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Or, as he has been called after the name of the Nip which brought him to England, JOHN BUTTERWORTH.» IT HE young heathen Iſlander, who has been for ſeveral
1 months paſt under the care of the Miſſionary Society, has excited a general attention among the friends of that inſtitution. ;. Some account of him ſeems to be a juſt tribute to the wiſhes of our readers; but they will not expect a
connected narrative, nor many- intereſting circumſtances, -
of the life of a hey 16 years of age, which ſeems to be that of Temoteitei. His countrymen have no idea of chronolo- gical ſtatements, and it would be in vain to enquire from him how. he has paſſed the few years of his life. It is indeed
ety intereſting, as it tends to untold the manners of the heathen, eſpecially. in the remote Iſlands which the Society
have endeavoured to furniſh with evangehcal inſtruction.— Such a view may be profitable to us, in convincing us of
the pitiable condition of nations which are yet. deſtitute of the Goſpel. It ſhould promote our gratitude to Him who hath called us from darkneſs to light, and cur exertions to impart the bleſſings of the Goſpel to them who are till under the power of Satan, and the ſhadow of eternal death. The iſland from whence the ſubject of this memoir has
been brought, remain in a more uncivilized itate than any other group in the Pacific Ocean, of which we have hitherto received accurate information. They afford, therefore, a more genuine view of human nature, and a better criterion for judging of the theories by which infidel philoſophers, | and perſons ſtyling themſelves rational chriſtians, have ag- grandized the dignity of our preſent fallen condition. We CN „ | acknowledge
1 k korrirxI. Wa, | acknowledge to have derived conviction on this ſubject, be- pvy5ond what we were before inclined to admit, by informa- = tion which has been drawn from Temoteitei. The whole | would fill ſeveral volumes; and it is a very brief ſpecimen only, that we can here attempt to lay before the public.
+ © Temoteitei. was born at Tähouätta, an Iſland about 800 Engliſh miles north eaſt from Otaheite. Mendana, a Spa- niard, who diſcovered this, and other three Iſlands adja- cent, gave to the whole the name of Las Marqueſas de Mendoza ; and to the Iſland of Temo's nativity, that of Santa Chriftina. It is hardly 10 miles long, and its greateſt \ breadth is leſs than half its length. The middle part of the Iſland, from north to ſouth, is occupied by a narrow ridge at leaſt half a mile above the fea; and branches of this lofty mountain deſcend in every direction to the coaſts, which are ſteep and rocky, except acroſs the vallies by which the inferior ridges are divided. © The vallies are the only fertile and inhabited parts of the Iſland, and they are reckoned to contain about 4000 people. The natives live under a burning yet healthful climate; and are generally tall, well made, and active. Their complexion 1s chiefly of a yellowiſh brown, like 'Temo, little darker than ſome Engliſh people who have been much expoſed to the weather. Others are of a darker ſkin, as ſome among us differ in na- tural complexion. The men are punctured almoſt. entirely + over their bodies with dark blue figures of ' various forms. The women are nearly free from theſe marks; and the boys only receive them by degrees, as they approach to- ward maturity. Temo has a continued line from his left temple to his right jaw, anda few irregular marks upon hig arms and legs. | Kee . The Coaſt of Tahovatta, where the vallies join the ſea, is indented by coaſts and bays. The principal of theſe, about the middle of the weſtern fide of the Ifland, was the place of 'Temo's nativity and abode. Mendana, who an- chored there in 1595, called it Port Madre de Dios: and Capt. Cook, who next came there in 1774, named it afreſh after his © cen ſhip, Reſolution Bay. The harbour is about a mile acroſs between two head lands, of which that to the. ſouthward is very lofty and ſteep; and the bay ſtretches inland ſome- what more than its breadth. At the head of it is a ſmall level ground, ending in two vallies, the whole of which is Called by the natives Witahhu. Hence various navigators have aſſigned the name of Ohitahoo to the whole Iſland,
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e ſame bay. The. 1 e of theſe een of one more valley to the ſout ind two ſmall ones to, the | horthvard of, Witahhu are called Hemma, and they ade fabje@ to Teinte, fit couſin.of. TEmoteitsi, All the yaly | Hes mate to the ſouthward, and upon the eaſt fide of the | Hand, are poſſeſſed by a people, called Ahboutinge, who are ſubject to a diſtin& Chlef, named Duteitéi. This nation ' entirely reſembles the Hemma, but is uſually | hoſtile to them. The inhabitants of the whole Iſland, collectively, CART TTT Ie
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more numerous nation, called ente H6nu, the eldeſtt
fon of Mavebbu, having ſucceeded to his father, joinedwith Pühhebuténa, the Chief. of Ahhoutinne, and father of Diuteitei, to attack the Tupohhe. Having killed Bua6uwa, the Chief of the latter nation, they at length wholly extir- pated them, and divided among themſelves the conquered country, of which the much greater part is now poſſeſſed dy the Ahhoutinne. The widow of Bua6uwa, who was a niece of Honu, and à male attendant with whom ſhe coha- bited, appear to have been the only perſons who-eſcaped the general ſlaughter. This couple are ſtill living. Some fugitives, who ſwam to the e Iſland of Heva6a, were put to death by the natives of that country. Ihe hor- ror of our readers at this dreadful carnage wilt doubtleſs be increaſed, by learning that the wretched victims, probably from two to three thouſand, men, women, and children, were devoured by their victorious enemies. The Iflanders, although they always dreſs hogs and fowls, and uſually ve- getables,” prefer to eat human fleſh raw, and they always drink the blood, and eat the entrails of their enemies, in that ſtate. | But circumſtances frequently requirg the car- » Caſes to be baked; and Temo's remark, while relating this event to the writer, was, What a great nation the
Tupohhe were to go to the oven!“ „
The population, reduced by ſuch wars, has been recruited more rapidly than could be expected, the number of theſe iſlanders multiplying wonderfully in a few generations. Tuhheane, the widow of Honu, has borne five ſor, (the eldeſt > Pp VIE 6 "0
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four daughters. Mayebbu's third ſon was Touwei-Atua, who was xeyered while living, as a principal deity. His widow has borne nine ſons and two daughters. Mavebbu had alſo two or more daughters, who were probably. equally prolific. ' Of
ni. grandchildren by the male line along, 28 are now
living, moſt of whom have already numerous families. Their three mothers alfo ſtill ſurvive, They were apparently the only wives of Mavebbu's ſons, but it is leſsprobable that all their offspring, though conſidered as rr hiren, Were ſtrictly ſo. Every young woman of a family cohabits with ſome man fervant, who either attends her in the ſame
condition, or. is replaced by a ſervant of her huſband's, The conjugal and paternal affections are thus precluded ; er Y in women is frequently ſo ſtrong as to prove fatal, and has alſo been ſometimes excited in their huſbands, when adulteries have exceeded the eſtabliſhed cuſtom, Before Temoteitei could walk, Panouh6nu, his'reputed father was killed at Nuguheva, an Iſland more than 70 Eng- fiſh miles diſtant from Tahouatta. The inhabitants of Muäkke, a valley of Nuguheva, have the art of burning nger, which turns it from a light yellow to an orange co-
four. With this the Iſlanders tinge their bodies, on occa= © Hons of public ſpectacles; and they, frequently make ſo long à voyage, in canoes of very frail conſtruction, to procure
this ſcanty article, although their opportunities of returnin
4 rome} 9g oppoſite winds to thoſe which uſually prevail. Pahouhonu marine tend upon this errand, landed at a Cove in Comptroller's Bay, at the ſouth eaftern part of Nugu- Deva; the inhabitants of which are almoſt conſtantly at
war with their nei hbours; to whom the valley of Muakke belongs. On paſhng the boundary Pabouh6nu was killed by a party that laid in wait for ſtragglers from the enemies country, He was eaten by them; and the news arriving at Tahbouatta, one of his fiſters, now living, was punctured acroſs the face in memorial of his fate. This operation is called an oven, on account of the manner in which the dead bodies are dreſſed, when not eaten raw. She is the only fe- male thus punctured at Tahouatta. Similar occaſions are fre- | but if the ſiſters of the deceaſed are young, or eſteemed. Heautiful, they are uſually exempted from this operation. From this event Temo agquired the ſurname of _—_
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By this title he was commonly called. The Iſlanders, in general, bear various names. They exchange them with per- Fo — favour they court for intereſt, and aſſume that of any perſon whom they kill, whether male or female. A boy acquires a new name when he is punctured; and a woman hen ſhe bears her firſt child; an event which, among fe- males of diſtinction, is attended with , fingular ceremonies, Honu was commonly called Pepetoeya, | and Teinuae goes by the name of Oawaena, or Ena, for brevity. xyz. Temo's mother is not ſettled with any other huſband? and has had only one boy younger than 'Temoteitei, IS man who never dwelt with her, named Vahaneuwau. 1
childhood of Temo, as in general, was paſſed in graduat _
acquiſitions, with little help from others. He crawled upon the ground and int6 the water, till he learned to ſwim and | to walk. Whipping a top nearly as practiſed here; flying a kite, made on Prem fruit leaf; and' joining in hain hts, conſtituted his childiſh amuſements. By playing with the carcaſes of human victims in a manner that pre- cludes deſcription, he became inured to inhumanity; There
are two attainments, in which the young Hlanders athy - |
_ excel us, ſwimming and climbing. From wt it the fea ſeems as natural to them as the ſhore. Nor do they
- heſitate to climb a tree a hundred feet high, without a | ebe to procure a few cocoa nuts. It probably ariſes from ſome deficiency in parental attention, that Temo is leſs active than moſt of his countrymen, and that his legs are ſomewhat deformed. After remaining perfectly un- _ clothed till he had approached a ſtate of puberty, he ſub-
mitted, as moſt others in the South Sea Iſlands, to an opera- tion ſomewhat reſembling the Jewiſh circumcifion. This, however, is not cönſidered as a religious act; and perſons who decline the performance are only cenſured as deficient inch ] „ An event took place during Temo's childhood, which, through - miſinformation, has been wrongly - ſtated in the preliminary diſcourſe to the Duff's voyage. Juſtice to the parties concerned requires the account then given of Cap» - tain Roberts's reſidence at Reſolution bay to be corrected.
While he remained there to build his ſchooner, the natives pilfered the workmen's tools, and were, on that account, fired upon by the Americans. The iſlanders, in conſe- quence, aſſembled on SER which form the north es |
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af the bay, and rolled dawn large — — | hich was building on the ſhore beneath. The Ameripany
ove, them from the hills, and firing upon them in the lower ground, wounded Teinae in the elbow, and ꝶilled one of his brethren named Jappahue. Honu had previquſly . qied a natural death. The natives expreſs no jealouſy at +. - 21 familiarity of their women with: forergners, which! was aid to haye accafioned the conteſt... They confeſs them- ſelvyes to haye been aggreſſors in their encounter- with the mericans. Captain Roberts, whom they call Gopäte, has publiſhed a map of all this group of iſlands.” He appears to have been at Tahouatta toward the cloſe of 1791, and to have proceeded thence in the Jefferſon with his 1 of
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which he named the Refolution, to the north weſt eoaſt America, where the latter veſſel was loſt with ten out — eleyen of , , high rn Ste + Captain Roberts and his people were probably the only perſons Who knew the Marqueſans to be cannibals, and it
Is likely that, during their long ſtay ' at Witahhu, they teſtified their abhorrence of the practice. Mr. Crook, who was left there in June, 1797, did not detect them din the perpetration of it till three montbs after his arrival. During this time a ſevere: famine prevailed; the crops of bread- Fruit, of which there are four in the year, having failed through drought. Mr. Crook, who was adopted by Teinae as his ſon, was left, like the children of Tepahéna, the chief 's! reſent e e food as he was able, and endured great want. Many periſhed for hunger; among others a woman named Hono, whoſe” fleth. ſeemed-wholly gone from her bones before ſne died: her inhuman neigh - bdours diverted themſelves with puſhing her down when too weak to riſe again; and Temo has deſeribed this ſcene with laughter. It does not, however, appear that any per- ſon was put to death for the purpoſe of being eaten, even during this ſcarcity. Toward its concluſion Teinàe and
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which is but three miles to the north end of Tahouatta, where be ſeized three men and a woman, belonging to a tribe called the Piggena, and having killed them, brought back the corpſes next morning to Witahhu. Theſe were only partaken of by the prieſts, and two of them were left to putrify ; the whole being devoted to the departed ſpirit of a man lately deceaſed, who had been a taeva, or pre- tendedly- inſpired perſon. 'Tetno, upon being 3
ſame others went in a canoe by night to a part of Hevaca,
ſhippers of ſuch a monſter.
TT CE 2 why theſe: were not eaten? replied; with ſome indigna- - tion Do you eat what you devote to your God 2” A deceaſed perſons are regarded by the Marqueſans as atua's or deities ; but thoſe. only Who have hen in ſome reſpects eminent are honoured wich ſacriſices. The chief atua of Tahquatta is an old man, named Tamapuameine, now liv- ing among the Ahhoutinne, who, from his childhood, has dwelt alone in a houſe within an incloſure full of trees, where he is ſurrounded with human victims ſcalped, and ſuſpended by their heels te the rafters and the branches. Temo ſays, that it is this old man who gives them crops of bread- fruit; juſtly obſerving, that it is not in their own power to cauſe. theſe things to grow. To this man more victims are offered than to any other atua, as they muſt be ſupplied whenever he demands them. He inherited this dignity from his father, and - be ſhares it with his ſiſter, Tahéyatuhwüu; but ſhe poſſeſſes it in an inferior degree. It is not eaſy to conceive a more complete idea of am in- CLarnate fiend than this man preſents ; nor of a people led captive by ſatan at bis will than the ſervants and wor-
During Mr. Crook's reſidence at. Tahouatta, the Ahhou- tinne ſeveral times invaded, and ſeized part of the Hemma a
territory; but they relinquiſhed it. again, partly by means
of force and partly for ranſom. 'Teinae was likewiſe en- gaged in wars with different tribes reſident at Hevaoa ; and at one time brought from thence fourteen living perſons, whom he had ſurprized afleep. , One of theſe, a woman, who had formerly dwelt with a faſter-in-Jaw of Teinae, was reſcued from deſtruction by the exertions of her female friend. It was the only inſtance of compaſſiun obſerved. by Mr. Crook at the Marqueſas. The other thirteen were de- voured, either by the invaders, each of whom had an undiſ- puted right to the perſons he had ſeized; or, by other per- - ſons, who gave in exchange for the victims articles more _ defirable to the others at that time than human fleſn. In February, 1798, the Alexander, of Boſton, com- manded by Aſa Dodge, touched at Witahhu; and leſt
there a Sandwich iſlander, named Onghwe, but more com-
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them, to £0 to war with the Naeke, a' neighbouring 5 of Hevaba. The forces of Hemma and Ahb atinne being aſſembled at Witahhü, to the number of eight or nine hundred warriors, proceeded in more than thirty large .canoes to Heva6a, where they defeated the Näeke in a
113 eee with that tribe, and ſome others allied
pitched battle, but brought back only one corpſe, which
das affigned to the Ahhoutinne. About fix weeks after-
_ wards, a ſtill larger force was collected to renew the inya- . gon; 'Temo accompanied them. Mr. Crook remaining at
_ Witabho, and eing a ſhip off the harbour, went on board
of her with ſome of the natives in the evening of the 21ſt 0 of May. She proved te be an American ſniip, named the
Betſy, commanded by Edward Fanning, who; deſpairing
of getting into the bay, bore away for Nuguhéva. Mr.
Crook accompanied him, and the natives regained the fhore
with much difficulty. They were afterwards ſeverely re- buked by Teinae for dre e Crook to the ſhip but
being people of ſome diſtinction, the chief wat obliged to | ment „ „ ged 2
In the mean time, à horrid ſcene of bloodſhed took place at Hevaca: the 'Nacke bravely reſiſted their numerous in-
vaders; and having recovered from their firſt terror of Ta-
ma's muſket, they diſabled him by a blow with a. ſtone,
which, with a wooden ſpear, are their only miſſile weapons, A nephew of Teinae: and five of, his countrymen alſo were * killed in the engagement. The funeral ceremonies, and | the wound which Tama had received, detaining the Teia among their allies, four of the former ſtraggled to a detached valley, inhabited by the Piggena, where they were killed
nin a private quarref. The news was brought ſecretly about
midnight to "Teinae, who was fleeping with his people, amidſt the Piggena and the other allied tribes, in a beauti- ful level country called Taba, where they uſually refide.—
Teinae, with the utmoſt poſſible ſtillneſs, rouſed all the Teia, and as foon as every thing could be prepared, they
fell upon their allies, who were yet ſleeping,” and _ 8 | STE EY tered
ens refigied'to him the office of t6a, or chief warrior, mich had been united with that of hekkaeke in the perſon of Teinde. Tama bad the addreſs to perſuade the Hemma _ and Ahhoutinne to lay afide their mutual hoſtilities, and to Juseis their forces in an attack upon Hevaba. Teinae, have ning contracted his eldeſt fon, a boy about eight years old,
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"tance; the reſt diſperſing in conſternation. The conquerors then {oaded themſelves with the corpſes, and reaching their canoes, carried as many as they could ſtow on board to Ta- - Houatta, to diſpoſe of them as uſual in ſuch caſes. Vaha-
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neuovàu, already mentioned, was one of the perſons who _ had taken Mr. Crook on board the Betſy, and he proceeded '
the ſame night to Hevasa, with information of his depar= ture. This-man' put to death, with his own hand, EKbs- eeinue, the chief of Piggena ; and was conſequently en-
+ "titled to his body, and the ornaments with which he was decorated; the whole of which he carried back in tri= 8
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A variety of circumſtances which Temo relates, ſubſe- quent to Mr. Crook's removal, might throw farther light upon the manners of theſe iſlanders; but our limits oblige '
us to proceed td the occaſion of Temo's removal from his
native place. Toward the cloſe of the ſame year, two ſhips made ſome ſtay at Witahhu; the Butterworth, Captain Frazier, and the New Euphrates, Captain Glaſſpoole.— Te-
moteitei went on board the former veſſel, which had before been at the Marqueſas; but when the other iſlanders re-
turned on ſhore, he remained, and was taken to Nuguheva
whither the veſſels proceeded to obtain additional refreſh. + _
ments. He there met again with Mr. Crook, who had ſent information to 'Tahouatta of his place of refidence. Judg- ing it expedient, for various reaſong, to viſit England at this juncture, Mr. Crook left the iſland 8th January, 1799, in the Euphrates, accompanied voluntarily by a native youth, named Heko. They diſcovered, a few days afterwards, ſeveral low iflands, belonging to what Bougainville juſtly. . denominated the dangerous Archipelago ; and on the 18 fell in with one, which appears to bè that named Carysfort iſland by Captain Edwards, who diſcovered it in 1791.— They found there ſome remains of a thip, probably the Matilda; and the next morning+ſaw the rocks and extenſive breakers, on which that veſſel was loſt, in February 1792. Capt. Glaſſpoole had deſigned to e Fr the Butter- worth directly to England, apprehending his own ſhip to be incapable of keeping the ſea a longer time. Finding her, however, to bear the weather better than had been ex- pected, he reſolved upon making farther attempts in the whale fiſhery, in which both theſe veſſels, though belonging to different owners, had been employed. Mr. Crook | Re BI ro
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therefore removed the 28th January on board the Butte: worth; but Heko remained in the Euphrates, which has
fince arrived. Témo's fituation, which, partly owing to his ignorance of our language, had been very uncomfortablej =
Was improved by Mr. Crook's company; and on their ar- rival in England laſt May, the owners of the Butterworth n Eindiy committed Temoteitei to the care of the Miffionary 8 Soeiety. N s 55 T4 4% SET OE TITEL ERAS at 6
- His health was much impaired by the change of climate and of food; but; through the bleſſing of God upon the beſt
medical attention, it was ſoon in a great meaſute re- eſta-
bliſhed” It was thought neceſſary to inochlate bim; and; by a remarkable concurrence, he underwent that proceſs in company with 24 negro buys, who had been brought from Sierra Leone. Over theſe he aſſumed a ſuperiority, pro- portioned to the difference of his complexion; and made
faitable reports of their behaviour. He boarded,” white in London, with one of the Directors, who treated him with . 2 degree of paternal affe&ion, to which Temo would have
been a ftranger in his ewn country. The atmoſphere of
the metropolis again affecting his health very ſeriouſly, he
was removed into the country; where, under ſuitable treat- ment, he rapidly recovered his ſtrength and ſpirits ; and upon the approach of winter returned to a favourable ſitua- tion in the vicinity of the town. Lf 3
Temo, while in health, appears perfectly eaſy in every
fituation./ His manners are docile, lively, and engaging. His underſtanding is good; but it is not eaſy to fix his at- tention to learning; to which alſo his ſtate of health has
been unfavourable. To write and read our characters, to | fpell-monoſyllables, and to comprehend and ufe a few com-
mon phraſes, are the whole of his preſent attainments in language. The Lord's prayer being tranſlated into his own tongue, and repeated to him, he learned it readily by heart. The phraſes which he knows he uſes with propriety, and even with an eaſy politeneſs. His-remarks upon charaQers
are uſually juſt ; and his recolleQion of likeneſſes is pe-
culiarly ſtrong. He is perfectly - conformable to our man- ners, exact in the outward form of family devotion, and fond of attending public worſhip. But, although he has at times exprefled-a preference for England above his native
. Hands, he retains unſhaken bis attachment to their ſuperſti-
tous and their moft corrupt cuſtoms. He ſays, he knows
ad that they have gods in their country, becauſe he has heard
then
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them irhiſtle among the trees, and in the thatch of the houſes; but that we have no gods in our country. This alludes to hy aer of crickets, which not being eafily diſ- covered, the
man having his own wife. In deſcribing the cannibal, prae- tices of his countrymen, he has betrayed a ſavage glee ; but upon being particularly queſtioned about ſome of the events which have juſt been related, he has ſuddenly recolle&Qed himſelf, ſtopped ſhort, and aſked, «© Why do you atk fo
much about Hemma? Do you mean to ſend your men with
guns to kill them for what they havẽ done? Why don't you aſk about the Piggena, or the Nacke??' a
I Fo impreſs ſpiritual ideas upon his mind, is inconceivably difficult, from the poverty of their language, arid the pau-
city-of their ideas. Having no notion of an almighty being, of rewards or puniſhments in a future ſtate, nor of virtue or vice in the preſent, nothing ſhort of the ſovereign influence of divine grace is capable of exciting in them a ſpiritual hope or fear. When Mr. Crook, who alone can Heak the language with ſufficient fluency, has urged. theſe
ubjects upon his attention, he has replied with diſpleaſure, « Why do vou teaze me ſo about your Atua ?” But upon
being aſſured it was wholly out of love to him, he has re-
lented, and ſeemed to be in ſome meaſure affeRed. -- - A courſe of years, and unremitting attention would, hu- manly ſpeaking, be neceſſary, to efface his-prejudices, and
to wean him from the ſuperſtitions and barbarities of his
countrymen. It is hoped that theſe remarks will prompt the fervent ſupplications of believers in the Goſpel of Chriſt, in behalf, not only of this youth, but of his fellow heathen,
who are ſo differently fituated from himſelf. It is not to be
ſuppoſed, Wat their minds are enlightened nearly in the de- gree, even that Temo's is, at preſent. Forgetful of bur na- tural pride and ſelf-love, we have fondly imagined, that they needed only to ſee dur manners, in order to prefer them. But it is exactly the reverſe. Although they call us Atuas, they ſay that we can do nothing ſo well as they can, who are only men. They even ſuppoſe that we have no language of our own; and that we are abſolutely deſtitute of ideas. till we learn to uſe heir words. Toſum up their morality in one word, it is ſimply cu/tom ; and unhappily of the moſt depraved anddavage kind, Let , who know fo
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athen prieſts pretend their noife to proceed from the Atüas. Temo has alfo expreſſed the utmoſt diſſi ze of what he terms a filthy cuſtom among us that of every Fs
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much better, beware of acting upon the ſame p inciple. HIk)!beir religion may likewiſe be expreſſed by the ſingle term _ hes 56 their notions and practices of this ſort being 1 extremely ſimilar to thoſe of the moſt ignorant and ſuper- mmiitious of our own countrymen. Let us guard againſt ap- pPearances of ſuch heatheniſm among ourſelves. Let us uſe the utmoſt exertions to diſſipate the thick darkneſs in which = : the heathen ar& inyolved ; but let us never forget, that is
only to be accompliſhed by tat power, which faid, © Let
there be light,“ and there was light. Bleſſed be God, there Iãs no room for deſpondency, in a diligent ute of means: for "EP the converſion of the Heathen. It is'promiſeg in the word of God. It has been effected in numberlets inſtances. The Moravian Brethren have had ſignal ſucceſs in caſes of the moſt diſcouraging nature; and at the Marqueſas one ſenſible man diſcovered religious impreſſions in the courſe of con- verſation with Mr. Crook, which he could only attribute to tte influence of the grace of Chriſt. He would gladly have | 2 * 1 / . 1 |
- accompanied Mr. Crook from Nuguheva, if he could have
been admitted on board. We may hope that he has re-
mained there for ſome uſeful purpoſ e
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5 sue voice of tlie Lord is powerful ! 8 OW beautifully is this grand affertion of the Royal 85 H Pfalmiſt, both illuſtrated and confirmed in the ſerip- ture record of the creation. The wonders of nature in all tthueir beauty, variety, and numbers, were produced by the ih almighty fiat of our God. The ſun, the ſource of light = and life and heat, with all the planets which are placed in the vaſt concave of. the ſkies, and are kept in conſtant and | regular motion in their amazing orbits ; the earth and air, with all their productions and inhabitants, and the ſea, with all its countleſs tribes—theſe, and more than can be expreſſed by mortal pen, or conceived by human thought, coe their exiſtence to the word of God. Surely the voice . of the Lord is powerful, for he only ſpake and it was done, ed and it god fat.“ RENE
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be cord be gave, th' obedient ſun n, „ Ki Give glorious race to run; VVV Nor filver moon, nor ſtars delay, „„ ; 2 +, To glide along th' etherial i OR AROTIeY fe Mee Co net ̃ ‚ A · YN 3 5 ol 1 ; Nor is his voice leſs powerful in the kingdom of nature moro, for all things are under his ſupreme controul, and all things obey his will. He uplioldeth all things by the word of his power.“ He rideth upon the heaven of heavens of old: 16, he doth ſend out his voice, and that a mighty Vvaice. . How awfully grand is the voice of God in the | mighty ſtorm. It was on an occaſion of this ſolemn nature that the Pſalmiſt uttered the words which introduce theſe reffections, and certainly ſuch effects of diyine power are calculated to inſpire in a ſerious mind an humble and ador-- ing ſpirit; and very frequently 1n the ſcriptures is thunden compared to the voice of God, eſpecially, Job xxxvii. 4, 5,, and xl. 9. Pſalm xviii. 13. Ixxvii. 18. civ. 7. And from this — I gain additional evidence of the eternal power and go
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godhead of my bleſſed Saviour. Is the voice of Jehovah * powerful? So is the voice of Jeſus Chrif. ' He ſpake as never man ſpake. Yea, it is expreſsly ſaid by one of the Evangeliſts, That his word was with power. t The moſt direful diſeaſes obeyed his word. Matt. viii. 2, 16. Mark i. 27. Luke iv. 36. And ſo powerful was his voice that he | raiſed the very dead with a word. Luke vii. 12. John xi. 43. - And huſhed into a peaceful calm the raging. waves of the | tempeſtuous ſea. Matt. viii. 27. Mark iv. 41. And even the Centurion, when applying to the compaſſionate Jeſus, could not help expreſſing his belief in the power of his word. bat cried out, Speak the word only and-my ſervant ſhall be Meebo ct | Ee] _ ; hot LBP I outward proof to confirm the aſſertion of the Pſalmiſt ? I truſt I have the witneſs in myſelf that the voice of the Lord is powerful. When dead in treſpaſſes and fins and afar off from God, yea, .an enemy to him by wicked works, did he not then ſpeak to me by his Spirit, through - his word, convincing me of my fin and danger, and ſhewing me Jeſus as my only Saviour, as the hope and refuge ſet be- fore me? Yes, I truſt he hath by his powerful voice ſo ſpoken to my ſoul that I cannot look on fin as formerly,
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but am taught to hate it more and more, ie follow after and love him and his holy ways.
And often when my fout has been-in bearineſs aol de- Ppreſſed by affliction, ath God ſpoken comfort and relief. 53 When no earth! 3 friend was capable, of affording conſola-
tion, thy voice, O Lord, in thy gracious promiſes, hath been
indeed powerful and ſweet 4d me; and when in deep afflic- tions I could not attend to the kindeft words of friends, yet
' | 1 . . with ſuch power hath been thy voice, that it hath obtained
my deepeſt regard, ſilenced the murmurings of my un - ful heart, and tilled the tempeſt of my ſoul. I would b
bly hope as one of thy ſheep, Lol" thy voice. O 201 I ever follow thee — be ſtill ſolicitous th hear thy voice n every event and ſtate of life, that like one of old T may tand on my watch tower to hear what thou ſhalt ſpeak con- AT me,* that I may learn thy bleffed will thereby, antt Rs „The voice of my e 05 e 2008s! 1 thy A fervant heareth.” f .
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T NDERSTAN DEST thou what thou readeſt? is an | enquiry worthy the attention of all who peruſe the facred pages. How deſirable, how neceſſary to read with. underſtanding ; but can this be done without employing that "Kiculty which is the glory of our nature and the peculiar | gift of God to man, without the exertion of reaſon * Many pious perſons caution us againſt the exerciſe of it, as un- friendly to true religion; but ſurely the uſe of reaſon and implicit faith in what God has enjoined for our belief, are perfectly compatible. The queſtion with every ſerious mind will be What is the voice of God in his word? What does he command me to believe? What does he require me to practiſe? Blefſed be the Father of, mercies, and God of all grace, thoſe articles of faith and practice which he requires of his rational creatures are ſo plainly de- ſeribed, that the wayfaring man, though a fool, thall not err in the enquiry; but Chriſtianity does not annihilate the cha- racteriſtic. turn of mind any more than the paſſions peculiar to each individual; the religion of Jeſus is calculated to rectify the evil Propenftties, and to "ou the bow. 5 of
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Wich he feels himſelf the ſubject; and io far from merely
reſting ſatisfied with his principles becauſe he was educated
in them, fearing the influence of prejudice, they will he. - 5
the firſt to undergo his ſcrutiny; and is not this conduct ſuit-
able to the precepts of the New Teſtament, .which-exhorts _
us to prove all things, and to hold faſt that which is good? And although Paul teſtified to the Bereans that which was unqueſtionably-true, yet they were commended for ſearch- ing the ſcripture before they yielded their aſſent to his doc- trine. The ſearches of that reaſon that with an upliſted eye implores divine illumination cannot be unpleaſing to its . Creator, cannot be deemed a leaning to our own underſtand- ings, in oppoſition to truſting in the Lord. If the exerciſe of reaſon be admiffible in religion, by whoſe reaſon are, we to form our opinions bf divine trath? By our own or by that of another? Yet are not ſome of the people of God too contracted in their views? Are they not too apt to colt. demn as uninfluenced by the Spirit of God thoſe who ven- ture to queſtion what they eſteem; truth? Is not religion a perſonal thing? How can I be ready to give to every one a Treaſon of the hope that is in me, if 1 be 2 of de- fending my principles? A deſcription of the devout affec- tions of my heart; if accompanied with a confiſtent conduct, will be ſatisfactory to my fellow Chriſtians ; but what ar- gument will my religious experience be towards convincing thoſe of the truth, or divine origin of a religion, with the influences of which their minds are totally unacquainted; but who may have ingenuity enough to propoſe difficulties. calculated to ſtagger the weak, or to confirm the impeni- tent in oppoſition to the Goſpel ? All men reaſon more or leſs on religion as well as other ſubjects: the difference is, that thoſe who think for themſelves will be more likely to form their opinions from ſcripture, while others reſt in their edu- cational prejudices, whether true or falſe. From theſe con- ſiderations it appears to me not only juſtifiable, but highly neceſſary, that Chriſtians ſhould be found in the exerciſe not only of practical and expetimental, but likewiſe of the rational part of 'religion. Perhaps the acrimonious warmth” that too often diſgraces theological controverſy ariſes from this cauſe, namely, that one or both parties are defending _ prejudices rather than well digeſted opinions. From cloſe attention to the arguments of thoſe from whom we differ
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_ wearcdiſpoſed to candaut; for in their ſentiments we ofteit _ .' find very plauſible, if not to us concluſive arguments for WW - their belief. By a ſtrict enquiry as to thie juſtneſs of our ideas we ſhall promote our on comfort, our own happi- neſs, and our uſefulneſs to others; a faith founded in ig- noxance will ever be open to the attack of our opponent, and if our own belief be not ſhaken, yet as lovers of truth, we ſhall be concerned to find ourſelves incapable of defend- ing her cauſe. In ſhort, it appears to me that the glory of "God; ſo far as he has been pleaſed to make us the promoters of it, ariſes from the exerciſe of reaſon in the way of the - Lord's appointmennn. JULIA. EXTRACT FROM A MINISTER'S DIARY. | TANUARY iſt, 1794, heard Mr. Romaine, who, I be- of lieye,. is in the eightieth year of his age, preach his annual ſermon at Blackfriars, from Rom. xv. 13 —< The God of Hope.” GERI to I ag” The ſermon was ſhort and good, but without much order
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or method. The people were very attentive, and to all ap- oxi much affected and comforted. I obſerved that he 1
d not attempt to prove any thing, but took all his doftrines for granted. Like the venerable prophets of old he came with, Thus faith the. Lord.” And without endeavouring to convince his hearers that what he advanced was the true and proper ſenſe of the 1 he quoted, as though the grand truths: of the Goſpel were doubtful, he pointed out the ſuitableneſs of his doctrine to the people of God, and the utility of believing it upon the teſtimony of God alone, who not only authorized but commanded their aſſent. and _ reliance. He adduced ſeveral portions of ſcripture; in which the word 4ope was contained, and paraphraſed them with great earneſtneſs and judgment. This is an eaſy way of preaching—perhaps the beſt. . 956 7
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chain of conjugal felicity. The beauteous and ſerene muſt fall reſiſtleſs into his cold embrace, as well as the ſwarthy, Ethiopian. Alexander the Great, who fat down and weft | becauſe he had no more worlds to conquer, with one act of this tyrannic monſter's, received a mortal ſtroke which checked his towering ambition, and put an end to all his glory. That too aſpiring mind which he poſſeſſed could | ike es kept within the boundaries. of the, glabe ; butnow content with ſmaller room, he lies at caſe within the narrow limits of a ſhroud. Mortals, the young, the fair, the noble and the wiſe, muſt alſo meet with the ſame irreſiſtible fate.
I << Ev'nl, the loweſt of the throng, e Unſkill'd in verſe, or artful ſong, ; „Shall ſhortly ſhroud my humble head. | And mix with them among the dead.“ Ro -w. And is it true that I ſhall quit this ſtage of mortality? Is it an undeniable fact that this tabernacle muſt ere long be un- pinned, and mingle with its native duſt ? Why then, O my foul ! art thou centering thine affections in any thing below the ſkies? Conſider that this is not thine home; it is but an inn, where weary pilgrims call for refreſhment, and then poring their journey to another, a better country. Act ike the man who, when travelling to Jeruſalem, met with many things in the way which attraQed his admiration ; but at every object made a ſudden pauſe, and cried out, This is not Jeruſalem ! this is not Jeruſalem! I muſt be gone.“ Jo thou, if any thing ſhould command thine attention while in the road to the kingdom, ſtand a moment and reflect, that This is not Jeruſalem ! the new Jeruſalem”! whither I am bound; and therefore here I mult not, I cannot ſtay.” - Let alſo the thoughts of an approaching diſſolution cheer and animate thy drooping ſpirits, when trials like mighty torrents roll one upon the back of another in ſwift ſucceſſion. R-. member that the troubles'of this life will ſhortly be over ; | and thou, O my ſoul! redeemed by the blood of Chriſt, _ And ſanctified by his Spirit, wilt find a retreat from the noiſe and clamour of an evil world. Yet a few more ſtorms may wing their impetuous way acroſs the tempeſtuous ocean; a few more billows may rear their proud preſumptuous heads; but ere long this little barge ſhall nobly outride them all, and gain the wiſhed-for haven of eteraal reſt.
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RE ; Goſpel reveals and offers ee e ee 5 I. through the atoning blood of Jeſus, but the dleffn received by farth, and as all men have not faith,” fo the = of\moſt; if not all Chriſtians,” is ſometimes feeble /and ready 0 fail; and at theſe feafons'they do not enjoy the comfort of a Pe pardon ; ; they have not ſo full a perfuafion as they ought of
mie efficacy bf Chriſt's ſacrifice to purge the conſcience from
all fin, hop fo firm a dependance-upon it for their own par-. dom, and conſequently doubt their intereſt in-it.
The knowledge of our forgiveneſs muſt be derived from the | written teſtimony of the word, connected with the inward wit- Len of the Spirit. The teſtimony of the word runs in general terms, declaring, that whoſcever believeth is juſtified, but ſays nat that this or the other particular perſon is a believer. - [The imnward witnels of the Spirit that we are believers puts the
ter out of doubt; but this may be withdrawn from the h 22 1 of real Chriſtians; and then, 8 7 they are children of light, mmey will walk in darkneſs, and fearing God has not pa d - them, expoſtulate with bim in the 5 wage of Jobe, 1 have Hamed, what ſhall I do unto thee, O thou preſerver of men? Why Haſt thou ſet me as a mark againſt. thee, ſo that I am a - 5 to myſelf? And why doſt thou not pardon mx tranſ- reſſion and take away mine iniquity?” When God hides his . no man can contemplate his forgivin love with pleaſure and approbation. Unbelief rifes up againſt- faith, and filences it «IFC clamorous contradictions, ſo that the ſoul can draw no comfortable concluſion concerning its ſtate. And as to obtain- ing the knowledge of our forgiveneſs by the application of the characters of Chrift's d iſciples to ourſelves, it muſt be obſerved | that theſe characters are various, and ſome of th=m ſo high, I mat few Chriſtiaus in this life can always appropriate. them i - - | zhemſel ves.
We ſhall be ord of this, if we confider that fin dwells in even the beſt of God's children here below; and the fleth juſteth ant warreth againſt the ſpirit, Now, fo far as the bad principle prevails, it will produce doubts and fears with regard | to our forgiveneſs and acceptance z whatever defiles the mind, Bf its peace, and interrupts its joy in the Lord. |
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of God's love, and Chriſt's. redemption, ot hy objecting to all their evidences and experiences; fo that it is really more won- derful that they ſhoyld at any time have a clear ſight of, their
| forgiveneſs, than that they ſhould at ſome ſeaſons, and in ſma
caſes, feel diſtrefſingtears in reference to itt. It is an unqueſtionable fact, that many are in a juſtified ſtate, and accepted of Gad in the Beloved and for his fake, who yet want either genetally, or at ſome ſeaſons, the clear diſcoveries
of it. Now; in al ſuch perſons there is a deep ſenſe- of Lt ice: of a-traofient- conviftion in the con- itua] ſentiment of a broken amd contrite frequent.acknowledgments of ſin with ſhame
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and Ken ſorrow; by humble ſubmiffion to the will of God in
a ſu ering ſtate ; and by candour and charity with regard tothe fins of others, whom, though. they may rebuke and warn, they will not haſtily condemn them, but endeavour to reſtore then:
in the ſpirit of meekneſs and love. This humble and contrite
mind is an ohject of the divine complacency : God dwells in
it, and in due time will revive and comfort it. As the pride of human nature is great, and lies deep in the heart of man, ſo
the work of the Spirit in the humiliation of Chriſtians is gra-
dual and progreſſive, and may be carried on in ſome hearts by
long and manifold afflicting circumſtances and inward diſeau- ragements, Some, perhaps, may aſk, why does not the Lord
- deſtroy pride in the heart of his people by a perpetual and clear
ſunſhine of his grace and love? And they may as well aſk, why does he make a difference between this earth and heaven?
In heaven the viſion of God will effectually remove all ſelf- exulting thoughts, but this viſion is not the privilege of mortal
men; they are to be dealt with in a different manner, ſuited to their low and prabationary ſtate, by diſcipline and correction, and thus by degrees are to be weaned from ſelf-conceit, ſelf- will, felf-righteouſneſs, and bruught into a ſettled temper of humility, Here they are to be humbled by frequent views of their fins, and ſenſations of the juſt diſpleaſure of their God; hereafter they will ſee that in his glory that will cauſe them to veil their faces in his preſence, and caſt their crowns before his feet. For every purpoſe there is a ſet time and ſeaſon. This life is evidently defigned for labour and patience, the next life is the appointed place of perfect reſt, holineſs, and happineſs. It is in vain for us to loak for our harveſt in the ſeed- time, and
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for our full triumph in the heat of the battle. An babitual humbleneſs of mind is what becomes us beſt; and ſhould be our conſtant aim and deſire. He that humbleth himſelf ſhall be exalted; and bleſſed are the poor in ſpirit, for theirs is the king- dom of heaven. Faith, hope, and joy, are very deſirable graces, but humility is the temper of Jeſus, and the garment with which he will have his difciples cloathed. Would we know that our fins are forgiven us? Let us deſcend into the vale of Chriſtian humility, and there God will meet with us and bleſs us. On the Mount we may ſee and enjoy more, but Here we fhall beſt know ourſelves, and be prepared for our pre- ſent work and future reward. If others are fond of ſhining | qualities't that attract the admiration of the world, let us ſtrive to excel in humility, which men-may deſpiſe, bur God will ac- cept and honour for the ſake of a crucified ty whoſe oye and HEY it is. RS | . 17 - BOETHOS.
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1 All theſe things are againſt me,” | ws are perfectly 1ncapacitated to judge either of p er-
ſons or things in the dar. Gloomy apprehenſions are not uncommon in the experience of true Chriſtians, and when they prevail in any conſiderable degree we make but flow and uncomfortable advances towards the kingdom. Faith in the promiſes and hope of fruition; theſe - only can brighten up the proſpect. Relations die friends change trade ſlackens . loſſes recur—ſickneſſes prevail ſlanders : ariſe—alas ! «all theſe things,” ſaith the believer, „are againſt me.” We commonly judge from fight and ſenſe, but the Lord acts from infinite wiſdom and perfect recti- tude. Now, for a man to refuſe the enjoyment of /ome comforts becauſe hers are removed, is ingratitude to God and injurious to himſelf. Poor Rachel refuſed to. be com- | forted becauſe her children (were not.” Let us ever re- member that the Lord's aſſurance is far better than our con- jecture; he declares that « all things do work together for good to them who love God, and are the called Ong « to his purpoſe.” | A want of penetration, and frequent miſtakes in judg- ing about the diſpenſations of Providence, occaſion no {mall ee of anxiety and — | in-the experience of _ true
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' houſe to keep him alive. He brought Iſrael into ſtraights in order to work their deliverance. And, to the confuſion of human pride, he called fiſhermen to propagate his goſ- pel, and-to found the firſt chriſtian churches in the world. « The wiſdom of God is fooliſhneſs with men, his paths are in the great deep, and his footſteps are not known.”
2. Our ſelf-will and a natural defire to preſcribe. We are too confident in our apprehenſions of what we think will do beſt. This ſelf-conceit blinds the underſtanding, The prayer of a certain woman agrees to this, © Grant that
theſe my two ſons may ſit, one at thy right hand and one at
thy left in thy kingdom.” Jeſus reproved her folly by ſay- ing to her and her aſſociates in the petition, -+* Ye know not what ye aſk.” Peter, on the mount of transfigura-- tion, propoſed to erett three tabernacles, but alas! He knew not what he ſaid.” Now, a ſcriptural and firm per- ſuaſion that all our concerns are under the management of
the divine Providence, and that gll is therefore right, will ſupport us under and reconcile us to every affliction and trial. I conceive it was this, as a prevailing ſentiment and a well-grounded principle in the mind of Job which ena- bled him to fay, - Though he ſlay me, yet will I truſt in him. He knoweth the way which I take, and when he „ hath tried me I ſhall come forth as gold.” It was this which enabled {Tabattut to make that triumphant boaſt
which occurs in the third chapter of his book. Although the fig- tree ſhall not bloſſom, neither ſhall fruit be in the vines: the labour of the olive ſhall fail, and the fields * ſhall yield no meat, yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my ſalvation.“ Oh the bleſſing of ge- nuine Faith! Be it obſerved, that which makes 9 | — 2 ©
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mtme body and our temporal intereſts often, by the grace * Sod, makes for the foul and promotes our beſt intereſts— If the children in God's family are afflicted! what will be⸗ come of reben? If the righteous ſeatrely be ſaved,” - what will become of the ungodly? The g 720% of Chriſt is
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EING from home, I did not receive yourstill this day. -I wiſh I nay be able to give you any ſatisfaction on the point therein mentioned, I think I had ſufficient au- thority from the word of God for what 1 advanced at St. Saviour's the laſt Lord's day, on the difference between believing and the ſeal of the Spirit. 5 Faith, or believing, and the ſeal of the Spiel are cer- - tainly two diſtin things, as 1 apprehend from Eph. i, 13, « In whom alſo after that ye believed ye were ſealed - with that holy ſpirit of promiſe. Here you ſee the Ephe- Hans are repreſented as having believed 60 rſt, and afterwards as bein ſealed with the ſpirit of promiſe. The apoſtles them- ſelves ſeem to me to have heen believers without the ſeal of the Spirit, all the while our Lord continued with them. We therefore find him frequently promiſing them the aids and comforts of the Spirit after he ſhould riſe from the dead; thus we read, John xiv. 25, 26, Theſe things have 1 ſpoken unto you, being yet preſent with you; but the * comforter, which is the Holy Gboſt, whom the Father will ſend in my name, he ſhall. teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatſoever J have ſaid unto you.” From this paſſage, I think we may ſafely con- clude, that the diſciples were ſtrangers to many of the ſealing or confirming gifts and comforts of the Spirit, till after our Lord's aſcenſion. Again, we read, John xvi. 1, 66 Nevertheleſs, I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I 80 . for if I 80 not _ the comforter will | not
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| + AND' THE SEAL OF THE SPIRIT. ,. , not come unto you, but if I depart, will ſend, him undo | you.” Here our Sayiour ſeems to intimate that the apoſ- tles were ſtrangers to the eſtabliſhing and ſealing knowledge of the comforter, and hints that they would continue ſo tall his departure from them. * If 1 go not away the com- forter will not come unto you.” Now it is plain that theſe _ perſons were believers while they remained, thus deſtitute of the Spirit's ſenſible preſence, although their faith was mixed with doubts and fears; becauſe our Saviour faith, Matt. xviii. 6,' Who ſo ſhall offend one of theſe little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millſtone were hanged about his neck, and that he were .drowned in the depth of ſea.” I could produce more texts to prove that believing and being ſealed with the Spirit are two diſtinct acts or operations, ſuch as Acts viii. 16, « For as yet He,” namely the Holy Ghoſt, was fallen upon none of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jeſus.” „„ tech Pe I hope, by this time, you are convinced of the truth of my aſſertion; that faith and the ſeal of the Spirit are diſ- tin things. The reaſon why ſome people have con- founded them, and thought them to be one and the ſame thing, I apprehend to be this: Many. perſons, poſſeſſed of ea true ſaving faith, as I firmly believe, will not be
perſuaded they are ſafe, becauſe they dre not free from
doubting ; and becauſe they have not an abiding affur- ance, falſely conclude they have no faith. Do not ima- gine, from what J have written, that I undervalue an aſſur- ance, much leſs that I would adviſe you to reſt ſhort of ſo ineſtimable a bleſſing; God forbid ! I hope you will draw no ſuch inferences; you will never be entirely at liberty in your own foul till you have it: but you may, neverthe- leſs, be poſſeſſed of a true juſtifying faith, and not be in the conſtant aſſurance of your intereſt in Chriſt. 1
You deſire me to direct you to a ſacred promiſe tending to remove your doubts. My dear brother, may the dear Lord Jeſus quiet all your fears by a viſit from himſelf. I would only aſk, are you eagerly defirbus of holineſs as well as pardon, and are you convinced that you are a ruined
creature in yourſelf? If you can anſwer yes, I look upon |. You as a truly awakened perſon, and to ſuch our Lord muſt
be underſtood to ſpeak, Matt. xi. 28. If you can rely on the active and paſhve righteouſneſs of Jeſus Chriſt, and believe him to be willing and able to ſave, you are cer-
. tainly ſafe. The promiſe I would build my aſſertion on is
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_ faved.” Fs. cam, we read Rom. x. 11. Whoſoever be-
lieveth on him ſhall not be aſhamed.” . I wiſh. you would
read that whole chapter on your knees, with fervent,
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Your next requeſt is, that I would give you further ad-
vice. I would therefore adviſe you to pray for an increaſe.
as a grain of muſtard feed,” as well as of great faith, and
being ſtrong 1n faith ; the Rc is the ſame, although the degrees are different. 1 | | | tend this plain epiſtle, and earneſtly beg your "ow" for
cerely with a bleſſing may at- 2 poor feeble. and unworthy miniſter of Jeſus TTC . , ß | Your willing and affectionate Servant,
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A . emplified, but ſeldom in a more extraordinary way than by the following fact, communicated to us by the
Rev. S. Douglas, of Chelmsford. There lived in the town.
of C, a perſon of the name of Johnſon, by profeſſion a painter, and much eſteemed in that line of buſineſs. —- Notwithſtanding he had been privileged with a religious
education, his connexions in the world led him into the
company of ſome perſons of a deiſtical turn, by whom his mind was much injured, though he was not without occa- . tonal checks of conſcience, and ſlaviſh fears of death.
From this miſerable ſtate it pleaſed the God of all grace to deliver him, in the year 1796, in the following fingular
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manner:—His wife, in paſſing along the ſtreets, picked up,
and brought home, three or four books, which had been.
loſt by one of the members of a book-ſociety in the town,
among them, was the four miſſionary ſermons, with the
portrait of Captain Wilſon ;—being a painter by profeſſion. the picture firſt engaged his attention, andafterdipping alittle
into the book, he reſolved, as illneſs confined him at home
the following Sabbath, that he would read over the four
_ © fermons; the bleſſed conſequence was, that the Holy Spirit ſet home the truths contained in them on his heart, and
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go PE | = 3 June N from that day he was a new man. For ſome time he at- tended the miniſtry of Mr. D. with much profit, and a
length died full of faith, and of the Holy Ghoſt. Thus may,
we ſee that circumſtances, very trivial in themſelves, by the application of the divine Spirit, be made effect | to the converſion of ſinners; and even the loſs of a book may prove, through his bleſſing, the finding of a ſoul.
The circumſtance above related, ſuggeſted an hint to our
minds, which we beg leave to propoſe to the ſerious reader. might he done, if thoſe -
May we not hope that much gooc be to whom the Lord hath given ability, were to purchaſe ſmall tracts, upon ſpiritual: ſubjects, and, by dropping them as they walk, ſhipping them into the pocket of a ſtage coach, or leaving them at an inn on the road as they travel, in- duce ſome, from motives of mere curioſity, to look into _ theſe kind of books, which, otherwiſe, they would diſregard, There are ſome valuable tracts, ſuited to ſuch a purpoſe, publiſhed by the Religious Tract Society, at their Depo- ſitory, Stationer's-Court, Ludgate-Hill. «4 Caſt thy bread upon the waters, for thou ſhalt find it after many days.“
THE Rev. Dr. R**#**, of Briſtol, was lately preaching from Eccleſiaſt. vi. 12. Who knoweth what is good for a man; his text led him to diſcourſe upon Providence, in which he introduced the following anecdote, told him by his father, who knew the circumſtance to be true: 17
A gentleman in an extenſive line of buſineſs in a diſtant part of the country, left his houſe with an intention of going to Briſtol fair; but when he had proceeded about half way on his journey was taken with ſo violent a fit of the ſtone as to be detained ſeveral days at the place where he then was;
and as the fair was by this time in a conſiderable degree
over, he was induced to return home. Some years after the ſame gentleman happening to be on buſineſs at ſome place
where the aſſizes for the county were held, was induced,
from what motive I know not, to he preſent at the execu-
tion of a criminal who was then about to ſuffer; Whilſt he
was here mixed with the croud the criminal intimated a de- fire to ſpeak with him, and fignified that he had 2 to communicate to him. The gentleman approached, an was addrefled in language fimilar to this: Do you recol- lect having intended at ſuch a time to go to Briſtol fair? Les, perfectly well. It is well that you did not, for it was the intention of myſelf and ſeveral others, who knew that e | | you
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Mankind. The Subſtance of a Sermon preached in the Baptift Meeting-
House, Richmond. Court, Edinburgh, on Sabbath, Aug. 4, 1799. To
evhtch it added, ' a windication of ſome difſenting Congregations, who Laie been charged with ' Diftoyalty by the late General Afſembly of the
b N Scotland. By WILLIAuM BRa1DwWooD, 12. Pages 47. ; ice : . 0 6 ; 7 111 2 4
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AFTER u brief recital of the duties we owe to civil rulers, our un-
feigned ſubjeCtion or allegiance to them is enforced by the following con- Gderations—T hat government is the ordinance of God, and univerſally prevails—that it eſſertially promotes the happineſs of mankivd—that the ies of ſubjects, and the manner in which they are enforced in the word
of God, ſtrongly confirm the principle of conſcientious ſubjetion—that many Jews and Gentiles, occupying various departments of government,
were converted in the times of . Chriſt and his Apoſtles, without bein
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highly refpeRed civil Magiſtrates, acknowledged their authority, and
_ claimed their prote&tion—that Chriſt himſelf, though he might have pleaded . exemption, paid tribute, that he might ſet us an — to contribute more
to government than can be legally demanded, rather than offend—that though the New Teſtament does not preſcribe any particular form of civil government, yet it fully explains the nature of the office of Magiſtrates,
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REVIEW or xEbtotous PUBLICATIONS. 29 She Triumphant Believer ;\ a Funeral Sermon. By Rev. W. B. Wik- Fg 3 High Wycombe, Sh 3a þ. Price 6d. Chapman, &c.., . THIS Sermon is replete with evangelical matter well arranged, illu- mined with ſingularly beautiful applications of ſcripture. - Exclufive of the excellent charaQter it draws, it contains, a rich fu ns of chriſtian experience, and ſentiments applicable to every Chriſtian. It is highly edifying, and as capable of affording light to the well informed mind, as of impreſſing a ſenſe of the moſt intere YT Ri en e in the ſight of | Expofitory Remarks on the Diſcipline of the Primitive Churchiz. B AX. FULLER. ' 24 Pp. 120. 34. Clipſtone : Morris. London: Butt Ns j ²˙—ꝛũ—⏓— Rh 4 7 I | THESE Remarks were originally drawn up in the form of a We. letter to the Baptiſt Churches of the Northamptonſhire Aſſociation at ney, in May laſt. The firſt impreſſian being exhauſted, the publication . makes its appearance in the preſent form as more directly calculated for a general circulation.” FF By the diſcipline here referre to, Mr. F. intends * a mutual watch over one another, and the conduct we are directed to, purſue in caſes of dif= order. Among the latter Mr. F. particularly inſiſts upon a departure from the faith of the Goſpel, or any of its Jaging doctrines, as a prin- cipal object of Chriſtian diſcipline, and argues the point with his ulual
ability and ſucceſs, . | . rf e | | ; I plain and ſtrious Addreſs tothe Maſter of a Family on the important Sub Jeck of Faul RELicton. B pl DopbrIDGE, D. D. 120. 48 Pp. 44d. Clipſtone: Morris. London: Button. 1799 . | THIS very excellent Leiter can need no encomium; we ſhall therefore only expreſs our ſatisfaction in ſeeing it reprinted in its preſent form, ſo well adapted for the extenſive circulation that we wiſh. A poſtcript is ſubjoined to the letter, containing two brief ſpecimens of family devotion. Songs in the Night. By SUSAN NA HARRISON, 6th Edition, amo. 203 . Pages, 28. 6d. bound, 8. and T. C onder. Me announce with pleaſure, a new edition of theſe intereſting and uſeful Poems; eſpecially as ſo rapid a ſale of the laſt edition encourages us to belieye that our essen 0 of it, in the Magazine for May 1797, has contributed towards the increaſe of their circulation. ' 23 A Dialogue betapeen the Pulpit: and reading Deſt; auddrgſſed to tbe Members of the Ghurch of England. By a Member of the Charch of England, 12. 40 pp. Price 44. Chapman and Matthews. = EE I THE dialogue of which this is an abridgment, at the. time when firſt publiſhed bad'its uſe, byt fince that period it is rendered leſs neceſſary, by the great increaſe of Evangelical Clergymen, and the wide ſpread of goſpel knowledge. Some perſons, unacquainted with the articles'of the eſtabliſhed - Church, may read with profit; but we wiſh the deſk had conducted tae dialogue with a temper equgl to the pulpit, *
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i" . 8. Allttle above two years ago, the Lord in his wiſe providence led me to | ' *, the wild, dark and benighted wig of Peppard, where'tht goſpel warn not
- preached, till our little compact chapel was built and opened, Se t Fa {trained to-deplore their it fi before the moſt high God ery, conitramed to depiore their tate as nnners, re the m V 0 by the fame divine aid and mercy have been led to lay wa 1 as the only refuge and hope of a poor guilty finner. February 2798, 1 eftabliſhed a Sunday School, which I have had he 5 | i
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| Heretofore running about the common upon the
manner of ſport, are now brought into order and decorum, and are em-
ployed in the worſhip of God on that day,—Seven of the young men i the hool are quite reformed, and five of them I have reaſon to believe,
\gares; but to pray to the God of the ſcriptures, that he would infiruR theis
minds in the knowledge of his word, and apply the ſacrgd contents to their
Hearts, by his adorable 4 nk But what I particularly intended to no-
tice in this letter is, -that I have bee |
dinary way in the diſplay of the riches of bis divine grace and mercy ;
' for I do not know that I have met with above two or three for theſe twenty _ years, before I came toPeppard, that have been ſavingly called after the
were fifty. But that God, who moves in a myfterious way to mani
| the wonders of his grace in the ſalvation of ſinners, has, within this year | oftromentality, five aped people, the youngeſt of whom was ſeventy. Of theſe monuments af
- and nine months graciouſly called, through my poor i
_ Givine grace, three I Suſt have, within theſe nine months, gone ſafe: ts glory, and the other two are following hard after. The laft that departed this life, was J. White, of Dunſdon-Green, who, for upwards of ſeventy
two years, was a ſtout hearted rebel againſt God, and far from all righte-
ouſneſs; ſwearing, drinking, and Sabbath-breaking, were his conftant
ract ices. 3 f | . It pleaſed God, who has mercy on whom he will have mercy, to incline he heart of one of his daughters, who lives at Peppard, to attend on the preaching. She was impreſſed with what ſhe heard, and no ſooner felt her own'ſtate as a ſinner, but ſhe began to feel for her aged parents and her dear relatives. She went to Dunſdon-Green, which is about four miles from the chapel, to tell them what ſhe had heard, and to invite them to come and hear for themſelves. At firſt ſhe was repulſed, ſo that ſhe came away much grieved ; but like the poor widow with the unjuſt Judge, ſhe was
- 2796.——$ince that peried the Lord bas been graciouſly pleaſed to let me ſee that my poor imperfect labours have not been in vain in him ; ſeveral — the aboundings of free grace, have been convinced of their mi-
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ve been fayoured to ſee Cod go out of his or-
determined. to continue her application till her requeſt was granted. At
Jaſt ſhe prevailed on one of her liſters to come to hear. The Lord was
pleaſed to ſend the word to her heart, ſo that ſhe, in addition to her ſiſter's
application, began to intreat her huſband and parents to come. At laſt they
were perſuaded, and this ancient pair, in the eleventh hour of their lives, be-
ame, under the preiching of the goſpel, as melting wax before gy en 1 : . * Son 0 "a 1 „„ I rom
| | Prom that time I do not temeinber ſeeing the man under one ſermon f;ror near a year and a half, but 1 ſtreaming; and when I have been e Boo love of Chriſt, in ſufferi
| ring and dying for poor guilty ſinners, and declaring his willingneſs to ſave: the worſt of Wark that ©, truſt in him, he has appeared in an extacy of joy. This change of: heart produced RN alteration in his life; the ſabbath of the Lord no one 05 ly and delightful day to bis ſoul. | The 3 he made to to Peppard Chapel, at his advanced age, were aſtoniſhing. 5 hds fiequertdy-taid to me, as it reſpected what God had — for him — the reſt of the family, “ Surely, Sir, God has made this great change „hat a merey he did fit cut us off in our ſins. His concern for the fouls of his profligate neighbours alſo was greatly manifeſted, for with , anxious" folicitude he requeſted me to go down and preach to them. About three months before his death he was confined with an aſthma, the gravel and ſtone; and though his afflictions were great, he ale thought God dealt with him in 82 When I viſited him I found bim happy in his ſoul, and fo far from being afraid to die, that ha de- fired much to go when it was the will of bis heavenly Father. Latked him if he depended upon any gpodneſs of his cn; he anſwered he had no goodneſs of his own, that he could not do any thing in point of ſal- vation, but he left it all to the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, and. depeuded alone upon his blood and righteouſneſs for all the ſalvation of God. This was a refreſhing ſeaſon w my on mind; my ſoul was melted down and over- flowed with gratitude to God for this diſplay of his unparalleled love and mercy, in ſnatching this poor aged profligate ſinner, even in the eleventh. hour of his life, as a brand out of the fire. + e A little before his death a friend viſited him, to whom he ſaid, I have left all my worldly concerns to you, and committed - myſelf into the hands of Chriſt, and am waiting his pleaſure for my diſmiſſion- The morning on which he died he was carried down ſtairs, and when ſet in his chair, he began to cry, Come Lord Jeſus, come ſweet Jeſus and take me to thy blefſed felf ; the Lord in great mercy anſwered his prayers, for immediately he bowed” his head and died without'a ſigh or à groan, on Sunday the roth of February. I endeavoured to improve the circumſtance from pſalm cxxvi. 5, they that ſaw in tears ſhall reap in joy. The Lord was pleaſed to fulfil his own promiſe to make one in tho midſt of us.
Pexr gap, March 19, 1799 ES: 1 | A POOR MAN. t .. ' . +4 | , g 4 a . | Rayflon, Cambridgeſbire, Marth 22, 17996
BEING called on a few weeks ſince to viſit a poor dying man whoſe life had been very immoral, and religion almoſt his conſtant jeſt, I found him now willing to attend to thoſe things which before he had ever treated with the -reateſ indifference : the arrqws of the Almighty appeared to Mick faſt in him, and the near proſpect of r his ſoul. With accents indicating the feeling of his mind he ſaid, „Sir, I'm glad you are come, I'm, in much pain, great diſtreſs, and am juſt going to leave the world.“ I enquired where he thought he was going“ he hoped to be de- | bvered from his preſent miſery,” —* On what do you ground yo one po « Sir, I havg.ſuffered a great deal in my illneſs, and I ho 't hal not ſuffer in the other world.“ * If you die in ſm be affured your preſent will be ſucceeded by far greater ſutferings. Do you ſuppoſe yourſelf fitted ' for the ſociety of heaven?” With more frankneſs than uſually marks the reply to queſtions of this nature be aid, 5 be feared he was meg.” © Di
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cer will be for ever loſt 5 While I was thus jy Wt 10 the danger of his fituation, the r ereature very frequently with | Phatic-carneſtneſs cried out, have merey!. Lord have, 4 | —— to point out and explain to him the purpaſes or; 18 |
| —— into the world, aſſuring him of his ability aud willingneſi . 4 ſinners to the uttermoſt who on him placed their dependence; 15 8 ticularly to enlarge on the ſubject of the dying! — J's wack My 4-8 85
ication of the fine as the circumſtances rende large ol this was the only vay of eſcaping; that eternal — — to which _ poſed him, at the ſame time informing him, that from God alone hg cou obtain power to lay hald on the ſalvation ſo fraely offered. Finding m mind peculiarly. impreſt with this awful tate of a dying fellow- worm, after g ſome. time in prayer, again converſed with, queſtioned, and in- 8
| ducted him, and had «reaſon to believe he was enabled to ungerſtand the - ſcheme of redemption, of Which, for the firſt time in his life, h now _ heard,” I here left him, after which time Lam informed he expreſſed him- olf deeply affected With what. had been ſpoken, Why (laid he) -t we | words went through me; through my very heart; ſurely it was: God 5 the man that 7 — to me; I neyer faw os. if ſo before, His mind peared to have received and retained ipſtruAion, and well remembered th any way of obtaining mercy ; but added, ** it is now too late, I am
an lend ſinner. He continued in great diſtreſs for fame hours, and free
82 repeating parts of the converſation, and exclaiming;. but I am H an heavy ſinner; oh that I could lay hold on it! J will pray; yes, 1 will pray to Fefus Chris. The following morning this diſtreſs ſubliged, and joy, he fore to him unknown, evidently ap ppeared to fill his breaſt; now imleed, did the tongue of the dumb begin to ſing, and praiſes to the finner's friend occupied the few remaining moments of his life. "With delight equal tothe-miſery he a ſhort time before experienced, he with joy oft cried, © I wilt ptaiſe him; Jeſus· Chriſt is a merciful-Lord ; oh the goodneſs of God in ſending the man to tell me of him! what, a, Beau ſinner I have been; '29;/pardon me, ch what a merciful Lord! why I never thought on him, llighted- him all my days; but he forgives my ſin j my burden, my guilt is remoyed-; I am now willing to die.“ His wife '+ Or left him to ob- - tain reſt, he. deſired ſhe might be called, as ſhe had been much concerned for the Rate of his foul. . Now, Martha (faid he) * you ſatisfied 2 Jeſus Chriſt has had mercy on me, Jeſus Chriſt bas forgiven me my fins,
my guilt is removed, my pain is gone, and I am now willing to die,
Martha, Martha, don't you . negle& your ſoul as I did mine, teach my children to-lcye and fear God. Oh how good he has been to me.” In this frame he conrinued for two or three hours, exhorting thofe around him 2
and praiſing God: till quite exhauſted he ceaſed to breathe, and death for
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The Jollowing: Letter has been circulated . | 12. 4/5 +4 124 MISSIONARY SOC}
' DEAR BROTHER,
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as the friend. of the Miffonary Society, the ſteps which - they are purſuing, and the reaſons which bave-direBied their procedures: In order to this, t will be neceſſary to lay before you the meaſures they have already taken for the more extenſive diffuſton of the Truth throughaut the wrde Vou will probably recollect, that our Society; in conjunction with thoſ of Edinburgh and Glaſgow, ſent out each two Miſſionaries to Sierra Leone,
found, when they arrived there, all communication interrupted, by wilfy
which had brokew ont, In conſequence of which they divided into three _
arties, with a view of employing their labour in the vicinity of the en-
ony, waiting a favourable opportunity, if . Providence ſhould-ſo order, to
8 object of their deſtination. Three of theſe died on the ooaſt; 4
| feel as deep a concern for the intereſts of the kingdom of aur Lord as we do, and are- equally anxious to ſpread the knowledge of his ſalvation, we think it our duty to communicate to ,,
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death of Mr. Clark, the chaplain of Sierra Leane, was appointed provi-
ſionally td ſupply his place. Mr. Gregg contigues on the Rio Pougos, 1
with conſiderable hope of ſuccefs, and is to be joined by pray from the Edinburgh Society, ready to ſail in a few days. We have
one young man now learning the Arabic language, with an expreſs view to the interior of- Africa, and who, we hope, by means of a tranſlation of
the Bible into Arabic, to the printing of which we have ſubſcribed, max
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be the inſtrument of introducing the Word of God into that long neglect _ *
country. 1
At the Cape of Good Hope, the diſpatches from Dr. v anderkemp [nd -
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The intelligence received from Mr. Hilliard, our Miſſionary at Twit.
lingate, and the Eongregatiou under his care, is, as you nay perceive by- his letters, promiſing. - And the communication from aur iffionary in
India, leads us to expeR, that before this time he has fixed upon a favour- able ſpot for the commencement of his miffionary labour.
Of the Miſhon to the Southern Ocean, you have been made acquainted |
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in our former communications; and we Have every reaſan to believe, that
the removal of a part of our Brethren from Otaheite to Port Jackſon has been over - ruled for more abundant good, as we have intelligence from un-
ſuſpected eye and ear-witneſſes, who were at the colony with them during four months, that their labours and preaching were attended with very en-
2 appearances of uſefulneſs. Their congregations were numer»
ous, ànd a conſiderable ſubſcription made already by their hearers, for
the erection of one or more places of worſhip; and a competent appomnt- ment offered them by the coloniſts and military, if they would open ſchools, and undertake the tuition of their children. Should it pleaſe our merciful Lord to kleſs their efforts among the Britiſh inhabitants, a great
door of entrance might from thenge be opened to Norfolk iſland, 1 — ö : a o F Fix P act
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his three aſſociates, have been communicated to yon, and offer 2228 | which is very flattering. We are daily expecting farther advices x them | 0 c GY . Kg 1
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Places in its- vicinity, as well as, to the native Heathen, who now fre- 9 quent the colony. n Foo 05 AL KA Be on * 5 N A 5 DES At Tongataboo, nine Brethren ane. truſt, continue to labour in their
vocation 3 from whom, the only information which we, have 1 game 8 - through-an American Ca al” who. viſited the itand not in y werkes after the departure of the Duff, and found them all well as they had been TT.... . v . x · t Otabeite remain ſeven Brethren and one Siſter, who have given tbe mongeſt evidence of their devotedneſs to their work; by their determi- tion mot 0 forſake their: poſt. Whatever might be the ap ſions f 4 - thoſe, who departed, fr their perſonal ſattty, it is evident thoſe who re. _ Jalved to remain there could have apprehended none. . 12; After the receipt of the painful intelligence of the capture of the Duſß, and the removal of a part of the Miſſionaries to Port fackſon, a Com- mittee was appointed, conſiſting of the Committee of Correiſ „tha e e rp of the other Committees, with the addition | ei the, Rer. Meſſrs. Nicol and Steven Meſſrs. Syms, T. Wilſon and 7. Miſont for the purpoſe: of conſiderinn g ] 1. The heſt and ſpeedieſt means of ſupporting the Miſfions already 2. Of accompliſhing theſei ſuggeſted and recommended at Ge- neral Meeting 5 e ee e ee ET OEAALS | 25 f This Committee entered on their work September 19, #799, when-ſe., vetal memoiĩra, which had been dran up by members of the Committee, were read, and laid on the table, for conſideration at the next Meeting. September 24. The following reſolutions were in conſequence adopted, RNRsoruro, — That from the encouraging repreſentation made by Dv. Vanderkemp, and the Secretary to the New South African Society, of the proſpect of uſefulneſs in the vicinity of the Cape, and alſo among the Caf- res and Boſhemen, as well as of an introduction into Madagaſcar, it ap- pears, that ſił or eight unmarried Miſſionaries ſhould be ſent to the C
as ſoon as convenient after they are ſeledted, three or four of whom ſhöuld
de Dutebmen, ind an equal number Engliſhmen; that their deſtination
- «hall have a reference to theſe different ſtations; but that their ſpecific apr
pointments ſhall be the ſubje& of more particular regulation, previouſly to their departure from Bngland, or otherwiſe after their arrival at the
KRksor vr, — That the Committee of Correſpondence be requeſted to Prepare a letter to Mr. Ledeboer, informing him of the preceding Reſolu- tion, and authorizing the Society, with which be is connected, to ſelect three or four ſuitable perſons to form a part of that Miſſion, and to deſire him to inform us when they are likely to be rea. 5 Res0LVED,—That of the Miſſionaries who may go to the Cape, one ee and one Engliſh at leaſt mould poſſeſs reſpectable preaching abilities
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for that ſtation. | | | * "RESOLVED,—That it appears adviſable that the Miſſion to India ſhould de increaſed by one or two more individuals, as foon as ſuch can be found -who are qualified for the Miſſionary ſervice in that patt, „ ' RESOLVED,—That it appears deſirable that two fuitaþle young men mould receive inſtruction in the Arabic: tongue, and in Surgery, with a vie to. qualify them for Miſhonaries in thoſe Counties, in Aba or Africa, where that language is underſtood.” '* 155 . Reſpecting the Miſſion to the South Seas, it was reſolyed to wait till ad- vices ſhauld come from Captain Robſon, - which would aſcertain —_—
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—— „ p oyage or not. oki return ie deliberations; - reſumed; and-confidering:the unſhaken fidelity; of the Brethren who,”
we abode at heir ſeveral ſtations ;—rememberir the, ſolemn pledge of the So-
ciety to them in bur. laſt Addreſe, aſſuring tem, % In the pyeſauc⸗ 1
7 by e to, fot we . ewilfully deſert {See a e Vol. IV. . Os thed theſe and other. — he
| Committee felt the imperious claims they had to our attention, and came to the 1 ae « That Se in oops on; Lins:
ſhall be viſit ox The beſt and 6 Jieſt, and. of accom mnie became nxrucally;, the next ſubje& : . Three methods were rel w ang
and eſtimates made. ne
2, By a South-wholer; but it A a bo that. the expence-of taking
-<ut four Miſſionaries, and 1 nding at the different Iſlands, would amount
to the ſum of 2,786l. This plan being ſo erpenſive, ene = ca- pabte of affording ſo little he hel „was rejected. e The other two were next conſidered, of a ſmall ſhip, of, our. Fray of. 150 tons; or of a much larger, to convey too perſons, and return, if po- ſible, with freight. Both theſe modes were canvaſſed with thee advan-
rages. and diſadvantages, difficulties and expence. -
u this ate of indicifion-an unforeſeen providential apeniny „ made by
0 the Owners of the R Admiral, engaged our attention; it was re-
ſolved to depute a Sub- committee to converſe with the Owners, ec
An explicit propoſal in writing from them. ds nut Pars
The following was within 3 few days given x ðͤ 7 % DEARM SIR, S Gmildford-ftrect, Dec. 2th, 179.
„ received your note, covering the Propoſitions of the Miſſionary 80.
eicty, relative to 8 out Miſſionaries to the South Seas, and have
| ſhewn the ſame to ſeveral. of the Gentlemen concerned in the Royal Admi-
ral, who all expreſs their readingſs to promote the Society's views to their fulleſt extent, and on the moſt reaſonable terms; and, therefore autho- -
rie you to ſay, they are willing to take any number of Miffonaties to Otaheite, not exceeding fifty, for Three Thouſand Pounds; or to go ta
Tongataboo with ten, for One Thouſand Pounds, wehe to the permiſſion
of the Tranſport. Board.
„ With reſpe& to eg any of them back, that moſt depend upon circumſtances, according to.the time they are 'livibg on the ſhip, and ſpace which their baggage may occupy, (for which a reaſenable allowance will be ex ected, as well as for apr ho after a reaſonable term to be li-
mited to ſee them ſettled,) at the end of- the 'voyage % Yours, Sc. GABRIEL GILLETT:.”
This wth with their Report, the Committee preſented to the Direc-
tors, and it underwent a long diſcuſſion ;- but conſidering its great imp
tance, they adjourned the deciſion for one week, till the Monday follow- ing, and ordered every Director in town to be ſummoned, for the ex- — purpoſe of the fulleſt inveſtigation. On the day appointed, the argeſt number of Directors ever . ws * many others who
bad been in that om. ,
. PINDER, Eſq. in the Chair, | | Preſent. ; | Meſſrs. 3 POE Durant, Foſter; Gaviller, Hardcaftle, Haweis,
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as many proper perſons as we can procure with thoſe who are already
and chearfully engaging to ſubmit to the regulations eſſential to/good
| + It nom remains that you, Brother, aſſiſt os in * execution of the plan
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erna That Miſſiomiries, w ks dember of i and not ex» , be- ſent to the South Seas; * — of: . to be left Siber at "Port Jackſon or at Norfolk Iſland ; ; part at part at Otaheite,
8 n and the Gandwiek Islands (as opportun portion to each place to be ſettled 93 75 f d e knit oe de hd bs 0e the proving of your - | Brethren, whith we hope will be grut 2 — — , that the Royal Admiral, it is (uppoſed; will faif in March. 917 82 is detrable to ſend” | ac — e the expenice will be hearly the ſame; | per Aer be men of a
| my ore converſation you e nown, and oved | Goo en of a meek and min; willing to fll =. ee | - w them 2 murmuring or edvy'; renily 4 to endure'difficultics, and ſa-
ctifice indulgenees; willing to labour with their hatzds, and ſhew exam — of induſtry among the natives; and by their lives and tempers to man | the bleſſodneſs of that Chriſtianity which — 6 inculeate
order in the ſeveral places of their fbode ; as is x ors folly ſtated in our late ad-
de to thoſe who! offer for Miſſionary labour, wn: which was. pabliſhed 3 this month in the Supplement ta the Evangelical Magazine.
FE that the number of faithful and devoted ſervants may be ready embarkation againſt the time propoſed. We ſhoyld have been happy 11 ur local ſituation had admitted us to be favoured with your pr .
aſliſted by your intelligence. We thank you kindly for all your en- preſſions of 8 and readineſs to repair our loſſes, as well as for your '
yera, hieb we'truſt haye entered imo the ears of our God and Fark
e entreat their continuance with increaſing ardour, deeply ſenſible all. | 22 inſufficiency; and tonſcious that * N Head of the Church alone, the Lord Jeſus Chriſt himſelf, muſt put forth his own divige power, or vain is the help of man. But if he will work, none can let itz and bis
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xy you have received the letter I wrote from St. * 8, ni I was preparing to · proceed to Twillingate, I don't queſtion that you, Jin many other of my dear friends in England, will be anxious to hear how i it is with me now.
As to my health, I have reaſon to blels the Lord, that in this reſpect de has indeed bountifully with'me x for both during my paſſage, and eber ner T hive been — L have found myGlf much better
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that be bas likewiſe watched over me, and preſerved me from dangers,
by ſea and land. His kindneſs t6 me, in this reſpeR, appears more
evident, when I reflect on the dangerous ſeas with which we are ſur-
roundled, and on the frequent accidents which we hear of. I believe there | Jang. hey two ſchooners, and ſeveral boats, caſt away on our coaſts, this ſeaſpn'; and moſt of the crews have.periſhed. One accident of this kind proyed a means of awakening my gratitude to the Lord for my preſervation; as it happened to a Roman Catholic Prieſt, who came with me from Har- bour- Grace to Fogo: and what makes the circumſtance more remarkable .
is, (if What was laid at Harbour : Grace be true) that it was his jealouſy, let my coming here ſhould be a means of bringing off ſome of his perſua-
ion, who live at Fogo, from theic ſuperſtitivns, which induced hi:a to come.
o anxious to come rou+d juſt at that time, carried the appearance, of ſuch a defign in it. However this might be, he was yer civil upon the . paſſage z and I was very much ſtruck to hear that he was caſt away. upon his return. Theſe art, indeed, ſo many inſtances of the
| NN the Lord to me, in particular; and I am perſuaded that you,
a e in erecting an Ebenezer to the Lord, on account of But I have farther reaſon to rejoice, that he bas. iven,me a favourable reception among the F ; and that he has, I tru „opened a door far uſefulneſs here, whic no man can ſhut. The people, in general, behave very reſpectfully; and on the Sabbath their appearance is. very decent and
7 becoming. One of them, who is ſon of the good man of whom Mr. Jones
gave you an account, has built a ſmall place, in which we meet three times
oon the Lord's-day, when there is nothing of that levity, either in dreſs or
behaviour, which is ſo. ptevalent among profeſſors of the goſpel in many parts of England. In ſhort, they hear with that ſeeming attention and leriouſneſs, which you, Sir, have obſerved in tome of the villages around you, where the goſpel has been lately introduced; ſo that I am ſometimes almoſt ready to imagine myſelf among a company of primitive Chriſtians, met for the worſhip of the Redeemer. I wiſh L could add, that I, as a preacher; was. fed with the fame love and zeal for his glory, as warmed the breaſts, and influenced the lives, of the firſt preachers of chriſtianity. However, I hope, it is my concern, though attended with much imperfec- tion, not to know any thing among them, ſave Jeſus Chriſt and him cru- cified; and eee by what I can judge at preſent, chat my coming among. them will not be altogether in vain. - _ „„ Three perſons have applied to me already, who ſeem under great concern of ſoul ; and though I do not ſuppoſe that my preaching was made uſeful to them, in their firſt awakening, as they ſeem to have been under this con- cern for ſome time; yet it has been a means of affording me ſome. en- couragement in the work, as I have conſidered it as a token that © The fieſd is already white to the harveſt.” One of the above-mentioned perſons, is a man with whom I have but little opportunity for converſation, as he is generally employed on the Bays on the Main, in the week; but he wrote me a few lies, to acquaiat me with his diſtreſs of ſoul ;, to which I wrote an anſwer, which has I hope been uſeful, not only to him, but to others, to whom he has lent or read it, I . a copy of both to my Father, | ne ; „„
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, are many young people here who are fond of reading; and T ſhould think nothing can be greater charity than to remember as, as it is almoſt im- ' poſſible to get books of this kind by any other nieans, In the letter J re- ceived from you before I left England, you recommended to my con- ſideration the Indian natives, who are upon our coaſts, I have been very { particular in my enquiries reſpecting them; and by what I can learn, · they | ars ſo exceedingly favage, that it is certain death to meet any of them Lf IS 5 | | without
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without fire-arms to defend one's ſelf: but it is ſaid that the Governor in- tends to-uſe means. for their civilization, If this ſhould be accompliſhed, and I ſhould continue long enough in theſe parts to have. any intercourſe with them, I hope it will be my concern to avail m. ſelf of every oppor- tunity to do them all the good can. Our friends de ſire me to remember them reſpectſully to you, and to thank you for remembering them. Hoping that you will pray for-us, that the word of the * may baye free court and be glorified, even as it is with you, I conelude myſelf your unworthy” Brother in the goſpel of our dear Redeemer, . Twiliingate, OR. 17th, 1799. e JOHN HILLVTARD.
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Rv. AND DEAR SIR, | OE, 8 is but a few weeks ſiuce I troubled you with a long ſcrawl. I am now at the requeſt of my fellow · labourers in North Wales to inform you, that at a general meeting of the North Wales congregational Miniſters, held at Denbigh, OR. zoth and zaſt, 1799, it was unanumouſly agreed, 1. © That on account of the many new places lately — or the — the Goſpel, and with a view to a conſiderable number of other places where Providence ſeems to make an opening, it is our duty to unite. in N ee for promoting the Redeemer's intereſt and the good of pre- Cious ſouls. : | ES JOU 2, That it is adviſeable to adopt a plan of proceeding that appears calculated to bring our joint exertions, under the ſmiles of heaven, to an- ſwer the great end we have in vir. r e 3. That North Wales ſhall be divided into three diſtricts, the firſt | containing Carnarvonſhire and Angleſey; the ſecond, Denbighſhire and Flintſhire ; and the third, Merionethſhire and Montgomeryſhire. : 4. „Fhat it is neceſſary to give a greater encouragement than has hi. therto been given to ifinerant preaching in each of the three diſtrifts. 5. “ That we ſhall propoſe to our religious friends the neceſſity of hav- | Ing a fund raiſed ſor the ſupport of ſuch preaching. 5 6. That this fund ſhall be under the direction of a Committee, choſen out of the fhree diſtricts. NIC | | 7. That this Committee ſhall at preſent conſiſt of Rev. B. Jones, Pwllheli; Rev. J. Griffith, Carnarvon; Rev. D. Lloyd, Denbigh; Rev. D. Davies, Holywell ; Rey. J. Robberts, Llanbrynmair; and G. Lewis, Llanuwchllyn. 5 Ns 4 _ '$. That the contributions of each diſtrift ſhall be laid out to promote itinerant 8 OS ER Hs 8 | FRE: ; - | 9. 0 1 at ey ance procured . England is to be equally di- vided —_ the thre didricts. FFT - | » 5 20 | 40. That Mr. Thomas Jones, of Cheſter, be inted Treafurer, and Rev. J. Griffith, ana . ah Ne 4 | f 5 11. That ſuch of the Redeemer's friends in England as are inclined, on account of the poverty of the North Walian Churches, and from a de- fire of having the Goſpel preached to the poor, to lend an affiſting hand, be defired to communicate their intentions to the Treaſurer, or one of the Miniſters above - mentioned. „iůI)nFß; 8 5 4 F 2 | 12. % That
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= 0 )))) |. en ob =_ THE Dorſet Miniſters held their half-yearly Aſſembly at Blandford, Wedneſday, Oct. 9, 1799. On the preceding evening a lecture was delivered by Rev. E. Aſhburner. On Wedneſday the ſervice commenced at 11.0'clock, __— | Rev. Meſirs. Vickrey, Setcole, and Underwood exerciſed in prayer ; and =_ Rev. B. Crackne}l delivered a diſcourſe from 1 Cor. i. 24, on the origin and vanity of n rere which operate in the human mind, to r̃ejcct - * revelation and its eſſential doctrines. i p The evening ſervice commenced at 6 o'clock, Rev. Me ſſrs. D any and Hopkins engaged in prayer; and the Rev. B. Howell preached from Heb. " "av. 14 3 let.us boldfaft our profeſſion. *_ „„ * Tt affords us real ſatis faction to learn that the Dorſet Miſſſonary Society has been ſucceſsful in its operations, and has unanimouſly agreed to ſup- port two Miſſionaries in future. J)%% os Do MIR PS |
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WV learn that the next Meeting of the Eaſt Kent Affociation 4s to be i held at Mr. Gru's Meeting, Sandwich, on the 8th of January, 1800.—
Meſſrs. Drew, of Folk ſtone, and Willy, of Aſhtord, to preach. 5
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; F - ORDINA TIONS. _ ON Wedneſday April 10, 1799, was ordained to the paſtoral charFe of the indepengant church of Gatizy, Cheſhire, Rev. Mr. M*Pherſon. — Mr. Wilſon, of Northwich, hegan with prayer and reading the ſeriptures. » Mr. Smith, of Mancheſter, ſpoke on the nature of dination, aſked the mutual queſtions, and received the confeſſion of faith. Mr. Meldrum, of Hatherlow, prayed the ordination prayer. Mr. Anlezark, of Stockport, gave charge from 2 Tim. iv. 5. Make full proof of thy Miniſtry.“— And Mr. Blackburn preached to the people from Phil. i. 27. © ſtriving together for the faith of the Goſpel.” + JFC
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ON Wednefddav, the 16th of October laſt, Mr. William jones, late ſtudent under the Rev. Iſaac Nicholſon, tutor at Cheſhunt College, was
. = ordained to the paſtoral office, over the independent Church at Nantwich, in the county of Cheſter. The Rev. Job Wilſon, of Northwich, intro-
© duced the ſervice by ſolemn prayer; and afterwards read the zd chapter
of 1ſt Epiſ. of St. Paul to Timothy. Rev. J. Whitridge, of Ofreliry,
© delivered ſome introduftory remarks on the nature of a Goſpel. Church, aſked the uſval queſtions, and received the confefflon of faith, which Mr.
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Jones 2 delivered in an humble and becoming manner. Mr. Whitridge ed an affectionaie onlinatioh prayer, accompanied by the laying on r
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from the 2d verſe of the 4th-chap. of Paul's 2d Epiſ. to the Corinthians.
Tbe Rev. John Wilſon, of PDrayton, exhorted the Church, from Phihip-
ians, 1ſt chap. and part of ad verſe, to a becoming conduct towards their
| Minitter, and each other, and coneluded with prayer. In the evening | ſervice, Mr. Brown, of Preſcot, began with prayer, and the Rev. Job
Wilſon preached from Philippians, zd chap.,zo—21 verſes ; and con- cluded the ſervices of the day by fervently imploring the divine bleſſing. On the foregoing occaſion, the methodiſts very liberally lent their cha- pel, that being more cominodious than the preſent independent one.
OY | TUNBRIDGE, KENT. E EA Ordination Service of Rev. W. PoDMORE, lately ſtudent at the Aca- demy, Hoxton, November 6. Prayer and reading the Scriptures, by Rev. Mr. Chapman, of Lingfield; introductory diſcourle T7 Rev. Mr. Leggett, of Burwaſh ; ordination prayer, Rev. Mr. Ralph, of Maidſioneg charge, Rev. Mr. Wall, of London, 2 Tim. ii. 15. ; general prayer, Rey. G. Colliſon, Hoxton; ſermon io the people, Rev. Mr. Leggeit, Epheſ. iii. laſt verſe; concluding prayer, Rev. Mr. Arnold, of Seven Oaks; Hymns by Rev. Mr. Pilcher; ſermon in the evening, Rev. G. Colliſon, Ifaiah xlii. 11. * | „ 5
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ON Monday, September 23d. the firſt tone of a new Chapel was laid near the entrance of the road leading from Deptford to Greenwich, de- ſigned for the uſe of the congregation which now worſhip at the Taber- nacle, near the ſame ſpot. The Rev. Joel Abraham Knight gave out a hymn and engaged in prayer; the Rev. ſobn Townſend gave an exhor-
tation and laid the ſtone. The congregation, . owing to the inclemency of
the weather, then went to the Tabernacle, where Mr. Knight again en- gaged in prayer, and Mr. J. Townfhend preached from Gen. xxviii. 22. And this (tone which I have ſet for a pillar ſhall be God's houſe.
7 ABBOTSBURV, DORSETSHIRE. | + ON November 13; 1799, was opened a {mall chapel. In the morning Mr. Lamb, from Weymouth, preached on John, i. 46. In the afternoon
Mir. Saltren preached on Luke xxiii. 42. In the evening the Rev: Mr.
Gamble, preached on Luke ii. 25. 'Mr. Underwood, from Dorcheſ-
ter, and the County Miſſionary, engaged in prayer. There was a
crowded audience and very attentive. A reireſhing'time from the preſence of the Lord was experienced by many. 5 e | | Abbotſbury has been favoured with the goſpel for twelve months paſt, chiefly by lay brethren from Weymouth, Bridport, and Dorchetter; the good effeAs of which begin to be very viſible - bleſſẽd be God |
1 2 - \TVFBOURY. 5 On Thurſday, Nov. 14, a neat ſmall Chapel was opened for the preaching of the Goſpel at Tutbury, in Staffordſhire,” Mr. Boden preached in the morning from Mark xvi. 20, and in the evening from Amos v. 6. Mr. Cheſters, in the afternoon, from Rom. xiv. 49. Thoſe who are ac- b ee with this town, and recolle& the brutal ſports which formerly ren- dered it a reproach and a by-word in the ſurrounding country, Will be . ar : | | | | 8 ; ti
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reiße to learn that, on this novel occaſion, and on the following Lord's- \ "day, the auditors were numerous, and appeared, by their ſerious attention, $6 receive the word of life with gladneſs. May this be the auſpicious dan of à good day to ws 4 that town and neighbourhood, who have
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ColleSions received by the Treaſurer, from the 25th November to the 25
December, 1799.
ug the Welch Methodiſts, we EY N -
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leftion at Sligo, Ireland, by Mr. Albert Bleſt 2 16 Rev, Mr. Moody and Con Seen Warwick 5 0 13 Collection at Leſlie, North Britain, on occaſion of a fermon 3 - preached there by Rev. Mr. Ballerwel}l | g SEEN Rev. Mr, Purchaſe and Congregation, Margate CEE SD Rev. Sam. Newton and Congregation, Witham, Eſſex 124 9 Independent Congregation aflembling in Duke's-alley, _ Bolton-le-moors, Lancaſhire, by Rev. Mr. Roby 1 3 Rev. Mr. Blake and Congregation, Pickering, Yorkſhire , 12 5
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Cunrruas Hrn. 105 would W by duty ds. | GREAT 600, with. thankfulnefs we]. Our myrrhs of penitence 8 trace, ü Our faith $ pure gold in praiſes 8 Thy promiſes of old; LES And love's ſweet frankincenſe. Ttioſeearly tokens of thy grace, - | Te” AL Which age to. age uatold. 70 5 . x | | | _—
When our firft Parents, free to chuſe, 6 Nei FOR Tue Us OF A Were 9 2 obs ben bo * CznTuxy, Thou ſaid'ſt the Woman's iſe
The ſabtile Serpent's head. * 24 8 EAT OO, thy loye may ven 85
Abra'm his joyfut faith confeſt — 4 feeble. 8 theme In the Meſpah's- day, - * » {Still flowing on from age to 2 When all the natioßs mould be ned, A full r
Beneath his gentle ſway. { Thou . iP RA — The Patriarch, tnov'd by thee, foretold, Through every —_— ſcene! a
Or ete his ſoul went home, The Summer's ſmile, the Winter's frown That Judah ſnouldſt the ſceptre oy | Thine * goodneſs mean. 4
_ Until, the Shiloh come. Wnen W did thy " Moſes, God's faithful ſervant, cries, | And w:uld thy ove — My rites ſhall diſappear; Thou dioſt the — rebel . A Prophet like to me ſhall iſe, Aud his loſt tace B * -
! And him the world ſhall hear i | when 1 0 . David, the royal feer, declat d _ | Tb drench its filthy ſtain, 3-0 Thou would rs off ring prize, Thive ark preſerv'd the aht fear,
Bet that pure body, love Pe - To people earth again.
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moir, Was 9 ; Everly, in „in Fe- uary, 17 4 8 pA rents were in Re circumſtances, | and gave him a plain education ; but having acceſs to the library of a nobleman in the village . houſe bis mo- ther had the care of duting the al. NET the family, and being naturally bleſſed Wh Ka Fg. retentive memory, he acquired these knowledge dic, lis obere fituat afforded .“ 1 ö When quite y ung h
nuary, 1748, * fortune, who he ined, _ 1:4] ployed him in vate Were: irplits, During this 7 he Fa: 6 1 1 trical amuſements, th theyeht houſe would be the ſures of H tually wrote to Mr. Garrick to there ; but he was l fa olted in his wiſhes.
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2s inſtances of his excellent memory, he frequently On before his death, many yerſes he had read at t © early period, as w as parts of ſermons he had heard when quite a boy.
| + A providential circum$ance occurred in this place, and ſhall be here mentioned, to ſhew that the divine protect ion is py the people of God,
even in their natural ſtate:— One of the family had left a book on the table at bed-time, which he, very inconſiderately, 4 a late hour took tip to read, and falling faſt aſleep, the book caught fire, and 'was totally conſumed, fs that no traces of it could be ſeen, _ the print of its ys on che table where it had fell in flames.
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46 LIFE OF MR. THOMAS BURGESS. / | of the Goſpel of Peace. He was moral in his deportment, ll and what religious views he had were entirely phariſaical, IM regularly attending his pariſh. church, St. George's, Hano- ver- ſquare. Here the Lord graciouſly awakened: him, under the miniſtry of the Rev, Mr. Romaine, though it was ſeve- ral years before he enjoyed the comforts of the goſpel pro- mies. At e IO Pans SON was happily afforded to his burdened ſoul, by a believing view in the efficacy of the Redeemer's blood, ſuggeſted to his mind by a confider- | ation of that precious ſcripture, ** The blood of Jeſus Chriſt his Son cleanſeth us from all ſin? - Whilſt under ſpiritual - diſtreſs he wrote to his favourite Preacher; then Curate of S $t. Olave's, Southwark; and after much hefitation, and » with great diffidence, ventured to wait upon him; he re- - -_ ceived him very cordially, miniſtering thoſe divine eycou- ragements, which were the: delightful and peculiar theme of his preaching ; and from this time a friendly intercourſe ubſiſted between them, till that eminent fervant of Chriſt was removed to his everlaſting rſft.
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When the Lock Hoſpital was inſtituted, and the Rev. Mr. - _ Madan appointed Chaplain, Mr. Burgeſs offered his ſervice as clerk, which office he filled for ſeven years without fee or ſalary, and continued, occaſionally; to perform the duty, till a few weeks before his deceaſe, This ſituation brought him acquainted with moſt of the popular preachers of that day, and alſo many great characters in the religious world among the laity, particularly the late benevolent John Thornton, Eſq. who employed him as his almoner, con- . ceiving him peculiarly qualified to ſpeak a word in ſeaſon to thoſe diſtreſſed objects he was commiſſioned. to relieve: And ſuch was his confidence in MF; B's integrity, that he
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| LIFE OF MR. THOMAS BURGESS, . 4T -- without any religious exerciſes beyond! his friend's family: - And in one of theſe viſits, about the year 1780, his friend informed him of the following femarkable circumſtance; _ which was the mean, under God, of raifing a religious ſo- ciety, and eventually eſtabliſhing the Goſpel in that town. This pious Gentleman, one day walking on the Terrace, caſually ſpoke to one of the ſentinels on duty, and ob- ſerving a ſtrain of piety in the expreſſions of the ſoldier, very unuſual in that claſs of men, he was induced to en- quite more particularly concerning his views and experience of religion; when he found him a godly man, and was fur- ther informed, that ſeveral more in tlie corps, then on that ſtation, were awakened perſons, and that they aſſembled in one of their rooms for ſpiritual exerciſes. This Gen- tleman attended one of their meetings, and was highly gra- tified with the piety, doctrine, and eminent gifts of his new acquaintance, who was the preacher. to this little flock ; and did not heſitate to join, and in fome meaſure patronize this ſmall ſociety. He alſo introduced them to Mr. Burgeſs, who was ſo pleaſed with their company, that he became their friend, by procuring relief for their tem- poral neceſhties (which were yery.prefling) and continued his exertions on their behalf till they were ſent abroad. which happened a ſhort time after, where it is ſuppoſed they died, as they have not been heard of for ſome years.* xk Theſe pious men had gathered a ſmall company toge- ther, chiefly poor people, who attended with them for mutual edification. Theſe were deeply concerned at their removal, not having otherwiſe any public means of grace,
A ſmall bundle of letters from theſe good ſoldiers was found among Mr. B.*s papers; an extract from one of which is here ſubjoined, to give the reader a taſte of their religious ſpirit.—It was written in the name of all, a ſhort time before their embarkation. 7 ©. _ | 8 South Sea Camp, OR. 25th, 1781. I * FEES TE WE deſire to be abundantly thankful that we have the privikge of , writing to ſuch a friend in all reſpects, as it appears not only in word but in deed, which is always the beſt evidence of friendſhip. is we ex- perienced when preſent, and mueh more ſo being abſent; therefore we may ſay with propriety that we have few ſuch friends te confide in; and, indeed, this may put us in mind of the great debt we all owe to our Divine Re- deemer, who is the firſt cauſe and laſt effect of all Chriſtian friendſhip, Oh! that we could but be thankful for, and walk worthy of ſuch unli- mited and unmerited favours as we are daily indulged with from his hands ! We may warrantably ſay that dur mercies are more than our moments, and if we ſhall get to heavem at laſt, then we ſhall have reaſon, at leaſt in our comprehenſions, to fay—Behold a wonder in heaven! | | | | | and
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4 thing doubting, but that for his infinite mercies ſet forth — in the precious blood of his dearly beloved Son ſeſus « Chriſt, our only Saviour and Redeemer, he will receive _ « my ſoul into his glory, to dwell for ever with the Lord. « As for my body I refign it to the duſt from whence it was taken, {to be buried in a plain decent manner in the yard 2 of Tottenham-Court Chapel): in full affurance at the great day of the general reſurrection, when we ſhall al! appear before the judgment ſeat of Chriſt, I ſhall receive .-. * the ſame again, by the mighty power of God, whereby *he is able to ſubdue all things to himſelf, not a corrup- n tible, mortal, weak, and vile body as it now is; but an in- « corruptible, immortal; and perfect body, like unto the _ * glorious. body of my Lord and e aging .. « caſe an hym or two ſhould be ſung at the grave; requeſt * „they may be, Why do we mourn” departing friends *- „% NC and In this world bf fin-and/forrow, /&c:!*' And „if my dear and honoured friend, che Rev. Mt; Romaine, 7 be then living (as be was the firſt miniſter Lever heard to profit) ſhould eſteem it a particular favout, if, on the oo caſion, as ſoon after my interment as may be, he would «0 pron a ſermon from theſe words, The Blood of Je- ius Chriſt his Son cleanſeth us from all ſin.“ 1 John, „ Chap. i. ver. 7. tatter part; they being the fiſt by wien comfort was adminiſtered to my ſoul, after ſeveral years « bitter. and painful bondage. I deſire that no panegyrie „may be paid me, a poor, weak, unworthy, and' finful _ * creature, ſaved by free, rich, and ſovereign grace; but * with a view that it may, by the divine bleſſing, be made profitable to ſurviving friends, and poor ſinners in gene * ral, and particularly to the ſurviving part of my family; - - that they, through the ſame rich grace, may be made a part of the happy family of him, in whom the whole _ family in heaven and earth is named; which ſermon T © could wiſh to be preached at the Lock Chapel, and the two following hymns ſung, viz. * And let this : feeble body fail, &c. and How happy the ſorrowful man, &e. the latter to the tune of Diſmion. But in caſe Mr. Ro. maine ſhould not be then living, or out of town, I hape Mr. de Coetlogon will undertake that kind office bh me, re 1 F
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lace thereof to, overlook and ar 7 > reje& themg ; and never to indulge terrors or doubts of ſalvation, as if that
To promote the eure of wounded ſpicits; let theſe thoughts
ought te ne the heinous nature of their fin, parti-
's Ila. N. 12. 2 Cor. i. 3—4. \+ Ifa. viii. 17,—Lam. ti. 25—26.— Mich, vii. 7-9. f Ecel. iv. re viii. 26. Lb Cor. Xil. 7—8, Matt. iv. 19.—lia, XXXVi. 2 F -5 8
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_ tinted unbelief of his offers, would be a moſt horrid, blaſ-
fectionate manner, calls the greateſt finners to come to
_ finful main z that all the bleffings of redemption: are be- ſtowed of men in the moſt free and gracious manner ;**-
from him, that he regards; that the faith by which they Ettibrace the promiſes is introduced into their heart by the.
have to do in believing, is infinitely merciful, and hat! - often manifeſted it, in bl ready ein of the chief of 8 finners Tf that while their continued unbelief will render their condition inexpreflibly more miſerable through eter. 15 „ ons even the weakeſt act of cordial believing in Chrift, will render them inexpreſſibly happy ;tt that it is not as to Chrift as a Saviour, by the Goſpel ;$$ that none but un- : N ſinners have ever come to him, or been warranted to do ſo I that the more unworthy and ſinful they are, the more may the infinite merit and grace of Chriſt he glorified
and not of Satan, doth not deter, but excite men to an ear-
2 Cor. v. 20.—Rev. iii. 17, 18, 20. || Luke viii. 47, 48.— Math. xii. a0. Cf. Iv. 1, /. — Jo. vii. 37. — Rev. xxii. 17. [a. Iv. 1.—Ezek.
xxii. 17. +Þ Ex. Xxxiv. 6—7.—Hoſ. xi. 8.— Mic. vii. 18.—I Sa. lv. 7, 8, and xxx. 18.— Jer. iii. 4, 5. xii. 14. XXii, 19.—Ezek. xxxili. 11.
Matth. ix. 13. l Math. xviii. 11. J Luke xviii, 14, and xiy. 22. IO, i, 22—2 3. -Rem. v. 20-21, Math. xv. 27. !
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I and infinitely. encourageth.“ Im _ - rging them to this, you muſt earneſtly repreſent to them, that God being infinitely merciful and faithful, their con-
phemous, and dangerous affrunting of him; that Jeſus will / . - caſt out none who come to him z that he, in the moſt af. _
him; that he graciouſly. receives ſuch as come to him in
the moſt affrighted manner ;{| that the Goſpel invitations. | being indefinite, belong as much to them as to any other
worthy. but as finners that men ate invited, or have acceſs
in their ſalvation ;þ that all.ſenſe of fin which is of God,
neſt receiving of Chriſt ;*** that no degree of humiliation + for fin is preſcribed by God as the condition of men's war- 1 Jo. iii, 23.—J0. iii, 14, 17: Ik, xlii. 673 and lv. 2, 3.
Þ+ 1 Jo. v. 10.— Jo. xvi. 9.—Heb. ii. 3. 1 Jo. vi. 37.— Hake vii. 39— 50, and xv. 2.—Iſa. Ixv. 1. Ia. i. 18, and xlvi. 1 xl. 28.—
XxkVi. 32. Hol. xiv. 4. — Rom. iii. 24.—Eph. i. 7, and ii. 78. - Rer.
e xxxiii.— Acds ii. and ix. — Jo. iv. ff Heb. ii. 3.— Jo. vi. 40. —
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„ THE IDOLATRY OF Co nk 2d op "HE af poſtle Paul, in his addreſs. to the Chriſtian © on- mY Re Vet at Coloſſe, ch. iii. 4, 3. reminds them of their bappy. ſtate and condition ; declaring that they were riſen © with Chriſt ; that their life was Hid with Chriſt i God, and that when Chriſt, who was their life, ſhould appear, i then ſhould they alſo appear with him in glory. this _ Sound he exhorts them, 8 to their high character | -- — md privile FEES, to ſeek and fet their affections on things '. _ abvye;\ and to mortify their earthly members, the 5 +l 85 propenfities of rot carnal nature; ſuch as fornication, un- cleanneſs, inordinate affection, evil concupiſcence, and co- _ vetoulſneſs, which is idolatry. The lene branch of this 15 exhortation, conſidered in its connection, implies, that even _ , the regenerate themſelves have thoſe depraved e g mill remaining in them, which, except they be ſuppreſſed, | would lead to the commiſſion of the moſt ſcandalous ſins; that they are under eſpecial obligations to 0 «theſe * _ unruly, finful members; — and that their diſtingui cha- 1 rakter and privileges ought to be conſidered ns, 0) the _ - moſt effectual means for this purpoſe. lt is to be fared that SE. 1 5 many profefling Chriſtians, who eſcape the groſſer evils here "mentioned by the Apoſtle, are not equally careful to mor- tify che laſt, viz. 'covetouſre/5, which is idolatry. Let me, therefore, invite the reader's moſt ſerious attention to t bs ph literally Ggnifies to def 3 o covet itera ifies to deſire an thin : _ neſs. It is "dur? Boy — criminal —— be
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„ RE PR Ia oy Fe 42 V r COVETOVSNESS. » 55 1 is e . 3 . 3 OP br” 2 £ 1 ; * * E . covet earneſtly” the beſt gifts. The deſire of ſpiritual bpleſſings may and ought to be indulged without limits. But coxetouſneſs, in ſoripture, is generally-uſed in a bad fene. and ſignifies the ĩnordinate ſove of money. In deffning the nature of this ſin it is neceflary to make fome' diſtinftions. Covetouſneſs is to be diſtinguiſhed from the ſimple der r of money, or of World enjoy ments. We may defire theſe in a moderate degree, and in certain caſes, without bein charged with this crime. It was not a ſpirit of coveto 8 that dictated Agur's prayer, „Give me neither poverty nor _ - riches, feed me with food convenient ſor me Our Lord _ _ teaches us to pray that God would ff GV us day by day our daily bread.” It is not then the deſire, but the anxious and immoderate deſire of money that conſtitutes covet- ouſueſs. A perſon may deſire money either for ſupplying his neceſſities; or for benevolent purpoſes; or for its π ſake. Fhe firſt is lawful; - the ſecond is commendable z— the third is criminal, and properly characterizes the covet- Covetouſneſs is to be diſtinguiſhed from rugality. Many indulge the former, under the ſpecious pretext of the latter. q Judas did ſo, when Mary anointed the feet of Chriſt with - - coſtly ointment. + Wherefore, ſays he, is this -waſte? -
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and given to the poor? This, he ſaid, not that he cared for the poor; but becauſe he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein However, though the diſtincfs- tion be abuſed, we muſt not diſcard it. Frugality conſiſts in avoiding unneceſſary expences of ee and in taking care that nothing which may be uſeful to ourſelves, or to | others, be thrown away. This diſpofition is commendable. Our Lord commands his diſciples to “ Gather up the frag- ments that remain, that nothing be loft.” But this chriſtian frugality differs widely from covetouſneſs, as it diſpoſes a perſon to act with ceconomy; not from the love of filt ß luere, but from a regard to propriety; from a principle: of duty; and in order that he may be enabled to communicate more liberally when neceſſity pleadlsss. Covetouſneſs is to be: diſtinguiſhed from n:ggardline/s. Some perſons ſuppoſe they can ſcarcely be called covetous, except they are ſo exceedingly cloſe- fiſted as to be hardly uaded to part with a farthing for any purpoſe. This is like the evaſion of thoſe who, when charged with intoxica- tion, deny that they were drunk, becauſe they were not dead drunk. But, ſurely, we may be ven CHO CO es | 4 without
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| witho a bling like the ni 4; ſink into the depths of this | | fin. < It is remarkable,” lays: oy Fr Venn, that the covet-
_ auſneſs (againſt which we are ſo | wurned in God's
word, — the /candalas kind; but ſuch. as may .
_ the heart of a man who is eſteemed very virtudus
- the grorld. In the tenth pſaltn He covptous, whom
me Lord is there faid to abſtur, ate the very grſons of whom
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practice, or miſerably penurious in their temper; for men
0 oy of this ſtamp none commend.“ Our :Lord-exemplities the =
: . workings of that avarice Which he condemns, and ot th which+ he (cautions his (diſciples, in che character of the Worldling.* The man grows rich in his buſineſs, 'not.
Weough Fraud and extortion; but by the bleffing of God u
his labour and ſkill. As is uſual, he is highly delighted : with his ſucceſs; he exults in the proſpect of being maſter, in a fem years, of an independent: fortune. In the mean _ time he is determined to be frugal and diligent, till he take his final leave of buſineſs, to enjoy all: the ſweets of caſe
1 and ſplendor. — Now, wee = the wat nor governed by
the common maxims and human nature, who ſee any thing the leaſt to — 4 in this man's ſentiment or
_ . conduft? Who do not applaul and imitate it themſelves?
Vet chis very man ined ſets before our eyes, as the pic. ture of one ongroſſed by a covetous deſire of the things * tcthis world. Phis very man he repreſents as ſummoned, in the midſt of all his golden ho — to appear a moſt. uilty driminal at the bar of his deſpited Maker. Lo this {8 the- man whom our Lord expoſes, as a miſerable wreteh, 0 all 5 others to take warning by and reſiſt covetouſneſs.” + - | Perhaps we may learn more of the nature of this fo, bs od likewiſe diſcern whether and how far we are under its influence, by conſidering its evidences and effects. Covet- ouſneſs appears in various forms. We may be ſaid to be under its influence in a greater or leſs degree, when we art perplexed with anxious defires either of ineneaſing or re- ſerving our worldly poſſeſſions. We are captivated hy this fvful diſpoſition when a concern for our own convenience renders us inattentive to the ories of the needy, and to the intereſt of Chriſt in the e when we do not proportion our liberality to our ability; or when we gontribute with reluctance. We are under the influence of an evil covet-
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oulnefs when our concern for the things of this world cauſes us to neglect W God; to rob him of that pro- portion of time which he demands for this purpoſe; or to , - eſteem it a wearineſs while profeſſedly engaged therein; ſaying in our hearts, When will the new moon be gone, that we. may ſell corn! and the Sabbath, that we may ſet forth wheat? * In ſhort, when we are not content with the ſituation in which Providence has placed us, we are Wa more or leſs, to this fin. This is evidently implied n the apoſtolic exhortation, Let your: converſation. be without covetouſneſs: and be content with ſuch things as ye haye? rf 2 1 OBE 5
This ſin, however it may be excuſed among men, is branded, in the ſcriptures, with the moſt opprobrious terms. God calls iti4o/atry; and the name is anſwerable to its nature:
An idol is any thing whatever that we put in the place of God. There are many deſcriptions of idols beſide graven images, ſaints, angels, &c. The gluttonous man makes an idol of his, belly; becauſe he devotes himſelf to the gratification of
his ſenſual appetites. So covetouſneſs is termed idolatry, - becauſe it difpoſes a perſon to put money in the place of
_ God, and to pay it that reſpe& which is due to God alone: For example: God is the only proper and excluſive ground of our dependance. His perfections, his promiſes, and his providence, are revealed as ſo many encouragements to con- hde in him as ſuch. But the covetous man truſts more in his 1 and his proſpects than in God. He ſays of gold, thou art my hope; and of tine gold, thou art my con- fidence.“ If he has much in hand, or in view, he ſays, Soul, take thine eaſe:“ If little, his hope ſinks; and he
becomes the prey of deſpondency. God is the proper ob-
ject of our ſupreme a fection. But the covetous man loves his money more than God: and his heart exclaims, «Whom have I in heaven but thee, and there is none on earth I de- firg beſides thee!” He counts all things but loſs for the | excellency of adding to his worldly ſtore. Perhaps he may not confeſs this, but the general bent of his meditations, his deſires, and his purſuits, declares it. He is more gratified by the increaſe of his money than by the enjoyment of God; and is much more ſenſibly affected by the loſs of the former than of the latter. God juſtly requires that we
| ſhould devote ourſelves, our bodies, ſouls, time, and talents; +
Am. viii. 5,—Ezek; xxxiii, 30, 31. + Heb: xiii. 3. 4 Phil. lil, 18, 19. * | | : a
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Is Tk TDOLATRY OF [/OVETOUSNESS: © < dio his ſervice.. But, inſtead of this, the covetous man de- votes all theſe principally-to the acquiſition of riches. God demands that we ſhould /acrifice every thing to the enjoy- mint of his favour, and advancement of his glory. This uacriſice the covetous man makes to his golden idol. He ' "efteems the ſmalleſt trifle too much to loſe for God; but he |. .devotes,. without reluctance, his reſt, his character, and his *__. _ health itſelf, as victims to the mammon of unrighteouſneſs. Hille even wor/hips his money inſtead of God. Not, indeed, by bowing the knee before it; for he would not ſerve it fo -meanly.. He mocks' God with this outward form of wor- hip; but he pays to the golden image he has ſet up, the
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leaſt inclination to it; they cannot but wiſh to mortify ſuch
an antichriſtian temper. If this is our deſire, let us fre- quently and ſeriouſly meditate on the vanity. of worldly riches. Wilt thou ſet thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themſelves wings, they fly away”
Let us conſider the evil of covetouſneſs] how diſhonour- able it is to God: Is it not ſhameful to prefer a litfle gold to the infinite excellencies of Jehoyah ? What aſtonithin |
: > Patience it is that God ſhould bear to have ſuch a rival -How dreadful are its conſequences! They that will
be rich, fall into temptation and a ſnare, and into many fooliſh and hurtful luſts, which drown. men in deſtruction and perdition : For the love of money is the root of all
| _- __evih, which, while ſome coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and piereed themſelves through with many - ſorrows.” - How often does this baneful principle lead to
fraud, to oppreſſion, to murder ! It was covetouſneſs which
Jed Judas to betray his Maſter! Covetouſneſs makes our poſſeſſions a curle to us on earth, and expoſes our ſouls to the curſe of God beyond the grave. The covetous man, has
reaſon both to be alarmed at his ſtate, and aſhamed of his company: For this ye know,” fays Paul, „that no whoremonger, nor unclean pred nor covetous man who
x is an idolater, hath any inheritance -in the kingdom of Chriſt and of God, Let no man deceive you with vain words; for becauſe of thefe things cometh the wrath ne
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God on the children of diſobedience.” As a further mean of enabling us to mortify this idolatrous principle, let us reflect on the value and importance of ſpiritual bleſſings.— Let us recolle& the care of divine Providence; with reſpet to helievers in Chriſt. Our heavenly Father knows we have need of theſe things. He feeds the ravens; he clothes the lilies ; and ſhall he not much more feed and clothe his. children? Let us contemplate the example of Chriſt; did he covet worldly greatneſs? Did he not uniformly diſplay, in his temper and conduct, an holy indifferent to every earthly enjoyment? Has he not recommended it to his followers ? And ſhould we not aſpire to be like him? If we poſſeſs this holy ambition, let us 1 look to, and depend on the Spirit of promiſe. His divine influences alone can ſubdue this covetous diſpoſition, and conform us to the Saviour. Depending on him, in the uſe of the means he has appointed, we have reaſon to believe he will make b nnn
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TT HE greatneſs, the majeſty, and the goodneſs of God, - our relation tu him as the work of his hands, and tile ſubje&s of his government, require that we ſhould think and LE ſpeak of him with reverence and godly fear. His name is therefore taken in vain, when it is uſed lightly or irreve- rently, or when men daringly and impiouſly imprecate his vengeance on themſelves or others. Every unregenerate > ' | man is a hater of God. The carnal mind is enmity againſt — _} him; but many who ſecretly hate_him conceal their en- mity under a cloak of profeſſed friendſhip. * [Theſe cannot be known to men to be what they are. But thoſe who take his name In vain, openly and loudly proclaims. their! enmity againſt him. Thine enemies take thy name in' vain.” Pf. cxxxix. 20. Dreadful character, to be an enemy to God! If any perſon of this character ſhould accidentally” | light on this paper, and give ita reading, he is earneſt 4 deſired to conſider ſeriouſly the. diſhonour he does to God, and the dęſtruction he is bringing upon himſelf, if he perfiſt in his treſpaſſes. Haſt thou not heard, dh, thou-profaner of the name of God, that he hath ſaid, . He will not hold thee guiltleſs.“ More is underſtood than is expteſſed. = I
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-quity, and the aggravations that attend it. Thou commit-
._ "teſt it knowingly and preſumptuouſly, Thou canſt not ſay that there is either profit or pleaſure in it to tempt thee to the commiſſion of it. It proceeds entirely from the en- mmity of thy heart againſt God. And why doſt thou hate ' "him? Has he ever done thee any injury? On the con- ' _ "traryy has he not always been doing thee good ? Thy breath Is in his hand; thou canſt not ſpeak a word nor move a
eſerve thee in life. He gives thee thy Heal! and thy raiment, and, what is infinitely. more valuable than all that this world can afford, he gives thee in the word of his goſpel the bread of life, his Son Jieſus Chriſt, He has ſent him into the world to fave ſinners, to fave finners ſuch as thou art, and. yet after all this, thou .* Hateſt him. Thou exclaimeſt againſt ingratitude. In doin