( 25 ) Glory Falls asleep in Jesus, and arrives at Glory. 70 50-55 Rejoices in victory, thro' the blood of the Lamb. The believer is sorely tempted by the enemy: Comfortable communion with God. The promises of Christ his chief desire. The righteousness of Christ his wedding-garment. The atonement of Christ his only Hope for pardon. Living faith in a covenant Jehovah. Almost overwhelmed with guilt, the trembling culprit seeks pardon through Jesus Christ A sight of sin, original and actual, increases, and leads nearly to despair. Born a THE ROAD FROM NATURE'S RUIN TO ETERNAL GLORY. The State of Nature. 5-10-15-20-30 The Strong Man armed, keeps the Palace, and all is Peace. Reader, Examine yourself, and faithfully enquire on what Part of this Road you are. Faith working by Fear. Faith working by Love. 3 - 4 - 5 6 The law continues to condemn, and makes more wretched. Repentance arising from fear of punishment, pro mises amendment of life. Alarm and concern for the safety of the soul. In this state remain all those merely nominal professors, who, from custom, attend the house of God whenever the bells call them; and yet, by choice, are engaged in every wicked and worldly pursuit of pleasure or profit, as truly as those who live in outward rebellion against the Most High. REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS. Select Discourses from the Fourth Volume of the American Preacher. B some eminent Evangelical Ministers in the United States. With a Supplement, containing a variety of separate Discourses, c. vol. 2. 20. 53° PP. 65. Ogie. Of the first volume of this valuable work, we gave an account in our fourth volume, p. 590. The same character applying, in general, to these as to the former Discourses, it is only necessary to give now a list of the subjects, with the names of the Authors from whom this volume is selected; which are as follows: Sermon I, II, III. On Saving Faith, Dr. R. Smith, of Pensylvania. Serinon IV. The Efficacy of the Gospel above Worldly Wisdom. Sermon V. The Business of Life, and Hope in Death; both by Dr. S. Langdon, of New Hampshire. Serm. VI. The Divine Government. Serm. VII. The Christian Hope, by A. Mansfield, A. M. Connecticut. Serm. VIII. and IX. Christ the Way, the Truth, and the Life; by N. Perkins, Connecticut. Serm. X. God's Sovereignty, by N. Kerr, A.M. New York State. Supplement. I. Pleas of Impenitents examined, in two Sermons; by T. Foxcroft, Boston. II. One Taken and another Left; by W. Cooper, Boston. III. The Thoughts of the Heart the best Evidence of Man's Spiritual State; by N. Walter, Roxbury. IV. Quenching the Spirit, two Sermons, by W. Cooper, Boston. V. Three Sermons, On the New Creature, Ministerial Gifts, and the Outpouring of the Holy Ghost; by C. Chauncy, A. M. Boston. VI. . Address to Frequenters of Taverns; 2. Funeral Sermon for the Rev. W. Waldron, by T. Foxcroft. Though some of these names are not so well known as those in the former volume, it is sufficient recommendation to say, they have been selected by the excellent and venerahle Dr. Erskine. A Vindication of the Doctrine of Scripture, and of the Primitive Faith, concerning the Deity of Christ; in Reply to Dr. Priestly's History of Early Opinions, &c. By John Jamieson, D. D. F. A. S. S. In a vols. p. 1090. price 145. Ogle London. By the operations of infinite wisdom, God maketh the wrath of man to praise him, and the remainder thereof he doth restrain. Out of evil he adduces good; and from the attempts of the adversaries of the Gospel to propagate error, he more clearly illustrates, and more powerfully confirms the truth as it is in Jesus. At the same time, by the dispensations of his providence, he displays the tendency and effects of true and false doctrine. This has been eminently exemplified in the triumphs of evangelical principles over the Socinian and Arian systems. During the century which has just expired, a fair trial was made. The enjoyment of religious liberty gave a full opportunity for Arians and Socinians to preach their tenets, and to write in their defence. They have had among them men of talents and learning: the great champion of Socinianism, Dr Priestley, certainly possessed both these in an eminent degree. He has done and said all that man could do or say; and what is the result? Never did a system fall into decay more rapidly than Socinianisin has done for these twelve years past. To appease the prevalence of these errors, many champions appeared in defence of the truth: some attacked Socinianism in one way; others in another. Dr. Horsley exerted his uncommon talents on the subject; Mr. Fuller, by pointing out its evil tendency and effects, and thereby exposing the falsehood and danger of its principles, acquired great and just renown. Dr.. Dr. Jamieson likewise merits an honourable name among the labourers in this field. This work, from its nature, is not so entertaining as those of men who have treated the subject in a different way; but it is not less useful. He enters deeply into the doctrine of the divinity of Christ; he fully, and at considerable length, investigates and brings forward the proofs; and he particularly considers and refutes the objections of Dr. Priestley in his writings. He enters into a critical discussion of the texts which are adduced on the subject. His volumes contain an extensive range of arguments; and he leaves hardly any thing unnoticed. His method is as follows:- -The work is divided into six books, in which he examines the doctrine of the ancient Jews concerning the Messiah;-the doctrine of the New Testament concerning Jesus Christ;-the evidence of the Deity of Christ from the use of that expression, The SON of God; Dr. Priestley's arguments against the Deity of Christ; - the history of the pretended Unitarian doctrine among Jewish Christians;-and the history of the pretended Unitarian doctrine among Gentile Christians. Perhaps Dr. Jamieson adduces some texts in defence of the divinity of Christ; concerning which, it is at least doubtful whether they belong to the subject. There is a patient investigation of every part of the controversy in this performance. It is a work of immense labour; and many a volume must have been turned over to furnish the matter of some of the chapters. Indeed, writers like Dr. Jamieson, will not receive half the praise they deserve; nor will the value of their labour be estimated aright, but by those who possess some degree of learning themselves, and have experienced the difficulty of such researches, and the pains requisite to bring them to a profitable conclusion. Some may think the Dr. tedious in several parts of his book: but when a writer enters deeply into his subject, though the work may not be so entertaining to the common reader, it may be exceedingly useful and indispensably necessary to the student who wishes to go to the botton of a thing. Perhaps, a book which he before delighted to read, then discovers its superficial plausibility; while a work like this resolves his difficulties, and the satisfaction he finds in consulting it, teaches him its sterling value, which he did not know before, and induces him to give it a more honourable and distinguished place in his library. Where circumstances peculiarly call persons to be masters of the Socimian controversy, Dr. Jamieson's work merits their attention, and will amply reward their perusal. The Blessings of Peace being the Substance of a Sermon delivered at the late Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel. Brighton, October 4, 1301; with Hymns appropriate to the Occasion, dedicated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. By the Rev. T. Haweis, L. L. B. M. D. 8vo. 15. Williams. THE Blessing of Peace (an event as unexpected as it was happy) led many Ministers to improve the subject on the subsequent Sabbath. Among these was Dr. Haweis, whose discourse is the first that has come before us. From Psalm xxix. 11 the Dr. takes occasion to enumerate a variety of temporal blessings resulting from the Peace, and concludes with the following, on which he expatiates with much force and eloquence; viz. By Peace, a happy prospect is presented for the introduction of the kingdom of the Prince of Peace among all nations, especially among the Heathen. We shall extract only one remark: "It was when the temple of Janus was shut that the Prince of Peace made his gracious appearance in this lower world; and now that a like happy event has united Christendom in one great republic, and opened universal intercourse between the E & nations nations of the earth and the isles of the sea, may we not hope, that "the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh see it together; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it !" Christian reader, Believest thou the prophets? "I know that thou believest." Discourses delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. John Clayton, jun. at Kensington, October 21, 1801. By the Rev. W. Humphries, John Clayton, sen. and W. Nicholl, Sc. 8vo. 70 pp. 15. 6d. Williams, Of this ordination, we gave a short account in our Magazine for December last (p. 492); and from the Discourses now before us, it appears that they were judicious and appropriate, and well merited the public eye. The charge, in particular, as delivered by a parent to his own son, will much interest the public attention. It opens in the following manner:-" Religious communication with the children whom God has graciously given me, I deem one of the prime enjoyments of my life The privilege of religious intercourse has been ours, my dear son, as we have sat down and risen up, and as we have walked in the way; at home, and in journeying often, our conversation has been such as to put you already in possession of nearly all my views of Christianity, the Christian character, the ministerial office, with its diversified and arduous duties." On this account, I thought some other Minister might have addressed you on this occasion, with more advantage than myself. The parental and pastoral relations, however, centering in me, combined with your own wish, and the expectation of others, I have been prevailed on to deliver the charge. "I undertake this part of the solemn service of the day, firmly persuaded that you will receive with submissive love, what is dictated by the most ardent regard for a dutiful son, and has been preceded, and will be followed, by earrest prayer to God, for your sanctity, comfort, and usefulness as a Christian and a Minister. "When you preached your first sermon, in that church where you was born, baptized, and nourished, you avowed your future purposes before many anxious and prayerful witnesses, by choosing for your text Acts xx. 24." But none of these things move me," &c. "By all that is sacred in your early vows made at the foot of the cross, by all that is binding in the professions of that day of trembling and much fear, when you gave official publicity to your ministerial designs in the face of my congregation,→I conjure you to be faithful unto death, that you may receive the crown of life. "The text contains your own professed principles, spirit, and aim. I shall only, therefore, enforce on you what, in your judgment, you approve, what your lips have avowed, and your conduct (through grace) hitherto exemplified.”, NEW PUBLICATIONS. SCRIPTURE Illustrated by Engravings referring to Natural Science, Customs, Mannes, &c. Part I. 4to. price 5s. sewed. C. Taylor. The Nonconformist's Memorial, new edition, vol. 1. with 10 fie Portraits. 8vo, 9s. 6d. boards. Button and Son. Adelphi A Sketch of the Character, and an Account of the last Illness of the late Rev. John Cowper, A. M. written by his Brother, the late W. Cowper, Esq. Author of the Task, &c. 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At This lady had the happiness to be numbered with the few who fear God in their youth, and who serve him steadily in their riper years. that season, when the spirits are lively and the heart generally thoughtless, she was sober-minded, afraid of sin, and, therefore, cautious in her conduct. At an early period she entered into a solemn covenant with God, and resolved, that, by divine assistance, she would be his for ever: and happy was it for her that she obtained grace to maintain her Christianprofession through a long course of years, and experienced the sweetness and power of religion to the end of her days! The Sabbath was her delight; the ordinances of God were her best feast. In her regular attention to the duties of public worship, and her serious manner of discharging them, she was a pattern highly worthy of imitation. Her place in the church, and at the table of the Lord, was never vacant when she was capable of occupying it. She was fond of reading, and especially the Holy Scriptures; which she appeared to understand, and greatly to prize. She had clear conceptions of the plan of salvation by Jesus Chrift; and the doctrines of the Gospel were very dear to her, as they are precious in themselves. Though much respected and visited by the rich, she did not forget nor neglect the poor. Her bounty flowed in an even stream. Her acquaintance among the intelligent part of mankind was extensive; and being a woman of strong natural sense, an improved understanding, and agreeable manners, her company gave great pleasure; and those who once enjoyed it, wished for more. The reader will hardly suppose that the lady I have been describing was near seventy years of age; nor would he have imagined it, had he seen and conversed with her. Her last illness was long and painful. She was confined four or five months; and a considerable part of that time to her bed. From the first she was resigned; or rather, she was in the Apostle's state, "wishing to depart, and be with Christ." During her long illness, she would not allow her friends to pray for her recovery. She appeared to be blest with strong faith, which drew out the sting of death, and made her dying-pillow easy. On the 9th of January, 1801, she was removed from our world; and then the church of Christ, at Barnstaple, lost a valuable member, the minister a steady friend, the town a respectable inhabitant, and the poor a kind benefactress. May we be followers of them who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises!" 66 MR. JOHN ASTLE, OF NEW WINDSOR, DIED FEB. 5, 1801, AGED 62. In the early part of life he had the unspeakable advantage of sitting under a Gospel ministry, dispensed by the Rev. Mr. Sellon, of Smithsoy, Derbyshire: |