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«« I verily believe that if \ ve were fully convinced by the Holy Ghost in our ownselves , of sin and righteousness and judgment , we should not be anxious to prove that lost spirits repent and are saved . " / verily believe that if we were convinced , as above , we should be anxious to know what the revealed will of
God is in all matters ; that we should be ready to throw aside all preconceived notions , and to bring * every thought and imagination in subjection to the , will of God , thankfully accepting every discovery which it has pleased
him to make of-his merciful designs , and deeply impressed with a conviction that the grace which could renew our own hearts would be sufficiently powerful to renew all other hearts , however hardened .
I am sure that no unrepentmg sinner can inherit the kingdom of God ; and it is only because it is revealed that his kingdom shall eventually come , and his will be done in earth as it is heaven—that all opposing rule and authority shall be overthrown , and God be all in all—that I am led to
believe that all shall be brought to repent , and to confess that Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father . This opinion is not flattering to human pride and vanity ; for it implies that every haughty look shall be brought down , and the Lord shall be exalted in that day *
As to reason—I read , indeed , that some men had become " vain in their imaginations" — that " their foolish hearts were darkened " - —and that * ' professing themselves to be wise , they became fools . "
A truly wise man has observed that the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason . He also said that he had applied his own heart to know and to search , and to seek out wisdom , and
the reason of things , ¦• " . Now , . therefore , " said Samuel , " stand still that I may reason with you , before the Lord , of all the righteous acts of the Lord . " God speaking to his people by the Prophet Isaiah , invites them to reason with him , ch . i . ver . 18 . " Produce
your cause , saith the Lord - y bring forth your strong reasons ¦ , saith the King of Jacob , " ch » xll . ver . 21 . When Paul wa 3 arraigned before Felix , "he
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reasoned of righteousnessV temperance * , and judgment to come /* Acts xxitf . 25 . He disputed with the Jews , and so far from interdicting the exercise of reason , he prayed that he might be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men , 2 Thess . iii . 2 . Our reason , like every other good thing which we enjoy , is the gift of God ; and the devotion of all our faculties to him is
a reasonable service . It is reasonable that when he has made known his pleasure we should Exercise our minds humbly but diligently , without partiality and without hypocrisy , in understanding it , and in the study of his Jaws and judgments . Such has been
the practice of good men of old , and they , experiencing' the profit of su < jh exercises , have recommended and enjoined them upon us . There is a wide distinction between a self-sufficient , gainsaying- temper of mind , and a spirit of inquiry ; the former I
disclaim , the latter I wish to cherish ; and , encouraged by past experience , I doubt not that it will be rewarded by a deeper insight into the mind and will of God , whose counsels are nevertheless unsearchable , and his ways past finding out ; that is to say , the riches of his wisdom and the extent
of his love infinitely exceed the most enlarged comprehension of any created being . I . ( To be continued . )
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Sir , flT ^ HE passage your correspondent JL R . B . has recorded , ( p . 409 , ) as a specimen of the " bigotry of the
Evangelical Magazine , ' * is a proof that while the Calvinists cry out against Papists , they themselves preserve the malignant essence of Popery . I am led to make this remark by tlie perusal of a pamphlet just published , under the nftjne of John Merlin ,
meant , I suppose , for John Milner , the Roman Catholic Bishop and Vicar Apostolic , and entitled , ** Strictures on the Poet Laureate ' s Book of the
Church / " That Merlin is Milner would seem unlikely from the praises which Merlin lavishes on Milner ' s works , if the character of the V . A .
were not pretty well known . The writer vindicates , of cburse , St . Dunstun , and having enumerated his virtues , says , they ' * were sure to draw
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1824, page 461, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2527/page/13/
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