among yourselves:" this was at the passover supper. He did not say, This is my body, and this cup is the new testament in my blood which is shed for you? No, no, it was the passover cup. Verses 19, 20, are on another subject-the Lord's supper, instituted to the eleven apostles after Judas was gone out. You will inquire, Did not the Lord say (verse 21)" But behold the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table," &c. I answer, yes; but that table was the passover table where the twelve sat at supper with him quite another subject from the Lord's supper: see the contents of the chapters, and also the margin which refers to Matt. xxvi. 20-23; Mark xvi. 17, 18; Luke xxii. 14, 15; John xiii. 21-26; and you will there see that they all refer to the passover supper. I told my Lord that I was contending for his honour and truth, and looked to him to carry me through, and blessings on him he has done it. Now I leave the subject to the reader's consideration, and take my final farewell of my friend J. L. with this advice, that he take heed what he says, at the Lord's holy supper, to his communicants, lest he be found a false witness for Christ. Plymouth.

G. S.

Mr H-, as it respected me, and that during the time I had attended the minister of Jewry Street I had never felt it so; and by his continual reviling the ministry of Mr. H——, I had lost all respect for, him: at this he was nettled, and gave vent to his feelings, and told me more of what our minister had said against Mr. H- than I had ever heard before. He said the experience of the saints, as described by Mr. H-, was only dreams and notions of old women. He levelled at the work of the Spirit, and the Saviour's work. I said, a man who could do this with impunity, must be unacquainted with the operation of the Spirit of God-unacquainted with the conviction of sinthe pardoning, cleansing efficacy of Christ's blood-and peace, springing from justifying faith-and is a graceless sinner. After this conflict I felt more happy, as I was delivered from that place. I write this because it was a trial I never expected: I was ignorant that the man whom God had made so useful to me, was so hated by his brethren in the ministry; stigmatized as a vile antinomian, a wicked man, and as bad as Simon Magus. And now I clearly saw and felt, that I must carry the badge with him; but as I increased in faith, this yoke became easy. This occurred in June; and, before the end of the year, this same man came to me almost broken-hearted, with a long list of immoral actions discovered in their minister, which eventually silenced him. After this I had no fear in

meeting the people of Jewry Street: many envied me my happiness. For some time all seemed prosperous; at length I discovered in our foreman, who was a Papist, a most dangerous enemy: he maintained a warfare against me in a secret manner for eight years; and several times broke out into an open rupture. For a long time he let me remain in quiet, but as he noticed that I never met him and the other men at the publiz

house, and I did not belong to the trade's society, he enquired, and heard that I attended chapels and preaching, I fell in his estimation, and he became careless of me; he kept back the work, or gave it out sparingly. Sev eral times this came before my master, who rebuked him, yet it only urged him on to be the more revengeful. This man, although a great enemy, was in the sequel a real blessing to my soul. Once, master had a large West India order; every man was to work on Sundays as well as other days until it was finished. On the Saturday night he brought work for the Lord's day; I told him it was both against God and conscience to do it. He threatened what he would do, went off in a rage, and d-d my religion. I went to the master he was angry. I said, Sir, if I do not bring in more work in the six days, than either man you have can bring in during seven, then I will bear all the blame and resentment. He did not answer me. I went off hurt in my mind; it brought a burden on me: I cried to the Lord that night. The next morning, during the day, had no help in hearing; it was a day of sorrow. I dreaded the morrow. I feared that as soon as I had done what I had by me, that I should lose my work.

After the evening service I went to the door of my house, my soul was exceeding sorrowful; I leaned against the side post, I wept and cried to the Lord, and as I was making supplication, these words were audibly spoken to me, No weapon formed against thee shall prosper:" I looked up, and knew none but God could have spoken the words; then bowed my head, thanked the Lord Jesus, and went in refreshed, both in body and mind; got up early, and far exceeded in work either of the men by Saturday night. The instant the words were spoken, all fear of man, and fear of being deprived of my work vanished; I was constrained to

bless and praise the Lord. I have found these words to have been an argument in my mouth, and have on many occasion, pleaded them before the Lord since, when the enemy hath formed and brought forth his weapons against my soul, my concerns temporal, or my family, &c. The Lord hath heard, answered, and I have seen it as clear as the bow in the clouds. The next time this poor man was exposed to me as a great enemy, the Lord suffered me to see it unknown to him; then it pleased him to open up to my understanding Isa. xli. 10, 11, 12; when I saw this, I wept to think of God's goodness, and who had influenced me with such patience in the hour of trial, and made me willing to bear the malice of a carnal man, the cause of which was because he had put his fear in my heart.

The next time he broke out, he fancied he saw in my book a charge three times for one job; certainly Satan befooled him, for all the explanation I could give him was to no purpose. He would bawl aloud, when the master and several work people were present, it being Saturday night; he stared about with my account in his hand, and said, This is the way my master is robbed, these are religious characters, they can cheat like the rest these can rob their employers under the garb of sanctity. He gave vent to his satanic frenzy against me and religion, that for some minutes my master could not be heard, when with a stern voice he demanded silence. I was allowed to explain: Sir, on that day Mr. gave me work, when done it was a misfit; he brought me another pair for the same persons that was a misfit; he then brought the third pair; that fitted, and was kept by the gentleman; and pointing to the shop window, I said, there stand the two first pairs, Sir, and as they were misfits, I have only charged the shop price for two pair, and the bespoke price for one.

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ter was ignorant of this before, and feeling his loss, he turned upon the foreman until he trembled like a leaf. I was delivered; I had nothing to fear. But this thing was strikingly presented to my view, during the time be raved against me and religion, I stood before God as Mordecai, and he as Haman. I had a blessed proof of the truth of that part of holy writ, and the reality of the favour and love of the Lord Jesus towards me; the Holy Spirit brought this on my heart, and enabled me to see, that as the seed of the serpent always had conceived emnity in their hearts, so it was against God and the church then, so it is now, and will remain as long as the church is in this wilderness. When I found he would not understand me, I stept from him, and in my heart took up the words of Haman's wise men, Thou shalt surely fall before him." The next and last time he exposed himself, was still more aggravating. Master ordered him to give me a pair of boots to close; when I received them he expressed himself thus, These are for a person I wish to retain as a customer, do your best, and let T make them. I did so. When they were returned to me to finish, I perceived that the work had been wilfully damaged; insomuch, that when they were put on the trees to clean, they must have bursted. I rose up, hasted to the shop, the mas ter and foreman then present, showed them that the work had been cut on the inside with a sharp instrument and trembling hand, as the leather was cut. Master saw it; the foreman could not see it. This awoke master's suspicion and anger. He threatened the person who had done it. He sent for the maker. He came, and protested his innocence truly; then referring to me, I exonerated him, About two hours after this, the foreman seeing how near he was being turned out of employ, came trembling to me, and begged June, 1842.]

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for God's sake, for his own and wife's sake, to say no more to master about it, but to cut away the old seam, and re-close where the hurt was. To see a reputable old man in such trouble, broke my heart; I promised he should never hear of it more from me. As soon as he was gone, I shut the door, and kneeled before the Lord; and there truly I was taught to pray for my enemy: I entered into the reality of what our Lord said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do ;" and into the feelings of Stephen, Lord. Jay not this sin to their charge:" and into the spirit of the martyrs, when they prayed for their enemies in the fire. I felt such fear that the Lord would lay him up, or deprive him of his employ or senses, that, like Moses, between God and Israel, I wrestled for him.

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The last time I saw him long after I came to live at Hoxton. He came to see me. Oh, how was he altered. An invalid, poor, dejected, out of employ. I entertained him, relieved him, spoke freely to him. Whether, like Balaam, he saw the safety of Israel I know not; yet there appeared in him a remorse for his conduct towards me. He promised he could leave me a large family Bible, and a favourite chair, but I never sought after either. He had been dead long before I heard of his death.

Eight years this man was forming weapons against me, but none prevailed; it only served to establish me more and more in the truth of God and his word: and I have found it to this day. Satan is ever forming weapons against my soul, but I still took for a fulfilment of the promise, that " no weapon formed against thee shall prosper; and that every tongue that riseth against thee in judgment, the Lord will condemn.' Most of the people of God are, like David, troubled with a persecuting Saul, year after year, and can find no way of

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escape from under them. They dare not ask the Lord to cut them off, but their cry is for patience, which the Lord bestows, and waits that he may be gracious unto them; and says,

Fear not man, whose breath is in his nostrils; and the son of man, who must die." It is an almighty power that keeps the soul, when all is threatening; and storms, and tempests, and war are around; and can hush the soul into a calm, by saying, it is the king's commandment, " Answer him not.' Isa. xxxvi. 21. And thus have I found myself in a similar case with Hezekiah; I laid the trial, the affliction, the persecuting enemy before the Lord, and in God's good time have seen the proud Assyrians bite the dust. Adieu.

C. T.

THE LAW MAGNIFIED IN THE GOSPEL, AND FULFILLED BY CHRIST.

In Reply to a Paper in the May number signed W. Lush.

In the Magazine for May, Messrs. Editors, a letter is inserted, signed W. Lush, in which he expresses his disapprobation of what he is pleased to call novel remarks or ideas upon the Third Commandment, as inserted in the last October number. At first I determined not to reply, feeling persuaded that most of the readers of the Spiritual Magazine would have been able to understand my meaning, though it appeared W. Lush did not. Yet I do think that had he paid a little more attention to the drift of those remarks, he would have saved himself the trouble of raising those objections which he has raised, and which after a careful perusal I see no sufficient ground for.

What ideas W. Lush may have of the law I know not, hut I do know what the apostle Paul's were, who wrote under the immediate influence of the Holy Ghost: he declares Christ to be the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth."

Now if Christ is the end of the law to believers, what can we by this understand, but that it is abrogated or done away, Christ having fulfilled the law for them? Therefore, said the same inspired apostle, when speaking to believers, "Ye are not under the law, but under grace."

I did not assert, as W. Lush insinuates, nor do I believe that the law ever had a greater saving power than it has now; nor do I believe that one soul has ever been saved by the law, since it was first given to the present moment. The law was given because of sin; or, in the words of the apostle," added because of transgression," which is the same thing. Now no mere creature ever did or ever could fulfil or live up to its divine requirements, the law being pure in every sense of the word, and as such could only be fulfilled by Him who was purity itself, even the Lord Jesus Christ. He was its great fulfiller: therefore he is the end of the law, having satisfied all its demands, not for himself, never having transgressed it, but for his chosen, ever-loved bride, who is thus set free. the law one charge to bring against a believer, nor ever shall. And thus it is that I consider the law as entirely done away.

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But it is objected by W. Lush, on my opening remarks, that I admitted the law was binding on all men, without one exception. Yes, and so I believe it is, for **. by the law is the knowledge of sin," and that all men are sinners none can deny, and, having broken the law, all must in and of themselves stand guilty before God, such is the awful condition of all men by nature. But then there is a difference--and it is free grace alone that makes the difference-with respect to believers, "Ye are (saith the apostle when speaking to such) not under the law, but under grace.' To you Christ is become the end of the law, and ye are delivered from its