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Gentlemen : The Lecture on "The Great Ejoctmcnt of 1062," now publisluMi at your request, advocatea nriiuiples wlii, ii I trust will ever he held tinuly by you. IVrsocuiion is so hateful, in all itd forms, that an enli^rhtiMicti christian will shudder at the thought of encduraifin;; it in the .sli;>;htcs» degnu". And it is as mean as it is hateful. How di'spicable is the conduct of that mau, who, insfcad of answerinj; his adversary*!* ar;;ument3. hands him over to th«! ma;,Mstrate, tc, Ik- plumU'rcd, aecordiii;^ to law ! Allow njc lo indulj^e in a reminiscence or two. The first time that I ventured to ap|)car in i)riut was in the year 1818, and it was in connection wiilj the subject of this lecture. A sermon on ^ctK V. 29, )ir«aclu'd on the 24th of A.ujiust in that year, was published, bcar-n|i; the title " Jkirlholomcw Day CommnnonUcd." Great clanjres have taken [)lace since that time. I'rotestant Dissenters in Kn;.dand were then , '.ibjccted to serious restraints and distd)ilitie9. 'J'lu'ir marriajjjes could only be celebrated in the episcopal churches. There was no legal registration of births and deaths. No persons vnsre nermitted to serve their king antl country, or even to take ollice in a city or town-corporate, if they could not prove that they had received the Lord's Supper aceord'- ing to the forms of the Church of England. The divine ordi- nance, as Cowper said, (himself a member of that church,) was made " an oHlce key, a pick-lock to a place." The exigencies of government, however, sometimes rendered necessary the employ- ment of persons who had not complied with the requirement ; and then the clumsy expedient of an '' Lidemnity Act " was adopted. Such an Act was passed at the commencement of every [parliamentary session, graciously exempting from penalties those who had assumed public oflices without "(jualifying," as the phrase was, — that is, without using the "otlice key." All these grievances have been redressed. We rejoice in our freedom. Let r.s thank God for the blessing, use it discreetly, and be always leady to helj» those who ask for a share. 1 am. Gentlemen, Your friend and well-wisher, J. M. CUAMP. Acadia College, Noc. 20, 18G2. I THE GREAT EJECTMENT OF 1GG:2. The Protestant llcformatbn of Iho sixteenth century was tho protest ot the peoples of Europe against sDul-sluvery. They demanded freedom of thought, profession, and worship. They burst asuiidier tho chains of tho papacy, and claimed tho right to servo God according to his word. Glowin;^ anticipa- tions of the future wore indulged, " Gird thy sword upon thy thigh," exulting believers exclaimed, "0 most n. '^hty, with thy g'ory and thy majesty ; and in thy majesty ride prosper- ously because of truth and meekness and rijihteousness, and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of tho king's enemies, whereby the people fall under thee." But tho •' sword" and the " arrows" were understood to bo spir'tual weapons, and the wounds were the wounds of tho soul. Rightly-instructed Christ iuiis, even in those days, would hurt no man's body nor spoil bis estate, under pretext of defending religion. Their only desire was to see men broken i heart before God, and aubmis.dve to the laws of Immanuel. That submission they sought to secure by moral suasion and the power of prayer. Unhappily, the management of the enterprise fell into the hands of men who had not shaken off old prejudices, and who allowed themselves to be controlled by the adherents of worldly policy. Tho Reformation was shorn of its glory when rulers and statesmen took the lead. What sympathy had they with a kingdom which is " not of this world," or with a sovereign Whoirt sahjwh muil not - fi^ht" for him ? It wns tl.otr vooa. tlon to compel, not to pomua.In. Thejr n.uHt haro Uw, ari.l Pt^nalty. and forcj. InHtonri of appealing to ti.e heart ami the conso.cnco. they wouM poiut to tho statute book, the prison. on«l tho Heaf>ol(J. And they did 80. DlfTorent politics wore adoptoa:-tho crocd« ot tho Lutherans and the Jleformcd were diMcurdant on variou.. points, and neither would eo.n.n.ine with tho other. But there wan a teurful agroen r,nt iu the a.^e oi coercion and restraint. Hjth sought ostablishmonf, from tho civil power. Both demanded exclusive privilege. The Lutheran would not tolerate tho Reformed nor tho llcfi.rmed tho Lutheran Nfithe of them would allow the Anab-iptist (as they called him)^ to dwell in their borders. Thoy claimed tho right to fine, imprison, banish, burn, hing or drown all who could not pronounce their Hhibboloth. When England received tho Ko^ormition. it was in this way. There wa:^ nj proclamation of freedom to tho peopl. , nor was their consent to tho change asked. They wore bi.iden to be Protestants bea.use tho State had adopted Protestantism. They were conjmanded to servo God in a f rcseribed form or sutJer the consc.iuenccs. ITenry VI It. was neither I'rotestant nor Papist, and so it vYould bo unfair to cite his laws. Ijut the introduction cf Protestant worship under Edward VI. was signalised by the ordinary legal sanctions. Tho parish eburchos were tho appointed places of religious assembly, and no otaer prayers were to be offered in them than those which were enjoined by authority, the use of them being onforced by Bne and imprisonment. T'.ie restoration of the kingdom to the Pope's rule was distinguished by still sharper penalties, agree- ably to the genius and spirit of the " mystery of iniquity." This excites no surprise beoause it was natural. But the re. establishment of tho purer faitL and service, on the accession of Elizabeth, revealed no progress. It was fine and imprison- raont, Btill. The llomiHl. l.ilerprotation of tho I ^rJV word* in thj paral>lo wn8 ntloptcil in prnotice, and •' compel them to corao in" became ♦ho yith freedom, hoping that theh.dy at the head of the ehureh would aceept a gt.eral adhe^.on without insisting on striet regard to the minutia3 of 01 service. But they were mistaken. Elizabeth's fondness ior pomp and power stood in their way. Her ^iews and inclin- at.ons were rather llomish than Protestant, and it was a mon- «trous thing in her eyes that any man should presume to impeach her wisdom or deem even th. least of her requirements superfluous. Sbe was inflexible. The habits must be worn : knees must bow ; not an iota must be omitted. Submission or expulsion was the order of the day. although it was apparent that some of the best men in the kingdom were on the puritan Side, and that the rigid exaction of uniformity would rob num- bers of parishes of the blessings of the gospel ministry. The evils apprehended were soon felt. Fifteen hundred clergymen were suspended or deprived during Elizabeth's reign. The church fell into dhtress and conJurion. Good men indul.< I in the gloomiest forebodings, while the enemies of truth and god- Imess shouted for joy. Then commenced the conflict which for an entire century embittered society throughout England and produced an incal- culable amount of misery. The sovereign, as head of the church, required absolute submission on the part of the fler..y and refused to consent to any relar.aMon of the demand' iNumbers of the clergy, on the other hand, asked for further reformation, or for a limited discretion in the use of ceremonies When they failed to obtain the liberty prayed for. and still forbore to confo.m, the arm of the law fell upon them and they wei3 driven from their posts. Fo. a long time they abstained from instituting separate worship, fearing the guilt of schism, and hoping that a favourable consideration mi..ht yet be given to their requests. Necessity at length compeneu 9 them to take the final titop. If the endowed church closed her doors upon them and steeled her hecrt against their remon- strances, might they not worship God elsewhere, and set up an altar according to the heavenly pattern ? So they reasoned. But when they caiiiod out their reasoning into practice tho myrmidons of power pounced upon them. Obsequious legisla- tures wore willing to gratify the wishes of the royal despot, and godly men found that assemblies for holiest purposes were treated as riotous and rebellious gatherings, subjecting those who took part in them to severe losses or degrading punish- ments. By the Act " to retain the Queen's subjects in their due obedience," every person who neglected to attend churjh forfeited twenty pounds per month, and schoolmasters f-imilarly neglectful were to be fined ten pounds per month, be disabled from teaching school, and suffer a year's imprisonment. By tho Act " for the punishment of persons obstinately refusing to come to church," all who should so refuse for one month, or who should " be present at any unlawful assembly, conven- ticle, or meeting, under colour or pretence of any exercise of religion," were adjudged to imprisonment till they sVould con- form and submit ; if they did not submit within three months, they were to " abjure the realm and go into perpetual banish- ment ;" if they did not depart within the time limited, or if they returned without leave, they were to ''suffer death with- out benefit of clergy." In order to give effect to these and other enactments the Courts of High Commission and Star Chamber were constituted, which by their cruel and illegal proceedings spread universal dismay and at last inflamed the indignation of the people to such a pitch that the throne itself was swept away in the uproar. Such a result can scarcely be wondered at, for " oppression maketh a wise man mad." The case of the dissidents was hard beyond example. While they were in the church they were punished for disobedience. When they went out of it they were punished for their separ- 10 l-ross, .1,0 ^ress wu. placed und.r restraint ;_if they evaded U.at restraint and succeeded in publish,,,, thdr the I ,1 nd'i r 'fo '" "' : "'' "' """"""'"""S ^'»-- i" "- °o tht r T T""'' "•"" "'""^'"" '""' ^^P"^^'' ">e,„soivcs ov ll'-r' "."'"' "''" l'^"'""''' '» fo'lo" th-r example, ro^al authcty interposed to prevent tliem, that the object, o engca„„e ,„,„b, bo still retained within its grasp. They were eeedings of the Long Parliament, or inquiring whether thcv IZ' T °' ?' "r'^S-J f»''-ra„ee of a„ 'outrage,., on The. ^^'^P'"'■"P '"'-y -li-l>"g^d itself fiercelv enough 1 who^: T° f ""^ ''"''"^'"^'*' I'"' "-^ -"'iatio°n, il.e ti. ,e of the Com,nonwcallh was eminently peculiar not n turf '; e "', "° /"'^^ """ ™^^ <" '"^ »'-- by th. e.trao d„,ary nature of the crisis, and must not be tried ly our standard. Wo cannot fairly decide respecting the course they adopted unless we endeavour to place Ctsn be,r c,rcumsta„ees, and thus ,ea,„ to sympathise with thcL the r painfnl e:;per,enee. Nor must we allow the ouierv aga,nst enthusiasm and fanaticism to deceive us. There were ont^ustas, and fanatics in those days, no doubt-at^h! cr e , too; as there always are in seasons of great e;£citen^nt re g,ous or political. And it ,„ay be granted tha thel were wealth and Protectorate. The leaders were sincere men and ornbly earnest in their sincerity. Bu. they had endured po,t,„gs of the storm during the tyrannies of .he f^v.t Jam HfiiiiiHftiw •"--■'^im^'^^t samms^^^J^r' .^s^mi^y^^'^^Bm^. 11 • ana the first Charles, and when they entered on public life, all battered and bruised by the tempest, they felt little charity for thope who had invoked it. What wonder was it il, when power caino 'nto their own hands they used it with some stern- ness ? — We censure them for their intolerance, and rightly ; yet may not that intolerance, though not to be excused, be palliated by the consideration of the wrongs they had endured, as well as of the general dearth of christian (eeling on the subject ? With the exception of the Baptists, the Indepen- dents, and the Quakers. i;ll Christendom was at that time imbued with the persecuting spirit. Every sect was prepared to give the Magistrate power to put down every other sect, and each in its turn exclaimed against the cruelties of the rest and deplored its own melancholy lot. The Church of England persecuted and wasted the puritanic body ; the puritans, in return, crushed the Church of England, which, when it recov- ed strength and pride of place laid its iron hand on all parties, and mauled them most unmercifuMy. Thpy were all wrong — the Presbyterian no less than the Episcopalian — the Episcopa- lian no less than the Presbyterian ; and their wrong-doing was the more criminal because of its Protestant aspect. The Romish church has burned and beheaded heretics on principle ; — when Protestanis tread in her steps they act in opposition to principle. At the accession of Charles IT. the state of religious affairs in England was truly anomalous. . Episcopacy had been abolished and Presbyterianisra put in its place ; nominally, at least. That is the utmost that can be said, for in the majority of parishes the ministers did what was right in their own ey/s, only they were forbidden to use the Common Prayer Book. The I'resbyterian framework, howeve.v was set up in only a few counties. In the rest, though most of the ministers were of the Presbyterian order, they acted on their individual responsibility, there being no presbyteries to which reports or 12 appeals could bo raaJo. Some few of the ministers were In^ dependents, and some, Baptists.* Here n„a there a man was to be found who retained his position amidst all chan^n^s, and was willing to sign any articles or enter into any engagement 80 that he might keep his parish. All these received the tithes and other ecclesiastical dues which constituted the ' livii.rrs" of the church. That Church was still considered, in its tern- poral form, as a nat.'onal institute. Its wealth was for the most part untouched, and the emoluments which the parochial funds supplied were enjoyed by those who were in actual posses- sion. They had been put in possession by the existing govern- ment when the old incumbents were cast out, which wl^ either for bad behaviour, for insufficiency, or for refusal to promise allcgiunce and fidelity. At the restoration of Charles il., those incumbents who survived re-entered into possession of their livings and ousted the new occupants. But a large number of parishes were still held by Presbyterian ministers or by men who, though they were willing to remain under episcopal rule, in some modified form, were desirous of considerable changes in the worship and ceremonies of the church. Here, then, was a fine opportunity for conciliation. Such a conjuncture of aflfairs might not be expected to occur again. The controversy which had been raging ever since the time of P^jizabeth might be settled on terms satisfactory to all rcasona'ole persons. The demands made might be conceded without ircnching in the least on the claims of conscience, since, however firm^the afc- tachnient felt by some to certain formularies, it could not be rraintained that they were bound by divine authority to the use of thom. Besides this, the king had issued a Declaration from Breda a short time previous to his restoration, in which he expressly promised " liberty to tender consciences, and that no man should be disquieted or called in question for differences *See Appendix, No. I. -4«i 13 of opinion in matters of religion, which did not disturb the pence of the kingdom." Was thee not, therefore, ground tor hoping that a friendly and equitable adjustment might bo accomplished, in^clving, possibly, some alight compromises on each side, yet securing the long-desired unity and fixing the chutch on a firmer foundrtion than ever ? Thcro was the greater reason for this hope in that the requirements of the Presbyterians and the reforming portion of the clergy were exceedingly molerate. They were contrnt, as has- been mentioned, to submit to episcopal government, even though certain modifications which they desired were not conceded, if the validity of their own ordinations was granted. In regard to other things, they asked for liberty to baptize without using the sign of the cross— to administer the Lord's supper to communicants either kneeling, sitting, or standing — and to ofhcioto without wearing the surplice. They wished also to be relieved from the obligation to " pronounce all baptized persons regenerated by the Holy Ghost, whether they were the children of christians or not" — to administer the Lord's supper to those who were unfit to receive it— and to give thanks indiscrimi^iately for all whom they buried, as "brethren whom God had taken to himself." And they ob- jected to subscribe a declaration that there was nothing in the Common Prayer Book, the Book of Ordinations, or the thirty, nine articles, contrary to the word of God. It they could be indulged in these particulars, and if some objectionable ex- pressions in the liturgical services were revised and altered, they were willing to conform to the church as by law establish- ed. Now it must be confessed that in agreeing to exercise their ministry in the church on these terms they made large conces- sions. But on the other hand, concessions to very nearly the Eame amount had been promised by the king in a Declaration issued Oc'ober 25th, JCGO, A friendly settlement of the ^hole controversy appeared, therefore, close at hand. Had 14 tl.e force of la^ boon given to .he Dcclara.ion, the ejcelmcnt wouhl ,ot Imve eakc, plaee, and the Church of Kugla, d would haver„.a,„o .ho ,erv,ee, of hundred, of ™e„, by wi;,o labours her sp ,, ,.a ...flucnce on the population would have been wonderfully ,„crea.ed. h had been detern.ined beforehand ticpated and planned, to ratify the royal Deelaration. A num ero mmor alterations, no. touehing the ,reat points a .ssue, hav,„. been made in the Prayer Book, under colour 0, race ,„g the vews of objectors, a new edition of tho book was ordered to e prepared, and its use was n.adc obligate y I'Ct'^ri 'o^' """"""' "'"' -'*' ""» '''-''■ .houlJbf reZlaiS' "" "'"" '"'" ""' '"='^° "f'-oi""^ ordained to ailll'd'evl^vt,"!;' ;!;;?•'= 'l'"" "."'■"i""'"' »''»■" -"-l ™-on. ol the ClHirel, o " l.lh^TT f," '"'"','' V"" '""' '^^"■""omes form a,id n,a™"r JS„, "'"' I" •""' '''-', i'*''"-'''. »"•! the I'uhops. priests a,^d dlae^s. °' "''""""=• """^ ™"-"a,i„g of the'ba::;;,,.''" "='"'''' ""''^ ""^ o""" »»■ canonical obedience fc, of .aki fu , a „ s r.lTtThTl,''- ' '"^■^^"°° "'""■ -'-vl"lness " ..pon a'ny V?i.«;:frhatL':ve;.'"' °' """'^ »°-""-!o„ed by hi™, onoobj^o .n ve. w „ch they pursued with relentless detLin- a .on, no u„„.,„„|„j ,„,, „,„ ^„j « ounc,l,b,shops, parliament men were leagued to-ethcHo he Z'n "' "^ ^^''^"'"''"'' -<» "f '-o- -^o -'«^> wl h them Uey were begadcd by a pretended Conference for the adjustment of differences, and then handed over, stripped and 15 defenceless, to the vengeance of tho law. That vengeance fefl upon them with terrific force Tho penalties of tho Act wore severe. Neglect to make the prescribed declarations exposed tho individual to immediate deprivation. Every person who should «' consecrate and administer the holy sacrament of tho Lord's supper b fore he was ordained a priest by episcopal ordination," forfeited one hundred pounds for each offence. No minister was to be allowed to preach unless he was licensed by the archbishop or bishops, and had publicly declared his •' assent and consent," as above : in default whereof ho was ♦' disabled to preach," and was liable to three months imprisonment every time he preached while so " disabled." The penal statutes regarding religion, passod in Quien Elizabeth's time, were also continued in force. All this was slight and insignificant compared with what followed, as will presently appear. On St. Bartholomew's day, Aug, 24tii, 1CG2, upwards of two thousand ministers were east out of tho Church of England by tho Act of Uniformity. We say, ** cast out," because the terms of continuance were purposely so contrived as to ensure their removal. As they could not conscientiously comply with the terms it was impossi- ble for them to remain. And no provision was made for them. The " scandalous and insufficient" ministers who were removed durino' the Commonwealth were entitled to the fifths of the revenues of their benefices ; but the Nonconformists and their families were thrown upon the world in a state of utter desti- tution. Yet this miserable prospect did not deter them. They " counted tho cost." They believed that they were called to take up tho cross and follow their Lord, and they did so, in the face of poverty and punishment. It would have been a hard measure if they had been merely turned out of house and home. But that did not satisfy the furies of those times. If, when expelled from the cbmches -.s* 10 the servants of Goa preached elHewhere, mot the attached mcinbors of their former flocks for i.urpo.cH ofohriMtiun follow, ship, or adopted other measure* for the diffusion of their prin- ciples, the fitate-church might incur grout detriment. They must be Hilonced. And the law doomed them to .siloncc liy the Convcniicle Act (A D. 1GG4;. all persons present at any rehgicus meeting, not conducted according to the forms of the Churyh of England, if five persons more than the huusohold were there, were to bo imprisoned three months, or pay five pounds ; for the second offence, six months, or icn pounds ; for the third ollcnco, to bo banished for seven years to some of the American plantations, - excepting New England and Virginia" (where they miyht find friends .'), or pay one hundred pounds j the penalty for return or escape from \nm\^\xmGxM— death ' By the Five iMilo Act (A. J). 1005), Nonconformist ministers were forbidden to enter any city, town corpo- rate, or borough, or to be found within five miles of the same or within five miles of any place where they .or- merly officiated, or where they had preached since the Act of Uniformity, unless they took an oath declaratory of the ur.iawfulness of taking up arms against the king, upon any pretence whatsoever, and of their own intention to endeavour no alteration of the government, either in church or state :— penalty, forty pounds. The second Conventicle Act ^A. D 1070), was still more barbarous. All persons present ut unlawful religious meetings were to be fined five shillings each for the first ofience, and ten shillings for the second; the " preachers or teachers" to be fined twenty pou.ids each ; the owners of the premises, twenty pounds each. The fines were to be levied by distress and sale, by any justice of the peace. on the oath of twc witnesses, " or any other sufficient proof ;" and the proceeds were to be divided into three parts, one third fcr the king, one third for the poor, and one third - to the informer or his assistants, regard being had to their diligence ■1^ n the *n«J inuustry in discovering, dispersing, and puni.-^hing the said conventicle." W any justice of the poaco refused to do his duty he was to b«^ lined five pounds ; and tho Act was to be *' construed most larydij and bencficidbj for the suppressing ofconvcnlldrs, and for the Justification and encouratjunent of aU persons to be cinf)loijod in the execution thereof /" These hiw.s, it will l>e observed, were not confined to those wlio had been ejected from tho Ciiurch of Eng- land, and their adherents. They afTected all dissidents, ol every name, the Indepcnden *ho Baptists, tho Quakers und othur.s. No ntan was to ♦' worship (Jod contr.iry to the law." If he dared to pray, or to prai-e God, to instruct others, or to receive in>truetion, in any other manner than the Act of Unifortnity enjoined, he uiu!>t suffer tlu connecjuenceS; in purse, or person, or both. And tho poMaltios of the Act, were enforced on all who should tench children without sub- n itting themselves and declaring their adhesion to the church. Thus the minister was prevented trom bocomin<^ a schoolmaster, and by that meaijs procuring a livelihood. Every avenue was to bo shut against him. He must conform — or go into exile — or die. Tb J sufferings which befel tho Nonconformists in conse-juence of these Acts, during the reign of Charles It. and James II. were aUogether without parallel. At first, the ministers only were the victims. Preaehing the gospel in contravention of the law was a crime. Men might not be exhorted to repon- tance nor trained in piety by those who were not recognised as regular ministers of the Church of England. All others ran the risk of fine and imprisonment ; and then, when the fine was paid or tho impri." ment terminated, the oath already referred to was reiiuired to be taken, or they were called on to give security for " good behaviour," which " good behavi- our" was construed to mean abstinence from preaching — a conditioQ to which they could not submit. Protracted imprie- u onmcnt f;>llnwc,l. oHen lasting for jcar., and In many in«(anccf cloMoJ only ly .joath. Iht H,e poople were bent on (h) muintonanoo of their piinci- ploy, liy (i.nt of in^ronious nmnn-j.-mont thoy frorj,, nt!y halfl.'d >l.o dcv-.gns of tho pcr.eoutor. The nmuHtcr was di.sLrui.,.d • or ho prouohcd in a room wiih a lolo in the wall, throu.^h which hus hearers, Hoiitcd in aooth.r room, lintenod to him ; o'r a trap, door was bd placed that in th. cveni of diHturban.o he n.iit «i.p through it and \o concealed elsewhere. Knruj^.-d at the tailuro of their plun.s. .ho enemies of truth and freedom a.lnpicd more violent measures. Heavier fines were levied. Th- old Jaws of lOhzalMuh were put into rigorous execution. Informora drove a thriving trade in those days. They diligently plied tncir infamous occupation, and spent tho d:.y of the Lord in prowling about for their prey-listening at doors and windows, If haply they mi^-ht hear the voice of prayer or exhortation- or scouring the fields and woods in search of christian meetings Like ^aul of Tardus they were •' exceedingly mad" against the servants of the Lord, allhou.h they .vent beyond him in one respect, for we do not mid thut ho enriched himself at tho expense of the objects of his malice. But tho, e wretched men fattened on the spoils, or wasted the substance so unri-Mit- eously acquired, in drunkenness an 1 debauchery. " A brief reference to individual cases will give some idea of the scenes that were enacted, and the desolation that spread over tho land. * llalph Button was imprisoned six months forgivir.-* private lessons to tho sons of two gentlemen, at Brentford, near Lon- don.-Dr. Wilkinson's library was seized and sold to pay tho fines levied on him for preaching -Nathaniel Vincent, when put m prison, was not allowed the use of pen, ink or paper j he was not even permitted to write to his wife.— Joseph Sher- wood was sent to jail for preaching in a church when there was a large congregation assembled, and no other minister 19 pTCBcnt, fO t^ftl the people wouM have Ikjoh doprivcd cF i ief» man if lo had not uoctipiod thu pttlpit. IILh dhcouroo was foumlcnl on Lovif. xxvi. *2'k — *• Ami I will bring a sword ui>on y' u, thttt bhall uvengo the ({uurrt-l of my coviMiuut" : — when this was re|)ortcd to the luugistrato ho exclaimed, •• did ever man pre.nh from pueh a rebellious text?" — ffames Hurd» ncod was Hue I twenty pounds for preuehini? in his own house to five persons besides the family, and twenty pounds io: u.ning the house for that purpose. — Kdmund Tucker was fined tbiity pounds for praying with thriK) ladies who were faying a visit of conuolen2o to his wilo on accuunt of the death of her only eon ; and on another occasion his iurniture was carried away, cveti tho bed an I bedding, iind his children's fllothcs. — Certain christian people at Oranhrook, Kent, having met to pray that the ejectment of so many scellen' .nisters might be f«anctificd to them, were fined for so pra)ing, tt' d committed to Muid?*tone juil for thrjc months in dclaull of payment. William Jenkyn, an aged mini^ter, was spi nding a day in prayer with other minihters and friends, when the meeting was broken up by tho police, and Mr. Jenkyn com- tnitted to Newgate, tho London prison. On his petitioning tho king for relc '0, physicians having testified that his life Would bo in danger if ho continued in confinement, the king replied, "Jenkyn shall bo a prisoner as long as he lives." In that instance Charles kept his word. Four months after- wards tho mourning rings distributed at the funeral buro this inscription, " Mr. William Jenkyn ; murdered in Newgate." John Thompson died in prison at Bristol. (Jeorge Towner, pastor of the Baptist Church at Kroadmea', li.istol, died in ^jrloucesicr jiul, after an imprisonment of two years and a half, l^'rancis BampSeld, another Baptist minister, who had suffered «ight years' imprisonment in Dorchester jail, died i.i Newgate, Thomas Delaune, a schoolmaster, also a Baptist, v/rote an excellent work, entitled *'A pleu for the ^^oaconfbrmists" in 20 rop\y to A Mrraon by Dr. Bdi.jainin Cilumy, a London clef- gymun. Ikforo it was publi»htnJ, iMr. Deluuno wan uppro. hcuileU ami committed to Nowgute, whcr-i ho was trlml and convicted oi writing, priming, u.id publi.^hi.ig .. a fabo, le. '.iliouH, and scandalous lioel," Unm t\ hundrrd nurks (i:(IO ICs. 8d. utorling), and ordered to be kept in prison till the fiiio was paid and m-urity found for hi.s good behaviour, lin- ablo to pay his fino bo hui^^uished in pri.son, dependent on casual charity, his wifu and two young children sharing in hi.^ mi:;ery and privation, till at length tliey nil d'ed there. Vavasor I'owell, a truly apostolic man, whoso labours in Wulos were crowned with remarkable success, died in prison in liondon, in the eleventh year cf his imprisonment. A number of Nonconformists were holding a fast on account of an extraor- dinary drought which then prevailed, and wore discov.red by the informer."* :— Edward Bury, a minit?ier, was fined twenty })OUiirct plucc^ they could litid, never rcmiiining long i'. ono house, and wore sonu-tinies literally reduced to Huch .ntrait- that they had not where to hiy th ir heads. A Nonconrormist { f.»!H*hor was in greater peril of iiborty and life than th" v ' 4 logues and vagabonds thai roamed tho country. What icind of mkn wfum rwm: NoxcoNfOUMisTg? II tho iiKiairy relate to thoir intellectual •i('(|uifeinents, we may n^ply by telliisg of Dr. Seanu-n, who alway; carried a Biuull He! lew bible with him for ordinary use ;— of William Wickons, to whom thu originaU of the Old and New Testa- ments were so familiar that ho read them chiefly in his private dcvotiom; of Edmund Oulauiy, who hud read tho whole of Augustine's works five times ;— of Samuel Leo, who .ipoke Latin fluently and elep^antly ;— of Matthew Poole, the learned compiler of the Sy.'toj'sis Cri'icorum ;—o^ dohn lU)we, who ♦' had such a knowledge of Greek, that ho began very young to kuep a diary in that language, whieli he continued till his death ;"— of Thomas Gilbert, win " had all tho Schoolmen at his ting r'.s end ;"— of George Moxon, who '« was a good lyric poet, and could imitato Horace «) exactly as net easily to be distinrrui.'hed ;"— of Samuel Tapper, of whom it is said that •' Latin poetry was his amuHcmtot during his pilcnce" — that " he could read the Greok poets and philosopher? as familiarly as if he had been reading English"— and that " he had tho Greek Testament by hcait, and wculd, upon r.oy occasion that I II 22 offored, instinHy repeat the text and criticize upon it, os if the booUay open boforo hi,u";-of John Htr.nar, who translated the Assc.ublj'. Cate.hism into Greek and Lttin ;_of Matthew tiark, who was not only well ver.ed in the Classics and in Oriental learning, but actually -learned the modern Persio atter ho was sisty-six years of age" ;_of lliehard Heath who corrected the Syriae and Arabic versions of Ihe Scriptoires' pubi.^hed in Walton's Polyglot ;_of Philip Henry, who as-' Sistcd Dr. Jiusby in preparing his Greek Gran.mar ;-of Jo.sopli Iruman, whose '• head supplied the place of a Lexicon, ior he was aI>lo to give all the senses of any Greek word where any thing of moment depended upon it, and to produ'-e aiithoritics, both out ol sacred and profane authors" ;_of IhomasHill, who when he went to the University of Cam- bridge to pursue his studies, - was so expert in Latin Greek •and Hebrew, that he was owned to bo superior to most of tha tutors" ;-and of such great men as Theophilus Gale, John Howe, Dr. Owen and others, who were very giants in learning. If the enquiry be, whether these learned men pub i. bed any works which were calculated to pron.ote piety as wHl as ^earning, md might be expected to be useful in after u^c. we may refer to such books as Charnock on the Attributes • Uwen on Spiritual-mind* dness,— on (Communion with God -- on the Glory of Christ, &c., &c ; Flavol's •' Fountain of Life " and other valuable productions ; Howe's '^ Bl.ssedness of the righteous." " Spiritual Temple," &c. ; Drookos's " Mute Chris, tian under the s.uarting rod," and '^ Precious remedies a^uiust batan's devices"; Marshall's 'MJospcl Mystery of tiancnifiea. tion ; Ambrose's "Looking to Jesus"; Mead's "Almost Christian"; Alleine's -Alarm to the unconverted"- Steel's "Husbandman's Callbig " ; Baxter's " lieformed Pastor" -Call to the unconverted," "Saint's Everlasting Kcst," and other works, too numerous to be mentioned. Christians in the nineteenth century are continually instructed, edified and comforted hy the productions of the writers of the seventeenth. The sitjfe} in J ago was inudc to furnish food for the busy one. If it he i'uitlier asiced whether, hesidcs using their pens in this nuinner, these exeellenfc men hvboured otherwido for tiie advunoemcnt of truth and piyty, ample information may bo supplied. They were generally pains-taking and indefatigable pastors ; and as preachers of the gowpel. both in preparation and practice, they marvellously excelled, and were blessed with great usefulness. Samuel Clark, a voluminous author, spent nine years in the town of Alccster, which, before he settled there was known by the epithet " drunken," but became dis- tinguish ed for sobriety and religion during his ministry. — Thomas Vincent, who committed tc memory the whole of tho New T»^stament and the Psalms, because, he saio, those " who took from him his pulpit might in time demand his bible also," devoted himself, when the great plague raged in London, in 16t)5, to preaching in the parish churches, visiting the sick, and every kind of effort by which relief might be afforded and souls saved ; — multitudes flocked to hear him, and great num- bers were brought to God. — Dr. Staunton, designated " the searching preacher," one of the most l.borious ministers of those times, " was constantly projecting and executing schemes for the honour of God," and would often c-ay to his fi lends, "Come, what siall we do for God to-day?" — Dr. Thomas Goodwin, " a very considerable scholar and an eminent divine," had purposed, when he commenced his ministry, to adorn tiis sermons with such flowers of wit and eloquence as he might o-ather from the best writ injrs, ancient and modern; but the grace of God wrought such a change in him that a very differ- ent resolution was formed, " and in the end," he says, " this project of wit and vain-glory was wholly sunk in my heart, and I left all, and have continued in that purpose and practice these threescore years — and I never was so much as tempted to put into a sermon my own withered flowers that I had I I 24 gathered, and valued more th;m diamonds, but havu preached what I thought was tnily edifying, ei her for <'onveri.ion of souls, or bringing them up to eternal lifi3."_Jo!,n Ifovvo, whoso sermons dinplaycd uncommon (le;ith of thought, and who was a great man among the great, gave himself up to the work of God with such devotedncss and holy solicitude as have been rarely witnessed. The manner in which he conducted the service on fast-days would hardly be imitated now, but shewed great powers of endurance, both in the minister and the people. It is thus described ;— •' He began at nine o'clock with a prayer of a rpjarter of an hour— read ard expounded scripture for about three (luarters— prayed an hour— preached another— then prayed halt an hour. Tne people then sung about a quarter of an hour, during which he retired and took a littlo refreshment. Ho t^-, came into the pulpit again -prayed an hour more— preached another hour— and then with a prayer of halt an hour concluded the service."— When llichard Bax- ter went to Kidderminster, - there might perhaps be a family in a street that worshipped God" ; when ho left it, " there was not above a family on the side of a street that did not do It" T; ere were six hundred communicants in his church, and in nearly all the houses in the town his services were gratefully accepted, "for private catechising and personal conference."— This list might be almost indefinitely extended ; let it suffice to mention one more illustrious name. Joseph Alleine, whose •« Alarm to the Unconverted " has been circulated by hundreds of thousands, ana has been the means of conversion to vast numbers, was a man of seraphic godliness. " At the lime of his health," writes his wife, " ho did constantly rise at or beforefour of the clock, and would be much troubled if he heard smiths or other craftsmen at work at their trades before he was at communion with God ; saying to m?. often, ' How this noise shames me ! JDoth not aiy Master deserve more than theirs ?' From four till eight lie spent in prayer, holy con. 25 tcmplation, and singing ot psalms, in which ho much adightcd, and did daily practice alone, as well as in hi.s family." ^ His ministerial life at Taunton was a scries ot holy, unremitting toils, " both publicly and fr^m house to house." When tho Act of Uniformity displaced him he laboured yet tho harder, preachijig wherever he could get the people together for that purpose, lccaus3 he feared that he might soon have only the prison for a meciing-house. " In these months,'' says Mrs. Alleinc, " I know that he hath preached fourteen times in eight days, ten often, and six or seven ordinarily, at home and abrocii, besides his frc(pient converse with souls— he then, laying aside all other studies which he formerly po much delighted in, because he accounted his time would be short." Pris'on exncricncc foliowed. Confined in jail with thirteen other ministers, all, like himself, charged with the high crime of preaching the gospel in a manner forbid.lon by law, his first act was to preach and pray, which he called, " holding a consecration service." " Subsequently, and to the last, he 'and his companions in turn proaclied and prayed publicly once, and r-ometiraes twice, every day, tho minister generally speaking through the prison-bars to the congrega- Tion that flocked from the various villages within a distance of ten miles. All tho rest of the day he constantly spent in converse with those who thronged to him for counsel and instruction, and in consequence of this he was forced to take much of the night for study and secret converse with God."* Such was the character of this noble band— such their labors and their sufferings. And tho people by w'lom they were encouraged and sustained were worthy of them. They '. took joyfully the spoiling of their goods." There was plenty of it. The grain was borne off from the fields- the cattle from the stall— the furniture from the hou se— even the very ♦ Staninrd's " Jogcpli Alleiue and his Times," pp. lo6, 209, 221. Sco Appendix, Nu. II. m ^eds from uikLt the sirL- Ti.« i jii ;.;;i "■■ " " "•■ •■■' "•> ■■• '.■■ "^Vitliit, the compass of three vo.r« riil;^t). Wuh ro^^arU to rcliritius lihtrfy wo are a! jno.it •• of onu heart and ujjo sou!.'* Wu h-.iy ♦• a! most," for huro ar.d tlicru a jj;iunil)!er is t>l!ll fo bo found, an I obstructiv*- ne.^H lingi-TH in bii^K places, us of old. Tiit..,o obstailoH, however, will bo overcome. The (aifcrod rcninant.s of intolerance will Hoon lu» bhiWii to tho winds. Tho days of tho Convcnticio Act-und tho Fivo Milo Act— and Ihu Tij4 and Corporation Acts — and iho Scliiani Act, aro pono fur cvor. Ti o Act of Uniformity it.sclf toultl not now bo carried tiuoiidi the Imperial Tarliument. A mis-named conservatism rallies round the Church-rutu, and • -tceedrt, for the present, in warding oiF the abolition of that obnoxious im- post. Hut ♦' there is a ^cod timo cominjf." Frecdonj'i triumfdji nmy be delayed but cannot bo hindere J. Ueli^j^ion will yet whine lorih in her own glory — purified from corruption — uiishaelvled by liuuiuu law — "redeemed, regenerated, and dis- enthralled." If wo aro cal'cd on to rrjoico in tho progrc-fl of roligioui liberty in the mother couitry, much more should we coii'^ratu- latc ono uiiothei on the udvan.'cd position a iained in tho pro. vinees of Hriti^h North America. Here, wo are under no rcHgioua restraint or disability. Pecuniary exactions for th« support of tho worship ofii favoured Kcet are ufiknown. Our lands have never been tilhcd. Ctiurch'ratcs uro unheard-of. The icg'shiture interf ues with noi:o — Drotocts all. lu thoeya of the law wo aro (([ual. A'ld w claim ecjuility au.ong ourselves. Tho Kpiseopali m miniHtci is as im[)ortant a man as the Prosltyteiian, and tho Prctbyferian is as j^reat aH tho Baptist, and iho IJaptist is equal to tho Methodist. As min- isters of Christ they uro all C(jual to ono arioiiier— brethron — fellow-servants of the same Master — fcillowdaboureis in tho tjame cause. They can meet on common ground for ihe promo- tion of grcjit olgoets, religious or philanthropic, baptists, Mcthodi,!e.i3ttnt i,luco» ; you, I havu a goodly horiUiga 1 ^ulia ^a\vo hundr d ycarH havo fiiM'-d nvrny Kiurto Iho conlos-sors of i^t. Hartholumcxv'H day delivered thoir kMimony. Iho W'«rld und tho churoh havo slowly grown wii«er nnieo that time. The lolly and iniquity ot prnscculion nro all but universally .•cnfe«.ea. Htato^no . bojjin to wee that reli-.on lies not in tho inhere of govcinnient. und that th.'y ougi»t to h^ve nothing to do with tho ulluoution of niini«tcr.H, tho regulation ol chureU nerviooH, tho iiupoaitiou of oreodi, or tho ontorcciucnt ol du- vi|)liac. •• Let rw»ft''H 'lops ''f^ t'*^'" P"'d To C.iHnr and hi.i tlifom; ; But itjjisciciici'H mill Hoiil* were niado To bo the Lord'H alone." -.1f'av tho churches. Profound and various Icari.ing. and gitta otherwise qualifying the'r possessors for usefulness m this dei.urtmcat, have been consecrated to the high purpose ; and 85 timo after time tlio tidings reach u« that nnnthor lanu'imji* hu!» U't n won for tho cms*. Diiilocts of liic moHt (litH'-ult out int. icivto djarjctor, or ditTiculfc from ihoir very Mntplicltj anil scantino's of won!", h.ivo bc«m muMtorod and applioa to holy uses ; human instruincntsi for ihu work hu%'0 Kpruiia up in the mo^t unlikely ((Uiirtors ; and tho wocd of the ImJ in niakin;,' itH w ly anion;? all iundrt. diffusin;? thoughts l» lore unknown, and dispel I in;; tlio jiiohs refiatcd. Thous-indn of hund>lo, tiuthloving sv.uh are exclaiming, »' Speak, Lori, (or thy i-cr- Tants hi'ar." Ttic result?* cat.not bi d(juhted. A gloiioua pr08i)L'ct \a beforo \i^. Tlio nnstn of tiatian laith and pra'!tico will bo lijiidly n'(hu;cJ to tiio ancient s'andaid. (yUhlunis and laws unvvanantcd by holy writ will tall into disuj^o. In(rin;;cmenl» on the pro. rogat'vo of tho •• Kin;r oC kinn;H," tho only llrad ol tho Church, will bo hoaitily ropen»cd of, conf'exscd, and for ever abandnn.d. Kvcry las.d will bo full ol reli/sOUH niei;---llu.ii'jh thrre will bo no Stato-chuiuhe.s. and no Act8 of Unifoiniify. Then, too, u'l church ntemhers uill bo mem^'Cis of ('lui-t. For then, "tho earth shall ho lul' ol tho kncwlcdi^o ot the Lotd, a> t!;c waters cover tho sea,' and Jcsuh, •' liord of all," will b • evrtywhcrc honoured and atlored — nnd the divine \s\\\ replace tl.u "human— an '. the kinj^dom of God will conio witU power, swaying? all heart", and penciratin;r tho innennc st man and "iho fc'im of ri.iueousnoss shall ariso with lioarng in his win^'^i." •' Hvcn so, como. Lord Jesus," " ('onic (or'H out of Tliv rr.yal chambers, O i'rineo of all the kind's ot (ha earth! I'ut on tho vi.sil>lo robes of thy Imperial Majesty; ti.ko up that unlimited sceptre whioh thy Almiu'h'y Father hatti bequeathed tiico ; h)r now tho voieo of thy brido calls Ihoc, and all creatures sigh to bo renewed."* ♦Milton. and R'tmBMi 30 A-I^PENDIX. No. I. BAPTIST i\IINrSTEnS OF PARISri CHURCHES. In the yc;>r 1654 a body of Commissioners vv:is appointed, V!ho were QidWd -Triers," and whose duty it was to cxammo nil pert^ons prc^cr.ttil or nc minuted to boiHlj>-(s. wnhuview to ascertain - the grncc of God in them," »nd tnat ihoy wcro pcrsorP ot '' lir'.y anl unWainahlc convci. wue necct^^urliy cffonsivc to many, but the impuitial c.u.te^sal that en the whole muc!i ji. lid result; 'rem the appoiiiim.'iit. Some lew iJipiist m.ni^lcrs were indiu-ud into livings by the Tri.rs. Thi-y preached in the pari-!) chureht?, and received ihe ]n-ueccd.s ot tho endowments b.b;n,i:in;z to them. AsthevcouUJ >:ot, consistently with thdr j rineiple?,_ admit the ind;.-(/r;inin;»te communion which had puvuiUd during tho episeopul rule, tho method said to havo bc( n :idopted by Mr. Temhes at I'owdiey may bo rejrardcd as drM-rlp ivc ot their general practice, "lie " gathorc'd a separate cnureh ot those of his own porsuusion, continuing at the sau.e tune minitter of the p:)ri>b." The tolliuvini: is a list of Baptist ministers who were la possession (d livings at the Ue«toratij.i ol CUar'es I : — Henhy JLSsr.v, A. M. St. George's, Southwark, London.-— Onect I he bcsi, men of the age. Died in prison, Sept. 4, 1GG3 Thomas Ewins, llrietol. Died April 20, l()iO. _ ^ EowAun UACisiiAWK. A. M. Ambrosdct, U.\l^»dshirc. Died in prison, Doc. '28, 1071. 37 John ToMr.r.,., 15. D. Lcominister, ncrcforJshirc A learned 1 :t voliiinii;ou3 author. He wn.s one ol the " J riors. lie iMihi.uishc'd tho nnnistry and joinc-a th.; (>o:imiunion ot the Ch.i'.eh of EngUmd. Died M.y '2;) IG^b. wards pastor of (he church iu Bmudmcd, lin«toh Died inGh)uec.stcrj-al, Nov. 25, 1(5S:>. r 1 1 Vr^rt jEiiF.MiAii M.vi.SDLN. Aidc^lc^ Chupd, Hcar Wake held, lork. IlLkIit liuo^vNK. WhitcLady Aston, Wmrrstovshirc. Danikl J)vkh. a. U. Undhani Ma-mu, lleit.. Uo was one ot th(> "Tii'is." In 1(508 ho beanie ecpa^tor with \ho celebiut.l Wdliam KilUn, of the Chuioh iu DcvonsUiro Square, l.onaoii. He died in 1088. RiciUnn \i.\MS. fIumbcr?tone, Leiecster?h.ro. He succeed- ed Mr Ovhe at Devonshire Square, and lived to a very great iK^c,* bciuL' disabled from preaehin-^ lor .several years before his death, which took place in i71<>. _ Tiio'.i\s(miauiu:l. Home place inShrop^hue. Di-d in l/UJ. William^Dlm. .\. iM. Ycldcn, Dedlord.hire, uud Muster of Gonviil.^ and Cciius College, Cambridge. P\UL Iioi.soN. Chaplain ot Eton College. Thomas diNNiNoa. Driui^fiold, Gloucestei^hiro. Paul I'niwiN, Kempley, Gloucestcr.shire. Joshua iiKAD. t^onie place in Gloiicesleibhire. John h-MiTii. Wanlip, LcieJS^tcrshire. Thomas Klua. Lci-hain, Nor.'olk. Thomas Evans. Muesmynys, Brecknockshire. Thomas Pkoud. Cheriton, Glamorganshire. John iM I us. ll.sto;', Glamorjianshiic. ^ TH0Mi>s Jorii'-i'ii. iJancryner, Giamcrganshirc. Morgan Joni.s. Llanmodeck, Glamorgau^h.le. . Ar.mu'. Abc'gavenny, Monmouthshire WiLUAN WooDWAiiD. Probably of fc'oullnNold. Suffolk. Gabuikt- Camklioud. btavcly Chapel, We.unorelund. John HiuNNKii. Wesfon, llcretoin f-hne. John Donnk. Peitenhal!, Bedfordshire. He was a fellow- pripoiK.r w'.t'i John Bunyan. Jo:'N Giim;s. Newport Pagncll, Bucks. Walter Pro^^^or, William Millman, Watkin Jone?, Morgan Jones, JtMikin Jones, Ellis Kowland, and Roderick Thomas were mini.sti'is in various parts ot Wales. 38 Tho following ministers, whoso names nro inserted by ^.^. Ivi:ncy in his "i.«t of ojootcd Baptisis (Flistory of H c Bap- lists, i. r,28). (lid not'bc-oino IJuptisis till after tlioir eject- ment, viz : — Francis Hnnifield, A. M., John Gcsnold, Thomas Ilardca.-tlo, La\vren:e Wico, and Thomas raxloid. No. ir. nous SAYINGS OF TIJE EJECTED. Tho V Uection of a fcv chavactcristic specimens of the utterances of Noneoi.fjrmist experience in the seventeenth century umy ho instructive and edifying. The places men- tioned are thosc from which the minislori were ejected. Edmuxi) C.v I.AMY, B. 1). A'doihanbnry, London. "Who- ever «roes out of God's way to avoid dandier, shall meet with greater ilan;jor."' AViLLiAM Jr-.XKYX, A. jM. Christ-Chiiroh, N.Mvjjatc Street, London. '> If tliou liast owned Christ when l.c was in rags, ^ do uo; fear but ho will owr (hec wlien he comes in lii.s robes." — ''Thi're is a silent di;..'nify in repioached piety, and a silent igno- minv in advan-ed iniquity." fiio.MAS IJkooks. St. Mary, Fish Street, London. "For wolvi s to worry the lambs is no uondcr, but for one lamb to worry another is unnatural and monstrous." Thomas Jacomh, I). D. St. Msirtin's, Ludjate, London. *' It God comes when the cross comes, the weight ol it will never hurt you." ■William CooPF.n, A. M. St. Olavo, South wark, London. "Take heed lest tlironsh your liyprerisy you va.ion, not a, a F"'''f -'■"••^! ; : ^r;,''.,,!,, .riocn by ir„n.eir, wa. nla.od on h.s ^7, •" ^\,\^^orll.y of rreaehevs, Binrers, the least ot saints, the most unwou y i things in a natural way. . j ^^ Jllncsa, bow that se,ul. It ioill^-;;"'! ;^>^j' o "t he hand feeble that draws _but when the bow 'I' "'^^j^f ',?\ « mark." it, the arrow u.u.. need, la U sho ot .^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ Samukl WiNTK.i, ).l. ^^^^^; i/,ue rest, to "ive you way of sanetification, let ,^'"'\ '^'f,'"' \.:, r i^e will do in his own Sraiee of your ^'"l^- ^XirVu" to ha^'- -1- «lood by h s Uu.o." Just bdbre his ^^; .^/ .^^.^;^ 'J.^i.e hand ; be not a raid ; come V"-and so ^''^^^''^ V' m m,vowsburv. " Lot the work of FuANC. Tallknts, a- ^^; f^^i ras 1 ic noise a. may be." God bo done, and done well but -^ly,,^,.,, SulVulk. Being Samukl Fa.RCLOUOII, am. ri4v7lHend, I'ive God the once thanked for a ««^"^""' ^l^^^f.at^^s' horns, thoujrh the walls of plory ; no praise was due to tlc^ am. ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ lorii-holeU at their blast. — ^oi a .,, in,„on!i himself, .„d-cn>b,-ac,„g b,s own ''"J"" "^ „ Manclevin.., WiU.lnre. TII0MA8 UOSEWKI.I-. A- M- Jj; .„ ,-,.„„, ,l,mr people for u I wouU never w.s > '"'I' X^",~k to a j»^t. and elear call m XC'r.=; ^.ti-wi^ U;;;:".ay tas., U, bUter en-enenee, 40 RicrtAun Haxtku. Ki.Mermln.lcr u I can ns ^villin;I1y bo ft martvr lor love, as for anv arMcki of tlic crcca. Dunn- hw k^^ i^\vluM; ask...l l.n^v l,e.liui,;Ut have been more useful had 1 impiove.) my Unui better therein. (Jkohgk Kvankk. Ayton, ftla.ua, Yorkshire '-TIow much soever iind takes Irom you, it> less than you owe h m ^^^^^^ little soever h. leave, you, It h le.ss than he ovvo^s you , t h; f '^^ instead of nuiiuiuriu- that your condition u ^o ill, ble.. L.oa tluc it is no woi'se." . riiiLii. IlKNUV. A. M. \Vorthonl,ury, N. ^Va;^ ''(-"*,. «;^ the mn\ is like a mote in ihc eye.-not ar ease tilluept out. » I.et him be afraid to die that is atraid to -o o hoave . - It were a -ood ll.ou._d,t in a doubtful matter, U hat would Jesus Christ do ii he were here V" ^ SAMrrr, Ci-ahk, A. ]\I. Grondon, Buck.. " I hnd 1. le sa- voor or n. ish in .1 y eral,b.d notions, wlc.-h have no udluenco Zn^r^ti.' . Nol I .rro^v old, sueh discourses as may prepare rbr^'-tcrnity, help -ne to further aenuaintanee - jl;--;;-^^ with (,od, ai.d stir up my sh.-i^lJ desires aiter hun, aie moie suitable both to my nceet^sities and inelmations. John Bmi.ky. Chester. - O that I may not be of tho num- ber ot'^n'm that live wl'hout love, speak without leehng, a^;a a : tlii;;; liie !••-" If I can but c^chan..e o'^tward eom:orM^ inward grace.', 'tl. well enough. O !or a heart to glont> Gcd m '^'joliv OLni.ir.M>. Car.inizton, Dcrbyshh-o. "When God will not u^thee one way, he will in another. A .on that dc^.ires ^ Lrve and honour i'.od shall never ^^a^t opportumtv to do t nor must thou so limit the Holy One ot sra.l ''^^ « "' 1:^^>^^ ^" Lath but one wav in which he ern glonly himsed b^ thou. Thomas Dowx, A. M. Exeter. When ondunn- excrucia- ting pabhc was 'accustomed to say, M am upon my lathers r^T-oPPi.- TlnniiKS B. D. Plvmouth. » Free conmninionivith God in"-!;" "s wo;th\ thousand liberties gained wi>h the losa of liberty ol spirit. The Lord keep us his freemen ! _ Joiix'Knowlks. Bristol. " I had rather bo in a y^^^T^^ I mi-ht have a number of souls to whom I might preach the trutks ot my blessed Maste.s than live idle in my own house with- out any such opportunities." ^Selected from Palmer's " Nonconformists^ Memorial," sccotid edition, three volumes, 8vo. : London, IbUd.) i ■i^' ,'Si: R-i*i#;