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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clich6, il est filmd d partir de Tangle supdrieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MtCROCOPy R2S01UTI0N TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) \J APPLIED IM/^GE 1653 East Main Street Rochest r, New York U609 USA (716) 482 - OJOO - Phone (716) 288-5989 -Fax Inc SYNOPSIS, OR GENERAL or Tns MARROW OP THE SCKIPTFRES REGARDiNO THE PMN oF SOLVATION OK SC'M^ OK KEm:«nL'. ^ IN TWELVE SUBJECTS, WITH MISCELLANEOUS KOTE«. CONTENTS. On the necessity of Knowled^o. non-omnipresence of Page I 5 On good work«, or calling those th'wpl''* 10 tiut be not as tl.ougfi iliey were, : C6 On Fn.ih hut chiefly J.ow it is tl.e'gia of God, --..*'. no | " "■■■iT^mrH, On BHptisni, its in«filution, and design ZcFIu .. j ^i""***"-^'*'" J "Iso, how OfChrist dying for the sinaofl 11 Z' ^ h *'""*'^ . '«^^'erodox. ever h.vo God nores'peclorofpersonH,&r !' 37 .''a^rr'" """ """'"'■ '^^■•'' ^"" l- On the wilnc-ssof the Holy Snirif nr N . ' r c '■ . ' ' ' - C4 the internni evidence of WCent. J?^'*; '"^ "l^^("'•i;« '" PnVon, - . gj ance ^vi.h God, - . "^''''''*^P'- Jg" ''•« re«mt.ngof(he llnlj PpiHt, . C7 On the folibilit, if. he regenerate, I £ euc^e.l'' '"''''' '"' ^P««'«'-«' Note on the Btateofthe departed soul On T v ' A ' ' * - 68 and wUru i, u i„.i:.." *^ "^ . ^"V'» On the New Heavens and »li. iw— interval"^:.-" "'--■^'^ °""-"« '"« """"^ ►HG ^C^ ■Jl'7/t: // ^/vi IcjJ/^ REGAR IN / 1 y^^ Mj^i v/ >, 3 ^*. 1^ ;.v3^..)^ S Y N O P S Hi GENERAL VIEW OF THE MAUB^ W THE SCRIPTURES, REGARDINO THE PLAN OF SALVATION OR SCHEME OP REDEMPTION, IN TWELVE SUBJECTS, WITH MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, inte:(ded to explain and enforce the leading doctrines of the word of god. BY THE Rev. ^Viii. FOLYARD. SAINT JOHN, N E W - B R U N S W 1 C C, BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. «r lVTr:ipt-» T>\r l-v/lt \r i. 1111 \ T iwi k I Ik!' T rx\r A I l>JT t-\VIVtl-'lT' L.i-i Viii-i-j FREDERICTON, N. B. ISM i) K D r C A T I O N The wor Christian to bring iti Isaiuli suJtl people, (57, and necesi reaaou for ofprejudic tiling but Cfospel, or I lordly, &c; for '^l^J'^^el^^*^' 7 '"f'^beholdeth ^'"«. ^""^'^ lT.on';na,ion in the sight of God tor -'^_^- "^^ °^,^^ ,„,, „„ i.„,l Je«n« Christ m Bhall be dedicated to the truly S^'f'^^-Jl^ h„,o^o„ observes, saying, that Molly sincerity and truth. Ar.d these arc thyvvom. ^_^ .^ ^^^^ ^ j,^^^ .,.,„. „f .in, .ml of =™nfu. I'-"™"^^'* "^ 1 „.■„. „r.U .l.ins. bumb,. w*r,B Therefor. »e arc no. allowed o 1 Ip, ^^^^^ ^„„ ,„„ Lord," (3 Cbro. -t-t:;:: r:." r.: -rrM, «.. .,.,. o„d, .., .. . j-» ' ' ' ,.,- -II :»a nnmn and power followiDg si necessary t ifcnowledge i ■espcot/'-rs. U'. to shew, " v T must candidly acknowledge, that I Strictly folh cquaintance. I mt St can U y ^^ .^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ , know to whom I Bhoukl d ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ | For be assi the power < public, and the work w i"eceive it, v "Who vice with all its pomp and power Can treat with just neglect ; And piety, though cloth'd in rags, Religiously respect, -is. i^'- Among the wide circle of my ac, .avol>eenibrsc>,netimeata^^-^ Among the wiuo t"^-- -• -^ ^ ; .^^^^ ,„ whom 1 shouiu ai-iucuic v...= - rnr «oinetime at a loss to know to wno.i believe that I have ^ ::r:otv::r»•..^•'",'f::;:!-Grr^^^^^^^^^^ r*T;r.r:r:::r,Mt":;:::...cb..;-vVer^^^^^^^^ ■'^ rr a r- or,h.« c.,arae,er. are .o b. fo-J e . W ___^ ^^^^^_^ ^_^^^ ^.,, ^^.^^^^ _^ „„„ know not .0 gWeflaUcring utlo. .o men, joa „ „ „,.„ no eyo . the gudt of ! „otsell.t.-I'io.2o,.-.J. Toallsuch,Iremam »^ht to m. To all such, I remain I„ the bands oflovc and gratitude; Youv brother in ('hrist, WILLIAM FOLYARn. John, S.U, Aug., lell Jl^'it to ma ^ce, &c., i bfth the spi itHhath beer 4rd."— Pro ) iiave the 'kU thut on shall this »l"0 k is dedicateil ninbitions, the ct they nre an Hny, this wofk cRiis Christ, in ng, that "lolly . I have seen rvants upon the ;, debauch, the the devil. All humbly walking [things," being is daughters, all lira of God, and Lord of Lords, y"— dedicate not , Lord," (2 Chro. P R E F A C E. The works of th« Lord are great, sought cut of all iht-m that Juv? pli>a^iire thor^'in Fr. IIL CuniSTUN friends, the following work iins bceti prepared with no other inteiitioji, than to bring inmiediateiy to view, the articles of otir ehrisliau faith ; and as tiie prophet Isaiah suith, to prepare the way, to takw up, the atuinbling block out of the >vay of the people, (57, 14,) and to explain under these heads, some things hard to be undersiood, and necessary for all men to know, and believe, that they may be enabled to give u reason for their hope ofsalvalion;— and I trust will bo found without the least shadow of prejudice, or bigotry, against any sect or party, but truth, the whole truth, and no- thing but t^ truth the sole object, though I dare not spare any, who corrupt the Gospel, or pervert right judgment Accountability must guide the pen. And then no flattery to the sons of men. For be assured, that the author has not followed a cunningly devised fable, but knows the power of these truths, which give him confidence in recommending them to tha •public, and prays that he who sendetli the early and the latter rain, may accompany the work with His blessing, both to the household and to tlie hearts of those who -receive it, without which there is no fruit. A Paul may plant, Appollos water too, Yet God must bless, or nothing man can do. " And now brethren be not children in understanding, howbeit, in malice be ye hildren, but in understanding be men, (Cor. 14, 20.) So you will find that in the 'ollowing subjects is comprehended the marrow of divinity. And it is indispensably lecessary that all persons professing Christianity, should possess u full and perfect nowledge of these things. 1 have therefore by the blessing of providenco endeavoured to shew, '• what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man," knowledge, that I Jftrictly following the old adage :— tp this small worki ^ believe that I have i " ^ei^e upon truth where'er 'tis Ibund, His deli-ht is upon 4 Amongst yr friends, amongst your foes ; Hisclelioui H ^ On Christi; ! or on heathen ground, ' .Ml ,,«,/• ^^^^ flower divine where'er it grows." there are still some, .^ b ttbe truth, and will finding thai as of old, the people still differ about the decrees of God, and the effi- cacy of Grace, also concerning the attributes of God, uud his providence, conceroiug ^ tbp guilt of sin, whether it is to be chaiged on God or the sinner; and whether men Might to make good use of their faculties, or if they ought to trust all to an irresistable ^ce, &c., &c. And as these subjects are of the utmost importance, I therefore shew brth the spiritual meaning of each, according to the word of God, and the light which t«hath lieen pleased to reveal of these things, as "every man's judgment is from the iOrd."— Pro. 29, 2G. i iiave therefore considered it a point of duty to publish llm manududion, as I do not 'hU that one error should remain, or that one dark -or miscellaneeus cloud should hang \ gratitude; hrist, M FOLYARn. PRF.F ACl:. i fnonkm.1 wore '''•-•'t ^7' wii'^'y -'''-••''-'' "" ^'^ '"""^^'"^ '^'"t: and the rciucsioM of the other ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^,^.^ ^^„,.j^ ,,,, „,, l,ecn wnucn I would thcrclbro w.sh the l»^^ ^« "" ^^ ^.^,,j „, u.e n,.thor does m.t know in favour, or in defence ol any I^^"^^^^^^^^^^^ .e „.e Hue of man that «haH d.o ; how to give flattering t.tles to •"«"'''™. ;";„,,, And seeing that " great men ore ten kntwing that the fenr of -?;'•- ,';:,crs,and iudgrnent," 1 therefore see damned, that ho ..ho is of the .^«"»'" ^ "'' ""^^ ^„„„ j„,) „„r l,„,>.dling the word ol toTay of you." Not v-lking m crafb ess s son ^^^ ^^,.,,,,,, ,« every jod deceitfully, but ^Y ."'--y'^';'; ^t^^^^'"! .resume I need hardly renmrk ,.an's conscience in the s.gh o d. l^^ \ „,\, ,,, ,„,,ety of i-P"''""' ->;; 1 Irk then> with " &c.. ^-''-«!;\ ;:';:^ Vlm amply aft'ord. Also, n Theo o, enlarged edition of .his work wh. h ^''«;;;J ,.,,,„ J,Uo spirit and doctru.e of tl. c Tablet, and Catechism, ^"-^ ""'/-'/^^^^ ' ;, ..^ of Jdl Chri^^ K formed P.otcstant l^«»'g-''-''" I^^vtu^bloopinion on these important sub.ec. At present I present to the P"^- ^ ' ^ ^J,,, erudites. If I have succeed- ^vhich have baffled .mny l-'"^ J. '^' ';, „ p,,-„e God for it. If 1 bavc erred la. . , ,,,n, t„o truth of .t"-« J-" -;; \'JZ! I shall see a better explanation of th. His pardon and forgiveness, and as ^7" "*■ , ji,„t.-Bulif this workbc tl onr weak cftbrts, by .nscrucimg us m ^ ' Iw the importance thereof, I now proceed. ^ ,^ 1 ivT n Sput . Ia44. Saint John, N. B., Sept., 1844. Iio liniB «■ •'"'*i ;, niul kiiowiiig it usuca forth." 1 of wliicli all icrcforo tli.iro U ilowing fttticlos require men not )o«c nil tJie evils mnpl- of tlic one lot been written r does not know un tlmt simll tlic ; t " groat men ore " 1 therefore see or the faith which mt cannot bo con- ning any evil thinf: Uiiig the word ol ourselves to every id hardly remark of irnportiint sub- I possible, and that possible to make i' t from the consi wnnt of space, am ntend to publish ai Also, a ThooloKi nnd doctrine of tin hristinn ])cnple. J important siibjcctt I ]f I have snccccdc | r I have erred, I as | explanation of thc4 tut if this work be tl | submit it,) I say, if m darkness to lig! linve erred, but wli ;d, the others are sc ik ■all fall to the groui I I my add his blessing I ;at truths, therefore ON THE N E C E S S 1 P Y UF KNOWLEDGE. Serret thinc^ belong unto the Lord o.ir Ood In.t thn.e tl, i.gi which nro rcvoalcd belong unto nrand to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of th.H luw.-Deut. xx.x.,at ni his season ; h whatsoeve These ble in the law a good un( able to mi the Lord ii wisdom, a ledge like little child the serpei the Lord s asked this thee even es and hoi dom let hi men liber: shall be g: so that the Ijecause i the law G teach in Ezra 7, 1 And thi and to ]o\ their heart all their m ed with yc the fire, a you at tha the Lord, : teach th children, • thou sitt( . thou walk lliestdown Iwere to h 'instructinj God, and was impel nerations, of the pro %rstaiiient 'iMoses my %n Horcb, tnenfs." 4 tc(\, wlia livcic ; no I OR, PLAN OF SALVATION. lotli by faith im read by a iptures have vrs' ; we find erses in eacli I through the J space of one a about 26.i ;, give a corn- life and death, nd and design rue religion is, if a christian gatisged, that an hypocrite, :llo\vship with of his spirit, Iges of eternal jgof St. John. ;test duty and man in whom ought to walk )ccasionalty,but 1 a well inform- es more useful un'ty of his own I in any obscure, you were defi- v, you can there- difficulties, and •, have also been ning bountifully 1 angel declares irst day that thou derstand, and to ,thy words were B for thy words ; skill and under- 1 who meditates ssistance. David icd whose delight nd that in his law Qd night, that he d by the rivers of , his fruit iu his season ; his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he docth shall prosper,"], ps. Tliese blessing-s are to those who delight in the law of God, and let us also pray for a good understanding thereof, for he alone is able to make us wise unto salvation : And the Lord is well pleased when we ask for wisdonr), and understanding, and acknow- ledge like the king of Israel that wc are but little children, not knowing how to discern the serpentine walks of this life; therefore the Lord earth to Solomon because thou hast asked this most precious gifl 1 have given thee evea what thou didst not ask, both rich- es and honour, so, "if any man want wis- dom let hi:n ask of God, whogiveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and" it shall be given him. Jam. 1, 5. we read al- so that the good hand of God was upon Ezra, because that he prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and (o do it, and to teach in Israel, statutes, a^d judg> nt, Ezra 7, 10. And this Moses exhorts all Israel to hear, and to love the Lord their God, with all their heart, and with all their soul, and with all their might ; for (said he) " the Lord talk- ed with you face to face, out of the midst of the fire, and I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord. And now I command thee to teach these laws diligently unto thy children, and thou shalt talk of them when ' thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou \ liest down, and when thnu risest up." They Iwere to lay hold on every opportunity, of ^instructing their children, in the ways of God, and in the paths of holiness; and this was imperative upon all their successive ge- nerations, and is recited by Malachi the last f)rthe prophets in the winding up of the old testament saying, "remember ye the law of 3\Ioses my servant, which I commanded hin> ^n Horcb, with the statutes and the judge- fnents." 4., 1. Some have anxiously enqni- tf(\, wlifit these statutes and judgements %\-c\c ; now it is evident that ihcy were the moral and holy ordinances, the convoca- tions, and the festival which in a measure belong to every christian Church. Some say that these were all abrogated with the Jewish economy, but we find that Christ himself attended the festivals at Jerusalem even the feast of the tabernacles. "And in the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesiis stood and cried, saying if any man thirst let him come to me and drink ; he that believelh on me, as the scriptures hath said, out of his belly shall ^o\^ rivers of living water." John 7, chap. 37, 38, And after the vail of the temple was rent and the Saviour ascended, the Aposiles kept their festivals, and the blessed efiect thereof were 3000 souls being converted to God in one day. The spiritual and moral law still remaineth, though instituted 1500 years previous to that time, and although eighteen hundred years have elapsed since; yet still, we are to reverence the Sanctuary of the Lord, and to honour the face of the old man. " Ye are to regard' the stranger, that sojourneth among you, and not to vex him, thou shall love him as thyself, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt, (read Lev. 19 chap.) Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour and not suffer sin upon him, ,17 v) thou shalt not lie one to another. Thou shalt not multiply wives, nor marry to near akin Lev. 18, now such and such are the statute laws of God for the transgressing of which God brought judgements upon them, (see Lev. 26. chap.) throughout to which I refer my reader, as my pages are limited. (see also Exo. 13 chap.19,23., and Lev. 23.) These festivals were to be perpetual throughout their generations, and to dwell 7 days in booths made of the branehes of trees, and eat unleavened bread ; to shew their hasty flight out of Egypt, and their long dwelling in tl\e wilderness, a specimen of this is kept up in the christian churches to the present day, when you see at the Christmas time, the walls decorated with ithe branches of the laurel or fir tree, yot, THE MARROW OF THE SCRIPTURES, 1 8 ^ „„1,.,» not one ta the coMi-eBa.ion could lor Lrited will, liohes. ot even if he »ould Ltfrrt;uro*,heyare,here. Such pntnsh, prison Uwo.dd no. bo tar ever or if Tg. ere uLnLly no.lccted, we h.r,,,, , he »o.,d co-,n u^^^ ° ^ ^ hilt ever hear a demotiatration given of them which so impressively points out to us, that we are strangers and sojourners here, as our fathers were ; and that we arc still in the wilderness of this world, where the fiery serpent of sin doth bite. Nevertheless, the nidnna of the Holy spirit is showered down from day to day, and the Lord has taken us by the hand indeed, and has led us, and brought us through a more purifying sea than they wherein all our enemies are c6n judge him horse or derstandin in with bit Man is of the ei the fowls o the indolen gard," hoM lliid be rega 4f grace is ii fe not the ( ienth swift] ion, and bi would not be eternal ; and though death is bitter, yet eternal death is more bitter, nevertheless whether we are prepared or not we must all stand before the great judge, who will not be flattered with words, nor bribed with riches, who if his fierce anger burn against us in that day, his sentence will be perpetual imprisonment ; if he con- sign us to death, that death will be everlast- in<» « where the worm dieth not, and the t"hrthe;Vhei;Tn an our enemies are c fir°e is not quenched." Reader! hast thou ^^^^^^^^ tu:d:d'a:d drowned even the read sea of received ^^^^^^^r^;^) lingdom o( Christ's blood, which isable to p.pare us tho-P^^^^^^^^^^^^^ i,.,;,, *a-he vio a condemned criminal before God:the»-e- .^ '^^^^. fore flee now to Christ for mercy, before the ^.^ ^.^^^ ^ day of execution, yea, ere it bo too late, hfe ^.^ is short, and we know that eternity is the J . destiny of man, "once formed is form- J^^^^^^^^^ edfor ever, he is a living bemg, aiid he ^^^^.^^^.^^^^ shalllive for ever. He is a thinkmg being, ^ g^^,, ^^^, and he shall think for ever. Heisafeehng ^^ being and he shall feel for ever. He is an „. for a more wealthy place than thatof Caina an, so that the moral law has never yet been abrogated, as to its obedience thereunto; (nevertheless, it could neither bring re- demption, nor eternal life ; for if there had been such a law, then was christ dead in vain.) And it is the obligation, entered into by all christian parents at the baptizing of their children, they are to teach them all things necessary that a christian man should know aud believe to their souls health ;-But it is not necessary to salvation, that we should see to the end of all future events, for se- cret things belong unte the Lord our God; also it would leave no room to try our faith, (see the case of Abraham with Isaac &c.) "blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed," and « hope that is seen, is not hope, for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for ?" Now, to form a right judgement, and to be of an understanding mind, is what we arecaUed to, for every son and daughter of Adam, have their respective concerns, in the important affairs of life; and it is of the highest importance, for every soul to un uciiig " There is accountable being, and he shall be accoun- ^^-^^^^^^^.^ table for ever. He is a dependent being ,^ ^^ ^ and he shall be dependent for ever. The ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ question is then, art ^1'°" P^'^P^'If^'^.J^'' *'^^,. l| wi/l of I rantages o to know Ik therein influenc dignity e, for bj pnei i-saiuii, >yiin-ii D's' " we, and r even, unbiassed mind, foim a right judge- J ^^^.^^ ment, hold a scrutiny with yourselves, and ^^^^^^ submit to the great truths, which are now ^^^.,^ ^^^^ about to be revealed unto you,so God calls ^^^^ ^^^ come let us reason together, and by actiuf quesuuii IS iiicu, "•• I- L awful eternity? if not it is high time for thee to throw off all worldly motives, and in good earnest, to flee from the wrath to come. The harbinger of our Lord called the _ people to this most important duty he preach ^ ed, or cried cuthunate as also said the pro- phet Isaiah, which signifies make a straight, t;uiii^- •^'' "« ^ w^j it is ne highest importance, for every soul to un- contrary to this, without thouglit or r^^^^^^^ dltand, and to reason aright, -P-i^'- in«^ we dishonour the very Gd^^^^^^^ „ 1„ „hn.,t matters of relisrion, for a mistake | „s , hence he that calls his ^^ot «r ^J°° N^of all sc ;;;;; domestic affairsrmay be redressed, is in danger of iieii "'" j, 7 ;"^'^„„,/|«'»« ob maker, not the man. viz., that God vvouLl^^^^^. make a man without judgment, and yd in our domestic aftairs, may be redressed, or the anger of an earthly judge may be o- Ycrcomo, he may be flattered with words iing, I OR, PLAN OF SALVATION. judge him. Be ye not (saith he) like the horse or as the mule, wliich hnve no un- derstanding; whose moi'th must he held in with hit and hridlo," ' 3iJ.) Man is taught mo; "lan the heasts of the earth, and tti^iU wiser than the fowls of heaven, yet Solomon saith to the indolent man, "go to the ant thou slujf gard," how long wilt thou hury thy talent aiidhe regardless of hereafter? if the work 4f grace is not done, thou art for ever undone; fc not the day far spent, and the night of ieath swiftly approaching ? arise like Samp- son, and break thy withs or the Philistines »s«8SH)a of the kingdom, a,.d bo joint : u » ^ lofo r.fo "*"■ "'''•' Christ, must be ' greatly in earnest ) it bo too laie, uie ^. , . ■ , ,, , ,, .„ ,t eternity is the %'"«<»o"'.' a" hell will most assuredly formed is form- JP^ '>™. •" every step he takes, and if a man be notabsolutely determined, to give up yen if he would t be for ever, or if lath, that death though death is is more bitter, e prepared or not the great judge, ,vith words, nor his fierce anger lay, his sentence ment; if he con- will be everlast- ietli not, and the eader! hast thou acquittal, or hast I of the judge ? thou art already jfore God : there- being, and he 11°' u»;r.«. *'' ''is sins, and evil companions, and have 3 a thinking being, ^ „,„„„,_., . f.. ! _ „ • feelin"' "*' ^°"' saved at all hazards, and at every '^' „ . ° Upence, he will most undoubtedly perish. w ever, rle is an „ , . . , Ihere is a good saying by one of the '^ ,^ ^ J . V, •„ , «l*'ish Rabins, that a man should be as vigor- dependent being '' o nt for ever " The **^ °^ " P''"'''**'' ^^ ^"''^ «« «" ««g'e, as ^A rm- tVint '*' a^ a alag, and as strong as a lion, to do 1 prepared loi that t* .„ ^ , . °, ' • h h time for jt "* '^''eatoi'. Thus we see the )rldly' motives, and #*";'*§"' of religious knowledge, teaching from the wrath to ^ ^"""^ °"/ '^"'^' "'"^ ""''''"« "^ '"^ •our Lord called ttic '*"^. ^'f «'"' <^'' "« ^^^^'^ "^served, not all rtant duty he preach •• '"A^ences of birth and fortune can fies make a straight, T^ ^^'Jy ^^'^ ^« are allied to the courts foim a right judge- 1'' ""^'""'^^ '^P^'''^ «* '««^ of enjoying ^our^lve;.;;id'l^«''*'« v-°". «"J praising God, L which are now "^'«*'°"' «'°^"''y- So seek good, and Z,:uA by acting »f'^°^«^«"^«"l'-'th you. Amos, t thought or reason- f'/ '« "^^^e^sary for us to know, and to TIa that made W''^ '^' ^'""f ^f'«» -ako for our peace. ,'his brother a fool,j';"° "!"" « universal, or in posses- , nis ^'°\ '^ol all sciences, yet all persons are iin- "'';, frod o d^f'"« "'^''g'^^i"" 'o i'»Prove their un- must first learn to think correctly, otherwise universal ignorance will overs|)read the mind, like weeds in an uncultivated soil, so that it is as nmch a man's duty to cultivate liis mind, in order to bring forth mental flowers and ornaments of grace, as it in to cuhivate his farm in order to procure a sustenance ; our blessed Saviour hath tes- tified that it is written " man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that pro- ceedeth.outof the mouth of God," (see also the Lords prayer,) "give us this day, our daily bread &c." which signifies spiritual food for the soul, as well as natural food for the body.— "I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O ! Jerusalem, (saith the Lord,) which shall never hold their peace, day nor night, ye that make mention of the Lord keep not si- lence." Isaiah (52, 6. However all that the very best of men can do, ia to prepare the way of the Lord, by giving men to understand clearly the way in which Christ has ofl'ered salvation to a lost and ruined world ; and to direct the sinner how to apply for the blessings of salvation, and that by the means of grace, and how it can be obtained, though not merited ; he ought to make straight, even, and plain, the way of eternal life, for if the trumpet give an untimely sound, who shall prepare himself for the battle ? Our Lord is not like the Egyptian taskmasters, who issued an order, but al- lowed no means for its accomplishment. — No ! no !— there is no unrighteousness with the Lord onr God. For although the christian's life, is a warfare, he has given us heavenly armour, and heavenly arms, which if we put on, and wield aright we are sure to conquer and withstand all the fiery darts of the wicked, yea "resist the devil, and he shall flee from thee," " draw near unto God and he will draw near unto thee," in a word, put away thine own sins, __„ „ ., .. , .^..•..»..,«»,...^^j xtfi^M *f^jtt^:TXJ on the atoning sacrifice of Christ, and thou shah surely be saved ; saved from sin in THE MARROWOt-niESCR^^ !1— ■ ^TTIii^i^i^^^i^^^lir^^^ 34, 6. 7.- this world, and prepared for g'»'"y '" i''' Thus us far as justice permits, n.ercy ex- next, which shall never end. So the n.^ ^^ ,,^. ,^^ „„rey does perrn.t, jus- S necessary to salvation, and t6 keep ;,.„^,,j, . i,„old ! justice destroys d „sfeadtu.t in the way thereof; Vl'! dU"^ '--y ^l'-''« -^ «-'': ^"M^Ud ari.ht understanding of the H°'y;"^L„,o„^ged. to follow on to know the Lord are told that God is a sp.rit, as to h.s na tie M.ence arise his knowledge, w.dom, ^"^^' . ., uo I. s moral per- knowledg people d( Iiath enlnr witliout ir tnuhitude joiccll) ; si 14.) A?ain luckofkno we have, when the neui v i= -fe"- -. r;God,;hebet.erobediencewecan-^^^^^ unto Him. We must thnik of ns jus ucewithontrigour,ontheoneha«d o ca pncioustenderncss on the other; fo.au Lugh he has proclaimed hi.nselt the Lo.d God merciful and gracious, long suffenng, "" ' . . _. .j„»»= nn.l truth, keep- iliat mercy mu.um. ..-. — encou.-aged.tu follow on to know the Lord I^tustlLfore consider that he alone IS are told that uod IS u »!'...>, omniscient, or all knowing, omnipotent, oi tie "hence arise his knowledge, w.dom, ^ "^^' ^,,,,;,, „„,,,..e,ent, or every where jctcd kn J^ ha,e when .h Wart i, rigl.t in tl.e sigl.t put .n th. I*" "J °°'' ;;, „ ,, „„„,„„ „ jalijni., wehaye.wnenii .„„ ran roraier doctrine 1>b ncciertue.1 "I;"".'" „ „„.,l|oa8leis of the attribnte. of God, and a,. » -;>^, i„,p„„, ,;,l,i„B rnle t„ walk l.y.« I " ","° „ .Ike E|,l,e.ii „„dam, nor nnd.r.tandn,g nor.coanc.l ^JJ^^^ _^^^ „„„„t ilie Lord." ''.'■';• -Vjl-'urophetlsaiaiaiah exeli Iholicli ne i""» F"" " ^ ■ ~ HonrtliB exclamations 01 tne I""!' "^ GoS merciful and gracious, long suffenng, «- ;«. f;;:,, ,,,ers, against ignoranc^underst. anVabundantingoodnessandtruth keep- and oU^^^^^^^^ ,^,y people "'^"-v.' n ,,„...,fbr ...... -.;-;•- ,,.vity. .cause they have .^thaUo. transgression and sm, J'*-" ' i ._ ^ -~ ~ ' r~wp nil Trims here be\ow are undef the necessity of «««'^'"^.'?,''g„ ci.ristian duty; yet we ought '^f « ^^^fj^^r J,\ ueep ^ plication and prayer, ^^!^ »= ^ f. ^e apply to a power that is able »° ^^"^^^..^j Go.1, b? I pray to St. B^^gf^^^ "Sick, another says but 1 always g ^° ^^ [,^,,,, think;ii relorn lliankB and "■'oo'™'?- Vheii the Lord shall he my Go . -^«"- '„f ,„«, r ^rl sr"»ffi"^?'^ff •■»»'='' r^''''.' 'S^^^^ fm; his Id him jgeroiis e [fun her c ir a sinne sure thai spirit, nr < that no heart ' |s|)ers lov [leddle w [deed the ove, an ;nnd it si ^ient pivi from th) lei saith ' "ly touch" icome fo the cor leth tliiit * OR, PLAN OF SALVATION. allliougli thousanda iot like to retain God in their knowled do thai which is unseemly, and that ,nen or angels arc I'ey were filled with all unrighteousness, . neither should any f'ckedness, envy, murder, deceit, dehate, which ia contrary to*a'ii?'iity &c. &c. Haters of God, proud d this is a never*»"sters of evil things, without understand . ^ 11 Exo. 34, 6, 7.- knowledge « my people doth not know, my i« fools despise wisdom and instruction" •mils, mercy ex- people doth not consider; therefore hell (Pro. 1, 7.) O ! how he enforceth the nc- does permit, JUS- Imth enlarged herself, and opened hermo.ith quisition of wisdom, " my son if thou criest nice destroys all without measure and their glory, nnd their ofter knowled.j^, an.l lift nr, thy voice for ,ve. But we arc trmltitude and . eir pomp and he thnt :o- ' understanding, ifthou seek her as silver to know the Lord, jo.ccth ; shall descend into it (Fsaiah 5, 13) (or wid, the same diligence) ami search for U.at healuue is 14 ) Agan, « m^y people are destroyed for her as fo. hid treasures, ti,en shalt thou u„. „g, omnipotent, or lack o( knowledge and because thou li.st re- derstand the tear of the Lord, and fin.l the „, „.. every where ^cted knowledge. I will also reject thee, knowledge of God. (Pro. 2, 3. 5.) which „t, angel, or spuit, Jr I desired mercy, and not sacitice, and will deliver thee from the evi ,nan and , but himselt alone-, #ie knowle.lge ot God more than burnt of- f,om the strange woman " 2 12 16 ation of saints .9 f '•"^g^;" Pa"I testifies, that those who did Wisdom is the principle t'hing; therefor. "get wisdom and with all thy getting get understanding, exalt her and she shall pro- mote thee, sh« shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her, she shall give to thy head an ornament of grace, a crown of glory shall she deliver unto thee." Pro. 4. Now Solomon sjiys forget it not, neither decline from the words of my mouth ; for- sake her not and she shall preserve tliee, love her and she shall keep thee 13 v. fake fast hold of instruction, let her not go, keep her for she is thy life." Again, "doth not wisdom cry aloud and understanding put forth her voice, unto you O ! men I call and my voice is to the sons of men" &c. m » » For there is n(l*»g' ''"placable, unmerciful," (Rom. 1.) Also iding nor council a*e Ephesians were alienated from God 2j 30. if '°"^''* ^^^ ignorance that was iu them, iofthe prophet Isaiallaiah exdaimeth 27, 11. It is a people of ers,Bgainstignorancai» understanding, therefore, he that made dge, my people ai*em will not have mercy upon them, and ecause they have rk* that formed them will shew them no fa- ^"'- So, no wonder Solomon saveth -di. •' •;"m;.x'edewith(l:Serth h!;";;'"^^^^^ -"'^^ "'-nger does not iu. and protection - -fceed tje Holy G, ost has-visibly descended npon the Saviour at Jordan in the shape iO.,-'«„.:d'it .1 n" l?::r ° IT'.'^f "»!C!i'^«'^. ""'^''-'" - «'°^- tongues like as li t^GeZ 28, 20.,-affl-Jit sa^ nnn . T °' I''^""«7 "Pl>e=»red un.o (hem as cloven tongues like as of n d^e space of ^^^'m^'^uu^^^^^^ hut these were not ordinary cases. Now there is n J himself that JaPfl'' 1 ,■' , '""'. "'^''^ '^ J^i' "' »*'« P-'^sence of the angels over a sinner thnt reppnt- Sod himselt um JW J om he lol lowing passages, and yet angels cannot see nor know any hinir of It 7n t lis Piovinl Z ' „ , ' '".«"'« 'I'e« skill and understanrting; at the beginning of thy supplica- T.U san's UonJ, 'iTr'"'^'''^"'"'"'"^^ and I am come to shew Thee &c. This ev lemfv ff are add 'ssed ^'r^l^^/llffl^r "' ''.r.^""'"^'^ ""' ^°'^' •"-' °^ '''"-'^ he neifher'aS^ TJ! L. 1'hii^^m.Z^Lfli.l^^^^^^^^ forth unto him. "■■■"", •' nuppRsitv ^- I '-'■ ««»«» .f"ro Kd" » " Safflicea i. fron, a»'',V=''^7„' lupine, or "wflloW me up. ps 57. ,p,„^els" for he that keepeth Israel neither slum So we want no onmijiesence of ungels or ne v ^ ^^^^^^^^ „, this 1 .lanse.; nor t"' *5''SiS" tJo.l the prai«. saji"? """i," . L„ i,.,". bo offe* ""M ool Victoria 111 Englant'. "•"»',„ -hjii , ' j^j „ttlice. p9 71. A» «""•'. Jk„o, fc, ,,,jj of this wor ling. Job I sufficient [uirs here b tno do sny n in this t •or ough of my mothers womD r^y 1"° - -, ^-i,, ,^„- i^e his glory to """"'« .'^"ifJVne. vl «« ' ;n;;cie8 towards us ; d^^l'^f ''^VZu'S TLorV a'rt our Father, our 'I'^'^P^'^^/vSr'itSs o7thoe. ^ OR, PLAN OF SALVATION. J works of old. 3 sang together (I for joy.iliere- tiat heareih me, (, waiting at the 13 •ever,) fiiuletli me lin favour of the good are tliese ourselves, and o- Lord, whicli exorcise loving kindness, judg- ment, and righteousness, ii; the earth, for in these things 1 deJight, saith the Lord, Jer. 9, 23, 24. Reiiioniber«in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths," thus it shall be " health to thy navel and marrow to thy bones." (Pro. 3, 2, 8. So let industry, and devotion, work together, "the hand of *''« iJil'gent luakcth rich," and there is no Bd: But I advise ^promise, for either separate, for as one says uly profit by these .study without prayer is atheism, and pray- to much, on his -er without study is presumption, even so ready wit, for re- eayeth the poet.— idem, and holy joy i .. ^q ^^t without a genius will avail. And parts without the help of art will fail. But both together jointly must unite : Or they will never shine, in a transcendant light." Now ignorance may be divided into three ], let not the vvisj,j,rts; first natural ignorance, for which a )ni, neither let "' Jnan is not accountable for more talents i might, let not i^Um that which God has given him. 2nd •iches ; but let hit |heie is a wilful and obstinate ignorance, his that he unde fostered by prejudice and bigotry, rooted me, tha U am ti %nd grounded in some rnen, from which fliey will not depart nor let go the old cor- of instruction in their power, but will not make use of them. Reader art thou guilty of any of these? Then know for thino un- improved talent that God will bring thee to judgement. Even the priests of old had to offer sacrifice for their sins of ignorance Let us call to remembrance the careless vir- gins, who let their lamps go out, and the un- profitable servant who would not improve his one talent. Matt. 25. Let their awful sentence, and separation from God be al- ways sounding in our ears, for " unto every one that bath (or that hath improved,) tb« talent given unto him shall more be given, and he shall have abundance, but from him that bath not, (or that hath not improved &c.) shall be taken away, even that which he hath,"and "cast ye, the unprofitable ser- vant int* outer darkness, there shall be weeping, and gnashing of teeth." May the Lord save the reader, from such an awful destiny Surely, the Queen of the South, shall rise in judgement against this present gene- ration for she came from a far ceuntry, to see and to hear for herself) of the acts and wis- dom of Solomon &c. O ! that we could bo excited to make such experience, as to be- ,,,„„, of ■U^«ffl.c.|,„ ,el„,e ,0 return. J,r. 8, 5. 3. Tl,are«)cl„„„ he never .o wisely. Sen,. »illn„"i:.' "loved, neither by threatenings nor by pro- lese sacred pages s li a dark lantern ; y< s liligently, and ther ; •d with all thy hear s kvn understanding' . .fl uo her voice ai "' • ^ " """ "'^ ^° ^"® *'"' <=<"■" Bcour the distress 'f'^^'"''^ ^'^°"''''''®«« "'surdities lead them d unto her, what a » eternal destruction, ns their stiff necked 1 God himself, who* . ps. 139. fte alc2^"P'"f ' °^ indolent ignorance, which is who trust in him to#)t entirely wilful, nor entirely unconquer mises, solemnity, nor curiosity, Zacheua was desirous to see the Saviour and thereby temptation makeAle, such as the Laeodiceans, having means d an angel to succc ^ __2_ '^ •om them that wo|| ~/, — — — ___ _ 'in. Vors«L\h oVtL"H^''^'"h"°"'''^^" °°'' ^r'°« '" '^' S'-^^^ "'hither we are has- s"u^fiiie„tZll l'!.l'A„'!^f„r l!??r to honour and he knoweth it not. So these ■ael neither slum women in this I t extremity and sut can neither see sufficient iiioofK .pV «r^ ' 7 a ■ -T^ '° "°"°'"" ^"^ "« knoweth it not. So these !rl h! k'! "'*' '° departed spuit has arjy cognizance of our pressent state of ne do Inv 0°T^ f ''P', ''^'P- ^^1' °" ^°'"^ «''^«'«' «''«"^' ^'y thdr gfeat ml te^ fiSt *n in »h ; .? ^T ""y '^^''' ^'■'^"'' "'°"''' ''« permitted to be my gatrdian anffel • but ami ask a petition l^---""..o".u..uuai,rjcenqui^ do you question the frieFidship of God him that took ni^*^;^^",f » na?Z'^'' '^^^ ""''^ ".^ ^'°°''' ^^^ '«'d down His life for thy sake^and S- Uso itn.ustbo «fl«'g;;;r *! f °t «"y messenger that He would send do all the faithful services that can bo •and who sa»»« l^r ihee, do you then despise His wisdom and ^norlnps... „n,l r...fl .uil^Lr". lie it must bo otters _..^ ...>-w^^..6v. „.„i ^,„ wuum senu uo all tUe taithtul services that can be nher.aud who ^m'^*^^ ^'_,^',^',f« J'«V^'""''^^^^^^ ^^'«^°"» and goodness and prefer thfne own • shr.U glorify me. Vf ^J^ronZ o K° ''°"^ '°."'l "'"'^''"''^ '^''^ ''« ^'«« "«t ^one in it ? &c, thy bovvels, and "If ^w , eyf a d tL?Pr if "'^^''^^r '', '« f«"nd. I'Ut let us first «cast the beam out of ham be Ignorant "S^^J^'^fy^'i'jfi i^en shall vve see clearly to cast the mote out of our brothers eve." redeemef, ^^y./""'"^" o7thnU rhT.""'.''''^ '"'^''' '*''""' "°'^^^^^ until I have first detected " " ,f ns. their «|..r^? «« oSnancl trm^n?^*'"r' ""T ( V)?'°:^^''-'«"^«' «"^ "^vertheless keep ale PtL tte orMelchised^i" ' " '" '^'"" '''"''^- '^^'" ''>"" ^' ^""''^' know not any thingi ilooffrom noticed 14 THE MARROW OF THE SCRIPTURES, had tlie blessing- of liia presence, and Christ teslifies thnt therefore is salv.ilion como to Ijig house. The lieart nfir. ti that hatli iin- derstundini.', scekcth after kiiowlcdi^d (Pro. 15, 14.) Solomon 80iif.'ht Torn wise nnd nn- derstanding heart, (1 Kiii,>,'s 3, 5, 10) "nnd thes|)eoch pleased tlie Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing; lo ! I have given thee n wrise nnd an imderstniiding heart, so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after ihee shall any arise like milo thee." Nicodeinus sought for this wisdom, John 3, the Eunuch Acts 8, 28. nnd went on his way rejoicing ; Mary sat at Jesus's feet, nnd heard his words; Christ saith it is the one thing needful, nnd thnt she hath chosen thnt good part, which shall not be taken from Iter." The noble Bereans searched the scriptures for themselves, therefore, many of them be- lieved, even honourable women, and Greeks, and of men, not i few." Now it is observed that to hear, to Jn- derstand, and to bring forth fruit, nre the three grand evidences of a genuine believer, for without hearing how can a man under- Btnnd what God requires of him, and he must understand in order to bring forth fruit, and we must be fruitful if we arc Christs deciples. — It is also highly necessary, for us to know and to rmderstand the principles up- pon which we were created, and for want of knowing or studying this point thou- sands have played the fool, and erred ex- ceedingly. (Though very seldom noticed.) We haven demonstrative proof of this in the book of Job, which slates that thenj was n day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and that Satan came also among them to present himself, &c. &c, 1, 6v. he came also, as much as to say, these are all fallen creatures, and con- sequently sinners ; I am but a siimer, send ihem to hell, or admit me to favour again, as all men have sinned and come short of ihy glory ; therefore make them as iniscra- ble as I am, or make me as happy as they ar«. Whereas God points out to tiim that I they are not all such sinners as he is, they force him ' have not all apostatised as he has done, nor misbelieve refused rep(!iitance nnd subnussion. Satan pends his i ! you have sinned from the beginning, for countable, I you abode not in the truth ; because there for that in is no truth in you: you are a liar and the force or co father of lies ; " when he speaketli a lie he Also it is speaketh it of his own." Here God advo- the Kloiii.m cates the cause of his people against the saiti pocriie, and that if He withdraws his favoiitf^''' «edeem and protection Job will curse him, even to**? ''is suretji his face ; to prove Satan a liar God guvejo'ld in him Job into his wicked hands, and we see tha#lh, fire an( after all his grievious calamities that Jol^f"' nnd hoi exclaimeth, " though He slay me, yet will '^"non dust trust in him." "f^ ^""^^^ 'ts Thus we see that there is something s^— 'herefor great, so gloriotis, and so good in the Eteh | Could 1 by NAL God, which is enough to draw all mei A Or bind t tmto him, therefore, this subject goes t prove that God has made man an invinoihis bulwark in himself, that no adulation o temptation is able to compel him to b lieve a falsehood, if he does not choose bow down to it hitnself; we see that J had the greatest of all temptations that ven the devil himself could invent, an yet he withstood them all, and maintain his integrity. Thus God confounds Sati and all his enetnies, saying, 1 can createi free and a voluntary agent, and yet he w serve me, glory to God in the highest, iM%« lofty con his good will towards man. ^'d look up i Thus we find that an upright manisasi^^ce at all ri pregnable, thnt is by persuasion, as the thr#iade with tl antonian towers of Jerusalem against whilB. to pick ti -II ^u- „«...<...gf.r Vocnaainn oniiUI not nr«VFll> &C. &,i:. a:i i::c pvTT'ciS v.. . — j -.- ~ ' " until they at last surrendered themsehliia while the up, 60, no power can turn roan aside, if bend *d still be ir The mind b says thci iration of t tanding— 3 TiiacJe in m 's soul thnt if> or enjo} le things ac( [call anthroj 'epo-verlo v shewing * on, PLAN OF SALVATION. era as ho is, they force hiiu to buhevo n known lio, neither to 'tiT ~ ~ ,he hu8 done, nor mishelieve u known trnth, so or. this dc ' J, "*^'^''"'""^'° "'«''• en«h'y mother tend ubrnission. Satim pcnds his accountably, for no n.nn is oc ' n '" '""'''' "'"''' "'"' "''"' ^^'^^^^'^ e^es, ' he beginning, for countable, rewuiduble, or punishnble but i '^^ '''^ °*^" '"'"'''^''"'■J' sl^'es." th: becuuso there for lluit in which he npt- ■"'•'s »e see ihnt the ^'overnrnent of tan dost thou con- f^er our own likeness ;' we fi„d ih/t fl... < . . ""^ ^""^ '''"' "'*' ^'"vxMiunent of e is one of d'ese f hole council of heaven was in consultation I T''' '" ''•^^•''°'" ^Hns will is ,i,« p^. ■ ,t he is a % .he grand design of .nnkil: Z! ^1"^ "'''"'• «"' «« -'• ""'"- i« L- 0, and yet he is a % .he grand clesi,M. of mnkin ^I'lrXr^^^^ But as our nature is faU n,-one that feareth f « si'ould say, he will not abide in hono.n- ,1 T"" *'*"''"'"' "'"•''''"'•« ^«'"'" """ il. and that evenfs passions shall conquer his t^.V/, and I J 1„ /.'•' '""^'^i'^l'y Je|.rived access to the t ..,--- ...II uui HiJMio in lioiiOUr in^tl., 1 •• ~ -"wam »>«» spassions shall conquer his t^.V/. and he I 0. f- . . ',""'' '"^ ■^''"■'''='' °^'^««« 'o "'e ». coniinunily.fi" Tail. ' "'"^ ''r "«^« of^'"«, least he should have eaten of it iif mm miiii ^/.\^ii w * - family coniinunlly.%'" '^dl. )ve Job to be a by- f '^^'ell, saith the Son of God, if he full I ithdrnwsbis favonrf'" mleeni iu'm, I will pay |,is debt I will curse bim, even tobp Ids surety ,• so they ,„ade man, a little m a liar God gaveJoWd m hnnself, consisting of Heaven and Is, and we see thafi" h, hre and water, (fire in the blood &c ) idamities that JoHfd and body; his body taken from the slay me, yet will "^""o', dust, to keep hiui hu.nble, but his mMl takes its risfi fmiv, .i.„ i... .. „ .. J.nkesitsrisefromtheb.eHth'ofH;;;! ■0 is BOtnediing sW— '"erefore, , goo.l in the Eteb I^"''! ' ^y grasping, reach the poles »h to draw all mei J| Or bind the ocean in a span ' is subject goes t f ^ still be measured by the soul ; B man an invincibl^i The mind's the stature of the man " at no adulation 0^^ «">"- 'i-- • ■ nr d thereby we should live for ever in this hillon and miserable state. When God cre- nted our first parents he called /Ac.r name (Gen. o, 2) which signifies red man, or man offles ..Hi blood. There the name Ada"" >s apphed to the woman as well as to the ma", (or woman is man. although man i, »ot woman,) hence all the thieatenings and Pronnses of future life „,e directed to the woman as much as to the man. " For in tl'e day that God created man, in the likl- ne.sorGodmadehehim;mai;and?em e nr,.^'^!'"/"^^'--''^em,and 'b says there is a spirit !„„.„„ ^ . T ,,"7 />«'"«'"; "nd blessed them, and .1- ■ i.*a- • *"""»'""'» man, and the ^ompel mm ,0 bAnation ot the Almighty giveth him Z- loesnot choose #tanding--30 8. The body is -,u ; we see that J#rnacle in which the soul dwells': but it :emptut.ons that #e soul that shall and n,e future pu„ si could invent, a*r, or enjoy happiness. The Greets ,11, and mainta,n«e things according to their nature man id confounds Sata«call fl„ in the highest, m. lofty eountenanc';, n X' r^^lh r'l' """■ !'' ''^""' "^ "^^ '^^'-e " m look up .0 heaven for ZZf ^'" ' ' "" """^''' ^'''' ^""' »° •>« «"PPorted Plight manisasi#ce atall.in.es; w ile tl' ! ''."'^ "!f"'' '"•"'^'^'^^"^^ ''- «"Perior strengH. C ■ ■ ^-ewid.their he^ t:::dirr?bi :i:!r ^.^^ ^---''^ vii^ .1 > "■ HID uay vvnen thev were crenif^l " t». nnLfT u , *"" "■*"""" '^"« made outofnnb taken from Adam's side not ontofhishead to tread upon him. nt- on of his feet to be tratnpelled upon by hiC forshewas not subject to ,Junti[„rr t''« ft". Gen. 3. 16. where see-he s ,«» :"rl7:^^!^')^''f--«^--toftheside suasion, as the th.#ade with their heads tending dow7 ialemagamstwh.f,^ pick their sustenance from tfij ian could not prevtm &c. fircs , indered themseIv«Bj8 while the m„t- (eonsness and in true holiness. wi'ihoJtanv „rn man aside, *f bend' ''' '""'^ ^'••«'°" downward f«Pe-it7 to sin. which loudly proc^n^"^ I I m.de them just, and right, .ufficient to' and innocence whicli he a;Tn^;7:r to protect. So they were nrp„..,, j„ , ° . , eotisnessand in true holiness, wi'thout any prooensit* fn fiin ..,u:-i. .. ., "'v 10 Tlir MARROW OF THE PCRlPTtJRES. And ns to M ■ have stood, though freo to fall. the womnn, you have seen that, "Slic was not tnketi out of hia head, To lulo or triumpli over man, No, nor yet out of his feet, By man to lie trampled upon ; Hut she was taken out of liis side, His compa»i"n and equal to be: And tho' they were united in onc.^ The man was the top of tho tree." The peasantry have had an old remark, which runs thus:— "111 thrives the hapUss family that shews, A cock that's silent, or a hen that crows ; 1 know not which lead most unnatural lives. Obeying husbands, or commanding wives." Yea, everything as it ought to be. It appears that in ancient times, notwith- standing their state of ignorance, there were more peculiar instances of rare felicity and lasting friendship between those jomed to- eelhcr by the hymenial band, or conjugal union, than any we have in the present day. I know no other reason for it than thi9,l that when once mammon has got possession of the heart, there is then no affection lett for either God or man. I am just af\er read- ing the narrative of a lady in Greece, who laid down her life a sacrifice for her hus- band when both his parents had refused to do it. , . And thou, said the bystanders to hi,i pa- rents, thou wouldestnot, neither daresttiou to die for thy son, but hast suffered this strange woman to do it. The pure flame of affection must have dwelt here, but alas! the pity is that such a cold hearted man was not worth a dying for, and what savage hearts must these horrid monsters have possessed, that deprived suali a glorious wo- man of life ? However, it was, and is the duty of the husband (if so be) to die for his wife. Strange as it may appear, we have ..^fj^^ipnt uroof from the word of God for it, Eohes. 5 21:-Submit yourselves one to another, in the fear of God. It is here plainly shewn that there ought to be a bene- to bo to till and enjoy eiitertainiii ry Htef of t cupid, or g( })l(u:c9 on tl to intimate kind nil! g< who shall k n|)o and d volent compliauco on both sides. Tho hus- band is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the Church, and he is tho Sa- viour of the hody-'^ V. Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, „,ul gave himself for tf-v.25. This is a plain proof, therefore, that every man is in duty hound, by the laws of God, (if required ' lo do BO,) to suffer in his wife's stead ; and the authority of the man over the woman ig founded on his love to her, and this Jiste. The love must, or ought to be such, as to lead ins his wuij him to lay down his life for her, ns Christ 41 curled ha laid down his life for the Church. » Tor fl.ght, There is n fine picture of tho conjugal titli them, t onion drawn from tho Eastern customs of ft affection, celebrating marriage. They put a "yokeftveone nno upon their necks, to show that they shouhlThus love he pull equally together in all the concerns oluhion ; as to life Both are represented as winged, U>Qbd Imth yol- shew the alacrity with which the husband jAnd tho ^ and wife should help, comfort, and supporiA,^ that this each other, preventing as much as possibly,, g„j ^^ the expressing of a wish or wanton eitheuj^ jy ^,^^^^, side by fulfilling it before it can be cxpre*.j|^„ g^,^ . ^ sed. Both are veiled, to shew that modeBt:||^ ^ ^ ,j^ ,^,^^ is an inseparable attendant on pure matri,^,,^, j^^^.^ monial connexions. Hymen, or marriagi,^,^^^ ^^^ ^ coes before them with a lighted torch, leaf^ g.^^j^ ^^^^ ing them by a chain, of which each hasg„y ^^j^.^^^ hold to shew that they are united togethe||. Logt, to v and bound to each other, and that 'hey ar'f ed to this by the pure flame of love, ^l"^; ^^^ , at the same instant both enlightens "'J,,^^ J^^ warms them. This chain is not -on .| -;-;;•- ; brass, to intimate that the marriage "">° li„,^ ^^.^ ^^ not a state of th.:aIdom or slavpry, but m^ ^^^ a chain of pearls, to shew that the union"! ^ precious, beautiful and delightful. TlJ^hus Adan hold a dove, the emblem of conjugal fid^Wfhan being tv which they offer to embrace, affectionatiessio,,, notw to shew that they are faithful to each otl^J^gh child not merely through duty, but by affect.|ns of bear and that this fidelity contributes to the hf for these i piness of theirlives. A winged cupidlls ; but ma, r^ . , _..-. „„„a hpfnrtt thaill in faith n represeiiiea as iiavuiB & — ; ' preparing the nuptial feast, to mtimate .^e at sanct, active affections, warm and cordial love,*ty it unphe, I OH. PLAN OF SALVATIOX. 17 to bo to tlietii a contiiiiml Hoiirco of comfort and enjoy m it; and that this is to bo the ciitertiimiieni ilioy nro to rnopt with, nt ovo- ry Htof of their nffectioiialH livos. Another ciipid, or gotmia of lovo, comes iiohitid, nnd phiccs on their hendH u basket of ripo fruits, tointimiito tliat a inatriinoninl union of this sides. The hu8- fe, even as Christ nnd lie is the Sa- iislMinds love your ovedlheChurcli, -V. 25. This is a t every man is in fOod, (if required kirn! will 4{enerully bo bh-st witli children, wife's Btend; and »(io shall bo as pleasing to their senses, as 1 over the woman n|>o and delicious fruits to tiio smell and to ber, and this t>ste. The gn-niusoflove that follows them e sucb, as to lend Ins his wings shrivelled up, or the feathers for her, ns Christ >» l4»Vsi/'l«ce,lf»iJ»oy wo lire do- liv^rtd to u JlW >jl*p'^ ni)oii)i»alionB .'" Jcr, 7, No.w (Spd jl<»'iiifis tho clifti-j?e, orforeomarn- .^^I'lrtkiap-fivils, for Kiid ho, " They have buili — iWfttgii l)lu<"38 ofToiil.f t.which is in tlii! \al- \ey ofUio SonofHinniim, tobiirn thcirsoiiM aM ifMirdaiightera in tho (iic, Nvl,(;«; s, f.o Gods. '13. xvi., 20, 21,)— Thau hart ihruit them into the derouring flamo of the h'oti atuvo to be consumed. Hut wretched us thoy wero their hard hcartt shrunk at tho huwlingiihriukaofthiiir roast- ing chiMcn: but their diabolical master soon found them a blindfold by gathering musical inHtrumenii^, et*peci;dly tho tamho- rccn or drum, its Hebrew ii mo Tnphet, to l)r(iy forlhec ta|) or beat, henco ibo valley took its name rebtore her t from tho great drunnuing kept there in ■in-<.-iy (jjo. i order to drown tho cries of the poor sult'er- ers. Ibii this the God ot justico could not let go mipmiiiilied, for thus saitli tho Lord, %ftht> world, behold tho days shall come, that it shall be lilod iiimfielf no more called Tophet, nor the valley of tli > ktnist viv'l g| sonof Ilinnum, but tho vall-y of slaughter, lot well, sin fur they sliall hury ilk Tophet till there ha my iho arrcsl no moro place. And tho curcas'. 'r this Joest out. \l people shall be meat for the fuwis of tho ^ the case, heaven, and for tho beasts of the earth, und word ashum \ nono sholl fray them away. (Jer. vii., JlQ.llJd well ng .'j^.) These horrid scenes arc enough toitheino (see Jc make tho feeling car to tinkle; yet lookAto you that around you, christian parents, and you majijii we have ai yet see a sight more horrible ? are yourJisus Christ t children whom you love walking in the fcnrJHropitiaiioii foi end will pt your tins, Sco also nielech in i XX, 7.)-"iV his wife; A The just j ieeii evident of God, and in the straight and narrow patlMly, but for il which leads to heaven ? or are tliey on tliJfe adds, 7lh v( broad and downward way, which leads i a worse valley, than that of the son of Hiri num where the worm dicth not, and tli fire is not quenched .' it so bo, in tho nam of God give all diligence to pluck the as brands from tho burning, else the la case will bo ten thousand times worse thn tho first, for although life is sweet u death ia bitter, yet eternal life is mo sweet, and eternal death is moro bitter.' Again , ;. ' f*^ aktj .mledgc, how can G(ti„ . know anyt'i!ii«r iT* rei-cain which re !iimst«% not desj)i has mad<; rondUioi.-ii i see Lev xxvi clifi«is love and c If yen shall despise my statutes, or if yolWlterds man, su soul abhor my judgements, so that ye vMjsion, and is « not do all my cominandments, &c., I "V^^ '"ost obsti will do this unto you ; I will appoint »''■*=•■>' out like I you, terror, consumption, and tiie burni^ nie to do.' c ague. &c. And if ye will not be reform' ^lere any hope by me, but will walk contrary unto iii^ God, Kep Then will I also walk contrary unto j«|i "H your tri ndment unt nt which y n. iv,7.— pr d Saviour, I'elief, ond thy sins j)f he sinnpi-, tl here is a fi well as for tl the proper i a contrite )isc. ! ) tio consuinfld. lliiiir hard licarli kaof lliuir i'oatt- iaUolicul master Id liy gntliering :u'.lly tliR tainho- On, PLAN or SALVATION. •nd will punish you yet Mven times for I wilhrTTr "Z your .in«, &c. „o Ik ' '""' '""' ^' ^^ Seo«l,o the condition offered „ Abi iLL^flT.- ,i '"' ^"'"' "''" ""'"'«''♦' Iw- nife; for ho i. a pro,.,.t a.ul ,e „ha . n^' 1'! ''' ""■"«""'" '«"- ? ,ai..o To,.:,et, to |).ay for.heoand n.o,,'8hMl7livo7i.ur.rZ,'.' '!!.'.• "" ^T" ""* ^^-''-'''''^'^ffi"" the fo'rei ytcok its name rt-.toro hernof, know iho... that thou ,\n 'T '^i '' '"""" '"'"«"••"*"" "Ralnit .".dydio. thonand nil .h:t a^o tire "t! 'u^'.'r"' '^ ''«'• ''" "^ ""V .ervica ]f k*i|it thurfl in 'the poor BuH'ur- justico could not Haitli tlio Lord, ), that it shatl be riiio valley of td li.'y of siauj^hlo hei till iliure t)0 3 curcnc:' '^l" tiiia he fuwld u{ tho •»in;ly (ho. ll.on and all t|,„t arc thii.e "&.,.. ' .i .i •. . - — r-crvico Thcj..«t judgement of tho Alnd; Iv has iriu tT^^^^^ - thi^ only add, to thy -n evidently di.p,,,,,! a. „n oarly^'-io !£ ' 1 "^'"'' '""'^ '•'^'-•-- '° '"> "-■<- ^f iho vvorl.l, ,n tho ca«e of Cain and Abel I / , . . -od hnmolf beinff (hejndgo, says if if.on Lio?^;!" ""'"*'" '" "'>' ''^"-^ '"ipht in tho '»■■« V, >', HhuU thou not bo accepted, and if) !" ?''• ^^'"' '*"°''' "'J *«-"'f. how „,any lor well, sin lye.h nt tho duor.-O,. as some .r' '"""''"''' ""''' ""' ^^"--'d nnd in ail 11/ .ho un-CHt ofjustice aivaits thco as thou loest out. Jiut for a better uiulerstandin. - - "'" <^''s«. let us consider the Hebrew of the earth, unci Word ash,m which sig.Jfies n sin o/lerinj: '"'"«^ '" '''^"'n. .y. (Jer. vu., :J3,Wd well agrees with the wholo gospel | ^^'"■'" *''"" ^> """"" "trnnger art n 8 nro enough to Jhemo (see John's Ist Epis. ii ch Iv ) I write '^'"■■" ''""'^ ^''^■""'' "'" '•""' " m>n tinkle; yot lookfito you that ye sin noi, but if any man ^''° "'^' "'° pleasure, will ,he toi nls, and you nia)Wi we havo an udvonifn witi, ti i'^ . c« . i •rible? are youUsus Christ .bo 'Xel, a J I 7' tl. ™ 'et us submit t.thcfenr^opitia.ionforour;' s 2, 1 V '" »'^° '';,:^«'" " ^H who wiil n.. suffer us ,o ,L. . - oui «nis, and not for ours I "e tenipied. above tlmr vil,i,.i. ^^^ - ;na way to escape. Let us pray oar, estly that t.od will create in us clean hearts., and re- new a right spirit within us. He vilj most then- peregrinations have never gone over the threshold of their own heart? so, " What gain, what bliss, through foreign climes to roam, When thou O! man a «trnnger art nt home, d iurvej ; pleasure, will rhe toil repay." , .ijIL 1. ^, -"• "'c .>Huio world.— luro they on ti.«B adds, /th verso, I write no new com which leads t^ndment unto you but nn old command- )ftiic8onot HirOUnt which yo had fro 2tli not, and tl "^ ) bu, in the nanil 3 to pluck then ing, else the hi times worse thn ifo is sweet n ual life is inoi is more bitter ' hehef, and thou sholt also bo accepted. and he thatseekoth tindeth,and to I im that knocketb, it shall bo opened." (Mat vii, 8- Then be assured that ail malice w, > sootj cease, the joy will be unspeakably yo.. own tor " he that is slow to nnger is bett.;i than thysms Fmrdoned. O .' blessed words •he sumer, the best that ever were spo- ', here ,s a free acceptance for the guity ^dge,howcan(;# a contrite heatt which thouO- r Lk 'u'^ ^^' ""'' ^^ *''"' *•"'"•'' his ;.irit wliich i-e !iims«% not desj)isc, li, p?, " | !'"" ^° "'"' '""^eth a city." (Pro. xvii, 32.) 36 Lev XXVI chcilliis love and condescension in thfl 9 • ' ''^^ "^°' ^^^^ "° ''"'® *'^®'' '''^ °^" "P'- tatiites, or if yoillards man, surpasses all hum. n """ T'"^ ''''® "'"''>' "'"^ ''^ hroketi down ^-nd .s. so that ye .jgsion. and'is eL:^ ^'Z^U^r: 'T'' """^' ^^^^' ^«)-«« '^'"^ ^«^«''' " ments, &c., I Me most obstinate sinner to submit ^ '"eceiveth indeed honour of men, but fie will appoint o-(i cry out like Saul, Lord, uhat wiIt\lZ If r''! ' o'' T" '' ''''' '''''''''^' '''^"°'"' 1, and tlie burni«| rue to do? and then and not tell h ' overcometh will I mak^ llnotba reform Ifere any hope, of the sinner- «.„».. "^"i^^ll'"'''"'''^ temple of my God and h. jontrary unto ii>»i God. Kepeni and turn' ""'"" ""^ r^'''^" §» iio more out." For then we are ontrary unto y*|. .11 your trunsgretsion,, a,»d inio il' n-r^^'r''^''"'"' ""'** ^°''' "'''^''"^ ^" ^ '^r"'«"°«S«'vernourown ipirif, and as R THE MARROW OF THE SCRIPTURES. 80 :^{^tZ^i:::'^»'^r. a praying s,,in..-l^rUuer thee let not »"7"" g« J°"" °!; ^^^^ | , T .-...v-nv^Jt* vvi-ath neiihci- give place to the devil, lor , as th.. Latins have it. | ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^.^^^ ^^ ^^^^^.^^^ ^,^^^ I to sill ;!iiul anger rtsteth only in the bosom ot fools — tiiciefore OR, " O'or lust or anger, keep the strictest rein Subdue thy sloth thine nppelite restrain." It ia truly said that the liigii fed sinner whf is oveichargcd with wine iiiid evil concupi ccnce, daily adds fuel to the fiie of his pas sions, and has no more power over liimsd tlu.n n roaring liull, or a raging lion,-whil tj,^^^^ ^.^.^^^^^ the moderate and temperate have the inn>> Now, sine tial point, fll«o reqiiis |that Christ levery mar '1 ""* jiinderstanr tcry over these unruly passions and pow( fg j,^^ jj^j^ chanm|,.„„.. ...... to direct thcni to their ])ropcr llieginning; Wo find by these premises, that it is neces sary for man to know that bis great duty, and greatest lionour, is lo conly neee.»ry#-.be Db„, orut-iij?, uu» ■« b _ „u„„i,i irnnw niK lifi ipve. even "drink waters out of thine own cistern (»n)|enlig|jteiiel Soiomon) and running waters out of tl>"'|beginning, own well. Pro. v. read the clmiiter. ^ p,.Qj„ |^jj When any evil thoughts arise Uirii yo: ;inwnid ass attention to some serious subject such . glistinguish death, judg-meut, Heaven or Hell; ' T'llarkness, f if you are determined to commit sin, Im^o mo exc^ for a place where God will not see you, s! draw him; HOW Brethren you sec the great duty j^ct gift is 'keeping the body in temperance, soberni||p-orn the Fa and chastity :' and as Paul exhorts the 1' .tariabieness lipians, "if there be any virtue, and if tlM|e8Ud says " be any praise, think of these things, F ghat followe IV, 8. ^"* '^'^•''" hn ve the ra therefore does not destroy the passions, but keeps diem in due subordination ; we are still to love the good, and hale the evil, nnd also shew our just indignation against it, ''be ye angry and sin not saith the Apostle, that is, be angry at nothing but sin, and let not that anger prevail too long lest it con- all inen should know and believe, even||"all materit one thing of all others tho most needll #e to our ei be known and believed, and without vvl'«|ng here In the knowledge of all other things are itelife was t worth tho knowing, viz: the pardon o/^nod in dai which brings peace of conscience, and^rstood it i in the Holy Ghost. * ' Rtgem lion fnciiuti opcH Mens rcgniim bona possidet . Rex est qui mituit nihil . Rex est qui cnpiat nihil -. . Jt is r.nt rich.O!" thnt mnke.< a king A good mind possesses a kingdom He is a king who fears nothing He is a king who covets nothing,' rtdress #e tho kinc ^P' ^ ressing m lou me will I aiguish my Iwip. That 'Mtamonies t 1 ON GOSPEL LIGHT; OR, THAT CHRIST ENLIGHTENETH EVERY MAN THAT COMETH IIVTO THE WOULD. go down on your to the devil," for ins to provoke tliee only ill tlie bosom I tliB strictest rein petite restrain." ,P .vn.l civil concupi , _ : .. . ^ ' hnowieclgc , n is through hfa: therefore give mo thy soul, unti all its concerns, that I niny defend and save thee from all evil ; tiiat Satan may not sift thee as wlieat ; but if you trangress acainst me, and trample undei fool my laws, I will cast thy soul into outer darkness. So while ye have the light, walk in the light, lest darkness come upon you. The Lord hath promised thee divine directions. "Tiu"no cars shall hear a word behind thee saying I this is the way, walk yc in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left." (Isa. XXX, 2J) Nevertheless a man maybe (lirooted ihe right w.^y though not compelled to walk therein. But every intel- lectual ray, of the divine Logos or word, is none otlisr than that heavenly light, which shineth into the soul of every man, to con- vince him of the e*'il of sin, and tho beauty of holiness- " The comforter which I will send unto you, (saith God,) he shall con- vince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement." (John xvi, 8.) Through him we live a life of love, and love l)y light; both woo'd and aw'd because, the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth, there- fore let no man put it under a hushel, or en- velope it in mysteries ; and then " the Holy Scriptures routain all things necessary to ealvation."— Although man (inconsequence of the full) Cometh into the world a stock of original corruption and can in no wise de- liver himself, any more than the Ethiopian can clnnge his sltin or the Leopard iiis .eandevdconcup, „„„,,,,„,,, ,,„^ ^^ J^ ^ the fire ot ih pa <,,, .^^ .^ „ ^,_^. ^^.^^^ « a • power over h.msel^^^,.y man that cometl^into th^Two^ " raging l.on -^vhi: t,,„^ ^,.^,„ ,,i,,^ ^^„ ,^,^„^^j • crate have the mn. „,,,..,,, „,„^^ ^^ "^ -^-; J passionsaud powc|^^,^,.^.^^ whic was fi-om 1 le ;"• l-«f^^*: '''T r «'"-"»"'• -'-h is called tho J ; ai^ uateis out |begmnmg, or coming into the world. 1 the chapter. p,,„. ,.. „ ^^,^,^^ ^,^^ ^_.^^ ^^^^^ ^^, ^^ Thts arise Uirii yo inward assistances which enables us to JUS subject such rflistinguish right from wrong, or li-dit from •aven or Hell ; ' r-Jlarkness, f n- saith Christ « no ma,rcometh to commit sm, In^o me except the Father which sent me will not see you, oi draw him; for every good and every per- the great duty ^^ct gift is from above, jnd cometh down emperance, sobern.||.om theFatlierof lights, with whom is no Paul exhorts the Ijiariableness, neither shadow of turning" ny virtue, and if tli:,|e8U8 says « I am the light of the world he )f these things. T^at followelh me shall not walk in darkness Jut shall have the light of life." He shall , conclude this gr.Jave the radiant glory from me, who am short of what it ape fountain from whence all intellectual i 1 could wear out %'" and spiritual knowledge proceed, and jcd, and endeavom If'hout rne all is darkness misery and death. • the following artic!^, Now, light is a demonstrative character lensably necessary #the DEixr, for it is the most omnipresent and believe, even^all material things, and the most condu- rs the most needli#e to our enjoyment and happiness of any ^ed.and without witting here below ; so "in Him was life and other things are tte life was the light of men, and the light viz: the pardon o/Wnod in darkness, although darkness un of conscience, andjrstood it „ot." The Jew supposes God ir\kc.< a king !S n kingdom i nothing !is nothing,' kh-essing man thus "l"^;;" , """^' '"' '"'" *"" *''« L«°P«'-d J'i« ethouLrZu'f V^;!!.?^ "'"^'ir!^ but by the light of that lamp which ^ethou me thy lamp; and if thou keep my Jip, I will keep thy la,,,,.: but if thn.. J- «feui«h my lamp, I will extinguish thy *»'P. Ihatis. Igive theemy word and U»ta,non,es to be a light to thy foct, and a God hath put into tho hand of every man, ho ciJn go his own ofraiuj, for which ofyou can- not go to church, or stay at homcjustasyou please ; The,e(bre let him take his corrupt heart to God who never sent one empty a- 92 THE MARROW OF THE SCRIPTURES, 11 Kill 111 way ; and he that made it at first will make it again anew ; the promise is a new heart I will give thee and a new spirit will 1 put within thee, and i will take away the heart of stone, and give thee an heart of flesli. Now hf»re is where the great mass of the people do greatly err, by not considering this i)oiiit aright. They do not consider that redemp- tion signifies a restoration, it isder.from re- again, and emo to purchase back again. So on man's coming into the world, Christ through the merit of his blood, mercifully dispenses to him the true liglit which isngain Bnpernaturally, and graciously given unto him though lost in Adam. And that by his enlightening, strenthen- ing and crowning grace, man may yet ar- rive at as great a degree of Holiness as that from which Adam fell, witness the writings of St. John. Let no man deceive you, he that doeth lighteousness, is righteous even as he is righteous. So now restored and set once more on e- very ground against his mortal foe sing Hea- venly muse,— Milton. Paul says a " manifestation of the spirit, is given to every man to profit withal ^1, Cor. XII, 7.) what plainer can this be made. (Neh. IX, 20.; Thou givestthy good spirit to in- struct, and withheldest not the manna from their month; also that of his fullness have all we received, and grace, for grace, and as the Greek has it : karin anti karitos or grace to re-echo, or redound, or grace upon grace I or grace to produce grace ; yea, " of the plenitude of his grace, and mercy, by which he made an atonement for sin ; and of the plenitude of his wisdom, and Inilh by which the mysteries of heaven have been revealed, and the science of eternal truth taught: we have all received,' and all who continue to walk with us, shall receive grace upon grace ; one blessing after another, till they are fil- led with all the fullness of God. 'Tissaid when the first are improved. Witness, take the one talent from him who did not imiJiovo it, and give it to him that hath ten talents, &c. Titus declares that the grace of God that bringeth salvation, or that which saves, halh appeared imto all men. Tiiere is a beauty and energy in the word cpephane (Tit. II, n,) hath appeared orshinedout, that is rarely noted : it seems to be a metaphor ta- ken from the sun. As by his rising in the east, and shining out, he enlightens suc- cessively the whole world ; so the Lcrd Jes- „ „. .^ ^ „^, ^ i!s, who is called the Son of righteousnesp, Ipft to absol (Mnl. IV, 2.) arises^^on the whole human race Jiotjet prea total darki a certain i Avhole day his creatio work ; so Christ, thi world: for orb was yet by the prea fianifested, Ightens et World ; so t with healing in his wings. And as the light . /->_ 1 : !......> -nn..;.',»' r.r his first lilnssiilEry] • OUU 13 Kn-rajc rj»n! iii;^ 3- or graces, and afterwards gives other graces upon them, and a third sort upon the second^ and always new ones upon the old ones and heal of the sun arc denied to no nation, ^^ as those nor individual ; so the grace of the Lord Je- ^c Gospel J sus; this also s/iines o"< upon all; and Goil j|„f| ,jo„, jj,.^ dpsignsthat all mankind shall be eqiiallv wa||ii„ (jj^jj benefitted by it in reference to their souls, asgpnje „,j,^ g^ ihey are in respect to their bodies by th'isuntciial depiavii that shines in the firmament of heaver;. yprUl, like ih The Israelites should have said to thei^estion is h( Holy and blessed God. " Thou commandesfl^jen Christ i us to light lamps to thee; and yet thou ai%u on his cc the ligh"tofthe world, and with thee theligli*l|w cnn he ji dwelleth." The holy and blessed God aii%so now, as swercd, "I do not command this because !||ni?gressions need light; but that you may reflect )igl:3fl will conf upon nre, as I have ilhuninated you ;— thi^diug to Jiis the people may say, behold how the lsrae!t#y ciiild of ites illustrate him who illuminates them iv.f-lcl, Tiien the sight of the whole earth." Wr own strei 1 And as freely as the sun dispenses his g|(p"it do niorti nial influences to every inhabitant of tl earth, so freely does Jesus Christ dispen the merits and blessings of his passion arl death, to every soul of man From the influences of this spiritual soi no soul is reprobated, any more than froyf^fjan diujes the influences of the natural sun. In bo^^i parted to cases only those who wilfully shut thf^ave already eyes and hide themselves in darkness are » ro,.,/j t|,g privcd of the gracious benefit. It is no r^llilly resistec fionable objection to this view of the subje(p|„o„ tells U! that whole nations have not received thei^jg known I vine light yet, for in tiie mean time the utif|^ bo pure, lighteired parts of the earth are not left i() plainly sh live. 'I I ere fore, v 'eter to grc ;eof ourLt 'at no one d. Witness, taka did not improve : hath ten talents, lie grace of God tliatwliicli saves, iicn. Tliere is a OR^PLAN OF SALVATIO^f. S3 total darkness ; for light was created, and in I nicn"i^„T "~ ^ a certain nieasure dispersed at leas't tin- ! "e Cl .^r';''" ''"■'°'^°^°- ''-«; vhole daysLefore the sun was fonncd: fbr sJ I 1 a Id t ' ''"' ''^^"^''^ '^e womb Ins ereauon was a part ol" the fourth day's app Irs In^ J ^ "^ ''' ^"'•''•" So it sir::: r^s^^i^-- 3 enlightens sue iJjjhtens e»w;/ mnn ,. ° '^^'^ '^" ^''e lowest part first S" p . "' "^^^ending : .o„.e Lo,.a,«. •^o,,rs;z„ri r;zt ar ''^''°''''■•'■°""^'"-^.■".* ;?„ :':,:;'■" .nied . no najion, j„ ,. ,,,,, ^L,::;?^:''- "^ ^^i:^- j^^ -er led ^S::^. H/ ^ iceoft^ieLodJe- JcGospd has not yet been preache » ' '"' ''"^ '^ ^''^ ^""^^'"nation that lill-; upon «// ; and God 4, , „,„, ,,,,„.^„ ^^^ ^^^ j^,^ ' - he • eorne auo the world, but .nen loved dte« Bhal be oauali, Walk in the /i,ht lest darkness con, C .^ ?' "" "? ''«^'^' '^^'^-'^^ their de d C ce to tl>e.r so,,ls, asg,.,e n,ny say .he.-e i. nothing hi e " b,^ I ^'"'-^ ^^^n iii.. ia)-They would not^m „• bodies by t :.sunt« , dep.avity, ,hou,h n.an bel> n „ o tl e !!:"' " '"'^^ ^'^'^"' "- «eeept th off^ .' ent of heaven. |,,,d, like the wild us.es, colt. True • t to "'"■'' ' ""^^' "■°"'^' "«' "b^^don thi r have said to th^estion is how long does he na^s ' T" '"""''"'• "^^^^^^^^ Thoncommandes#enChnst testifies, that he e iT „et h 's "^ "'",'^' ''''« ^«^t in the pres » l!! ; and yet thou ar%n on his coming i„to the world The ! f ""'' ''■°'" ''''"' c''i'dl.ood LT 1 with thee the ligl>J|w cnn he plead total depravity He , i ^T T^^^' '^^^^^ o^-nctity than oth^ ,d l^essed God a.^so now as an apology fb. d sin, ^Jl ,! "7 efficient for salvation if L.' nand tins because .ysgress,o„s, but at the day of jud^eme t ' iJ^ • ®"'""''' " •'^'•^"'in'', or a John , n,ay reflect l,g%u.„ confound l^u. l,y I jJi^;^'\''^^^^^^ of.nated yon ;-th^du.g to his holy word, ho has enh 1 1 'i ■ f ^'"■'"'' ""' ''"'her they needed not ,oia bow the ]srae!.|ry ch.^hl of ,nan, on his con. , g h T' " ^''"'^'^ "^ '^'"^P'^y of -i.Lle to f?ec iuminates the.n .v^M, Ti.erefore, your salvation Is oVvL?r""'.r°"- ^"' »''-« Persons rejcted wth." O^r own strength; but if ye throng; ^fl^^^'" °.^--''-'>i"^.-ce which d !^o nmuiy the deeds of vl,e boJv yon ^en t ?^ '"'' "'■°'''^^'' '"'• «" ^^'- ^iH- Wlor, we are e.horted by the Apos- :::;;i^:;:!S ifbe:„r ^ ^^ '-' ^^ etei togrow ineraco in,l infi 1 •. , 7 ^' " 0®^" 'orced orcoinnellprf .i ...- -, -i'a* no one can in^fi,, *"^'"'s<-hi.st. '). My grace la for all who rhor.«« .1 ny more than frc^tian dutie! feX;:: ^ " '° "" ff? ?'" '"^««« -' «-^'' " »« o ^L' tural sun. In boi#, parted to us i^ZZT T 'TT^' ^'''^'^ ""^ '^^ wilfully shut th^ave already rec iv d t^ J^'" ""' ""^"r"'"'"^' ""'"« "'«' «h"J' "o b c " .sin darkness are % fo,,u the fmitrof f , T " '" °«-'«ai«h. ^iv., 4, 5. ''•'^"* enea It is no r#,„ ,,,i^.^, -d caused it; ;frr '"'""'""' "°"« «'^"" "-"h because of 3Viewofthesubj6^,ontellsus^P,.n .. t/. .^''"''^ f^' M"" coming into the ^vo.lH in „..„...._. * in dispenses his gi y inhabitant of tti 3SUS Christ dispem i of his passion ai)i nan. )f this spiritual so 24 THE MARROW OF THE SCRIPTURES. i ml the forbearance of God." All who " truely repent, and unfeiguedly believe liis holy gos- pel ;" but none promised for the future, you must" purpose to load a now lifo, have a li- vely faith in Gods mercies," submit your ways to Him, and he will direct your paths. " Commit thy works unto the Lord and e- veiUhy thoughts shall he established." (Pro. XVI, 3.) So if men perish, it is because they will perish, and because they obstinately re- sist the influence of his grace, prefer sin to holiness, Belial to Christ, and hell to hi^aven ; even after they have been favoured with so clear a revelation, as that which the new testament holds forth to them " as in Adam, all iie even so in Christ, shall all be made alive," (1 Cor. xv, 22.) for " there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty, giveth him understanding." Job. xxxii, 8. Or in other words, an universal grace is gi- ven to all mankind to enable them to «« work out their own salvation," for God is , not unrighteous, nor austere, that he would expect to gather where he had not strew- cd nor yet to reap where he had not sewed^ and that good seed too. (for behold it was an enemy that sewed the tares.) "So that no man is rejected by him, or denied in- ward assistances ; " lor the i)rei)aration of the heart and the answer of the tongue are both from the Lord" (Pro. xvi, I.) Exo. XXXI, 13. 1 am the Lord that sanctifieth you, Santify yourselves and be ye holy." (Lev. xx, 7.) The power is of me, but you must put it in execution ,• for " he that doeth righteous- ness, is righteous (John iii, 7.) We must use diligence, to make our calling and elec- tion sure, God's blessings are promised to all, who do what in them lieth, to serve him and make the best use they can of their time, talents, and faculties, "having therefore these promises, dearly beloved brethren, let us cleanse ourselves, from all filthincss, of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness, in the fear of the Lord." (2 Cor. vii, ].; For king Hezekiah " prayed, the good Lord, par- don every one that prcpareth iiis heart, to mustard ! Ily repres '> that gri lory, may seek God, the Lord God of his fathers: fcrgiving j though ho be not cleansed, according to the Expected, purification of the sanctuary," and what was lion; Davie the effect? the Lord hearkenened to the ««My longii prayersofHezekiah and healed the people. ing ray —So, as we are bought with u price, (and *orc duly have received of the heavenly gift,) we ought t''e dav to glorify God, " both in our body, and in rTiie grac our spirit, which are his." (1 Cor. vi. 7.) we«*C"8e, He ought to apply ourselves to every thing, inl^was whil which his honour, or the honour of his reii-iltne and sc gion, is concerned, or that which is gooili|Bssive, ac and well pleasing in his sight. We read (*# the soil. Chron. xix. 3.) that something good wa^t the king found in Jehosephat, because, he prepared his heart, to seek the Lord (xxix, 6.) Joth' am became mighty, because he prepare his way before the Lord. Ezra prepare his heart, to i^eek the law of the Lord, an»'a single g< to do it, and to teach it in Israel : statute'*'" the wra and judgements. »*'«iy. But, " that servant which knew his Lord^gain, the will, and prepared not himself, neither diPven, fee- according to his will, shall be beaten wiifoperty of I many stripes," (Luke xii 47) we have mailfe the stuft exhortations, exciting us to use diiigenclirefore coir Paul saith, " Awake thou that sleepest a arise from the dead or deadness of bin ai Christ shall give thee light," Eph. v, 14. » saith one; but "the spirit that dwell in n! lustethto envy." Well saith the Apos James- iv 5, he will give more grace, t'S is grace sufficient to counteract the evil aiP to shew rit, though, 'God resisteth the proud,yetP^ nor will h giveth grace to the humble.' Christ was ma^good seed fested in the flesh, to destroy the works# the rush j the devil; therefore be not unwise, but €fe''°'-^' wjtho derstand what the will of the Lord is : ilW know thy his will, that you should be sober, i^haOWded help fo holy, and pure ; so acquaint yomself \^k^ thy first God, that you may know how to enjoy l»»*fce faint and for it is his will, even your sanctilicaijliwilt surely To this end, he oflers you divine assistalltes of Heav and tells you (Rom. viii, 2G.) That thoB-ity, having rit helpeth your infirmities ; that it ^shining int( keth intercession for us with gronnTS^ernai iigf,t which cannot be uttered. You l**fd in you, t| dead in your sine, bath he quickelie saith,— . 4. working "ght back 'hich it wa holiness n saith "thoi thy latter '■'i,.-„. -^1 ^J^^^ °^ S.iLVATlO.V. 1 of his fathers: fcrgiving you all trespasses. The oncient,Tri 7 "^ -J^ .], according to the ^xpec.ed and enjoyed tlu« divine iilumina- liftCT^ '""'••« "^'"««'' iiry," and what was non; David sav8. " "lo, >^^«> -Brethren saith St P....I earkcMened to the -My longing eye. look out. for thine enliven- L^htHr'" r' '"'' ^° "^'^ "^'" ^ho healed the people. mg ray, ' ''"^ "y® '"'o after the fleth v I with a price, (ana More duly than the morning watch, to snv l"'' ^""" '' '''" eiern«lly.) But if vl enly gift,) we ought the dawning day." I "^'"''^ "P't't- &c." by the aid I our body, and in Jhe gracious Lord has left man wi.houtif T^'^l"'"'^^'' '"'^ ^^''"'^ ^^» '"orlify ,^0 ." (1 Cor. vi. 7.) we^use, He has sowed good seed in hisfielS ! o " ""' "'' ''"''>'' >'« «'«'" '"e ;" R„r7v ] to every thing, infcwas while men slept, that the enemy- ' ^,^'7'''°"' ''»''"« °««istance, no man , honour of his reli-Jme and «owedtnres;and tho seed was pro^^T '^'" '^' ^^"^ '" "'^aven, „or 4lk i hat which is goo.llljB3s,ve, accordingly as i, was nourished I r"" ^°""''-«"' "I am the way "it, sight. WoreadC^t e .o„ ^att. .„, 24.) He te^^i e .^r^'^.V^^''^'^- - '"«» accord';: mething good wa^lt the kingdom of heaven is like a grain r. f'!^ ''^ ''"'''' ""'° »''« J«"«, ye mdi^a .cause, he preparej mustard seed, 31 v.-This parable berL " '"'''^"'°'^"° '"^»= -iJ.. Je ,rd (x.xix, 6.) JothJIily represents the growth of grace in the ? ""'""" '° '^'« ^""«" nature no' cause he preparcif, that grace whieh feads to the fulness '"".' ""'■''"'*'""^'''' "«'• ""stere, I jud^e lorv. inav i>o„:.w.,„.. « . '"'*'* men on v hv fj.n i:,.i.. ^ > *j"Uoe cause he prepared , that grace whieh feads to the fulness .' ""'■''"'*'""^'''' "«'• «"stere, I jud^e ■d. Ezra preparcl^Iory, may begin («nd often does hlZ]\T .'''' '''' "^"'^ «"^' Krace I^ha^e a single good desire or a w;.. .X'-Jl^'^^" "'em ; if they walk in that 11.71 t« i:r. _. . . . _ *= w Of the Lord, anj^- - .. ^„„, „,,„.e ^^ ^ ^^.^^ ^^ ^^^ it in Israel: statutc«^Mhe wrath to come, and to enjoy God licb knew his Lord! himself, neither dil will be eternal. h.ch ,t was first created, and " without L '^' '"^' °^ ^" '^ese powers and I l^olmess no .n.n ... , *'.''°"» energ.es ; but the act of rolUion, and the „ , ^ . -=, s was small ;!^'°7"'-^'»5- eome from the man. God t y atter end shall g.-eati; inc-Ce '^S^'r^^""--!" -'''' '"«" ^'"^ '"^t unteraci me ev.. .J to shew that God is not un.-eason '"''P"r^'''' *^"hout the power to will man teth .he proud,yet§ nor will he expecta goodgrowt ^T!; "'.".""'^''"■^"-« i«good. for eve.-y g" " ble.'Chrstwasma|good seed, and good soH.-he I' "' f?"' '"'"^"^" '« « heavenly led lestroy the w^rksf the rush g..ow without mi.'e ? can the nT ''"^ '""^'"'^'^ '^^ ''^« husha^dman t.otunw.se,butfco.,wuhoutwater?>-as,,,uch as tol n ^'^'^''^^ ^"^ the dews of Hear of the Lo..d is ; * »<-- thy weakness, therefor 1 1 a 1 1? "'"'r"^ '— -'d nndtiply^if „ --^, m n'^.^do paint yourself ^«f h thy fi^^t ,„„tio„, of g,.„ce or divin J ?"^""' ''"' ^°'' "^i'^er willsL n.an nor ,w how to enjoy I^*a |aint and weak, yet ^e^Lere and Ca ['^ '" ""'"^ ^'-'^ '' ^>- "« ^-i^ ', m , your sanct,hca.||vv,lt surely be cherished by 2 " T'"' '"'*"«'•'« ^« ^"t'' ; Le is therefoiVar ,ou divine assistajfces of Heaven, and grow i,.to 1.1.1"""'""^''' ^"'' ^^ »'-«« power^ 1 ,., 20.) That the|.ty. having the ima^e of t rAb^ ! t:?^^^'^ ^--^^ '" «'-" the ov erto wi. irmities ; that U f sh.nmg into thy soul, bv th« ulT^'H "'« P^^^^ '" do; therefore ,h. A,!!!!! ' "' r' V;l^'-"' ''°"'' "''^''^^ •« '« '.avriJ^n: ilion""' ''"" '° ^"'^ °"^ their own'^ai;;: hath he (piickel#e saith,— \tr.tL , """".J, ana ectjon, be on"* l^otHe^sclvcs, They cannot do God', work! 2G THE MARROW OF THE SCRIPTURES. Ihey cannot proiluce in Uiemselvos a power to ivUl and to do ; und God will not do their work; lio will not worlc out llicir salvation with/car and trembling. Tliougli men liave grevioiisly puzzled themselves with ques- tions rclaiivc to the ivUl and power of the human beinjr ; yet no case can be plainer than that which the Apostle here lays down, the pou-cr to will, and to do, comes from God -.the use of that power belongs to man. He that has not got this power can neither will nor work," Ol'ihere be any such per- son.) But, (Jod tells us no, He is the true light, he enlighteneth every man that co- nieth into the world. So, every man, verily liath got lliis power, and can both wM and work. We have certainly brought forth sufficient proofs (or thii^.-lJut it does not necessarily follow, that He who has got these powers will use them; the /possession of the powers docs not necessarily imply the use of these powers ; because a man may have ihem, and docs have them, and not use them, or abuse them, a man may have the key of faith in his bosom, like the pilgrims, and still be confined in doubting castle, therefore tlie Apostle exhorts "work out your own salvation:' This is applied to all men of nil churches. There is not a ra- tional being on the face of the earth, who has not from God power to will, and 'i^untof th act, in the things which concern his salva ^^ i,uman I tion, hence mans accoimtabilily. For ii.^n of Abra has first the blade then the ear, next the fn 4nfiisioii, \ corn in the ear. I am Alpha and Omej::^^ where ( the beginning, and the ending, saith ll>j|',^ ^^^j ^^ Lord, which is, and which was, and whirj,j,j ^^^^-^^^^ ^^. is to come, saitU the Almighty. Rev. i, 8. j<^^^^^ j, ^^^^^ Here, as Alpha is the first letter in x\dAw a line Greek alphabet, so am I the author, ai^^ g^ggg j^ cause of all things, and as Omega is ti^j,(iQj,g^ g, last letter, so am 1 the finisher of all ihinSi^j ^ jj^j^gj I lay the foundation, and put on the \^ t|,osQ ^, stone, more over,l am all that is contairiij|j,Q not jud, in the neplmgint or greek Bible, 1 am all tl|||, ^^^^ g^^^^ Moses and the prophets did write thcg|rj^ y^^^ [jg concerning me, and liy these words, Gg|j]m,s ^f ^^ himself sanctions the greek translation ||(j ^^^y^ j^^ our Bible, which was then extant. It isn^ties fi-om so remarked that the union of ./J- Alpha a^„ q,. gj„„ O-Omega, in gieek make the verb,— a« ^^^y^ ||jj^ breathe, and may very probably point ( „_ j.^.,j^ jj Him in whom we live, and move, and hi , of circun our being; for having formed man, breathed into his nostrils the breath of and man became n living soul, and it is the inbreathing of the same Holy Sri that the soul of man is now quickened, m alive from the dead, and fitted for ^gl henceforth and for ever.— Amen ON BAPTISM, ITS INSTITUTION, END, AND DESIGN. Brf.thukx— believe me that I do not write this article thiough any cause of controver- sy, or bad feeling against any church or people ; iuit merely to answer the many in- quiries I have met with m this province,— as many persons arc desirous to know whether they are justifiable in withholding their cliildren from the ordinance of baptism, or transgressing by having it performed.— I therefore iiresumc to give a fair, unpreju- diced, and short statement of this much-con- ant, and lerations fi ch he pron laan for an uncircumc is foreskin I be cut of ;en my cov( sign and se id or about, o cut ofTal such abon addicted t< between tl baptism, £ he latter w tended rite and cerimony of baptism, if stitution, end, and design. *s' " And thougli to write be now a task of •al of the fc The task is hard by manly acts to please«p easy, and t Wlien all our weakness is expos'd to vicWmeision ch And half our judges are our rivals too.'' ftwish Chur Let us, therefore, first consider the •eceived int circumscision ; and then it appears thi^ holiness; reason for which a rite, or ceremony.g^Baptism tl as circumcision was instituted, was oWhe renewing ■w ivcr to will, ami OR, PLAN or SAI.VATIOV. h co„ee.-n his ^^^^^^^t^^^^^^^^^^ ..ntabilily. For h,^,, of Abraham, .l.cy we o^ o e"n ° f T " "'""^ '^''°'''^ ^« *'-'' ^vhich i. the ear, next the f.4„,,,i,,,^,,„;^,f^-'^^^^^^^^ service. So the figures Alpha and Ome,. - ^,,^..„ God confounded Zpl^Z ' :.^^"'"^ ^^ ''^'"« «^ "- Imighty. Rev. , 8. The„ i, leased cJd h/ hi v It ' "'"'"f '-^ ^"? '"« "^''"P''-' ""^ living i« e first letter in x\^^ , y,,, ^^ .,i,,i„^,i^,^ bctvvee Lm I nl'"' i-"'' ^ "''"' "' "'"" '"''^'^ «»P- ,n I the author, ai^o chose to follow their own vain imZ I . ^"'"'' '" '"''''"'■' "' *"'' '*'"' ^^•'='l'i«- d as Omega is tijfc^,,^,, „„, ^„„ .,^^^ ,l C,;" V .i i ',"' po-ess,on.-Also it was iu.titut.d to ^>Id a babel of confusion fr'i Ik I ', '" """ ''''''"'' •''^•"•«^''.^'' "'«' ^ve and put on the t^ „,,, ,,j,„ ^.,^^,^ to thHrGoT >'''''' '^"^^^^^ finisher of all thin| ,ek B.b e, 1 am al t# ,„, ,„,, g, p^^, ^^.^,^ ^^^^^^ ^^ - [ the ol .ets d.d wr.te th#,. y^a, be a peculiar people unto God. y these words, G4,ou3 of g,^,,^^^^,.^.^^ &c.-Tit n lii-l greek translation |d „«„. j„ „,.^^,. ^^ ^.^^.^^^^ .^^_ j^^J^ ■ then extant t .sj,ie, f..o,„ each other, there must be a unionof ./i-Alpha a'* nake the verb, — a , and want a cleansing; as Davi.l expresses it in " ' ■" the 51 ps. Behold ! 1 was shapen in ini- •lU'ty, and in sin did my mother conceive mc;~but thou require.st truih in the inward parts and shall make me to hear of wisdom secretly. Now this is the true end and n or sign between God and his neonic i f!!'^'" "'^'7''''";' '''^^ baptisin.d ordinance. ^ serve him. So we find in tie bLic If T '""''' "' "" '"''" °''^ ^^''^ '" «'"' &'<^-. y probably point «, ,,„, „, ,,„^ ,,^. gav4 o V air m tl J "'"V "'r'" ^V"'"' ^"'"' """« «'-" -'t-' e,andmove, andh ,,, circumcision as ^>^^r^u!^ ^l^J^"'"^'''' ""^ ''''''''" ^^^^f^' »>« l^« ^^orn lant, and to his seed, throujrhout^heir i ""S;'I"i • lerations for ever.-On the l^eni ,' of I ^'""" ^^'"'^'' ''"""^^ '^ ''^fi'^'"^"^ of the si)n-itual cleansing, whicJi all man- ng formed man, trils the breath of ^ingsoul, and it is le same Koly Sri mow quickened, ni , and fitted for ,5 KV, — Amen. :SIGN. nony of baptism, i laanfor an everlasting possession ; "but uncJrcumcised man-child whose flesh IS foreskin is not circumcised, that soul 1 be cut off from liis people, he hath ;en my covenant."-Gen. xvii, 14.-Now sign and seal is derived from circim, id or about, and scindo, to cut, signify- to cut oflTall the sinful lusts of the f^esh, such abominations as the people were addicted to. Now observe the simili- between this ancient rite and our j)re- haptism, and you will soon perceive sign- Jl'^e '««"• was surely instituted in the e be now a task of ^ of the former, though the yoke is Qanly acta to plei.se^ easy, and the burden more li 1 wish to make my them saved him and all his family. "The like fi- Those this wont please let them not coin guro whereunto even baptism doth aleonow pave us (not the putting away of the fdth of The Apostle's unlimited commission rul ill the.«e words, "go ye therefore and teaf toward God ) by the resurLion of Jesus all tta.ions ;" tell them that the darkness Cl^rLt rPet.m,oi. Noah believed in past. and that the true light now shm. the flesh, but the :;nswer of a good conscience that by the power of a three— one and elfi iial God, 1 have burst the barriers of t| loud), and that all power is now given ur me, in heaven and in earth ; I have shed r most precious blood in order that as mtj as believe in my name should not peij m God, and obeyed him in buihling the Ark, and God made it the means of his salvation from the mighty waters, so in like manner doth baptism now save us*, that is, if we rightly and faithfully fulfil our covenant on- g.;gen.ent,itwi!l be unto us salvation,- ^ ";;;^- ^^,,,.,,;ung li(e, proclaim this^ .iu>cssthochristiancovenant o':^;^^^ ^"^cZue, young and old. bond^ vow. Ye are to ^^^^^^ ^f^J;^^; :; therefore, 't^ich 111 nations this, . and all us works, 1 JOlir, 111, J, me |iuiii| > , • ■ „ „r tUa F-ii ail .1.. I . , 4 ! " Bapt so them in the name of the tM r.nd vanity of this wicked \\orld, Gal. i. 4 ««1 rnd all th;e sinful lusts of the flesh. Gal. v, and of the Son, and of U^ 1 0^ G^, IQ 21, to believe all the articles of the I teaching them to observe alltlu^s^ Ch'nnim faith Ileb. xt, 6. and to keep God's i soever 1 have commanded you. Matt. x.. h^ w;;;!;::^;"nmandn,ents. JohnL.15,| 19,20. And ^^^^^,r^^^ and to walk in the same all the days of thy unto the end of the wo.ld. -Amen, life. These are Apostolick obligations, which pvery soul is bound by, and will be judged b_v, whether they themselves consent to, or Cliltyl" u;UJ It. \j: iM>l< .-.w— 1".[ »- 5- ■- craniental seal of divine truth, (Rom. iv, 11.) and according to the nature of a sacrament, jt obliges the receivers to the covenant, Jt We tind therefore, that children are| Lords pioperty. and according to tlj statements they ought to bo dedicateiT him, and put under his peculiar protecj Suffer little children to come unto me 1 ' Christ, and forbid them not, for of 8uc| the kingdom of Heaven, Thus, go ye | ''An^ OR, PLAN OF SALVATION. t is mJistinguishing | into nil the world, and prencli the gospel in and no christion, J unto every creature: and if you meet nn if Christ, and Turk" Abraham ninety and nine years old, who ucii as will not liavc .■ never has been baptised, or an Isaac thirteen rule over them.- | or a mother twenty, and her infant n few' c baptized into the Jdays old, yon know not how soon death may fch, over which he|| seize u()on one, or all ol them, therefore care, and their (e baptize them in my name, that living or dy- imises and blesriing^ #ng ihey may be the LordV. It is evident itbat anything dedicated to God will most the present day twf Assuredly prosper, and except the Lord are excluded fron»ee|» the ciiy the watchman watcheth but in d, viz.: infants an yain. It is inilccd very forcibly stated, that rofessed a change t|?he reason wo read of so many persons in ;race. Let scripturJbur Lord's day, being possessed with devils, B points, and let bin#'as because they had no church fellowshij)' J. P® ••e'used to covenant with God, and tliere- t employ my peii. Jo'e the devil, yea legions of devils tool 29 )n r yet for to offend, fjossession of them and mode of them an h tomakemy llieni jasy piey. But say they, none shall be . . .. -Members of our church until they are first lade holy. Christ say;., ' the whole need ited commission rujot a physician, but they thataro sick,' what e tiierefore and teaftvould you think of a doctor who wouLl give > that the darknessjis patient no medicine until he is rcco- iie light now shinefered ? and all the preparation that ever God iquiredofany person, in joining the church ihtant, wasa belief in the Saviour, and a Jsire to flee from the wrath to come ; on lese terms John the Baptist adn.inistered ■ptism even to those whom he railed a ge- ■ration of vipers; so 1 presume, that your ildi-en whom you count unworthy of mch fellowship are more fit subjects than ose were. Now the evils derived from |is unmembership are, it either induces 4se persons to make a feigned profession leligion or lulls them into a sort of indo- -— .- v»' '""go"r, nnd because they are not with you alway, ^jP^'^ssors of religion, imagine that sin in ,orld."— Amen, ^m is not so odious as it is in others. I that children are gve n)et with both persons and families according to tl»o would not even kneel at prayer, but ht to bo dedicatei«at ease in their chair seemingly regard- is peculiar protecjj of the word of God, (for the same^rea- come unto me 6«j) because they were not professors of jm not, for of sucggion and thus they refuse submission to en, Thus, go ye ■ very thing wherebjr men are made pro- , three— one and et St the barriers of i ^er is now given u arili ; I have shed in order that as ma me should not per life, proclaim this: ng and old, bond ( all nations tliis, name of the Fat 1 of the Holy Gi erve all things w ided you. Matt. xj|j fessors. How lamentable is this ? n greater I evil lies here than the difTerence between spnnkling and immersion, that is but a small matter. VVc huve a similar proof from the Acts of the Aimsflef, [2 eh, PS, 39.) where Peter tells the enquirers who said luito him and the rest of the Apostles, mi:n and brethren, what shall we do to be saved, &c .' Then Peter said .into them, repent, and be bapiiz- ed every one of you, in the name of Jesuu Christ, for the remission of sins, andye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost ; for the Fuomise is to you and to your children for ever, and to all tiiat are afar off, even as ma- ny as the Lord our Goom all tl at the tittieofthe ordinance of baptism. ■'" ''^s ne have often taught this lesson, and I believi it ought to be more strictly enforced by al IJr.i.f nft^P linvR Wfi RRCn a CO gregation, or company of friends, stnc idly gazing at the baptism of an infant, witlj out sending up (we have reason to believfl e:il his Apo t infants oi lip in the iigence, unt e tlie vov%s -li as con fir oil, PLAN OF SALVATION. led oven for a ;c of her masters ur gracious Lord hy ftiith, be it iin- i wilt, and her , from that very and do thou like- opened unto you. a of parental faith , (Mark ix, 24.) lictcd son to Jes- vas jiossessed of ntly tore him, and iniiiig; Jesus saitli believe, all things ; beli<;veth. And Liio child cried ont J I btdieve, heli) Jesus rebuked the 11, thou dumb and come out of hiii im. Hear this yej ring your cliildren come to Christ hi ossessed oftheevi! ghtily fervently am •half of your child nsities and infirmi- \ never sent a soul lis man, cried wilhfj line unbelief. We ofa servant bein hith of his master, /ere cleansed whil ter: which plainl jer than the foun for it came to pasf ere cleansed,' S ment which ougli^ rents, and ministe nee of baptism, sson, and I belie ;tly enforced by a jnye we seen a co of friends, sta T» of an infant, wit 3 reason to believ one fervent prayer to God, in iia hoiinif; "lireihrcn this ouglit not to be." All pro- it Bent ought to bo strictly engaged beibre God in behalf of tho young immortal, and bo sending up their aspirations to tho tliroiie of grace, joining heartily in every pe- tition with tho minister, that God may grant |thi8 child, who is about to b.; baptized that |which by nature he cannot have, &c. ) We ought to place more confidence in ithe prayers, and faitlifid dedication ofa child to (;od, than in the ajiplication of water u- jsed in any fbrm; some ofour bupiist bre- jthrcn have indeed done well, hy taking their children to the house of (iod, giving them a lame, and oflbring them up to him f,om ivhom they received them ; and whoso pro- perty they are, placing them under his Al- nighty protection whoso eye is over all his vorks. I conclude this section, on infiuit Ijaptism, )y referring to the Apostles, practice, in bap- izing whole households, Acts xvi,15, wherr It is said of Lydin, tiiat she was bajiti/cd md her household. And a'i verse— The f'hilipian Jaik;r and all his straightway, yea lie anme hour of the night, and we arc told |hat it was at midnight that Paul and Silas itig praises lo God m the prison. iVowthis ay be considered as u positive proof that tese persons wero not baptized by immer- on, neither do we hear of any being ex- ^pted of either family ; and Paul mentions. Cor. t, IG.) that he baptized the house- 'Id of .Stephaniis, wliicii still holds forth \ us that on the parents believing, the chil- j on were adopted into the same faith, which , liiii they were bound to teach their infant } ^n■hvr, ns soon as they were cajiable of I [xler.standing good from evil. iFrom all this it appears, that infant bap- m has never been forbidden by Christ k his Apostles, therefore wo conclude 'at infants ought lo be baptized, and train- _ lip in the knowledge of God, wit!' si! Iigence, until they come to proper age to le the vows upon themselves, by an act ^•li as confirmatioij. Tliough this is not t '0 system pursued hy many i„ ,|,e present dny, for we hear men sny,i „|low my family to choose lortliem..elve8,-Thii8 tlioyafr..:, to bo wiser than Solomo,., who says " a child left to himself^ biingcih his mother to «hnmc." (alas! too often hnvo these «ord« been realised) -but " train up a child in the wny he sfu>ul,l gn. and when he is old ho will not depart from it. pro. 22, G. For want of parents attending ,o this ,|i,tj', and not teaching their children the sure founda- tion ofa christian faith which ought to be rooted and grounded on tho knowled"e of God's holy laws; for this neglect wo "have seen our youth launched out into a corrupt world unarmed, and for want of di.-cernment return homo with all the absurdity of tho llmtarian, Universalist, Swedenburgion &c. History informs us, that the church mem- bership of children, by a religious ordinance as stated, (Gen. xvu, Gal. ,„,) &c. was universal for the first 300 years, and no dis- pute about it, and that fiom the year 400, to nSO no society of men in all that period of 750 years, even pretended to say it wa» unlawful to baptize infants ; at which time 1140 the Ana-Baptists took their rise from one Mr. Menno in Friezeland some seven centuiins since. We are also informed, thai Irenius in the second century, wlio was ac- quainted with the great Polycarp, and one of St. Johns deciples, declares that the church learned from the Apostles to baptize chil- dren. Origin in the 3id century ufllrms that the custom was received from Christ and his Apostles, Ciprian and the Council of ministers held about the year 254, no less j than (JG unanimously agreed tliat children i might be baptized aseoon as they were boriv. I It is said that a great part of Christs king- i liom is comi)ase(i of little children for of such is the kingdom of heaven, and those only who resemble little children shall be recei- ved into it, see (Matt, xvm, 3, 4v.) Christ •'-•• "■'" •■'••'•.. -Ml , Del a use jiu lovcs Sim- plicity and innocence ,he has sanctified their very ag» by passing through it himself; the Holy Jesus, was once a little child." So— 32 TIIE MARROW OF THE SCRHTURES, •• Let pnrcnts with tliiiiikfulno^s own, The oncourngement Je miis has nivcn ; Delighted to hear liim tleclnre. Of Buch 18 tlie kingdom ofHeuven." As to the modo iheie iri no tlirnct proof, (mI havonlrendy uliown,) in whut iiiarinor Iwptism lins been adininistercd ; it is left na secret to us us the body of Mosee.— I havHeenrched the matter, I may say with in white gnnncnis for the space of seven •lays, to i>hcw that they were enlisted under hill) who is the true light of the world, &c. The manner in which the ordinance is dispensed is of no nnportance, if so ho that it docs not hordcr on, or become supcrstiti ousi, and then it is no longer to bo retained; wiliiess the brazen serpent which Moses made, and was once a cure for all who . „.„i n ...I,. ^r.,w. „.wi ' Io'»l . 7. , . -i i »• i i J 1 I A I ,.; to,! ,.t nn« li.nn tlmt it Chron , sviii.. 4, for the children ot Isreal gent day. I had deciiled at one tiirio tnat it ^ ' . ,, , . was by immersion f om the ,.assage ii,! Acts. 1 •>■"» »""'" ""=^'"C« •« "• ^ '"•" ♦'"" 7 "«« T..,,39v. where it read., (ole-de-ancbcsun ck \ »!'"» "" '"l" ■" »« ^'^ /«'"'";f '" ""y *:'^";f ' . j any longer than it is useful and prontable «* a o*-J I j.^|. ji^j^ antidote had stood for the space oi And when they were came up out of the , ^^^ ^et as all rites and ceremonies water. But 1 found on research of tlic best ^^J^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ been abused, nodoub^ Greek Lexicons that ek means from.as well , ^^,^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^p^^^ as out of, so be assured you have it in plain : ^^^. ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^,^^^ ^^.^ ^.^^ ^^^ performed But we have not aninstanceof the Apos- ; by immersion, as that word has a share i ties or any of the Christian Fathers waiting the meaning of tho original word Bapiisa until tlie children of believing iiarents" were and thai men imagining thereby that thei grown up, before they baptized them.— | sins were a« tvashed away, when their con! Therefore "we conclude that adults are not i sciences bore no such testimony, the churcf the only legitimate subjects of baptism; | then had power to abrogate such thingi and that iinivieislon is not the only legiti- 1 and to briogthem to a safe standing. Yoi mate mode of that sacrament." | see a positive proof of this, in the other « We have opinion, but no i)roof, that there j crament of the Lords supper which was fi were difl'erent forms used then, as well as used as a feast or common meal in quantitj row ; it is s-aid that when heathen jjioselytes but seeing that one was gluttonous, and ac were baptized into J-jwdaism, that they other drunken, they brought inlown to then plunged the whole body in Avater, in order to put away the great |)ulliition,— as the Jews counted the heathen as dogs, or unclean persons.— But when Jews were baptized into Christianity, the difference not being so much, they only fi|ni:ikled or poured water upon them. In the fourth cen- tury adults were baptized at Easter, and Whit-Sunday, and were attended with lighted tapers, in order to shew that they had lef\ off heathen darkness, and had en- tcfcu O!'! ta tTt\er\o\ llirllt "• b"--l S — Knit also was put into the mouth, shewing the saving nature of the christian religion.— The pereons baptized were obliged to go no direct proof how water was applied, morsel of bread and a sup of wine so that is no longer tempting to the abuse of ir, ai who at present reject tlie improvemei made on this part ? It is said indeed, (lohn iii, 23) that Jot was baptizing in iEnon, near to Salem, h cause there was much water there; tli seems to be many streams, or rivulets as ti greek verb, (pollu or poleo) signifies to tu aside or the dividing of tho water, diffel entways, and being shallow and fordal givR ample space for the great conflux people to John, as they came by hundr( and thousands to him to be baptized ;— 1 thought i npiizcd al Ji/ed iiImo ii liere is not rater wa^ It is said Jordan, (.Ma i( (loco iiol lic.h they nil lie NJia liosi, and ater as wi iDilccd hnpt ■riit.'iiice. III |i. II,) wai ^aid and vi iiial grac(.'. at shall ha 111 witii lit times in and l.")0 I us, John li reumlots o an. Jhit d f the waler t say HO, tL e water, i ys who ha e wrath ti ted you, an rveiitly, an ng, made ; lius was til nger of oui ulsofthe I o |.v this sill ken raised a weak capac [er I believe :ul wpfipo ^wn the A|J ten raised o iviour has d OR, PLAN' or SAIA ATH)\. IhI llie npnco of aeven 'ore erilinted under t of the world, &c. 1 the ordiniinco ta tntice, if 80 bo that bccoitie Biipcrutiti gcr to lio relnincd ; pent wltich MoHea I ciirn for nil who XXI.,!'- Hut uHer- , nnd wan broken Cing Ilezckiali, ('4 ) children of Isrenl From this wo sec lined in nny churcli refill nnd profitable nod for the space oi tes nnd ceremonies' in nhnned, no doulc fied. Then suppose I rite was pe; forme ord hus a shnre ii [inid word Baptist I thereby that thei vay, when their co Bsiimony, thechurcl brogate such thingi pufe standing. Yoi hia, in the other « p|)er which was fi ion meal in qnantitj I gluttonous, nnd ar. ought it down to jup of wine so that the abu8«8 of ir, ai t the improvemei hniii, 23) that Job 1, uenr to Salem, li"' h water there ; \U ims, or rivulets as t| i/eoj iy water. (Acts, vm, '38) This does not prove that the Eunocli was immersed, for ilie greek eis often means h or unto, so there is not so much as one proof in all my re,;d- ing. of any person going into the water even ancle deep in order to be baptised. OF CHRIST DYING FOR ALL MEN. [.V this subject negative theorems have !en raised and warmly supported by men weak capacity, and confined views. How- ler I believe that no man can fmd theolo- !ul Weillinii.': vvniirl.tii <..,»....L a„ ■ _, kwn the Apostolical structure which has ►en raised on this foundation: viz., that our iviour has died for the sins of all men. This indeed was the greatest event that the world ever witnessed, too wonderful for the comprehension of man, and that even —angels poiued into. It was fraught with wondti, terror and blessings. It was the first fruit of 4000 years ripening, Sec. Sec. It was at that memorable and awful moment when Christ hung n[.on the cross, that m 'J'lU; MAIIIIOW OF Tlir, SCUIPTIIIEH, m lie l)roko down the iniilillo vvall of pnr- titioii l)ft\vc;oii Jew and (jJciitiln, made wiiy lortlie jiigatlif.riiigof ilio nations, and opcn- (ul 11 fonntuin in the house of David, for sin and iniclcanncsH, i^aying look niito tno all yo ends of the enilii, and he ye saved, i^c. Tliid dootrine is essential to onr connnon salvation. But how can Christ's victory he joy to all nations if it he as the Calvinists have it, limited to n certain ninnherPand we know not whether you or 1 he in tliat number or not. Theforo how can we have tiiilli in him, of whon) it is alHrniud by tiiein that we know nor, wiicther ile linssheil l^s l)lood for us or not; if he has not died for us wo are yet in our sins, and where Christ is we cannot come, (fcc. IJnt the .'\|)o&t!o Paul tcachoth us a better Icasou. (Rom. v, (i.) Hero he tesliiies, that while wc were without strcngt' in due time, (Jhrist (lied for tlic unf^ocUi/ ; r u he goes on logically reasoning, that "scarcely for a righteous man will one die : yet iieradvcn- turo for a good man some would even dare to die." Now here is a flat contradiction to tiie Calvinibtic reasoiicr who says that CIn-ist died only lin- the elect or holy ones of the earth, while the whole voi(;c of the scriptures cry out that lie died ibr simiers. A:id Paul tcstiiies that "Cod conunendeth his love towards us in that, while wo were yet sinners, Christ died for us." The ori- ginal, is wonderfully emphatic signiling to .set forth a whole- by a coudiination of |)arts, Uiiia (jod in the most conspicuous maimer, huth recommend his love, to the notice, and admiration of all men in all lands by dying for them; and at w^hnt time was it when they were elect and holy ? 1 tell you nay, but" when they were enemies, they wore reconciled to (Jod by the death of his Son." I have ?iot space horn even to enter into this great subject, as my | ages are limited, but you sec here are |)lain truths, firmly laid down by the .Apostle Paid, that Christ (lied even I'or the ui\go(lly sinner. So, these facts are siitlicielit to provi; the reality of this doclrine, besides there are an boat of othe.'s. ( 1 Cor .\v, titi.) Vov as in Adam all die even fdjoiu-s firs so in Christ shall all be made alive. It is fiii? ihat the then said by the cavalist that if Christ died |ho fioor de Ibr all, then must all he .saved. This i- |»« t'lt-' luasl most beautifully answered, byjtho great IMil i'''''t Christ i ton, in his excellent poem on Paradi.-r f* ^'> am|)ly Lost, Looii ;V line 2'J(). ivord of (»'oi on is As full as I s the wrapt Jicy say, n tail ever pe ilbid sins ai " As ill him .y(/rt;;( pcrisii all men, so in tin' Clirisf, As from a second root, shall l)c restor'd As many as ai(! ri'slin'd, witlmiit thco none. His (.i-imi; maki's guilty all hisscjtis; tliy incri Im|)iitu(i,(asit were,) shall aliholve tiieui who') rononniu | Thoir own, both righteous and iinrighteons | tj|)^ ,,g jj jg (l(;0(ls, And live in tlipc. transplanted, and from thee lleceivo new lilb so, man as is iikjsI just .Shall salisl'y lor inan, be jniJg'd and die. A\n\ (lying, rise, anil rising with liim raise. His brolliien raiisonTd with his own dear lil 8o, lieav'niy love shall oul-ilo hollisli hale. " This is well expressed by Milton— mark the lines in a brace — they embrace the whole terms of salvation ; for although iIk Saviour has sullered, and also oflered salva tion to all men, yet it is implied that they must come up to the terms of the act oi grace in order to receive the benefit of it Ileb. v., !>. And being made perfect he bccante the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him. And again to Ti mothy he states, that " if we deny him In will also deny us, if we believe not, yet he abideth iiiithful, remuincth arduously desir- ous that we should believe and bo saved. (Duncilai.) lie cannot deny himself," oris not able to conquer the yearning of hi:* bowels of compassion for the poor sinner. O! Lord thy love is wonderful ! siirpassiiiu'' that of David, Jonathan, or of woman. So nl .-diidetli Paul e.vhoi '■ wurc not other's wa; lis, " that tl |r whom ( iiinst the b iKsciences, g to jierdili e, a soul foi ost preciou! acioiis imei ! says one feat tim jiiii ;mlle.= T5i d must onb t seductioi wer on earl of sin, IK light. Tlic 1 down her laa made oiidly, that y apostatise without the sacrallco and attonemcut o( '""'""on, «ii t by his ow y see that e ionce in a : Christ there was no salvation oU'ereil to the sinner; without believing and obeying tiiere is no way by which he can obtain that sal- vation. Peter tells us " there shall be fiilso teachers among you, who privately slia bring in damnable heresies, even denyin!,' the Lord that bought them, and that mnii,\ shall follow their ]toruicious ways and brin: upon themselves swift destriHliuii.' Sat; Jrefore, wo • s either to eavcti, sccii I or burn ; " the iiiaster-pioopof IioiTsv; tlicv u.nply and strongly .npported l.y the f " I is iVnd ' . ' ''""" ''"^ '"" l-ord of(;od, and that his lo mu,,. ...Ll „ '" i "" ~ • '"' ■^' "'''^'^""^ ""' hnn with thy ,n.>at for whom Chn..t died, l">'-^rrd thee, sni.l, onr (Jod, and yet ll.o.i wa.st not pur-e.I. (K-m., xxiv. J;?.) « j ^^ the cood shopherd, s-aith Christ, [ ^avn ,„y liCe ihv the sheep, and iMvater love liaih no iill men, so in tlici^ vord of(;od, and that his love and conipas lion is mII I)c restor'd witlmut tiit'u none. 1 his sijn.'< ; lliy men ahsulvu llieia wJio I. As full as perfort to vilo man that mourns Is the wrapt serapii ilmt adores and burns."' ted, iuui from tliec !is i.s muiit just taJg'd and die. 1^' with liim raise, til iiis own dear iil il-du liuilisli liiUu.' hey say, none that he shed his l.jood for, ball ever perish, notwithstandin^r t|,ei,. ,„a.' j filoid sins and transgressions. ISut Christ H and unncliteoiis ♦.iiu ■,« ;, ic i,,, .i..,. i .i .■ • ■ « ! " ^ "'"^' doetli the wjll of (Jod ' at ahideth for ever. Paid exhorts, (Cor. viii.) that woaucht to ware not to jmta stumbling block in our jother's way, advancing the following re.a- ns, " that tile weak brother may not perish 1 by Milton-mark J", ^^''"f" <-''"■'»' tlicd. For when ye sin they embrace tiiej"'"^' ''"' 'j'"«tl'ien, and wound their" weak n ; for although tlR#'**f"''^'"-'^S' ye sin against Christ," by seiid- dal, ] reasons largely on this, saying, Codsolovc.'l the world that lie gave bis only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should aLmii.vf..^ I i.» i " ^""'"'"^ "'""soever helievetli in bin she %amstus blotted out: yea, "I Lave | not perish, but have everlasting life, ^,c. 36 THE MARROW 01-' THE SCRIPTURES, * mT Mark, whosoever you are wlio have taken refuge in aic, tlje ark of safety, you man, or you woman, ye master or yo servant or whosoever ye are, — of what country, lan- guage, clime, or nation, the ocean of my blood is as able to bcar.tliee up us tiie waters were to bear up the ark of Nonh ; fear not then, thy debt is paid the nionietit you be- lieve in me, and I will receipt you with an answer of peace ; look for this, look for ihe receipt, go not without it, if you keep the receipt it will settle the books for you at the day of Judgment ; fear not then, ye ar(» no longer under the hard task-masters of Egypt; " for God sent not his son into tlie wiirld to condem the world, but that the world through him might be saved," — fur " All the souls that are, were forfeit once, And he who might the vantage best have took round out the remedy ;— t) I think of this, And mercy then will breathe within your lips Like man new made I ! !" Again God so loved the world ! What amplitude of expression is used here? shewing forth God's indescribable love to bis creatures. O ! how much rests tipon the word — SO— so i.oved, in so wonderful a manner ! that be spared not hisfown son l)ut delivered him up for us all. — Rom. viii. rS2. — He was delivered for our sins, and is risen again for our justification ; so, " he that believeth on him is not condemned." But after all this, mark ye the condition, " he that believotb not is condemned alrea- dy," being guilty and would not come to Christ for pardon ; he therefore continues under the condemnation of divine wrath and justice, which is passed against all sinners that have either slighted or neglected the Balvation which God hath provided, in order to redeem bis soul from the pit and bring him to eternal felicity. So if we do not use the medicine perscrilied, and provided for us, we cannot expect tiiat it will cure us of our disease, nevertheless it still retains its sanative iintnre, nnd the skill of the "hvsician who perscribed ir, rcmaineth good. So no man is saved by this sacrifice, l)ut he that believetli in it, Every man mus; believe lor himself, individually, that Christ died futi'iit death himsellalone, as much as if there were iioJ'"'' "ot the one other person in the wliole world. Nowpce Mathei this is the way in which it niust be api)lic(lf o*«We, Id in order to become eflectual to Salvatioi:^"' vvithou But how can these people believe who kno\l''e world v not whither they are within the reach ojhereforehe mercy or not; we miibt have a firtn "faitP^ ^very |j nothing wavering; for he that vvavereth ■mde atone like a wave of the sea driven with the vviti»orZ^,and tj and tossed : and let not that man think tli!B''ace, mere lie shall receive anythmg of the Lord ; wf^^^^ Jesus double mindtd man is unstable ia all hpyini', rising ways".— James I, G, 7, 8. tomingour. We see here the indispensable necessil full prooi of personal faith, and that we umst all liluman race, lieve that Christ divested himself of man. So by Glory, left bis Father's Throne above for i«ath ohtaine( tabarnacled among men, and that for oA not merel sakes He became poor, suffered shame awvers, that reproach, shed drops of blood, was led as»eh. v, 9. J sheep to the slaughter, was scourged a:^'""^ ^'"* ^u nailed to the Cross, drank vinegar and gi yielded up the Ghost, and was pierced w a spear for my sins. Ml this we must bo feelingly and firmly believe. O ! Sinn sinner, saith the Saviour, ' this I did for tl what doestthou for me,' &c? ah ! exclainiej-'^' this subje the believer " Is this the Heavenly friend who hung, In blood and anguish on the tree, Whom Paul proclaini'd, whom David surMp„„„'.„„ . • VVho died tor you, wlio died tor tne.' evertheless, O! "Twas the sight of thy dear Cross, ■nd lurchin"' First wean'd my heart from earthly thinM . " And made me to account as dross, Bcretly by the The mirth of fools, and pomp of KingiVceit, try to n This, then, is that Saviour mentiotB^'es of that ; (Heb. II, 0,) who was made a little lo\Md 'il^e the p than the Angles : viz., took our nature uiB"''l" — J«r, \ him, and tasted death for every man. m ''^'s article ; "This seems to point out the wlMs'iew forth f human family as being accused, tried, fonW'i ^"d of his, guilty and condemned; each having bis o»" of men, fn poisoned cup to drink; and Jesus! W^'^nt day, an( >V(i!ulerf!i! Jesus' t'lkes' fho vv.n aut nf^^^ ^^i'l contir hand of each, and cheerfully, and \*e sentence w alacrity drinks off the dregs. Thus ha\*"deth thus to drank every man's jioisoned cup, he ta;W' t''on doesi GC I he said in f Jtea: viz., tl s impartialit OR, PLAN OF SALVATION. \', thnt Christ (lied fui|l"it deatJi wliicli they must liave endured^ I as if tiieie were iio!|i««... • .l . rt from earthly thini "^ , 'V""" '^''""^ '" ^^e present day, who unt as dross, Bcretly by then- false phylosophy and vain and pomp of KingAceit, try to reason away the gracious pro- Saviour mentiocB"'^* of that great and benevolent being, Id like the presumptious Jew, " belie the ■d."~Jer, v!— And as .much depend this article; I shall, therefore, endeavour - - shew forth God's own testimony of him- accused, tried, foiiBfj and of his just judgment unto the chil- each having his J" of men, from the earliest period to the al them thnt o6.y//u„. This text is an ab- solute evidence that it is not the imputed obedience of Christ that saves any man. although it goes so by phraseology; but it IS poor logic to say, I „m w icked, but Chrise 's holy, therefore X must be holy, or his holiness will serve for me. Satan hhnself might claim this also, but though there be provisions in a rich mans store, yet we may starve out side if we cannot partake of then, Our salvation Christ has purchasrd, but in order to be partaker of it. the sinner must through that grace which he withholds from no man, repent, turn from sin, believe on Jesus as being a suflicient ransom and sa- crifice for his soul; receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, be a worker together with him, walk in conformity lo the Divine Will' through his Divine aio, and continue faithful unto death through Him out of whose ful-- cess he may receive grace for grace, &c. I friend who hung, ill on the tree, d, whom David siini who died for me .'' made a little la ook our nature u or every man. )int out the w cepted, (Gen. iv., 7,) which sheweth plainly that the Judge of all the earth will most as- suredly do whatsoever is lawful and right " And now, therefore, stand still that I may reason with you before the Lord of hosts, of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which'he did to you and to- your fathers." " Yet the children ofthy people say, the way of the Lord is not equal ! but as for them, their way is not equal," &c.-He is a respecter of persons says one, for he loved Jacob and hated Easan ; therefore, he saves some and destroys others without cause, &c.— But observe the word hate refers only lo an in- ferior degree of love, and not to hatred at all, as in the case where it is said, if a man hate .; and Jesus! f'^"' f^- «°J ^vhich we are bound to be- not his Father and Mother he'cUrbemv !tlT> <.Mr. /.nt "('■Ve Will conliniifi tn fhn on'l '>*■ "II ♦h: lj--- , ... '-annul uo my •■:..;;■'■ :;•;*« «.n,„„.„ .:.;;:::. :-.::: :;; :'■ :^":-- ^^"^'''"^ > ;"^^ ^^' '-•^ '"em in a less degree leerfiilly, and ^•^ sentence which was from the beginning Iregs. Thus hav»"deth thus to the whole habitable earth. !oned cup, he i&m^ ^''ou doest vvell shalt thou not be ac- 1 deg(.,„ than he loves God, who is his eternal Fa- ther.— Also, it was said to Rebecca that it was two nations that was yi her womb-two :ie THE MARROW OF THE ^CRIPTIJRE^, . manner of peoi)Ie— the one to be stronger llian tlie otficr.— ( Jen. xxv.— So ilic were no personal olooiion or reprol)fition in tlie cuKc, for the were some good men of Esau's posterity ; oven Job, one of the most excel- lent characters in antiquity, was an EJom- ite. And notwith.slanding Esau's makin^^ jiflJnity with the Daughters of Cainflan, ho had no less than fourteen dukes belonirin" to his family, and they were a flourishing and learned peoj)Ic lor nearly seventeen hinidred year.«, anvomaii shall '"vc I not pn t'^, and tile '-'5 thoao tha of sin. " I Ji, 'w and no mil 'liiut yo in, ai shew thyself pint iioii wilt sliew thy nptatioii conflriin'( I'liuroli's iinpioly iirdeiicd Phnroli, i, a worse Le)iel'thaii lies.— See Jst .Saiii ^otiiieil about send- e Lord some liesi- ;rssny "wliorcforc iir licnrts, as tliei rdcned tlieir heart -'onderfiilly amoiid lists in the prcsei iges, have a vvory ding than even th s, for you see here, i God foolislily a; having respect o rath is against tii no matter wha G wiio dispises hi ng in leading hiii after his hard an I up wrath again revelation of ti id, who will rcudc ) his deeds." 13i itioiis and do no ation and wrat ipon every soul o ! Jew first and als ^*'^' ^'LAiV OF SALVATJOIV. fho |.revK.,s adndnistrarioM of his ZZ T ^ "" "^ •^"■•^"^'"'- -'-'"' on w ) CTf ^'-;»''"'-inbeeondennK.dr is ,^T T '""""" ^^' '"-3' tlm l.eft In ghteonsness will he eondemnod or,^^o '^"''''''''' '"' >-°'"' '-'^1. set on ed'e --n,..hehadsn,nci~: Cd!: Ir^T """^^'^'^^^^^ h ^or the salvation of his ^onl ; Zt T 'T'' ""'''' "'"" »''"^ -'--^'i' into '-.'^ any partiality 0^1:' „.^ ^^^o T '""''' ''^ '^ ''«.-: pi ::';;': km sent in ii^ii i •"inge, and no , hoiiou h good to the Je ile, for there is iij od" — Rom. II 11 not act accoi utiality, the cli af the persons I take no uickej nal advantages ivill send no rigi W, so-vo,, ,„„, ,,„„„„ ^,^ ^____ I I^^^^J2 " '-i'-=t of po,.ons with G-cd, &e 'r""' ^T' """''^ "-'-■"•■'' ''3' the in, . , 1 ow Go, hunself soen.s to be d^.Lsed tf f ?■ V'""" ''""'■■"'^-' ^"-^ 3 on , on o then- most benevolent creator 1'" '"• T'''' '''""^ " ^•^''«''' ••''' «ouls 'o -I'on makin,. bin, a partial jmIL? "'"'^' '^•'""' ^^^ ^o'<'." I -n their crea ■^«''':";-."".I^na„dintheu-ayo !. "T ' '"'""" "'°^' '"-»-« '''ood ""• .^''^ ^vcni of God asko.h tL° ,,^1 "'■''"'"' f ''"^ ^^°"' '^^ "-' ''^"'^^••, - also ' ^'--.v.ng, .. .V,,,, „,.,,„ ^.^ „,;;;;' •^^- ".'« -•" of the son i.s ndne : the s.nl 1 1 . t ^;ovorb in the la..d on:!::^^^ ±^ other's have eaten sonr gra,,os and h r , '"' '''"• ^"' ''*' ^''"'"'s sins nor ^'-"•« 'octhare set on ie." ' T.;';!' IT'" ';^?' -^^' "O'' «- Israel's sins, ^JZ to the Jel '-■'" 'o lay ai, their evil a iions ^ ' '^'"''^ "'" ''^ "-'-'•'« ' ''"' 'o • ■ ■ \ of thei. /idlon nature, Z th i 'n" T "'"'"-^'^ ^"'""''^'-^ "o-'-t i \;- 'iopraved naturo npo Co u , JTV ''^""'''"""^ ^ ^'''-' -'^ ^^^^.0^ - !'"" to fi.,hor their si,... Now ;! I rr ' "'" "'""' *''"'' '""" -^ -^ K^oddon.cs their charge an,.;,,,^ i,''!" """' 7:" '^"''^"St!' change it, no more Kects their n,isnndor:;an.^r .'" 1^'; ''" m''"'"'" •^"" ^'^'^^ ''*« ^ki^r [•K- For of old time (saith GcuH I " J( •'" '''''^"'■'' '^'^ '^f^'^^" «"' do yon not be h''y vokc and bnr.tthv band' .'".T T "'"" ^ ''^" ^''^ that n,/;,,.; being brought 1 -Oman shall '-nnse tl,o .soipent .■ i "nr'^^ ^""' '-•"•' "^^r, " if tln-ongh \he nil! judge in tl*^'^ I "ot procfaimed, liberty to t ; ' v' ?. " '""""^ "'° ''^'-^''^ o*' the bo ' rand conduct J^:; -;.;,. opening of th/ ;::: j ^;;:^ :;-;;- viii.--Vet ye say:;^ on till} ground 1 I blessings whiq tved or abused.- si'i. '' I have set bel "wi- and no man can si ore 'ise of Israel, is not m yo" an, are not your ways „,H;,,„a| V w oi not ^o 111, and I will not "^'t;nndth„u &c.-,Yoot.ght iiy t'fjual; unequal indeed, l"'-''i ihee stead of tl to be holy livers ; but 'at yc arc dv m- '"g ^jinners ; alas! 40 TIIE MARROW OF THE SCRIPTl RES, aiS have I any pleasure nl all that the wicked should die ? snith the Lord, and not that lie should return Aom his wickedncBsand live. Eze. xviii, 23. Is not this one testimony of God siiflficient to convince the Culvinist, and all the world, that God never made a man for eternal destruction. Therefore an Esau, a Pharoh, and a Ju with him. Therefore rotmn unto me oi^' ''elicviir backsliding children saith the Lord, and iwresurrecl will lake you, even one of a City and two oW* guard t\g a family and 1 will bring you unto Zion. W *'"'" '"nr God is not willing to give up the pncB"' l""'-'8ent t sinner, he calls, return and live. He 8nve#P6'''''"i:Pd one, even Lot, out of a city!! Reader, ■'"c'l they there .should be but one righteous persoB^-T ''f>|>e tli das had each of them their several warnings, in the city or place where '.hou dwcllcst, •"ei'to bed thou tiiat perrioji I "and if you be wise yj"'^''® ''*^P<' shall be wise for thy self," &c. Follow iij a luMltiiudeto do evil," for whatsoever go(j thing any man dooth, the same shall he ceived of the Lord whether he bo Itondj free. Ye masters do the same things, \\ bearing, threatning, knowing that yci'''0'« assura Master is also in Heaven; neither is lliJ'^'^en assu respect of persons with God." His invil'^ Apostle, i tioii is, " Ho ! every one that thirsteth coB''^^ ^^ ^"'•h ye to the waters. Sec. Also, tlie spirit -f Persiiasioi the bride (say come, and lot him that hcar»®''°°s ^'^e as say, come, and let him that is athirst ccii°"'' P|""sonal and whosoever wilL^ And this whosoever if'^[ °^ this li will redomid through the caverns of nl'' '" Christ and the arches of Heaven, that this has hW"'' interest ir proclaimed, " that icliosoever tvill, may co§? before the and take of the waters of life freely, (# commences XXII, 17.) "Behold 1 come quickly, aii.it^'<^'"y a net reward is with me, to give to every M'^^>^or tvmui their day of grace and offer of mercy as well as others. Judas fell by his own transgres- sion, (Acts, I, 25,) and not by any previous clecrec. Naw, what mean you sinner to have such thoughts of me; am I not a just God and a Saviour, and besides me there is none other. Rehold God will not cast away a perfect man; neither will he iiel|) ihe evil doers. .Tob, viii, 20. I love thum that love me, saith the Lord, and those that seek me early shall find me. — Riches and honour are with inu, yea, durable riches and righteousness, my fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my reventie than choice silver,— Pro. viii, 17. " Peter opened his mouth and said, of a truth 1 perceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he that feareth him and vvorketh righteousness is accepted of iiim." — (Acts X, 34) God will never shut out the pious ])rayers, the sincere fasting or benevolonl ^ according as his work shall be." There*' "« post-pos alms given of any man who fears him ; and I it shall surely be said at the greot and iW> yea, and ;; this is the true meaning of the passage, &c. ble day, that there is no iniquity witliF "^ paxdo-p But he that doetli rong shall receive for the j Lord our God, nor respect of person «''«8ses that wl rong, and there is no respect of persons i Him, &c. &c. ■ , °^^ ^^' = I' I I ■'.as that bush ortance ough 'est alacrity, ot sufficient ON THE WITNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRll OR THE INTERNAL EVIDENCE OF OUR ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD 1* "ff^very ej [■tion in order The doctrine of persona! assurance has af- 1 can have no real ov absolute assuranj forded matterofinqiiiiy,bothamong divines I his debt being paiil, and that he is and laymen, and some of both parties have ; man. Rut this awful and drccitful doo asserted that no man knoweth in this life, is clearly refuted both by holy scriptm salvation of t [I'eing immofi God's tesi Wmg the tri neither is it nfiCP.Rs,Try that lie .should know ■whether lie is living after the flesh or after the spirit. They hqld that it is enough for hitn to be in a hopeful condition, but that he blessed positive facts which we have no reasiW "^ born (an '^ot 560 the K Now as G( abraided his discipW"' '^ '«* also 6 rotmn unto mo lilh the TiOrd, mid pf n City ami two oi ng you unto Zion. 3 give up tlie poc I ami live. lie save a city ! ! Render, lie rijtiiteoiis jiersoi Bce thou dwellcst, h 1 if you bo wise y If," &c. Follow ti for wliatsoovcr fro nIiuII lie Oil, J'LAN «)!' SAIAATIOX. ()|ot Itehcvnip those who tc5.tifir,l to tl.Pm r,f i 7, '. „ Lresurrection. HoweveM.i: ^ ::: ^ ^ J^!"- ^^'^ ^^^^ i" "<«.., on „.- ^ guard «gai„M presumption, cntfn iu , " ,. '""!'"" '""'^" "^'^ -"''^Pt «tat.., Waini„..nngination,as\„„„Vp; ;^^^^'^'I^^^^^^ "'"'•'-' -" e"ter thJ .0 present day on boin, a.Ia./ir' thov , « n! Z, d il """ " '""" '""•^' ""'' '"« :i'enonco,| ,bc power of tint , 'i; , '' ''''"'"''^"f-'"i''«t ^^'O'Und (.'od ".iC. they p..ore; „re rl, o :::! ^ l:"^;;'''^. '"«^--"' "-ven.o al! ley I'opc they ,lo. This is, nonr , I " ^ '"'■"'"'•'' "'•^'•*'^' "OMiiat/brthesv mere hope that Christ is vo„r. i. nlV " • /'"^'«'"'« '^very n.an must hav. i sufficient, because it i no oot , M '''' ""' '™"' "^'''^'^"' »'- «''-'• '•o . .- Hence the n,UnonZ:^:^: ^l^^^^^^ |."^«. Some divines have n.enti ed ti ' o d wt T I' 7""°' ""^ ""' ^■"'"^ ''"' -ram-c is itieluded in the very esse.! Ct^;,,!'^";;,'^^ '"!l ^^ — - no, ,,ether he bo !>ondf'''-«n'-ci8 included in the very essence ofieniov, I L^-^/ " ^'e cannot see no; he sa.ne things, I"'- «« that « „.a„ cannot have 11,1,^,'^^^^^^^ Tlienewbi,,h knowing that yc|l-o.U assurance; ^ut we must disti„.„is Ln ' wh!. '? ^^'"':^'" ^f" -""'Prehends not knowing that ycjt''O.U assurance; ^ut we must disti„.,"i^X Iv vvhlt'''? ^^'"';^'" "^^ ^»">P'-e'">".l« n.u tlJtween assurance and justifying £ but. I ^^r^^^ nvl«Apos.ei„de,dspeaJort,^,-,,:::N;;;-^^^^^^ ten; neillier is h God." His invi le that tbirsteth cd Also, the fpirit ; i lot hiin that bean that is uthirst co [)!(/ this whosoever i tiic caverns of o;i ■en, that this has b locver ivill, may co s of life freely, (11 :;otne quickly, ami o give to every shall be." There It the grept and t no iniquity with spect of person ,Y SPIRlj ;e with god I absolute assuranj and that he is nl t» of Ihi.l, ; I,,,, „,^„ ,1 ., ' - • l^'"''"! on,. |,a,,l„„„l, „„J ,|,e i,„,,„ri,, „,• Wper5omJi„,ores,inClm»t„„M I "^ ""»««««<>« implies the re. il' i" Cluis, Joe, no, i,„„|„ „„ ;' „„ T' , T'" " •' •"■' '■ '"•"<" <''«< m.Hv .- i,Uere„ i„ !,„„, [„. ,1 ore , , Z' " ' .''° "'^'»™«' "i">. '■^ "'o full r,,,i„ u,e,,.„ r II «3 post.p„tl„, Viz., 1,0,1, before .ind L",i k« ,? ''° "''" "'»'-B"l ~[l^^. -M.v„, 2.)-Therefore let us next co.',- BK or how this great and glorious blessin. oanbed,scerned,amihowwearetoM-it„es; the possessmn of such an heavenly enjoy- ment, or whether it is ins.antane;u.ly Iv gradually g.ven or received. It is profitable to look mto the perfect law oflioertv that ■'ion in ot^ier to"s;;;^:;,r;:;:::f ^^^ "^ '"'^''"^ '^^ cle,ive..nc/C -Ivation of their souls. "Bo«ties".jraTr "^ '""''^ '''^"'-'- ^^ being immortal ia mo.t worthy of H e l.^on h!/ r'^'^' ''' '''"-'''' ''«^^-' « ■" God's testimony is "verilv ve dv '^ r ''"■''"''' '^'^^ ''«^« "" clear "^n.«,o.r„e«oL„,,.„5;;::;l:::t™:iiri:i-:^-Ti-=-"- lir ihol1 if, yea, and also as the Greek has it, we « be paitlo-post-posiHve, (a tense « J,ich resses that which IS on the point of being le,) before we e.vperience grace. And *, as that business which is of the greatest ortance ought to be attended to with the "test alacrity, let us see therefore if there let sufficient reason that n>en should »Woffevery encumbrance and use every and drccitfnl do* ^ods testimony is "verily, verilv Lvi^.^r.^ r »";" "Ps they liave no cle« by holy scrip.,.* fying the truest of all truths'' ex pt' ::;;;; -d therefore retard their pre ve have no rea J» ^e born (anothene.) or f.-o.. IL..^ jf. 1.^.?'"" P'^'"^'"? '^'•««'-d to thatGreat bein a.e given to usf«'*eo the Kingdom of God."-(Jc',n.Cr. '.'.'' n'''''''''T '^"' whatsoever ye shal word of Go(l.i) Now as God does nothing withou- a ' "! '' P''^^^' ''<^''"i"& ye .shall receive ,A..\ 1.;= Hi«Pi„l»'". it is also mo..?t ,-nn.r,.,„i.i„ ..... .' . "'" '"^o Uc hath said, who cnmm. i;.. '", it is also most reasonable that he he will "g. ye shall receive. give the Holy « 10 cannot lie. spirit (0 them tliat 4'j THK aiAliUOW Ul" THE .SCliU'TI ut:?*, ask liiiii.— (Liikc xi.)— But how cnii iliesol persons liavo luitli vvlio do not liellevc tlic ])romisp nttJiiiinlilo in this liib? iii liiiist lliat! wo ciiii 1)0 sensible ol" liis pnnJoninjf love, und witliont faith it is itn|)0ssil)l(j to pU'iiso ; Cod; neither to ho partakers ol" his Holy! Spirit, as faith is tiie pivot on which nssii- r.-incc rovoivcs, &c. For all things arc pos- sihlo to iiini that Iwlicveth. David saiiii ho found tron!)k! and heaviness, tliat the sor- row of dealh and the pains of hell got hold u|)on him, that then he called npon thc! name of the Lord anil he helped hint, de- livered Ilia soul from death, his eyes liom tears, and his feet from fallinfr. Then ho adds, 1 believed, therefore have 1 spoken, 1 will walk before the Lord in the lant! of ihe iivirg — Psalm 110. PanI tells the Corin- thians that " Got!, who comniandt- th the light to shine ont of darkness, hat'i shirici! into onr hearts, to give thc light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." So he says we believe, and therefore do speak. — (2 Cor. iv.)— The eritarian will ask, what did these men say? They iirst s])cak ilie slate of the [tenitent soul and next the forgiveness of sin, — penilenl. " Like a crane, or a swallow, so did I chatter, 1 did mourn as a dove, mine eyes fail with looking upward, O I Lord, I am oppressed, rindertakc for me," &c. ExPEUiENCE— Behold for peace I had great bitterness, hut thou hast in love to my soul, delivered it from the pit of corruption, for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.— (Isa. xxxviii.) Now is this not even the words of thc Apostle, staying, "to him gave all the Propliets witness, that through his name, whosoever helieveth in him shall receive remission of sins." (Acts x, 43.) "Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us, for afier that ho had said bejbrc, this is the covenant that 1 will make with them after those days, saith the Lord. 1 will put niy laws within their hearts, and in their minds will I write them, and llieii' sins and their iniipiity will I remember no more. •'Mow where remission of these arc, there is iidor tho po 1. Men ar nan to be I such a mi t derogate e, nn pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, t then I will follow thee;" you see there i intimation here that Elijah spoke aiig him, cither bad or good, neither did mantle which he touched him with ; yet electric and divine fire blazed upon alter of his heart, though Elijah seemii endeavoured to persuade him that notl was the mattei*, saying, go back, for \^ have I done unto thee ? But some pre; and so some lielieve that man can adv no further in christian life tlian to bo alu striving to overcome thc world, the 11 and the devil, and striving to the end of life, never sensible of a change of In Now this is a miserable doctrine, for thei is preparation and nothing effected ; alv a teaching the pre-requisitc and never a ficient; alwaysatschool, bntneverasch ever learning, hut never able to come to| knowledge of the truth. A poor pro."] indeed, reader if you die in this state, you had never been born.—" VVhosoevBf,.„,,, ~, , ™"uiii ge tlie e born of God siimeth not, for his secilHi,p,,|, „ , , . , ' ^eiD jiot wind not of the c IS thc w conversion I ) so that uiei they Jiuve p inipereeptih ir entered itt iculous healii 'liiys of our 1 taiicously Jjo 1^? which al 'heir sins. e,sin nomor saitJi Christ,] io3 he forgive asa Jialfvva, ptihie grace '. and is not Ije either a s: I'lave not tlie £ But wliei '" yon, the hi See Rom. v "r iiot of tli niamulli in him and he cunnol sin, hci. he is born of God," ( 1st John in, 9.) WaikJ testimony staiulcth for itself, that a ■noim,. i t' ISk. oil, I'l.AN OF SALVATION. Itlor tllO |)0\V0" of frinnn ,1^.1 / "" — ■-'■'-./>:::;;i;::"i;:ir:;;:;;;;::'^ -no l.oibun.l; uell, suppose there " ,r t ^'l?'''"''''' ""'' ^ «'- huch a man to l>e fotnul, even that does h :• . ""^"""'""-""^ F'nnlon of „1| l'« wl.irl, le, and every .nan a li.-w. Ha ve ■ ioi 1 " ""'"'' ''" ^"'•"'^'^'••" ^'o^v «„rel, „ « -a,ovvero in the Apo«tlo« davO 'Sv r It : r '^ " '" '"^" "-'""^ "- t'- /ear oftho Lonl, and in L co - ^ , V In '"'' "'"""^ ^^'-•''-- '"" ot the Holy G'l,o.t."--(Act. ,v, ."il ) I , " ' . . "'"'"""' '""'"•'"^'^ ''°rore not pre-end to say I.ou- Ion, ^ a 'L Th "' " '"' ""' ^^'''"=''--*' i'-vcn ',;i"-'t .sinnin, against clod J . t ;, t a ^ '" "', '"" ''" ^"" '^"^^ «'-? "fy will. th. Aposilo Joh, t|...t it \'{"; "^^•""^''•'«i'«'y "^ that when I was side k "as he ahidcd. in hinJ' '• T . ^^r'f/''"'""^ """ """'-''- "-' "ein, im^^ h'-I'i^Ieth i„ hi,, sinned, ^"'^■'^'^^^^ I i '- that loveth his hrother abi<,et 'in ! i,::':" ." " '" "."""" ""-^ '-« ''"-^' ''' ""'1 that there is none ocrasLnorZ^ "biii.g in him." The ..•a.x.Tr ' . "T'^"' ;'' '""'""*"?. nn.l relieshe.l with tl -0 '-P them that w:;r;.tr:irrro;r'i^"':''^^^^^^ •e sa,th God is suflicicnt (or you ^Tn. ' ^^ "'" ''"''^ "'' « '"eok and conversionboin.tantaneousor o^^^; d"^J7'"'^^^ '""" ^^'-" -o ,ho .sothatmenmaynotfalselvim '' '"" ''''''^'^*' *« ''<> wlioso i,n "-y '--0 passed u^!:^uT::!z\Ttt '^ ^''•"'^^"' ""^ -'--it i-l'-.^ptihly, when ped.ap ti, v f lT' ' T' " "" '""" ""'° -'-" th.' ^'' entered it at all. Now th/ou, : I ^i "'^"^.'^^'' »^^ "^^'^''i'^. and in whoso -"0- I'ealing of the impotem^^ i ^n ^ \' ^ n'"''~'" ^'""' ""' - 'ho lays 01 our Saviour, were they not i i! r ' ' "'''' ^''"'' '^^ ^'•'-•"tod in aueously he.led on their ins'ta ! '''T".'?^ ""' '"'' "o'i"e.s.-(Eph. 1'.^ ^vluch always indicated ,he pardon ith i . \ ""'" ''°" '""« "hi'dren, '^-i-. "Behold thou ar m '.r'^ '!!!"- >-^ --- ibr,iven ... - "^" " fo.- i. i, he , "„ „ „ 'I-We grace „,„y gi,,„„: .i^,,' ° "I 'TJ:;:;,;"'"''''''-''-''-!, i,,,,eear„e,, h and ,s not the action itself, a .nan |bee,thera«amtorasim,ei-. "Ifanv l>avonotthespi.-itofChristheis„ono ;>^opu-chasedpossessionn;t:urX: "«glory."-(Eph.,, M.) The Holy Spi.' -nganean.eat in the heart, and .'earnest f" i>ut When Christ entersZi::^^' ™":"''^^^^^^^^^ ;»y".., the body is deader eeas s o ri v ' "'"f '"'"•"""'='^' 'neans a seen- '(See Rom. vt.,.) The n.an i t J: God' 7" "' '"" '"" ''° ^"'^'--' ^^^ «" - not of the earth holy, „,, J :X';:,^;„, ^---^^ -lativc to ,..00 and hm ge the ea.-th, az.d a the negative I ee ' T -y'. '""' ^'■"" ^'"^ '''"^ hb«o/ which hefnr, n'..H-( • _""'""- 1 '^teinal l.lo w.ll he given in the "v-^.t ,Uv ' Mt of tl ! the ( I'loiatcd 44 I'lIK MAUROU or Tin: SCIill'TURES, I »ML-rnul lilb of wliicli it i:^ tlx; forcta^tL', tlic i;nrncsl and tliu evidence, \c. I'or "//if uptrtt il.idf beanlh uiln^sii tvUhotir fpxril, Ihal we are the children of God.''' — (Komi, viii, 1G.) Bui ihc natiiriil niuii roceivotli not the things of llie hpirit of (iod, (or Uiey uie foolisli- neN3 mito him. Vet llioii nil inexcuHulile who ever thon nrt for den} in;; the sure word of God, I)ecausc yon eannot comprehend it. Yc onj;ht rather to pray to the Father of ligiitto ilUiniine your darkened understand- ing, "that you may lie ftl)ie with ail saints, to know what is the lii;?htli, and deptli, and iengtii, and hreudtii of the love #"(iotl, which passetli Unovvled,) for (iod hath revealed them unto ua b his spirit, and at that day ye shall kno that I am in the Father, and you in me, am in you. John xiv. yO. The holy women of old experienced tl power of ifrace, — Elizaheth was tilled wii the Holy Cliost and spoke out, &:c.,— th Blessed Virgin Mary also said, my soul doi magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath r led gave ofl joicerl in Cod my saviour, for he that mighty hath done to me great thing, an holy is his name, and his merry is on thei that fear him, from generation to genen iceive not oi tion.— Luke i., 49, 50.— So will all Gci children hear testimony, everyone who li humbled himself in the sight of God, w] tre ndvan( irongly «mj lid the '>it ,Also, it la :1 le power c // inunkiiid ivhieh is ihu ind eternal iiw, that the rue, and h pirit of (i'( pirit, and " lod hath til ieveth not ecatise he gain I say lessed 8a vi low, and tei 11, 17.) This was an ancient custom among i hear every other who hath had his sin - pi the Lamb. &c. So we see from all the ho in the d portions of sacred writ that the witness the spirit, and even the instan (anions mai ving truly i festation of it, is so well attested to both the judges in acquitting or condemning criminals, when the culprit received a white jiebhle it was his accjuittal, if he received a bhick one it sealed his condemnation. The spiritual meaning is, that he who receives and retains the witness of the spirit, the same is fed by the hidden manna, viz., every grace of the spirit of God. He acquires a new name, the child of God, and heir of heaven, and this no man knoweth, save he that gave, and he that receiveth it. So every one who is born from above feel in their own bosom the glorious effects of Chris's jmrdoning love which jiasseth knowledge, j terrible day, when the value of this gr " For God hath revailed it tons by his spirit, i blessing will be fully known; it will lii and the spirit searcheth all things, yea, the I be the pearl of great price that men woi doned speak in his own language; il; will all shout victory, through the blood the pure word of God, and by the person itilied, and t experience of thousands, that ( know r truth and sit how any can deny it. For my own par ese are seals would not deny so glorious a truth for ving this s^ thousand worlds, lest my Saviour shoi [lit to elern deny me before my Heavenly Father a Idness ilfs.s('d cxpeiionre of tiioiisands. Also, it 16 :li« duty of all who Jinvo ever felt lie power of grnco. to endeavour to excite im\ he shall take , ,H .ruwik.i.d to seek after that heavenly gili, ihe Floly Cheruhims „nd v » • >M.to you, (John .xv, ,vhieh is ,he «e.d. and «eal of e.erna hh, I nil .ho iLs o7 ve. " i.P T ' .""• ' led theo. onto ne, ,,. eten.al lov. Now it i. wH.ten in thJ hand, sinj: ' h!;:!; I, ' ; 7:;;: m, .hat the tcstunony of ,wo witnesses are La,,,],," for ,,vnr and ovvv nil', and heie ai-o many proofs that the jiirit of (.'od heareth witness wi.h oiu- pirit, and "he that bclieveth on the son of Jod hath the witnesy in hiins*elf He that ed them unto iia b : day ye shall kno and you in inc, niid old experienced ll heth was tilled wii jo said, my soul doi my spirit hath ioiir, for he that me great thing, nn lis merry is on the poke out, &:c.,— lb eiieveth not Uod, hath made hini a liar, Kearder, you have now seen both reason- ing and prool- on this great article, so let none rest in a supposed experience; "nor hoast of a false gift" which is far worse.- (Pro. XXV, 14.) Tor then you nie past all assistance, you then affi-ct to he whole and want no physician. Indeed .here may ho a foretaste of joy before that the spirit bear witness with our spirit, that we are ti.e children of God. Jiut it is hy no means safe to rest here, if you do, it is at the hazard of your immortal soul. Take Solomon's j advice, " make sure thy friend," &c. Fol- ecause he believelh not the record that led gave ofliLs son."— John, 1 Epis. v. 10.- giiin 1 say unto you in the words of om- lessed .Savioui-, " wo speak that we do I10W, and testify that we have seen, and j e neration to gener iceive not our witness," &c. But he that eeiveth his testimony, hath set to his seal at God is true; therefore, ve are sealed • 1 c t-i I fl'.k .1 I 1 .. J" "le ^tdlc(I I uumu, iiiuKe sure my iriend " &C Wnl ' ??' M • ''"'' "1 ' n ' ''"" °''"°'"'^^' "" '"■'"•««- '«- «'- — M'le of the I'ro h t Da" id crv ath had lus sn. p, .. ol ns own eten.al purity and truth is in n.ightily to God, n.orning a tv ^ '„. J far the seal of God Aln).gh,y. And they day, says Davi.l, I cry tmto thee ; and also at midnight will I ri.sc and give thanks and glory to God. Now David found |)eaco in this way, and hundreds and thousands be- sides him, and so may you reader, who ever you are, you may find the blessing of peace from the same source: bear David's own testimony, " O ! come hither and liarken all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what be hath done for my soul,— he took me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and ordered my goings," &c. Therefore the living, the living, they shall praise thee, as I do this day. 1 have declared thy righteousness in the great congregation, lo ! I will not refrain leavenly Father a BS at that great n 3 value of this gf vvn language; lii ;brougli the blood see from all the ho in the day of Judgmen/are found "to it that the witness ar this seal, viz., truth in the inward parts, instantanione mm ving truly re.jented, truly believed, and II attested to both I ving been in consequence thei-eof tru!" and by the person itified, and truly sanctified, having walked ds, that I know i truth and sincerity towards God and man ; For my own par ese are seals to the day of redemption, foi' lorious a truth foi ving this seal they arc seen to have a my Saviour shoi [lit to eternal life ; yea, they shall have Idness in the day of Judgment to enter the sanctum sanctorum, (or holy of lies) by the blood of Christ. Yea, and known; it will ili sis the promise of Christ, "If any man )rice that men woi o ine, he will keep my words, and my ossessed to purcha her will love him, and we will come imto /ill be the one tl rroin the wrath of -...•• ..iiu CII1.F 11 be the only pasp ih him and he with me.— Rom. iii, 20.— e of life which u lise of God. Ami „ „_j I . . -••■»' ^•"'■" »-"iigiugaijuii, lu ; 1 wni not retrait nand make our abode with him. (John ' my lips, O! Lord, and that thou knowest,Tc ■ ^.) I ud! come w to him and sup But alas, so.ne have fallen from this ex- perience by sufTering trivial things to en- h A,.,.o,.t„,-«. *i ■ ' ' grosstheir minds; .so iiuiy do "the sorrows .. Acceptat on, Adopt.on, peace of con- j of the world work death." This is beneath mportancetothe^ we, and joy in the Holy Ghost; free thy cha,-acter O ! christian • vougl rath being, 1 have the ^«^ to the Throne of Grace, there to be J to shout snvin.^- """ " •''^""S'"^''^^'" w Till: .MARROW Ul' 'IflE SCRiri URIIS, m ii'lis M Wf Pi 'J'liis woiltl hiiH no pinco in my hcml, T'vas luiule for buavcnly tlioii;;lit, So iicitluM' \« it ill iny lioiirt, Thul's fili'd Willi lovo to (Jotl. I wotit poniiit it lit my wiiln, 'i'lie ))laci) Uir nil iii'l|i mate; i Juut liuvj ^'01 it wlieru it oiiglit, 'I'tiut is lieiicaiii my foot. (Jonsidor itow (>! iny soul wimt riirist Iruth (Voiu) lor tlioc; ? (iiid yet. nri tlioii \i'!\\\ Iroiii day today; tliou wust in tlio <;all ot littteriiesf, nnd bond of inquily, und fiod liutli l)roii!,'ht thee out, and yet dost tlioii fret, Tiiuii wnst a cliild of wratli and now liiou i\n a child of God, yet not content, llawt tlioii (Jod for tliy (Jod ? Clirist for thy Sa- viour ? the Holy Spirit for thy comforter and yet not content? Arc thy sins pardoned, thy soul justified, linst thou imion nnd com- iiiiiiiion with tlie Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and yet nni contmi? Is thy name written in tho Lamb's hooU of life,sli'dt thou dwell with God forever? Is i leaven thy iiiheiitanco, nnd yet not content} Art »!;ou lU heir to a Crown and a Kingdom that fndeth not awuy, nnd yet not conltnl i O ! <»nsider that godliness'nvith contentment is j^reat gain. See the christian's course dis- played in tho following poetic lines. CHRISTIA.N KXPEniANCE. This man was born of new creation, A citizen of regeneration. And may its title still survive Parish of repentance unto life. So temperate was his inprodients Taught at the school of sweet obedience, While ho resides in fond endearments Upon the plains of perseverance. His pious speech is soil prrRunfion, Mis workinj,' tindi' is keen diliL'cnrr, Tliou^'h himiaiie (Vailly o\\ intimidutc, Notwilhstandin},' his largo ostnto, l*o«s('s'd HO placid no repcnimi'iit. In the fr hy (iropht the falibiii 'wiiiKi a nil oic and tivi cause, be! cklings.— (1 light David liteous tliai died by su iilance. Ni It " the hrai ccpt it abidi :ept youbit in nie, he 'vithered, at; 'in into the ; 'I'll XV, 1, G, Wior intinii y be unitei vine, or tre [irrsimsion, II (liliu'cnrp, il^ ititiiiiiilutn, ootntP, iriilmciif, Diituiitiiicni, ocPtisinn ii'diiiiiiKHi mount Hill I'oiint, licry trial, solfdonial, iiiuy see, r ■ 1 1)0 done n. f tho l)lt«ss'(l, r'^ KKillTEOLSNES' i\l iirnycr, uul sincere, aim, II tho .s.'iiiie, 10 dispose of, ) one knows of, int is ali.snrd, if tlio world, time it Hies appy diop, ight to fidfill, is will, ireast, be exprcss'd. not looking back, upon his neck, burden light, »s of white, ! grave arc sweet, icath their feet. ENERATE :hcm at the cxpcno e are now about li king has absolute!, e sure possession ti y turn rebel or \vlic] <)]<, Vl.AS OF HAI.VATJON. -17 tvcr ill gruce ; notwitlia'anding their foul times, ofeveii adulliy, murd(!r, \r. UlliorH iol 1'°"'""'' >a departed fro.n him. ' And vie . S 'i , '" ^'''''T' ""*' ^^'«^«'^"-"'<^n ''nvo fixl- "luired of tho Lord the loid ' l". '' "'''"•""• '^^''"''^ .^'unpson ami "' '-, neither b; dr L • " ' ^'7" ' '""'""^' ''''''''' '^"^ ^' -- "•l.y prophets." So here it- I, ,• ""' ^'^'^^''-''V''"'''- '''"^ to the entreaties of ^hc falibihty of U^n^l^^T,^, '^ I " '"'r""^" "■'^^' ^^'-' '" P-P"'-ti- asshe y H,„cnc.,.„ uu. man suw turn pliant, incre«sed her solicitations • cnmo f, nicked murd-rer, ;uiil «lew four ore and five Priests uf the Lord, without cause, besides women, children, and ckliiigs.~(lst.S!im.xxii ) And like Cain iu this way tho devil ofien eutbrcns sin.—' So Samp^ I, first lost his hair, then hisli- berty, his eyes and I is liii... IVe^umptious nght Davhi's liie becau.o i.;"\;;;; ;::;: «';r""" i"^" ''" ^'*"^"^« ""^»' ^-'^'-^ ;l:tcous than hi.n.eli; u ,, Ih.d at las It S '^ ^PP-'-ce of ev.l."-Think of 'lied by suicide an no i o I s 1 ' "j"' '"•■""' """ °^" ^'-'' '••« ..ance. Now the Apostle h ' J. J I'VT^^' ^""^ '.^ ''--' ^^^ '^ " -'^e.l iilance. Now the Apostle John tells us It "the branch cannot bear fruit of itselt cept it abide in the vine, no more can ye, cept yo. abide in nic; and if a man ubidJ t in nic, he i.s cast forth as a brunch and ^vithered, and men gather them, and cast in into the hie, and they are burned."— 'I'" XV, 1, (i.) " Our Lord in ihe plaine.st Inner intimates, th I'y bo uoiteot he mentioned, in his trespass that he If you sleep ati Imdi trespassed, and ia his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.— (Eze. .win.) . A^'^"' ^^''^" ''^'^ righteous turnetii from his pirit; continue iiij'igfiteousnes.'s, and committeth iniquity, he It my joy may re- J^'iaii even die thereby. So that his 1 igliteousness will not support him in the tlay that ho sinneth, but for his iniquity that Ijc hath committed, he shall die ibr it, &c.— )ssible to retain a love without con s of faith. " For (Eze.xxxiii.) Again, " why should God cn- , treat man to icceivc his mercy, if Ho has I rendered this iiii|»ossil)lo.- why should He ex- hort a believer to persevere if it be impossible Ibr him to f dl away ? What n df praviiy. "The whole world, (says I he,) is one great diseased man,lying extended j fiom cast to west, from north to south ; and I to heal this great sick man, the Almighty : physician descended from heaven, left his j Father's Throne, and came down amongst I us." But what.? It is immediately dls- I covered, that nothing will heal this sick man, i "'- ' ••■ '"^ ^Jisriit rnysiCian iiini- I self. O ! aslonisMng, then what Doctor will , die to cure his patient.' yet this most won- derful physician and pliilanthropi&t, shed the lay drop of his blood, in order to heal ihia THE MARROW OF THE SCRll'TURK*. ■y diseased bodyj yen, the Lord « paw thai there WHS no liiuii tliut rould effect the cure, nud )ie i\oiideiX'd* tiiat ihere vviig no iuteioessor; therefore, his own ann brought Halvaiion unto liiiii,5inri iiis rixhleousuess it Pustnined him."-(lt>.i. Lix, 16.) Tiiia is a great buIh jt:ct, but ] mtiHi let it pass for wtuit of simce at preitent. " Here ia a sad proof of the pos- :l)iiily of filling iVoni grace, and from a very hiv;!» deforce of it too. Tiiese had esc-Hped from the contnyion of the world, they hnviiii^ hud inio repeiitauco and cast op ihfir sour tfwvel morsel of sin, they Imd been wuslie.l from all their fihhiness, through the b'ood of ilie Liuiib, yet nfier till they went hack, /lot eiit .ngled with their old sins, SHnllowed down ihf'ir formerly rtjecied lusts, iiwd re- wallowed in the mire of corruption; no yet he niudtt cicnn, and the dead ni.iy be raised. It;adi;r, is thy Itlac'K sliding a giief and a burden to thee 3 Then thou art not fur from the Kingdom of Heaven. Seek ea gerly and believe on the Lord Jeeus Christ, iiiid thou shall be saved. For vve earnestly praj that the devil will never have «ueli a I "f""*' ^e |i triumph overany ofonr fellow niorlals.aalo * '''*''® '* ' ' seduce them from light to darknesn, for he is not able to overconiu tht) leasi of all the saints, if ihey keep clofc to their Saviour; none is able U) phick them ota of their Heavenly Fathers hand, if they do not wil- lingly yield lhemselvcs« lo the delnaion; iherefore, "turn O! backsiiiling children .siitli ihe Loid,for lam married unto you,^c." Hence ye must plead like ihe penitent David, paying "create in me a clean heart, 01 God, But rould not he pr< men "do that men itieunseth 1 the Bionef wildernetis v.onder that God tihoiild sny the hitter end J "'"' lenew aright spirit within me. Restore is worse with the:n than the hegiiuiiu^% &c How dreadfti! is tiiis state: how dangerous when ttie person has nl)an(ioned himself to his old .sins? Knt deplorable, as his state is, yet it is not ntter'y hr>pe|es.'«, the leper may unto oie the joy ol thy .salvation, and upliohl mil u ill, thy free spirit." Ld these be thy peiii'ioiis, and may the Lord grant thee the desire oi thy liearr, peace of i-oiiscjenre, and joy in ihe H.dy Ghost. Wayesl ii.ou go ia peace and sin no more. On qi.ot.riK this passage lo answer a query a gentleman built up on the foreknowled.-e of Ood, Hn» tr. defend everlastinj decrees, denied that there was such a passage in the Bible, on tin? gr .and, that God knuvv everything, md therefore need not wonder at anvtliinfi, &c.. on which I have written the following stanza:— J in » " To Mr. Joel, not the Prophet, Take up and read Isaiah's book, The fifty ninth division look. And surely at the sixteenth verso, You'll find that you may there rehearso, God wondered that there was no man Would take the mighty work in hand— VViien next yon meet with a divine. To argument do not incline; For many a man of your own class, Gan't tell the gender of Balum's Ass. And yet'you gird presumption on, Aiifl wield the weapon of your twngue, Whil'st vve take up the holy word, Thai's sharper th»n a two edg'd sword. W. F On the state of the departed soul am where it is lodgt ";- a^' .t 'y^wa.vf xvmers, mention indeed, a place oftcimrate ppirits; whici rpose those* spirits nlionld be sent there, we are at a loss to k win 1 is going half way to purgatory. But for what this 18 pursnlory, nud that after trien have sufTered there fb now. The Roniami say .•nay, by t. e prayors «nd int«ice,«ion of Priests he delivored fro r a certain length of time, they m it and finnUy sivedl heaven no tlietea veil wart disolniion o Ihe evil day «ilver cjiorii , the streets ; ; limp, the lii —(Eel. xti. thought in t change our we read oft Bervant won wroth, and i lour HeavenI of late occui Abraham's I eyes, beinfj xvr, 22.)— Tl tween. So, Abraham, b wafer and c l»e granted, » ofindescribl exclaimetb t "Then grant jTh'w one, thi When I have Wo have t writing to tl i.J'reE«nt dent; # h leaVttij. Seek ea Lord Jesua Cluisl, For We uariieiiti) tever imve «iieli u illow nioriala, iialu ^R, fLAN OF SALVATION". the dead mny Iw But rould men eet to Fleaven thron^li Biifferitifr nft^-r /I^th .»,«„ .il- ' ^ — ' .en liioii art not fiir f '"«" ' ''" Jfteaily err, not knowing the ScriptiiieH, nor ilie i.ower of Go.l " KuZ. . :eaven. Seek ea- | ^'"" '"^''f ". ""d n.nst bn .nacle holy h«r«, not hereHf.er? That ihe'-hZZn'Xl ^ deunse.h flom all si,., and it m^k^th deiin";;;;; wh;t}" 'Ind j^s* uV'ilmZ'^lry' ^'y■'1 the .,o„e« fitted for their different places, of the l.uild^ng irthe mo /, f, Ij' • , T.; Avilderne«8 before they were received.-(Ki..i;s vi 7.) So we 811;,.! m.,Mbe prepared here, hy having n ci.ani.eaLnd n Ut%, m i th 'r Lui Z^ there .s no ne.-esM.y for n pnrM«tory; nei.her i« ti.cre'^nny such p ro .'ei i I heaven nor u. earth, nor under iho earth, there is no snch passport to H«>,V.. , I these najres do fidlv in-«.v« Knr «u,u ,v..J i ,__/"''l'"..'" "«"*'^i3, tmch Ihe leasi ot all the ian.l so.d shall rest toi^ether in the ^nnv^ ■ nt,l thJ ;i.. ' r ; ."^f-lJ,.''™* .'' '^•.^li' 1'^"'/ the leas! of all the to their Savioin; hem out of their if ihey do not wil lo :ksliding cl.ildren niednnloyoUj^c." iliepeiiiient D.iviiJ, rfan heart, O I God, iihin ine. Kesiore Viition.and upliohi Li't these he thy >nl ^niiit thee the uf roii.^cieiice, ami Vlayesi tl.ou ^o Id and «.Ad shall rest toother in Hu, ^rav^ n„ , the d v o^^T^^nem a ^^ d».nkful, (say. he,) if I .hall ^ot to Heaven a, last, ilut V e^t"imeXr t ds L^/'"'^ J behet to carry you there. I n.i,,ht .av, thou fool, is there nnri^l eo .!!« '1 f-.V';'/;' r" 'V'" ' «'"-'^''',^'^''' '""''^•" -^'vants of the felicit'y of Heaven to lev o? iX.^em ftio! • I CO (says the Savioiir.1 lo i.ie..;ii« » r,l«nu r«, ...... .i,... ..., _ 'v."' J"<'gment? «ni there niv Igo .'« ^^I'''-'' ^^aH Wen return to God l u. .ave -(Ld XII. 12.) 2d proof T].e spirits of the ble*.sed pass immedintely imo l.rv i. i« thonjrht ma radiCMt form, or body of etherial 8.d;.-iance. "Pa„i te Is us ha» <" ' J /it chan.tre our v.le bodies, tk-.t they may be fii.hioned like .u.to Idrglo io, L I " N ' we read of the generous Lord, who pardoned his serv.-.nt 10,000 lalen r.eve heless , r servant would not forgive the man indebted to him an hui.< red f)«noe n n^ri ll r! ^ wroth, and imM.edia.ely delivered him to ,l;e tormenteri .\ „ ivm 34 « f I T T' our Heave.dy Father will do likewise, &c. A.aio, the L^Kut o, ^ fc . e 1 ' "v. ^'f AliLr "'T'T'""' ''T?\'^''"' " ''f'"'" *"-^^'"'- '"^'' """ was carried bv the An'e lim'J Abrahan/s hoM.n.. A rich m.m also .lie.l and was buried. at,d in hell he lif^id m, i! vrbi^r^Thi- il''':;? ""d««^"' Al..-ahan, afl^r off, and Lazarus in I J, ifo 'o f, „( oke xvr, 22.)- [ I, s 18 a 3d proof. Both here bwn- (ixM in their station, an.i no nassaLe e Kun^".' """ '' "" "'"' '^'"^T' ''T*;' "'« ""t'-n.-nate rich man\-r e^s vi Tf tl V; Abrahan. have n.erey on me, and send Lazarus ,h«t he may dif, the tip of h " ll consign it .. that phuo whe e hone eveV-^C^^^^^^^ 'lies, an.l the rlre is i.ol que.iched 'JT ^ vi ,t ll' T,"'", -"""''"S ''^^"^ ^^^^ Apostle John he realizell. " H« that is m i n^t h ' .''" '" ''•''""' "'" '"'« ^^'O'-''^ o^he filthy, let hin, be hithy still; a "i lu th tt i s i. 'h. ? I 'i -'T'^ ^'"" ' •""' ''« "hich i. tbat is holy, let hin. uIua\ysS"-(R^^r^^^^^ '""' ^« '-'^''"^^''^ ^'iH; .-.nd h. by rPa..rrin,ir to the testin.Jny of o, r dvim'sVv o";; , i;'""'- ^ '"■'' """ y^-'-attction "J.'.snssailh u..tohi,n, veri!^ U „ i' ^e toXvll /^^ ^''« ^'•««'^. -(r,nke x.xur, 4;J.) An.! it 4„s "L ti.e i v\h i m^ '"" ''" '^''"' ""-• "' P^-'adise.- th.-' earth muil the ninth honr.-(- 4v And M Ji>e v / l 'T "'"' 'J ^"'■'^"«^'' "^■'^r ^li """I'l.onr, Jesns cried with a loi^^ V oiec av^in 1^? l'"' ^"'^^'li^ that about the to .ay, M.y God, ,ny (Jod. why hast thou SE ;''^H';/;r'^?'^«•*"'H-*^•; «bat i. w.tness to thi« nn,,aralleled scene T e IS m, n,"'*" " , i"^" ^ '^, I^vangelists J.ave bon, the sixth honr, or o.n- twelve ocloI^^a;fe2da*^lr''^-^^",'V"'"'"^^ «;'clock ; the promise to the penite.u .hief tl.hv e uh I ^'"^ "",'"' ''''"'•' "»' o"'' tbree tiM. Jewish day.) ^^o there\vere 1 utl^Vlourru if t^' '''''''"'*' ^^^^^ certain, was niost literally and .nost fa . fully Se (V '::r'°"' f"'"'"'^^' "'"^ ^''^^ cheern)i< emotion .loe.s this create in the rkinr ., , V ' ,• ^^^"*' "" """"afin;?, soul ierin,r. of a .aint, yea, or ove A" 'a e, en Se w^^^^^^^ tin-ee lK.urs between the snf. bnppy. O! how f,dorions is the w .r fof oT. Ide.^i ? \^UevetU n. Christ nntil eternally ""to thi. r.AST the same as unto tl ^e ^Jat vv ?' / V'T '""'''^"'^ ''^'•'^' ^ ^^ill givo •I'^ath, .Vc. And now I l,elieve that \ve Irive'^s. i^-^'T'"^ Jast extremity at the point oi :lef.nr.e.! ^o^l. and that it is ful y p ov'hI v7iv 1^^^"'^ '^^'"'"•^'^ "'« "•"'' ^^'"'^ «<• t'"- .H no intennedia.e stare of exiilJn';"- ': ?e n tnS l-p/'t'' tl^ u'""'^ '''''^ "'"' '^-"^ H.s.an held., no lynd,„.s-patrnn,, no place ol'"e para oEr i/''. " "°.»'^'-'an"s. no blows are sidlicient to beat down all the ni, v e S .. ' /^"•' "'^^e ^'^ Apostolic .-n.o!;e of pm-atory. Hnt one sail von til- .fl r"' ''r' '"''« ''<^«» raised on the well it hn.st be ne'ar the nu k. m "tJe .•iv-uion'!'f-"f' ''"^ ^'"'""^"^^ '« "°^ J'««ven. Hpeak u itinn .peakin,^ of the Throne of Hel ven «« Pn i"m""."' ^T"' "^"'•' «'"' '''^° t^' bear below, &c. IJut it is also .vah n my i'all ;A iVo^; et^'^ ^''"' ^''^'I' '" P-''"'''^^. •siuer the mansions are all in the I onse tl er<, -re . ■ '"^"y. ">a"sion.s, Lnt con- Fieavenis represented to ns as a cith^Vinw-dNl^^^^^ '" '!' "'« Kinjrdotn of tbat the city lieth fonr-square, and ;» t e In Ah if ^" l""'' '''«''-(K«v. xx,, U.) An.rhteous on its departure from iL bod vvImZp r "5 '"""''' ""'' '''«' »''« «°"" of God, anur, or our tliree for six concluded I)romise, we are animating, soul between tlie sid'- ist until eternally here; I will givo ty at the point oi true state of the / vvrir, that there i no tartarins. no se six -Apostolic 311 raised on tlie is not Heaven, lear, and dico to am in Paradise, isions, but con- le Kinedom ot . XXI, 1-^) And •Itli, the length, on bring to our aralionfroni all d idoletor?, and ither in Heaven seiiold of God, postles, I go to XIV, a) Jt is ifi that the soul o the presence thers who will looks of man isa. II, 10, 11.1 ngelist — whs;!' doom. Then ?dom of God, ty clieok, &:r. '*i. be judff'd, OR, PLAN OF SALVATION. I cast oft; and ordered to depart into evorlasiintf lire beforH thnt tlio ,lo.iri~ " I over them to haul tliem away. O ! the piercin* thouH, v l.r. . h ..'' 'l"? ""^ P''*^^^' and outcnes of the rlan.u'd sinner thatStas Sd'c^ '"u in, never to be released; reader, trend lewatd, ad ,>?nv , , " f^ '"' ^^^""o^^'d I And now having given sufficient ^^^c^\l^::rx^noX'lc^rZri "'" !'"'- .0 (ar .ansfied my reader, on this article, that there is o i.E Si ub 'cce 'T '"'^ i place bolden turtli to us in the word of God • Imr »l>nf ti.L ! ■ " 'o''^'"?: nHU^ions oi- Glory, or sent to the tornlen s ^t" lie' „£ b o'w ""t'l ev Z^^^ T ''^ I or unworthy,and to one of these places, you l-ave 7een tl ey are r, s^l on^r ""^^ the moment om- warfare is ended, our reward beffinrVor tU T n. '^.'"^ ' "'"^ or the bad, to the just or to the unjust (See Luke vmU 'if.f «'&"^['/"''er to the good And this coincides with our being s ^t^ ct°pos d'^^^^^ T"!' ^^' '?•)- mind, and the conscience form a .aem ,,nr nf'f I J ^ I . '' *"'" "'^ "'"' '^» .iiink-: the word con.ScVis . .^ "^rim -o ZS^/sSJ7 f" ""/ V" ''' ''"" f;ood from the evil, and thsretbre is I ab e o be kid ,h^ fZi ''' ^' ''"V"^ '^^ Uth said. " behold the man is I.ecome as one of u'^fk ow^oo n/L^-llE^^^ ?' "tl Therefore we come to this conclusion, by the words of the Ano^t e P-nd " ill""; '"' ^'^'^ natural body, and that there is a spiritual bodv."-(ll, Cor xv 44 / kr t ' V private committal passes upon the spiritual body ami it recih il „! '• , T'^^ . But it is when the arch angel shall sound titmr of rTln ^ That then the soul and body shall be reJSe^- an J niul'n ' ,T "',%''^"''/^'' '-"i^ed. ^ (ore men and before angels: Then th? ^ S^ Urn h^^J^kl 'u '"'? i'f^T"' ^^- i .•ommitted murder, atid^he feet thnt I^f'S un i^^^h ^Tb ooJ'Sll^^^ i"'1 siudlJookonhimvvrmSirli/^tvTpill'^^^^^ or hi.htkous.vhss himself; fb'r they And this IS strongly supported and oxpres^^ed by tlw Apostle Paul fist Cor vrv 5« x > here ne saiih, every man shall be raised according to hil own mde,' I lli' ''"^'>\> case of Ahasurus to Murdecai, Esther v .) J w I ,| en I eTee^wZr h^ vvore.-(See the man whom the King deiighteth to Imm- &cr AnA ?J.^ V^^^^^^ scene of the day of judgme^nt, we aV olcT'(l7 boi^xv, 52 /IT "'"^ 7n' '''"/''^"^ il.e dead shall bo ra se.F incurruptible for this corruftdl'^m.if 7""^ • '^''^' *"""''' ""^ this mortal must put on imn.o,- ality Y-o ^.ith S^!f^bfV'l °" '"^^°""P'i""' ""'I slinll lint <.ii oi„^. If ■ I """""V; ' -i'l «"itn ijui, behold 1 showvoii a mvsterv wo Miall not all sleep, (lie in the grave) but we shall be chan-od In a moment n „ .l^l.T llessed God rai • the dead Vt,°r 7- "'".T "f'^P*''' ^°^^ ^hall the holy and <'"';"', •'°!'". '"1"^ revelation saitli.and I saw the dea«". "'"i ^''"11 surrender their prisoners we lead, (Bev. xx.) the sea gave up the dead which wer« in it, and death ot- tJie gS'.' Si -""-^i^,^ ^^ ^'"''^ SCRIPTDRES, cleliv«ired up the tfejuJ ivliich werflr7iri7r;T~:r 7r~r — ^-^_.. we™ i. thern, and ..,.„«« o. Mu:^'^^;^^^^^^^ grave tt,.dtl.e».eH«ilLs..rrei,cle.-ur,tlu.bo,Jv pII lii ?r '''''"''' *'«'« "' '"■ TI.,,h h« erle HuLstHrwo fit l,i ,' ^r we see, verne 14. tlu.t death «n,| |.e 7a ie he '!/i T''', '" ''''''''^ "'^i'' ♦^'"' do! ,' r hly ,,ha.n do unnioro ,.e this ^reat trairo wl ./.""' n^""" O' ''•'••'de''. ''"w h r shndder at th. i.lea ofth« |>e.Ja8ii„^. de,s.r.«;ti..„ from tim ZirA r 1 ?"" 'r"^'"' ^'^'l "' '"•"; «»"• Xri power; no won.ler that su^ch "ar.i L n h ^^, '''1 ^ "'"' <'0'n .he L-brv f i. j;.".-vd no, at this , or the hou.' 1^03" ; ' ^ ^fc '""ll"!.' ^^""^ '" "-'''•'«' "^ ear his vouto, and ^hall come forth- ,,;«,, t^ '^^^' "" '^"'«'"« ''• "'eir jiravcMshaP i-fe; and .hey that have done ev un;o,K ' ^ ''"'I« *■'""'' "'"" "'« re^mSo o What an aufnl scene will llJ^XtetZPT'"''^^ ^avern. of thn .ar.h and sea. «ll w?o J VS .riwn 'T'" •^'""' '^'"'''^ "^'•"' '•-•'• t^' «li«ll come forth, a..d like vast locusts co^x.! oom'trZ ' '" "' ""' "'"'" '" "«V"I contesu Seltmoov dadv.-inpA .iJ '.,,""» Rolls the wide circle ofcreadon round One un,ver8al concourse to prc-paro, ' Of all that ever breathed the vita) air- ^tnv monuments prove faithful to ihei'r trust And render back their lon.r couimitted < .«, ' NOW ch.rnels rattle, scattered limbl a'd Jlj' a^w • . "■■•,cB uusequeous to the i Selt moov d advance ihn in.r.L- ^L .j n>„ ,r', "."""' ■"*' "'■''tiint leffs. tlie fH«t ! bor*i uoB.o.,1 !ii _ ' feo. A.h.m lormed in Paradise and tho l.nl,„ u '""'''"'""'^'='>'"P'«'« 'l'eframe,&c 'on of (Jod. S..n.e n.ay ask wh"i^ shall I "' ye-'^erday, will stand alike b^ore thr, Valley of den«i..n be? /oel tells ^l '4^17^"'^ '"'"n"'"''^- ^"- -•*'.« si iu he down to ,he valley of Johosapha., f ,r Z,e Tv I ' ^""",'' "" """""« "'"' l'rm./,ne m Jlut„.,d.s. un.ltitnd.. in th^valle^^' e,ision hVrV'w'^'*^ '^.^ l'-^^''^^ ronnd'-a Ik. r Fo. the Lord al,„ shall roar out of Zio, n J"',/" /•'"^"•^ " "'« '^'^''l i« near, &c Leavens and the earth shall shake and rill « l^^'^''"'' ♦'"''' J«'-''«''''^m, «i,l H.e upon Mount Olives, and that the Zl\Z\n sT, II ^I "'"^ '"'. "''" "'« ^ord shall 1„ J gi-ent valley shall he between." L I hIv .,"'''? '" "'^ "'"'"« ""^'-eof. and that n •",''••1. .o swa low rlowo the w.icked f L ,h« " '' "" P'""^ ^^''«'« ''«" w d o e ", J evei with the Lord. " AikI this shall 1,p h » r ''"^ «ii-,and so shall thev Iw for ..or dark. But it sh„!| be «Me lay o, I v'n ' r'ni h ''':''-^' V'" "^"" «'"'" '"^ "ei her clea"- <..M created ail in s^ven days, J a^he . lU a M i'. T'"'^^^' '' '""^'«-'^ -ven da,^,„ shall come to pass, that at f vf-ninir ti.L Ir -'"f /'",",""' «'■""« s|>m'-« of ii„„. u ii ' w «cene and see what pron.i.e «/ t "l^f fj" 'jL t' ''-^'";." ^^^^ L^^ ns now dnrn^e he reward h)r the riijhteo,,.., doubtless ?Jr!; ^ V"- '"""W<^r., for " verrily .thei-P il « Aposile tells the Tlie..aloni,n.s no, . IJ '^"'?'''"" of their Fathe,.' The insni.eH those who sleep in Jesus, w iS b . ""L"!.''"'' 1^'--" •'"l"^ ■•'-•u.ini tl e t.al d.e.i m the fnnu of Jesus Christ, e sa fe vVi f ",' "" " '^^ '"^^'^ "^''1 '" "^« <-' and conunnn..;,, w>,l, |,i,„.self; and a I Biriin.k ii '"''T "'' "'"' '•«-'«'«'•« '" "nion and :: t: d' •^'^''' ':"■-' •'- -.ioynlJuro,::^' , ^;^;'^.:;"* -''••iv-, /hr this seetns to lie tiie Lord himself shal desicnd frmn t.l """*'. "/ "'""• «lear couipanv. For Hie «Hds i A...- and the trnu.p of Gorl, d triTr,'!.'' /' ,'",r'^ "'"'' "'« -'ice of he A S i-ered longest will enjoy fioon^st, tU b riv " 1 '''"" '" •'" fi*"'^'' '^^^^^ *vho h„ve »f celHShal b.d,t, and slndl sidne Ct| | I^?, yT" 'V'""' ''"' ""^^ '''•"^^ Next he shall con.e with a shout, p^l^v'r' Jh'''?*'''^'''" '''*^ finnau.ent fo. eve the Lord bnnsHlf Q - f.^,, ind^sSZ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >%f "!' f "^ '^""'« to jn<|.,nent_wh„? J^ebeld, (he sa.tb,) till ,he t|„,.„p, ve p^eal4 lowP^^^ " --hose ,.arment was white as snow „'.rd '"ri JI."^!";/."'' . "'«. "/-i^'=t of .lays did' sit unni,^ u:i.s HKe the lierv flume nmllnc Tvi ■'"",'" '"« '"'.'Ul like liie pure wool • bi« .ud canjelhrtb fron. beforrbu"'!'!: 'r'r."^.^'''-'.'-?.fi-. A fiery'streant^n' ^ ^ud camelhrtb from before hi mhnnJ.Ti "'' ^"'-"i"? ' .Uou.and tin,c«t.„ thou.;;, ^^'tSt;: T"!!!!!! bim; the judgi Jstered meiit Was fiery stream issued iiiito bim, and ten SL't atid the book* were opt earth slia Now obs God v\b( thruugb i "Shall t|] The iivin The judg. And aJl re Ttien shoi Aad all tl So uJieii King of I' " when C XV, 24.) This is th iiitercoder cast; no ii a:< the tree tliu liiinus aess or (hi III rohclui This id till head. No (lestriictioi death, n'm, pa.xs tup Si This is fro niake iJiitii liice of till; 'lhi>s sij^ni he will svvi is our God, Vaiion." '1 its poisim ; we rejoice, forth meat, Santpson\s 0! deaih v And ibon, i ii'oyed. Oi our feet, an body, for ill their stivn^ weary; and or the land , ajfain. VVitI fiiei.ds to th ns "it seeiri! month take i iiiony agaiuK 88 once (mil iniiKt imt, lb this be spok "Kain, rai'ied K body ; we loc thee captive where is nov I nill redeeii "f» thtj dead which '■e in if. 'J'l.urt ih« nmlsoftho wickerl, Hulistnfkio fitiMJ to' (ore men aiiW beioig e tlieir fMi..,| dooiir, an JK'ooi'ding irrJiig I reader, liow h«ir. fli_'>iit rt'jirs? or 'not ''ill into ths liiiiiiis I'" liHl; puiiialifd n I lie ^'iory of liia to tieuilile. «'So I tlieir ^ruv(>8 sIihII lie i-HKiirreciioii of -(Jol)ii V. 28, 29.) f}^ (ordi (roiM t|,e ' ill iiuval contests oustothe cfill, ' ck prepar'd to meet It legs, tlie feat, ?li the dusky sky, usion fly, ing tlieie to cliiiiB, ileie tlieframe,&c. I "like l»«lore the • wi'cie kIiqII tlie nnd l>rw^ ttiern ipn roinul ulxnu. "Ill is near, &c. •iis^dem, Hnd die -"Old Kjiaij stand ?i'eof, tiiid that n ill nill ojieii lior dge; (or we nre silioll they l>e for lie iieiihM- clear IS seven dHVP, us * 'line. " Btit it now chanpe the enily tliere is a •III." "For the The inspired Ji'ino' them that ill the fear, and e to union and lis seems to he For (he add?,) •e of the Arch who have suf- le floihed with 'iient for ever, jfnient— who? short of if; "I " 'lays did sit, ure wool ; Iiis Btreairj isHned liim, and leii "(I the bookc OR, PLAN' OF SALV ATiON. . 55 Now olLservo tne glorious .plendoi S' ^l^^wfur i ' ,1 Th God whose tei.ril.le bluM, ^^uK\uu Joude. « ul i,? V "'^.,'^'* ' ^Hfiel with ih trump of .l.ruu«l. 1-leil. Earth and Hea^^'rSJ.iSt the" pll'^tr'j jllT' il!::'' '' ^•""'' ^'""' -"« The judfrB descending, thunders from afa^ j *^"*' "" "^*^ '«'''. o**"" whom thou-hyst known AHd aJ mitnkind is summoned to the bar, ^'"w would it wound > what miUionswouW.t Then Bhouldest thou behold ihy friend or wife "'«" give, ""ons would st And a 1 the soft companions of thy life, ' For one more trial, one d.y more to live - U.S .. ,},e merlintoiial Ki„Mc!on,, there will he no more proluuione . ,mS "f' n 1' £ d Now'",;";"' "' '^'"' '" ^'''""' "'« '"^'^ "'■ "'« ^^"•"••'•' ^'■•'1' '"•"i etl' ^er ntV.' end. Now, h,a Hei-|,eiit was nn, and tMnt sin hionght dfi.tl, imo the «or Id h. t .« .leslmciion o sin a, d .d" IIh.- sinner sl.idl he fgeiher, aii.l tlion there IL II ^n.. t;:";.:i:\:::^'.r:i^'-.!::"-vr-'-"!'>oi.^..ie-o,e„. T.;;'::h:',riLto;h;";: le Lord rpi • . .. • r '^"1 i^ciiii iM r^wni owt-i'i ji» in victorv iKt I'm- body ^J;f r^i. r "^'"" '>!''' tied inmi tiiee in power. We now sow it into tl ; we look for it ai^ain frotii thee a ee a natural thee captive mny rejoice over the spiriuiMl i)ody,thai the prince of life who hath take Where is now tHy victory. I will ransom thee from tl 0, saying, O ! death u-lmre is now thy slinp ? O ! n (rrnvB 11 I n:ii ,„ I 1- •■•"■J- , " '"" i""»«Jiii mee irom inn iiower of ttjo -'rave, (sa th G I ntll redcetr. thetii from death: O! death J will be tliy pinguo; O! Jrnv^ I will tJl i»! power of tho ;rrave,>Hith God,) ' ' ' "' • ••■ • ^^^ ON GOOD Works, OR CAU,.A« Tao.K TUiN,,« w„,c„ ,.,: .N.OT. A. ,,,OtCn Tn« WER,: As tlio subject of good works lias been variously hanrlled, let us cxarniiio wlint tlie sncrod writings say concerning' tliein, tlio orisfin of wbicli is by the inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproo/; for correction, for insfriiction in rightpons- iie8s.-(Tit. III. IG.) Wc wish to sec then, iiow far tliey are ncceptabie with CJod, for many persong are in euspenso, with regaid to their own endeavours, whether they .shall be of any use in bringing them under the influence or favour of God or not, Now the Apostle Paul tells us, that wc are Go.l's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before or- dained that we should walk in them.— (Eph. II.) And although we are not saved merely on account of our good works, yet worketh in u.«, hotb to will and to do, so tbat the real goo.lncss that is in them, flow b-oni those assistances which enable ns to < them. I:, this way God call, those tbings timt bo not as though they were. In many instances God has promiscl to reward good works; but .remember, they must be done With a good heart, for if you should give all your goods to feed the poor, and even yo.,. I^ody to be burned, without charity, or love " ; 11 profit you nothing. Therefore it is said that God is not unrighteous, to forget your works, and labour of love, for the nghtoousncss of the righteous, shall be upon "■fn- Again, if you receive a righteous man '" t''e»ameofa righteous man, ye shall Have a righteous man's reward, or a cup oi' we are saved that we mn; perform'" oo^j "^ '^ ™;»'"^" '"'''« ""me of Christ, shall workstotbep™seofGod,andthego:do :i,^,f^^^^ }'' '*'- ^^- ^-^l^thew mankind. Unt it is " by g.-ace that ye are I figs of 1 1 Z" 'r ' ''"'"" "' "'"'"^' '' eternally saved through faith, and that not |.fin!l r ■ /^" '"' "^"'^ ^"°^ "■''''' of yourself, it is the gift of God Not o^ '^ ' ^onb good fruit. Every tree that work.., lest any man should boast " \VoII ';'^'''" "''' '"'"''^ S"od fruit, is hewn down, ■n is evident that if m^n couhl havj wrong It' Z'hT'" f "•"^""' ^^^ " ^ '"-''^ out his own salvation by any other law tint 7Z .u?^ '""''^ '*'''' '^'^ '""S"« °^'''« ''^art, *^- «•>- - " '■ ^ '"''^' ''"' ^"^ '^" ''onestly whether he is inwardly the Saviour would not have sufTered in his «tead ; but being s:o, it is by faith in his own blood. Although good works belong so nutch to the christian character, that I\uil says « let every one that nameth the name ot Ctinst, depart from iniquity."— 2d Tim ii ia) As much as to s , you need not call' yourselves by the nam. of Christ, while you continue in sin and wi. kedness, the pn.mise of His eternal salvation is to them that do corrupt or pure." So the profession of godliness, while the life is ungodly, is hypo- crisy and deceit; a man cannot be a saint "iHl a sinner at the same time ; love to God and man is the root of the good tree, and fiom this piincij.e all its fruits are found. hut to teach as some do, and still are doing, (to prfescrve their everlasting decrees. Thai a state of salvation may be consistant with t le greatest crimes, even adultery and mur- the things that please bim.and take ho ' d:: 'I^^Tartbr' 7 " "'"""''""' ^""'- h.s covenant. It is also stated, that our eood n ,'h. , ^''^/'gl'tcous necessarily sin :::£H, nor the battle to the strong, neither bread to the wise, nor favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all."— (Eccl. i.v, 11.) So as these persons are frcr|ucnily told that they must not depend on the merit of their good works, cither for their prosperity or salvation, they are therefore decided to have no good works at all, or at least thry are done in such a luke warm manner that (iod will not accept them. "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifice unto me, saith tho Lord, 1 am weary to hear them ; wash you, make you clean, put away the' evil of your doing from before min» eyes, cease to do evil, learn to do well," &c. For to tell a man that a thing is so, is so far good, hut tell him how it is so, and he will then behevo it better, so let us try to developo this subject and make it as plain as possible. And as faith and works are so in8e,;crably connected, they must be jointly considered- wc read that Abraham believed God,an.l it was counted to him for righteousness. And when the discii)Ie8 asked the Lord, saying, what shall we do that we may work the works of God .5 Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.-(John VI, 28, 29.) Believe, repent and bring forlh frmta, meet for rcpeotance, have faith and prove it by your works, as "faith without works IS dead being alone." For faith and works are so together wrought, ri at one s agreed for, when the other's bough , r. rj° I. /k"** """"' """^ ^*'«:y'" ^•''"'^ ft'rsooth rSof P*'""". of eartk and hell they're By this wc seo that faith is a work, so saith I«aiah, let him take hold of my strength, that 'i« may make peace with me, and he shall make peace with mu.~(.vxvii, 5.) Never- theless, ebscrvc that faith and works are 8 litioris performed i»y us, for tl merit of which God grunts tho pard ic liardon of our sins, A)r that would d.jsiroy the act of grace. IJnt ihcy are that, for the oI)ediencc of which he is pleased to grant tho pardon of our sins, and to cleanse ns from all un- righteousness. So, in order to save our souls, we must by a lively act lay hold on faith and continue to prove it by our sinccic obedience to the commands of God, for not tho hearers of the law are jiK*t before Go.I, but the doers of the law shall bo justilicd' by him, who is the end of the law. There- fore no man's works have so much inlriiiaic value in them as to purchu.se his own salva- tion, not even those of fjiithful Abraham, so let US try logive a clear understanding, evetj to iho weakest capacity, of the real nature of faith and works. It is well ohserv.;d that whatever is done for Christ's sake, is done through Christ's g^racc; and he who does the work, attributes to Jesus both the will and the power by which the work was done, and he seeks and expects the Kingdom of Heaven, not as a reward, but a gift of un- merited mercy. Yet while workers together with his grace, God attributes to them that which they do through his influence, as if they had done it independently of him ; and calls those things which be not, as though they were. But alihongh God works in them, and by them, yet he does Hot obey for them. The works of piety and mercy they perform under the influence and by the aid of his grace. Thus God perservcs the fredom of the human soul, and secures his own glory at the same time, &c.: and even then the glory belongs to the giver, and not to him that receiveth the gift; has not the builder more honour than the house .» &c. There- fore be ye Teleioi or perfect; arrive at tho height of your christian privilege. Be com- pletely finished ; be nor half, not yet almost a christian, but be vn snnpHfio^ ,.,i,„ii.. (1st Thes. V, 23.) Stablish your hearts un- blamable in holiness before God, (in, 13.) And this is your christian privilege, to go on from fawh to faith, and from grace to grace. .i.." •■i.orn.iii, .i.a,i, ,w,,;i ' "''''''° '""'"■ "•■""I'"" ."«:.»ft.- lo water it cvrry iiKMr.ent, I fiavo prayed Am thrn, (.sailli tlie f.ord,) to Peter, timt tliy luitli fail not. Divine uisdoiM lias appointed failli the principle, that tiio pioiniso might he mvv. lu nil, as n person can perform an tiftoffai:!! when it is not in his power to do uny other servicea, either to (.'od or man, for one may ho heartily sorry for his sins,' und truly grieve.l ibr having oflendcd so T/,eou, iou riopoiountos Toust tiexroust xai xalounfost Ta me onto oH ouln. This could not ho rightly uider.'itood by the present irdnslation for th j verb Tetheum Mgnifies fo constitnte, ordnin, appoint the .-iaine as 1 have appointed thee to be, or to become the Father of many Nations, and nn.the Nod that quickeneth, orenliveneth your mortal body, by the rndient rays of the Ki-ent and gracious a fJod, who ,,,,h ,; ^.^ "7™' ""''^' ^ '^'^ '•"'''«•'' '""y^ of the deemed bin. at the e.pence o 1170 vn ! '\ T'";' '''^"'^^ ^^^" ^^«"' ^""' bioud, ac the same time trusting itsl '' T '-'^T'" ^°" '""'' "''''''' "^^ atoning efficacy ,br salvation, anS i \ , b r'h'v"se 7'"';^ "'" ""V '^'' ""'^ '""^'*- imunt^A tn I.:.., r... ..:„........' *" I P'y "'y s'^ed as ihe stars of Heaven. For ^ - -J Jinpulcd to him for righteousness. "Relievo in Ilim who died for thee And .sure as lie hath died, ' Thy doht is paid, thv soul is free, And the. II !irt jiistilied." But those who have time and opportunity must show their faith by their works. Faith alone justifies, vol faith alone in some is not suflicient, those who are otherwise privi- leged, let them do good und bring forth fruits iiritu righteousness ; let your light shine be behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and 10 hearken than the fat of rams.-(lst Sam. XV, 22.) Therefore I have called or coimted your works righteous, and I will reward ihee as if the works were not of graces but of debt, (4th v.) and call those things, that be not, as though they were, &c. Again, the negative adverb mc, denies the thought of a thing, while ou denies the thing itself; the one denies the action, the other even the f , -j-~. ..g... D..,„c uc- v,i,o uciiica ine action, tne other even the ore men that they may see your good j idea of doing it; this is well worthy of notice works, and L'orifvvom- li'fltho.. ...kuu :„:.. .u u,... .. . . ^ y w uuull works, and glorify your Father, which is in Heaven. We learn how faith wrought with Abrahafu's works, and by works was faith made perfect ; also, he believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness, {" as it is written, f have made thee a Father of many Nations,") before hijn, whom he be- Ijeved, even God, who iiuickcndh the dead, a«ss thee and niuUi- of Heaven. For lan sacrifice, and rams.— (1st Sam. called or counted I will reward ihce of gracoj but of 50 things, that be •fcc. Again, the the thought of a thing itself; the I other even the worthy of not ice eek Testament; •lied, it strikes at thought of the •roof of the great it is, and fioto it !own in strong h to Abraham, k'orks were per- cy of my grace, unted them as lee accordingly, 3b, let all mnn- ngtii, that tliey and they shall ill uphold them £,'ronr power. For thus, 8ai^li the Lord, if there be a nioa- senger, one amontr a thousand, to shew unto man his upHf^htncss. Yon, (suith God,) [ will render unto man his uprJgtttne.s8,aMd deliver him from going down to the pit, for I have foundaran8oni.-(John xxxiii.) Thn origi- nal is moht beautiful, and in the perfect lenso ; O ! how God glories in the invention of rwlecming the world (though at so great ' an expenco as his own blood,) saying *;«rnj,a, eurnxa, I uavk rouNn, J „avk found the RANSOM ; J, oven I, am he thai has done it; umi also eurnxa signilies to rejoice in some thing that is well done, &c. Therefore hi.-« own arm brought salvation, and his righte- ousness it sustained him, he has promised to bestow it upon all who continue to be- lieve, love, and obey his Holy Cospel. So if we submit ourselves to l.im, strive to serve him, suflbr our selves to be led by the spirit of hH grace, and obey his voice, then thr good Lord will pardon our short comings, and wdl also call our works good, (although -ey are not meritoriously good,) and tho.M, im.^'H that be not, as though they were. And iiow.O! man, ho hath shewed theo what la good, an.l what doth tho Lord re- hl"no of thee, but to do justly, and to love merry, and to walk immbly with thy (;„,| " -(Micv,, 8.) Therefbro tho salva.ion of the soul is the result of two wills conjoined • the will 0/ Cod. and tho will ,y „,„„. jff^.J will not ti,c sulv/iiion of ,„„„, !,« cannot bo ^uved And if man will not the salvation God has prepared for him, he cannot be de- livorcd i.om hissin8,'\S.c., consequently re- main under condemnation. " Ko, the Mesiiings thy free bounty givw Let mo not cust awny, ' ^ For (;od is paid wliei, i„„n roreivcs, I'J enjoy IS to obey." ON FAITH; BUT CHIEFLY, HOW IT IS THi/ou't OF O o H. This is an important article, for faith com- ' The sure -mrhnr nf .t ... prebends all the acting faculties of the in- ... „!.. 1 !. !^"' "f '''" '""' ^^'"^'' '^'^P^ prebends all the acting faculties of the in- tellect, judgment, reason, and understand- ing; for these must all bo exercised before we have faith in anything, it is applied in dif- ferent ways , but the chief is that in regard of divine things, belief in the Lord Jesus Christ, and of our salvation by him, and the giving our assent and judgm'cut to his re- vailed truths. The Greek pislis, translated ftith, IS derived from tho xgvU pe,t/to, which signifies to persuade the nature of faith, being a persuasion of the mind on something wpresented to the senses. Paul says, that iaith ,s the .substance of things hoped for, ■> yu firm in hi., place, „oai«8t c;ery ti.Io nnd storm. As to the order in which faith stands, It is evident that it precedes repen- tance, for we mn.st ha-o u sense of sin, l.e- fore we can repent for it. But this is only n spccilative o- discerning faith, it foresees the real eril of sin, and the state of holiness which God reqnii-es, this is the faith that hrmgeth repentance, which is an after tiiought, or sorrowing furs in, which if per- severed in, ! lingeth conversion. Without tins "faith, it is impossible to please God for Jie that cometh to God, must believe that he is.» and that he is a rewarder of them tlie evidence of things not see^MHb 7) ZZt T' 1- is a rewarder of them --!!__-_____• ^[;^'^' diligently seek him.-(Heb. xr 6) ■I llmt sieal nnd Jlorious Beinff, I v itov ., T'fci ijf 'T""" "'"' '•"'"^ ™*i'>S 00 -^ '^*^'i«. like that of JncoW, which leys hold, „nd viKorouf ''«-?"'' ^ "'" "'« ^^«'' "^'''V F'Uheis, tho vensabovc anTiritie ea h i S^^ '«'" ''« ',»'«' ''"'^^f' i"«''one«- Such is the Father siicH iS Sn' 1: i 'i ^-^^^ "I'f T' ''^•"'°""' pronouns and a verh, will send the^S tha /Jr^vn^^^ \' !''" "'''^ ^^T' ^-^^ '^«'^^' ^ ^"' «"'' ' 'iiider hh iron praso Tim £Z . i^^^ ' v "' '''«" !".°y«^t bring forth my people from the inanimate Sen Idols A dTn TuT^- °"' ''"'"= """'X ''^ ^'°*' '" '^PVosiuoa to tinctiou, as is betweoS the t,^« aid the^^^^^^^^ Godhead exists such a dis- and life of the w«rl,l ^u « nna tlie sen/. Ihe lather sent the Son to be the light comforter '"J^L sp t^;f"trmh'' X -} '^%^^«'h^'-«."f »'« «>" ««"'' >«" "nothe, THOU HE • 11 nlnrnl .1 ' . - " •' '"^ '*''^" ^^""^^ «* ^^'e vcc procal pronouiis 1 IZ/' Z: No it' sri;rfh;t''nn''' ""f "r" "■- ''-?i""i"g. (where'^.ee,) "Fet vTZul som; lively represeVtatio is vJ l.l 'l- -'l '""" ^"^ "' ^"-^ '*'""' y^' ''« »""h given m who ha.l, Lt secT an vet Taw S- ""'/"' « '"f-^ ^" «»-«"Ktl'e»ed, for blessed are thev ho is, and ZtheVniitZ^^^^ ^r/-' *^', '^"'"« '« ^"'^ ^^« "'"^' ''^licve that ye love.-(ls? I'Scr , « «//'""" "'"' ^'''g«"»>y ^^ek him. whom having not seen are three ihut LI?. ' ' i -^ ,, to return to the words of the text, John tells lis, "there These' reear^ot^e""?hL%e^^^^^^^ ""f''"'?'"' ^T. '""'"'^ ""'' '"« ""'^ Ghost.'^nd th" set forth by ?he Pronhet F^eS ^"^' '«"2^'«" ^'^"t I J'^ve seen of this difficult passage is lives by the i i ver Che la • fhat thl H " ^'''' "'"'''^'' ' 'f ^y^' " "^ * ^^"^ ^"'""K the cap- the hatid of the T nrH »; m ^ Heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God." And out Sr,he nor h ^cre.rcTou^r'L"''^ T.'i""''-^ ^TJ'"^ "'"' '^'^''^''^ « yv\Mv^\n<\ come Also, out o7t liVS ,^ n^, r " ^'1 '^^ • '"S ""'^''^^ ''"'^ » '"•■'Shtt.ess was about it," &c, likeness"of- i ma "S ni'::^?^.. ' l'^..'.''^:!-- «^^-- '-ing creatures, they b^d tl laces and thei w „/• - , , ^^-"1 "">• »'»«J«j' "wu iiau tour w ol a tmn under their wings on their four sides, and the fo m mi I wmgf. These were the Cherubims of Glory tl liiiivviiidaiid out ofthcfi re: ur had tlieii' lat came forth otit of tho nnd as for the likeness of their faces, Uic four had the face out of IMiilisti shall li grace a not of y of wor ( Fpli. i: xhall nc biy mis It allow nalvntio tcntions iiidolem will &tu acle. 1 ignorani of God. in little, to ever} given. yet, tho I the act j>ower o without 1 to belie< of a man the lea s rcprt'sca Christ if Lord spr 18 a Lior have bee the elder earth, nc snith, we to open t cal pronouns, 1 e,)"let us mnkc he hath friven m blessed are they iiuet believe tliiii having not seen I tells lis, "there Ghost, and thnt Hcult passage h among the cap- ofGod." And .'liiriwind come isaliout it," &c, !8, they Iiad tiio ir wings. Aii'i B four had tlieir rorth out of the or had the fuco 61 out of the hands of this nncircumcised Piiilistian. Thus " as it id written, the just Bhall live by faith," (Roiu. xii, in,) " for by grace are yn saved tlirougli faith, aiwl timt notofyouiMlvcs; it is lliu giftofC.'od/' Not of works, least any man should boast. ( Fpii. 11, 8, 9.) For by the deeds of the Law Hhnll no flesh be saved. Many have mirtora biy miscoiiHtrued thistovl; for seeing that It allows tiieiii neither part nor lot in iheir salvation, they therefore disclaim any pro- teiitioiis to roligion, wishing to justify their indolence, by stating that they must, atul will atiipidly perish, or bo saved by a ir \ ncle. Tliis is the subst nice of Calv ilstic ignorance; and is quite contrary to th. wns of Cod. who testifies that be who is f.iUii li in little, will also be faithful in much; i-.) to every one that improve, shall more ..^ given. For although faith is the gift of God, >ct, the ^xercise of that faith in believing, is tlic act of the soul under the aid of thiU jKJwer or grace, for does not God know that without the imvver, it m as impossible for man to believe, as to create a world ? but with thdt divine assistance, ho ran boliove and bo saved, & e. " Ibu (.'od never beliovc« for any man, no i loro than be repents for him, the penitent through his g icc enabling him, believes for himsolf, nor dors ho Ulicvo necessarily, or impulsively even when ho has that power, for the jmwer to believe may bo present, long before it is rxerciscd ; c^so why the solemn warnings with which wo meet every wJiere in the word of God, and threatcniiigB against those who do not be- liero ? Is not this a full proof that such persons bavo the power, liut '«J directs lis to look lo Jesns wlio is the' author and finisher of this miracidons faith wherehy men can do wonders. Here men' subject to like passions as we arc, hod power to stop the month of lions, q„ench the V.0 ence of fire, saved the lives of hnn,h-eds, andofthonsands of persons, nn.l yo» poor soul, a partaker of the same li-d.t, pace, and Jiberty, whoever you are, yon havethe same source to apply to for sncco.;r as they had • nnd ah,s: have ye not faith enough to save! your own one soul? What say ye? aro ye still Diulni- flir. .,^„,I -• . ^ TllK M.A RKOW OF THE SCIHi'TLltES. your faith, the salvation of your'^;;^;^;: Have you a clear evidence of your sins heing pardoned and washe.l uuay throng!, the •ioodotntonement.Pifnot, then von never l'«ve had fiuth in the Lord Jcsu. Christ, no .natter who you am, be yo peasant or jre.ulp. 'unu, layman or clergy, deacon or bishop : "ye have not this testimony, permit me to tell you yo are a faithless generation, and your state by uo means enviable; you never 'ave exorcised faith, yet God testifies you '>"v^l."d.t,forhe.ays,"an,easurcoffaith ^ .s dealt out, or distributed to every man," ^'^o.-Rom.x„,3.) And had your quota or n r T rT" ""'^ '' '"'»« "« « g''"i" ol- '""■stard seed, had you improved it by watch- '"" ""^' '"■"•^•'''•' it ^vould have become a great tree and aflbrded you shelter in the day of fjods wrath, when he shall conie "with ihs great and sore and slronjr sword, to take vengeance on thom who know not God, and «till under the condemnation^ Lu.atVe: Ib^fr tl^ crl'" 'r""^ "'" ^"''' ""'' J.eveth notslmll be damned; try your own ChrL " a , P ''"' "'^ ""'' ^V'! Jesus solves, prove your own selv s, UitI erve I ;„ ' • n ' ''"""^'^^^^ ^-'h'^-J ^l^iih^iaitl^I mean saving iaith, t'e^ ^nZ' ^ 'f''''-^ '-''''-"'^ )^i^^^^^^^^i^Uh:^Z^nl^:^ ^-—--!:''"*:'_5li"^!!l["'""tusmg their f],ith elders ot Israel ; and they saw' the gS 7 sfael '.n. "'"' "^ ''"'"' '""' ^^^'^"tv of the paved work of a saph ire stone, ntwl as it vvnr!. i "^''^r^ ""«l«"- l)is ftet as it were a upon the nobles of'the children of Isr^elTe h iT t f ° "?'^" "' '''« <='««••" ''L and did eat nnd drink, &c., retained thei' naiuro f ' V ' '""'^ ' "'''« "'«y ««v^ ^o*! «< d testrmony. that "there are three .r;, e*^- J^."'"'^''''^ ""^" father, tho^ird? u «nd ^£rloi-y." But to come to a plainer denmnifnt T'°. '" «"^«tance, equal in pmver Eternal Godhead; the Fathek^Is the 'riut oowe f.?i "''"" '^^ '.'" understand of tlS who was made flesh nnd d»velt amoL'is in7t,.I V\T " '^^ 'P''^^ "^ that «oJ r versal spread of that A.M,o„xy brk.t?, vvlr^^Tnct ^e h III .r '' '^J^e general aJuZ y-3 hat there irMist still be a directing nowe, «? H « h "-^?^'' ^^- <>"•' reason tells could not be omnipr^serrt; therefor" aEX-,J„nn''' ^''" '""''^ vvhen kicarnated ^o.-, even thnt of the Holy Ghost ^oi^hll,, ^'®'««""'?« ^as wnnle.l to supply ^eneZ or ..reefold personality sho'uhl eJst m . .e GodS'" TF^'f "^'^' "«'^«««^'J' 'hat'^^S": Imndled, some ignorantly .akin,, it ,o b jre wriuen IoVT "'"''^ ['"«.''«^" "•i^'^'^'^'v one n. '^'""' r^""" ""'''""' ^'*f'"''«^ 'o beat, or Ts bod v of '.b "'"'"""'' ^^ '^"P^'' '"'^ '"^^' oiie persons hps, must beat on nnothers^^r, betb « ,J.pv '."« """' "' "'« "'°'-'' ''fo'n by the power ofsound, or reverberation ftriS « '^^ *""" ''""'■ ''• This is known m.gl.ty rushing wind, as ir Acts .,?rA.Kl suldenlfS'"'' " «o.netin,es manifested bj a ns of a nmhurg mighty wmd, and it tilled al ,!.« i^^ '"' f """^ " "«"'"' «'""' Heaven Also It ,8 represented as a fhn, or vvi, oLr J^^ house where they were sittinir. &" Logos, which signifies >. or ^l^w 17 '"^f^i '"'.'^-i. .'^'''^ ^''^ek has tl o ',.S spark of fire even the bL. .fa cmdic h^s in ir , .. °r"' • '^'"''"' '"^ '"^^- Now eve y "I'd heat. Thus the Lo^os is rl.. li^lu' .!'"' \"A[ ""-^^/.''stiMct substances, viz.. ai,'. li.hf p.nnmg was rhe word, and the w •'u^aswah God'Tn!!T' '"«7"''^- «" " i" ti.el,;. in the ti believe, do not I to go II r; over the always, of little 1 I have a world, yc using tht done ify( can be di will I CO more tha will must to the pec dominion He is the our faith; this gift, by whom made." — ( lecoi-d ill baptised, y unto him ; And lo! I )ileascd." Trinitu ; j Fiist-Th, Gliost in (I person of loved Son, three that these tliret say, ye kn( water, und you cannot ~h' the fl. thirst, as I- broken, &c God who g drained out earth to th« tl'.reo divine the Holy G believe not, to bo the pi the learned stand it. II m Heaven, sitting, &c. 18 the word ^ow, every ;.. air, liirhr, 'ill tiieljc- ir God was I Jehovah, Oil, PLAN OF SALVATION. «} in the time of extremity; yc liava power to believe, and a helper always at hand, yet ye do not use it, jJepend on (iod, ye have not to go up to Iloaven to bring him down, nor over the ^«n to fetch him, for he is with you always, even to the end of the world; O ye of little faith, you do not use the grace which I have already given you, like many in the world, you are still looking for more, without using that which ye have, what then cnn be done ifye remain faithless? nothing, nothing can be done, eternal death awaits you, nor will I compel theo to think or believe, any more than to do any othei act, the human will must remainfree. The Apostles testify to the people of Corinth, saying, we have no dominion over your faith.— (2i\ Cor. i, 24.) lie is the author, as well as the finisher of our fjiitb; and we are the husbandmen of every graco given unto us, and co-operuto under the aid or divine intliionct! for tho, righteousness of God is revealed liom laitli to luith. Let us therefore pray with the Apostles, Lord increase our faith ; and God himself tells them, if that they have faith, as a grain of muslard seed, (that is a thriving, increasing, and growing liiith,) that they shall be enabled thereby to work miracles. What- soever ye shall ask, believing, ye shall have it. "Having these promises let us lay bold on the hope set before us, as an anchor of the soul, both sure ,:id steadfast; let ua ask, in faith, nothing wavering, saying, Lord I believe, help thou mine unboliei; for tho double minded man is unstable in all h»s ways, and shall receive rothing from God." —(James i.) , i lorce God will repel that oppose our salvation, if wo do nbt yield to it this gift, and therefore ought to improve I ourselves, neither men nor devils can force by whom "all things wero made, a.^vTid^urhim~"v7a7'not7n7tMnff~mad7lhat'^«^^ .un.le. '-(John ,.) There is further proof of the diviim p.,rsonalUy, oV il oo t at l^^r baptised, went up straightway (apo) from the water, and lo! the Heavens were o.^Zl unto lum ; and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a .love, a IH ted , ,o" b ,„ And lo a vo.ce rou, Heaven, saying, this is ,ny l.oloved So, , in whom 1 am we 1 pleased." It ,s well stated that this passage afTord/s.fficient prooVof the Ztrine of the f''[':rT.'.^'''^. V^yfon of Jesus Christ baptiztd by John. Secou ^vo iKbo e ho learned world: many have thrown it out of the icxt, becaiisi they could no ,m£^^ stamhl. llence lorth he who pleads so, must be willnli; iv'.M.nmt: y^i I rnof Jv 1.: iiJ^^'ihrF;:;,;;^ Is' G^r ;i:.r^i^'^7fir .f.^'':;'^'-!^^':^/'^'- -y'-:^' " "--^liVbe: iplo . .. , „, ."'' t''«f^on is (.'od, and the I fob/ Ghosl is Uod ismg the words rnnilif and persons, because I do ii(»t find ih vet, I n scni I hcsc are the words which merciful John Calvhi, cited to liimsell ese terms used in the lJible_ as wrote by Sorvctiis in a leiter ^fil 64 our salvation from us, nor compel us to do one cnm.nnl act, nor n.ake us to think one thought of unbelief ,o forfeit ir. Satan may >vheedle, luro. and say cast thyself down, but he cannot, daro not, cast theo down : therefore « resist the devil and he will flee from you." As God does not compel us to *Je holy, so, no power can compel us to bo wicked. But the volition or lilierty of the mmd, God will not force, because ihat he Inmself has made it free; otherwise, why these awful denounciations.' he that be- heveth not shall be damned, and the fearful and the unbelieving shall have their part in the lake which burneth with Jire and brim- atone, which is the aeconrf death, &c. Nor can we once ihink that Christ himself would THE MARROW OF THE SCRIPURES, uig. Hast thou faith, saith Paul, then have It to thijsdf before God.— (Rom. xiv. yy ) Dost thou believe that there is a Saviour ' then make that Saviour thine own, feel his blood applied to the pardoning of thy sins ; let lum not go unless he bless thee, believe and have. do and live, bo faithful unto death, and thou shalt have a crown of life &c And now let mo drop a word to you 'who' arc the firm defenders of our christian faith Are ye all in possession of the grace which that faith brings ? That faith which you so strenuously and justly defend an ' I " '" ''•'"' /^? S"'*^'^ ""^ "^'•■'^^■" ("-^ ^hov nmbus-patrumro hcllof IheHnir. • l^ consigned thorn to a ,,laco thev ralh.d pensation thaThad i'd before Sis^^ '^^^^^^^^^^ "'*^. ^°°'^ men of the old di..- he released them o of it ^J^a ' ^ lu.t when he preanVu there that surdities have been rn sp 1 o^ .I.f« , • "'' '"'" '" "'"''-'"' •^^- Wonderltd nb- explain the whole C.H t ne^ \^^^^^^^^ " ^^"^ ^^«'''« "'-^ "^"fi-ient ,o released a soul ou otVt ns vo^ , 1 «1 ' '^'''■""' '!"' ""'* "'termedinte mansion, nor that raised up CluistZm tl ^dca h. , t *"•*' ^ ""'.^''''r .^''•''^*^ "'"« '!'« ^""'n Spirit of hope, who vvere ( isobndiPnf ntn. I P"''"^ '►ed to these S,'„rrts in Prison, or prisoner.. days of XoalVSiS xar heS'c r 't «''' ""7 r^' """ ^"^*""'"^' "^ <^"'' "•"''«'' '" 'h > ^ay that it was vv e , h^M as undo he .^wT.". ' f "; '^''^^^ ''.v these wise men, who were not disembodied siririnr^ J ' f u ''''".^'' '''"' '''' P'-P'"'l'ed there. So, thes,, for Pverv sinm^r 1 n ' ' '°'"'' '''°"''' ^'''''' '''«'"' ^>i" '"«" in the body as \ o conch^m^ni:: d^ ^'^""-;;;'tot ';;!;?. f'"''; ^^-^ :.i"' "-^ ••«'-"- 0(1 to step into the jrlonoiis lihcrtv n boudag.-, a chain, a prison, a pit, Scr ("ontJemned a ready ;" we air invitP.I t« wt„.. •. V \i ', ""'' ,.'.'" '""' '"'"'-veiti nc (JnH X.,. i.r •■_;. . ° "'^ lUMted to step into the jrlonoiis libcrtv of tho ,.i.;i,i,.^., are, ot is >J .Ircnms, by visions, .•,,,,1 ,,„ nllliclion- r,t 7 ° • «"'''"'"' °""' "">™y of n( mercy ,« „,,.Jo to every ...an, ul.ctlicr he "Ml na-opforitor„ot,andtlu..sGo,IiHdcar <>i ll.o [,loo,| of those that perish. "That "'o-'. O! God, .ni.htost ho ju«tine,l wlicn tl'ou spcakost. and be clear when the, f^J'~i^s.U. u, 4.) i'anl i.n.seli; tnoii" 1 I wwi ,. ., . ' I w.n..., y «uh,.micd and .aid, r^„„-eL„e /-/c«0.o...ag Lord what wot.Jd.t thou wish "0 or have n.c to do, &c, n.ake ,nc now ....oanost .servant; no longer :ny will, hut ''""ehedot.e;whid.isthesince.-ewi;hof '-„h then a persecutor, (vhen ho Z d e J";: "l"" ^ "''''^" '^ "^ -'-- -4 o. '•Si.tand heard the voice from Heaven s-u- v ' '''"'"*'"' ^"*^ Sieving soul. 7.^ -."to m-.n, Saul, Sani, ^UyZ^Z^^Z";' '7' -'" -"'"S -w .no ,.p, a.,d strike with po.-secution. uul asKolh, who art thoii, (lucrie) or sir' i "'" Jc^sna of Nazni-elh, whom thon perse- Pi'te.f, (Schdcron,) it is j,a,,l, rude, disa X'ceable, violent, a,iste.-e, in.placable "o'-o«e, unp.ons, wieked; for these defini- '0".s . .e wo.d (schikron) bea.u (Parkbui-st) :;;•''' *'f "^"It, grievous, for thee to kick ot- " tup thy lu^ela^ninst the points or pdwc.-, winch rebeilio.. will o.dy serve .o,nakctl:cc' •".". '"'-'gsthesubjerti.uoafairwnyor he-ng understood; lor when once a man sobnn.s, there is no ,no.-c need of cornpuJ- SlOn : nf'itlinr ii.,I..„,l -I . ' completely impossible; so this puts the qwesfon out Of dispute, for ever, that Stiul wasasubjeetofco,«;,e//ma.;,<,,,,,. Thus we see that Pard's case, like all others, firmly ad^ .mts of jree age..cj, nothitig compulsory i„ the « hoh, n.attor, .-. .triet admo.,it,on givert ""'I a P'cnmuio of me.cy offered by ou.' grnc.ous JlKOnKMKu. to which Paul most "■.lln.gly submitted and obeyed with all Ida l.ca.t,,„d with all his sonl. It is worthy of '•en.a.k, that it was after Paul had yeilded obed.ence, nnd also was found praying, t 'at the Lord said to Ananias, he is a dmcn vessel unto me. Tl.is is in the present tense, indicative njood, be is now a chosen vessel, he IS 7iotv become one of my elect ; not liefo.-c this, the word compel is not found in tl'e original G.eek, in that case [aua^chasin) -^(^r more ^nevously;,,,;^ m :;;X ^! !""^ «''«"" «'-•<. i- tl.U case iu.a^chasrn) ^^'•'--'''Lvlloavenly rather Ziorce, I IV''"'''''"' ''"^^'■"'"' '"^ "''^'-' J''^™^'^^'^ ^^-ou,U uiti. cv,..,,as'in. t n io f ^^' f "' '^'^ ''''''' ''^"'' constrained his ;;;;;. ;:al.,li ..... .o,.epemance ^'Z^Xltrt^^:: l^ll^'^ '^!^ 'r^ i.wfi.l .-iiid ^iddbtooil by r-Jaid ;i;,i i,y J.js iiiiui.>~tiv r<.r il.;.i i- 1" ""7' ' """'o'-'o "•''>; U-'t<"e i, i, ,1,) (cpnUit^l ' J l,.,| in that I vns ue II ,/„£./,•(,„, ,j,j|. ••-'Vf iiU'l obns : III i-- reply was 1 tianshit « \-iv. 23.y_The English peise- itioii reads compel then, to come in '■n e is no ;.:iich «or.! in tho original, cithci ON jlJ-*!*' ^•**^>^-^-, a willing suliject, alieci, being ovor- 'lio vision, and s and mercy of 5i"ing pardon to ''''"seli; through vliat I uu), &c. bestowed upon >our more abiin- ■ough that grace aid, (kitn'e li me JiiJdst tliou wish make ino now g«'r :ny will, hut sincere wish of I'olieviiig soul. submihsion of It'll himself to n fair way of 1 once a man B(! of comptiJ- I'o be any, it is 'his jiuts the !Vt!r, that Saul >er. Thus we ers, firmly ad- :onipulsory iu onition given, Tered by our h Paul most ,j -Latin, sub- 10 EiiglisJi !> come in. final, cither OR, PLAN OF SALVATION. of the Old or New Testament, the whole voice of both cry out against it, and we are not to cxitoundono word in contradiction to all iho rest; the {amvgchason) irieans to urge, to prevail l)y prayers ar.d entreaties, the most earnest and engnging that can be imagined. Neither does constrain always signify to compel forcibly: it is used (Luke XXIV, 19,) where the disciples constrained the Saviour to abide with them; which was impossible for any rwwer on earth to cowpel him. They entreated him, and he condes- cended, whicli is the true meaning of the word. IJut to be comj)elled, as some hold that Paul has been, that ho was knocked down and made to surrender, is not found in the New Testament, and those that teach such doctrine, shew th^r total ignora-iCc of the plan of salvation ; for let it be observed, that Paul was rot at all converted under the shock of the Heavenly vision ; no, lie wns for three days a seeking penitent, before that Ananias said unto him, Brother Saul, recnve thji .vghl, and !)e filled with the Holy Ghost. —(Acts IX, 17.) God's Jaw is a law of li- berty, and as be i.s no respecior of persons, if he would compel one soul to holy obedi- ence, he would also compel all the world; l)ut then there wouhl bo neither merit iior •Icmcrit in all the sons of Adam; conse- quently, neither cnpabiljiy of being rownrd. cd or pimished. You ask next how are tho.^e called heterodox saved .' those who hold doctrines j^rejudicial to the soul ? (To mnko short) you have beard of the conversion of heathens, but you hnve also heard that first they threw away their iriols; so, in liko manner must these persons put away ihcir l)iassed and prejudical ojiinion.s and" relin- qnish all those dogmas, and stigmas, which they formerly held as articles of laitli, « thoy must cast them away as a nicn.stnmus doth, ijiou Shalt .say unto them, got thee henre.'' —(Is- XXX, 23.) And then he who received a Saul when ho submitted, will also receive you. So, many persons have been converted not through the principles of ih.jr Church Orthodox, but because thoy threw away those [.rinciples and cmbracpd Jesus Christ as freely offered in the Coypol. An.l then' Greek, Jew, Barbarian, Roman, Protestant, &c., will find acceptance. But no man ever yet has been, or evrr will be converted on a hilse, uncert,-in, or Cah inlstic faith, " be tha- vvavereth is like a wave of the sea, &c • let' not that man think that he shall receive anythmg of the Lord," &:e.-(.)amcs i, 7.) ON THE RESISTING OF THE HOI.Y SPIRIT. We hear Saint Stephen exclaim against the peoi)le of Jerusalem, saying, 'ye stifl'necked, and micircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost, as vour Fathers did, so do ye.'-(Acts vii, r>l.) This is called hy some, a critical subject, and it is of long debate, whether the words of Stephen bo true or not ; those who hold irresietablo grace say they are not. I^iis doctrine, however, IS falhng into decline ; many learned doc- tors, and in fact all truly senHililn nsen ('■o wish to throw it into a galloping consump- tion, so that it way speedily take its departure into another world. I find by the original preek, that this passage is very powerfidly , 'anldovvn; anfipiptefc is derived from cni/,'! against, and piph to fall, to full against, to resist, to withstand at ail times, &c. Thus to l»e in battle array against every motion of di- vine -race. Nevertheless men undertake to teach that theassistin-craco of God, or what they call sovereign gru.. , i^ of its own naturo soeflicacious and powerful, that it never fiiils of producing, accomplishing, and koepinn- good the end for which it was given, it \s called here [pncmrMli to a£m)\he Uovy Si'iniT, aiu- there is no grace more sovereign or powerful, and this grace sinners havg re- sisted, and do resist." " The Jewish Nation and people of Jerusalem, together with this te.\t, show fearfid proofs that the Almighty energy of the living God mav be rcsit>tcd '■in II KWllliWiWH".,', I i.i "» .; fV5t TIIK^A^ARUOW tyr TUK SCllIPTl'JlES. was oMce n limhful City" nrol.„|,lv w !. J '"""V "="' '"«• ^od dec,kr«8 "mv ia /.ot .e„t to .stocks, or .tones or mnh? k l", '.''^ ^'''' """*' ''^^ ^'''^> « 'i^^^tion -n.I.; tl^orelbrc it i.s not to work on tL,n w rr '"'f ' "'"''' "'' "^•"«'- ' ^"•^^''•'«««i «" tiKU ,Vv..-.7«6/e energy w).icl^? .ulev "'f "' ''"" ^" ^^^'*'"'^'- ^'^^ "'« -r- 'ie.t.u.i..,,wi,,j..,,..e.,coni:::.:;:;::;:r:s::^:iT '» ">der to nnligiuen, convince, and per i/'- f" ' : ^J'' '/^"^ 'lu.te nmrary to ^'wulc ; if .fter all, the nnder«ta ndin. t e ' Ir i.,i v ^ "V' '"' "'" P'-^^reaaon eye of tne M,u,d refuses to l,el>.,Id |' . r i f . "^-"'':""^^^ ••'"''^'«"> 'viwcJ. is contrary -'d the win ..tcrrninc-s to ro^ J; ,^1 :' i;^ ' '° ^'^ -'" -'^ -rd, &. it . ev.Ue^ «:;ai.Kst every check un, r.r>^Zn^ fVV^^^ s-:;::^;i: d!r::t ^ :;;r rlF^ s-^ - -v-^ nnd Pnest of tho .liost fliih t/ot • t vn I. ' ''^.("*^ '• "'•) ''^=^^ ^^ w«s King of Sale.n I..n, nn.l Prophet of the ^alne Ciu E '^0 ollr'S''' ^^^ '"'' ^''^'^'- i>»vid"^"s ..u:erdotal and P'oph.nic office; IlJwafpooh.Tp.-i?^.',''i'!"''^ T'^ ""'''-''' "'^ reg-al, ol.,. .l,,c svas a n,Ax (Iv.) No v coSir ? ' *^"''^ «'"' ^'"^--Pmil tells „s ti^at Mel- Pat., nch Al.rahatn ,L L lerul o^t 1' ,,oilI ^"aIwI "' 'T ''J ""'" ^^^'°'" '^'^^ ^ho iron. rA.«, received tithes of Abrahan nnd* wi .«/ • "" ."'^"f' ^'*''"^' '« '^°' counted . ••'•Jft^'^-'^'o Apostle in q„otin"thiTeva?nn^^^^^^^^^ "f ''"'^ '^'^ promises. Tho .-poken of in the 110 p/ Tho, n.-^^^^ ^''^'^ '''"^ J«sus una the person 'n.u.s shewin, the ■^■gitin'u./o^l^.e^^rl^^^^^^^^^^^^^ of MelchLK.!!: amhoruy, ahhon.^h called out of •e?^ la orZt 1.? w''' ""•\"''" ''^ '"■°^" '"«"^" '«««' lior of the seventy sunt out by our I irj A d ve vo^ "'k-'"'" ^* '^'^ •-'''"'^^" '^'-''v^- tie f am I not tree ? have 1 not .ePn Jh?/! n^ i r^ ''^)"^."^^'I" s^.V' " am 1 not an Apos- O; winch he received, and thTdoS ne that^^ Jesus Chn.t? &c." And that the autlmri- inn,seU: &c. He sta es therefore ?l-^fiv ''"'^''' ""^^ "°' *'■«'" '"e» hut from God come of a particular «tock fS Xt ^le cl^^LTc\r''''p'-^ '^'V'^' "'^^ P''^'^' «''°"'d yet was not of the stock of eit/.o Abrafnn T • "' l ^"''' ."^'^^ '^"^^ "'?'' ^od, and rents names were not on the Jewill. ^^ 'i ^''-^'' "'' 'i^aron; but a Cananite/for his pa- father, without tnother, w Lout dTscVnr T" • '' "" ' !^'^''^'''^ '>« '« '^'^^^ ^^ ^^ vvithSSt I'i-, but made like unto' tin o ofS 'h!de'thVp'-''T ^'■^•"'"'."° «*' ^'«^'«' "«'• «"d " ' to i'Mt h n, into the Ui^h I^iestI?ood iheS .^'"''^ contmually. Wc had .,o ancestry a typical personage and Chri;t was an Hi-^ ' ."'^ '"\''-' ''" ^'"'°'" *'""«• He was our Saviour had DO temoor I Lhr"'-'""'^ after his order. (»,•; >v, lO ^ For .p:der of Mdchisedec Sc In • ' ""' «P."-""«"y « "mother. He is the , ' after the -ithottt father anl^'iiot er ; t hj ^ .:"„o 'of?' '"' '?'' P"''^.' «"^' ^" --- ^^- ^ re' that our Lord Spnui out of S^ "?. ' V 'V^^fr'^"'''' '^''^"'^ "* it is evident Priesthoo.l. nor „■ mt'iZtlt which tribe Moses spoke ».•:•,,« conoerninir nfler Maicl.i^nd.,! ....;': !>'!\^ ""^"' ^ at the altar." The annj.. . 4- ,,f „';^!!..;:"li"': to bun m ail that region ; an 1 1^7^.1 ""•^'■'^' ^ '■""'• ""* ' i'^'i"t' s-uperior not leave it to his i^vsteritv |,o ^-^ .u ^•''"'""^'''"" ^™'» ^«"^ -'^ >'- S heconid claim that some rneti n a /e^f be n?PH "? '^r^^^^^ Therefore we . ..'e foolish >oiindodiiie,Jews on ibis very th n! L f ^■'''' ''^ °'"^^'' "f^^e'c hisea Pan! ron- M'^" vcr; thmg bv showmg thorn that the nlwise i..^ calleth bis -k'""-**-*"*!, ^i-77 ^^S'*>- "''^-'r^ -4, , OR, PLAN OF SALVAllON. I left to reap tlia jU dfclaies " my vc with nian."- ■ facei; arjutistion inii-j', "whether ttJl V jjrcd'.iced tn their unbelief; and resist to the end hit, divine assistance. 2ndly. That Jesus Christ, by his death and sufferings, made an atone- ment for the sins of all mankind in general, ,.and of every individual in partic.dar; that however, none but those who belie- c> in him can be partakersof this divine benefit, yrdly That mankind are not totally depraved, (see article second on Gospel light,) and thaJ depravity does not come upon them by virtue of Adam's being their public head, •riortahty and natural evil onlv, bein-r the direct consequences of his sin to posterity 4thly. That there is no such thing as irl^- sistable grace in the conversion of sinners. And 5thly That those who are united to Christ by faith may fall, and forfeit finally their state of grace.-(See article 7 on fulibi- hty.) Tlie difl^erence between these two doc- trines will not be fully seen unti! the c?.rt!i he dissolved, and the Heavens no more, &e.* - — •■uoguuM ure "> ' •^•"' ^3 11 came, iJie » Th Z ~~ ■ ' """" "" '""''^' ^^'' sanctified by the o tcnrlies a spu saying that the irc miserable he passes for aeon - doctrine proves nore than con- st such Priest, e, tliey remain listory of tliia fh not yet pnl)- ets include the -1st. That God of mankind by ecree; but »le- > bestow salva- hungering and and that would are filled with his love shed >Iy Spirit given would inflict lould continue the end his ; Jesus Christ, lade an ntone- nd in general, rticplar; that, lelifcin him lenefit. ^rdly. Ily def)raved, iglit,) and that 'on them by public head, ', bein^ the to posterity. Iiing as irrc- n of sinners, rft united to »rfeit finally 3 7 on falihi- 3se two doc- th.p. eartli be nore, &c,* («od would variety of of man ha.s ON PRAYER. I'a A rKK is that which shevvoth our depend- j shut your mouth, nor keep poi«*Miou of ance on (.'od, and our reverence to him ;. your soul, for if v... ,i» .JJT^'^" "^^ anco on (Jod, and our reverence to him ; also, the Lord has promised to grant that to |»rayer, which without it we have no rea- son to ho^pe for. The altitude of Prayer, kneeling;— Paul say?, I bow my knee m prayer, find even on the sea shore they knell down and prayed. The great king Solomon " kneclcddown upon his knees iiefore all the congregation of Israel"— (ii Chron. vr, 13.) Preparation.— When you pray, if you have aught against any one, forgive, for this is the terms, if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Heavenly Fat!ier forgive your soul, for if you do, you are forever un- done. ''There is a kind of omni|)otence in prayer, &c. ft hath loosed iron chaiuB. HActs XII, 5, 10.) It hath unlocked the windows of Ueaven.-(lst Kings .xvn,, 41.) It hath broken the bars of death.-(John xi, 40, 43.) Satan hath three titles given him in Scripture; a lion to note his strength; a dragon to note his malice ; a serpent to note Ills subtilty. But none of these can stand before prayer. The malice of Haman sinks under the prayers of Esther; the deepest policy of Athiophel withers before the n:zr:;:;^r!::-^-=^^ -^°=^=.::=^ to thy brother, and (hen come and offer thy gift, for ifyou regard iniquity in your heart, the Lord will not hear your prayer. Well, one says, I have a heart bent on revenge, I need not |)ray. You are the person that thousand Ethiopeans run away like cowards before the prayers of Asa."-(2Ch .14.) There are three degrees of prayer, each surpassing the other : prayer, crying, and tears, prayer in silence ; crying with a loud voice. But Irars iimilc u|,oii tho (aco ..fimtiire. However, as the Alniiuhiy does iioihm<, .vW.™7. the slam. Isaiah saith, "the earth also is defiled and the nhabianrsthpIL^^^^^ a curse devoureth the earth, and they that dwell UiSn are Sola r" p'"^°''? xvnl"';.")' tSrf T T' "'^•^'^' i"'-bitantn^he^S^t;re w^o^'S' l-xviii, Mx.j It Shall fall and not r se aea n." Wheip thnn Bl.nii iJ , i ' J- Shalt make, shall remain before me for ever saith the Lord. &c."-So "When his voice siiall rend the skies, And lightnings hurn this globe below| It appears then, that this earth, althouirh Saint, you may lift your joyful eyes; • liicrc »a new Heaven and Earth for you, burned up, will not be rpiite destroyed, but ■novo,,, .„„ ,„„ >.i,„ie „.,,;„ i;»o™ ,i;;™;;;e'™^To;r"?ii"£;;:;;ir^^^^^^^^ no' the TO THE READER. Ahb now to conclude, %v* must all one day stand before the son -f mrt., .r,^' .t t j , foltowinff questiona bo put, how fir' •" r 5 wir, ,1 "' *""' .^^^ ^^« command. Jink'd with a t romisf , '.. lf,,^T '^"" " P^^^ »'«" ? then .he li^hioousness. and all things a Ij'^l,,.;' T adde.l ..rn ' ^'"*i1*>'" »♦ God and hU a/us! alas! what .hall I dof Ntx wm ,hou ttS ?n."' 1-'° r" ^''« ^''^'^f?^ •' Joseph mid Nchen.iah were - ' hruifs nnd «KA ■ ? •?'' ""V"' *'"»^' (^^"'"' I*""',) O: woe-.s-nio. Next « Mechanic, have von the i ed.4 i* no i .ni; „m '^'^^ ''''^''' ^''■ rr>y cu8.o,no.u Stand thou <„. ,be Idt Lui But I have bee a„ ho^. Vl'"" '" ^"'"*" one Then wi,ere is your fruits ofrigh.cousness ? O - '• l3",j ,m !i IT"' ""^^ field to field, and whon you cnilpd 1 w-,s ilist ilnnl - . • ■ ""''^ '° ''°"*<^' ""^ greater. Stind thou on\he le ft H,7d -"l h , e i«nV'lVf ^'"1^ ''"'\-; '"^ *'"*"« '° '"""^ niercl.andise which was beZ- tl .n ail s If Merchant; well, did you seek my choicesilver' 0» ml II I ^ '*' ' ""'' "'^ •^'vcnue, which was ),etler thnn gnin the wl.U^wo. J, 'm;!' lose" of/ C' '^ " So'^^^^^^^^^^^ Jtulge of Justice o, iZonhL tuih Then w?p,I •^*?1' ^"""^'"'^ ^ ""'' « ^'l""'^' '^ interest ? " Did you give alike dLrn^^o hi" ''"' ^''" ^''^f''" -^''"'' ""^'^ *^'' i'^"'' Govenior ; v ej /ha"'t E sou Jh> or' Twil ""T" '""^"'^y-H'^r- ^"' ^^"^ » ^^^^^ f^««n 400 ragS oj.lvo iW ''"" ""pen con^st j«n£:LeiSr\;;^j^Sh£.^.c;f i., ^s^::^, book, to cot^sult, savo the small Bible ; so tbati may say witirTomSn- ' n>' ^P^'j! nssistance, has the work been wrought, oy his dn-ect'on, to your dwelling brought." hich of 300 or real disad- havinjj do fRErxmcTON, November, 1S44, Wm. f OLTARO. , and sfiould the mail ? then the if God 811(1 hU r'oii ihe pledge r at, (i?aitl) Pnul,) ! Prince of li^lit, I they reign, &c. y time to plea$e St Farmer, says 56 to house, and y Ijinisto hnild id yoij see It my k-an lietter than week, and con- ig if'youHiiould I have heen a in them. "O! iing of a man; XAx.^ I conid rt'us a Squire, a Jr oath or your 111 horn in the I iinvc bei'ii a ;ent!e, Immble, )f thy ' rant il to uli such I )Hpe! Minister; istti ? have ye x1, &c. Also, IT to take that n your skirts? I never knew, I have been le and covern my children, nandelh to be K, J6.) I ready written I cousiderabiy >f oliowance ; mf? Bui if iciples disire- ishing ,,n en- rtonce, \ !iich i I of 300 or ' threat disad- ity, having no # fARO. THE BIBLE ANALYZED. f-j - 27 - 260 - 7,959 e;w.38o Totat (i& • 1,189 - si.i/ai 778,7401 3,56(J,480 tided into ChapterB in 1253 ^ noloiny King ol hgypi; „„4 p^^. g,,, , tJ^S"^ ^"*^^'">^' eHition waB in 1536; il,e iam aiHl.orizeil edition in En»ii.l. »« W.1I •cqtiaintetJ with the oriental lai.g napes were « n Imed fn/.i'.^^^^^'^ *''? y««ni.~tl,ey then comimred and,. nbli^l^ed7ic «'"l'"°ied for the apace of The following ia n db.«eclion of the ( j and New T.ntnment:- In the Old TeatHment. Iq i|,e New JlooKs, • • 39 • • . Chnptom, • 929 ... . Verses, . 23,214 .... Worda, 592,493 - . . , Letter*, . 2,723,100 - - . . cjn^u . or.. The copulativ.! cni.junci ,n and occnrs in tho Old Teatamont '« kv.. ii>» '^•'^480 New occur. 10684 tif,.e8 making in all 46,219 linki ^ "'"*"*"" '^'^' '''^W'"© in tl f'^'—Lo! how the A neierta esteemed the Socrerffo/ume Th«v <.nr«rnn„ . i in ill aeparate division, leat tho tranacribera should eitSerudd or dhnS ^ "'*'^" CHRISTUN, REMEMBER THAT THOU HAST TODAY A fruolIfjH '" you^Hy .""-^ in your spirit which are God'a.- J Cor. ti 20 A crucified Sav our to believe in, and thou ahalt be saved and thv houL ilf* « A body to mortily through the Spirit.~Roni. viu. 13 ^ houae.~Acts x,r. ^ Repentaoce to seek and peiforni.-Ac»s v. 31.~L..ko xiu 3. Sniato woepover and fornakc-Lnko vii. .iS.-Prov. .xvri, 13 Gracen and virtues lo implore by eMrneai prrtyer.-Pl.i .v'e Thr!*., u"^f """"^ *? perlbrrn, and a neiyhlour to edify.-Mutt! xxf 40 -Rom »v o i Thou Shalt in anywiHe rebuke thy neighbour and not siffer ain upon him -lJI' V,'.'^ « I hnto every fulse way, but thy law do 1 love." ' "*""• ^^^' *'^- 1 Thou hast to prepare for doati, and to watch for ti,e day of judgment.-Luke ,„. d ^ . . ,. . All these must be met and prrformef/ ^'^^-^^^oun^strengiku,kicH^SJ^fect^a^^^^^^^^^ „, ,0; PhiUv. 13., 6t. ,n < INDEX. to do Of Satiin presenting l.imaelf amon«r ihe Sons of God. . On n VVif" dying lor her Inislmnd when holh his parents hod refused God denies the clm-gc of lore-ordaining evil, . . '^^ t/ondiiion of acceptanco with God, . , . . On Self-Governmenr, The Assisting Grace of God, ...**" On Omega, --.,.. •-. OnBapiizing for the dead, ^ I I I I ' Terms of Salvation, On .Jacob and Esau, •.-.!!' On Peiinential Sorrow, Liberty, and Experience, . . 1 he wMn World one great dlaeased man, * . . jj^t thi'ie 'own vineyard, - . , Cod c*Utt! nw to «p«Btance by draaoii. I^> wfckuip, ^^ by ia« toiaiw^, it.