Jer. xlvi. 11. The aforesaid two blessed women heard me also, to the joy of their hearts, on Sabbath morning, from these words, "And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us. This is the Lord, we have waited for him, we will be glad, and rejoice in his salvation," Isa. XXV. 9. We had a general blessing. and the two new church-members had the Queen of Sheba's blessing, 1 Kings x. 13. Now what think ye, dear brother, of my visitation in Kent? God for ever be blessed, that I must come into Kent, to receive from him so much balm and honey in my old age, to hand, about in Zion, and to the virgin of Egypt, or the called out of this world, Gen. xliii. 11; Jer. viii. 22; and xlvi. 11. Oh I am lost in wonder; "I am like them that dream," and how can I get from it? when I not only see all the blessings aforesaid, but, through the Marden Sermon, many backsliders and stray ed captives to the world and Satan's delusions, are turned again to God. Why at Crawley, last Sabbath night, on account of the Marden Sermon, old possessers, as young ones of the grace, that had been straying, came to our Bethel, and had as much balm and honey as they could bear, blessing God, and blessing me. For I had given away in those parts, a fortnight before, many of the Marden Sermons, and that, in God's blessing brought the people, whilst Satan roared, as you will see by the Sermon enclosed: Christ the Saviour, Bread, and triumph of his people. it carefully, my heart is in it. Read offered me gold for my preaching, but I would not take it, or at any other place in Kent; that if he would buy fifty of the hundred Sermons I have sent him, and give away in this chapel, blessing God, he will find a fourfold blessing! "The liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand," Isaiah xxxii. 8. I have gentry, and farmers, and trades-people here, that always buy fifty or sixty sermons to distribute to the poor, and God blesseth the means. Go on my brethren, the silver and the gold is Jehovah's: "He that soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully," 2 Cor. ix. 6. But there are some men in this day say of me, as the blessed Stodhart said at my house, and perhaps he said it in Kent; "It is unusual to find such life, light, love, joy, peace, zeal, courage, &c., &c., as in E. G." But, I say, blessed be our Emanuel. Isaiah vii. 14; Mat i. 23. If it is unusual, it is by no means opposed to the will of our Emanuel, when Satan, by legalists and bigots, as well as by some gracious, learned men, are condeming, and not trying to comfort the afflicted. For in that case, Emanuel sends for an Elisha, filled up to the brim, and running over. And I pray you, could he help himself, if he would, from running over? For proof, read Job xxxii. 8 to 19 verse. Therefore, let good men and bad men take heed, lest in speaking against the filled, running over ministers, they speak against the Holy Ghost. Eph. iv. 29, 30, 31, 32. Be not astonished, my brother, that when churches have been deluded into any evil, by ways and means, and Satan oppresseth the ministers of churches, that our Emanuel should send a John, filled to the brim, and running over, in loving rebukes and blessed holy life, oil, salt, blood, balm, bandages, and plenty of wine! Especially opposed to teetotallers. Read Rev. i. 1, 2, 3 to 11 verse, and to Rev. xxii. 16, 17, to the end. BB Blessed be our God, I was moved some weeks past, to send some of my sermons and my interpreter, and the Hieroglyphic, to the Honourable Baptist Noel, in London, in return for a most blessed sermon, he published, contending for the protestant faith, and in graciously accepting the same, he wrote me a blessed letter, and thanked me, declaring my spirit and fruit right, and most acceptable: Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth." Oh, my brother, bow down in the blessing of filial love, and take fast hold of our Emanuel, as the two Marys did of old, and say with Jacob, "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me." And when he has touched the very strong sinew of thy thigh, or the natural strength and wisdom in thee, and thou art nothing; he will bless thee there. Gen. xxxii. 26, 29. Then being filled to the brim, and running over, you shall know how to be courteous to Esau, as an angel of God, respecting temporals: and how to bless our Emanuel and his liberal ministers. You know much, and are blessed much now, but be not offended with me, for assuring you about increasing blessings, to make us cripples in self, and strong in the Lord. All praise to his excellency, that he rendered me a cripple, a nothing, and in that state, I am certain of winning the prize. What is that? Why himself, immortality, glory, endless felicity. Rom. viii. chap. Rev. xxii. 13, 14. Oh, saith some, I pray you, Sir, do not boast. My reply is, I do not boast of my grace, faith, hope, joy, peace, zeal, courage, or any thing in me, or in my writings; but in spite of all, by Jehovah's blessing, I will boast in himself. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad!" Oh, my humble brother, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord and he heard me, and de livered me, from all my fears," Psalm xxviv. 1, 2, 3, 4. Finally, as rejoicing in the Lord, as in all humility, and self denial, I do assure you a certain member of Baptist Noel's church, in London, declared to us, that never was such a soul confirming, sealing, and establishing blessing of God, and full assurance of election, as given by reading the Marden Sermon. Now, let Kent rejoice, and blossom as the rose; rejoice even with joy and singing. Isaiah xxxv. 1, 2. So it shall be if God blesseth according to my prayers. Then shall the ministry in the Lord "strengthen weak hands, and confirm feeble knees, and say to them of a fearful heart, be strong, fear not behold your God," &c. Isaiah xxxv. 3, 4. The influence and blessing of the Lord, is the substance of the words! How is the pious, learned, Rev. H. Birch of Cranbrook ? When will he come in the blessing of love, joy, peace, and unity, and preach the glorious gospel of the blessed God at Staplefield? And for the noble Gravener in London. and for the lively monument of mercy, Abrahams in London? And extend his christian charity in the divine blessings, through Kent? Give my love to him, and say, when I come again into Kent, if he pleas eth, we will go together; he shall be bishop, and I will be his priest. This will be fulfilling Emanuel's will, and doing his pleasure. But straitened self must be first laid prostrate, by our all-liberal, all-bountiful Emanuel. Read his proofs in his particular and general mission and commission, to his sent ministers. Mat. xxviii. 19, 20. Then after these things, or the sending of the twelve apostles at first, as the seventy, a fig. ure of all his ministers to the end of the world, "He sent them two and two, before his face into every city, and place, whither himself would come." Luke x. 1. Are we not right my brother, in sounding forth moder ation, and labouring for unity in the ministry, and churches? Let the Holy Ghost declare, he says, with the Father and Christ who is one God. 1 John v. 7.; as Gen. i. 1, 26, to the end of the Rev. "Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say rejoice : Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand." Phil. vi. 4, 5. "Endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit, in the bond of peace," Eph. vi. 3. And the spirit and the bride REVIEW. The Truth as it is in Jesus: in Essays and Letters on the Doctrines of the Gospel and Christian Experience. By Job Hupton. 12mo. pp. 374. London: Hamilton and Co. WE are glad to find our aged and esteemed brother has gathered these Essays and Letters, which were published many years ago in periodicals, (some in our own Magazine,) in one neat volume, and presented them to the church of Christ, as a farewell blessing, before his divine Master shall summon him from the church militant, where he has long been employed in succesfully proclaiming salvation by free and sovereign grace, to the church triumphant, where he will enjoy the full fruition of blessedness through a never-ending eternity. In the preface, among several judicious remarks, we must transcribe a few lines on christian experience, being so exactly our own views : That which is rightly called christian experience, is not all that a christian experiences. Many things happen to him, as man, which are common to men, and are not therefore peculiar to him as a christian; such things, whether painful or pleasant, are not christian experience. Chris tian experience consists of the feelings of pain and pleasure peculiar to those who are born of God, and are anointed with the Holy Ghost:-of rain, arising from the daily sense which they have of their imperfections and sins; from manifold temptations; from the hidings of the cheering light of the Lord's countenance; and from those internal chastisements, known only to themselves, which, with paternal love, he administers to them for their good;--of pleasure, arising from the knowledge of the true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent; their conscious reception of him as the gift of God; their adherence to him as the only and all-sufficient Saviour; their reliance upon his obedience, blood, and intercession, for their whole salvation; and from their communion with him in the life of faith which they live, through the vital efficient energy of the Holy Ghost, who fulfils in them all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power, by means of the truth, which, in its various branches, he reveals in their minds, applies to their hearts, and writes in their inward parts; and by which he sanctifies them, according to our blessed Saviour's 188 intercessory prayer, "Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth." This quotation confirms, what we have before stated, that though affliction may, and often do fall to the lot of many of the Lord's family, they do not exclusively; men of the world are tried and therefore those who dwell on these things as proofs of sonship, fall short of those decisive marks which the word of God sets forth, and the teachings of his Spirit make manifest. The work is divided into twenty. nine chapters, each of which is more or less important; and in the perusal of them we have experienced much pleasure. From the Essay on the Love of God, we subjoin an extract, that our readers may judge for themselves : " Jehovah the Father is seen in his sovereignty, choosing and ordaining his beloved Son to be the Saviour of his chosen, putting them into his hands, anointing and sending him into the world, with solemn charge to lose nothing of all that he had given him, but raise it up at the last day. The Son appears, and in joyful acquiescence approaches the Father, gives him his hand with his heart, and is heard to say, Lo, I come, I delight to do thy will O my God: yea, thy law is in my heart." The Father is heard to respond, He shall approach and draw near unto for who is this that engaged his heart to draw near unto me," Psalm xl. 7, 8; Jer. xxx. 21. The heavens open. The Son descends. He stands upon our earth in our nature, his name is Immanuel, the brightness of his glory is veiled, it is covered with a cloud, he bears the form of a servant-he is a servant, the servant of God, the servant of man. He is our surety, our bondsman, our sponsor. He stands in our stead under the broken law of our Maker, and is, through the Father's appointment and his own voluntary engagement, responsible for us. The keen scruti me, nizing eye of the law, and the stern vengeful eye of justice are fixed upon him. Love intense, and deep commiseration for men guilty and accursed, fill his bosom. He recedes not; love has determined him, and he sets his face as flint and his brow as brass. His work is before him; he loves it, his eye, his heart, his whole soul is fixed upon it. Now he proceeds. Behold the man! In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead substantially.. hold the spotless man! . . Now, beHe goes as a lamb to the slaughter; and is there not a cause? Love still burns in his heart, it predominates, it reigns over every other feeling. He has undertaken our cause. He has assumed our black, our hellish crimes, and stands legally charged with our enorand determinately vows to revenge mous guilt. Vindictive justice frowns, the many, the countless insults offered unto it by our daring crimes ; unsheathes its flaming sword, and waving it, sternly advances; fierce lightning flashes from its eyes, and burning coals roll down before it, increasing at every step. The selfdevoted victim, impelled by the quenchless ardour of his love, advances speechless to meet the dire avenger, meekly receives the deadly stroke, and falls the victim of his own love and of our crimes. O death where is thy sting? Who shall lay any thing to our charge? It is God that justifieth. Who shall condemn ? It is Christ that died. But see! He lives again, he rises, he ascends, he takes his throne, and lives and reigns for ever. From his throne he transmits his almighty Spirit. Not to hover over us with his offers and proffers, his tenders and overtures,—webs finely woven and artfully exposed, by the device of man, to allure and catch the unwary, but to open the heart, enter it, and make it his permanent abode; to introduce into the soul a new supernatural divine life; to produce, nourish, cherish, strengthen, and perpetuate in us, what is termed by the pen of inspiration, the new man, the inner man, and the hidden man of the heart; to illuminate the mind, and endue it with a real spiritual discernment of spiritual objects revealed in the Scriptures; especially the person, the mediation, the fulness and glory of Christ Jesus our Lord; to create that faith, by which he is received and confided in, and by which he dwells in the heart." In the chapter on Christ's Suretyship Engagements, Mr. H., has very minutely and very scripturally exhibited man's inability, the Saviour's all-sufficiency, and the certain salvation of all the election of grace, agreeable to that immutable covenant entered into by the Eternal Three, before Adam fell, or time began. In the Essay on Noah as a Type of Christ, the subject is followed up, and very judicously amplified in the contrast of the type and the antitype. Speaking on the privilege of believers in their dominion over sin through our Lord Jesus Christ, the venerable writer, while he contends for a full exhibition of this invaluable privilege of every believer, he repels with a becoming zeal, the paltry cavils of those who say that it opens a door to licentiousness. We would here have indulged our readers with a short extract, which we had marked for that purpose, but would on consideration rather refer them to the entire Essay. On the subject of justification, and its data, our author is very copious, and in our opinion ably defends this important truth from all the aspersions of its many opponents. We have already exceeded our usual limits, but must trespass, before we close, with one more extract. After tracing the union of the church in Christ, from its dateless commencement to its manifestative development in time in every vessel of mercy, he observes : "Now we have found the date of our union with Christ, we are not far from that of our justification in him; for union with him, and justification in him, are kindred blessings in the closest connexion, and incapable of separation. They are effects of the same cause, are granted to the same persons, and are stamped with the same date. Let my opponent prove the contrary if he can. But to shew how a person can be in Christ, and be notwithstanding unjustified, will it is thought be a task too difficult for him to perform. All who are united to him are the righteousness of God in him; and if of God we are in him, he of God is made unto us righteousness. Justification is a simple act of the divine eternal mind, or the absolute determination of God not to impute sin to his people, and to place the righteousness of Christ to their account. Deny the eternity of this determination, and where is the immutability of Deity? Can it be said with truth, that new resolutions are formed in the mind of God, and yet that he is unchangeable ? Surely not, for in that very moment in which he forms a new design, mutability attaches to his character, and his glory is tarnished. Let us then be careful not to maintain a favourite notion at the expense of our Maker's glory. not. He is the Lord; he changes His thoughts, his counsels, his purposes and decrees, are, like the perfections of his nature, without the shadow of a change. "Eternal justification has been termed eternal nonsense. But why this odious epithet? Is it thought absurd that a person should be justified before the commencement of his existence? Why then not think it absurd, that a person should be elected prior to his existence ? There is no more absurdity in the former than there is in the latter: that as well as this, being a pure act of the divine will. Sanctification, indeed, requires the |