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 IntlMyeAr tSlO.ttm Aiiltior ofltinfonnwlng (tUrnurMfl wns rrqiios' 
 led to vUit tbo HtaMof Vcrtiioiit «u a iniMioiiaiy, niul to inquini inUi (Ito 
 ■teM of Uw Churth ixtmii, m called. Wliila at Vergonnva, iliuro wna 
 a aucstion asitatod whctlmr the Ckurtk wai Cnlvinlalir.— I was rrquca- 
 todto proacn on Ihu doctrine of Predeatiiiation. — Tlio Rormomruii writ- 
 ten in luute, and by oarnoal dcairo wna printnd, too much IPBin the Iin« 
 pulao of the moment. It was toon out of print,— n lecond edition pro- 
 
 Ksed : the author not deairing to continun the controvoriiy, rcfuMd ; be- 
 ving llwre was not so much dang(>r to bo npprohondod from Calvinism, 
 as from Petagianism, thu othvr extreme. J)ut for savoml yotfs nnnl ho 
 has altered his opinion : and from the prevailing b)notsiB<l contm«licti«nM 
 of modern writeis, it is tho source of nio<lurn infidelity, under the 
 
 rcious garb of UNiTARiANiaM, Univrusauhm, iu* No ntuh will 
 ibt of this who imiiol-tially examines tho present statnof tlie i^liuch in 
 GoDOva, and tho Culviniiitio churches in (Jermnny, and llio Coripr«'j{n- 
 tional churches in Now England ; particuiurlv iIiohu wliicli dosciiidcul 
 directly from our fortfather$, of PLVMoirrii K<n a memory. 
 
 Not only all formularies, especially tho Cambridge and Sayhrook 
 PlatfomM, ire laid aaido ; but the blessed Suviour istiisrubrd olliis di- 
 vinity : ^ Bible not only printed without no/« anr/ cofffmrn/, but triins- 
 latod^w, and curtailed, or allegorically cxpluiood. Soo iho wiiiiii^'H 
 of Primti.v, Bjclsham, and Abnkr Knkklanu'h garbled translation of 
 the New Testament^ 
 
 The doctrine of Pcedestination, as defined by Calvin and hia inimodi- 
 ■to followers, was introduced into tho Christian church by St. Austin in 
 his cwMiroversy with Polagius upon tho doctrine of Original Sin. TbA 
 latter, iijrendoiivouring to avoid the consequence of imputed iriiilt, atlvun* 
 ced the following tenets; 1. That Adam was 1^ nature mortal, nnd who- 
 tberho had sinned or not, would certainly have died.— 2. That tho con- 
 sequences of Adara*s sin were confined to his own person. — % Thnf uctv 
 bom infants are in the same state with Adam before the (n!l.-^-4. That 
 the law qualified men for the kingdom of heaven, and was founded upon 
 equal promises with tho gospel— that the grace of God was given accor- 
 ding to our merits, &c. (Buck's Theological Dictionary, p. 1 19.) 
 
 Aiutin, who was Bishop o( Hippo in Africa, raised his warning voice 
 and wielded his pen against these unchristiiin tenets. But who i^^iiot 
 swayed by early impressions t Austin was bred a Pagan, and in early 
 life was a Atilttt, and after his conversion embraced tno doctrine of tho 
 
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 * Theaa of 
 wlH>,buta>law 
 Christ, who 
 SUB Christ is 
 
 Manichenns, 
 
 Ptnlitu PiltUt aiul tltrwl, liavebccbme rrieiidii, and the Intter, 
 ago, rested the eternal salvution ol'nll men upon the Doity of 
 in the croaa if iijinuAetf ; now declares with Jliw former, tluit Je- 
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 i ' . .«-wi Ood M^ in eViiOflJ. The Am 
 
 created lliewul; *l|«*«*"'i^Jd^oiieof the mort pwus wd d»' 
 
 Sin renounced AT^J'""'?^ l!!M^\n which be tfved. the Ut^er 
 
 tinffuirfi«dpre>»t«»f»'*^ r J^^^ with Wgu- 
 
 ;rSTl74th.cont«or »hir fo^^^^^ ^hich he triumphBd 
 
 Lntt in exposing »i«JjS?^*Xn^for the »ime being, thi. un.ja.on- 
 „vorhi»advor»aiy,andputto iiwn^^ Fromthi. source may be tra- 
 
 abIen«u.wilhbUC0[»»J0^*2^C^^^^ hMdi.liir1.ed the 
 
 0f Dipl*e PMeHiaaiim. 
 
 caUtAl Armiuius.* 
 
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 miiHll number of men, without ""y "»" „ « ^1,^ ^st of mankind, And 
 
 •' ^ ARTICLE in. 
 
 Of maiCs u>itt in the statt of naiun^ 
 
 ' That^y Adam. f.n. W, p;.^!^ 
 jSoffcctutd Secret Decree of God. 
 
 c — ^-"Tiieylyn't History of this CVOmm^y, V 
 
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 for those 
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 or do not, 
 be eternal 
 
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 up the deadi iniomuch that audi uinio li^liotu he gtvia that grai*-, imiimX 
 reject it, and the rest boiiig reprobate cannoi accept of h. 
 
 : Qft^'tfrtabity of PtrHvtranet. 
 
 Tiwtjnich as Jiave once received timt grace by faiUi, can never fall 
 
 coimStl^'*' ^ /"'*'''''l^'"« the moit enormous sins they 
 
 Educated b the fuU belief of these articles, and liaving from early llf« 
 
 a view tothe mmistiy of the ward of reeoHcUiatiim, for several years 1 
 
 t:^Ti^^"^''ri^^Vl^'^^"^'"""* ^y ^••»'y •eokiflg after 
 ^^ vSrlr f °^u "^'^ ^^' "^y '^^»'''» inquirieiof clerj^men. 
 and ChrUU.M0f various denominations, I was brolght to believe, tha 
 |««r«< Muvf heUmgcdtoaod; that it wa,not inmSm that walk^tk to 
 d^a hu <f»u; that the Scripturea were able to make us wise unto siU- 
 jwlonjto tUy were not only a mde of life, but poiated out a way for 
 4e helpless -mner to obtam salvation though the atonement made by 
 
 JheMort HIghXSod. Iread them with a prayerful, heart free from pre- 
 JSc?Sbd£!rtnJ"^ *^*°'^"*^'**'" °'""^".»»«« gavehM) 
 
 Soon after thb, I read, for the first tune, the 39 Articles of the Chd«ch 
 or Enoland i they perfectly agreed with my view, of the iaith once rfe" 
 Imru^ to ike ,m^f .1^ pyticularly the dextrine of Predestina^bnatl 
 Grace. Id ()saii||nla| die divbe constituUon of the church and lier exw 
 cellent lltoro^ (K»li& ijhici, I had tobIM the rtrong^t iej JS^ 
 i«°J>«f«>^' coma(.unlon, and was enabled bv divine grace tVun^;. 
 ttand the to«s expl^-ned in th^ Sermon, andXuld mycommoS. 
 ramove ^ doubts pf a single ii>dividual (doubl^which trmight ri» on 
 the bnnk of despalr^TshaU wbmlt with' cheerfuh.es. to thf ceSi,S 
 which are expected^fftm the misguided a.al of some. "«' ^'wures 
 
 \ S** • "*? .?" *"• labour of love to the awakening the sinner 
 toihe arowm^ the lukewarm, to the comferting the feeble mbd^Tnd 
 the strengthening of aU, is the. fervent prayer of * 
 
 ^^own;jam^r,U,m8. THE AUTHOR. 
 
 ;et faith in 
 and raised 
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 he latter, when "tbe MnW«.«» T-wTrTM 
 
 wand, M^iM. y«t «*'in<»'»P'T^rlLklJSrMijWi^ "0*««tei^ 
 
 of the riches both of the w«dom«.d ^'^*^«*--1lQau xi. 33. 
 
 able are h'ui J-dP?^"*'^!".?.^^^'^ iTAPortte. 1 ittter "PO" ** 
 Under liiipreMion»»ittnlar to "*»" »» «l~" ^^ 
 
 saM««fbf the !>»«'««« J'<«^«** ._j ^^.«wi.rir nlelv haw «o»braced o"- 
 
 God • and have eadeawred to eitabliih wnew B^ 
 
 On the other, » » *^"°'' *S;e%>mxa«e and damnation, those 
 
 the former b founded rather VPJf^^^Sy detached from the con- 
 ted by sentences of Hrfy S^TilaSa^S^rweU a. the text, and give 
 text. To examine ^^^''^^yj^Ir^S^ntd^cwne. _, 
 
 my own opinion, is tho object of th» prcsem a jj^y 
 
 } SeTcuSenth Articte of ibe Church. 
 
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 u ^ ^ niercifal Saviour, by bb ko]y ■pirit, dirMt im b dcKminf 
 It; and take from vou aU ignorance, and blindness of heart, pride, vain 
 Eiory, and hypocrisy J envy, hatred and malice, and all aocbaritaUaaMi. 
 in bearing and receiyingthe word of truik ^^ 
 
 <heob Aoee / lotted^ and E$au have I haitd\ 
 ^JTbo Apostle quotes this passage from Malachi, who wrote it mora 
 Itan fourteen hundred years. aAer Jacob and Esau were dead ; he must 
 ofcourw have intended to apply this expression, not to them, but to their 
 posterities; and therefore his words could not have had the least re)er- 
 ence to their future state, much less to their persons. This is abundantly 
 evident irom what we read in pen. xx^. 23. "And the Lord said untJ 
 ner, two nations are m thy womb, and two manner of people shaU be 
 
 other people^ ahdthe elder shall serve the younger." Esau himself 
 •" K:Sd;liS.^r54^^^ wa/broS^t under trlbut.^ 
 
 ^ Wa thorefore«an infer no piirspnal election, or reprobatii)il of Jacob 
 Md Esau, any further than what related to their posterity. God prefer- 
 
 mt^JlZ iuT-^''^^\ °f *^'«"' ^"^ ^^'^ conveyance of die blessing 
 
 E! «?!? ^•»!i«'>««". jh" in his -eed, i. e. in the Messiah, aU the fam£ 
 
 hw of the earth should be blessed. Hence there could be no etemid 
 
 4 election, even of their postei ities, farther than what respected their na* 
 
 , tional and temporal prosperity. *^ »».rewH« 
 
 riSr'*"J!i.''^i*''". ^'/U® "^ ^•«''»» ^^ understand the progenitor of 
 by Ood.tiU Messiali wasbom ; and by Esau, the Oentile world, "whose 
 E*'.r''*"'i''*' waste:" in which re,p;ct they may be «id teS 
 ..^liT?"'^ u^ ."'*'"' T, /'»^o"f««» with the signal blessings bestowed 
 SS«.»!!nr''' ■«»»•«»• ..This hatred then meaSsdo more than a iS 
 ,T? .!( i^\*.'""™»*^'*»*"''*e*^»'«no^ As it is said. "Ja- 
 
 Aoterf. or less esteemed, he blessed Leah." 
 
 tJt^j'X^' ?*•''?"'■♦) "ny man will come unto me, and hate not hia 
 fttber and mother, he cannot be my discipIe.-Luke xiv. 26: What 
 SS^^r^r'^!! would follow/should we understand o^Sav^^ 
 MMme^pretendtoundersu»ndOod,res^^^^^ ToJa 
 
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 t^m! teT^/"1.'''T"« ?" P''^^^^ we must hate and desp2e 
 2S^«r WKV'"^*r'l?* *•""* '• "^* "^ least hint of any peraonarba' 
 tred or reprobation of Esau, with regard to bis future st^t^,^ 
 
 .1 he plain meaning is this; God chose Jacob without any reeard to 
 i?uS^L"l/r, '"^y goodor evil,"as he had before cK ShSftS 
 CXn hJ^'' *t ^^^'^J'' '«»»««* of Japheth, the elder ; AbraZi,™!.- 
 W«;^«?^j'r^ "***•■ **°^»'''»««' J J«d«h and David ini". 
 «Jr!SlJl„^!LiK^uL!? ^ '^ P'ogenitofs of Christ. Jacob 2d E- 
 TiSJIT ? ^u ^u ^^"^ " *•''«=*«' ^* ^his end ; and God. who has 
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 •taawM^b Im ra«»hred was muu to Um blMiiag of Jacob, axcapt ai to 
 wbat mliMd to the lino of tha tlaniab. •• BahoU/* Mja baae, *«thy 
 dvaUiogdiaHbeorthe ratrteMoftlM aarth, and oflha dew ofhaavaa 
 from above : but thou shalt awta thjr brother,'^ (i. a. ba iaferior to fain 
 for a time) "but it •hall come to past, that whan tboa ahalt bava do' 
 miaioa, thou shalt break hit yoke eff tWf seek, "Ifyna for a momeal 
 adodtthat Esau wat a reprobato, and hated before he win bora, «id 
 ■ant to hell when he died ; in order to fulfil the ble«ing of Isaac, «M 
 must also admit that at some futura period, he will chaafo Us condition^ 
 Bn( Abndianf to tha rich man, dedares tliere is a ** great gidph fixed^ 
 so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot : neitMCom Hiaf 
 pass to us whiv Would come from thenoc^-oLuke xn, 26. But When w* 
 look to tfiair posterities, m And this literally fulfilled, in thedayvof 
 Joram.— 2 Kings vli^ 80.4.And H was also prophetically accomplished^ 
 when the Jews wtere rejected, and tlie Gentiles called, vdthout any allu' 
 sion to the good or mM mrk$ of die latttr. At that time, when '* the 
 true light that lightetbevbry man that eometh into the worM,*' (John 19.J 
 ihone into die dirkneM^ andthedarkneuoftheJaws "comprehended N 
 not;^*wh«tohe"wh6would horeall mentobe saved," (1 Tim. ii.4) 
 wept wfir their devoted city, vymz, **Ol Jerusalem, Jerusalem, — bow 
 of^n would I liave gathered thy childron togiKher as a hen gathereth her 
 chickens under her wings, and ye would not;" (Matt. uiii. 27) at the 
 time when St. Paul said, JCo, mturmtoiie GattUeo; then was the yoke 
 
 Eroi'^tically broken ofl*, and ^*die mountains of heaahenism, that had been 
 ^Id nraste, rejoiced, and tho solitary place was glsri.*'-*Mal. i. 2— >Isav 
 XXXV. 1. Then was the saying of tne evaogelicplvpsophet fidfilled, in 
 that passago so ofieo brought tofirove passive conversion, **r am (bund 
 of. them tlMt sought me not.**— >Isa. Ixv. 1. 
 
 The trutli I am endeavouring to imjptess upon your minds, is thb, that 
 neither Uie one propliepy nor the other had any reference to their persons 
 iior any allusion to their eternal atato; but related whoify to the geneal* 
 ogy of the Messiah, and the national and teroporpd blessings of the 
 Church. And if it cannot bo shown that they, bad any reference to the 
 eternal electiwd oi reprobation of Jacob and Esau, much less may we 
 infer from these words, the eternal election ^r reprobation of others^ 
 
 In this view of tho subject, the writings of St. Paul, although "hard 
 to, be understood,'* will appear such, as must clMcfcthe presumptuous 
 Calvinist from wresting them to his own, destruction i (2 Peter Jii. 16) 
 and.arouse tlie Anti-Calvinist "to work out his own salvation w>A fear 
 ind trambling**'^"kst ha^nng a promise left, he should fall short."<<- 
 Pbil.iLl2^4leb. iv.l. 
 
 Tlio „Script^ire doctrine of perspnal election under the hi^, rented to 
 iiose wiip were broc^ht into covenant by circumcision, and such were 
 called God's elect.. *'For Jacob my servatnt's sake, and Israel mine elect, 
 I iaveeven caUed thee by thee 4ame, and yet tKog hut not known me." 
 
 • "Bwansf ," wiys Dr, Tntner, p. 73, "di»M rsTotiM do not depend on onr hwfi- 
 md ctForu, bvt on God'* jooducM." 
 
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 nnpliMwd^ 
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 IS the yoke 
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 fuUUIed.in 
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 Bir persons 
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 '^Im. ilr. And when the Christian Church was naAed faito th« oU 
 stock, as declared by St. Paul in the llth chanter ^TrL-kI w^ 
 
 i» WW testament, therefore, anures us, that all bantiied UAMAai 
 
 denmiid St. Paiil.wlien li«tays,'MhcfeisaMmaaataccordln«io (See- 
 taction of pcec« meanin. a few who acknowlodgwl Chrtstm J5 Vhe^!l 
 JJg. ofthe sacrifice, ualer the Levitical law, whW. wV fSluid by hi. 
 
 lor yeare all one in Christ Je«M.» And if ve be Christ*., then am v« 
 
 AbraWs yd, .„d heim acftirtling to the promise.- ' •"' ^^ 
 
 1 he grpat ol>jection of the Jews to the Owpcl, was on account ofiN 
 
 ^ii?^?lte;SS goingabbut and doing g J 
 
 .i,«l?fi ^f uILT*"' '^ P'*A*«tinarians, and when our blessed Lord t<l[U 
 ic5/ Tbe^nJowi^r^ -"Id,'' (John iii. 17.) ty^we^re orfcSf 
 
 oeo. iney considered themselves as the on y elected Peoble of Godi 
 
 Se law' T^ ZfZX?;?"' ~'"P«"»«^« with tl* rites enjoined by 
 
 nr'timr M?ESllL^?rt'^^^ Apostle, 
 
 whkh KS^?«^ i" !^^^^ '^?."*""/ Galatians and Ephesiais j in 
 ^%«iS S K«^ I ""%f .*'* Vvitical hiw, and tho ue- 
 coMiiy M /oil* in the Lord Jesus Christ, operating hu love.'* - «s 
 
 riS£l!^teLl5;*'*'?5 ^^^ Inquherto the ^toid ow 
 
 rmieousotass, who "wlU make us wise unto salntioa," /^ ^ 
 
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 ■ 1 have MW MtkfactofUy ■hewn, UmI the lovt utA batrtd is the Mil 
 Imb MivfcrMC* to thapcnoBt of Jaoob Md£Mu} muebloM totboolir* 
 Wl ctoto ofthoauolTM or thoir pofleritios. 
 
 But adaittlnf the 9th chapter oTRoniaiia to contain the doctrine of 
 Ood*8etehial decrees of eiection and reprobation, how riiall we preiert* 
 Ike ceatiMency of the Apoatle'i reaaoninft How shall we accooat for 
 JOwnuaifeat iaapropriety of bis lamentation, in tlie introductory verses 1 
 . **I say the truth in Chiist» I lie not,. my conscience also bearing me 
 »iiB3Sa in the Holy Ghost, that I have gnttt heaviooM and contiitofl 
 aorrow in my heart. For I could wiili myself accursed from Christ, for 
 i^y brethren, my jiinsmen according to the flesh." 
 
 An inspired Apostle, who certainly reioiced in alt the ways of God, 
 declares be has Mntimial $orrow and ktaomes$ of ktart, at the approanb* 
 Ing execution of God's decrees I And could lie frustrate them, would 
 even wfah himself cut oflTfitini all hopes of sanation by Jesus Christ I 
 
 Had the Apostle bdieved in thiM uncomfortable doctrine, would he not 
 have uMedibr different languageT Would he havo insulted them by say* 
 ing, **0 man, who art thou, thdt repliest against God f Shall the thinjf 
 formed say why hast thou made me thus %*' When he Itnew, an^ waa 
 Just about to prove to them, that God, from alt eternity, had made them 
 vessels of wrath destined to eternal miMry^l 
 
 Far diifereiit were the sentiments ofiiMil^oly and' liepevolent -Apos^ 
 tie; who, from the example of hi»divino mutor, mourned ovei them, 
 prayed and exhorted them, with all the zeal and warmth that became the 
 mbject, that they would be reconciled to God, through faith in tbe-'Lard 
 Jesus Christ. ' Therefore he begins the tenth chapter tiius: f*Drethreni| 
 my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, thai tiiey might btt 
 saved.** ■' 
 
 On this ground be assured them, that "God was no respecter of 
 persons ;** that Christ tasted death fur every man ;" that he "is the Sav« 
 Soar of all men, specially of those that l>e]icve.'V 1 Tim* iVu 10. 
 
 But notwithstanding all this,itlssai(ltli:it**Pharoah was created, rais« 
 •d up, and his heart Inirdened, that the i^ory of God might be manifest 
 ted in executing his judgments upon him in this world, and his eternal 
 wrath In the world tucomo."- And all this for doing that "which God 
 from all eternity /ereonfatncd/ he should do I Mv brethren there is dan* 
 far of Wresting the Seripturea tit our oum deabmction. Let us then com* 
 pare Scripture with Scripture. In the 9th chaptQr of Exoduii, we thai 
 what Moses in the name of God says unto Pharoah, "Now I will stretch 
 out my hand, that I may smite thee and tliy people with pestilence; and 
 thou ahalt be cut off from the earth." But rharoah was not destroyed 
 by jMsltlmce, because God raited himupt or as it should be rendered, 
 NMMs htm stand. Read the passage either way, and it only proves that 
 God raised him up, from under the plagues.of the iiAi and knU; that ho 
 did not cut him off, but made him stilt to stead!, **to show forth in him 
 Im power, and that his name might be dechured throughout all the 
 •■ eiwrth.*'^ . ' 
 
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 * Som oTtht mwt harned eenmientaton,rach asWlutby,C«rtwright,iDd Aias- 
 Vreilb, imd die wLdiS't^^sssasethni! "Now I will stntck oet ny band thMlaugr 
 
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 JMd, that wh«n Pharoah taw that tho rain and the hail apd lite ihun- 
 • ■UhT*"' ** •• *'""'"' ^** """' *"** •""'•"•** *•'• o'^n •'••'»# l» 
 
 l..f«\''7 **'"''' ''• •'", T™' •'*®*^ ''y » P<»"J^« 'nflw hardflnad hia 
 ainl oLr!."? •""'" '1 ?''l?"'" •' ''"'«1"«'""y experienced. For m- 
 atance, Ood vi.it.you irith iitkn<«. ; you Itscech him to remove hb 
 
 S?! I "T'w • y**" pro*"!"*" reformntron ofljfi., and future olcdirnc*. 
 
 I He Lord hears your lirayeri and <<nbrifl ; "you recover but alia* 
 
 : your heart, become hardened. In opo «.'n.e God hardenV tUm " r 
 
 Heremovea your afflictions; whereas ifliolad coniinncd them 'vou 
 
 !z? «"r '!^*'•*r'!:"''^'''*'T'• ^husthoLord harSc^aSar*; 
 
 j!!^ '^^ "*'"'""'• ''»"^"»'«««w tho locusts and darkn«H?cI 
 
 •.'h.v«**J *!^ "T "?.'■•*»»''•' '« Scripture, and the commoir notloni 
 * .T!l5l *^*""*'J'"'' cyir,tol-dieveth«t God, injust judrmcnt fo> lh« 
 litS'lnT?/"'' '"^'IV^ Pharoah and the Egy^ptiai.. Ked thlm 
 tofdl in their own wiclicdness T or that as a moral\^«vernor of the worid 
 
 ll^ihlr.^"**"*^"'*'"' ''•'■"• ^y" P^"'''^ wdjndlcialnctofhKndne., - 
 
 L h! . !"-• ""f, ".*** '^?' "« '" ""y '"""'"•' '>!«•"«"• from what they 
 d^dbot, heir whole in conduct answered the end for which they «7rJ 
 
 l^L .1 ?-]"* 5:"*'*""8 ""»• ""■•"••rciful Creator n,o,« odious and 
 felir •':?" Pharoah, when requiring "brick without at aw ?- 
 Wi h much less propriety can we infer that he, "who ,o loved the world- 
 
 ' ^neoJ^.'^T 'ir^ !'''' ''t''^ "''*'" «*» Son, should al.soJoK"„d 
 -^nconditionly determine the eternal damnation ofnny of hi, creature" 
 
 '.b„»Jl! ^ of this people fat. and make their ears Uvy. and 
 
 Aj;jL!"'*'*!;V''^'«""»'''*'.?'?fi^'*'''''''' •'>• St- Luke in tho Act. ofThe 
 mEfn' ^ •*'J.^ • '^r' '" "'* lUhchnp. of Remans. But inallthew 
 qoota,,p„, ,t IS difleronOy expressed ; and if cited to prove w a? ? "calS 
 
 torv tI-'T? '" •^7?""'"^ '""•'"• '* '« upnieaninp. and contradS 
 twy. This hardness of heart, this blindness n«a stupWity, if EliJ. 
 n^lJ* ««'"««;'nes attributed to God; sometimes to L ministcwriut 
 tS^;r ?'*V«*P"''^'**''*'"'^'^"- When our Saviour! wt« ceJ- 
 lllift^ /•"?*' •^"'P'J''^; "•^^«» "» «'''^«^'» 'li^in^S quoted tiJ. mL 
 il«r"..fe'"''' '?*''l^ "^fharpinp God with *«rrf.„',-2^ //,«> i"^^ 
 he.S-tetis"'!' -"-JPr.^nJtheire.% are dKf 
 i;««I.k -""«"• '""•15. He hys tho blame where it oncht lololdd 
 
 nof—»nd adds he reason, 6rcff,«e rtewwitf not. But mv thi»^d»^ 
 c ate. for fbreordination. fAcy «.i« „o^ Icausc/iliy S(S^H^^ 
 
 "' . ■ . ' ■ -■■•■ ■ .,- — : ■ - ' „" ' . ' '• . '■ . ' ' 'tha i ■ 
 
 Kn^'di??*? aFJ!^"'*^/'!:'^"""*''-. »»dUm<,fl„alt b« ont off from the eartfa : 
 jannveiydMd for this (fauMfhavo made thcomnd." See Bishop Palridi on tSj 
 
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 IJMpauage u eit«dbySl. Mark. "Unto jrou lib given lakaow Um 
 mvatery of Um kingdom of God ; but to tiioM who ani without, all thoM 
 '^kf ^^P *'* *'''** '" P«nblut, tlwl Moing they nwy not mo/* Jm.— Mark 
 ',.'''*tP*- , iv. il» . 
 
 Now dare any one, fiolm this parage, infer that Chriet delivered hin- 
 
 . ' lalf obscurely, on purpoae that the people might not understand him t la 
 It pottible that the benevolent SavHNir, after declaring, I mmtk* light ^f 
 tkew0rU; I auu » light into ik» warU ; I tmm mttU et md tmm thi 
 morU^ hmt that th* worU might A« tavtd ; / earn* not to eM th* right* 
 toiu, but siiuun to rtpemtanee ; I^tai* epcn/y to tho world, mid im ai- 
 naBT htoM Itaidnothi»g; I aay it itpowible, after all thM,and his of- 
 ten repeated admonitbn, A« thmt hath tan to hear, let him hoar, ^t 
 he should d<i4i(;nedly so s-ieak that the world might remain in dmrine»$, 
 
 . die in their sins, aiid bo damned for ever, to fulfill a decree passed agrs 
 befum they wore borni Far from us, my brethren, be a thought so M: 
 rogatory to the character of our merciful and adorable Redeemer. 
 
 Therefore, t04iuderstand thb subject ofgitimg or not giving, let it ba 
 eonsidored that a tiling oflEBred with a real intention of giving, oiay be 
 Raid to be given with regard to the design of the donor, whether it be 
 received or not. Hence Christ is said to give hit l\fi a ranumfor aU, 
 though all do not receive him. Again, it may be said to be given even 
 to tho»e who will not receive what is oflered.— Thus Mosea telle the 
 Juws, "That the Lord had not giveii them a heart to perceive, eyes to 
 see, nor ears to hear, unto this day.*'— Deut. zxiz. .4. Not that the Lord 
 had never offered them grace; it Is certsin he did, and in this sense he 
 
 . did givo it them, if thuy would h4ve received it. Thuswe very often say, 
 we gave it to liim, but ho would not receive it; or I did not Rive, be^ 
 
 ^ cause he would not receiveit. In this sense our Saviour says. To jretitf 
 i$ given to knnw the mjftterjf of the kingdom of God, They were pre* 
 disposed to receive it. Many ofthe Jews wero so bitteriy opposed to the 
 doctriiMi of nuiversal benevownce, which our Saviour constantly ipnni- 
 festeit in his life and cnnversatioQ, that tliey jmoidd not endure ti.vnd 
 Hoetr'me ; llicrefore he says, he spake to them in parablet, at they were 
 able to Intarit. He did not give them a heart to believe, not because 
 
 " lie was unwilling to give, but because they were unwilling to receive. 
 
 Another reason may be assigned : The Jewa as a niktion, had sinned 
 
 away their day of gracc.-^Their house had become desolate.— Matt. 
 
 xxiii. 34. And this explains what our Saviour says a few verses after 
 
 ttw) above passafre — **n hotoever hath to him thtM be gimn, andke 
 
 ikaU kave abtmiance ; but ke that hath not, from him fStdU bo tafctf^ 
 
 even tkatwkick he katk. By having, is here to be understood receiv- 
 
 tiig, and so receiving as to improve; and by not improving the being gnh- 
 
 in over to a repr^ate mind, ^nd this abo explains to us who the rep- 
 
 ■ Tobates arr, vus. those slothful servants, who wilt not comply with the 
 
 : means of {;rHce. This is most beautifully illustrated and enforced by the 
 
 ^■g^ \ parable «f the talents— '3>i^« from him the one taknt andgim to him 
 
 i '***' *«'* ten iaUnti. Tlic plain rocaiiing of oiir Saviour appears to be 
 
 J this: Whoever impnttet the talent committ«;d lo his trust, to him more 
 
 Dhall Lc given ; but froha him wlm neglects Xmimpfove, Uinll be taken 
 
 • . . . ^ - away 
 
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 Mmy the po««r of imprttimf. Thit appMrt lo liavo beep tl|o e«jic with 
 PhMk, la tlM htlOT p«ioJ or hit Mki wilh th* nation of thv Jowt, in 
 111* tlmo of our Saviour | wo may add, tho awful titoation of all Cliri»- 
 llaM, who nUmprofO thoir day of (r4co. May tho followint pas<ana 
 f.!?*f*. ^ «w»~il M9 tpvrit shut nW flltadyi rtrivt wUkmaZ^ 
 "Ood ahall wnd than itrong ddiiaiona, that they theuld boliovo a lie- 
 that they all might bo damned who believe not tho trutfa« but had pkia»> 
 we in uarighteouHMM.** 8 Then. ii. U, 19. '^ 
 
 o^f'? ""^ '»ffl "nJock thoi« Mllury losu which are brought to prove 
 
 Ood i ir<iMp««tive decreea, by repiownting Him who proclaiwit himiolf 
 
 •long adrering to u«.ward, not willing tiMt any iliould peri«h, but that 
 
 Ul ■bouldeome torapeatanee," (2 Petor, iii. 15.)— him "»Ao« temier 
 
 . MtrelM «i« OMT mU ki$ iferA."— aa the author of all tho tin. from tlw 
 
 tmuwiMaion of Adam to the iafldellly of the preaent age— which repro- 
 
 Mntbimwhoatylea hUoMlfa Ood of Love, at a malevokint duspot, 
 
 roreordaining theaudreringf W hia crealurea, and then insuking their mik- 
 
 eriea by mviting them to l<topent and believe in Clniat, notwithataiidinff 
 
 they are M^jf dtspravad, dead to every impulae of grace, predoatinu J to 
 
 eteraal misery, belnga for whom Jesus never aiied one drop of blood. 
 
 It is not more strann than true, that many men, noted for loaniing, 
 
 platy and good sonse, hav* b«)en so attacliud to llieir Cilvinistic creed. 
 
 «1-I!.'^'V **.'*> ¥*^ '^ rf«WMrf. nota,jHim timg:" and that 
 
 'Christ died oidy for the elect.** And yet, say tlioy, tkt rtprobatet an 
 
 A«w Mtntd mlenu CkriU, "The plain English of which.'* says a 
 disUnguished writer,* **ia, they are damned for not belioving a ti» !** 
 
 "But," says the adfocate for these doctrines, " Haih not the potter 
 power over the clay «f the samo lump, to make one vessel unto honour 
 and another unto dishonour f*— Rom. ix. 81, ^his passage is quoted 
 from the 18th «hap. of Jeremiah, with the same view that the whole 
 chapter was written, to show the justice of Ood in rejecting die Jews and 
 caUing the Oentiles. To satisfy your minds that there is no personal 
 elecuon or reprobation in this text, I have only to call your attention to 
 the way and manner in which Jeremiah reasoned, and expressed it. 
 
 "Tlie word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying. Arise and 
 go down totho tK>tter*s house, and there I will cause thee to liear my 
 words. Then 1 wont down to the potter's house, and behold he wrought 
 • wjork on the wheels. And the vessel that he made, marred in the hand 
 of the potter ; so he made it agaU another vessel, as seomod good to the « 
 IMtter to make it.**! Here notice, that the vessel which had been a good 
 vessel, aiarreirM tht ktauh oftht pottt^to he mads U atwtktr veiuL 
 n$ uemd goodwOo tht potter. So tl^ion of tsrael. wbM had boon 
 agood_vesscI, a ckt$fHpeoph, GotXfsfm, marred » kU Md*, so he 
 made them a vessel of dishonour; fulfilling what Moses told them in the 
 wjth chaptor of Deuteionomy, which I request you to read, with other 
 correspondmg passages. 
 
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 ♦.iTie six followieg rewns ST* tocommnndcd ttt Uis careful rea«Ur. 
 
 
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 Till* tlimwi light upoQ Another jrert* of this chapter | **I will IwvV 
 *«k ^"''^y *" *'''^"' ' "''^ ****" "^'(=yi quotod from tho S9d ehtp. of £«• 
 
 Ihaji h iJ niuriuJ in intkiog ihj mitlfit calf, ditfj aayi, (lo convinco Mo- 
 ws of his Almighty po«er) " 1 will bo Kracious to wliom I will bo grt* 
 cioiisri witi sliow morcy on wlwm I wa} show mrrry." 
 V ' Thus hnih God ovor condnctod, niniiirusting hi< power over all tho n%» 
 tlons olWjiq ourcli, who nr« "bot'oro him us cho drop of tlw bucket ;" that 
 wln'n t!i>JtWb ni.irroJ in liis hniid, as the vusscl did in tho hands of tlw 
 jiotUT, Im) hfttli "dioihod thciii to pieces, like a potter's vcswI/'—Ps li. 9. 
 ^ This wo h.jvj n^en wondiirfully v«<rified in our own day, among the 
 Ciirop«'iin nations* Nay, wo «»ur»cIvo» aro thrruloned with iinpeiiding 
 . catiipity ; for ( cunsidur tlio rod as still hold over us, and 1 bcliove that 
 ttnh'ji, liko Jho poopio or Nlnovdi, wo humdlo ourselves, roMnt, and 
 •♦lurn (Vijiu our ovil way," wo simll bo cast off, as (ho Jews, and another 
 nation will bo mlloj, «$ tlio Ocntllos, by tliat God who will havt mercy 
 pn whom he tfiU have mrrc^ij* ' . 
 
 TIkjio passages cannot bo applied to tlio eternal ulection 4nd reprob** 
 tion of incilvidunlt, fur two rnxsuns. 
 
 1 Kt. Far t!it9 interpretation, there it not aflwrdod so much Ma ab«do» 
 of the evidonce. '• ' , ' - ■ ;, 
 
 2 J. The inf«ronf<Ajs drawn from tlio prbiiiijk*t nra so cfomgatory to tfra 
 
 eaaractnr of God, and awful in their conaeriuonccs, (Imt I must, in the 
 
 laftgunge of Calvin, ntylo that decree by which "iho fall of Adam did 
 
 wrap up in oternal death so many nations, with their children, being in« 
 
 . funtj, without rt'mody"— Aorri&iYe rf«c/-«h«/i— a iiorriiilk uccaee: t 
 
 Furthcnjipre, I cannot assent to tboso doctrinos, bncause they are not 
 
 >^coablo to primitive faith, not having, buen known in the three first 
 
 cbnturMK, as tostidwl by. tho ancient Failiors-I And ilii<* is acknowledged 
 
 by Calvin himsvll^ ."v\ll th- first Fatliors ol the Church do unanimous^ 
 
 ly agree, tliM God hath Iclt It jn tho power of man to turn to vice or 
 
 Vjrtuo, to believe thr not to believe, and to chooso faith and obedience } 
 
 th It our happiness or misery du|)ortda up<m our own choitio"--that " by 
 
 virtue we may bo God's and by wickodno9s tlie Devil'k children"-^ 
 
 and "iliat every ono gives occasion to his Maker toiem^iiUnia vtsMl 
 
 of honor, or a vewtd of dishonor.) 
 
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 ;* Let it be rsmanibecod this serinon was preached in 1810. ' . 
 ' t C«I^.Iii4t.,asquotedbyDr.Hol»art; A|»ol.p.264. Note. ' 
 
 t euckhouso's Body ofDiviniiy.and.Wliitby on Election and Reprobatioa. 
 I^Csl. L. iii. C. 2«. ^I. - 
 
 .,.M'**'?*»<«« y*;/"?*^ Last h should Iwthoncht that rini«r«DreseAttlMCr>)*M^ 
 tttic doctruie*. i sbaJI r«l«r the n.ulor to the tbtlowiog iKiwSffi^ XSK 
 «ldcdaft:wMtrsct.: the Vywtmin»UTCo,ilo-«ionolWtrSrcriS 
 
 
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 irl.hcr .re your w.y. 7^. ^"j J.^^'' '„. •l-'n .he UrdhmhAit 
 
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 l»tb decreed Md elected Mteri«J«T«-f "'"•"'"licr mv, i|ia| God 
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 to itt express words.^ i reaBsiiiini" delh-cr from wrath and 
 
 . ofOod/wherehyhohath««<a»«'?i^rf««^^^^^ 
 d«nnation. tho« whom ho hath cho^^omo^^^^^^^^ 
 
 cordlnR to Cod's Wo«".£^ h» ''g J'^ ^ mf^^^^^^ 
 
 had no begmning. It was, «"«" "^^^ . nredestinntcd, from the foun-,. 
 
 '^mJt that the /oreJbiJtrfcrf^e and rfe<TiJes of God^^ro^^ 
 
 ^ .g^St^;thatasi|fo^^^^ 
 
 creeswhAt every person docs; and you must then al^o admit that jver^ 
 nSondishiswir Thereforp,if we have as much faith as the de.^ 
 
 ^ WtnH rte AirtA «/ «*e swwer, and our Savwur has P^"^/^ 
 
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 • Behold, then, my brethren, the awful consoquoncea ofaaiertlnf, tl»l , 
 tf «rf, for kit own glory hath foreordained wkateotver eome$ to jM»»i— 
 On th^oe hand, all future punishment isilenied, becanse every man an- 
 •wers^ end for which he wa» made, and is » mere machine, ••aciint «s 
 he u acted upon:" on the othet hand, it is affirmed that a certam elec- 
 ted nnlnber are ii^«if<i6/y eonwrt*^, justified, sanctified, and sated, 
 without the possibility by any misconduct, of forfehing a salvation dnaur- 
 '«d to them by a partial decree, paiwed ages before they were born.-— 
 "The rest of mankind," says an elegant writer ,• "go on in the broad 
 ' road to destruction, and remain forever under the corse of Adam's »'«»?-- 
 Equally helpless, equally related, as the creatures of his hand, to theFa- 
 ther of mercies, with the elect objects of his favour, yet on them the ^e- 
 deemer never cast one look of compassion; for llicm he never shed one 
 dropof blood; to them he never dispenses one spark of effectual grace.-- 
 Andyet inthlsWate, without a Redeemer, without any participation of 
 his erace, of course without the possibility of being saved, they are to 
 receive the offers of salvation! Mockery of their wrdtchedness! Accor- 
 ding to this svsteni, thousnnd»,iwillionsi myriads of hapless mortals irlU 
 clank the chAins of everlasting^torirtent, will^ttin the fires that never 
 Will be quenched, and wUl be gnawed by 4hft>orm that never dies, for 
 the sin of ah6ther,forthe sin of Adam; from the imputed guilt of which, 
 left as they were by the decree of God, they possessed no means of es» 
 
 "According to this system, the sniner dies, the anticipated torments of 
 hellraekin" his soul, and its groans bursting from his lips, bccHUse God, 
 for the manifcstaiion of his glory ,'Vshut hiin out by a decree of reproba- 
 tion, from the number of the elect. According to this system, * elect m^ 
 fanti, dying in infancyv»re regenerated and saved;" and as "none are 
 laved but the elect only," those infants dying iu infancy who are not of 
 the elect, are not saved. Alas! then, even those endearing mfants, blessed 
 ' by our Lord himself as the emblems of innocence, are perhaps destined 
 to be torn from the cherishing bosom of their mothers, and to be sent to 
 people the *egioa« of the damned! Ye mothers! docs not thtf bare pQS- 
 aibitity that the engaging prattlings of your lovely babes, may to-roorrpw 
 be changed into the groans of fiends, plant a dagger m your bosoms mar9 
 . agonizing than the vengeful dartthat drinks up the current of life ! My 
 heart shudders ! Righreous God ! who ever delightest m n^ercy ! sh^l 
 man transform thee into a demon like an insatiate Moloch, delighting m 
 the perditioivof the creatures of thy hand I No, thou holy, thou just, th*u 
 merciful Parent of the universe! the system which clothes thee with th6ie 
 terrura i* disdaiined by reason, and by thy holy word." , , 
 
 Therefore as ire cannot admit either of these systems, founded opon 
 human reason,. jAd, teaching for doctrines theeommandmntaofmeHiyro 
 atill hold fast tlie/ai** once dc/ttfcr«i#o<A«sai»<s; Acknowledgmg that 
 the.condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that 1» canno* ^ 
 and prepare himself, by his own natural strengh— (Art 10.) We be- 
 
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 IW ih* Hood brCfarkt. to IwiSed r^5-l2ru ^j Homo cuemncWon t/pi. 
 — ^ in tke Uood of Chrwt., aT'^*'^ eo«iw»o«i- .-j ««, ^ .__ . ^ 
 
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 tonSwiiianul^en tkt mnnJutMum of th* ipbrit, *»J^,f rSt** 
 When h to wid th«t nnconTerted mtn muM not pray, cllt m iMtwin 
 of Comenus, wbooe prtyon and olnn. befow he wm converted, Mctna- 
 ed eta memorial before Ood^Acu i. 4. Fear ««> ?»»«y.5«'..^*f 
 lAoH m«ii. "Seek and w ahall find." Jtc^Matt. vil. 7- ». •* I «- 
 borttliatfintofall,iappHcailoM»,j>rayeraand interceaaions, and tivinf 
 of thanka,be madeforaUmen.— Fortlibjagood and acceptable in the 
 tiKht of Ood our Savlour^who wlU have all wsjx to be aaved, and to 
 CMDe to tlie kno^iee of die tenth. For tliereit one Ood, and one Me- 
 dtotor betweect flPlnd m«n, the man Chrbt Jctua, who gave bmuev 
 
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 a ranwm forCniPRo testified In due time."— 1 Tim. li. 1—6. 
 
 In a woi#%iiiA «« «a/it«,finfc «nrf *MK»crMi>.; jnrf^e 
 hiMi»d]mm6\n mind that we "ilmirf orfaU to oitrown awMfer." 
 For we have found, that mate mfrn moral agtnt ; that he » redeem- 
 ed by Chrirt ; that he has a totent committed to his trust ; and that b« 
 is commanded to work ovthitom oahmtioH w&kftar trnd <ni"Mm|;. 
 We have found that faith, repentance, manifested by smcertobedi- 
 tnce, are the expreu conditions on which God will accept of such sm- 
 ful creatures as we are; and that Uie only evidence of our bemg In m 
 state of justification, which we can eiUjer have ourselves, or can Kivn 
 to others, is the fulfilment of ilie condition, Fmlk mtkoul m>rk»u dauL 
 This Is tlie current language of Scripture, from Genesis to the close 
 of the holy oracles. "If thou dost well, (says Godio Cain) shaU thoa 
 not be acceptftdt but if not well, sin lieth at the door.^t— Gen. iv. 7. 
 Moses says, ''I set life and death, blessmg and cursing before you; there- 
 fore chooae life, that both thou and thy seed maylive."— Ileut. xxx. 19. 
 ^•Behold to Obey, (says Samuel) is better J'"" ^mT"* "J^W • J* ^^ 
 rifices. andtoh^rkenthan thefatof rams." David-^^^ho shaU abide 
 In thy tahemaclel wha shall dwell in thy holy hdlt He that wdketh 
 upriEl»tly.andspcakeththetruthinhisheart.."P«.xv. •^Thenshalll 
 not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 
 The exhortation of Isaiah: »»Let the wicked forsake his way, ■•« «he 
 nnrighteous man his thoughts, and return onto the Lord, for he will have 
 mercy niion him, and to our God for he will abundantly pardon^— /sb. 
 |v. 7. Eiekiers assurance: "When the wkked man tumetK nwepr 
 from the wickedness that he Irath committed, and doeth^iUt which » 
 lawful and right, he sliall save his soul alive." Daniers advice, to Keb- 
 nchadneaiar: (chap. iv. 27.)-»'Break off thy sins by Tighteonsoess, 
 nnd thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Solomon s con- 
 • closinn of the whole matter is, **to fear God, and keep hn command- 
 ments,fortfiisi8thewlio)edutyofman."— £ce/.xii. 13.. ^^ 
 
 And the whole of our Savknir's sermon on tlie mount, is so fiUI m the 
 establishment of free grace, & conditional salvation that were lifbundany 
 wh^re else, it would be called iimmumfm. "Strive to enter in atthe 
 straidit gate,** was hisadvice, to tiie inquistive man who wished to knj^w 
 howmanv wooWbesiived— "Ifyelovemekeepmy commandiMnts. •- 
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 jcjoriy, righteously and godly, in .hi. present world Sog^for iit 
 ble««d hope, and the glorlou, appeofing of the great S and ouJ 
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 men are fcnsiLIe tl at .1 cy must seen nfi-cnr helbro their AlSh^v 
 
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 IM» SpW^ >»||lby ap m t iM Mttmjt mm.BamntiM onto than, O God, 
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 ftroed. aottiinc bafUria lUii npSnimtMiH^JitW^aa&m^ aaavoidable 're- 
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 what bh pfineipbawara ia thair All jtsMht. Ibril kmaly tbattboy bear ftoin tho 
 fllipit(aa4 modally >t thiaday) oTOalviiiMio liriaiatMra, aar tbiag Mid aboat rt- 
 t hia im W r. la liyt littlaor aotbitg oTHia kitiat. doctwaa MJaalMeatlon by faith, 
 ■r haw totalljr shifted their froand, aniflra goito, aiaay oribeai' frr beyond the 
 •itreaie of Amiaifiiism, and place aiore dependence on $10 means ofanio'e thun 
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 Uy iipoa the whole poaterity<(f Adam, «pd tboiMpaiMioa of Christ'* righteonsiiesa 
 
 •■"^npito ^pddbuaotnMfilbar.withoataiiyregartftoflwir <kith and cood wo Ap, 
 
 9rWWMiateltefieldorP!d|leiMe(ontnwerqr,aien4aiianit Or their aatnni uuJ 
 
 aeqiiired talents ; their whole powers have beeapnl ia iaqtaMtioa to aavo uo idol or 
 
 Ocwraifirom beingtaraisbed. aadrecoaeilethe wayaoTGodto niaa." 
 
 CT ia w r f ryrote onel<|>orate work oa tho Humm WiU, which for metaphysical 
 
 V'f^^'^'^^'^^'f''*^: Aftwrafcaf ihqohy.wlthakadabledesiBeto lavo 
 PflvjinsiaatRleiiomrate tlw AJaugfaiylhM^ which the lor* 
 
 iWw«^«»hlyi?TOI»«d,.«h* whole is readlTedin nutwt-^Ua won^rAil diseoyeiy 
 
 ff»"lp'f9.#»ffl'H'^^i*l^®*."'^'7- I»«»ok*«i»«l"ihraa«ad«j.ttM.<f, 
 throta^hoat ihvNRW Eaglanddinrehea— After aomo tiiae, Itfaona to bo hiatal that 
 
 iPI?*^ W*.'WW^1»*»" "n^^ ^«^«»«^^o»•ry^or at laaat giMtiaiproTo- 
 MMfa : aafl^ li^HmfM Mw qne of Oo mat nea, nsh«Brodinto tho w«nd hto 
 •eheme that ptbniiftdtb recMeila all thinaagi heavoa a«^ o«th; % om of tho 
 
 I heart was. "to be wtUiw Uie iamntd!" 
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 ~r- .-^'• ; tiTT' r*"^ T, T*"'"*^'' "'" — T" "" ™* moral uawoTw itboot u^ceiv 
 L SI*? ?* " grtte— andyifl, atrauo to tail, h« (jpaa) wka -aiorally goilto for iih 
 - 1. aiatMd nrpMiHitiM. tnussysteni most have had i& ongtd in the Mm- 
 m; ^rnOMra ■<(.batoaeOod,haranistbetbbaathorore1rtnr Mod and 
 rdi*aathorofMttnMpower,heaMistbe tho aatborof monl. Thia 
 tt^'f23T-J»W'>C»*l»j^^h^ the lata Dr. 
 
 r^.^rSi^ ."• CovelBiy, Com,: aM pi<oved lo/idemonstratioa, that th^AvRt v» 
 In lefiftmie reasomng, ternhta^ inf the aafversai aalvatioh of aU meq, in a uoo- 
 hvpwnia work enlitM "Calviaiam Improved." Tho lata Dr. N. Strong, of Hart 
 
 Mr 
 
 . Afi^tangtkMrtraitflfCalvmum, hv aaOM-fashloned Churchman, p. 9. 
 f BeeDr.BetMK.aiMl Mr. ^Nettletoft^l Latlert on Revivals, and particilTarlf 
 '.T. Broekw|]i>via»r of the Ref. Mr. Beman's Bsir— -• " - ' 
 
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 »tfr8«ii»'-coiwci«ucewhenhe*rM pMMci^^^^^ »«/— offering i*!* «» 
 
 -^nd«<l.ho.e who gm»* their *fir.t »»™ f»' 'J" "';X'^^^^ come ilnto 
 
 rhildren to Motock. which G***^,?;"™"*?""*^ J"Sw«"» attend«tl» mother 
 mind they ^houW do •». (J«v "'"' ?»;> J^^ ^;b"S then immolate, herwlf upon 
 when «he drowns her ^hiW jn the mj 0«*«^/eJ,^^ie^e ha. tl.e.infwt. much 
 th<?fnn..r»l|.ileofherdewurtedhnib^^ Rom. iii- W. •«»*'«'• 
 
 le». maramncif, in itt «"» !™!h'™„J^ffitory than the Profe«or j. «»»•>. •^' 
 these and «mil. r q"«"'»'* ."J'^^n^JSrVSnonatitutrng, "according t« .to in 
 making conwience Our gnide, "d ««y~«"'sj';" ^ tl« can«» {»• e. of •"»'>'»?lP'*- 
 wiabledeci-ipM, *Li,-ou»»iit. P- J' ^^*??Ky. ttar^h* "ugert 
 I^ded the act p. 16.-yet "the™ « a^mon^ 
 
 ■eious being, knowing no wn, bomg f"'»\*'5;^ j,_„,ity consiatoin nothmg eliw, 
 
 kn^n obiiption ;" »i'^''«?J.7:?':t' " m b«i?i S^^^ 
 
 than in all the contmued volilwni of the »gf"^ •!??"%" ^iolafinf bia cpn-cienc.-To 
 
 be ha. violated hia «;«n«cience-«ndjret onJy guiW^^^ ^S?, which in fact meet. 
 
 Jet overthi. d.flicult)r,lie «.y.. P- *J' J*!*" "Se^ of the will, thathe wUl 
 ' •ver* child of Adam in regard to hwfimt reaponMme «- 
 
 wake a wrong choice, a forbidden ptefw evil originate t if in t«| 
 
 • Now. I a.k from ^hence did thi. otiK *i« P^««e^ 
 
 tran^Rr^ion of our fintt parent., why not •« ^'XtSa he doe. .ay w, ttto 1»« 
 
 „forme« .«y .—Why not »'• J'^^JrSanoStor of all the r«i. *»».•«»- 
 
 first qualifie/it. by ««>[••«-• .^'••fJ" K? moScOrtainty which thu. exiate m the 
 
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