IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) m^ i^o {./ A^ -v < *ii % % - % A ^ V. C% ■ 1.0 I.I 11.25 |50 ""1=^ ^ 1^ 1.4 — A" 2.5 [2.2 1.6 cP ^^ /^ 'c-1 ^}. w ^ ^ /'/^^^ / Vj. Piiotogrdphic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 873-4503 V ^v 'i^ \ c\ ^ ^ // ^ .^\. v^^^ e^ % CIHM/iCMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Notes techniques et bibiiographiques The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy >.vhich may be bibliugraphica'ly unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming, are checked below. □ Coloured covers/ Couverture de couleur Ccvers damaged/ Couverture endommagie I I Covers restored and/or laminated/ Couverture restaurie et/ou peliiculde Cover title missing/ Le titre de couverture manque Coloured maps/ Cartes gAographiques en couleur □ □ D D n D Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or blackl/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleua ou noire) Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur Bound with other material/ Relii avec d'autres documents Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin/ La re liuro serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distorsion le long de la marge intdrieu.e Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certainea pages blanches ajoutAes lors dune restauration apparaissent dans le texte. mais, lorsqua cela 6tait possible, cas pages n'ont pas 6ti filmdes. Additional comments:/ Commentaires suppldmentaires; L'Iristitut a microfilmd le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a iti possible de se procurer. Les details de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-dtre uniques du point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier une irnage reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une modification dans la m^thode normale de filmage sont indiquis ci-dessous. D Coloured pagas/ Pages da couleur r~y| Pages damaged/ D D Pages endommagias Pages restored and/or laminated/ Pages restaurdes et/ou pellicul^es Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ Pages ddcolor^es, tacheties ou piquees Pages detached/ Pages ddtachees FTj Showthrough/ Transparence Quality of prir Quality inigale de I'impression Includes supplementary materit., Comprend du materiel supplementaire Only edition available/ Seule Edition disponible I I Quality of print varies/ I I Includes supplementary material/ I I Only edition available/ D Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to ensure the best possible image/ Les pages totalement ou partiellement obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, une pelure, etc., cnt iti film^es d nouveau de facon a obtenir la meilleure image possible. This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ •Ce document est film6 au taux de reduction indiqu« ci-dessous. 10X 14X 18X 22X 12X 26X 30X 16X 20X 24X 28X 32X Th« copy filmed hera has bean raproducad thanks to tha ganarosity of: L^islature du Quihec Quebec L'axamplaira film* fut raproduit grdca i la g^n^lrosit* da: L^lslature du Quebec Quebec Tha imagaa appaaring hara ara tha bast quality possibia considaring tha condition and lagibility of tha original copy and in kaaping with tha filming contract spacificationa. Original cop'ja in printad papar covars ara fiimad beginning with tha front covar and anding on tha last paga with a printad or illustratad impraa- sion, or tha back covar whan approprtata. All othar original copias ara fiimad beginning on tha first paga with a printad or illustratad impraa- sion, and anding on tha last paga with a printad or illustratad imprassion. Tha laat racordad frama on aach microfiche shall contain tha symbol — ^> (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha symbol V (meaning "END"), whichever appliea. IVIapa. plataa. charts, etc.. may be filmed at different reduction ratioa. Thoae too large to be entirely included in one expoaufa ara fiimad beginning in the upper left hand comer, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa required. The following diagrama illuatrata the method: Lea imagaa suivantea ont 4t« raproduitas avac la plua grand soin. compta tanu de la condition at da la nattat* da I'axemplaira film«, et an conformity avac lea conditions du contrat da filmage. Lea axempleirea originaux dont la couvertura 9n papier oat imprimte sont fiim^s an commandant par la premier plat at 9n terminant soit par la darniAre paga qui comporta una ampreinte d'impraasion ou d'illustration, soit par la second plat, salon la caa. Tous lea autras axampiaires originaux sont filmte an commandant par la premiere paga qui comporta una ampreinte d'Impreasion ou d'illustration at en terminant par la derniira page qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un dee symboiea suivants apparaitra sur la demlAre image da cheque microfiche, selon le caa: le symbole — ^ signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbole V signifie "FIN". Lea cartaa. planches, tableaux, etc., pauvent dtre filmte A dee taux da rMuction diff^rants. Lorsque le document eat trop grand pour dtre raproduit an un saul cliche, il eat film« d partir de i'angia sup^rieur gauche- de gauche i droite, et da haut 9n baa, an prenant la nombre d'Images nteeasaire. Las diagrammes suivants iiluatrent la m^thoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 S 6 <( ^h // JRELIGIOFI^ DISCOURSES. BV THE AUTHOR OP WAVi^RLY* KINGSTON, U. C. *fil>TED AlfD rUBLISHKn BV JAMES MACFARLAM. \\ 1 r 4- PREFACE. Tnr lii'sforv oftlip r)llowin£;rPmaiUHblp piwlnrtions of -heir illnsf.-,oiis finihji's mind IiMV l)P ve.v I, ,>(lv ...M. Ti.,-. «M,. tvM .r,. s.MM.. I.,... .2., .Ml.. .),. Iu...lin;e„ii(. .of s^-rvMji ;, yuiiihliil |,iP„(i, ilien puiMiiiii; liiMi..-o|...;i.al sliiaies; h.it without tiiPsi.-'l.test 1(1.-^ thdt thev vvoul.l ev.^r .....M .h« „„i.|„: eye. ( liic.imsf.iirps, l.owpvnr, wl.ici, h^vHorcinr^dMun-ih;.! ije.Kul. in.liictd il... j/ri.tle.iimi (..r w|,„m (ht^v were composet} to r unesi ti.e mil.or's pe.•ml^s|.,n to piinlisl. ihem lor his own benefit, whiiii was coi'li'iliy aiHnn'ii 1.. li.e...' [).M-oms.s, ,hp.ra()Prwillf,,d some ol ih« most mompoto,is qoesiions which c.nn eK.'.MsuMiH ho.nHi. „no<), lis, „^,-,| >viiii sr,e,,i flo.MPo.-^ loU-nintv an-l .o.cp of i,u„nieiii. V.t i. xvhs not wjti.oot a sf. nj, leplio^ of dilTj lenrc, thf.t the *rier coospoie-l to l.y h-'lore ilie (.oi.!.-: this o-mv ;,,.,! sl.ik.o^ p. o.f of the strpogrhnml veisaiility of liis fiemns, d>, will appear from the folio^vjmr Kxiractofa L.e Iff. '• rhe Rphgions Oisno.ir,es which von t-ill to mv mind, were written emiipjv for yonr nsp, hi..I tp ihe.elo.c yonr prop^.ty. Thev were never iiiien.led for p..l,ii,.a. tio ., as noh.MJv koosvs hnue- in .n y(.iirself; nor ,)o I willinnlv ';onsoni tlM' thev slio.ild be noweiven to the press, ;)s n may he inonjot in i> I .i .ve internie.Kiied with ,n .feis tor ul.ich I nave no commission. [ hive also to ^d I, th,it thev cootain no novHJtyof opinion, an I no atten.pi at hnllia .cy of romp .sHioo. The\ were meani, I iiiAy ren.iad yon, to show ih^i a raiioiiil and prar ichI discouise npon a p^rtionUr text was a task moree.sily pt-.fo ned than vog. in von. lum-al anxiety seemed at the time di posed to l.el.eve. I a.n afraid that fh )sh wiio opH.i ihis pamphlet with expectations ol a lusher kind, wiil b- mnc'l. dis ipuoimed. ,\s, Hovever, yon seem to be of opioio i that -he pnblicatmn mi-hi be atie.i led .vjih m i>:,i n^neai to vo.|, I niike nooHJH^t- lon to It, and will be jjlad lo hear ilut ii snits vour n irpose. Tnis L'Mter will soffi- cienily indicate my consent to any geniie.niaof ilie irdde witn waom you may treat. I ani yours, very sincerely, «W. S." Abbot-sford, January 2, 1028. s DISCOURSE I. THE CHRISTIAN AND THE JEWISH DISPENSATIONS COMPARED.. Matthew v, xvii. " Think not that I am come to destroy the Imo or the Prophets ; lam not com t, destroy but tofiujil." r"«eof|,.8 I.eav.n V ^ :, 'T, n V'laH "Y'^ cons.derablu bngth, the pur- text before u' rwelHs »L i^,!^^ / r ^ ,^'1? ""'• ""'^ ^"' ^" '"^"^ centunes. The t.- v,th such con- i'concer,.s-.Firs iMose trrir'?"'""''^':*''? '"««» ""P^rta.it declaration as S'oo„dlv,,h,M.r tn.irerrtoo I. rr '^""""^ addressed ; a,.d, advauiaffe of comrr.nrM? ** ''^'''' •"' "''^='' "^''^ then spoken with .he sued. ^ "^^•^'"P'"-'"? the d.v.ue prophecy ^Uh the events which have since en- ci...sen people (o"v o m o'd h nt n .' '"'f""^^'^ treasures of the Gospel to that their, own imaainarvTed. ""^*"^,"^'^/«"'>escended to be legislator ; and vain of CO., at least; ,u cWmra ol I In "«="-e''t»'ey approached in external observan- gr..,terthan iVloses fl.s mil, L ' *^T. ^ Him that w,3 Hie Judaical ins" ', iion ^STl ' Tr'"'^-^ '^'^ Sadducees. the freethinker, of sceptic.l and selfiln ^p^nb '„ 'j Thfm'de^f ^1^" "^^"^-'-'^ ^P-^' ^"'i -^'"«e wh<. believed in no state of fu trP 1^ T f ^ prociH.na.ion of salvation. They diesof men went r.vnio thelrTv' ' '^"'.""'^ conceived that the sonls and bo- portance. were naturally av.rseTo ^hl^i I 'P*^^"'^"^^ ''"'^"•'"^^ «^ «'f 'nfling im- .•en.nr.at.on of -.|| i.mp^,ral hem fits 1 I ^, " V^T''' ""'*^'' "'^''^MeC a general Ib.ir DivineTenrher t ne ifru \ '^'"''"^''''"'^''"'P''"^"''^^'^'-^ ^e" " HnthPM.t.sit.eseFn, ,1. " ^7''^'°"' capt.v.ty, and death. p-id.. m ,he ::::;,^:c b ;;::^Sh; ';: /:; ;r''^' ^'^S' ^ r^ '^'^ p'--' •»>- o( « Slate of f,„,uP rewards ,n.ln?,n;h '>[ M'»v^» ; who admitted the exiiteoce s..nl, a„„ ,.er. svsrPnwTn; , 1^1 f '''•' ' "'''" ''"''^"^ '" "'"^ immortality of the even more uunucart, thJr I 'V.'" ' 'l'''".^ religion, ordinances, were unucal to the Gospel than the SaUducees themselves. What a anled ihfJIth'Ul nn>i(nii'« carnal Pi'j'ninpiits, no less disrurbPil \he hjipocrilf ; «|in, in the ijleiimiil.; .»( s|)|iiiii,il |)iiite. itiiiiik»-tl (J id that li« n ul mti ui.i'lf m n .is »i it-r men, .»r even as the tiiiiiihlf |)iil)lirH;i, whd, willi ti cDiiliite and hiukeii heuri, was Inyiiij; 4 ConlPinioii ol Ills sins iielure an nOVndpd Deity. Tho ciuixp or ilif l*iiaris»'t's' tiiibelu*r, and ilu'ir Mrenunns (jppusinon lo rhp G ispel to- Mft«. Iiad runi nndniihUMllv in onr bIcssHd Savinur's dpteciinn oC ihrir h\ pncnsy, iind Ins |)nbli(ly exposing ilie (mil principles and prarticos which ihey covered with rhe most lurniil aireciaiion of siricl holmes*. Tliev eonld not hear the lii^lil, which, nut content with playiiiii nil (he oiiiside o( ilieii whited se|)iilel)res, peneiiaced into iheir frinl charnels. and shoivfd .o tlie public uaze the dusi «nd toiteiiPss wliicti their ihowy exterior ccniceaied. Tiey conld iiotendiiii thn fii«^ndlv zual of the Divnia IMiysieian, »vlien he rent Imni iliPir wounds the haNuns with wluc.li ihev soothed, and the rich lissiiet under whicli ihey cooce.iled Iheni, and oxhilnle I (esiering ninJ filthy cancers which could he cured only by ih« probe, tlie knife, and thp cauiery. Hence they wer«. fi«in the hefiionin^i of our W.iyioui's uiinisiry until its dreadfnl ooiisuniniaiino, (in wlncli ihev had a paiiicniHi share,) the con^iani enuMiiev.iil wnhont the wemntier inaitero of the law— josiiie, niercv, and .'.iiili. Feelmtj thug Iheir own sanciinionioiis pioh-sbions held op to coii;eini)t. and their preieiKsiotn to public veneration it once exposed and fjesiroved. ilie Pliarisees becanie the active and violent O|)posers of llio.se doctrines to which 'he Saddncees, wuhsnilen apathy, seenifd to have refused a hearmsj. It was the Pharisees who inaliniied the life of oir bless (1 Lord; who essayed to perplex the wisdom of Ommporence by vain and CH()tioiis iii- ti nog itories ; and wlm, unable to (/f?iJ/ those miracles bv whicii the mission of (Jhiist was authenticated and proved, blaspheiiioiisly unpiited then> to the atceocy of (lfB;ji'>ns. But, ill particular, tlieir oijjeciions were toinided upon argomeiits tlie most powerlnlof .e ; pr.ivers, their > of no avrtil Feehiitj tlnu pretensions to the artive and jarhy, seemed of on bless d d CH()tioos in- iion of (/Moist •V of ilfB;ii'>iis. lis llie most , whon they ite upon and intions com- ion of whii-h j-nliles, a. id re assifTned to ilv conceive, ian relinion. ^s, and iii'ire j/lory of (lift socli splendid iiexeil in tlie this law to do »," niav these i|)oii a •system considered as mieio destroij this declara- I the doctrines |i\v and til© redi^niplion. iniisted upon ipon u divine lit of the Law, lions actually Ifs. had beftn jeople, to >ec ihtj great ma- t i 1 ,nr,fy of the Je«Mh nation liatl, for nowt ii,„r prior to the ndvent of our Saviour ;.lhninun..nyero^s»ndcar errm. both reM.ertii,« ,he L.,« „„| .he ['ZZj In leRard tothe orinrr they, and parliciilarlv t»,e sen o. the Phaiise.s. ,eei . ,0 ' V lo. nil ,ensfi ol ihe end and pnrpo.e of the type, am, ceremonies .i,join;d Iv Shl',^ a.Kl to h ve Mih.iitiiedihe ni.m.te discharue of his ..ii.al as Mm.eihino excellen -T.^ imritorions .n itselt, capable of beinu .ec.e.ved as an .tonrmeni .' 'he , 1 1, n^ those ue.ieralpnmis of virtue and inoraliiy n,.on whi.h that d,spensH„nn aswe 1.5 all .h.t emanates from the Divine Au.lioi, .us ori^in.llv (o led and w h Vh h it oneht or ever toliave been animated. Hot when the observance of the „ ,mne cer«. in ,mal was snbstimted msiead of love to God and dniv .0 onr neighhonrs t e ^ stem resembled son.e ancient tree, unich contimies to show Rtvvn luZ^nn^ n ,Z^ form ,.. those who reuard it onlv on the oiits.de, bnt when rare ilv e«»minpH ^ rotten and ,als« a. bean, and valueless except.nu a. a mattcrTif ;liM;:rd "l ;''"''"' " All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and eray v*ithin." In pointinp out to his hearers, therefore, the true rnlfi.ment of the law, our Messed IJedeemer showed that ,1 cons.sied not in a strict and li.e.al inferp.e.ati n f ,he^ x cZZT" '.''^•"" '''^'. '"" *" "- "''"P'i"" -r- -pie and liberal it^rpr:, on he t H f, '"'" " '"? f^'''"''.' '"" "" ""•-'>^^-'*l"">'l."« relations <,f l^f T C ...en f , ! 'I'l" "r '^ "'"'"' ''^'"^''""^ ''"- ""^ perpetrator in danger ,f ^^^ nenr, h,„,h„ «|| caoseiess enini.y, all injn.imis lanf;n,i«e. the somee and nrovoca L d djeds of violence, was f.,rbidden. N... only, ad.led the san.e pure , Te vj "^ ead.r,,s,|,e(un act.dadnhoiy prohibned m the U-v, b„. nil nncl^a thZZ uhich lead ,„ such a crin-e, are fnbid.len by the same precept. Tlii 'me wf ' »..es the divme inte.p.e.er, which p.oh.bits a breach of oa-b. orbids/by i es e k;' rl idle and unnecessary app.aN to that v.leiunitv ; and ihe same pre,:;p,\ hK:^ ' rW L nil',- '" '• " '^^■'"""""»'"'">" '*» »>-".l..y, to pa'ien. e under ami f, le! n-s,o injuries, 10 universal benevolence, to theretnm of i„od for evil d .., eS c ice of every virtue, not in the resi.icted an.l limited sense i.f . on.plianre w, I | ' it? e.^of. he Law, bntwith an ex.ended ami comprehensive latitude, Lonn.r,^^^^^^^^^^^ e i Vnd'lhe r"'- r'''^' """". '""*^*^'"'' '-"'•^"'""oe causes ins sun o dsi 01 I e e il and the goo I, nd his rain to descend on the just and the ui.nist. In this sense, tlierelore as a commentator on .lie law, and .ddressine himself to thosa no'tr mL "' """' "^^'-i'^"^^"""^^- di'« J-- come not .0 destroy' b 1 to , H i • not to ake away the posiuve prohibition of i-ross evil, hot to expend .ha. pro li'i » against the enleriamment of anyry and evil thonjjhts, which are the oa ents . .J ac.ions;-no. to diminish the inte.dic.ion a.ains^ vi^len.e an ma e' ol^ e ,, ' J «if^^.lp%n r ^^"'«'"V^'<^"^«"vi"...r tanght the inferio, value if that comp lln^S jet tion iviih he pn,ctK-e «( the virtues enjoined bv the law ;-Rnd that reconeil.-.ti. n Mb an ofte Kied brother, w .s a dmy preferable even to the^tfer ,. r a Tf aN^^^^^^ the devon, .e.emonial was .Ireadv commenced bv iis being laid . ;m u'e^ 1 ' f a and eftect lar exceed ihedry, formal, l.-eral compliances of which bvpocr^s s"u wed themselves capable, for the carnal porpo.e of raising themselves ii^he o,,mi n nf o.hers; and he sealed his in.erp.etation with the auh.l deno ,,.1^1^ F^H 1?5 T,frhteou.n,s. shall ex, nd the n^hteousness of the Scribes 'SpMels ultaT^ no Hpin. a..d in trmli hv I..Mlisci,.les. Tl.iHe,posi.i..n itideed was all thji could b"(i,Mi.ictlym..lcn.o.Hn..vih.«..rs which his ,„..m..l....e .lisrotirnf ma.Jo ble-se. ; l...ith.'re wa^ar.irlUeramJ n.uir .mnie.io.muHaniMS, ii.>t la he .uulprstood i.l t .« .,, incnt h* those to whom tlie text w,.8 ad.lr^se.l. b.M ..poo whi.h l..l.iro evpols, lh« !l.thandrrsuirerti..oof our birsse.f Savio.tr. «i.d he «:n..-r,.l inr.caso .»f Chris. ?..ni?y ha'U,.«o awful aod .o.,.or ,1.^0,. The L.w ...d 'he Prophet, wer. not to he d.stroy^.l, hot to he f..lfill...t, ..ot ..olv hv .he .lor.rmes wh.rh 1 hr..t ,ur,.rhed exphoatory of tluir in-r lu.pnrt. hot by toe rvont, »( his hfe aod bv .he Irhenie of redemplioo which he pmuu.l^i.ltMl. A-.d .1 i^ here that ii.fideU. availiog themselves a^.is>».>l of ill. ...sol .ted. ex,, and s.,hjer.,n.u it to their uw„ exchis.v.. ..,- terure.alioo, have asked the Chiikiiios iri..M.i.h .otiy, lo what n.«oiieilhe words n| iheFo.MKler of oor ,eli -ino have bee., ve.ifi. d. " f 'ome no. Ap. s,.y s.nd. ca». lers, •' to destroy the Luw a.id the Prophets, b.i.llv ..flci vU....se ,,dve..t J.-rusalc.n and her temideweredo'trcHed, her sa... m... v d. (iled and vi(da.rd, and the obseivances ..f the \l..sair Lhw r- ..dered in n.anv ii.s.a..res ....possible, .veil to ihr sc.ittered .»!nnr..nt whovet nrofess..'.e,l.fncnlolhen.:' Are not these," snrh perso.is ...Ke, ' ihe d..ect co..seqoences„l the Christ.ao .el.i;.o.. ?--is .i..t il.e d.-suociio.i of the law nf Moses inclii.led in me d-Lnl woi.h «veh.ve s-iven,^ and «•... .. iheo he >a.dthat .he Fm..der of the rival di»;.e.snioo.:a.»'Mipo.ied.th .tot to .les.roy the old Law, hot Uy Jujd it ?" Snob a.o the objectioos to which it is onr diifv to be prepared wi.h hii ; n-wer, I. sh„*vi„tt a reason for theCaith that i< i'. ns" W- sl.,.l! h.r tl... po.p..s.- view -he text Imih III the ncaative and positive bra... h. and c...i avoii. to p .)ve. M. . h .. (dir.st ca.ne not t » desUov the L.w. "idiv. That hy his r-mioii ti.e Law wa^ foKi.led ; ,„d I, snrh a.toxten.. ti.at as never a rirhe. p o iiiaiion wis m.de to oflended p.-ticp, never were ii ''.appv orioii .als, if enabled nv (-..iih t>. dis.-.ver .he >r..H w ,v to safety m>,wf..llv e,.tib-»l t> sueou' Iheir p.J.d..i. oo.'er a l..«, WMifh. h .we»er rigid, had been, by ihosiitroriotis and death of our blebsed Redc-niui, c..n.p,etely sal sued and %rat Our blessed Saviour came not to destroy the Law of M(>se« ; and ihnt the tvui.'.lcerenio.tial, the ..ano.ial and pec.liar e..acin.eots of the Jevvish leg.slator sbo'.ld be ab.oii.ited, was no condiiioo ot the (lospel offered o iheni. b.it a conse- mof.ire of their own r.je.iioo of the t, r ns of p'offe.eO salva>i':n. God was not fc.reeif.il of the pr..n.i^e he h id .i.a le tn his servant Ahrahan-.* and .he destr.iction of Jftrnsaleni and its Ten.j.le are to be rharjred, ..ot ..pon the divine Legi-I tor, I nt ..pon the infatnated presn.nplion of the Jewish tearhers ai.d the jiKhnal madness o» the nennle in eeneral. The gate of salva.ion w;.s opened for the Jews, long before the G^r tiles were railed n()on to enter in, nor was it noiil ihe wi.ked lalmn.ershad slain and'easj forth his onK Son, that the L!n(iv.int [v, ' ihp diifct ! law (if Mo*es It Mu" F'iiHi\. '!h II Christ « flllCplfil ; ;«illl iVeiidpd jii'ticp, ■ w iv to srifety, e»er naid, liiid \y Silt siied and t ; and thnt the pvvish legislHior II. but 11 conse- God was not IP destipclion of • I tor, I III upon iDHiliiPS* of ilie lung beforp the loniprs l)«d slain lo desiroy these (< render to him that our holy Iv subject to the Hr<-iiH>niHls, and in oidpr (hat by arispps mighi he liroy tlip bw of iitiftsof bpoevo- ) are mentioned h given to the I i f i- !.)im«r."-TA^« thin/ft oufhl y lo have done, wy«oiirLord, and not t,.ir- iies of ihp Dpiiv ; and it ««, (or ihem that h» pouipd fortli h • paihpiic la ii« itmi-m, when he b.'bp|d their .)b(lui..cv rejpmmj the menu of nalvaM.m wh:i-h ue had ron- dPM'eii.l-d .vpo U) entreat ih.imo iccpivp rnnii lii^ bandt -O Jcruva/f»n, Jeruaoltm, which killtal 'he vroph Is, nml utomut 'hem that 'ire sentlo the h -w ofUn lo >uld Ih we galheridi>u children toLrelhr, as a hen dolh gather hr hrood under her mnf(.i. mrd ye w>uld not! LuUp Mii.3l. Thp abrogation .1 I.ip Jewisi L . w wa^ n»t iUpii tae objpit of Chii»l'N ini»5ion. it her.amcmilv ihe pnn."qupnre o) Meir own wickpd . nd obfliiraiebhii(lup'*H, in rpj-c ms; «i li » om 'h- -.if, rs oJ nUation which were hehl font, to them, as the elder born, erp ih»* Gennles. I'ke vounger childien, wtre invited to accept of tlie heriiancp which the others h.ul rppndiited. It would bn a vain xiid idb' iiujuirv to ask, in what .xipnl, or to what purpose the Mosaic litii.il misbi h've suli^ls'ed, had tie Jews as a d > ioiPS, bit allows that onto! circumcision arisen much profit every way Undestroved. therefore, and uncondeimied by ihe now ddclrnip, the Mosaic insiiiniions continued to linge', as things permitted to the Jew*, but not enioined to mher Christians, until that jiart <4 the ("hnrch which consisted of Clirislian"jew«or JudaiziiigChiislians. gradually diminishing, merRt'd at leoglh in the j^reat mass of CInistiai.itv, and availed ihemselvps of the gpiural liberty. We will suppose that our scei tic still prospcntes his objections, and urges further, that al(hou"h the Law of Moses was not expressly abrogated bv the Christian iJis- pensaiion, still it was superseded, and its desiriiciion followed as a matter of comse; andiheiwfore, that if C;hrist came not on purpose to destroy the Law and the Pro- phets, still by and th.oui>li his mission, it was ac'nallv destroyed. To this we have alre.idy returned one answer. It was not the offer of the Gospel to the Jews, but their ignorant and prejudiced rejection of that inestimable a;iff, which iccasioned the destruction of Jeins.ilem, ancJ tne dc«nlatioo of Judah; even as the storm mid overthrow of a beiie^red citv is not prodnred by a message, offering the inhabitants easy terms of safe submission, but bv their own obstinacy in refusing fo accept what was mercifully tendered. But another answer remains, comprehending within brief comiiass the great and awful mvsterv of Christianity. Christ did net come, as we have already seen, to destroy the law ; but, second'y^ he came to fn'fil it. That which is fulfilled can in to sense be said to be destroyed, even thmigli by means of its being fulfilled it should cease to exist. Thus, the crop of the husbandman is destroyed, if it perish through tempest in the field; but if it is caihered into the garner, and put to (be proper uses of man, it is not in anv sense destroyed. thou"b cousunie ' ; but, on the contrary, 'he purposes of its hems; reared ate legitimatelv'fulfilled. And in this sense the law of Moses being fulfilled in Christ Jpsus. remains no longer binding on his faithful fidiowers. Fie hath gathered in the harvest, and invites them for his sake and his name to nanakeof the bread of li(e. which by their own exertions they could never have obtaitie,d. )d he saw it, an^ ♦ Mathew .x.^iii. 23; and Luke xi. 42. s 1« Our tini* W too UmttPfl «o enlnrse upon a doctrine in whicli it contained »hf ver e!»>eii(f (»l Diir lutly if li^itm, and whirh ir. ii!» biradih and pinltiniliiy is Jfsefviii ol morp voliim*-.* than we c«n at pr«*<(ent bestow words. Still, hii uutlnie, h()w«ver biirf and iinperleci, nuiM he offtred of the ?reat and wonderlnl niyst«ry of our sal* ▼aiinn in i.hfe fiiifilinpni ot the l<«w of Moses b> our hleised Redeemer. The books rn which IhB Jewish religion was founded, wer« of two classes— the Litw, and ihe Piouhets. The one annoiinr.es ivpically, and the other prophetit^ally, thai the system of Moseg WHS hot for a seasini, Hiid thai it was to be in diif time superseded by a b.ifthtei and more pffiiarions displuv of the diviie power, and the arrival upon earth of a greater than Moses. The law of \loses was in itself a perfect law, but it enjoined perlect compliance with tiiai law on the i)art of beiiias whose nature was imperfect. The blood of rams and of goats ofTored in the ftnple was but the type of that inestimable sacrifice which was to atone for oiir imperfect obedience, and be ottered up for oar iniquities. Under the Mosaic dispensation, therefore, ihe law was incomplete with respect to tho.e to whom it was &iven, for it could not be obeyed, or, in the words of our text, fulfilled. The lawofMospswas in institmion of types and ceremonies, of minute observances and abounding with positive injunctions and piohihiiioiis, which, viewed separately, and Willi no regard to the system of which they made a part, <»r of thetr own latent anil hidden meaning, might seem to a hasty observer arbiirary and trivial. Nay, as we hive already seen, the wisest amori'Mhe Jews themselves, and they who af- fected most sancity, were so lar misled as lo admire and practise this ritual for its own sake, and to the neglect both of the moral injunctions of the law, and of the hidden iHPaning of those very ceremonies intended to keep their minds awake, and open their eves to conviction, when they should see. in the person of the Messiah, the types of their law paralleled and explained in those realities which they had dimly and vaguely jndicaieil and shadowc.l forth. Such was the correspondence between the worship and sacrifii.es in the Temple, and thi!t one great sacrifice by which all was fnlfilkd or accomplished;— such was the Scape-goat sent into the wilderness laden with the sins of the people, in presage of Hioi who alone could h ive hor;'e the burden of human iniquity ;— such was the veil of the sanctii ry which was rent asun- der at the consnmmaiicm of the gre »i Atonement, to intiirale that the division between Jew and Gentile was no more; — such were ma ly, verv many othei typical parts of the Jewish law, the meaning of which has been sxpnnnded by the Advent of Christ ; and such an analogy doubtless prevades the witole system, even where mtr ev(>s may be too weak, our jrirtomeots too obiiisp to trai-e it. Tlie law of Moses» therefore, so far as it was formal or ritual, was fulfilled and rot destroyed— the type became iinnecesHary when the event tvpified had taken place: and if the observance of the Hebrew ri'e-i w-js, as we have seen, indulged lo those who had been educated tander the law, it was without anv f^Uigation upon those who had been horn free. The second class of sacred l^ocks under the Jewish Dispeiisitloii were those of the Prophets; nnd to these every rhis'ian, capalile of giviia; a reason fir the hope which i« ill him, points with exultation, and appeals to their contents as the most undisputed piuofofhis sacred religion.* Throughout all thebo>k'. of these holv men, who, writing under the immediate influence of ihe Spirit of God, foretold the secret pur- poses of Heaven 'o those among wjiom tliev lived, repeated reference is made to the great chaoiie which was Jo take place in the destinit^s of the world by the Advent of that Mesiiiah whom the Jews continue vainly taexpett. Alas! the gathering of the na- * Christ himself, St. I.uke informs ns [xxiv. 27 ] when he appeared to the two tlisciples at Ernmaus, after his restinoction, *' beginning at Moses and all the nro- p'lets, expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the thinirs concerning himself."' And upon that occ.sion reproved bis disciples for the backwardness of their belief in doubting that the prophe