which it may

. be said, it is incornpreheJ1sible. 'It is a subject known, believed, re..oeived, and enjpyed ill the minds of all believers. Yet he cannotbe fully comprehf'nded by them. Nor will it ever be. A light letin upon the·mind, from the, word and by the Spirit,is It meiul.whereby we ~ee. and apprehend Christ!, ahd a real b~lieving "i~W'of Christ, draws, the' whole soul after hum And a View of Christby sense and vision in glory, wiB swallow up the whole mi'nd in oneperpetual act of wonder and admiration, so that his perSOn as Gdd-,m~n, will ?e the ordi~ance of glo!'.},' . .' Yet nOlle w~1l e,ver lully c~~­prehend hUll, and as It respects ~he bfe an~ glory ne hves.ahd shlllesforth, now in,'as God':ll1an-Metli~tor,we .can hav.e no adcfluateIdea of, much less' can we conceive of hiS personal glory'~ Onit is heart was so set,with the fellowship and felicity he would. par­take of in being glorified with. the F?t~er, that he says, let there beno delay. ,Let me have speedy admiSSion. ""bzd now" 0 Father,glorify thcm me." Here is mu~h. weight and enlphasis in ev.eryword, " And now, 0 Fa,ilur, glorify thQU me.""Let me shine forth

• in my native inherent glory. 1 'am thy co"equal,Sol\. It is~..}ny

person un,ited to the man whom I have taken io,tp UI;liQn, gives ever­-lasting worth, dignity, l\nd excellency tQ him. ~lorify m~,< my

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_ As it respects the glo~'ifyjng 'the' person of Christ, it IUllst herei'r~an the acquitting him from all the sins of his pet)ple. The rais­ing: him up from under the power of death, and the' grave. Theraising ,him up from earth to heaven. , Tl~e exalting him above allbJessings and praise. ,;The fuHy investing· him with all perogativcs,titles, glories, and dignities due unto,him, as·the ope Mediator, theheir of all things, in whom all fulness dwel!s, who is h\:ad over aJl -.things to the church, which is bis,body, the t'ulness of bim which.filleth all in all. .. "

I would again observe, Christ in tbis prayer fur himself, conlaiq.,.ed in these five verses, prays twiec· for bis being glorified.

First, in the £iISt and second verses, " Father, tile hour is come,.glorify tAy Son, tAat th!) Son also·malJ glorif.l) tllte. As tholt .hastgzven him power over aUjlesh, that lie s/zould.give eternal life,· to as'maul) as thou hast give)~ Mm.' , . . .,! And here, a sec.ond time; in .verse fifth,' he prays to be Rloritied,saying; " And now,' 0 F'atlu1', glorijy,tllOll me ftJith thine own seV~

with the glO1;Y wInch I Iwd roith t/iee bljore the world 'was."It follows, from-a due consideration· of these verses, that there is

a two-fold glory included in them. He speaks.in the £isl't ,of being, 'glorified, and speaks of it in relation to the work and performance

of his office,' as Mediator,· which he says, lay in this, " 1'0 give eter.rzallife to as mar'!!! as, the Father had given .him.', ~ So. that ourLord's prayer, '" Glol'ify me, that I ,may glorify .thee,'·' first verse,is;' that ill the work ,of i:i.ufferillg which he was then entering upon,the Father would gloriously assist him, 'and enahle him to gotlll'ough with it, 'according to the commission, authority, ana powerthe Father' had· given him. For in that sense,'power, in 'verse 2,must be l1eoe~~aril'y' understood. ".cJorif:Y., tlnl Son" that t/~l) Sonalso may glorifll thee; as thou hast gzven hzm'power over all flesh,to this end,' t/wt he m£g!lt gi'lie eternal life to as ma17:Y as tlzou hastgiven hzm." " ..

.All this'pl'operly ,relates to the work and office of Mec!iatorship,The as, imports, tjJat:in a proportion requisite,Jo that work and of.fic~, which he was empower,cd apd authdrsed with fll, the Fatherwould give him a mea~ure of glorious grace and strength, an.swer.able, or wOl,"lhy of that office, and fully enable him to perfonn it,and thoroughly exe'cptC it. And then glori(y.bim, by o·jvino- hima rewal'd, fQr that worle which he should have finished. to" l' /lfIt!C

glorijied tlter:: on the e(1rtlz,'J I{ave finiS/led t!leee'ork wltidt thougav/:st me,lo do." . .i ',. • ,

,All this is diotinct,from bhe glory tnentioned io.,our text. "And?1O~; () 1"6.tlu'1', fJlo)'i!..y thOl~ rm.wit!t tlllne own self, ~itll t!le gloJ:ywluc!l. I had Wl.t/z tlu:(J bvjm'~ ,the world was." ThIs glory is theglory of Gael himself, And what it became God to glorify such;I.. oue with, as was Qi~ Son ~nd to be ta~~n up into the. glo!',r

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, of God. It \~as notupori,ithe account of what he had done in th,is~orld, a:s in rclatiori to us, and our eternal life ;but what:simply arose'from the·'union and- communion, which be had, and was to have en: .tirdy with his Li'athc'r, sing],,> arid alone, " Glorify tholt me with thineown se?!" I It is the glory which the hum"il nature hath in God, aridwi,' b God alonc-, in the enjoyment of all that,God is. As if he hads:l1(l, ~ather let the glOl'Y which is thine be mine. Make me glori­'01.15 with the glory thou h;tst thy'sclf, with 'a glory from. thee, and,with'a glol4Y in thee. The glory our Lord here prays for, is theglory' belonging to his person, as constituted God,man, which wasto break forth in and upon the man assumed, as being one personwith the SOri, who is God essclltialJy.

Thus I have 'endeavoureJ toclo my best in setting forth this greatsubject before us. I have aimed to shew, or rather to give hints,that Christ hath an essential g-lory as, the only begotten Son of God.']'hat hj'l hath a personal glory as God and man in one person. Th'athe also hath a'mediatory glory. And I have endeavoured to give a.distinction between his mediatory and pe~'sonal'glory, by observingthat he prays for both these. in this short prayer for himse,lf"whichis contained in these five verses. And that he closes it with askingfor, and soaring up to the I.lighest ancl-sl~prel~e pinnacle of ~lory." AndllU~f),O Pat/UT, o.zorify thou me with thtne own self, '(RJlth tileglory w/lic!l I had witl/'''tlzee, before tlte w01:ld was," ,

And thus havin~ gone briefly through all the p~rts of <?hristfsprayer on his own behalf, and for himself, I close; praYlllg theLord himself, to pal'doh every deficiency, to shed his heavenlyinfluences 011 it, so far as it may be a means to cast any light onthe renewed mind, and give a blessed idea: of the glory of Clirist'~

person thereby. And thus least itinto the treasury, and commititto the Care and blessing of the Lord the Spirit: ' Amen.

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1.AW AND GOSPEL.

" "e are not under the law, but under grace."

eo RIST is the 'end of the law for righteousness, to every Olle thatbdlevctb. It is fulfilled by the covenant, as a righteousness reveal.cd in the gospel; yea, not only fulfilled, Ilut" magrlified and madel}o\lo':l;able.'" A new and stlp.eradded glory reflected upon it, byCbrist, tl)e Son of God, his peing made under the law:, to redce!Uus who were under' the law.' The gospel bl'ings to light new 010­ti ves and argllment" to obedience" which the law itself, abs~actlyconsidered, coule! never afford, namely, arguments drawn from theconsideration of redeeming grace and love, ,,,hich have a more con.straining, power to obedience, with,an ingenuous spirit, than all thecUI'ses and penalties that the law denounces agalllst these who donot continue ill obedience thereto. ,

The harmony of the Jaw and gospel appears ill this, that th,e law', paves the way to the entertainment of gos!-,el-grace; for it is a

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sehool,.master to lead us unto Christ~ that we may he justifieu 1>yfaith. The law is ~,Ian'ee ill ,the hand of the 'chirurgcon to 0l~c,n

, the ulcer of sin and corruRti'on within us; the gospel as a rnecbcl­mil balsam, drains, and gradually heals it, when. applied in the wayof believillgs the law is.a plo,ugh to till up the fallow ground ofthe hc'art of ma,n; the gospel is the good seed cast il,lto the fU,rrows f

VJhich being jm'pregnate~ by the dew of heaven, makes it spr~ng ~pto everl~~ting life: the law is a hammer to break the rock III PlC'

ces; the 'gospel dissolves it with the warl1l fir~ of t/;Je love.o~ God,~,h~d,:ab'roadin the heart hy the Holy Ghost. Thus tbe law IS sub~!;crvlen~ to the gJ;eat desi,gn of the gospel., • .

What the'law teaches perceptively, the gospel teaches ef}ect~ve~y,th~ 1~\~.e7ji?in? th~ duty, the &,()SPc~ fllrnisbes; with, grace to <;bey J~ ;there IS no duty the law re.qllltes, but ther~,lsJsUltabl.e furUlture 111

the go~pel prom1iie ~o discharge'it. Doth the law require us toknow the LO~'d, which is the first precept in the, rnOl:allaw? Herei!> sllitable;~race provided in, tb;~gospel, I will giv~ t,hem an heartto Im0'X ~("I that I flJm the LQrd. Doth tlte law r,eqUlre us to trustin, him at ~tjl. times? 'The gospel-promise is suit~d unto this, Theyshall ti'ust in the name of the Lord. Doth it require of us to lovethe Lord ,our Gael with all the heart, soul, strength, and mind?gere is gospel. grace to effect it, I will circumcise their hearts tolove th~ 1S0rd their God. Doth it crave ehedience, saying, 'VValk,beforer ine and be thou per'fect ? 'The grace of the gospel says, Iwill put,~y spirit with~n you" aneJ cvause you lo walk in. my statutes,and ye shall kee,p my JudgmGnts and,do them. Doth the law en­join us to sanctify the Lord i'li 9ur hyarts, and make him our fearand-- our dread? The grace pf thc promise exactly suits that, I willput my fear in their hearts, an~ they shall not 'depart from m.e.Doth the. law r.<]uire liS to call Ol'] the name of the Lord, to worshIpand serve him? The gospe promisc;s, that the spirit of grace andsupplioation shall be poured out, to help our infirmities, and to teachus to pray, and praise, and perform other acts of worship. Doesthe law enjoin us to repcntl,~DJ turoJrom the evil of our ways?The gospel promises the heart ofjlesh in place of the heart if stone:and tells us, that GoJ S('llt hisSon to bless us; in turning away everyone of us frQm our iniquities. 'Thus you s~e, that what the lawteaches PERC'];;PflVELY, the gospel teaches EFFI:CTIV'BLY.

THe harmony betwel'n th'e la\~ and gospel, appears in this, thatth~ law di~covers I htil sinner's! lluty ,'~~d the gospel cl Iscovers theo~Ject of Its duty; the law enjoins faith, the gqsp~1 lifls up Christthe objecl of faith; as Moses lifted up th,e serpent in the "Yildernepseven so i's'tI"re Son ofrnan lifted Up,ur)ontb9~gospelpole; thatwho-,sOE'vcr belie"eth ill him should not perish, but have eternal life.

\ The law ~e\1joins the sinner tor love God with all the heart; but itis the gospeh>llly that prE'sents Gold, in'such a v,il1w" as to becomean ~~j~ct of love to a g-ui.fty,sir)'ner: namet'y, adl~ 'is ~ recon~iJed('!oc! and' Father in Christ; for ~ie,\\'lug GO,d absolllte1y, as he is pr~-

THE GOSPEL. MAp AZTNE. 11.sc,l1tcd in the glass of the holy law, he is an ohject of terror instead,of Jove. 1'he law enjo.ins us. t() tum from sin, under the pain of ,\Vr~th ancl vengeance; the gospeL.sh!=lws the sinner a refuge untowhich he is to turn, Tprn ye to your stropg- hold, ye p"isoners ofhope. The law enjoins mourning for sin, Rent your hearts an~no,1. 'your garments; the gospel presents a crucified Chi-ist, wQund­c.d for our ,transgrc,ssions, bruised for our iniqujtjes, whqOJ wben th~~ll1ll~r views by faith, he mourns, as one doth fOl' ,an only son, andIl1 blttern ess as one is in bittorncss for a first born.

The law requires us to worship the Lord our God; the gospel'discovers both the ohject <jJ\ld the way of worship; the gospeJ dis,-.covers the o~ject of worship, namely a God in Christ, apd t~e wayto the hohlilst opened by the'blood pr Jesus.

. The law by its terror,sweeps away the refuge of lies; the go~peldIscovers a new foundation of hope ancl help, saying, Behold, I layin Zion for a found<ltion, a stone, a tried ston~, a precious corner­stone, a sure foundation; .and he that believeth onh'n1, shall not beconfounded. The law.saps the fOl1,\ldat;on of sand, and overturnsthe tOll'cr t.ha~ the sinner wus buildinO" in order to reach heaven by·it; the gospel dis.covcrs the rock ofOages, upon 'wbich the sinnermay builu his house, against which the O"atesof hell shall neverprevail. . °

The law, when viewed spiritually, drivcs the sinner out of himself,.by dj~coverillghis emptiness. poverty and misery; 'the gospel draws.and inyites him Ollt of himsdf, by disco~'erin~ the aU fulness of aUedeemer to.supply his W,lIltS, though ever so'great. '.

The If\w lets the .ma;11 see that he has no money nor price; thethe Kospel sbews, that thoup;h he bas no money /lor 'price, yet hemay come and buy gold tried iu the fire, white raiment, and eye~

salve. "The law lets toe sinner see that he is shut up in a pit, wherein

. there is no water; the gospel shews how the sinner, by tbe blood ofGou's covenaut, may come forth out"of the pit, allll opens a fonn"tain of living water, where he may draw and drink with joy.

The lalv calls fo~ oiled ience, the gospel leads us to Christ· forrighteousness. Thus the whole life of a believer is not look·.ng totbe law as a rule or stimulus to obedience, but tUl1uing from it andlookillg at the law of g'race, exhibited in the gospel. , .

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1'0 the Editor qFthe Gospel lIIagazine.

,MR. EDITOR, •

A;s Y9U have fOl' ,many .years kept open'a work, for the,defence ofour most holy faith, and among the doctrines you have advocat~cl~there i$ none that has had a more particular regard set upon it, thanthe ,D9ctrine ~f the 'TIUNITY" .!.send,you the follow,jug cQrife~Si(m8 of

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'of some of'the ehllrches of the faithful, who have set tlJCir seal tothe personality of the Fatbcl', of the Son" and of tbe troly Ghost;they will serve as an appendix to the confessions yon gave us sometime siace of the church of Hclvetja, which desen'ed to be cngra­ven on a rock,

In tbis woeful day of rebuke and blasphemy, whep errors of everykind are aboulldmg on tbe right-hand aild on the left, and whenmen are endeavonring...t.o convert the ullcon\'erted, who as teachersare unlearned, in the first rudiments in the school of Christ I hopeyOll will never shrink back from yourdllty in not only detecting;error, but exposing those men who ai:e<1ever learning but who havenever come to the knowledge of the tnhi,l.

" 1 arn YO.lIr friend in sincerity.dme)~ CCl'!zel', Oct. 5, 181,8.\ CH RlSTOPHER.

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THE CONFESSION OF BAsHJ'

WE beli(\;e in God the Father, in Cod tile So'n, 111 God 'the HolyChost, the' holy divine Trinity; three Persons, ,and one eternal, al­mighty God, in egsenceand snbstance,-aml not three Gods..

CONFl~SS~ON OF BOHEMIA OR. THE WALDF.N&:ES.

Out of tbis fountain.of hply scripture, and Christian instruction,according to the true and sound lln'dcrstanding - and' meaningof the Holy Ghost, our m~n teach bv fa.ith' to acknowlcdg'p, andwith tbe mouth to confess; that the Holy Trinity, to wit, God the

. :Father, the SOli, and the Holy Gho;;t', are th,'ee'distinct,l)cl'sons;butin essence Olle only tme; <ilone, eternal, almighty and inco!l)­prehensible God; of onc equal, indi~-isible, divine essence, " OfW11O'JJ1, ,t hl'ouglt wlwm, (lIul 'Ill UJ1WJJ1 are ·alt tlll'ngs," " I

According to this faith rnenare tunght, to acknowledge the won-'(lerful wor!<s of God " and those proporties' which are peculiar to eachper~on of the Holy Ti'inity; and of the dirine Unity, and to ac­knowledge the sovereign,and -infinite riolV,e.. ; wisd!oI1J, and goodnessof the one on1'y God: out of whieh also ariseth and proceedeth the

,saving knowjedge as well of th~ essence, ,1s €If the wilt'of God.One kind of works or properties of the three persons of the God­l1ead (by 'which they are disccmed onc from the other) are the in­ward, eternal, and by postatieal proprieties; which always remainimlIllllable, and arc only apprehended by the eyes of faith, andare these.

That the Father, as the four~tain, all't! the well spring of the God­head, from all eternity begetteth the Son, eqmil to himself, and thathil~lseJfrcmait~ethn(:t begotten neither is be the person orthe Son, yethe,ls a p~r~o_lI begettlllg \l,ot begotten, The Son IS begottenoftheeter­nal Father horn all etermty true God of God: and as he is a personhe IS not the Father, but fhe Son begotten of tne essence or natllr;of the Fatbe ll , and consllbstantial with h'im: which Son in the ful-

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i;~lf alone, (as he is the Son) took unto him our nature of the bles­sed,Virgill i'vIary, and united-into one person with the Godhf'ad

I whereof we shall speak aftenval·d. But the Holy <:;host proceedetl~from the )?<J.ther and the" SOil, and so he is neither the Father northe Son, but a person distinct from them, eternal, aud the substan-'·tial love of the Father and of the Son, surpassing all admiration:these 'th ree ,persons are one true Goel, as is aforesaid. '

The (,ther ki'nd Of works in these persons,and in the unity of/theG~dheacl, isslleth as:it were into open sight ant of the divine essenceand the persons thereof, in which beinr.; distinct, they have manifest­eLl themselves, and these are three. The first is tl,le wonderful workof creation, which the creeds do attribute to the' Father. The, se­cond is the work of redemption, which is proper to Christ: Thethird is the work of ~anctific~tion, which is ascribe9 to the. HolyGhost, for which cause he in the apostles creed is peculiarly calledlwT;y., And j'et all these are the proper works of one true God, and,lhat of him' alone, a,nd I!0ne other: to wit, the Father, the Son,and theJ-Ioly ,Ghost. '

This true <ll)d (j.bsolllte r~ith, and difficult knowledg-e of God, aswell concerning his nature, as' his will, if> comprehended, and con:-'"tailH'(i'in the aforenamed Catholic and Apostolical creed, (lncl in thedecree of the Nicene council, agreeing, therewith, and in manyother sound decrees, arId also in Athanasl'us his confession. All;which:' we judge and profess to be true. But it hath ever)asting andsl.!re grounds on which it relieth, and we\ghty reason~, by, whicq itisout of the Holy Scripture convinced to be' true: as by that ma-,nifestation wherejn the who~e Trinity sl~ewed itself, when Christ theLord ~'as hilrJtised in .ford,an :' by the commandment of 'cHrist, be­cause in the name of the perSons of the same Holy Trinity, all peo-ple must be baptize,cl and inst~llcted in the faith." ,

Also by Christ's words, when he saith, " Holy Ghost the Com.forter, ro/tom the FClt/m; will send in 1n;Y name, shall teach .you allthese things:" and before these words he saith: " I will pray theFather, ~~l1d he wilt give .you alwthe,' Comforter, wlta'shalL be wl'th:youfiJI' ever, 'even the Spirit of truth.'" . .

,l?eside, we t?ach that t,his only lp.l<yGod, one in eSlience and in ~dlvme nature, and tQree 1tl persons, IS above all to be honoured .,'yi th high w:orship; as chief Lord, and king, who ruletlrand\reigncthalways, and for ever, and ~specially after this sort, that we look Un.to him above all, and put all our confidenc~ in him alone;and offer­ing unto him aU subjection, obedience, fear, all-faith, love, and ge.lIcrally.the·service of the whole in/ward anc\ol1tward divine worship,do indeed ,sacrifice and perform it, under pain ~! loo,sing everlastingsalvation ': as it is written: " Th01f s/wlt wersl!zp the Lord thy God,a:nd him only sha{t t!WZ? serve:" an,d again, " Tho~l shalt love .the 1

Lord thy God, wzth all thy hmrt, wlth all t/~y soul, wzth all thy mzhd, 'and ,to be short, with all thy migM :" as well of the inward 'as ou tward .powers, to 'yhom beglpry from this ti!,l.1'efcrth, f0r evermore. Amen.

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THE FRENG:H Co:NFEsSION.

We belie\'e,ano acknowledge one only God, who is ope only and, ,simple essence, spiritual, eternal, il1\'isible, immutablt;, infinite, ill­

comprehensible, ullspeakable almigbty, most lvise, good, just, andmerciful.

The Holy Seripture tea~heth us that in that one and simple di­vine essence, there be three persons subsisting, the Father, the SOli,and the Holy Ghost. 'The Father, to wit, the first cause in order,~nd beginning of all thin'.';s: the Son, his wisdolll and everlastin~

word': the Holy G host, his viruie, power, and efficacy: the Sonhegotten of the Father from everlasting, the ~-Ioly Ghost from ever­lasting, procel:;ding from the Father and the, Son: which threepersons are not confounded, but distinct, and yet 1I0~ diviged"outco' essential" co-eternal, and co:'equal.

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"Vc believe, that, there is one certain natlu'e 'and divine power,'~'hich Wil call God, and that the same is divided into three equalpersons, into the Father, into the Son) and into the Holy Ghost;and that they all be of one powel'" orotle majesty, of one eternity, ofone Godhead, and one substance, And althoug-h these thrce personsbe so divided, that neither the Father is the Son, nOl' the Son is theHoIY;.Ghost, or the Father, yet nevertheless we believe, that-thereis but o,ne very God. And that the same one God hath created hea­v:en,; and ear.th, and all things contained under heaven,

We believe, that Jesus Christ the only Son of the,eternal F~ther,

&c~ The ?'est of this al"tiele ,YOlt shall find in the sixth section) where­- unto these thillgs do J1roper~!.j IJertain, which ar~ contained in tlu's se­

cond,artide, of the pc/'son and otJiee if ChTist.We believe that the Holy Ghost, who is the third person in the

Trinity; is very God, not made, not created, not begotten, butproc'eeding both from, the Father and the Son, by a c~rtain meanunknown unto mall, and unspeakable.

TI-IE CONF2SSION OF BELGIA.

We believe in heart, and confess with the mouth, that there is ol)eonly and simplespiritua! essence which we call God, eternal, incom.prebensi\>le, invisible, immutable, infinite, who is whQlly wise,and a most plentiful well-spring ,of all good things.Accor~ing .to this -truth and word of God we believe in one only

God (who is one essence, truly distinguished into .three perso1'ls fromeverlasting, by mean of the incommunicahle properties) to wit, inthe, Father, in Lhe Son, a,ncl in the Holy Ghost, For the Fatheris the cause, fountain, and beginning of all things visible and iIltvi­sible; the Son is the'word, wisdom, and image of the Father, the

'Holy, Ghost is the might and pvwer whichJ.proeeedeth from t,he.o

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Father' and the Son. "¥et S9, that this (\istit,19t~9.n qoth, not II;lakeGod as it were d~videu into three parts :"seeil,lg th~ scriptme ~eachj­

eth, that the Father, and the S\?,\l, and the ~-J~ly Gbo,st, have a dis­tiJld perso', or 5U \;>,sisting' in th,cit; pl'9!Jfirties, Y9t so, th\l!t ,;hes;e thr,ecpers,9ns be one only God.

TI~el;dOJc, it is certain, t~'\t !lGitber tht:) F,ath~r is, the SOil, t:l0rtbe Son the Fa~her, nor the l-~~Jy Ghost e.ithet the Fa,~her 9j~ \qe~on. Ncverthetes~ thes.c pers,p,Ds thus dist,ngl;li,sqyd, <,lr~ l)eitli.,erJ~vid~d; nor cOl'J.foun.d~r1" npr, 1l,)!\lg1e~1. FoX n~i:ther the Father,qo,:,the Holy Ghost have taken UlIto t~efIl, Ul{ln's n",t~re, bUt, t\l~ Sg!;1alon~. The Father We)S l1evlt1' W\tl1o,l,lt h;i,~ Son, nor \Xi,th(m~

his ho.ty Ghost, be~al,lse every ant;:' in o,ne and t9y sam,e, ~~S~1;lC;:11

is the !lame ete,nlit-j'. Fv;r nQg~ o( tl1cse is Gith.er fir~t 9~ \<,\~t, b~­

cause all three are oQe, b,oth iQ, hu,tb "nd pow~r" an~ <\Iso in: g90d­ness and mercy.

And all t,bcse thit:lgs we know a~ well by the testinw-ny of ,Holy·Scripture, as by tiie effects; and chiefly, tho~e which we feel in our

'ownselves, and' the testimonies of floly Scripture, which teach ust.o believe this holy' Tt'inity, are veey common in the old Testament:which arc not so nitich to qe recKoned tip; as with sound jl1dgmentto be selected suc'h as are· in these, in the first of Genesis, Gild'~aith.." ,Let us make num' ac~ording to our owii imllge and likeness;S(e." aml straight after; " Tfi,erf!tol'e, God made man, a,ccording 'to

:his OU'lZ image and likencss, l1~ale, I say, and female c1'eated" hethem." Ag-ain," BellOld thl' man is become as one of us," For bytnl).t which is said, " Let 'us, make man rifter our own likeness," ~it

appeared! that there are moj'e persolls in the Godbead. But wheh .it is, said, " Gorb £Teated, SI;c." the unity of the Godhead' is sig-llified. '

, {For, although it be not here expressly set down how many per­sons th~re al'c, yet" that which was obscurely deliver,ed in the OldTestament, in th« Ne\\' is made clearer to usthan the noon day. for

, when oUr Lord Jesus (hris,t was baptized in Jordan, t~e voice of·theFather was heard, saying," This is my helove,d Son;" and the Bonwas himself se~l~ in the waters; and the Holy Ghost appeared in

, the likencss of a dove.' ,Therefore, we are also commanded in the COmmon baptism of

, all the faithful, to,use this f9r'rf], ,~ EaptJ7;e :lJC all naiions, in thename of the Father, and the Son, and the lIoly Ghost." Lo, aho inLuke, th~ angel G~bJ"ie1 speakei:h to Mary, the mother. of our Lord." The Holy Glto.f~ shall come upon thee, _and the p0'(iier. qft ~e'highestshqU m;ers!wdow thee, tlzel'ifore, that ho{V thing whic1t s!;.af,& be borneet thee, shaLL 'be calUd. the Son,qf GOd.'l Iq like manner, 'f Thegrace Clf our Lord Jesus Chq'st, and the love if Goel, and thefellow~ship qf the 1-Joly Gho;t be with 7/0UY Again," 'j'-her.e (l1'c Threethat bear witness in III:aven, the FathCl', the "Vord, and'the J-lo.LyGhosf, which three are one."

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f By all ,which ,places, we are fully taught, that iI19ne.~only God,there arc three persf,)ns. And, although this doctrine pass all "thereach of man's wit, ,y~t \Ve now steadfastly believe it out of the,",Vord of God, ,jooking" Ivhen we, shall e~ioy the 'full knowledgethexeof in heaven;, The offices also and df'ects ot: these three per­sone, wl-liel! evei'y one~f th'em shew~th towards us, are to be marked.For ~he Fath~r 9Y i'eason of his power'is called our Creator; theSOfJ our $aviour ?nd Redeemer, because he:lmth redeemed us-byhis h)qod; 'the Holy GHost is called our Sanctifier, ~ecause hed·welJeth in om: hearts: And tH~ true church hath always even fromthe, apostles age until these time,s, kepnhis. holydoetrjne of'theblessed Trinity', and~ maintaineth it against Jews, MahometC!-ns,' andother 'false Christians, 'and heretics, such 'a~' were Marcion, M<l;nes,Praxeas, Sabellius, Samosatcnus, and the like; all whidh wer~ wpr­thily condemued, by the fathers of mOit sound judgment.

Therefore, \ve do here willingly admit those three creeds; namelyth,!t of th~ apostles, of N ice, and Athanasius, and whatsoev~r things,they, according- to,,the meaning of those 'cn:~ds,' have set down,~concerning thi:s point of doctrine. • "

We believe that .Jesus Christ in respec;t of his divilIle nature,isthe only Son of God, begotten fJ:om everlasting not made or-crea­ted, (for then be should be a creature') but of the same' essence withthe Father, and co-eternal wi,th him,; who also is, the true image of

. tbe Father's substance, and tbe, brightness of his glory, in all things'equaluntobim. ,', '

'But he' is the Son of'Ged, ':lot only, 'since the timehe'took uponhim. our 'mfture, but from everlasting, as these testll1wnies bein~

~aid togetb(~\" teaeb us.. Mqses, saith, that Godcl'eate,d the 'lC'01'!d.

- Hut Saint .John saith, That all things were made ~y the, z~oTd, whichlle called!., God ;50 'the ap'~stle to the, Hebrews~ avo~1Cheth that Godmade all-,things ~1J /1(:\' SOil Jesus Christ. It followeth' therefore.

,that he who is, called boih God, and the:vVord, and the SOil, at:ld'Jesus.Christ, had his bein'g: even then, when"all things were'm~ade

..by.him. ',' , . " '. 01'. .' '.,.,

r.. Tbel'efore' l'vIichf'ah the prophet s'aith, " I-Its gozng out /zas beenfrom tile lu:gin111ng,f1'om the da,ys of eternity," Again, ",.lIe iswit/lOut ~egil{nin,t! if daljs, and. 'ii.!Z't!zout end ofJ!fe." He is tbere­fore; that true God" eternal, Almighty"whom we pray,unto"wor-

I ship, and serve. ,",;'." ".' , 'Ve believ.e also ~nd confess, that the' Holy Ghost proceedeth, from the Father and' -the Son: from everlasting, and that therefore',he, was neither made, '1101' created, nOlO begotten, hut only proceed-

irig from tl)em both, wbo, is.i)) order fhe third person in the Trinity,of the same essence, 'gldry'; and; majesty with tbe. Father and theSon, and tllerefore, he also is trqe and everlasting God, as the holy

.Scri plures teacb us. ,. " ." THE CO~FESSION OF, ~.:USPUR,GE. \ ,

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decree of tlle'Njcenc COtlncil, concerning the .qoity of the c1ivineessence, and of the three persons, .is true, an.d,withqut all dou~t to.be beheveJ; to.wit, that there is one divir}e essence, which is c~lled

and is G!:>d,' eternal, ,withoul body,'indivi6ible" of Illfinite power~·.wisJom, goodness, the Creator ape! p,re~erver .ofall things visible andinvisible; and thp,t there be three p~r'spns, of the'sam; essence, '!l0dpower, which also arc coeternal, th.e Fat[ler, the Son"and the HolyGhost. ApJ 'they use tht) name of peJ;son in that signification, inwhich the ecclesiastical writers have, l;~eJ. it iu this 'cltuse, to sig­nify. not a· part (II' quality in another,'bpt that, .which properlysubsl.steth.·· .

They condemn ,all heresie:s sprung up against this A,rticle, .as theManichees, who .set down two begilloings, good a'nd evil; they do;in like ~;ort cotidemn'the Valentians; Arian;, Ellnomians,Mahome,.,tists, and all such ,like. Tbcy cO~Jdemn \l}SO the Sl;lmosate,nes, oldand new, who 'whet1 they earqestly defend that there is but'one per­son, d.G craftily ana ·wi.ckedly dall.Y a(ter the manner' of Rhetoricianlol'al;lO.ut the Word and. the Holy Ghost, that they,are not distinct'p,ersons, b~t that the HTord signifieth a vocal ~ord? and the Spirit iJ.motion created in thing'S,:"

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A NOTE FROM IMPARTIAL O:BSERVE~, TO HIS KIND. FRIEN!? •

MR, EDITOR, , '

You will distingnish. that I havejn view ~he friend, who addres~ed::me a .note in November numQ-er; wherein; he ackno,vledges the.j\l?ti,ce' of m?st ~f my remurks.oll}he state of p~'ofessors, and theil~ /"-l~lf01sters; bllt very properly slglllfies, that I J;l1lght have went fur-ther, particularly with, respect to the various cbaracten;, and viewsOf the latter.; and then pre{;ents U&, 'with one which had not beennoti<:ed by me~ but. 'wb1cJ{ I def:lm ,yer,r w.orthy of being adde.d t,omy list, al)d most sIn,.cerely thank hUll for it, O;ls well as for the 1I1t1""-.:nation he has "given·of his sen,til1)ent' op Is~iah xxvii! ). wQich ~

sbail now briefly ehlai'g~e on.". , .,The ,words are;" liz tha~ da.Y, tAc L01'.dwitll his SQre, lfnd,t"eat

q,nd strong s'{1Jorcf" shall pUllis/~ ~evlathan, t71.at .crooked serpent, andlie shall slay the :d'ragon t/zatis in tlte sea." My friend, cannot, Ithink hay;€ erred, in supposing, that by'tl)e crooked serpent, is in- ,tend,.edihe despotic, serp~ntine .pow.er cOf the ,churclt of· Rome,",hich h~s found its' way unto, a~d triumpns on, ~ost 'of t~~Jhl'Ones,,on, the European ,continent) as,·tne apo..calypse il) many places, sup'"'ports him herei ri.. I - . •

But w hat are we to understand. by the dragon of the se.a, I is a·question,'whi.ch may pe well worthy of investigatioll! The ser·pel~t, has the additional naD,)e of the. dragon, in the aforenamedb,ook:, })robabl?, ;l~e~.",:u.s~ ope ,pf its g~ea~e~t? sUJlpprting contjneilta~

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p6Wers,' is 'so 'caNed; butl dtnnot 'disH'n'gHi'sh th~t'cither the onc,0\' th~ o'ther, IS 'c'alle8 'the d'rago'n q'f, o'r In ''tbe'sea; bu't be thi~ asit fflay, so'me 'great'(Jragonic, '01' d~s)jdti'c 'n'aval'powei', that has cx·j'sted;'or ih.-it now e~ists, or tbat hereafter sha'1I 'exist, in, on', Ol'

over 't'he 'sea, for fhe 'be'nefit, 01' i'n bllpport df the gerpe~l't, it is very]j~ely 'ITibstlte u'\Yqerbtd&d, ~€onJe'ctllre, (,wh'ich idilU~t be ~cknuw­ledged',i's tls ofte!1 '~vild as co'rre'2t,} m,a,y fik on'HleMcient natalp\jwer'of V cloic'e, \-vhic'h wll.s"long since slain; or on sO,me existingpoWer, eithdrill 'the .t\:Iec]iterranearj oil tl'Je one hand,. or beyondthe '~aliic oo"the Ql'bcr; or it may'cbme nearer home; but 'I haveno conjecture to.present to tbe public ey£, or ear, and ~hall cOutentmyselT;wich hayi.ng, fhat I ~are ndt IV bat power ~s inten~ed, 'so itfie ndt any l'>rescrit, or futul'e p.owe'r of tbis cou,ntry ; but .whilst 1.feel myself the lto'b}ect'of this 'hope, I also feel Cl. little uneasy at se4;l­jng a.pbrtrait Of r11i!; beast1 iiltroc\'(lced on our" goJi.len ~overeigns,~ild "silve'r crown"s, in pj'aee of o'n'r n~tional arms, with Saint GeMg'e'ri?ir'ip' Md, ~Pl?~rently 'fro~gi,n.g it to d~ath ~ b.u'~ .th~~ ~a~ b~ ,thefrUlt'of a dnldlsh fear, of wmch eve'r), old man 11" sometlmes thesiibjt:ct, particula:r1y 'If they have 'beb in the hibit wbilst yol,lng',of regarding things as ominous; I therefore, m'erely clai'm a rece'P~

tion of this observation, as a remark which has not pl,'len en'ter~aineq

by any depth qf consideration. ,,I also confefls,lthat the app~ara:n'ce df a serpent, Or serp~nts in '

th~,-North Ame\'jcarTlr sea's, ,ohi size, nevet- pe·rbai)s before s'E!en, iiQ­medif1.tely attracted my attention, to the symbolic seqJent in- ourtext, a.nd 'Of course"to that which. 1 have suppnsed, to be referredtOiby it; hut 'tIJo:b'gl1t I, if Jqnatnan shOtlld hook in,·or destro'y thefdrhle'r,> whic'h 'i's not unhktly, '1 cannot see the same, or eveq an:)'

,prtlbability of hi's Being tb~ instrument in God's hand Qf punishingthe latte'Y', to the eXtellt 'illtelldea ; yet at the same time it may be:.(tmitted, tbat if lie 'shoulU ~s'sist, his Sou'th American br~thre',n,I!'gai'hst 'the ?·dJlal·finbroil1e're~' to tlte'Vi1'gih Ma:rIJ, then he cer-ta1tfIS;m~y give a, pf~tty Hea'lity J)low 'to it. '., "" 'Bllt !VIr. Bicheno,w solhe 'd~hers~"(vbo havebeen·'ih the h~1Jit 'ofc1eeply con~jtlering 'this, or simlla:r subjecls, mil;y, if they real! lhis-;favour, us with more ligbt 011 it",', ', l]3ud carlot'disfrJ'iss'th'e'silbject, Whhollt giving it as my bpihio~,ffralt 'Isaia:h's croo'ked Serpefl't, and drag-op 'that is in 'the sea, are$llJi,nt'John's ,~poGalypti~~I, be,~s\t, alj? ,.I~iS inj~!?i~; al1d l(lel1~i'f~riogrile 'beast (ivrt~ die s~t'pen~., and hIS, Hna&"c vy.1th . ~b~ ~ragon i ..tthen SlippOge thFit thtda~t~r I~ among the power~, sil.1d Iq ney. XVJI,

'1:3. 'to be for 'a ti'n)e gi've\1 to tile former; lind in ~he 14th verse,I iihink we fi'[Id,the lLol'/:l's great andstl'6'ng ~~Y()I·a, by "'hich haiahsays, he shall punish the serpent, and we may add t'hose (at least insor~le·'n?easur.e} ,~vbo bad f?iven, tht:ir, vo,~er u~to h,ill1, (o~ her~'irsJ Is isu1tabie to tIle rrqrn'e (Jj w'lulre"there gl't;en ltznu after w'blch, we~l'~\:dl~!:,tb,at 'l~h~~,e p'()'W~rs, (th~ :d~l.tgon ic ..~9~e.'1' 'among tb,e, .r,e>;t'Fi:lpposll1g ~t Ibe l'l<J.chlded?, ~ha)l1ta~eher, ana. Inftlre he~ desQ}ate,

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(that is by forsaking her,) and llakecl, (that is, by' taKing Off thecovering under which she had act:~d, an~ tll'el-eDy-expbsin~ ber,)so that at this time, the dragon, or 'dmgomc power, willl)(jt be slain;but prohably will' live, (Yet not in its highest degree of strehgth,)uiltil the timeu'lentioned, in chap. ~ix, 15. when, ifllo~ brj'or'e, theserpent, or s{Jl"'pentine power; called also the beast and' the 'whor~

will be entirely c,lestroyecl. , . - ,Bnt the,wh'ole is, no qouot, a subject Cf,l'vel0lTed ih'Clouds, and [have

110t pretend'eH to any certainty I of having penet~ated them, IPerhapsit will not be deady t'lndel'sto'orl, by ~tny one, until the hghtnil1gof Godls just vengeance has began to dart thro}lgh @r dispel thern.But I do thi'nk, that sOI1)e pe~s6m; now living, may be witnesses toaJllhcsl1 awful, and greatly to h'c cl'reat/ed 'even'ts~ but no douht the

. drj:ad of the,se, WITI') are enlighten~aby God's SfJirit, will be'coul1-'terbalancefl by a belief, ill the gracious pr0rUises" whioh are Ito beftllfilled, after tlus vialM' God's wra~his'exhatlsted,you,rs,

Nov. 20, IBIS. IMPARTIAL OBSERVEft.

THE HUMA~ SN1H't .

• OF late, I have bee\;llbcl to cclhtemplatellHl.Ii;,prii1cip~ily as a hu·man spirit. 1\11 his other poWers ~nd ~liaHties, .b:ear oh them themarks of'weakness an,cl 'mor'tality. 'rhe l'flgitiijiate ahcl hatu)'al em2ployment of all created spirits, is the ador;:J.tipn ofthe cter\1al Fathcr~

, Word, and Holy Ghost, that ll'lys,teribus, s'ubli'rne, alid ut'1'C'r~a\:'ed

~~ing, wHiCh ~v~ caU 'G?c!l God is pui-ely.spiritual. l;Ie IS ~heiFather of all SP1f.l~s: \Yhether they be cherubim 01' seraphim, arch...·angels, or aI/gels, or of' the bU1T!.an plas!ii. Theteis evidently, agradation irl-spiritual subsistences. • I .

All created spirits, appear to have their actings, their food, andtheir affections. 'l'hey act Py volition, Of the will. They can onptbcl' spirits convey Iheir intentlolls by tl1eir Wills.' An ange]., rotinstance, expresses" his sens:;tqons on 'the perception of a fellow'!spirit·by his ·will-he wills i~, <l:ncl his siste~ spirit instantly receives ­the·impressicn. 'What a olessing it must be, 'iI18t'ea'c~ of using tiletrOllble of words, to coiwey qn iI1-1mediate trahsctipt of our lb6ughtsor sanctions by the impulse of inst~,nt, dt;:'sire:- .flow imperfectlydo we, hi l~lis embo?!ed, ~l'.dc::,~h!nl~d.state, iixpress to e'tc'h,othe~',cl~her our vIews OT sensatIOn's. -!3i.lf \ye hope, Wheh the pnson ISopened, and our spirits being fl:ee,shatl take tneit ~ight tb tlw'ellwith kiqdl~ecl spirits befo'n~· the throne l we shall with them dHfll'seour 'perceptions ancl sensations' ~y volition: What ~}\t'l'aol"~inary

stryngth there is .in the actings of a spirit. It is presumed, that alllere detupnine,d motion of the will 9f an ang~l, .,would itlS'tantly,pcstroy the n'\lurallife of a host of human beings.. See,,.ih obedj':'en~e to his \V.ill the cl~ains filII off frdm tIle harias of Peter, 'and' thewel(-;>ccureli prison' gate of'its oWnaeco\'d unfold~ its rfiissy leaves.:S~e, his po"¥er. of tbe ni~ht on 'the' 'rnss()ver~ )Ami bt:n0Id' his

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strength in the destruction of- the al'my of Sennacherib. 'Vhat ablessing to have angels for our. friends, ,al~vays l1'1ini'st,ering to ourgood. I.would' here express a thought by comparison; hut is too'big to be managed:. because it is one in which all comparisons fail.If such be th~ strength ~f an angel, w!?at, believer, ,must be thestrengtb of ~hy Fath,er, th~Lord, tl~e Creator, and th~ Supporter ofa~gejs.-O ! fear him, and trust hlln. . ', But spirits have their food. Their food must be consistent with,

their natuws, spiritual. We see, that spirits of tIle human race,before 'their convet'sion, 'seek..their food as spirits: but,the, fooa afterwhich they Iwng-er'is oft a t'emporal nature, and not sought fromGod. They will pursue, and enlarge their powers, in the o.ontem-

'plation <;>f the celestial and, terrestrial' cre'ltioll; ilncl even on the·~ctings of their spiritual qualities: but I~ere they stop. If th(,;yshould go fnrthel'j and contc'mr1ate God, It is merely contempla­tion, without correspondent sensations. This' shews that man'is afallen spirit. It i~ conceived, wit/nut a dO'l.lbt,'that other spirits,'whether they be of the angelic order, the spirits of the jLl~t madeperfeot in glory, or con "'erteq spirits on earth, draw their spiritual'food from the Father of Spirits, on whom they are incessantly depend­ing for such food, and who as a Father freely gives them their s/)i.ritual sustenance. Ifa human spirit does \lot by na,tural inclinationor desire do SQ, he must, to a demonstration, be fallen from God.

But spirits have thpir -affections. The term passions applies toa human being', compounded of soul and body: but to a spirit,aijd to a human spirit abstractedly i;:onsidered, the term affections.is the most propel' to' express the movement of his sensibilities. Anano'el has his affections-to su ppose him di vested of these, is toSUI~pose a dead 'an,~el. He always 'beholds tIle face of the Fathn'9f Spirits; he continuully looks at the uncreated beauti'es of a Triul'le '~ehovah ;' and can he do so ",ithout feelings I To him is revealedthe glorIOUS attributes qf Deity; and can· he. contemplate these,withQut suitable emotions I The angcl,ic II11StS are described as wor­shipping God day aud night incessantly. Their worship is not'formal, but spiritual. \Vben they praise, they praise because theyfeel-overwhelmed, they drop, and veil their <;ountennnce~, thatthe intensity of the divine display may not overpower so as todestroy. . Can they 'behold p~m, ~nd not glow with lpve? withoutan aflection ill some degrye suitable to the imliression the'reve­lation of himself are calculated to excite ? How utterly impossi~

ble is it, how lncong'l'uous is the thought, that in beings with whomGod i,s, ":dl pleased" and who have no sin, the ~evelcrtioij of hi~glories-should no~ begd in them answerable sensatlOns~ If angels,.M'ha never 'fell, thus fef'!' towilrds Ood, suppose ye, that the spirits"of rc<,leemed sinners in heaven, do not feel? 1£ aligels 11flve sueh~ause' for adom,tion, what must they! \Vhen they contemplate

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'of the Son, al.1q of the Holy Ghost in the exectJtian of it, tell ~e,I '. I , '

THE GOSPEL MAGAZINE. 21n1lbt they not feel? I think that the employment of all perfecteJspirits is the unremitting adoration ,of the all-glorious God. Toperfect lllllllan spirits, he'ls beheld as seated io the humanity of thedear Redeemer: mid the reason for their adoratiotl is unlimitedlyelevated. It seemed the merciful wiH and determination of God.to call ~ack ll"l-illions of human spiritsN0 that l~gitimate. employ.from which they they hau fallen, even tIle worshJ p and love of, hIS I '

blessed self. They had wandered and were lost; and would fo r-' ,'ever have beel} lost, but for his love. Th~t love provided for theirredemption; and graciOI'lsly brought'theq1 back to himself. Can arencwed spirit upon the eartb, consider thtse things without feel-

I iug-? He will-have to lament; ~hile tbis side death, and daily, the'tieadness of his fcelin()'s compared with the suhject: but to certain­extent be mllSt feel, 'love, ancl adore. Thou~li_he sees, if judgedfor either:, 'he would be sunk illto the 19west hell.' He bemoans biswant offeeling; he condemns it: but it is nevel~' by him excused01: justi6ed. He knows wbell the Lord says to him, "Son, giveme thy heart," if the term means 'any thing, it means Ills affec­tions. Ab! it is well, that we do \;ct stand before the eyes of himwith wh.om, we have to do, in 0111' own persons. May we look offself more, and more stedfastly and immoveably on tbe Sun ofHighteollsness, Then shall we find that it pwcluces the naturaleffect of a sun, wU\'ms, while it c.hlightens. Blit do all humal).spirits fe~linglv worship, adore, and love God? No. Naturallythey,do not. Therefore we pl'ove, as well frOln their natural atfec- 'tions, as rrol11 the food after which they hunger, tliat the.)' ar,efallen. ' '

Can a fallen spirit redcem a fallen spirit? Impossible. C~n a~ pure human spirit, or angelic spirit of :}ny cla% or order, do anylact mcritorious, otherwise than for its own indi v,id ual o'ood? -Thisis cfJually impossible. ITor .all tbe power:> of all crea~ed spiritllalsllbsistences, are demanded, and of legitimate rio'ht must, be due to,t!1at Spirit, who created their powers and tlre':n. Are there ::tnyspirits of the human race brought to seek their spiritual food fromthe Father of Spirits, act to his glory, and have their affectiohsdelighting in Ilim? ,If so, they have been redeemed from' theirfall. If they <11"(': redeemed? nothing sho~t of the Unc!ea.ted Spirit

\ ,'. could redeem them. And If so, the Redeemel' of sinners is God .• But we .see .that a fallen Spirit. does.not, naturally; and left toitself, seek Its foot! frorll, devote Its aet1llgs ·to, or settle its affec-"tions'on, thf< blessed God. It is averse and'indifferent to'him. Canthen inditf~ren~e and aversion, or will such emotIOns, beget fromthemselv~s.,d~slre~,after t.hat, to ":hieh,they are indifferent or ad­verse? 1· hIS IS natu~·a.lly ImpOSSible. But many h!lman spirits doseek their food, as SPll'lts from God, niove towards him a'nd breatheafle(' him ill their atfeetions. Therl there must have bpen from theuncreaEed Spirit himself,', ~ renewal, o~· 'reri'()va~jot1 of that Spirit;'wha thus hun~ers and thIrsts tu rccelVe from him spiritual food,'

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.1Q'y!\ ~~l~, qelights: '1'h,i~ to.,me, i~ ?-/elf ~yide\lt pro~asi~ion. Ne.i­ther .oth~r hlln;w.~, or ang;cjlc ,Spl,ptS <;ould.efFect ~hls; a,s ther ~c­c,ordmg t.o t(W,n ,na~4reti ca,n"hl}ve\ nq r.~e~tlllg pow,er on spIrits.::ro say- tillS, woqlcl ~e, to. rplf Ggd.of his ~x'c\I1~ive right of creativeglory; an~i tbat t~o.'. m OIte. qf its high.e!)t el! €;r~ises. . .•.T~~~'e "~s sJ)met~l~g extremely g'orio'~s ill the cOlltempl'jtlOll,

of l:rul,hops, ~p,9n .l1ul)mns, ~nYl'iads ~f nl)'riads of ~pirirs, of variolls.~rd.efs, surroun{hpg the thrtme pf the Ett}r(Ja,1 ; and adoring him ,a's

, tPelr C.r~ator. How n)I,lSl't is til~ir gloryheighte\1~d, by conceivilyg .th~t Srlr~ts, w:.h"~ ~'l-d.fal~en, ar,e,thl'ough the Infinite Illcrcy and IGve'?f yO{!, ~~hI9\~e~ 1~1 the q1Q~t n}arV~UOlls manner, among thatl)Hmq~r. 4d,otv1!l qlW, notpnIy .a~ their CreCj.tor, bl\t ,their Sayi­~ur. 'VQep slJc,h a spitit sh~1l cast hi(l vision downwards, and be­nQlq il hostp,f his fello\'( humqj1 spidts s,qnk jilthe bottomles.s pjt f~nd can RY !1is enlarged p('rc~ptiQl'\3 and SflllS:,I,tipHS estill,lateflJ!iy ~he\f U1lse~y'-",h~\1 he fh~r~ c1i'scover angeliespirits in tbe',sa)1)e -<;~n.~lem~at~on--:-when he shaH Ipokupwards, and f,:ontemplate.~nat IQY~, which move~ the Fath~17 to settl~ 0\1' his red,emp~iol1;

thaf~9ved the Son to undertake, an,dY'effect that redell1ptio~ ; and'.'tha~ Il1pveq the Holy yl1o~t, ir~.:~p}t~,of'hisevil, inherent, and actual~

,t\1 t'}kil PRss,ession of ~im-; aud lead hi m b"ck, through th.e Re­J:\ecm~r, tp' the b~t;.~s-€~l Deity; while O,th~rs of his race were left­rlh~n, sq~lh,.~E..fir'tiitrpu~es on)these suLJ.i~~ts, wh~t em~ti,ons mustIno.ve.'\~l'ctlmhun?' ,"Ve requIre t,o be dlsemboclled spmts,.to bethere i,w the miQst of th",t generill assembly, to Imow a thotisal14th

, ' ,palt .:lJf \vhat mpst he his !;eusqtions. Ey~ has tlot seen it, ear heardit, t!or'tll'e hear't of illan conceived t,hejoy of such a spirit. ,",Vhen1.~!1'f~rtlwr Bl.lrsqes the tnought, that, that. bpdy. to \Vllich be was soJ: tely U11ited, ~nJl theq is fl heilpof dllst, shalJ,.by the all-cre.atin,g} ower:O,[ God,one day b'e raised ~ 1lpiritual hody, free from- the

/ cyils of flesh a~dd)lo9d, and agail} be united to him in glory, wha_I,wust be hjsra:ptpre and a~loration 9f the goodness, mercy, and carej' of Go,d? J..-~t l~~ examine the in~yard wod_ings of~ur minqs. DoI w~. ever f:.!=ln~te,lllpla.te- ~l)~·Ppi.ty witlwut l!~l idea o! his essential

hohoess? 1 hl~',a,tfr!br~e ;;Ippears aJWrays to accompany our every'suggestion of a~of'. I So·d.oe~'tlie idc~ of .bis being light. I think.t1Vit ligl~.t ,qlld pprity formg.c;)l).J" fir~t notions of the G.odhead': I

r 'beUe\'e the.s~ prop~sitions \yi\.l'!:>e allow-cd tooe'trl1,e. If ailY will/ { ~ipaj,Jo~y!l~es~ t-9 .yt; q~r p.rpvary notrO{lS, he will not disallow th~t

,~J$:I1.t qpd P\1fJt~ e~scIJqfll~y be!bl'J,g to ~,ocJ. ,qur t:h~ughts of ~Ioryel'~ f9r!lle~j q¥ .Iqe~s of lIght al'ld ;plJnty llJlXlI1g' with other Id~as

. , gf eiq!<I!r'n,c~,. Ta.ke ~W~y li,;;ht lllid T~,ur~ty and our notion bfgJQ7 ,}y,9,U:IGl .c)l~ap.p.e~.r. , Nqw If tlj,es,e thlOgs be truel c.an a man,'~vrp kno\}'i1ig,ly ~nd .q.llo.~ecJly w;J.lks either in ,darluless oi' \luholiness

. ~ lJ,l;fV,I1, ~~'a fJ~.),n;1~,Q sp,r,ri.J:, 99lJll~lUniotl with t~~e Father of-Spirits?.. H j~ p-tter)y ilJl.p,o~~i~le.· !' . < • .

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I ' • CHRIST, THE FIRU'-BORN FRdl'(I THE DEAD.I" -i~J ) '{! -.JCf}l ,.'_~';o' \ I~ \, f

L"l,:!,fonuer pWr>cr,ilit was;,r~\1larkeJ, that t.o,mal~e this ,subject 'in­telljgible ulJderldi \,itie· inffu,enbe, it is need fuJ to view ~he Redec\1ler,ill u·twtO-ftlld st,lte, dprirl~ his contin/laJlc,e in this world; that .hisGOI)clit,ion;t wmen, J)e fl r$!i appd=aretl a~ the representative of hi\' peo­.ple, \Vas a sliate ,Of; .sinAn,d n)~rfalittY;,of iI}ll.IJite nec,~ssity tp .expiTa.t~. g·~i,jl~.·ilJ)d:ma:~,e,,at6~1i1J~lent{Qr tra,\~~rcS$ion,;, ~Ild pr04PCe par­dpu,a.\l(~11'ccone.tha.hol\l,Wt.l.'h,c::rQd." . ~I,. ",. ,'. jI, 11,'.'

1\ ~felV. rel:l1cHks arc'n.owi'o,flered ),on tl)e aecord 'part of thl,S.quota­tion ;<lwhich indlude·a state: ol;bolincss ;'--a, ..nt<lv cr~'ation,-:"distinct

frOtH' sin',. an(J,'rno~t<j.]i·ty" qYl'tb~ l:~surl'oqion of tl~e IRedyemer fromt,b~ .dead.; ,a translation 'h:oln·,~be"powc.r.of dcll'.kness into the king-dornof,God;'sdcal1.SQn.;r'~'I'I]r',(.. ·J .'" .: /

I,rnhe foJ!<?W'ing.,methocL,.OlCll'y cQntribptct!ttowC/o.l'\.ls :a knowledge oftbe"l)ece~sltJy>( and th.e, ad vantlJges-,ofrthl,s qew creaqon. v . ;, .',

, J., Ol~ tIle J}f.lrrt. 'l!.fithe R~deemer."" .,.... . I . I '.,

Th~ Son of God had no discharge from sin, and condemnation.,tilL,the Jjdi0dlCJfi his l:m.url·e~tioH;",.-no.~;q of:gql.c.er-no jailrdelivery"till' h;e'lrose ;from jtheg'fl1l~je., ::Rrevious )to th,i~llbe ,r'M,lllentally andcunpoJ"<.lHjl" i tl <al~tate.\0f ,d'@ath ;;'lu!iJc;Jer,~I~,e <;.\;l r.,\c' qf. t~e '1<;1,w ,; .un~lerth,e"aw(lIlHlxpeli i@m)\,}/i)f, thap de).1Ullciatioo, )'\ Th~ sqlJ] that sin'Aeth

,shall ~I id' L ,E'rorn tne, 11ativhy"tlo tbe, resurrectioo","he was' p'assino-.... • \. '(, '0

'thl'l)ug+I'jlte, complicated, l~lyst.eXjou;s ~celles.o(,that infiQite pupish-ment il\HicJbll' Up.Oll bi\n~as the 6inner, against an infinite ,peity ;~a pLinishmen't,re.xpre~sJ.Y(the Salne inse,~erity and magnitude, as anetemity.ofj<JIINtisbment \\l0uld. ill;! tOrall believ,~l;~~ I,H~ is therefore,wisely' declared. h;~re bYl ,the. JapQstl~, .~~ b~, "I the first-born,. fwmthe1dea;d ;" Ion if he ,hrud~ tlot.!ii$en, there, woul~1 ,hI'; no first.bprn,-;1/0 Jletii1nlflf1t/on"LNO.'JIUMAN N,\il'UJ;I..l:> 'I'H,A:'T Cl>UL.D"R~~,Ei~ .•!:,T,.hf;1tedeeluer' him~e,Jf, ~s Iman .(j\) tbat ease,)f-;,w,i.th, the>whoIe.nlOe. ofAdamr,l':W(Hlld ?-t:ElrmlJinjtt:~b,ejoJd'.cl;efltiql! o£g\liJ.t,~lnq lfl,!s,ery py,tpcfall; under the cO~Jde.mnatiollof sin and death; unclel; th~ cur~e,TaL~d a@slm,cc oftb~ Ddj~< for ev.er..,'. ,. ';/":(J' , ,. '.11. 'ft/".'", II, ,o.lll·t,he'· part oJ tbe Son, of. God therefore, .tllls new c~eatlOlrbe ".ca'me.o£themOSLe:ise.ntia}i,importance ; otl)cl'lyis~, he "V,quld noth"INeescaped ·the, pu lIishmenbll1d rl.1isery of tl)e fall; nor have been ,able.topl'oducl?,'salvatibtl for hjs~peoll1e. But noi\', having hu'h1bled him­sdI', an<;hbeeame 'obeq.ie,nt\, U!lto\d,efl:th,.-Gt;>d hath highly, ~f~\~t;ld

hun,; ;}m:Lgiverlhim Cl na'me.. which is·abov;~ eve,r.y l1a~nc ;-~hilt;fltthe ."name oLJesm". ever-y kl1ee s}10.uld liow"an~. every tonglW ~onfess,Yl'tt

..J.esLls <0bristlis' bord'.to' th~, glory of .Gocl th~ Father_Id '; t! q ,)2., On the J)(lJ·tl?f the,ohu.rch., : ',' .. ', ""'.',, 'l'\~\l CH

> i T~leJRflde,ehler' took IUpOa' hitn ,h.L!l)}an nature, .fo,r I the ph~pos~.of 'beingl,ftln.jt~<.J ,bO l'lhe !ch,!.I rs:;h ;.,to traqslate ,it b:}' ,exact )jmits.of mercy and justict1. into' a 'pmy' Ci"e<l<ti.QIl. Bu~ .iJ)~smuch as tlJ.8.dJU.rcb at thattime' was'undel; the.,la\v,,; by m\llsgr~s~jol1, is purp9sed

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, that h~ ,al~~ ,~bop'14 r~ct;ive, Hl~ inRarll;ti~n~.s~lb.i~~~"t? \ tIle samedegener~te capacIty, I-fe\yho thought It t'iot robUery to be equalwlthtGdtl';' to'oU t'H~'forn: :bf! atservat'Jtl~md'irnl1tJe-lhi;lw~df,or'l\b re~l

~'(rttlt:i6h, 'J hhv2s"hecessary" he slliJlIldrr L)'(?J!11Udi:l 'of'a'I\,;oman, il1adel'IHLltif' £tic 'JA\~,'tt)'jj1~1t';h\IIYselttlih"a dl)a:pit~(/tb reuaeml them thrut!w~P~l~'h~er ,the'H.'\\·;, (dr, {he' '!a\{r,'.fbH6j\!,!S, ~ly€ 'lhtl\nql'l'cflt; allll <le-Infal/'lds <te",th·u!'i o,j ,I i I\I\Vh<\ltve-r,s~;ite,\'i~Hr'~dyl bc·il!lvo] vedr,,.'1 rnlf~m~iJlkl\Jeft h&tef6re~ bei ng' tl'nilctlr t'o,the':d~ l~ t~h,jllli ts clegra~

cled condition, toe responsibilit\' of,t1fat'd'e~l'adlati0-11was, rred:,s~at'il}'tran,sreyte~l;lnrlil' Hiirl'i'Willl itls ~uil,e--!in ',U!lh,tsI11O'rroil-:-~in all its de­ihll]j~IS:J Tfiils. iri:'::9rl)orated' \vithlltl'amgr8ssiO,!iJand 'l11isCol'Y on theJ~llrt1btifi\a[1', H~ bebblie, bbt:'liillt'ellectt:lal'fy al~~llbrr'P01'all.Y' stricken,as!:ta,r:ried~jan.cJlcorif'Ol;ilJe"d:h'Sjittt!'tln~':tWaSl'Sl!Sp-al1ded'; his.\lisage~I'as marred more than an y l1Jan, alld hIs fortifj(J1J.0'rCJ tllan itbe sonscbf! rff~h ...l"Ihr\tl"f~ ;~o,\dh'ib(V;1 a~' olfr"re.presef1t'&~ti:ve;' bel/had 110' newcreatioll to rrMl'i~tr;Llfdt' thati'w'b,ic/}lhad"begd hew,. '.I;as -dem'led"and. rendered ill,lpotcn,t and l1Jiser'iitil€!)' bJI.td,is\dl)~di'eo,c~'at'Jt,\<ielll1~ityt(,),(Gl:kIJ,u!,hr '(, '.IC' ,; I 'nr.'" +J?ll, . 1 'nl L,,, J i, I!n'~ , ' "

BHt this tI hiicflicr·hqill'l'.nel'itdl conMdti'olqtlht>'lil'g:h i1\l1idfJl:essi:bly hu'n~f-, j'jaHn~~lltllHgI611101lsf to 'tl~'e Iledl:,lin'1'.et~jwastl~e'pj'e<iUtrsor at'all bene fits

f~,IJ~!! .c~ ~lIieli j ,f(li', 111 t'1;\j:s ullic.'n 'itHhe fI~S,!lJ" t1~e..tllL1,rclilWai;1ae,c?m­paf!'ledwIClrR tt!g'lilfJed rhaf<icfer,bf'hd,nltCi dOtnpasSWlll an.hLuJllty ;:'::"a!lo by its he,,,,, cbllnec!iOl1, it '!va:~'j'QiSlifiably entit!ec\"to l;e~'ard

the act of! ullif:\h tltl~ollgh alt! tire sl:.e.tles. oflpunishrneNt, arld uegra:..dat<ioh, 'lrlHicted oil HIe tI'~iI'r of'@OlJ,-tlll,he,rose tril1J1rr\pl~'&Nr,lv a,vet's/ri, ~ha'~h~~gl'l,'e;\,s,"~thefitst btlnl f,1'i:1rn ,,,j,w~deal-j.'''. >,<,;,'T'his' rassiv~'hulllili.,tlbl1, ~val;ld,esi:g,ned! andle~e':Llltdd, not to.

destl'oy Hie ~ti'\I\)IJ, '[)lit' tlie!\] il'al~ty',\)f 'it,..~the' degridatihn lot Jt,,­lrw!ig't'o MlI'd'efh\l'lshll~'nlflii'lII~Shr;,-'afld'destr.oyd,he; oo'mi'r fhadlwdS>at'~a'chC'~F bbtlPto the' lMd'ee'rl,iet"Htld 't;d th'elc!fuf'eh(~'-i-alfdnh.i;s,\de.'.', ,- " . " I, I·, Cl,' , ·I l , ., , I' L' cl I . r - I ,

L 'structl011 fII~S'sabst'al!t~orl y, aceo/up ISI"~ ;C\..nen dHl5"rose,t0g,e-the'l'frbln\lh(f.Ueit't'l ~nt6 ~a"'iHl\vi'le!:isll:1f',lifcn'(}'r;ghLe(j)l'Isness ~a,~d, tr\llti.liO.l'iiles's-l;w e~er,l' , ;, ,,", ,; , '\ 0: I' ,;", (, '.' J·I,1-, n ,'I

The apostle in It,is epistle to, the H.'oJll:;"arls,u>,rora ..fCP..5.ft Si.Frl'fhi,r,.<cbn­cl'ii-~i~li, 'O;~ llhe'pmt ~lf the> ,chl! .I(7;.\..:...' <)\F0!JH' :We I,lave.J.beel1L~"lIM(:'JlflgetHei", 'i li' tHe Jikefie'ss oP 11·ls d'@ali\:JI{"\V@sHnll.al&0:..i I1H)rre ~l ike.ncss 'ofJli~~r~~lIhe~lio6; l~n'o.wll~g'tl'li~, f!;l4li'itlllr''U'ldf OfiW' i:-;,er.u'ci.Md \Willt};ltl1;, tfiat t'he'b'ocl'y of sti' l\ligh,t ue1 t!em'pydh' 'that ilet1CerqJ't'Il.Wtlshould"hQlf~crve ~lir~; fo!' }u:,t}wi is,d'elld;l.is~{/J(o'hll.fi-vll1J'siJl,lJr.':!)f~'hd}'~his;-ileW crb~ti'on, fI"Gitl silll 'wl!r(lU~1'IlSS\-I-!f;ridl1l~,d€,~tlb .to :Jife,iifl't:}l1-ri~t, J~srls;~,gl?;I?,~~rs'!II I' ~I.'e'i,! ,!~H@~~(i mpollLI!fCe :<'l\:H.1Jc?Ji.1So!atii,01.to all' belIevers ;:L Its' tr\'llphl'f~tdc(fJ tf'd4!:\cordtlfabler.w hIm .<;:ont:ras~,e(t

~jth .l,h,~ fa~~,~ ~tH t,~ of ihe ~h llI'~ll, i 1l1~'i-i~'l'\,tJY, 17i~i-teI1:v", ft~ll' d~~tI,1 ;,~a; i,dq~~' 12on'solatib'1 Is ~~l~ei'J'~r\c~d, .\\rhellq~ld 19;nItJ'ullt.hts qjroSPIH:ts:ir,b 'h!ve'iile{l1byt,tie HoJy'~pit'it,.iu rm1tllfCirtgla s\ln!lg~;olJllld\"d hopef-everIastlNfJlh'pplt{esS'\vi~hG0~1/, .' f. "<d',: ')?iJ'<", '; ".. ...

, 'V{hEitlcdul~oha v~,' pfe'i'oJltad, l~h~.'pftQphet ·,fl'(~m"~~::(\'i rlg ,the,moslt'interesting testiOl,ony to this ne~;' Creation---this H1y'ster.idus .change

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,,-,,t1!is stupe.nJ1ous ,p;\lIJsjlipnr ,Wit!} ,~!lat)\hp'!;Y impr~~~i9ns d9QS,he rj~'<;ei,ve the,import~nt di!lco}:ery! Hp~y, f6r.Jijlgly,qotr 11~ parJd~t~PO,\\'I"tP the letbopl'el;S ip th~lvinc;yar~" fartl1e.consqla.1:\on ,of,~I)e;l,:JlIJr\;j~, ji.r~ ,i-~s ),isep-;T'i}s!.boI,Yr;-i t~ ,pe!tf~ct C9.·n~ition ';,7': ;C;;P,~l?I~<'Wt'Ne"'~olrJ!Q,rt5w,,irny,peopl", saltb your ~04,. '~pe\l.k ye c~m~fQrt~~}yto Jel'lu;;a}e~:n,<~n(!.cr'yuJ)to,hel'! t~la~ jlpl:,w(plal:'e i:s fl(:c?mll~ishfd,;tbat.,ller lmq~!lt1J, lS pardpJ;lc"cl'; (or she h.<\t;h rec91ved qf ,tb~' J-.org'.s

, ,papc.l, POl,JlI\J"Ii/i'F;,~Rll'~~ J~ER si~?." '1 :"1 1' .', .; 'll, i'

3,. a,l !t/ie.pal't '1fl70,d z.n C}'ea/lo"". ,/I I , ~b\ .., "{J~~ \ls' nHlke ,milD, jn. otJ,r own ill)i}ge) after 9~lr .Iiken.es,s.':r1t

cannot be adrnitMx{ ,tlJat ~h.e l)eity'l('!i11 Qel}gJ~t in }!llY j}ll~ge, 9,rlikeness, bodily, or mentally, ~ut wh~t"w'ill ,t\I~qg~t,h~r'{(IJI'l'f~P~NI,\¥.i~h thtl ~e5ign' of liis1origina) crea~iRir, ·~r ou:r,pr~sent{ycm)d'i1;jon,

be tile lea,st imp!3rfeot, or sinful; or c;lr~~in)iJar(}.t"anYIITtl'iqdt'lif~,inits'rl1'acti,ce, jll tho.lJ.gh~, i~ \~o,rd" Qr in,adipn" ~o tqe d,esig,? 9f Q~r(fi\stc~leatio~"-ttox~ ,can bl:;JlQ,feIJo\Vsni,p \y,~t~ Go~ 1 nor- abjlif¥ tpcor,resp0,1]d '?\I~th J,;iis»ch"raeter, in right,eouS,nesil, aJlccllrue:,b9Ji!}H~s'in this Wl:>rld. t' 'TWo. caO'!lot watl~ ,,to'ge,~h~r1 el'cep~ lJbcy .b~ 'i1gr.ee~t;'An9tbis,.0/.)vi9~\.lS qissim~Jarity (llot -sg.fijc,iently I'egar~~d Q¥.p;or~s,.,;,~or.sin.~'f:(?tqral:l"Sl<i;Gp.\ln~~.fQr Jhel?b~enpe of Je!loyah ~.r ol}r .pr~smttst~t~ of Slr'j !i'11!i:, l~~rl~hty." Th~. re~so.n w,hy ~e tlldes~hls ,fact':,~!lP depri"le!i 'lJ~(}f I;lil' V'j!>ih!e presencl;, iilj tlli~ ~orl~, is, .bt:c<J;use ~~c:alie,c1~thed upo" ~v~th bpd,ies of sin and dea:th; involve,d by.tI~e fallqnQl'l", the il1'glol~'(),~S ct\lI;ni,nion of,thf ~vo~ld th~t lie-th in,tbe,~i~k~p

,Olle; ·<\.ncl Qn,'1::his Qqfl(J,i~iCil,l, n9t ~I,lbj~ct to theJlJ:~', nOflis'iqle p.r~-sen~Ge of Go~ ,Hillfjtl~~fj iqdeedl~an ue. And the reason' <!-\sl', \\Ill,}".tt.h~ Reity ,abs('jnte~'f~i;H!self :f,r,Qm,~be ~edeemer at th~ Cr4c~9xi,on,and expo6eJ hifj'!r!o p,aip" sorr,ow, and qeat,!,J, purjng hiil)n£~~n,lJ.•

•t~011,· ~il~ ,becC):l:\§~A.."e, il~i;H~e.,. or hken~ss o.f t~le ~~de~ht.er'1:~~ ~hattJ,~e ·as the 1;«;p.rl!S~~!~~tH>nof I,~h!'l c,h,ur,ch" ~l'tl .pot ,agree ~ltn the.hQlin~ss,J9rl,ifU1Zgep{~l?d, jn the, original. creat,ion Qf ma!l'7T,6e.gJorjy wu!' d~par;t~~ ;h:r~;J:J~' ,golcl,beca~e cll!!! ;;-r:t~e, m~st jine ,go,iflIiWas(qhaljlg~~1. .)/1 f '10 V'l~' ", 'd / r-', hI' ','" f' "~ 'f' ""le ' ".. 'Pl~e ~ed.e~~er111~RJ.e,r.t,te~ t~~.l ab'~eo<;e.';9f ~ljS he,3ycnl.V Falh~r,

.wIth 1,I~e2'pi;e~s!I,>,~}f~~I,l!rgs,and w. "the ~0!>t ~hsV"essll1g lan,gqa$j~ ~t

.:tbe pe,riod ,of.,bj\s,CJ,·\J(:;jfi,xio~,; ~pt.!n th~' a~~ul ~ppei!.l ofim~il'lfi~i;teLyholy God" \wa§,.rlJpJ.~~lJ~ an.~ 'iqe.Ca,Q1C vl~l\)je,b'efont, j~J.:lgels.i\ jl,o.d

...mell\;';-;-~' Who ~'s A&1'?r,l./mt nr!J. Sfl'''qar{ ,~, q1~, deif, .a,~ \ 'fIljJ,.rllt{§s.enge:)·that I sent; WIlD is blilJd, AS HE THAT' Is PERn:CT';.......~1i4 1J'il~Q.,as (I~e LOl'(l's servant?" , " ", "

The quo~ation, the"refore, now under review, app.ears of:~he IDgh­est consideration on the part i5f God';-otherwisf', there would beno ni'lw'jCr~atiqn;,"'7»ofir!\t1~pt;nF:::npiu~arnlition,(in tilt(., impge, or

, Jikenes~ of 90d, ,fl?r the mutual al'sociation of 9ivine Jlflibn, and"fellb'wJhip ;---!no'h'ol'y','ndr '\)e'rfecf'l,lJrnan naIU're, to aU'SW6r the ori.c1'giliafq'e~,ign ~f~\~,~ b~i:ty ir{ the'~l'e~tld~ ofman.'i",:~ ',.,1" ,: ',:.

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,froin tlje; ~eaa,".L......the beginning of t11ecreati61I ;OflG'6'd ';~a,\d be;­lierb!s~ hi U'nioh with' hUn,' are 'mt!n~lbets (jfi fii'slI56dy, of his fl€'sh~and' of"his 'I>bn~s;, in tHis resul-redion lstate'i':-'l)eil'sl with'Gdd; findjoint-heirs with CHrist ;-lhe SOllS and daughters cif the Uord, Goel{Alrrighty"(' Th~t are ra'ised with' the Retl~erneI-"fr6'[)llhe,de(lthof'~i1{, 'atla ate unit6t,1, witl~o!lt\di;ssiitil,ilal'itY~'orvaria\l!ce,to thelFrIth'cr~to'thelSorl2..~n'd to th~!H61y 'Spil'it, in 'wi'sslo'l1i\~'r'ighteousness,sanctification, and redemptiol1o~Gdd "'hath'quickened us tog~therwid} Christ j and RATH RAWEn lis Up·TOC·ET'fTEfl,.....and ~\htlde LIS

sit togetJ)er;'111'heitvenly tmi'Ces IN (';HlltSl'i.J~!:il'H;';"J:whcreo1<t lhill~'$'"are passed,a\va:s, '3'n(\', all t1ii'n{t~ ti.!e \)(come111~~'\v\" ," (,I '

4': Oh (h{:' part 1ftlz.(Ploly S'pil'ft. 'J' ,', '{" I i", .' 0

The''v{ork of t1).e Hdl'y Spir'\t;'so ~sset\tialih -this new creation,'is not to~\b'riil& 'a{Tai\~,thatrw'fj'i'ch\is '&Str0vcel ' but't'ol qrt,ieken1tl'iechutcn' into\his (l~w .'birthiLllHO 'this ·risc'no

' 1!ii-riJ<inity. of 'the 'Re'-~ deemer; the' only hiilnan natll're t)J<l:t ,vas eVer'1}~adesin;-Jiedfor

,sin' ;-a,pd ,rose un't!u!ttt siti,"ili, this worlit i '''''11<:. Wall r'ecelVe 'dfniine~N '1\1 order' to ~qc0011}lis'h1fhis,'\he E;te.rq~l Spi~·~t, jl'jl; all; his·'~!~r~, al:d\'p'erS?rHility,~1 '~e~e'als t? ,ll'~~' Ch,U{I·~hi~s"d~~ellerate.'coh.drtlOl1 by the fall of Adam ;"and gUides rt JIlto'the incarnatIOn ofthe SoH 0{ G6d; fro~ 'sin{to righteousness, aAd ftom l'ighte'ol1sn'ess

'I tq jud~'rUen't ;,-I1!ihat 't,he Whole' I1Uln\)\:li-' of' dl~ 'e1e'ct;' may beholdtheir nCl'v, Lrcation IN C,!-rRhr JESUS ;-where'sin Is' expi~ted"l~y 'a

'perfd::t, and accJp.tnll.le'atollement ;-wliere rgillt~dusness is'exalt-· eel; 'as cotnrnen'Su,rate with the law'of the most', high God i-and'::where'Jiulgj)i'ent, and IJlbtice, are'th1e'babiiatidh"af hirrl-!.who;,jn'lfis irrcardate'tflf1t}city jl](1~ed the prjnb~of th1i&'wOI'ld; 'Collfolmdedhi,s' devices; ",anq' destl1oyed' His inft ljEflCe for'e"ver " 10

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','Believer:s',.2la5' 'aside. prejudige-unc!iitritablellcss-and every· vfei'glJt~ . E~anJirle "thi!1newcreatioll.w~his'grOtiollsnabej'nacle,with'i'aith ful.h'ess 1r\an£1'ety;L'success' ; '(prove,li\:'< b}:'th~ apostle"s'dcfini...tion of l'ait:h":' "the sUBsItA.NCE·6'hl~i~lgsrh()ped;f'01'jL..!:the l'VIIi'ENQ'i:'pfthings,not seen :"~weigh it,in the balance of the ,sarl'~tuar.r-'-iq

. 'the scal~s'offbelperfecti6\lS of G<.>tJ.,!LJ'liit;,t1'yJiC "'lupon the-fbun­"aittJoii dfthei~postles'and 'the 'tkO'(lh'ets ;~Je~llsICfn\lst'liii'nself tJelo'g"th~'chi'efcol'ner Iston~; ;irt w7ionz'alt ,the 'lJill'ldiri'g',' filly 'frd:'l:l1ed·~t.f)­l:JetM';':~growltl{ £/ztb aft HOL¥"'r'EMPLE Ik Ti4'i,' LoRb: In\wlzorJl,

.ye a,}so,",'arff buildea" togetkdFfof' (,pt' Ifaqi(at~\Jn ,q;,'. (rp4;throug/f~h~'''Spi1'it.''< "';"'!"}' ," ·... I i'i,,".,l" ,..... 'i,' \',.i:\ '.J' ',.\\1' \ \,\1\

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I;: w,~ulJ ,b~~;ideAtt:;'tho~~'1~hQjl:~a~t'h'll"'l:e",,~h~In Sept~m'Uer onT. B~':'-;~'s'.' Progr~~~il'e ~hd 'i3~l!ijlV S~lIktifi~a,tj'on," tl;cit tt!ey we;e~ritte!l, J?;l1;.;~ol~s,,~o,~hr1Jl,Pf,arI4iise.,~,f.hhs~c;,9.,~~,\9tt~linI\IJ~U~t,i' ~ndfJ-s nar,~9fl.t~1Jt,pr}::c.~ P,III,)' EP.nt':lWha;rer\1~ltJgl;Wf Hmfi~~lJe,l~e~s <lS ;werelConveye.d 10 the hrst, 'It WIll 'De ll'hnecessary to not~e th~111 further

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'ir H I!!::'GOSpgr. "J\t AOA,ZfNE. 31till what I l1a~e a{h~al1c'edfti'p'on'fl,em ,is proved to 'be.contrally' tododriflle or' experieilce~ ; Wib£'trcma1'fis shall be e~amifled as brieflyas I'arn able in' c'ollne;Cjtjnltvllh~lJi-llreply ;"to 'a:v'oid' tal,in'o- up more!()~' those ,pages..'tllatl'rt;xpellib'ncy' \lI11y' reqnire, ':whicH t,l~e produc­'t'ldlls ef.abler pens'wotild OC'Cllf):Y~" •. , \\)' \', co" ,,' ,: r j Jj

. IT. B-,--.:::a "'regrets th-itt"A Ooth{get !ihonlJ lea,le hisw;',ort'hyfriend .)'ll'a dilenll'na "iithbut at lea,sHt~rciIll'>t'itlg' to:extri'cate,ifi~n, and ,tol'~col1dte Jthc' eontradi'ctiol1s ro;i1ted~bl1t' on pilgEh.16,rfor.F"eonlary,f9 r "i'he1Dr.'g OWil words,'" ,':'1 ys:r :<e~'""-9'1v' does not inil;nyipoor:i(~~lgm~nf at lea~t, inak,J: the>(:lliffi~ulty t,()',,'ufJish/'1j :}'lten.. fr'(illl 'F.•.B-:--d's pl'*'we 1~,1rri ,'thatl '! (hit ""latt<smpt to ex'tr'icate" :ohe' Dri bytalti'nghis· !' own w()~ds"'fol) th1C ' pUl'li()"e, which···."',words'\ lsup­po~~ w?uld pr9ve)lls·'Conr~'l~1.Hi(;!1s'?t1o,lVe~cl 11aturally fr?ln his '; p, re..,'nllScs', an~ that heccn)\I(IJ f1Ntherj 1oe chaq:(eable,J'wl't,h the denihl.of''''the total dC'T-iraviH' df1l'l'ufrl'l'tn 'natl,ll'e/' or witb "beil1i01~v.01'l'ed;.Jfl\'c.' self.'[;onti·;tdictitirj'y" ;BHt'We'at'eai~t to,'be s:u.cJl,paJ:ti'al judges ia.,8urb'~1lIc,tuse]as.to be 'CV'cr'y.}vay a'n·tii. for the.oOffice.; Let.the im-l'lart'ial reader thE:fefd\'e"de'cidl~, ,'.' '"~,, ~ .:.,,/., t 7; ','0. Ill'

- .'/It issaill, p. 'J:64,. ", :N(ej0~'wkel' ltletitifies' \'egeneration with 'sane...~i'ficafibn,'an'dl~upl)bses'lHl alteration to' be effectcd in' th~ s(lbsramle.01' l]ualities of'the sd(d,'" 'the words ~R'B--,-d has' bOl;r;oll',e'd in, COI1­fitmati\:>Il, prove thcexact toHtnit·y."" No altilration ivhatever'is made

.on the body in l'(;gen.er~lion,' t~~'wol'lc.:is on ,..lite .sfir~'t,W'hi<:h'ls'wholly regenerated, .J ustl'fied, and sanctl fied,'" It IS e~ldent', tnel'eIj~'a,great .<Jif~erer\Ge cif opiniO'nr'l>e't~l'een US,' up@tl,wbat is regene-rated, and as)?r:'Hawh~rl,haJ ekpi'~ssed 'himself very luminously'on this su~ject on [, Tbes~) v. 23, I will,takeit to prove l}ly;lSSt;;r,,;,tiqn; <l'I1d I'do'it-the- h~e>r~',willir\gly, as I req'uested' T.· B-,-d's opi-niotr upon thi's tex.t, p. 31;2, whi'chhe has past unhoticed. . i,. I

"':' The 'v~rse' reads,. '~ Nod ,the 've'ry God uf peacesallctify.~youwholly,'111)d'I pray G?dlyo~r'~vh()J,~spiri.t"andsolll,<wd ?odif',!?c

,preserved" blameless unto the'comnlg:j,of 'our Lord ,Jesus Clmst."Upotl'which'says Dr,. HI'" ]i>Jau{ considers onrinatu,liC as,c.ompourrdeu"o~ srAi-tl;I'/oSOl/j;\'al..1.'df!JO'd.iNd .It.11's' w.,~~l ~llbw[) ,tha't we:ar~ g~n;t;I:'aJj'Y /I s9 rp9~ed to lie ctirilposed of tWOo]'Innj:llpJes;l namely, ..soul anr;l/J,ody.'l3'qt d:rta1nly 1tl'te' apbs'i:ielli~looriC'ct,l(fbr' there ,are' t';tr~e.: ' By"tl)e

"spiNt is1meiint·'tHat iinm'o'tt~ll 'P'lrt; which in conseque.nce ,of .~he.:/laa~li1l(lfit'i'eJltlL'is'.i1~il(l'ih"tr~s11P'~seslarM'sins,' bllt,I?)"liiJe I,loly' iGhost id evr:!l'Y' chil~l' '(if! (1;011.,: 1S' qulckenl'!d to a new and splfltlJ;t1 j',h'~e'~'~ll{llie'iri~p:;itt .oft, Christ,? Icau die,no..mor~" ,but, is hol:Y(I~nd, I'w'lt1)out 'H!ame"w 1(::IlfJ~t'for'ever.,;· I The' souZj as It'ls,here c'!U\;d:byflie\"apostle~' is'!ll'Hlt thinking faculty which man bathi!l' COUlp\On\.vlth sonl~ otbclrfaniltl<\ls. of th~ ~uferiOl' tr~ati,on, concerning ~hich

',the P~ah~list'srjeaks,',thatin pt~J'lJn'lJ d(~y when the bretttlt of'1JI§17,.goetlzlJ'!!l·t!iJze l-elurnpth·to his e{l1:th and aUAis thougltts pt<rzs!t,· ps.cklvi:,4. 'And th~ IiQ(~1j, It"is hardl~ necessary to obsetve, .is tlJeniere tna~sof flesh an"t\ bone's. .' Hence" '.by .this .viewpf' pur nlltur~,~be 'gr~at'eJect'l:ihe\;<!r gra<,~ are s~~n .tin tJ~c"cJcaNs~ ",~iji.!er", .1:IJe

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, ~:dam',l;.~raCe; ,is doo<-,l i n trespa,sse$~t~',d,stl)s; .whHI1 (a~i i1l,111P iIIstanq~~f)ever~ c;:hikl ()f God} lit 'is r51gener-at~,\:i(fll1dJwr;ll,agaiJ1, is. made it

pailtalq(fLof. thel:divllleql!~attJr-~ ,~[,th"e!iH:9J[J:1Ghol-'t, 1;»: lha~ S;)\:0,I'f;::g'('1act, hath ~1C('OI'dlllg to Ills dlt'llle fJ.',)(/1lJI' ''g,Iv,e?} .1(lltf11IS all i'I/IIIg.\,,{.11il.l

'tptmtitIn to,life, and gddio.I.U:-fS,· 2,;!?eb.,i., ,3, ...4-. SI!) ,that this U~IV. bornIbabe i'n .c-h:rist.lis,bQrn'l~erfectli,n ,(1I,I'i,ts,p<l<i'ti,; am! in respect,to. d'I\;'$'f'idtl!l'al Jifit'impar,ted, is, as lioly~s, it 'ljverit;a,n b,c,i"..1 h;:;avcn. GrQ,1V ,it'lv,i11 in gracc;, as a, new 'born ·cl'iild grows'in natnre. ,But likc et cllilcl.iL') na:tUlrc, itlwolildlhav.emo. l(~l;Jel-:P\l!I'IH_e;' ;bpt,~he~alJ1e,J@r, evCJ; ,inwJlic'h it,:n,' h.ew,J)0J'n.. itJ•.is IbOI'Jl ,agitilh', 110t if cQr.rllptib,le seed,·but· qf irwm:rupNMe., ~1J the .!yOI:Plfl Ciyet" :whit!,z lrW(llt, t/I?c! abldtJtlz;fir eve'I" '1,1 ,Bet.. i.i2'3. B'I;tJ;be"lthin,king,facu·:ty,whiClI)rPa,u! h,erc<'-ails tt!Je, soul" ,and ,the !)(I{!JV ~y.hiuh .is ,IJ9.~h:i,~lg b~u~ l10sb lallcl l>one,1,tlliJeke·g1re ~K>vei l1enewcchJubblW-tbc ",hql:e,tillle,~tat-c of t)l~ chlirehi/!lel·ow;' bJl'l,t !<lS Panl found'in"bis Q\V;n. e-xperit;nse,. an-q groal~ed

'\lllder the _dai Iy ,\i)'lllrJ,tlil 1.1W}'eO:til ,th(t,>yJOI~1I1 a .bo~y <:l S('Jl .g.nd deat/~,Rom. vii, 18 to encl.' Yet, nOlwithst<;l)HJ,ip,g the ,unrenl;.\'fQd ~t;;tte.of

.the,tll'i,wldng .rzml'lty ·and th\\l bod')', th~\~drol.e IJlall'~leing in,t,he:c0vc:'!tla'~,t - ti1f gn'a(J'c; sp:i I-ft,r sou,l i ,an<;!t.·bQ!!,yd are iliq~l:Ided in ,t.h~ rg,l;~"t1>'I!l'rlposes lot"redell'rptifliHl. AJ1II,;lbonec, ,'f?a't11 pr,ayr;t th<;tt,.tI1e 'ivlwl;e~irrit, '([lid .solll, "allll blJrly of God's, chiklJ~\:'.l.l.be.l)'Tf!st:I,.v.e{"".bltwi,etes,s

l'imto.tifle cOl1\l'ii'Jg 'of)Otl1r, b(')ru.lJ-c/tll';;,\<:;::hl\ist:," , , 'r- "F)"(J,01 tbe, D~:ctor's '~, ~)W~ \Y'Qrds" i,t \y:i\llj a Iipea~ that lIe, jntende,d-b<y.diffusing salfc.tificatiClln,I'or ·to 1l1H1CtiJ'y, H,to p,liJ.r;\fy, cle~p}'e, f1,nd'1JlI18J.e JlrJ,ol)', 'u'!wt was, utJfore,llnlwly .in,04r ll'l'lq,re.", ,l'UfJ t@all he~confin\'ld it in Ithi'S sense cif ,it, an'~l. ill, tho :plleseA.tltime·,sti1t~:of r~ijc

-·b~dy, sol-el!/to tbedSpilJt, or ,~,t.hat.;im,I)1-ortal Pftrt"whiqh .i!J,ClillIlS<t-quence 0:f t'A'l!i' iAdamcnatUiI'e -[hn ,j:g,d,cC\'ti;.ill trEi;rpas,es'and Si~IS, bllt

1;by.tJ.l~·!10Jy GhlOst in ~vcry,chilJ ot iG(j~I,Lis, q~lic~e.~~~l.t~,ci' n~~'~l'llcl spiritual ,life', and \"!'liu!J ·\~i)[';:I.oljlly i[)~ElI1.dc1 ~to be comilljctG;!;yt\~" p:uri,necl, c>leansed; la'ud mlll1e b~ly';'~,bile this,corrupt'lon puts1Ion:ioo(!l'I't'll,p,tio,n,. lI.l1f(lLltbi,sl'!n()Tt~:1 ~~;\,j,ts '(1) ~9')~llort"liby,,:fQr "111,)jO~tih:inkihg ,f-acuity Jhre.ne rcaJl~d ~~el ~(m~ an,c1 t-hl'l',b':'~ly:' .s~'id"b~ the.\~'pos.~Je t~'b~" '~I'deall1;,bccaps.e' ,ofrs!11~.' 1(\ nOIT)"j' \1111."JO. IA,,~·~'r~v9r; 'renewed djur.l'ng the t1ll1'e IStht~''(o)f,.t;h~Q~m;ch IjdO')VI"but .fO,F;lTI;; ai;~p­

'''~~7~.o/ sin. "vtd dw.ttz; ao,dl'a ~'!,vti!e;,h~~.J{y .',', J?l~j\l., .jJi,.),1H:,' ~w'J?j<\h\are together term,cd I~.' ;tlresh" ull4 ·c1escrille§l':}s pe,f;jJetU(1lly :.'Jps,ti~g ,i,aga.;nst tyl'te :::;p~,rit,")Gal. v, lil(>' 1~ ;Jbl(t, tH.,il~.g;, ,!:lJcJuded ir Jh~r~'jJ­

i~~eriiint of grace;ltbey(are,dls'0~-inttael!m~ahrj:lli'poSe!i.Qf Fed~mp~iQl1,. {and eb,eY"~vho:.h:we ,6h'e' nr!iC (rllitiS oJdhe tlP,i\;tt;,alj~ sfli~j to gr,Qil-tlr;W\t'hil)ltNellltehes, ('W{'(lti1fgf~f, the' qdoipliJJJI, ('O,:Wit". "he ~,'e{le]:flfJtl~n-if thetJo(~y, RUIT-n ;,vlii,2~j,~ Hemoo;,t ~<ljuhl,ra:ye~1 ~hllt tb.e. ',' whQJe

t< ~r)lrit, soul'and' bOl-ly, tte\pl~es~ryed"'J\l~1O;11;less ,u \l,tome CQ\lli ng of 0~U'

,~Lo-l'd 'Jesu's Chrt'st." And, ~o IVh~ch aQtt~ ,tbe llHAsJlt:, '~,,\I~~\i!hfql is he~that caIJet'!l YOll; who also·wiH,d.'liI it,l'Vhtt'!e.2.,1:. ,~:~o}n ,wbi~-!;'Rr~)ll)~,.'se's i' ~Hpp():,>e; anti stilt sil~rp'()S'e11-Dr....p,iI,\vMr.1 n~i.Lhe'r. tleniMs:~' -thetttohi -clepi'u;Yll.y' 0 ti-Jl,":ril~n mltur:c/) '1101' ,r~~'" ~ ()!1!-rqp~ift ~ [P iIH,se If."

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~)n, this: ,~rouml"1ft' it.! is.a8~ed' of, th'e ~llr~6cateS' joY' rrpgr~ssi~e'slImetifialit iOl;5'" If th'a-bod,'i' i's'ma~lll;riE.,rf~I:'tii 11" parf at' ,-eo'\'lrleriLtibn)?'l:J.(),lV can ,ql.e tC~Lifllctf betw~ie~'IH[~~',,11,ad(jO§:?ii'i·t t~ke rJaceJa'sIU~~ .s(mbccL ·,Gal., v,, '1I'111,~POltl1iIS, 'i} .IIB..........Jldrephes·, p!' 3o.'l-"thc's(/.lIc.f:(jf:catl"on of tkJ.!~ddy is ~'One ihiM'W, ,a~el"tl},e, f~$eneMtt4~r cif tn~hotly 19 apotrreli, andlv.e'ry dlffd'ent-t:lllng;,' H;Je' fo npe ri, ~ plead ,f01',

I I I I I "I' ( h' I" • ""d'" ' I" 'I 'Hit I 1~1 atten ;c el\1)~,anc ,',.a<; IS'ar~um,eMs .fou~. pr~c,ee~, on ot'~e~

!4I-,ol1dlrd~ ?ha:r~ the' re~enoratmn',~6"!th~Jbbfly~he ~11oUld)l'Ot{,feel"dO'g:..,~gecl' w,lth tl)cstl pposeehl'.dnC:lll'tlCS wll1ch41)r, I Htl'l>eg,s'the ae\ vodate~lqf, progressive' sc(ll"l i fication" to 'is'Ol'v~ ,'" ~l~!tl,t, still th'e) qllestiBn re:: lums,." How.is twe lwdv< wh:idl'lS saieJito'be ~('aea!f 'oe~ause ofsili'rlllaiJe ,pdJjre'o~ ,ill palh. witho'(ljt i regNieratl'br/l?' ~nd if he'ldeniehbe'1'r'!!ieJ1{(1'(,'I./ou .~fj tb:c'!>O({y,(on p,!13<.l8l, an'~" ~,ojri'fends, fn,r the, \vh'ole

, ",,, 'Ll" t'I ~ 1"" }'; t' cl, 14 'nH1~' bell/g 1~:"\~J1 again" onl'p" 465,'....; o~.y> \ q'fT,:' '. '-,--c "WIS <~o

"c (1/1eJe,l':ltQ'(;)'d.'on'rtlm'lsublde{? f1Htj'ne-xJ 'firoc~ecl's,"('( 1'0 sliclv ""hatl

isdtltcN!led'u): 'the terlnjlllsh~'ili thelGalcl'tiiio text :'an'dlihis He appre-t

hends due<; not i.ntemloor' s1gnif~"lhe gi'o'ss'eifpari)bf'antnlaI natul'e;'t'he hhma,n-blildy',' IJt\liilthat~flf:s'1t~Y)pi'iJ1Ciple;'\Vhichas etit IOln'ate re;­mains in th~ ~?1I1 as the seat of'it"caH~d~~)joth~tjrlace.s~f~!;l::)',iptJ~e,,the oar'l1'ahm:lnd;"&c))"1 :{Jpon'c'0nsultln~the Gal~tlan;text; I1fil1dtha. vel1ses fol,kJ,W',jn:@' i~, p·rov'ih'" ,.etec,i'Slvd" \\vh'af\th~n"'te'trll''fi~~H,t"

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in' the (, ,text'l implies~ "'~,"No{v'H1e\\r()i'ks.'of tile flesh ;arelmatptest'~,

which arelthese',ladTrhel'}ri, fornicati8n"; !Sic,;" vbhe i'tl-2'l'; 'A"nd1

anotber. 'scri p: ll1:e I l:efeHcd I toll'J+~ T, B~d,'f is ecjuilly'(Jhcisi've," God sen:c.hl~g.!li:i D.wn rS0wiu th:i"){t'kelle~~~(:f)£/ifp,'J!e~lJi:at~(( eof;s,w~onde'lnne<J, s~t\:lT1"_ tll'e1.ie'illt,~I'~'\1 RomAns) r!Jr.J. 3'/, ~O'eh~t· \~'It,h~~e~eekrci:,I'ng' <FM rtltEsr eVIdj;'hpe ,tlJa.1l r.l BI.lLLL....d, ha~ fartl1shed 'me ~ltH, 'I must(;{)IWI uclic' the '''',: te'ilnl'" fle~lip~t{otlsr ""\~iteh!1: a'ntP\~i~ttlfy :tli~ h\\\'t1'litt~~)ocl y~)asfwcll ~ t.h'ed1'e~h~Y': prll:1C'i ptcOe?n'~~I~'th~~~'lh\al',rhi'n~l,'." !1~(r1(' w.e trace' Ith'elv-ep,eI1atfOns/ \\!(~ ',fil\d ,t bem "SO elosel'y'assoclat,ed'ulall t1mir'" aetings'~~\not.to·.Jbe':S~l!aj:nt~{I;"bM'foriHtogether'thh

, 1 N" "', ' '1 '''h'' I, IU'.1 'tl'! ./"Id 'I It '"un'rttgeil~[at~e'l!~an~~l mfUlJ"'~ l,lt: 'ItSo:a,'Jlt'~:, le q.- ~ani ~nC lescrl-.bed I as)'lI1', l{Crpetu'al!r orpcrslh~lilItO'lfh'eI~'-cllew~~'(Il r,p~d',t'db­ject6n tO"th.ehJjjhmse '~~ ol'dl'm<tj1~1',jlp~~eI14()4-:- and I says 1 'd~re(iidrnltifteJiI \.y,it~lp'and '511.f),pl1lsedi to:,meaH :tlic :fl Ll inan 'bbd'y\ bur('!-Jyh ,,' I, \.~,_.,,, .. ,.olJ.,11 :Jrl 'k"l""J "1 crIt e tel\l:rl,~fl' O.LDIMJA'N,I:AiN.l?'",r,..,;,,\v~ aI'"" nut",to un el'~ttllu

the ,oody. <tncL.' sn~~!,O'n4'I:~(;JJ,~ ,IDJt ~ilil; al~cl>I~r~&~~:: ' BLIt ,tc\ ,b,a,~~'·~~~!.<JerciJ tfl\~ Ob;i,('I.GtIOl,\iVf Ifol'Oel,'lt shduW havelHeen lJrdve'd, the d oHl'

.1 . ", r·. ..I 'L "~,I I' '/" 'j'l.. ..("llt-.'I'" '11"'1 ,',,' ,)11fllll:~\. ,1:Lnuf'ne.w:' m:e<tol1'}SU~1 an'U(:gnlct~on y', LJU,t UUfJa,pr,1 y. a t le .WI'[-llesses tal'~, ahsen~1 ?JW:c,'ail'<!1'iflrdee'(\J' tefelifl!df'to E'p'IW~,5~r iV.· l;1:r;i(2'!3~1Co.l" iii.' !~:,r IQ'.; '.!IAnd ,rn:I'l(Jti~ing'lhflt!e'xts>"!JN}' B.k.:.:.:1qsay~; ('('.'Tf\lJ~se'Sflj.iH~ \V,ere stilhio theihody, T10i' 'dol\'ld ';tI4ey.'1~wflll1.r Fue'Jft ~ tHe)ohh nl<tl1l, wei'efltliis ;ITwr,W' l>bdy irlter'ideac''b)\rt1JCit~nH~ 'nor ~odrdth~¥ ~~eJ'l161q1aima th"PlliJ()]jllcll~ineWli\:jan:w~er-e;the rm,mortfl\ Spi'tlt1<heliubyft t~tenJ~Q,flr, fdl\tl~~rS'{~~r~ b'e~'(1Ifl~ tlle~l'\pow~r~,t~tt;h~rl ~o p'~t pJt;or P4t; 0n.;'+O,Gllaf.lted"""+l>lO.r Wel"ti't:My)rc<1~llre:d~ hte'~a'lIy ,tb do' e\ther.P1111:tilllg.Qfl:~.tbe'vltk71l'o.nja nU, pl1tl\lI~t!lW(m '@He 111'{:W','3 nd1'>'u t'tin ~~ offsi/i,and t) qtt4,l)g>on\g'}'tJctl,),ar~ o6t tMe h1orkS' 'of1nla:n'J belt df 1GM1-What

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o,yjection therefore has IT.!..,B~d) Il.l'adc'; tQ, tl'is'P'll't·, or tll~ st:ife­mept, v",hich, doe;~ not e<]!J~Il51.a{f(ll'it ,his-<>~yh,l, But wl'!'oever turns'tothe; te,Jf.t~ wip fi})c1. tJ}e (1p(}s~le'~' ~:Kh(>rt~tion"was ()fzZ!J, to put all tlMe~~rc,jse.of9'ne, ~1lJJ.1 to 11I1t oH~lhele~erc;i~elbf flie otber, and 'wh:ialli~)p p~,:fr;;qt'~or~e~poJ}:c!e;nce ,w5~hll)is eK,tlpr,tati<i>n to ,the RO!?::.'x:iii.]4.. t)~·P9~ y,e,SW. ,th<;;.LoF~I,. J,tiS~W Cfil\lslyaLI1.dlmuke not'IJr9vlslonf/?r ,t,lw.Jlesh ,tRI t;uIM,),~hq ,l.\ljt,s ~~lte.re:<i>Jf/' "llh.d ,ttle body, ,OTi(iJ betJn'jnt~T)skcl by:..thlf,~YJ;Pl a,<d '/ii(t{h: tber~ \\lPulcI bav~ bCCI1'5on:ie groundfpr 'E, .l~--d'~ ,obj~~tiqlls ,; .hm the, 1:lQ~ltal bo((y,on.{y, is': I~ete~~t~!;lfled; .~h~.o!(! m(lll,.~bat I,.kl'l,Ow,of IU Drl Hawkel11s .wnlrngs,·wi.~hOtt,t as~o,cia:t~ng ')v-ith jt, \yli#Lever ,i;~' c<?l'hJI'Yt j'n -o,lJ~" unreg~n~:.."

• r.at()4,nature: , ''\Vh~,n thf'l.'r,egerVHi!;l.i:td:JparLt£1 ci.iI.lejl S[111Jzt, \thqrPi~l)JS.JIl<1:Y' ~cri ptlll·al1y~.blq tftl(Jnerkf!esh..l,lu IV b,en. ope,is cal'ted the~ lNwifrdn,l,'}r\ IYfii<.;h is rrl~e,we.(t da"jf.lry fd~y? (Itha ,pthcr 'IJi}"Y be'!ealled;!:\)~I'" q~«(2aJ;d m,~tp, w,hjQ\) JP.1:i.1ii,s!;Jeth; fU.l~!I'wheT): smc,is.sIJoken, of as'tj19.-?lQW lTJaJ)" F\;Je R~b.E{~, .9,y ,:lHjTl} l§pJ ;OL~Jlti~~cs,i8, nl ust bc,calleel: tJ10~lu n}~p ~ I,im~ '~'h~n, .tlle'l1rH'I,~~ <;f.llT~p,tlO'n Qr,One Jalh:!,I,an.d 1I111'cg~'liera.tea. Ilatllre IS )'nt'1ndcd) ,It J§,I~erl~al)""theilllostl C"X1l")r,csslMe'phrase:

~ d',.;il ~ 11)< ~ . ~ -\" / I'} .r "':\ ...._, 'that SlfP ~elPsea .o,n, th<i,o<;c.W>J(.)J~I. " I' '1. ' ' , ,,' !":' t 'f, .,.1 (I If'

. : )t IS sa,i1,.n: i:1:l3!!., "lrt~g~~I}Fa:tj on is .rl;lpr~s~lJto.d.' b'.~". a~ rc6tt~gel-'tl.I;~itJ;;\h.c;,ldfa 'O~111'4'li;4'UillJg~JtlutJibatltJI~1 s~r) pt:~;rcs/Js,~t J.t fOl'~h JI1 a.m,lIPl~, strqlJger lIght.,;: I Jf ):Jfi~ ,\,V0,fd ,renew] nw' J~(l'\~)01lebJ[nes used ,!,

it ,is. alsojex 14re.ss~~! b;}' , b~~ir?i{ r ~ 'I.~grn f,>f ,the, $p>'i,ci t.""" ;,Dr. ,(; ill.suN'S. ".J~\~~rJlPl'M~(m i,s c,oI!?nJe>n IYI ql\lcc,j ,tihi}lllew~bj nth; alnj,l ,\~'ith, ,!!rcat

P!"()Wlft): ii s"""J,ce .tl.;'<o., wasblllg. ()(\I;§,g~ncrat,lon .qnd ll'C~I'l~I~)g oL t!l,CHo!yg,h.9,'jt1 itl~e )O\n.c~~, (9.g~t).l~W ,its. .11Iettnlngdh(J 'SetJ?~~' thzngl?l :,/;r '.~;-7'I'C1. on, p: ~; g ,y.t)'s h~ ~.b,nks.wltl)tDr. ,}\{atls, ,'i,that tbe carnalmina is 'pew 11loc(rlled wlw.n,.t~'e·ma.n js''';ol'med ,anew:" ,.' To:forrnHl t~) 'Jl ,. ,~.<". ' ¥ 10 't . J(l~i

a,neJw is Ip.fPl'!11 over,fl.gaiJ~, ..tjO ~~Pl';aitl;1 &-n~-wha.t'is,tl?i!; but:tol 1'0-,

j)el1\t.[,;1, \yold~~,l}yl:e vl.sP .ill~,t te,ll~ark" if T"B-/~et~T tbjnl~s withDr., '\Vaotts; fbat,th,e ljal"lI{i1 !111iJ!fl.js)l~cw m:o,'deUed :wncrl':t1je rfJan ,Is

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~ql,"me.d i1llewp, .I. An,d',:Pr.~Hla"YJ~GrJf/l,t'~1I~1""ll\:~~'hthe apostle, tmat·. ('Ahp)sarna.1 IJHnd.', 'Ill,S, stdL.lt.C)I'';l,<ll,,;. HOtl~~'q& Y]J,tlJ~. ,:y e..need n~t

'rrqtler,at 1:", U::T"..::~l',!j.p~e~\'lp.t ob.j~IQtj('),I'l$ to ,tl1.e'!Qoct.o(sJ'~cntl"lxu~nts., !Iy"rw~,~ (gL\j~S lJ~ hHq~Ci}fi (j)ll',.rege 'CI'at~~n';d.wlJldmt ap""J1~afr,';,~~' ~aN,~,.filMhe! ~\I b.:!,G~t 1'f'dll,,,-1l!J.;~bll t:, 'anct~h[;atlol'\.!Q7mta?&..~a~~q Il~)~~,y flct /Vc, sl'n.se .oj'.1.ll~~LtertU, <.leJ1}(-I5~s.\ t'be hv.cly e.T~:~ClSe; oft,llese.ba\;>jl.s,al)~g,r~c~:S)vtll~lJ 1rIJr~8eJ)e.r~ttO~:are!bf:~o~"rcd,. _ [ do,l~?t.,S.tW)l(tw. thC;.(??Orilcp.l~ S';.Ei~;.lbe,! .tlfIe.cll:l:~tlhyc.cJosed 'ag~il'1s.tvAl'mi.l.·Dlamsm ,\,v.111Ie s~lch S!,\f11l.lfll,ent:>. att~ entel't~IJ,ncd,l.:as Hll.lel\'lOg HI regr'e-

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lJ~I,'.il'~~~'r) "" SI~iri',tl!~1 )l,ill?,ijtS<~P<Ji g'I'::)C.~~\',' 1,~:V~lic.lt'ln§qllil:el tb~ feoilPl~,CiN. to, be u'<;. aqtIP~'I:' aYS\!?l1ep tl)en)llm~ ,,t 11V(J~y' ex.~;\clSe;?"~ U~ bi'c!el':ll?,} n,~re,a~c 'J.111I'~' p~p~\;e¥srv~)ftl)~I.f>QdJ(ly, s, .llctlll~atltln." Not so the~re~!.Y ~xerc\~ml .~I;ll'l,s~1an, $l)o"l?as ·le.al1ned JI\yltb .the) a;post.lc that'11} ~\\n ~c', th~t I~, .1'\ IlJ~Jlesh, c1)yq~lcth. !1D~g~lOel,tblng." .He learns'to Jl'~"e upon C,hfl"t., has c,ompiete ',sa,nctJfiC,atlOn, and prays that he'lhay " ?e,s<,:f,W;,'.' noHI:l tllc '~pffitu:'ll babitfl and gIaCes ,\~h!ch in ~e­g~n~riitlO.n . <1ft,'~~s~ow~dj b,\.!t, ~; 2;~i tbe gn(u:e, that 2S zn' Chl'l'st

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Jr:sus!' 2 1',il11. ji. 1.' There is no living- oh past attainments, thegrace that was given yesterday will not satisfy th8 wants of to-mar,.ro\v, nor will,the grace that conquered the last temptation, be suf­ficient to repel fhe' next, this would render us too independent, andinstead of living a life of faith upon Jesus, and going to him on'every o,ccasion for a renewep supply, we should be tru?ting in partto the stock we have, and either pot go at all, or be sent emptyaway.

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~Ot1t1rY~THE HYPOCltqB 'lE-.

As players on the stage appear,Disgui~d in various dress,

So hypocrites in churches, wear'the garb of holiness.

These ar.eyour (curious saints ill sbew';Dea<,l men. that s,eem to live ;.

Who while fliey bo~St of what they do,Do nothing, but'deceive.

'l'heir cal1e is only for the nameOf holiness and pray'r; .

Only the name; for 'tis their ,aiillTo cheat you 'by'the inare.

For trimming he's' an artist rare,And nimbly changes side;

He's here and there and' elry where, 'Where interest abides.

In private such are seldom iO/1J'I\dOn duties to attend;'

Suoh works by no'ml:'ans correspondWith tl;teir chief taste or 'end.

With stiff affected sanctityFrom less sins they refrain; I .

But, when secur'd by secrecy,Give to theidusts the rein.

\!.' A hypocrite ill one th.at masks himself, and carries a different facefrom that which is his own. The learned ouseI've, it is a metaphor takenfrom stage~players, \vbo Jor a selfish end, put all splendid or peculiargarments, to represent'cbaracters which are not ,only supedor, but gen~-,

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Consqious of guilt, tormenting thoughtAnd fear their hearts o'ersptead,

Lest all should ~tt,the last hreal~ out,And s):Je~,tqc n.'l~sql1eracle.

An hypocrite can ne'or endureThe li'ght that clearly shines;

,0 111y in darknt'ss h~'s secure,for dark are his designs.

If conscience lets him freely SeC'The pains of threat'ning'hcll,

To lying refugees he'll flee,An~1 say that all his well. '

But 10 the Judge of TrLLth sh,all come;In vain to him he'll cry;

Devouring flames shall be his d06hlTo all eternity.

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THl" BEAVTIES"OF UUIANUEL.

W HAT beauties ih Christ we behold Io who can discover hi's w~rth ! ,His person more precious than gold,,His name as fich ointment pour'd forth!

Tbe love of his heart far exceeds,The power oX all language to tell;o wonderful lo-ve! ho\\I he bleeds

-To ransom poor sinne,rs frolD hell !

Expanded on Calvary's treeThey,woundt;d his himds and his feet;In him who all sorrow must see,.All sorrow and anguish d,id meet.

Beneath our traqsgressions he groan'c1;Ollf sins were the bu.rdep he bore;For whicb he has.-fulJy aton'<;!,And jQstice can ask for no more.

Of loVi:' so transcetJdenOy brightThat conquer'c1 the' legions of hell,Al1d bore of Gael's vengeance the weight,Ye saints in sweet ectasies fell. '

1 Make Jesus the theme of your song;r , OnT souls of his love catch tbe flame,

And silJg wlfb the Hei\.venly thr011g,\ All gldry to yod and the'Lamb !

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'TIlE CONDESCENS,ION ,AN,!, EXCELLENCY <It' CHRIST IN HISOBEDIENCE ANI~ tSUF'FERINll,s.

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BEHOLD the condescending grace'Or-the eternal Word;

The glory of his Father's face;In he:1v'n and earth ador'd.

Equal with God, he flesh was made,And on the cross was slain; •

His precious blood was spilt, ancl paidThe raI)som-price of man.

Never in 'legal times U;e 'priestsBy sulf'ring d~cI obey;·

In off ring gifts lIncl blood of beastsTbeir,w}lOle obecl,ence~ lay••

}jut when th' eternal Soq was -try'd,The promise to fll~fil,

IIe'bore~ur griefs, he bled, he .dj'd,And did the Father's will.

Lo, how he stoop'd ! '0 matchlJss 10v'3Dear Jesus, to thy praise

Let saints below, let saints above,, Loud HalllJlujahs ratse.

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TIlE BABE IN CHRIST.

As new-born babes insatiate cryFor the maternal breast,

So sipuers for the Saviour sigh,Anti seek the promis'd rest.

The relish of inviti;1g love,_The savour of the. \vord,.

That Christ,. with smiles, will well ;approveThe S041 that seeks the Lord.

The sacred' name so much endear,So much the soul revive,

They seek the Lord; and though with fear,Sweet hope is yet alive.

The soul thus quicken'd fro'm above,. The word si,n!3ere desires, ,For bless'd assurance of IllS love

.To Christ the Lo;'d aspires.

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To be with sacrerl Ullction seal'dHe prays, 'nor will he cease;

For uotbing-'shdrt of Ch'rist revealJdCan give internal peace.,

Incllllg'd wiih one delicious tasteOf grace's bou'ndless store,

I-le cries, " 0 ptecious Christ mak.e haste .....I pant-I long for more."

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FREE GR.ACE.

YE saved ones of human race, ', Reflect with holy jo'y,

On God's free love; and let the graceYour hearts and tongues employ.. "The Father's ,grace,made 'early choic.e,And gave you 'to his Son ;' '

J;:xalted be your grateful voice. To grace! and grace alone.' .• ' ..

A cquitted freely by his' grace .From ev'ry legal charge,

Your Surety, sutf'ring in your place;• I Did all your debts discharge.

No works of righteousness YOllv'e doneBath'rais'd youlfrom the dead 1

Thro' grace the Holy Gho~t came downAnd on YOllr souls was' s'her!.

G race cloth the crown of glory bring; ,Glory to grace is du'c; , .

o ye redeem'c.l; then shout and singRich grace bestow'd on yOH,

Ou his own 'house qur. gracious KingWill grace the head stone place

And all the hrav'nly hosts shall singGrace to this stone; free grace.

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