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(* .:;t, §:-.l",r~ ''l:~ ':¢f;ti E ieckoiii'rig ana ' :lccoifn t of a '~~~~t'M<~t, ~rL!e ~r~feaor, :n~ C,o~nd chrifliari" ~~ 'lOp~~ ,~cP.q.· IS not ~~ ,f~e~(llor . ~o make, ~t~~,1?i1~ <T ' ~~sr~: t (he hou r 0(0;.t,helr .<1ea.yt~ •. ~~ll t.~le~IX ~~%?l days of theirappointed t ime ' they~.\~~~~~.u:f1: ' waif' when their,changcll iall come'.,:{~.~+.(.+~..(..'~ 'T'b····' h I l "t:: • . edi , ". , " 1 .eIf w o e lie IS' a me i ran on

II I death, anda' preparation for it; , Evely day th ey {land11'1 rcadinefs, having oil in' their lamps, and th eir lights1'lI l l1i ng, waiting fo~ the Bridegroom; and 'their Mafier' s' ·" Illi ng. III "lIle ' h]()f1)i~g; they awake with God ; allI h.. dlly long, they"walk with him; .Iand before him ;111,1. ill the evening and night (/tafoll'; the y'Iie down ill" "'(~ . and refi fwit)l '. ~ him . So that what -tirne or ' hour

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, take,tlte9,1 ~.tj lthe ,worfi}""be unprovided, or unpreparedc. ' u\\) I . ../ " f hi ...10f ' tIH:lr m~etlng ,,?), 1m;, "

(\e,7 ' And alb~e i t this "f ere a fu~.?e~ £!r9,~ : . '!!,!to her wor,­, thy (~u(banq~ ia~ that.,"Yas to Ezeklekwlien his wife (t hedefire of Ihis:;eyes) beir g well in the morning; died inh i I " '/ I 'J d'd' h L d . r. f n'f hit e,evemng; Y7-~ ' I , t .~ or 111 mer~y 10 ancn y t IS

affiia ion unto his fervanr, that, by the power of graceo \. f ,

ana. cp~i1l:i ~.?\wifdo,m, he did moderate hi~ affeaions andfu bdue hi~ p'aiJiofls, lPourningJ or her.death as.fenfible ofhis own Iofs, yet neither wailing nor weep ing as a manwithout hope : for, .,Grandi; in fitOs pietas, impletas in

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D eum ejl, Hieron. ' ad' Pam. ; bein g well perfuaded of

. her gain ; and that what he had loft, the Lord had

.found, as Hi.er~wrffli;!1~etb, . to bel' everl~fiing, c?mfort,an d \th~ praife ofhis mercy and grace in Chrifl j efus,"

After thefe thipgs, f\nd i~g it hot good for man to bealone, hefought,the bl~ffing , of another- help er, 'atld" aprudent wife, by prayer and Iupplication, And '~~ hefouO'h t, fo he found , for, as he wa,s at Manchefler, the

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Lord directed his eyes ,towards a daughte'r of Abraham.

Upon wh~c~, t hat he might know Iomething of her .vir.rues and gra~Gs; he acq uainted ~ trufty friend with -thethou ghts o~ ~,~~ [ ~~art;. He found that her fat,h~er \yasdead ; that her,~q~~er was yet liying, a graci ous motherin Hrael: ,th~t{ h;q:elf" "yas like the, (i'u~en'~ "daughter,beautiful toitbin, i;ts l.;well as without. Her narne was.Foxno~. ,tpe" A~d~rtons and Lelands.. in LancaChire.H;~v i ng obtained her of the L0r~" and of her mother,,herftayed, ~w<: !y'e mqn~;hs in that-family, ~JlJ carr ied, o~their devotions ., and w ith fuch fucc efs, that his, hea rt

was, wond er( Lflly d raw!\ out in: gratitupe ~o God,: fo;b ringing him into fuch conneCti,01!s. ,, '~My mother-i n­Jaw, faith he, theu igiving me.table £01; ay.ear, th ere, andthen we Jet ,up the exercife of -zeligicn. morning and

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• vl'"i ll/: : in which time, I truft, thmugh G od'sgrace,Ill Y ruorhcr- in-law there got true faving grace ; and myhll "1 ln- law, now Mrs. ·Hind, and another half lifter of11 " . 110 lind their brothers Mr. William and Mr. 'ThomasI' " ... . li nd a fervant or t wo, and' fome -neighbours, whi ch11111 1(".1 with us in -the evening. Blefled be'God, that -is1'I""bl , by weak means, to exprefs pis great power an~

IIlncy towards us.'At the end oLthe twelve months, he and his .returned

ell his own houfe: and thus his family again became a fa­111(111 9 nurferyy.a'field, or vineyard, which the Lord hathIt ldlc~ . ,

Several -of the neighbouring 'gentry joined thernfelveslth his family; efpeCially, Thomas Wilbraham, Elq;

placed his fen-in-law, together with his new-married1,,,ly, for fome time, in that family, that they migh trhcre learn how .to manage a family, in the fame man-'ner, They were diflantly related ; but, through rich I

mercy, it is hoped, they became united alfo in the bandsof grace. '

At their firlf: coming, he dealt ,wifely wit h them, byll ying the ir tempers and difpofirions. He:it firft/owuucb, and [aidIittle ; he found himfelf obliged to bear

II1 l1ch for the gl?od of zhem both; always commendingIS much as he could . But let him Ipeak for himfelf.I'he young gentleman, " this Mr. Done, being youngIItI vouthly, yet ,very tractable, c~uld not well away

with the ariel: obfervation of the Lord's day, whereupon •we did all confpire to do him good, ten of my familypeaking one after another, and myfelf lafl, for the fane­

dfying of the Lord's day. After which, he did verychcarfully yield himfelf, blefled be God."

Another inflance he addeth to the fame purpofe. cc Il'oming once into his - chamber, faith he, .and findingivcr the mantle-tree a pair of new cards, nobody being

there, I opened them, and took out the four knaves,0 2 and

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, aW~l\(r l) t' t'herD' ; Jll.!1d''[o laid them_toge~her ' again';'alld

{r.,'" 'I.Yt wal),t"of ' fu cl~ .knaves, ~is ga,ming ",:as m,arr~~,'a, I,Jf~ ve r didhe play In my houfe, for aught that ever~r ',I , " •

, .• ·1 ' \'1 .:tny Inore. " 'Licn~, l cannot but 'commend both the phyfj.cian, and

th e 'patient alfo : ' tbc"phy{ic,ian, that g~ve 111m a ,gentl!::' purge fo wifely; and the patient; that ,took. it fo-wel l,that it wrought fo kindly with him for-his good. ?" , iI

. A 'thirdtefiimOllY he-gives them bothl.after this mall-,. " ;

ncr. "The faid j'ohn .Done.. being .no w knight, \~a$

lt beil young and youthly, yet"very.dhaetabl.e; his .swife,we feared, in clined to popery, . but 1 hope (he got truef.wing gr'ac'e,; a~d : he being con'vinced ,in'Judgr,nent, ~

expeet the £ramp of grace in'God's good time." ," .;, , 'T his was rio [mall joy' unto him' in his life, that-he

.fawIuch holy fruit ' of ' bis godly .Iaboufs,in thefe hisnear and dear coufins, bdfore his-death ; which was yet-more .increafid and enlarged, by the -bleffing of Godupon l the branches 1 of their vines; their I~eir of goodhope, their d~ughter. in-law, and four daughters all 'of

' them' ripe in kriowieBge;';lIld rich iil grace~" the humbl~

' .and holy h;Nclmaids of the Lord Je(us~ rt O ho~ gr~atly' (lid he rejoice in their c6mely order, their gra~ious con­ference, when he h~afd it, or heard-of it, their holy a,f-·fcet ion's in rCl igiqJs duti es, their godly carriage and con­verfation in' all th"eir ways ! Thefe can all teil:\fy,' if ~heywill (and they will,all, I know, as they can) his faith;Fulnefs atd chcarfulncfs in 'this kind. . ' I ' ,

.. 1 He was a great enemy to cards and dice, becaufe ~Il

' game;< dependiog u.po ~ hazard ;" 01: .fhat fome ' c~1I

dianef', are noth ing lefs than an appeal' to God, or thedevil : for, as to ~j-?an~e , it ought not o~~e to b'e named

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a~10ng chriftians !' T hey rnu lt therefore be confidered as 1

forbidden in,dle third commandmenr ; and, as the delire;)Twinning 'is illmoH a certain cdnfcquence, ;it is a breachalfo of the ninth commandment. BeGdes, l hey ha ~e

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11.1 \ " ill" and h :l~py Death of ]: B aq EN, Efq; J09\

I' \ . I h"(l n of any gqod report in the church. Therc is.. 1 1 '~ 11 1 appearance ofevil in them. ~hey area grea t11I".II .IIIC<; to the improvement of that precious time, for

1111 II we mi;l lt give an account in the .day of judgmcnt.I I\I'Y gl' l1 C1ally occafion other fins: and ; .finallv, th eyII' 111 1 (rom tending to the divine glory. , ' For thefe, and

)11 , 1, like.: reafons. j.hevwas 'u t terly ,againfi: cards, dice,

' . "r ing 'u fed ~tby 'an y .in !) is family. But, in~ead,.of

I II II' diverfions, J;he ..provi ~ed,. and placed . upon two •ol , I/ ; ~ , one -in' his .parlour, and the oth er in his hall, twoI."W· bibles, agr,-eable to the canons of our church,

• lhut they migh t be for the ufe both of th eir fer-III" , and , J ~ l fo, for {hangers. " Mr. Perkins is '[ aid to .

1,11' (' been fo charmed with th e ord er of thi s gentl eman's

' .lIlld}', as to have (aid o f it, " C ertainly thi s is no othert II IIi the houfe 'of G od; and, for 'the praCtice and pow er

"I 11·ligiol1 " the-very topfail of all 'E ngland.",/ jllt the Lord vifited him w ith the .Iofs of. his fecond

I ' Ii ,' ; which was the more affiitlivc, as it was' th e means,01 I' is breaki ng up houfck eeping , wh ereby man y . godly1" ifons were feparated from each other , wh o had " .goneI II tilt.: houfe of ,G od in co mpany." B ut God .g raciou{Jy

OI III .ruled all for his glory, in th e converiion of manyIII"h, and the edificat ion and comfort of more.

What Ivfhall fay 'fu rther, 'of th is excellent man, fhallI,. IIIHier OIlC' or ot her of th e followi ng 'heads:

I As to'his holycon vcr fe with 'G od, His dai)y du ­III ~ were t he fe',~ l>: ,>\

I , Meditation . 'By this duty, he daily fought to in­

ol ' ll fe his knowledge of G od, and acquaintance wi th11 1111 . Thus he anfwered the character of the happy and"\ ,.!lI'd man, PC. ) . 2.'" His delight is in the law of the

J.",.1 i an'd in hi s Jaw doth he meditate day and n ight•.", . \

I I" .lid not , ulually, 'omit his, duty ,.. hen ab road, havin gHl1r 'hdp s with him, fuch as; th e word ,of Gc.l ; his

11 <1 1'1' bouk, ~...:: c. W,hen at home,' he empl oyed himfelfm

illi-ro · ·.orHE':GOS'PE L .M A G.A Z I N E.. , "

in ,making collections of .promifes, precepts, ~pm£orts~

mercies, judgments, marks of God's children, brands ofwicked men, &c . &c. '• He, alfo; -greatly efteemed the worksof learned andgodly.men, Juch as bifhop Hall's Contemplations andMed itations, Mr. Greenham's works, Mr. Rogers's-an dMr. IBaines's ,works, &c. 'B ut he might well fay wi thDavid, " 0 how love I thy law! It is my meditationall the day." 'Phe benefits of fuchia praCl:ice are evi­dent: as a means ofunortifying fin !; ii expeIling .anx iouscares.. and .evil thoughts; promoting , watchfulnefs ofheart and life ; ,readinefs and chearfulnefs in Ipiritual du­

.t ies, idfording him ' both wifdom and llrength ; .makinghim heavenly-minded ; /quickening all his graces, andripening hi s foul for future glory. .

Thus m uch for his firfi: daily duty, holy meditation:/ zd Obfervation ; confifi:ing in a dilig ent attention tothe ways . and w~rks, ~erc ies a!ld judgments, of th eL ord; This was .the my of the faints of old, lfa, xxv i,7s :8. " -Yea, iri th e way of.thy-]udgments, 0 Lord, wehave waite d fo r thee," &c.... Remember that thou mag­ll ify .,his' wor k, which men , behold," Job xxxvi, 24.:~akc th e., following Ipecimens , of this part of his em­plovment.

" Anno Domini J601 ,. in the fummer-feafon, my fer ­.vant going with the cart leaden, and he falling, by fomeaccid ent, the,wheel, ironbound, went over his leg, with-

.out his receiving any hu rt at all. Laus Dep,, ':,;,;\nno Domini J602, myfon John took up a fcythe,

rofee -how hecould -mow j it entered .into -the :ftocking~

upon' the fhin-bone, .followed his .leg, {having thehair,, and -came out at ' the back.part.of his leg, ' touchingnei­

ther Befh nor fkin, Laus Deo,"Mm:orand•.in Ann0J 6J3' hay-harvefl, One Richard

Rogers, who ' dwelt at my farm, fervant . to my tenant,, fe-eing t wogcdly .perfons going in the way, faid to one

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t..lv LIfe and happy D eathof J. BRU~N, 'E fq ; IU

.1 Ill. I.Olllpanions. ' Nowwlll I dance,.~and fwear, and/!,fI,er, and you {hall fee how.a:ngry I fhall make thofe

I w', II/wi/am.' He did fo: but the hand of God was­I",II him; for he.almoft immediately, fell lick /was

, 11I 1i~d horne.in a cart; and' within three days died amofb10 . /I ' ,lI,:

'IPIlIlI death. " . Let-finners hear; ~, and.fear, and do no,,")II/ wic!,-edly. jJor verily-there is a God thatj!ldget~

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I I I fli t: earth]" ,.~ . Another daily duty he engaged iin'l was, Religious

lUV Ol; l1tion,p f,.the !1aftle of God. 'T his he did, not onlyIII lind w~th' ~j~/'!,m i ly, morning andevening j but, alfo,I'"vately:. ~X himft;lf" ,pouring out 9i51heart with greate r

I lI l n rgem~nt ,~ef~re: t~fLord , in, I:v~ry place, " withoutwrath and dou~ting. ;li l hat -i s with faith /and Iove.x'And;

he wa~ a' g,eJ~,tl.~map.of leifure, pe.thoyght it his duty" follow the example of David, -Pfalm cxix, 164 _

• Seven ~i,!l1.~~ a,,4?lYIwill) praife the~, ·becaure- of ;thyl lf!,htcous judgments.'.' 'The general -order was as, fol..!"WS: rrhe 'firfi wa~i' ufually, in; the niorn ing. beforeIlly of his family were ftirring. . The Iecond was before

hrC':Ikfafr, after prayer in his.' family'. The third waspill before-dinners- The fourth; a little -while after. din ­Irf. T he fifrh, a)ittle before fupper. , The fixth, not

IVlIg aften.fupper, And the feventh , a little before hewent to h.i~:phamb\=r t () go to,r,eft.,

4. H is holy imitation of-· his heavenly "F ather . every,,lilY. To,this end, he fought to be ';~renewed in the~ Ijri t of his mind ': ". ever attentive to ' the heavenly carr:

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II2 T .H E ' :G 0 S PEL M A G'A Z r.N.E., ~ - . - ~ . , ' ,

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T' R U E happ ine fs conft/bin n~. thing fhort of deli..;'.i ' ' I

" ' .verance from all evil, 'and the poflefllon of angood. 'H e who hath I found th is, enjoys -trueth applnefs,He who hath not, 'is not, cannot be truly haiJpy': Bu tis there fuch a th ing as true happinefs to b~ clljoycd bythe finful Ions of men in this world ? D~)Ubtle'[s there is.'Where is the feat or' it? In tht..ihind : I , Ho'w is it-cat­tainable r 'By thJ kn'o'wledge of 'G od; 'H~w is 'G od td

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-be known'? ' By the teaching of ' t he " llolv fcriptures.How is the 'love lQ{ God to be, enjoyed l :? 1 By believinghim 'to be; wharhe has plainly reveil1e(j; !1:iin1elf, by theirifpi ration of his ownSpirit, in 'the word " ~'f'truth: tow it, G OD IN CHRIST, reconcil edro 'finncfs. Jaiid-rccon­cilillg finners Uilt~ him/elf; not irhputing their'treli)aff~sunto them; but-intitely forgiving themall,~nd at -per­feCI: peace with' them. ,B):cau(e, ~ s God :is;iti Chrift, [0

a re all finners, who receive-and believe' thi~ word ofre-.concil iation; " • •1 \. ,' 1.) { . ;;j,,~.

" I n th is one, precious, 'peculiar, highly-exalted; glorifi edM AN , God and 'finnersmeet, and are in p'~rfeCl: union;fweet harmony, heavenly 10veland'jti ~p'py:peice:"God dez

lights in, and rejoic esover them' in Chrift ; and t heydeligh tthemfelves in G od, and rejoice in Chrifl-]efusl • Theirnew-born fouls find every'thing in hi~ to,thei'r willi and de­fire: theirminds are contented ,and'their confcieneef~tisfied .Jlh us t ru~ happinefs is found in G ()d ; -and enjoyed by

'believing the truth as it is in ]efus t 1F or, in him, th ehappy man find s deli veran ce from all evil', and poffeffion

of all good. : ,~h i~. is ,the fu~ o~' reli gion. This thehap pinefs of a CU R ls'nAN, And thi s rr uehappinefs cannever forfake.him, unlefs the truth is l Iorfaken by him ,an d fai th fails in h im. Therefore it will be his con ­ibm, ~a rne ft cry, Lord, h~lp my unbelief : Lord) in­creafe my 'faith ! ,

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Now every-other kind of happinefs, which the fOIlS of, .111II ti'ek after , refl. in, and are del igh ted with, is o~Iy

, [hort -Iived f~ncy,all airy phantom, a del ufive dream,I· III it kayes them fhort of the knowledge of God, def­1I I II t l1 of the enjoyment of him, and his love in C hrifl:/11118, and wi thout content of mind, fatisfaB:ion andI"II 'C' of confcience ; and all who flop Jhor t of th is, :mdi lunk thernfelves happy without this, will lin wretc hed/lI,l1 s, and, if the grace of God preven t not , will d ie, iu Icd madmen. - Fot it is the irre vocable decree of hea­1111, "B1eifed, or happy, is the man who trufleth in

111' LORD [Jehovah , the covenant God, Father, Son,IIIJ Spirit 1, and who fe hope the Lord is." But, " faith

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till' LORD, .c ur fed be the man wh o t ruflcd in man, anaII hofe heart departeth from the LORD," to feek hap pi­III Is in any other object betide him, 'J er. . xvii, 5, 7.( ) that men were wife, to chufe happim:fs,and refufe

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Extracts from Dr, H 0 R N E' S Apology.. ,

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VII I.rr H E Iaa and heaviefl charge'againR .~s is""':'want of charity . Now the word charity is

I lt l" Englilh tranflation of th e Greek word ll:y"'7l''l, love,1,IIve is Ihewn, by ' confulting the interefl: of the perfonlu luvcd, And as ~n eternal interefl ,is preferable to aII uiporal, the interefl of the foul mufl: be confulted be­1111 " that of the body, if they happen to cJa!h; . other-

il i:, a falfelove of the body may prove a real hatred -of11 ", filld. Therefo~e it is written , Lev. xix, I.!., H Thoutil ill not hate thy brother in thi ne heart: th<Jt;\ .G\2.rtinlt1y wi le rebuke .thy neighbour, and not fuH:er fip upon111111 ," 01' , "that thou bear not fin for him," .Agrec-

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ably to th is rule, th e author has chofen a.. text for hism otto, which ends with the words ~ ' admoni£h i n g one. . ,another." And his rule in admoni£hing he gives us,P: 20. " In order effeCtually to expofe ignorance, and

guard againfl: irnpofition from it (of which, to be fure ,there is great dan ger!) it fhould plainly be calle d ignQ­ran ee : and the more efFeCtually to banifh vice, and pre­

vent its contagion ( there's I,a charitable touch for ourrnorality apain ), it Ihou ld plainly be called vice ." SQfay' 1 ; and, in order to expofeand guard againfl: infidel ity,it fhould bey plainly called 'i nfidelity ; an? in order themore effeCtualiy to prevent the contagion of a damnable

_ her efy, it fhould plainly be called a damnable herefy.Otherwifc ~ fouls may be fent into torments,' to curfe to'all etern ity the cruelty of th ole, who, through fear ofman, forgot th e Lord Jefus their maker, and did 1l0~

fpeak out, and warn -thern plain ly ofthe wrath to comeu pon all who deny the LORD that bought th em. It is a'dreadful thi~g for a man to dillemble, when he knows

, fr om the phyfician, tha t the plague is in an houfe , andfees his friends going into it . We kn ow fro~~' the greatP hyfician , that herefy is th~ plague of the foul; and

w ithout repentance, is as inevitably the death of it, asthe pciiilencc is of the body. F or herefy is damnable ;and th e herefy, that has th at epithet in fcr ipture, is thatof denyin g THE ~OR D , i. c. denying the divinity of himwh o is the L OR D JEHOVAH; J{,ing of kings, and L ord

, of lords. In all Iuch cafes, the grea ter .the danglu' is.t he flron gef ougllt the terms to ~e that exprcfs it", tokeep men from ru nnin g into ir , 'T he langu a'ge, it is

tr ue, mufi often found harfhto the parties concerned,. for phyfic, is feldorn palatable, B ut, whether: tr ey hear,o r whether they forbea r, th ey 11l \lfl: bp openly repr oved,:lnd-th e t ru th mull be boldly a nd u ndaunte dly 'op pofcd

to their pern icio us errors! that oth ers maynot fall aflt'(

the r..me example of unbelief, l~sa r of difobJigi ng, herr

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II I ht " ' /'lltd i of cr uel ties." It is like fuffering a man toh"W II , for fear you fhould.hurt him in drawing him out

" I III I' water. Therefore" Cry aloud (fays God to hisI""l'het ) and Ipare not. Lift up .thy voice like a trum­I " I , , •• \I my people their tranfgreffions." Other~ife,~

• II I he watchman fee the Iword come, and blow not.h, trumpet, and the people be notwarned, .if the fword

"" 'It", and take ' any; perfon from among them, he ist.,k..n away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require

t I he watch man's hands.t'Ezek: xxxiii. 6. One thinguulccd mull: be [aid; that thofe who und ertake to do1I11¥ office to a finful people (which every minifler doesundertake, when he is ordained), mull firf] determine toI , pt'tl: neither praife nor reward 'in this world. And" ' lIl1y th ink this .. is an hard faying; who (Cay they)I ,I II hear it ?" May God increafe the ' number of thofe,

ho ha ve .ears to hear, and an heart to obey their Mailer,"'", , th ough " Take up your crofs; and follow me," be

II hard Jayi\lg; " Go, ye curfed, into everlafiing fire,"

" a much harder.T hefe, I think, are all the general objections I meet

with. Foras to thole of our preaching Chrill as theIlIhlta nce of .all thle legal {hallows, 'and explaining thefl'i ritual fenfe of the natural images i~ fcripture, withl hl l Warburtonian cant, fo much in vogue, of cabal if­rrc theologucs, typifls, allegorill:s, &c. thofe who read I

II,,; bible want no - anfwer, and none will fati sfy thofew ho do not. Only it may be obferved, that a mifiakeIII interpret ing a particular, does not overthrow the fpi­I lIlIal interpretation in general; any more than a mifiakeI II ex plaini ng a doctrine, overthrows the creed. All.Iwt follows from it is,that the man who makes it is,W I II Ug, and fhould-be fet right. " If thofe who are able,

ill do this kind office for us, they fhall have ourhunks. As to the expofirions that arc peculiar to.Mr,

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Hutchinfon, I know not who make s them articles of. faith, or terms of comm union; I am fure we do not.

E ut it is un reafonab le to defire us,to qu it them.still theyare proved to be falfe, If the gen tleman I am at, prefen t

concerned wi th' ( whoever he be) . or any- body elfe, cando this. in God's name, let the expofitions fall; if th ey

cannot f1:a'ad. Only I mu1l beg ' of the gen tlemen. ift hey have any thoughts 'of fucceeding in, their attem pt,

to confute, before they cl amour:' Becllufe one page of. proof is' worth twenty of r~iling ; wh ich proves.n othing,but a want of proof. . ,

r come 'now to particulars. And -here '1. arnalmoflafhamed to afk tile favour 0 '[ thereader 's company, the

Jent ertainment is like to be fo ve;y indi fferent. 1E ut forthe fake of manr. wh o may be milled and impofed upon

•by ,this au thor'a .m ifrepre fentations, an anfwermuft be

gi ven. F or he feems tohave vregulaeed his conduct by' an old maxim, th at ' where much dirt is thrown; fomewill flick .' T herefore, kind ~ reader,' if ,you have \ no­

; thing elfe to do, you and I will ,try; and divert .our- .felves, as well .as we ca n. "', 0 ,; ~ l

The fubje,Ct, of th e /irfr complaint is«an affaire of avery malignan t nature. Somebody-or, other, it feems,has'" ex tracled ch rift ian ity out of Sampfon's riddle."N ow I own j-formy part, 'as t imes go, I rejoice to hear0 '[ chritl ianiry, let it be extract ed.from whence it' ~i1I .

The hifi:ory of Sampfon, is a par t of thofe fcriptures,~hich were w ritten for our inflrudtion in the righteouf­

ne fs wh ich is by faith . He was an ' illuflrious .figure ofth e almi gh ty Saviour of the .I frael of GOd; and .never

, more fo, than when throug h faith in him, and his-vic­tory over the devil. he f1:opped the mouth of. the .l ion, .and flew him . witho ut , any weapon .in' his hand. O fth is act of hero ic faith, which was . the fubject "of his

riddle, th us fpeaks St. J~rom, who, 'by the way, has. , Ilolen

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1..11"11 fcvcral of Hutchinfon 's thoughts, though this is11111 one of thcm-/i'enit enim verus Samp fon ad Allophylls,

'/11111 pergit Thamhas, ut pau percu larn de gentibus du-

, " I (·t Dalilam, interfecit leonern , & illo mortuo"comedltuu lla dulcedinis-s- Comrn , in N ahum. cap. 2 . ad fin.

1\lid, to come nea rer hom e, ~hu~ ' fp~aks the Homily on ,rill' RefurreCtion- " T his mighty conqucfl of Chrifi:'sII'fllrreCtion, was figni~ed befor e, by divers figures of thel,hl tcflamen t, as by Sampfon, wh en 'h ~ fle~: th~)ion,out of ' whofe mouth came fwc etnefs and honey,", ,I twrrc to bewifhed thefe very learned cenfu rers 'of our

' l:laorance, could be brought to ,rea9 a little, before th,eywrite. '

But to lhew th at we are determined never to be .~afy,IN long -as there is any religion left, we have a dreadful

lory in the fame page, ~!!ough to make one's bl~od run

• old, of fomebody elfe, ,' that had almofl frightened hiswhole parilh, men, women, and children, into fits [onlyuulccd they had been pretty much ufed to be frightened

..( late), by abuling the foeiety for propagating the gQf­

" I" I.-People th at find fault with others for printingwhat is true, lhould be particularly careful "they pr int

1I0thing th at i~ falfe; ~s thi s il:ory is, from beg jnning to"lid ; the gentleman here meant having reflected, notupon the foeiety, but upon cert ain infidels, who, hel.rld, had coun teracted the godlike defign of t.he foci~ly,

lid lc~ t over cargoes of their blafpherny. . to. poifon the, untinenr. So that if any of the parifh were furprifec,l,I I was a furprife alt ogether of their own manufactu re ,

uul a good ' deal of the fame call with that of an aidwoman, in king James th e fecond's time, who, aft er,I ll' miniller of the par ilh had fpent feveral difeourfes in" lI l1 l'lI t ing the errors of the Romanifls, faid, " fhe wasfi l l<" their par fon muil: be a papidge, for lie was always ",dl' llIg abo ut the pope,"

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Of the Rev. Dr. Patten, this autho r-fays, p. 9. that~ , ' ..

cc he is perhaps endowed with a greater 1hare of learn-ing than' both the other gentl~men," meaning Mr. W e­therell ; and myfclf. I have an objeCl:ion to the wordperhaps; in this Ientence , and beg leave to fay, he cer­tainly is endowed with a much greater fhare of learning ,a nd we with·we may att~in to half the piety that fancti ­

fies his learning. And yet, fays this writer, " he feemsto hold learning in more fovcreign contempt than ei therof them." No true learning is the object of the doctor's

contempt. Metaphyfical learn ing, which , is fciencefalfely fo called; he treats as it deferves, And he had the

' heft right to fay what he has faid of .it, b~cau (e-;ntus& in cute no'U;t-and he has proved it all to be ftark

. naught. And, for the -fake of mul tit udes, whofe eyesthe Cluiftian Apology has opened,' t he reader wi ll re ­joice to hear, that the author ofi t intend s to proceed, ineftabliiliing revelation on the proper hafts of the works,which bear witnefs to the mjffion of the worker,

'iI am now o,bliged to trouble the reader with my ownconcerns. . the author having thol1ght pro per to makehis remarks upon a fermon of mine , pu bli1hed on oc­calion of the late eart hq UI.1 kes, Of his verbal cr iti ­c ifms, I have giv en two fpecimens ab ove, and {hall fayn o more of them, but - Peace be to their manes . For

" furel y, ~hen he wrote t hem, he muf] have pad as\l it tle to, do, as he had to fay. Some other thi ngs I fhall ta ke no-

t ice of. '

'H e feems ~o be offended with me for preaching theferrnon [0 oft en . I have noth ing to acc ufe rnyfelf of,on that head, unlefs th at it was . not preached muchoftener; as it is to be feared , we have had our warnin gs,M ay they anfwer the en d they were fen t for!

He fays, I, l < intimate"the text to be a prophecy, i ll

one 'verfe, of the earthquake at Lifbon , and, in the

very next ver[e~ of the earthquakes in London. I de­cla re

~:)( t l'.cls from Dr. HORNE 'S Apology. It9

111I tl1\' contrary, at the beginning of the fermon, AndIt IW ill l/. :l pa rallel between two events, fo far , forth

I hry are par allel, is not making one aprophecy of1111 ot her,

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I,. C C L E S I A S TIC A L· HIS TOR Y.

C H A P . IX. (if BOO K II.) continued.

[ Continued from our laji. ]

HE fame year, John thefevenreenth, otherwife the '

eighteenth, or nineteenth, fucceeded him, and Ser­' 1 1I ~ 1V . him, in 1009, to whom magical arts are attri­luucd, H im again Benedict the eighth, otherwife the

lh, in the year 1013; againft whom, in a few days, fatI.w fchifmatically. F rom this pope, the kings'of Hun­

1'.,lly and Poland are related to have received their crownsII III fceptres;' J ohn the eighteenth, otherwife the nine­

ucu th, or twentieth, the brother of Benedi8: the eighth,who was at firft an invader, but afterwards abdicating,

Ill' was con firmed in the year 1024-. He impofed onthe(' llIi ilia D world 'the fait s of John the Baptifr and of Lau­i cnt ius the martyr, and crowned again the emperor Con-I.,d li S with a diadem. .

10. BenediCl: the n inth proceeded further: a youth,,,,,, moted to th e pap al chair in 1033. He would have.leihroned Henry the third, that was elected emperor, as ­

I ~ repor ted ; but his attempt was vain. The fame, mad eI he kingdom of Poland tributary to the fee of Rome; pre­

" 'Ilding a difpenfation, by which he had permitted C ali- ''lIile, ' th e hei r to the kingdom, before in clofed in -a mon-(h'ry, to take the kingdom, andjornarry, He being depofed,

Ill' antipope, Sylvefter the third, in like manner a boy. of

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of ten years old; is placed inhis room. He be ing di(­

carded, after forty-nine days, Benedict is reftored ; wh o

aft~rwards fold the chair to Grrgory the . Iixth, ill the

year 1°44, forone thoufand five hundredpounds. Cle­ment the third, in the year 1046. The antipopes beingdrove out by Henry the third, and Gregory the fixth,

- voluntarily refigning being made pope, ' defends, t hatthe gate of heaven was opened and {hut at the will ofthe church of Rome, &c. Damafus, the fecond, in the

year 1048, though pope fcarcely twenty days, was the£ira of all the popes that fuffered himfelf to be crowned

in a royal manner. Leo the ninth f~cceeded in the year

J 0 49. In the year 1055, ViClor the fecond, In 1057,Stephen the tenth was created by violence, the emperornot being con(ulted in the afFair: at la'it , being pleafed

with a private life, he furrende red the papac}.·.' In the

year 1058, Benedict the tenth, by force and bribery,in­vaded the popedom, although his ignorance was fa great,that he could not explain even one final] verfe of a ho- .

mily.1 I. Nicholaus the fecond, in the year 1°59, took

care to have ordained, in the Lateran counci l, tliat the

election of a Roman pontifF fhould ch iefly remain in the

power of the cardinal bifhops. His fuccelfor, in the

' veal' 1061, was Alexander the (econd. By thefe means

being elected by the ca rdinals, he was (0 bold as to .fum­mon Henry the fourth to Rome, to {hew caufe why he

W::lS grieved that the laws of the emperor were violated. in this election, The fame pope attempted with all his ,

mig'ht todeprive kings and princes of the ,right of in­vefliture of bifhops or abbots., 12. · Gregory the Ieventh at laf] afcends the papal

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throne, commonly called Hildebrand, before a monk of

Clunium. He violentlyjeized the papacy, in' defpite ofthe imperial authority, in contempt of the clergy an d

fuffrages

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Ild lt ,lgCS of the people, he was publicly accufed, that h~

11111 1 invaded t he ap oflo lic ch air by ma gic art, and ther

1lIlI 'l'ages of drernons. His pri de was rai fed.as well by111" urrns of th e N ormans, as 'by 'the riches ofthe coun­

I ' I" M atilda (wi th whom he is faidr to have exercifed

1I 11l rn embraces ) , as ~I fo " the difc ords .:of the German

IlIlllccs. His pride appears from his dictates that Baro­IlIl I N exh ibits, amo ngwhich the following are to be read;

VI'I.. T hat, the pope alone might ufe the imperial 'c n­

"/ Ins : that all princes only fhould kifs the feet of th'e

I'llpe : that he had power 'to depofe em pero rs: that , no

.....ncral fynod ought to be c'alkd without his command : '

111111 no capitulum, no book, be efl eerned canonical, with­

lint his ,au thor ity,: that his fentence ,ough t ' to be re-

f I i,Clcd by no 'Pan '; and , that he alone ha s power to re­

11.lct the opinions of all men': that the Roman ch urch

never er red, nor ever {hall err, as the Icripture witneJT-If' \

III : and fa on. :W hen the ~mperor H enry -the fou rth

oppofed himfelf t6 this pope's tyranny, he no( only ex­t ourmunicated him, but alfo 'excited Rodolph ' duk e of

lIu rgundy againfl him; to whom he Cent a crown, withrlds infcription :

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Petra dedit Pe;ro"P'etrus diadema R odolpho.

T he Rock gave to Peter: P eter g ives a diadem to.. Rodolph."

Ilnt the perfidioufnefs was attended w ith very unfuccefs­Inl confequences to Rodolphus , for t hey report ,' that.

when at the poin,t' of death, he ex tended h is m urila(ed 'u ui, and thus .befpoke the bifh ops th at flood by him :

.. llchold, this is the ' hand with whi ch I confirm'ed: by

, Ilwramental oath , my fidelity to H en ry my lord, Be­h" ld, I now leave his kingdom , at;ld th e 'p~e ten t life.

rl" , yc w ho made me afcend th e throne, how-cdirect : a'y yO Il lead me to ruin, by follcsving ' y'~ur ad vice:"VVL , Y. Q. ' B'ut

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·B ut at lafl; w earied (.ut/,,~ith all his injuries,expelled

Gregory out of R om e j . by which I}e breathed out his

refllefs foul in banifhrnent at Salernum, in th e year 1085'

Ncverthclefs, aft er his death, he was enrolled amongO:

the faint s in th e R om an cale'ndar. Guibertusof Parmaarofe ag ain il him -in a Ichifrn, who called himfelf-Cle­

nrenr th e third. ·X his fchifm was ,continued for forty'years, under di/fer~nt pontiffs. ' " :

" 13. The fucceflor of Gregory was Vietor the third',

,in 1087'; a~d ; U rban the: fecond, in the year -1088..,T houg h he was driven from R(;mc

rby the faction of

. .C J:ement, call ing , many fynods in h'is exile, as well in

.I taly, as in F rance. He made ufe of the Iume-fi erce­.ne fs, an d vexed, H enry with repeating the th~nd~r of

excommunication agaillil.him~ and . favoured '{20l1l'adus

his rebellious ( VIl , T he fame granted Sici ly, Calabria,

and Apulia, tocount Roger, \Vi ~h 'apoflolical authority;.as feudatory. He fidt lighted the flame.o f the hol y w ar

.by the pcrfuafion of a monk, P eter the hermit" w hoboafled of a .vilian from heaven ; as an en courageme nt

thereto. An army was r,aifed or 300,000 loldiersj ,'di (­

ti!1gu ifh ed by a crofsmage , of red wool; from -whence

ar ofe th e n ame of the Soldiery of t he crofs, , Hereu pon

· l :iodfrey of' Boulogne, prince of Lothann gia j - E ulla­thius and Ba ldvyinus , his brothers ; and Hugh; the great

brother of the king ~f the F ranks ; being their com­

n. anders , halie ned tv th e hol y land, and, after m any fu c~

, cefstu l battles, took J erufalcm by uege in the year 'J 099 .

G odfrey at firt1: was c ro wned, with a crown of .thorns,king of J crll falem . ' After a reign of one year, Bal dw in

, fuc ceeded h is" brother in the gov'ernment. -

, 14.,'Pafchal Ih7 fecond , in ,'t~,e year 1°99, fillin g th epapal c hair, was ou~rageous even ag ainil: the dead body

, o f Henry, elljoi~ing th e L eoden fes, that they lhould digit up , and DlIry'it ill grou nd not confecrated , fo that i tremained 'a long 'time 'u'n bl;ried. The .fame de; oteu. ... "

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II , I II }' till: fifth to direfu l curfes, becaufe he had endea­\ 11111t II to transfer the righ rof inveflirure from !he pope ,til hlndl:lf; and had commanded that allmetropolitarisfl lI l(I 'lt! (wear, in form 'of words; they would tru ly affi rn~

wli.lt Ill: affirmed, and cond emn wh at thb holy univerfal1111111 h condemned. Under him, Albertus ~the antipope,Iillillcdiatdy taken the fame day, and Theodoricus, . an;,, 11\1' 1' ant ipope, .after th e I05 th "day, was thrufi into at1 11: naftery. He dying in the year r r r S, Gelafius the10r ond feized the papacy.

IS' Ca lliflus the Iecond intirely ex torted from He nryIhI' liflh, the right of iuve lli turejin II 19' G regory the

ui ipope experienced his cruelt y; who, being taken by ,111111, and Iet on 'a camel, his head turned to the tail ofrhc beafl:, and cloathed ,with the raw hides of goats,

,IS cxpofed to the banter of the popula ce, and after­

wards thrufi into a monafl:ery . . . Honorius the Iecond[urce eded him, wh o, ha~ ing conquered the antipope( :,xzlcfiinus, excommunic ated the nephews of Henry theuipcror, Fredericus, and Conradus, by his fifler 's fide.

hecaufe they had oppofed the ernperorLotharius. How1I. 1'I' ;lt, the pride was of Innocen t tile fecond, chofen popeIII the Ichifm in 1130, Lotharius the emperor experi- ,

need, from whom he extorted an' oath of fidelity andI.I hcdie'nce ; he cau fed the fame t q be painted in the L a,••-r.1I1 palace, prolhate at his feet, and t:xpeCl ing the irn­

I,,"ial crown; thefe proud verfcsr b~ in g annexed therero :I _ ,

Rex venit antefores , [urans prius urbis bonores .:PqJl bomofit t-t«. [umit quo dante coronam,

• The king comes to the doors, nrf!: fweat ing to mai n­. , rain the honour s o f'the ci ti; after becoming the.. pope's homager, by whore gift he 'takes the .cro wn ;"

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I'h l: antipope An acletu s the fecond 'intruded , aga;nllhuu, and died ill l1J8, (ll ' whote Itcad lome cardin als

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(ubftit uted V i,cbr. Under the, [arne pope, the faCl:ions

of the G uelph s and Gibelines arofe in t he empire, bywhom a ·va~ ,d e al 'o f blood w as fhed ; th e Gibelinestak­ing the part of the emperor, and the Guelphsfidingwith the popes. A fter his death in 1143, Creleilinusthe fecond and Lucius the fecond ente red on the p apacyin 1114-. ,/

16._ElIgcnius the third poffeffing ,the ch air, under his

countenance and fa vour was pubJilhed t he work of theI " ~ I / " • 1

decretals . Grarian, a .rnonk of Bononia, wa s t he au-

t hor) whi ch, in im itat ion of the pandeCl:s of th e ci vill~w, compofed out of the decrees of antien t co unc ils andt he w riting s <if the fathers, contain uhe fou ndations of

,t he canon~law, and the Hrength of the pontifical king­do m. By.the inc itement of the fame, and perfuafion 'of

B ern ard of th e valley "of St , Clare, another expeditionwas t a. kt n into Palefl:ine, in the year I q6. T he gene,;,ra ls -werc, the ersperor Ch arles the third, and Lewis thefevcn th; k ing of Franc e, who, bei ng .weakened by' .the

, journ ey; .and deccivcdby the ' perfidioufnefs of Manuel '

CommilUs th e G reek em peror~ after th ey had in vain' befieged D arnafcus, they retu rn ed hume without . any.fuc cefs, Anafiafius the fourth was hi s fucccflor in 1153 ,and in J 154 Adrian the fou rth, who, 'though he con­felled that he had undergone fo much mifery wh iHl: hefilled the pontifical chair, that, making a com parifon o fthings prefent, ~1l the pail bitternefsof life was pleafureand felici ty to him ) yet he gave figns of intolerable prid eto Frederic the fint, when lie crowned h im,

ON THE R E SU R R. E C T ION., ,,f Continuedfrom our lajJ. ] . .

,.rr H E general cullom, ir{ the chriflian church, ofb'urying t he dead with the ir feet and faces to-,

.wards the caft, in ex pectation of Chrift 's corning from

thence

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111111' " ,It th e: lafl: J ay, has been mentioned as one proof,

1I11l111 ~'. o lhe rs, no t only th atchrijtians have as ~encrall y1".' led the refurrect ion of th e body, ' but l\kewife of

,1..11 11011Y which is laid in the g rave. .If th e pr actice

", Ii,' Irom thence, a'nd ' has been co n tin ued upon that

Iii 11I" ipk, th e in ferenc e is !~ far conclufi ve. : B ut from

luuufoever, or' ill whatever period th at cullom took its

I ii,' , there are evident traces of th e Ient ime nt , upon whichII in d lO l;lght' to have been fouud ed, in tlie earl iefl: agcso f

, ltl' chrill ian church, and am~lI1g , th ofe wh o received

t11 ~ i r illfiruc1ions from the fupreme Soverei gn o f q uick

lilt! dead ; more efpecially the apofl! e Paul. /\W hat he '

f ,IY ~ upon the fubject, in 'ther j th ch apter of his cpiilleH I the: C orinthians , is 'peculiarly worthy. our attention

III this view : the apoflle [peaks there in terms, calcu­",In illt once, to prove the faa of a refurrecti on in ge,nc­

rr l, and to give us jufl: and clear apprehenfions co ncern-

Illg it .We have already examined his argumen t ~ , ur ged in

111 0 thi rty- five firll: verfes of the ch apter. In a nfwer to

Ih,' fcept ical query, " How are the dead raifed; 'ai'ld

uh what body do they come?" he'r eplies ) n' very pl ain

II ld {h ong language, ver, 36. " Thou fool, that wh ich

111 01/ fowefi is not quickened, except it die." In the

I h, l lI~e produced upon a gr ;tin of wh eat, &c . when cafi:I IIW the gro und, you, fee an emblem of th at which the[u u ua u body.. undergoes in the grave. Like tha t , it p,u­f l lh es and rots. · But do you conc lude fro rn thence it

il l 1I0t, it cannot, fpring up again and live ? -O n til e

'"l1trary, yo u know it would not oth er wife gro w aral],\ 1111 when yo u turn afide the cl od th /it co vers it, and fee

tI'I ' c hange prod uced upon it, Y?U ' fay it will r ife. A nd

II I you fay of your body, from its undergo ing a-Iimilar, Ii lll l ~(;, til at it nev er can? The apoflle Paul has herein

01 " I'll ,aan allufion of ' his divine M a!1er, John xi i, 24:• Verily, I fay un to .yo u, except a c;ornof wheat fall

in to

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' '"' Such of our readers. as delire to purru. their inquiries into the fubjeClof perfonal identity, farther th an would be conliile nt wit h my prefent defign

t,o .tte:npt, I refer to Mr. LOCXE', Ellays, Bcek I . en, ii.

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_in to the ground, adl die, it abideth alone; ,but if it die,'i t bringeth forth rnuch -fruir." ' T hus' are t he bodies of

. \th,e faints fown in t he eart h, to Hndergo ~apy ch anges

there, ..and to wait the divinely energetic call of -H im

, w ho is a qUickening Spiri t, John v. 2I. I C or. xv. 45'at the 'end of t he world, ca lled " the harvd l:, " Matt .

xiii. 39. by which they will be at t he fam e t ime q uick­ened, and raifed to maturi ty. Compare the.5 2d verfe ofthe chapter.

<T hus our apoflle replies to the qu efhon , H ow aret he dead raifed r and with what body do . they come ?

It .were ob vio us to remark on the qlJdl:i~n, t hat it fup­

pofes there preachers of this doctrine 'of a r~ f~rreaion,

had Ipoken of the body's be,ing 'raifea'; a nd. '·Pau l's an­

fwer feems defigned to illu tlrate the operation of god in

it , as well as to prove the poflibility and certainty of th e

event. The body is th e fubject of I this great change ;and its identity will /be fa far preferved, 'as , that it may

be truly and properly raid; the perfon that died is raifedagain *. '

Vet will the body undergo a v~ry great change .at itsre fur rect ion , and that which is raifed, .will have man y

qualities different from thofe of the body'laidr in thegrave. "As, (vel', 37,) that which t hou fowefl, tho ufowefi: not that body that {hall be :" you do not put into

the ground eithe~ root, blade, ear, or hulk , but a bare,

naked grain , whetherit be of wheat, or any o ther corn.And though the man, -t hat rows wheat or barley, doesnot fow either ll:alk or .ear, ye t th ey fpring from th e

_g rain . "But (idds our apoflle, ver e ., 38.) God givetheach a body as it pleafcth h im," T hat fuch and fuch'plan ts and trees rife from fuch ' and fuch feeds, th a,t .a

grai {lof wheat produces a Ilalk and ear ~f the form it~ , )

does)

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I'ltl' Scripture DoC!:r ine of the.Refurrecl ion. '1'27 ­

l"l' l, IIl1 d barley that which it does,'; is, becaufe GO,d has" " I'" l1cd that it fhou ld be [0 . It is according to theI " WI (If 'nature which he has eflablifhed , And as he ..""'1IItilo\ in:llly appointed what vkind of body every feedIltllllid produce, fo does he.continually -give to the off­1 1'1I11 (~ of each the degre~ of ll:rength, bea\lty,' and per­'"'!iOIl he pleafe,s. But lell: fome Ihould makean irn­,'IIII'l'r ufe of the truth, or draw fuch inferences from it

We're hot intehded, he adds, what the productions,,\ ('very year verify, that God gives to every feed its ownh"dy; that is, fuch an one as is peculiar to its own Ipc­irHi as wheatrifes from .wheat, b'arley from barley, &c.lid indeed the product of each feed is farther it's own

IJOdy, as being in a mannet itfelf,~ its own parti cles, Il e~1lIl,dclled, enlarge9' and ranged; or at leal1: as havingII it the fame that were fown, if others are 'added to, or,

mcorporatedwith them. ' ,The apol1:le having carried th is allufion as ~at -as he

thllught proper, by remarking (vel'. 39, 4-0, ,41.) the,Ii/Ference obfervable in bodies animate and inanimate,hnth in their eflential' properties,' and degrees of exccltleuce, teaches uS to expect , that the raifed body 'of oneLunt will difle r from that of ano ther in glor y; he theaproceeds to kpply the -whole, vel'. 4-2, 4-3,44, " ,So (fayshI') is the refu rrect ion of the dead." -Do you afk, howIl l: the dead railed ? Th us. T hey will undergom~IJY

'''lnges; bpth in the grave, and I in r iling f rom, it-hutIt i \I be the fame. T hofe particles t ~1.lt compo,led,theirI orporeal frame, or thole at Ieallthat confiit uteA. the 'ei­Il'llt ialll:amina of them, will be differen tly ' ranged and0I1',:\Ilized, and appear w it h fuper ior beaut y and glol'y.I h<.: body ra ifed {hall excel that laid in the graVe, far

more than -the ears of corn in the field do the fingl e grain111l\TI which they fprang. F or,our furt herin l1:ruClion inIl Ji ~ matter, die .apoftle tells us, the one will .excel the

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I ,' other in its perm anency, beaut» Ilrength, and fpiritua-

Iity, ,I., In permanency. U It is fown in corrupt ion ; it

is raifed in incorruption." That which is laid in thegrav e, is frail and perifhable ; turns to p ~trefaetjcJn anddu ll: there. Nevcrth elefs, as the fower fows in hope, fois this body com mitted to the earth ;l1ot to be loft for

, ever, but in expectation of a revival, Th~re is an evi·dent allufion to that hope, in .the term fown, in thi s aswell as in th e preceding verfes, Though we 'cannotfu ppofe he meant ,to intimate, that there is.fuch a natu­ral and neceflary connection between the ftate of thebod y before and .after the refurrection, as between tha tof the. feed and its fruit. The latter is, ,3c; ording toan eflablifhed .law of nature, under the influence of. a'common,providence ; , theformer is afcribed to an extra­ord inary and fupcrnatnral exe rtio n of divin e .power (aswe (h all remark hereaf ter ) in Phili p. iii. 21. It is raifed

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in incorruption; in a fiate, : not , as before, tending orli able to diflolut ion , nor liable to difeafe and infirmities, , "

li ke thofe wh ich fill ' bkoup;ht ' upon it here; but in itso wn nature indifloluble ann immortal ; infomuch tha t

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wh at is faid Of C hrifi the tld l: fruit" {hall be then true' ",o f every. one that is C hri £l:'s, R om. vi. 9. " being raifed

from the dead, he dieth 'no more ; death hath no moredomin ion over him." ' )

".' It is (own in . ~ i alon cu r . '" It falls an abafed 'andhumbl ing monument of the power of death, and the do­.minion iof fin ; as a' victi m of divine jufl:ice and ven­geancc unde~ the curfe, "Dull: thou art, and unto dufithou [halt ret urn ," G en. iii. 19. .' Its abode, .and its ap­Rearance i'n it, is mean and vile. "But it i~laifed in

glory:" not only freed from the many defects and ble­.mifhcs;: by wh ich, wh ile here, it is in many inflances

, ~ enfeebled and defaced, but'adorned with new beauty and_glory; fhining probably wi th a radiant luflre, and en-

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.I..wrd with faculti~s val1ly fuperiorto thofe it pofleflsdl' I'lon:. "They that -be wife, :lhall Ihine as the brig ht­1I" ti of the firmament ; and they tha:t turn many to

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Illdll l:Oufnefs, as the fl:ars for ever and ever," Dan. xii•• M att. xiii. 43 . Nay, Jefus has heightened the

hWII C, in alfuring us, that" the righteous £hall fhi ne asI I\(! fun in the kingdom of their F ather. " Farther, our

pollIe adds, " It is fown in weaknefs.' When laidIII the dufl:, it is ufuall ya poor enfeebled, emaciatedIpcCtacle; reduced by pain or ficknefs , bu t, if attackedhy death, in ~ighhealth, it is crufhed before the moth, 'HId falls the helpl efs prey of that king of terrors. "But 'I I is raifed in power;" endued with fl:rength, and every 'l'npacity for, aCtive fervices, fUP7rior ~o what it ever pof­ho ned before•

•, It is fow~ , a natural body." Perhaps -i-UXIY.OV <T1:df-a

Illight have ;been tranflated an animal body ; made upIII materials like thole which compofe the bodies 'ofIII her animals, though differently organized and formed :.Il'pendent, Iikethem, upon meat, drink, Ileep, and otherrrfrefhments, for its fupport; adapted to carnal,purfuitslid cnjoyments, and having many of the fame fenfations

«hfcrvable in other animals', EccleC: iii . 16, 20. HenceI his body is often a clog to, the Ipirit, in its more refined '

" l' '" lII (lloymen ts and pleafures, But, our apoflle allures

III, it Ihall be raifed (<TWf-a. orI1VEUP.a.1,,<ov) a fpiritual body :I II its form, faculties, and difpofitions, adapted to Ipiri­111ft! cxercifes , and fit to aid the foul in the holy and

.Irvout 7xercifes of the heavenly world, as welJ as toIIl'i l!,hten its pleafure in them. Compare Luke xx, 35.

I ~ may be obferved ~ere{by the way, that Paul has( I hough ' without any apparent defigrt) faid, enough tohlcucc theInfidel, that afks us with a fneer, Are theIllld ic:J of the dead to be raifed in die exaCt' forms, &c; inwhle h they were laid in the grave 'j Come big, ferne little,

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)30' TH 'ri G'OSPEL ¥ 'AGAZ INE.'[Olile *ea~, (6rr;~ Mon~; fdme' Jbfornie<1, romb,rt1'aHgfM;&c. ?No ! 'thit which was (owN in tlilhonour, ffiafl'be,raired iii,gIO'ry'; that which' Was IOWh: in weetkrteik, fuan -be rai!~d in' power, &c '. " , ", I

As we cannot nOW g() the rerllainc!er: of tnd:'!l1~pter~' lllalJ conclude there pages with a f2w'remarks\:on t1Ht

Paffao-e referred to a15ove;'·Phil. iii. zh ~ 6he1hllj] 'cH~ ilgeb . , . " _ ,', " , , ", ' f \

(To IJ"Wf'-a. "'T'~, TtZ,1rmi J,w; "'fwi) our vile b~(Jy'; tHis; wHiEhin its prCfent flate;' c'omparativcly; is mean, ;;11\0 ath:~ldeH

withrnany we:tkheffes aM iirfir'mides, ;iiid ··wnlch·'tiimundergo friH ~lbre h\.lInb I ~J g llMratlons lrithd 'o-rhv'f:;

""~ ". . ." • I , ; • , '" •lie {hall transfor'l'n this body of OUr /i\.tnirriiifioli; tb tbeend thaht may be wroug~t i.l:p into tIJe faine for'ln' wiitlltll~ body of,his glOry (an Heb,h" f61m tif 'e'x;prelIT6ii;for his gl?rious. or g~~)ri~c~ body), accorc:liiig,'to that~nerg(qc. p'o\ve'r ?y which he'ik aDle to p'Ut ihfo ItDf~c-,tion th himfclf all tnings.. ", " .

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"VhC'iher, as romehave fu'pp'ofcd,ihe gJdrioudtppeat..anic~ 'of 'borLard's bouy' ;tf'td" his 'tran s fi'gdrat ii)n ~' be ~e~

-,"idrrU'to; or that more glMi6iis form lh \v li id i '~'e isre­

Ip'rVtCiit~d' as iliihing forth at tHe righ 't hancl "bf 'God,'Rev. i. "r3~ I6. , th~ aphllle 'eXjJ't'eRes hi ~' hopc,'i'ti fliditgand fimilar terrna; in both pafiages. U lI'der thihirti'ma-

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ling influence df this hope, 'may every'ffiblib'e'r '&f Chri~

chearfully refigli iiis. body to the dufl; iind "fing; as 'heenters the dark valley (in the language aM'r~iFit fof Dt~

" Vans) )" .r,

GOD my Redeemer lives,Alld often frofu!the'yfies

Looks down, and watches all ?'tyihf8'~Till he !hall bid it rife.

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Artay'~ il,l ,gloriou,s grace,

Sh-a ~1 tl~ efe,viJ(:,,~~d!~1hjn~;And ev'ry fhape, and evtry' face, , -c .

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Look heav'nlyand divine. \ . . ,

BU Srifift S., ,

Salvation

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6~lv~t i on by G *" A CE alone.

tL :Ii ~r ' .:,r :E R rn,.. .r.

M y.dear friend.

AM n~t ~darJ11c:Q . o r,flJrpr-ife~ ,~? , ~e . tohl; tha,t rpany',b091<s .are rW~?:.d A l\O,t,rgh- the laud, wh~~h trnd \~e

more to ,l:il i,nd the minds of them vihic,h believe not, an.dveil t~c , glory . of divine truth, T'he word .9£ the Lordf/"!fl be fulfilled. Enmity 17lrij/ cxif] between the f~ep

of tre woman, -and .t he fee~ of the Ierp enr, WhenSatan can prevailon men " to fet up thei r pofls bv

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Gou's:p6!l:s" (¥z,e~. xliii, 8.) in it hc ~r kcarts'lthey, wijihe the more ea/ily difpofed to do it in th eir at7ions;

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and very,fopp, jf.g(a ce pre'v,SCjt,no~., their ,H9Hs muf] ,be.morc r,evcrc,d Jth.~n . , his. ." N or 'W~d I toll . Y.o,u }v h~t fIwor ld -of , 1}l, i f~~ i e[ has pC~!l Aone fOthe caufe of truth,uqJer,.t~cJpesiovs :p re tc nc~s of char.i!y and candor. I t i,Ba qJcr;cy to be ',awfue of Satan 's devices here,

As-afiiend, I would ,~d v i fc ,yo ll , impar tially toconfi~~ r

thcgeqer,i\L~9Q,~e,lJts of fl,lc h ,l{ooks, and ,efpecially ,~he i r

tendency, t.o ,(e.e ··:'f,PHhcr it 'be ,It o comfort gui lty con­fciences, and glorify the Ialv ati on p f, G~d, " in the l ightof tha t .day, VoIh~n ',"ill 1010.,1, bfY ~' and Jl(l;bblc, fhal libeburnt ~p ; } nd ,t he, ~wll e r s of fudt <701 1l1}U nib lcs\ if f.\\'e ~l .It all, ' fiu ll be Javed (is by fire, I tt- f.l1Qrt, it is i~ ecd ful

bus -to examine all )lUm~n yvriti f\&s what focver , for,015 great is the, truth, Jt) that alone" Ihall.finally prevail.A nd the truth of 'G od .qiay he, as, clc,arJy known by itsr, lorifying' God in aman's eX;R~rieJI Ge, as by his conver-:

f'. ltiQn'. To belleoe and [ee] the i.pfluS:l)ce of "d ivine truth.ue two different .th,ings ; but w,ll,ere/bis is 110t fou nd ,11141 is of 110 im portance. ' ,

Lf this be a difagrecablc or ncedre[s digreffion, forgj v~

III ~ this wrong : 1 will not repeat it. I am .onJyoA~r-.' R :1. ' ing

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ing"my free thoughts, as requefled, not entering o~' con­

troverfy ; this chanel of conveyance is wifely iliu't againtl:

it~. You ~dl knowv ithat true : 'gofpet preaching illbranded, by. ferne, with the noxious term antinomlanijm;

But, pray, what does that hard word mean? Surely notevery idea they affix to it. We beg leave, therefore, to

.refer tho fe, who honour uswith that character, to what

' g reat Paul fays on a fi~ilar. occafion, Rom. iii. 7, 8.•But we would rather they were favoured with repent­

ance, and brought to the acknowledgment of the truth,. 'as it is in Jefus. ' -

In my I~R, we took a haRy view of the tendency and 'elfe0s of free grace. -N ow let .us produ,ce evidence iflfavour of what was then faid, We will begin with thelaft firR. I mean, the evidence of heaven. '" Argumentsdrawn from the greater to the lefs are generally judgedconclufive, Free grace, when- tranfplanted from th isinfe a ed foil, to the wholefome' regions ~f glory, is' both,

felf-c rnptying, Chrifl-exalting, 'and electing love ad-

" m iri,ng for evef. God is viewed, without a cloud,' as afin -hating, and yet a fin-pardoning, and freely-jufiifyingGod to all eternity. There, is no egotijill in heaven, but

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in the deepefr, humblefl flrain of adoring praife and love ,

" U nto him wh~ loved us, and wafhed us from our finsin nrs owxblood, to him be glory' and dominion fOfever and ever. A men." Rev. i, 5 ,,6. Such is the unite~

[dug,of the ranfomed race in glory , .

And as iSJ he ocean , fuch is every Rream~ This w~

clearl y behold in D avid, Ifaiah, Paul; and others, " Mymouth 0all fhew for th tby rjghteoufnef.~ and tby falvationall the day: for I k now not th e numbers thereof."Jr f. lxxi. 15, , " I n the Lord fhall all the feed of Ifraelbe jufiified, and .fhal l g lory." Ifai, xlv, 25~ '" By th e ,gr ace of God, I am ~'lhat I am ," 1 C or, ?,-V. 10" Herebywe learn th e harmony of G od 's Ipcc ial minifiers; an d

')pswo rd affect ionately, as well ~s peremptorily, enjoinsI ' , the

Salvntion by G RA ,C E :lJone. 131

1111 1,11111" 1I 1',r l:~ l11cn t among' all his followers. ": « Be of"" lltilld - Icc th at ye all fpeakthe fame thing;" &c. &c.

' I " Ihe bible yea and dr; by which.we fhould all

" 1" " (' 10 be directed in our ideas and lan gu ageof di­I II' r1 dI1 1 ~s . B ut what .fhal l we fay of. the fentirn cn ts

111 1 h are levelled againfi thi s glorious union ?-Ho\ v­

I , we concl ude, and thi nk -we do it fafely, fro m what ~

1\ ,1'1 hccn faid, that the tendencyand effeC:l:s of free grace

II I humble the s reatur e" to promote holincfs, and1"1IfYC hrifi" How oppofite, -how firangely oppofitc,

I flt'll.will ! ,W e in tend to furv ,ey the tendency and dfcC:l:s of free-

ill . in the next. Till then, may heart-felt truth be , )

Vil li I' Iludy and delight!

fV1.IJ'ch 2 •. ~ 778. R~ \, .

n C H R 1 ST ' s almighty Power, and his Difciples'

mighty Fears.

, HE mind of man is everactive. It mufi have

ferne object to exercife itfelf upon. ,T he Ilate ofIh,. mind is i difcovered by its propenlity towards, fixing

111'" 11 , and del ighting in, the objects of its cho ice. Many

1111' 11 have many minds: eac h has his peculiar 'object,'111111 wh ich he feeks happinefs, Every natural 'm an

,\-,db in the vanity o f h is mind : ' The, fpiritu al man ha s11 111 one object : an d, in this ,one, thc~e are ten thoufandI 1t .1I rns to ' engage his attention; and innumerable' fub ­

1' 0'1 . ro exercife h is mind upon, to make him truty"' lillY' I t is our daily ca re to clothe and feed our bo­til"' . He th at is tr uly wife, and would be really happ y,

Ii I he mor e con cc'med every morn ing , and thro' each.1 " " 10 cloath and .feed his ml ndwith proper fubj eCl:s for ,II . urrrlitarion al1~1 dercife. M uch, very much of ou r

I " .lIId comfort depend on this,

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The'apoflle's' words will ever be found true in exprience ~ " To be carnally m'inded [or ,t o J!lind ,carn:,1

. things], is death : -but jo-be fpiritually minded, [ or tomind fpiritual things], is life and peace," Rom. viii. 6.Is this really the cl1fel Confider then, how much iconcerns us to attend to the working of bur minds, antito 'be careful that they are 'fixed upon, and exerci{cdabout, our one precious .object, ]efus, andthofefpiri­tual things which concern his kingdom, .and' our com­fort. ';'And we fhould ' beever watchful, for the peaceand purity of our minds, againft the intrufiion of vaincarnal, and worldly objeets 'into our minds, and fixing

. ' ,there, to the exclu/ion 'of Ollr Beloved, and the th ings,., ' ' II

which make for our .peace; Hence this is our Lo rd'sJoving advice to us,- " Search the fcriptures.' . Why /becaufe they tetHfy of ME, John v, 39:I'fthc~, wefhall ever fee fomewhat of 'Chrifl , and from them wefhal! ever derive fome fubje.9: to exercife our minds upon,and to feed them with. profit and ,pleafure, ! Hence .wefhall grow {hong in the grace which is ' inChrif] j efus,and be holy and 'happy in our fouls.;: Let us. now turn our thoughts to the almighty power

I, of .jefus, and his Difciples' mighty fears.I

Now image to your mind the ever-adorable MAN,Chrift Jefus, with his difciples, embarking on the mightyocean,' They feem to fet fail, when all was" ferenc.The tired nature of 'C hrift 'called for reft: he retires tothe fiem,of the Ihip, and there indulges, nature's balmyrepofe. There, behold the mighty Gon,-who createdthe wind and the fea, and who governeth both. Therebehold the Man Chrift Jefus, fallen into a- profoundfleep; when, 10, fuddenly a ,ftorm of WInd, a ~igh ty

, t empeft arifes-The fea is agitated; it runs mountains­high~The iliill is tolred-it mounts up to.the heaven­i t finks down again into the depths-it is filled withwater - The difciples are in jeopardy ~ their foul is

, , , melted

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On C H R 1ST'S almighty Power. 135II' llrl! bccaufe ofitrouble-e-They-reel to and fro, andl 'I'.H"r like a drunken man; and ' are at their wits end.I 'hll " all hope fails, 'fears prevail, diflrefs feizes, and in-

II III r dC;ttn threatens-«What did they? Cry unt<? th,;LqR D,It" the mofr vehement earneflnefs, "Mafier! Mafier !

pcrilh .r"\v~'are jufl:on die brink of death-s-juf] fink­111-\ into the gUlf of the tempefluous, mercilefsocean. '

Then he al-oCe"--Whd? The MAN Chrift ]efus." fil e. But if''hc more than a mere man, vain had .beenII thcir" crr . I IneH'eCl:lial had been his awaking andIling. be'a~h'mufl: have been their pbrdol1 :Cwallowed

lip they rilufl: inevitably have been by the mighty waters.l itH Ht; awaked, he arofe as MAN, he fpoke, he COnlfo

m.urded, as the almighty and , fovereign God. , "He1"(Hlked the frormy wind, and 10, it infl:antly ceafed, ,

li e faid unto the raging fea, Peace, he frill, and behold,there was a great calm." Now is it poffible that we can11' 1111, or believe this miracle," and yet not fee the handIICG od i'~ it? Can we b,e fuch fools, as to fay in ourhearts , there is no God? 8r, which is ju~, the famerhing, can we lay, that Jefus is not GOD OYER ALL,

.nd that there .is any other God befide him? Infidelity,III this point, is neithermore nor.Jefs than downrightrhcifm, And all fuch infidels are without God in the

world, :itheifl:s, Eph, ii, 12. I

W hat ! He who created US, OUR SAVIOUR, he who, . .commanded the tempefl:uous winds and boiflerous oceanInto a profound 'calm, 'the great Mafl:er of ourreligion,

110 more .than a mere man, any thing lefs than jeh'ovah,the great God I 0 ye ' weak tribe of fl:rQng infidels !Wirer, far ~~fer,to tejeCl: the hiflory of this fl:up,endo us

II iracle, anJ 'at once caft away. your bibles, than (wallowIU Gh a monfl:rous, futh a mountainous abfurdity, wh ichtll lly is of all others the greateft! Detpife ye Lis, for ,ourweak 'credulity ? What,! while ye yourfelves are in-rn itcly more weak and credulous ! But our God, J efus',

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beholds yo~r infidelity with, contempt, and r'i~qaughyour folly to fcorn ., . . , ,

.B ut fee, 0 4Jr ijliarfS, behold with aboundingpleafure,let meditation on it fill -youwith exuberant joy, that allpower in ! heav en, c~rth,. and fea, .is inthe hands, amiunder the controul, of your God and Saviour : and thatlie, wh o is your S,:v!q~r, is alfo your -God, 0 fl:udy,{hive, and pray, that yt< may never, no not for one mo­ment; lofe fig~t of this; for, ' if ye do, ~~l:om ,ha~e yOll

to flee to, inthe day of your, trouble, whereto feek re-\ ." ~ _ I

fu ge in the tim e of your diftrefs, or whom to call uponj • '! I , ' l _ 'I;. .

in the hour of your calamities? Do lufl and corruptions,\ \'.. ' " , i '

Iik e the boiflerous ocean, rage in you ? Do temptations,.l ikea mighty tempefb , beat ,upon you ?Do~trials,and

t ro ubles violently a£iault y~u ? and, u~d~r ' a figh t and

fenfe of thefe, do might fears prevail in you, (0t hat fromall appearances yo u are , ready to think you ~1Uft perifh ?W hen all hop e and help fails, remember, Jefus is al-

..:mighti;'t~- fave. He ever lives to (ave, un to theveryutrerrnofl, all who cry unto~nd call up on him . 0 moltbl efled, moil: precious word! " .The 'fame L ord over'all , 'is rielL u nto ;YI that call upon' h.im. ;;' F br whofo­eve r {halt c~lI' upon the nam~ of the L or d [Jefus], {hall• , ., t , 'J. l. .

be faved," R om . x. 13.VIell , tile fior my wind is hufhed, the raging billows

a re calmed. T he difciples' fears are difperfed, A ll is, ,fcrcne a nd comfortable. See what a !leep ing m,an

iwha t

an awakened G od, can do! For it is ~10 unu fua] thingw ith God 's faints to c/ dr efs hi m, as though he Ileepeth.

, 1 .. " .Says th e Pfalmifl, "Awa,ke, w hy Ileepefl th ou , 0Lord? Arife, caft us not off for, ever ;" P falrn x liv, 23.we hav~ feen our God . in human nature' afleep. W ehave feen him awake, arife, and do marvellous wonders.

~. I",B ut he not on ly does.great things Jar:, his people, whereof

thoy rejoice; but he '1110 does g?od. in and •.fo ~hem , by hisI \ lovin g rebukes and tender reproofs for their unbelieving

. ' - , fears,

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I, "" ~. wh ich diflrefs their own jouls, and difhonour hill].11 ~II C t; he faid to there difciples, Where is your faith ?, ' ,\V hat ' is it all loft, and fwallowed up in fears? ButWI' I(' 1I0t their fears very natural, when, in fight of fuchuuuiincnt danger of perifhing? Yes. So IS all fin na-uun l to us; but this does not render fin ,lefs finful, in

11\1' ftght of our o?ly God. When our fears ri feabove,lilt! ge t the better of our faith, they are ' evil; foi: they

II !! not only injurious to us, but they difhonour our

;od , by cauling ~s to diltrufl: his power, and calJ in '

' IIIl:ll ion hiS love to us, and care for us . But this does

lint appearto be the cafe with there difciples, Y es, it

rloes. Why? Did they not exerci fe their faith upon

( ~hr ilt, in going to him, and calling upon him to favethem in their diflrefs ] Yes: this was right. But there

w.is alfo fomething wrong and reprelienfible in therri. .

W hat wa s that] Even what you and t alfo mull: plead

'lli ity to. For, though they feemed to confide in hisiI'Highty power, yet theycalled, in queflion his love to

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them, and care for them. For, th ey faid unto Chrif], I

.. Maller, c~rell: thou not that We perifh ?'; Th is was

I ~.d l Yvery cutting. As though they had faid, M alter.

lu-re we are in th e utmoll: danger of dill:refs, and you areuucrly unconcerned about it : -it feems a matter of no

uuuncn t at all with you, whether we are la ved or lofl,

Now this flrikes at the very root o f love, difcovers great

caknefs of faith, and ,fh ong prevailing of u~belief.

) do we not all too" too often fail here;' by thinking

""I' Lord has no love to us, nor care for us. How mofb ,1,.Ik. how molt ungenerous this , after all that fuper-1houndi ng love which he has manifefled to us, and thatIInlclllitting care he has ever exerc ifed over us ! 0 what

.",dllli have.each of us to (mite OIU unbelieving breafis,

1111 1 cry, wi th guilty fhame, and deepcfl: forrow, God be,"w;i(u l to me a , firm er! Chri.fr pardon me , for myhOiI'd, unloving, unbelieving thoughts of ' thee, which.

Vo r., V. S keep

keep me from enjoying th y precious love , and prevent!l1y love to th ee ! Lord, help my unhelief' ! Lord, in­creafe my faith! Inevery fr~nn of di firefs, Lord 'help 1J5

t • \ v

t o remember, t hat thy love to us, and. thy care for us,r i fes fuperior to all ;-and that of thy iove , and t hy power,there is no bound, -nor any end. ' t •

. vVere the"di fcip les conflrained, in amazemen t, to fav,What i~lanner ofman is thi s! for he comrnandeth ev~nthe winds an d water, and they obey him! 0 well maywe now cry out, What manner of man is this! "for he

' cl ied for our fins, role again (or, our jufiificat ion,everlives to love ahd (ave' LIS, and commands all ou r ' enmity

l a nd rebellion into :Cubjeclion to himfelf , an d therefore,t hough all in our corrupt nature was utterl y averfe to

our going to him, and believing a ll him, at ' lirfi ; andt'lOugh all in our flefh is Ilill repugnant to our bel ieving

In , .and following ofhim , yet he fovereignly, power­f ully, grac ioufly, and fweetly att racts our fouls after

'h im, and lovingly keeps us from falli~g awa y from him.

What a " rpira,cle of grace is this! An~ when all t~c

norms of life are over,O what a miracle of grace will it

be in glory, to behold , to be with, and eternally enjoy, theprefenc e of t hat glorified MAN, who loved .us, died forus , Iaved us , kept us through life, and brough t us Iafely,throughall the Harms and tempcfis of life, to his hea­venly kingdom r 0 my foul, 0 my friends, is not the

bare thought of this enough to make us wifh for all

efcape out of the prifon of the body, an d to cry, Come?

Lord ]efus, come q uickly!

, l\~arch Jd, I 778 . ' E P H R ON.

138 T H If G 0 SPEL M A G AZ I N E.

ME D I 'f A T I O t'l

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M Ie D I TAT IO N on Rom.' viii. 7•.. '" T he carnal mind is enmity againfl God:'

WF U L th ought ! yet as tr ue as it is.awful, thatthe heart. of'jnan . is by nat ure ca rnal , enmity

I l li ll fl G od ; a God not only of infinite ho linefs and1'1I11ly, who mufl detef], bu t of eq ual jufiice and ornni­I'lI l o l1\:C, who will" punith it.

Did the Ion of diflipation believe th is, it woul'd Cadden,11111 hrilliancy of the ball-rpom ; and the ga ieties .of aII I,il1 lllcrade, inflead of allev iating, v:,ollld increafe theh "1I 0 1', Did the ad ultereror the dru nk ard know. it. the

Il l! would fill9 the brighteft beaury i nfipi~, and the1I1 11l' r would fly from his cu ps as from poifori. ~

\ Vcre our God, . like the fabled deit ies of C reece-and"umc, capable Of inj uRice and rapine, the perpetrator

, I vices wh ich fociety detefls, to hate him were lauda­I,J.., and to refufe h im homage, virt ue.

Hut when mercy and cornpafiion, "unbounded hencfi. ·r ur«, the tenderell pity , and . the IllOH: eleva ted bounty.

I \' (' 11 to the minu tefl of his creatu res, are -his character­1111 <:5 ; furely to have hard thoughts of him. muff he

I II(' height of folly ; but to be at enm ity againfi }1i 1I~~ istr cme madnefs, whic h /lothi ng but the torme~ts of hdl

.111 cxprefs. (I)oes any onequeflion it, and afk, C an the heart bep.lble of guilt like this i L et him viiit the ailemblies

.. I the rich . See where irrel ig ion ,fits enthroned as f1"lIdefs , difpenung laws, wh ich her votaries obey with

I II ardour which would honour a better fervice, H owI. her temple crowded' The brighteft wits pay her.ho­1I\. lg C ; grandeur pours his riches at her feet: and even11I' ,luty thinks herfelf imp erfect, wi thout paying there her

1Il'Il.IIICC. Or let him obferve th e copage of the poor;.

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' f ,?r he r influence ex tends from the gilded dome to tho, 'm eanefl thatch ~ and fhe is here obeyed, tho' no t with th e

fame elegance and cofl', yet w it h the fame alacrity an d

eagernefs, A r~tl;bfpcCt of thefe may perhaps ailoniih

him: but let him turn inward, and be humbled; let1 .( \ ' \ • '", •

him confider his own ways, he w ill fin d th em iniquity,

and every though t of his heart enmity again fi: (}od., Shall we attempt to draw the outlines of t hl~ en mityof heart, and inquire a little in to (ts nature? ' ,

Co uld we drawjt in lines of fcarlet, were our co­lours black as hell, th ey woul d but feeb ly exprefs it;

notliin g but the pen of infpiration can defcr ibe it f,:!Jly .:

' . Ig l10rance firft demands our attention : for, howeverthe n atural man may pride hirnfelf in his knowledge';

thoug h abl e to ' trace the R~rs in fhei; revolutions, : nd

follow th e c ircl ing planets in their orbs ; though he can

dive amidfl; the treafures of the ocean, or com foar arnidflthunders and ternpeil ; tho' reafon may have exalted hj~

to the higheft pinacle of fcience, and have ihewn h i~

the arcana of nature; yet, ,~s to any raving knowled ge,

G od hath declared it of them , " th ere is .none th at under-", ; , l' . " . \

[landctb, th ey ~ re all go ne out of the way." Nay, the;

very bru tes excel them; for" the ox knoweth his own­er, and th e Ilupid afs his mafler 's crib ; bu t th efe do no tk now, nor wifely con fider.'~ " I ' , " " ,

. I g norance {eld om comes alone; for to th is blindnefs,

o f the u nderflanding, obllinacy is an in feparab Je aflo­

~ i~te : a compan ion this, of all others', the m~R unf~it.able and da ngerous. T hat thofe who know not hin g

fnoul d be fo conceited of th ernfelves as to refufc inflruc.,\ don , m'ight perhaps exceed bel ief, ' di d not the word of

G<:>d allert, an d eve ry d~y's melancholy experience con:finn it . "Ye wo uld none of my counfel, anl defpi[ed

a ll my reproof,: ' is the ch aracter wifdom g'iXes of thcm~th ou gh her counfel was fo r their immortal advantage,

ilnu he; re proof t~e molt atTeCtionate and tender . T hat'i.t

M I' P , T A or IoN on Rom. viii. 7. 14.t

I I I ' ,1_ d.lII g,crdu s as unnatural, the [arne divine autho­IIIV ." 111 11:3 us, "Therefore Ihall ye eat the fruit of.

11111 OW II way (fays fhc), and be filled with your own,I, V I' r". He that finneth againll: me, wrongeth his

II (;,,,1 j and all they who obflinately hate me, love

I ,I I h." ,I' h ll ~ ignorant ofGod , and thus " ,ob ll:inat~ly bent to

111111111<: [o, 'can we wonder that his 'affeCt: ions are earth­I , "'IIt'ual, devjlifh ] Yet, tremendous as this defcrip­''''l l lIlay appear, it is equally jufi. Trace the manfrom1.1. I radIe to his 'grey hairs, where interpofing grace does11,,1 f( 'II CW the heart. What trifles engage his infancy'11.1 youth ! overthefe, forgivenefs dra,,\,s a veil, hoping1I1111rer years, and riper judgment, will direct to nobler,1"" (llits. B ut obferve him .in his manhood; docs he'111 11 remember his Creator. and are the paths of wifdo m

, . deter minate choice? Alas ! the toys of childhood arcIIII' exch anged for different, and perhaps more dangerous'I i11 r~ . The at tenti on which lucre gains from him, and

1111 IIIcference he pays to pleafure, if not to avarice anduiualiry, force the pious heart to confefs, that God is

11.1 III his afft:Ct: ions ; but that his mind is carnal, andII ll1ity 'againll ' him. To follow hi~ from the meridianI II [t', tothe declining evening of 'old-age, is but to

I Ill: throug h new or repeated fcenes of carn ality j forI y page of the book of remembrance, written for him,

1'1 ('gnant with negleCt: of, and enmity a~ai nfi God. If

" Vice to be hated, needs but to be fccn,"

1I1l'ly, thus 'blind in our , und erflanding, obllinate intl " l wills, and impure-in our affeCt: ions, we mull: abhor""I f~· lvcs in dull , and ,afhes.-However becoming fuch anhit'll renee may appear, yet while in this J:o!1dition, and

11,,01 ,,1' the influence of th is complicated.carnal mind, itI q 111I("lijible. F or ,' ~ , the carnal mind is enmity againfr

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God; is not Cubje'Cl: to the law of God, neither indeecan be." " ,

Ifthe fight of -th is .deform ity will .. nM convert, ytf

furely the view of its deCervings muft terrify h im. ' Ihe is refolved to rej oice in his youth, to walk in thway of his heart, and in the fight of his eyes, 'y,et lehim remember, th at forall th efe th ings G~d will brin /!,h im in to j udgmeilt:. A nd however the carnal mind mayendeavour to forget deat h , to drown the thoughts ofh imin -his -cups, or lo fe them in the croud of a theatre, toannihilate them in the .fmiles of beauty, 61' bury t hembeneath.. bag~ of gold .; yet death, though flow in his

approaches, is inevitably Cur~,\and delay but accumu lateshi s bitternefs, '-, But death, however terrible in his appearance,_is infi­n ite ly more awful to the firmer, when he fees h im fol ­lowed by the aggravated" horrors of eternity.' W .hen

ETER N tT Y commences, death lofes his hoft ility, th e fin­

ncr courts him as a friend. B ur, alas ! he cannot. die.'iThoughhe calls upon the rocks and mo unt ains to fal lon hi m, and would think an ni hi lat ion, blifs , he is curledwith immort ality, a,nd doom ed to an ex illence co-equal

w ith eternal ages; -amid horrors wh ich: beggars all dc­fcr ipt ion, and to Tw.h ich every metaphor is infi nitely in

.ad equate., Ho w ador'lbh~ ' th en is that MERC~ , which cries,

Save fro m going down in to the pit, I ha ve found a rail

ro'~ ! ARANS OM! Is it pofliblei-s-It is !-But won ­

de r, Oh heav ens! and be afton ilhed, a earth! for tho '

no lees than the BI.OOD of GOD incarn ate was fufficicnt'or it, or co uld be th ought equ al' to the purchafe, the

nltllighty FAT~ iR. fpared no t His OW N SdN, but dcliered himupfor; us all'!

Re~der, jf tho u art" acquainted with this enmity ithi ne own heart, -and 'haft tailed that the Lord is gp­cious to'. forgil'c and fubdue it, thou' wilt ant icipat

th

rel ig ion, ' -

M It J) 1 'I' A T ION on R om. viii . 7. , 143

II, 1,l iI ~ of heaven, and Join with me in rayin g," Wor­

,Ii y ' MIhe LAM 13, that was Ilain, to receive power, and

,11111 '., lind wifdorn, and ftrength.--Bleffing, and ho­liP"', und glory, be ~nto HIM i hat fitteth upon theIIIIII IIIJ, and to the,LAMB for ever and ever.

I\ lillc h 3. 1778. 1M tJ S. I

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I hI' following AffeCl:ionate Addrefs of a dying Paflor tohill People, ' was. written by the Rev. Mr. Samuel/llIry'*' , formerly of Bury St. Edmonds; and afterward~Miniller of the .G ofpel at Briflol, It was probably

li-nt, by way of Letter, .and read to the Church ofwhic h he was Paflor. \

Mo(t-loving ,agd dearly beloved,

N ow ing that Ihortly I rnuft put off this my taber-nacle, I am conflrained to ' leave you this laft te f..

1IlIIOllY of my love. How much (oever I 'haye f~iled inIlly duty to you; yet God is my witnefs, how fincereJyI love you all; and that I never appeared ' in ,the mount

kfore him in fecret, but I had you all in my breafi, 'and"II my heart there. I am now to ferve you no more inIllY former ftation . I blufh to think I have ferved you1\11 bette r, But I am glad I have done it at all ; -for. "l.l-Iled be Gpo"I have a comfortable lift of many fincereI 0 11 verts among you, as well as in many otl ier places J;

Iio are eft'ectually called and brought" 'home toChrift,lid boldly call me their. fpiritualfatber; an~l who fhall

I" Illy joy and crown of rejoicing in the day .01' theurd, ' . .

I havemade it mvbulinefs to preach unto you, and

plefs upon you, the ' .fubfiantial 'doctrines and duties-of'

11,' publifhcd " AnAccount of the Life and Death of hisamiable Wife,,.1. 1 ~l j 7.abeth Bury, who 'died May H , J7ZG," which Dr:-Gibbons h\!s '

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reli gio'n, which I was fully ;i/rur~d were well groullllrrl

upon holy fcrlpture, I was always afraid of apocryphalfins and du ties j I mean, charging any thing upo~ yO Il

as fin or duty, for which I' had not fcripture, but only

\ i maginary proof. I blefs God, I have made it the bufi

nefs of a confiderable part of my life, . to get ready [0 1

death, and have now finifhed the work which God gav

me to do, I can comfortably look into another worldin hope of a reward, -not of debt, -but of grace. N or i ~

'i t any. te~ror to me to appear before the awful bar of God

whilfl I can keep a Iledfafb eye up'On my Advocate plead-in g for me there. ' , _

I have been folernnly ordained to the wor k?f thern i­n iftry; and 1 blefs God I hav e taken much pleafu re illi t, efpecially when I have found I 'have been acceptabl

to th e peopl e. I was never profelyted to any party, buth ave endeavoured to ferve God .as a catholic chriflian.

I could not conform as a ~inifter to the prefent eflablifh­merit of the church of Engl and, becaufe of fuch difficul­

ties , which, after thernofl impartial Rudy, have app earedto me infuperabl e ; nor could I ever be reconciled to th

, temper or interefl: of unpeac cable diflenters, who would

cenfur e and unch urcn all men that were not of theirw ay. I have lov ed a confonn ill:, as well, and as cor­dia ll y, as a nonconformift, when both have been fo fo

:confcience- fake, and wh en the power of godlinefs haequally appeared in both . '

I am now w ithi n fight of the world of l ight, 10 v l'1

{and peace ; wh en: there is neither J ew no r Greek ; cir­cu rncifion nor uncircurnc ifionj but C hr ift , is "an and in

:all.' But before r' can leave the world 1 am n;w in, with

any f ati sfacii on, I mu ll: take my folem n: farewell of my, people~-I am now nev,er to fpeak to you fro m tho

pulpit more, nor m uftyou ever fee my face aga in , tillt he lafl appea rance at the gr eat day. Suffer me there­

fore, I befeech you, mof] folemnly to charge upon yOIl

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I, as your dying pall-or, and one that mull- meet you" long at the Lord's bar,' that you do not compliment­

( ;ot! and you r own prec io~s· fouls; but 'make religionhI' work of you r lives , in -defiance of all avocations and'

Incumbrances/of this world, 'W hatever become of yourhops and counters, be fure to' mind your' clofets *":eck an interefl ill" Chrifr, withou t ' deUy": '" Embrace'

him as he is freely offered in th e go fpe1. Rdl: your,foulS'fi ll him for righ te~)Urnefs and life. N evc6 t ruft your own'hearts in matte rs of Ialvation , without an impar tial fcr u-'lillY. E very day examine yourfell'es, in order to knowyour Ilate for a bett~r}Vorld , an d Cuffer not any fl:range-,nrfs betwix t G od and ,you : and take heed of the Jeaft'hlot on any of you r evidenc'es for eterrtal life. Main-'

I"in an-inviolable refpect' to both tables of God's' law;ind, in all your rel ig ious and fecu lar concerns, fee that'y Oll keep aconfcierice void of offence, both towards God

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lid towards ma n ; and let every- day's pracrke be, ' to'

mend the 'paR days of errors. Make confcience of 're:':l.uive dut ies ,to: each ot her.' Set up fanfily infr~ua:ion,.,

lid make, th e world: Iloop tp your daily . acrs o("divine

worth ip . " D iligently,obferve you r/elves and YOlJr fami­lilts; and endeavour to keep your children and fervants110m the infeCtion of bad company, which wo uld tempt'them to frequent urilawful afiembJiefi, ,or to haunt the"Iay-b oufe, which' archbifhop Tillotfon calls ,, ' the de­vii's chapel, and a fchool or nurfery ofIewd nefs andvice to} ' Obferve "alfo, that , you be not aihamcd of( ' hrill: and 'godlincfs, th ough others niay rep roach you'ror it ; it being much eafier to bear men's cenfu re, than''od's anger. H ave an c,fpecial regar d tothe fanctifi ca-

• It is evident, by whatfollows, th at he did not willi them to negleCl: their' I '

Iowl,,1callings, but only to confider the falvation of their fouls; as o[ th e1.11 importance, Ro m. xii, J J . ' " Not 11oth[\I[.i;, bufinefs, 'but fervent in"I\llI lt, ferving the Lor_d~'" , • . . ,

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'146 THE GO'S PEL M'AG,AZ I,N E.tio 'nor the fabbath, both in the public' aflernbly an d inyour famili es and clofets; and give diligent .atention ,and conflant and early attendance, on all ord ina nces,whether Ilated or occafional, Keep the unity of theSpirit in the bond of peace and love , and be examplesto others, both by your chriilian temper and conduct

.. And now, my beloved friends, Lleave and commit youail tothe. care of the great and good Shepherd, and tothe word of his grace, which is able to keep you, androbuild you up, and to give you an inheritance amon gthem that are ,fantl: ified.

I am your, affect ionate -dying paflor,

SAMUEL BURY.

,'To the ED 'IT 0 R s of the Gofpel-Magazine.

Dear Gentlemen,

I HAVE for fome years made a profeffion of the gofpeI' of Chrift, and do think at tim es, that I have foun d

communion with G od at a throne of grace. But I fearall myformer profeffion h~s been a delufion : · 1 have.deceivc!d myfelf, my dear and tender partner, and all myfri endsand acquaintance ; if G od donot hear prayer in

. my behalf, I am undone, etern ally undone! All thetalk in the world , by all the dear miniflers of Chrifl;will be of no ufe ; vain is the help of man! It is terrible

ilrid' ~ ifi reffing, to think of goi ng to hell with myeyesopen. 1· know al] the, doct rines of the precious gofpel ;I fee all the promifes of God, and I am fure. they willbe fulfilled in .their behalf, who are his people. Happyare the people thatknow -the j oyful found; .but I haveonly heard it; I' fee and can rejoice in thei r lot : Ohle t me die the deatl{of the righteous, and let my latterend be like theirs! Oh, I am undone! I am undone'

my temptations have bC~l1 and are at times very firollt'.3 1

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Melancholy ' CAS E of 'a' Profeflor; 14-7 ,

'" c1 l'llroy my life: 0 God, be merciful to me a firmer !II you will pleafe to communicate the fubflance of this10 your chriflian correfpondents , I will thank you t enI houlilllp times, that they may fend up their cea felefs cries I

10 Go d in my behalf, that he will make me an Ifrael iteuulccd ; that" he will glorify his name' in the falvat ion ,

uid not in the damnation, of fo bafe and vile a crea­tu rc,

e; .M~rch, 1778 . "

I\ t the mof] earneft felicitation of. the wr iter, arid for the

purpofes he affigns, we have been prev ailed on to gra-'t ify his requefl; by publilhing the abov e fubft ance ofhis letter to us. And we ' al fo hope th at it may be awarning, and made profitable' to others.

O ne word to the author. You fay, " I have deceivedruyfelf, my ~ear and ten der partner, and ' all my friend s.md acquaintance." From which we .areled to fufpe Cl,that, though under a profeffion of religion, yet fe rnerofs fin has been habituall y indulged, an d li ved in ; " If

0 , th is , is one of the higheft provocations to a 'h~ly, fin­hatin g God; and foone r or later t he fin-of fuch will be '

(lI,re to find them out. Is this you r c~fe? Jf it be, 'tislIIoi!: aw fully deceiving ind eed! No marvel th at gui lt 'has feized your confcience, an d diflrefs and ang uilh nowprey upon your foul . As you feel th e bitternefs of fin,may the Lord in mercy gra~t you tru e repen tanc e f~~ it " •.uid grace to turn to him for pardon and clcanfing. l Vehave authority to fay, t here is no room for defpair,while th e Saviour procla ims, " A LL MA NN E ~ OF SINA ND BLASPHEMY Ihallbe forgi ven' unto men ," Matt:

xii , 13. and while hisSpi rit teflifies, " If any man lin,WI: have an advocate with the Fa ther, Jefus Chrift th e

11 1'.hteous - and his blood clean,feth from ALL SIN-IfW I: confefs our fins, God is faithful and j ufl: to forg ive us

uur lim , an d to cleanfe us fro m all -unrigh teoufnefs,'T 2 I John

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~ Johni1, 7" 9. ,3\19 ji. I. There truths, "bel ieved in theheart, will powerfully excite ' you to hate and forfako

,you'r Gns, and ~ee :0 Chrifr", And t,~e¥ will alfo [orti fyyour mind ag ainfl: the temptation to ~h~t greatefi of all[tns, felf-murder, and fpr which we have no promife,

, ' flnd therefore there can be no hope ,of 'p ardon . , " F or

y e know that no murderer hath eternal life apiding in

him," I J ohn' iii. 15.· May the Lord deliver you -from'u n bel ic'f of his word, and keep you in the hour, andfr~m the power of temptations! ' .

" A word to profejlors . ,See , i,p this cafe, and pray to God

rhat yo~ miy lay it to heart, what an awful and 'dread-

\ ful tnin g it is, to trifle with an all-feeing, heart-fearching

pod, by del iberately allowing yourfelves in the practice

of an ,y known and wilful fin. If your profeffion don ' tkeep you ftom this, you will one day find, it delufion an d

deceit, and that the guilt of fuchfins will prevail in

'your. confcience, and the curfe and hell ' of them ,gnaw

!ike ? vulture upon your heart. 'This profeffor fays,

t' I know all the doctrines Of the precious gofpel. I

fee aU thcpromifes of Gall," &c . But what of all

this; while there is a confcioufnefs, that though I pro­

fclfeU to be a beli ever in Chrifl ana a faint of God, ~nd

others efleemed m,e fo, yet I dec eived myfelf and .others,

forI loved lin, lived in ,fill? ferved fin, and was awillin g

~avc to Satan and my wicked lufls ? 0 that fuch ma y

hear, fear and tremble, and no t' continue to go on thus,

deceivin g themfelves to their fouls' deflruction ! Remem­

ber what thi s perfon fays: the Lord irnprefs it ~n all

p ur l~eartS ! IT IS TfRRIBLE~ND DISTRESSING, 'T O

T HINK OF GOING TO HELL W:l :rH MY EYES OPE N.

M ay God o~r Saviour deliv~r fro~ this, and make our

h eilr;s fin~er'c.to him"allc\ our Ijv~s upright before hi m J. , . . • • L ,. . ... ~ • ' ;. ' " ., ',, / ' .,/ • t.. . ... .i·•• - . .. ~ 0. . , .. . ,. '... ..

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4·But h ark! m eth inks Religion Ipeaks,

',' Be frill,T he Lord will do wh at' s pleafing in

his tight;T hen bow with refi gnation to 'hi.

wi ll,A nd chearful own whate'cr hc doe. is

~ight, '" God

, J.

T H 'E fabbath's ,[acr. d t Ites ,werefcar cely o' er,

And !Iight advanc'd with all her glo,,",my train,

When dear ELI ZA flept, to wake nomo re

In this our worl d of trouble, grief, andpain.

\ An E 1. E G Y:Written by an am iaed Parent,' on the

Death of an amiable Child, t woyears ' and an 'I;alf old. She di edNov. 30. 1777.

9·The hlJmb!t fo~ls, tha~, m~urn ~nd

pray, ~,iu I~ ' "The Lord"approv~s,';lnd knows: '

Hismark ["CUreS tli~m in the ~ay,When,venge~~ce !lr ik es hi s foes f* . ,

· 'Ezek.ix. \ "1. '

. 3·H er litt le innoc~nt, ,engaging ways,R emembrance oftwith forrow brings

to mi nd ; ' .While from mine eye the gufhin g tear •

betrays , ,How clofe her image round my heart

is twin'd ~ ,

~ z.H er infant fpan howfhort, her days

how few! 'How foon the p;th of human life Ihe

trod! " /Early, bright, tranfient, ch afle, as mor-

ni ng dew, .She fparkl ed, was exhal'd, and went to

, God.

Eop

4·,,,,,,.Ids he, wings prepaid for

Ih~hl , I

lid W ~l r with flaming fword,It. lly fhi des, draws nigh [0 Irgh t

I I" lut tlcs of the Lord.

5·ly 11 Ilie, plague begun ;

IIi', '1,, '11 with hofiile rage,"". by hlood and interefione,I II brethren now engtlge.

I',. owf,,1 A fpea of the Times.

3.d 1"IIIl. with one eonfent,

II 11IW hetoro the throne :, IU I Itt' n.u ion's fins hunent,

I. ,hUl( Ii'a, and o~r own.

7·"".1" 0'" th e diflant hill s

hili J m ur rn ' r ing found:,. ", . te rn pef] fpreads, it fills'" IIldkcs th e welki n found.

6.I'ill " ' rm , alas ! how few,I·dl lliliJnt, Ieern to hear :I.. Y'1. ,,11 hear,· and tr emble too,I",,, (;od fhall bring It near.

J.

I lf ~JI herin g, clouds, with afpea'I1.1Ik,

, III ,, ~ llorm prefage;,., I" hid withi n the ark,

,,01 1I1.lI ,r'd from it s,rage I

3·1'1"". un ite in wre fl ling pray ' r,

" .. . ,1 th ere m ay be hope :I , ',,,,,w. but mer cy yet may Ipare,\ " I hid the angel fiop ? ..

• • Sam. xxiv, 16.

Z.I I" l'llltlrniffion'd angel frown;

I 11.,1 vi-,I in hi s hand,II ,I ,, " h fierce wrath, is pourin g

.tnwn 'I II our guilty land.

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LI .All -gra cious Heav'n, at tend thy Cop.

p!iJpt's pray'r :

" 7·T hric e happy infa nt! fay, wh at joys

divineAre now thy port ion in th at worl d a-

bov~; , I

W h ere babes in Chrifl ,as funs of gloryfhine ,

And all is harmony attun'd by love.

G.W

Y.R

Ha tton-Ilreer,

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ON Britain, long a fav'ri te ill".But now o'er whelm'd with

and Ihame, \Deign, mighty Go d, once more to h,,11

The fame thy pow' r, th y gra" 'Ifame.

On the l~AST-DA Y, Fe b. 27. I

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Grant, when my foul from ear th 111 ,11• take her flight, ­

That I m ay then with dear Eli za fL O!The bliCs and glory of the faint ' I"

light! .

Hatton Garden, C . W.Dec . 2. 1777.

Elegiac Lines on the Dea th of an ennsent Diflenting Minifler;

B'y a fympathifing Friend,

FAr~We! l , blefl faint, my worlh ,

rev'rend friend,Etleern'd in life, lamented in th in

end;Well h aft thou run on earth the chrlf

dan race,'By heav 'n directed, and , uph eld "g~~; - •

Well ha(1: thou fought , the good, I"fpir 'tual fight, ,-

No w mor e than con~u 'ror in th e realmof hgh t.

TVell haa thou recommended wifdomways,

And dauntlefs publifhed thy Redcem«praife ; . '

Well h aft th ou fpread abroad th e .~,

'Viour's name,Saint s to fopport, and liJiAe, s to I

claim;fVel!h aft th ou preach 'd the word, ,11,,1

tr uly prov'dFaichf ul to death j and now to he".

rem ov'd,

At God ' s right ha nd !hall , cr own'd!with glory, reign '

Thro' endlefs ages, freed from ev'rjpain, -I

While death , our lofs is th ine eter­nal gain.

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10.

How bleft (how ha ppy ) fay, depart edfaint,

I s now th y fratio n n ear th ' A lmigh ty' sth rone ; j •

But words are wanting, la nguage is toofaint,

'fo fpeak 'th e,blifs by fain ts and angelsknown.

9·O h fay, dear babe, and give m e fame

reli ef,W h at pleafin g fubject s no~ yo ur

th oughts em ploy ;A nd, to affuage a mourni ng paren t's

grief, -Re veal th e fecrets of your real~s of

joy.

8.There k indred angels (h appy fpiri ts)

, dw~~ " : 'For ever celebrating Jefu's praife ;While all the fi rife is, who fhall moft

excel,A nd fiAg redeem ing love in higheft

l..y~. '

",~)giJes/ ~l)l;akeS as he fees fit''" \\ana beft; ,;: ), •';T hen mourn no more, but wIpe YQur

1\) I tears away. ' \, ") And ~no~ . 1 your.c hild ftill lives fu-

, : 'p rem~ly blef] • ., ,,') lq ,glorio /ls, r, cgions of ete,tI}al day.

) ,1 Irl' I' 'If ./\ I { --J, 6. ,

. , Though age decays, and youth in all/" i ts prime, :\ j ,Whil~ ,de~pi}d comm on proves the in-

fant's doom, _The buds of virtue are but cropt in

time ,'Thro' alFe ternity'i n heav 'n to bloom."

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l' o E T ' R, Y. lSI

",., "I I' .h·Ift' 1I11with balmy wings,",1,..",,,1 he' all it , bleffi'ngs ilie,d ;111, ,, 11.. I.e well fecur'd,IIt l I IlIlH IICrCc rearits fainting head .

z.When Sodom' s fins arofe,With erie. of blood to GOd;

The Lord defcends to ju dge hi s foes,And crufh them with hi. rod.

BOURTONIENUS.

P falm xxv, l4 ~

l. ,HE fecret of the Lord,From finners tho" conceal'd,

, d"ln that fear h im, by his word,,,I Spirit is reveal'd,

w.EI

5·This cov'nant of free graceWas made with Chrif] our head;

Is ltor'd with precious promifes,By which our fouls are fed.

to put th em out of humour with,or agood conceit of, themfelves, H ere isnothing terrific from the law, to alarmtheir fears, and makethem cry out,with dread and trembling. " Whatmuft we do to be faved !" -- No­th ing from the gofpel to offd th eircarn al reafon, or difguft their Ielf­righteous pride , concerning the ,doc­t rines of God's everlaCting Jove, andefficaciou s grace-the atonement, righ .,teoufnefs, and Ialvation of the Son ofGod, his efler.tia l deity, peculiar of­fices, &c.-the agency of the' divine

Spiri t,

J.Hence all our bleffings flow,And balm for ev'rv fear:

o may we by experienc e kn owHow choi ce,' how rich the y are!

INGENuus.

6.The folemn oath of. GodConfirms "each promifc true;

And JcCus, with his preciousblond,Ha s feal 'd the cov'nant too.

4·His fecret counCels thus 'Are to his childrenIhewn ;

Myft'ries of providence and graceAre by his cov'nant known;

, 3· ,But when he leaves the IIcies,To Abrah'm firf] he'll go ;

" Sh~1I1 do thi s (Jehovah cries)" And not let Abrah'm know ?".

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, 5· ( ,10 ". r,vc, 0 Lord, a linking land,

IllIl"n. o'f tongues fhallthen adore,lUll lid the honours of thy name,

,,01 fpread th y praiCe from fhore toIIlUre.

4·, I,..nllc t roops calt from their handsI I" [word, the Ihield, arid glitt'ring

'1'l" llr; .I.. III friendiliip' s facred bands,'" ""0 dilTenticnt voice be there.,

Delineation of the Par ables ofour ble/fedSaviour: To which

In dued, A Differtation on Parables,I . llegorical Wri t ings in general. By" " 'IV GRAY, D. D. Minifter of

II"r""lhy." London, printed for J .11I1.1y , Fleet-Itreer,Ih i. [aiddelineation confifrs of moreII ~O() pageR, oCta vo, fine pap~r, .a

,," I Y1"" and t he fiile is terre and pleaf­II i. adapted for th ole who wilh

"mrt th-mtelves wi th reading mo-Il ,/,vi"i,y ; and we atlure Cuch re.id­

Ihey will not here find any th ing

3·I 1111 11111 11 cannon ceafe to roar,I I" w", likc trump no longer found; '

I· · .1111 oj'arms be heard no more,'" 1' '' lIlall blood pollure thegrcund.

ER R A T-A in our M agazine for FERRU'i\lt 'i"

J 52 R E VlEW of aBO 0 K in D t V I NI T Y.

P. l or. Col. r , L . 1. of r oth Stanza, for wb,fp" r ead whefp.

p~ 1 02. 'Col. 1. L . r, of rft St anz a, for ceafileft, read cflre/eft. '

Ibid. C ot c, L. ulr , of ~d Stanza, for meet, t ireap;

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ns, prepare fora Ih<l'cl<: ! " <INIJ " "

be.flc RE COMMEN'DAT ION OF 011

~Il E/t.. I G J o i1 S G E RVI C E S 'Tb GO D," I477. T he bcfl recom mendation, ,II"tor l Wh y;' we k no'W" 'm,ady wh o "fa voured with a li t tle of th e fame I"cious k now led ge, and Come ,of th e Calliholy tc'; 1 which ' Patil" i hd:"aged \\' 11

bleffed with, who ~ccouri t.rihis CeJldn'ent as containing the very ,effence "t l1 ~ , ra nkefr phj rifaifni '; and we"I,1"Ifo re prob ate it to the bottomlefs 1"1,from wh ence it, fprang . , And, th is 1'0'no other reafon," bu t b<!caiife'it fa armg~l1tJy militates againCt? and is 'fo tilta lly fu bver/i ve of, th e f~ith of thi s c"piral, th is funda men tal tr lith of God,.. 'ther~ is [but] O N E medi ator bet ween God andmen, th e , man Ch ril'tJ efus;" I 'I' im vii ,: S. .T herefore, allour "religious fervic e ~ can Ibe recomme nded to God, and 'ifihd" ariji accept.ance wit h God, in and th rongh himONLY. Fo r; " to tHe praife of tb

'glory of God's grace, he hath made ".accepted IN H IS DE{OV ED SOl'!," E.phe f. i , 6. As there is now fa greata profufion of [ucb divine!;- ami jr".divinity abounding in Englan d, it is "0part of ou r happinefs to ha ve any IIIt he fame kind t ranfrn ittcd to us fr oinAbernethy! Alas, 'poor dottor! wpity thee. A h , poor A bernethy ! IYfigh for th ee.

' ~f~'01Iif~*~*,

Spirit, in regenerating, fanClifying, andcomforting the people o f G od• ..!.:- Buthere the flowe ry path of virtue i s de­

.feribed t the rugged road of vice repre­fen ted: fa that, it feem s, if you are hutcare ful to walk in th e former, and avoidthe latt er, you have nothing 10 fear : . 11wJll be well.

Therefore, this work is not dt allcalculated for thofe odd kind of people,who underftand their bibles, are madeacquainted with th eir o wn hearts, feelt he ru in of their na ture, and them.fel ves miferable linners ; and bel ievet hat noth in g bu t the workof the Soncf Godcan avail them for [ufrificat ionunto life etern al ; and that noth ingbut the ancie nt gofpel can brin g reliefto th eir guilty confciences, peace t otheir troubled m inds, and hope totheirhopelefs hearts. A1I1'fuch will findthis delin eati b" i~Ct as ufeful and asprofitable to th em, as reading a leClureupon t r igonometry would be, to a manIt arvin g to de ith wit h hunger, ,

The following /hot t fkerch; fr omthis workyis fully fofficienr, to give ourr eaders a jllCr idea of Dr. G ray ' s Cyftemof Divinity. T)ui deiaor te lls us,ec The parable of the Ph arifee and theP ublic"n fcts th efe two characters inan oppofit e and com parat ive view, inorder to engage us to cnltivare humilityand ch arity, a, the nobleftornam ent (ifo ur nat ure; 'and- - what ? 0 chrifti-