may overtake me; instead of starting or attending to such foolish objections, you would rise up and run with all speed, and not look behind you, till you were got within the gates of that welcome asylum, and then you might bid defiance to proseeutions and danger. Christ is you are in the same perilous condition now what the city of refuge was then: as the manslayer. The law pursuing you with its threatenings and curses, and no visible way of escaping. In this critical moment, God sets forth his Son as the great propitiation, and says, Whosoever believeth on him shall not perish, but shall have everlasting life.' Don't lie still complaining of your weakness and unworthiness, and crying, If I could but be sure that God meant me;

or if I could but be sure that Christ would receive me!' What assurance

this, as they are, upon the whole, striking, contain good advice, and were particularly addressed to young persons. They will arrest the attention, and are likely to impress the conscience and, in no common degree, they are tender, affectionate, and pious. The style is pretty good -it is very plain and familiar; and, if it is not always elegant, it is not unadapted, in any great measure, to the objects of the author. We think the worthy preacher has not given too much evangelical doctrine, nor enough referred to the sacred influences of the divine Spirit. Like certain philosophers, on another subject, who have forgotten the depravity of the human heart, and recommended education as infallibly efficacious to cure all the errors of our race, he has, it seems to us, addressed, in too many places, the persons before him, as if persuasion would effect all that was desired. The doctrine for which we contend, was believed, but not enough introduced; and this is a fault much too common in the present day. Let young people, and, indeed, all people, be taught what they ought to do; but let them know who is to enable them to do it, and let them be urged to pray for his holy influence, and to thank him for all the sanctity they To the first question the author may possess. We give the follow-replies in the negative, by stating the ing passage as a fair specimen of the style and theology of these dis

courses:

"These are the words of the apostle to the awakened jailor, when terrified by the earthquake he sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them forth,

and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? They said to him, what I just now said to you, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. Numberless and violent have been the disputes about the nature of saving faith; but I shall not perplex you with any of them. You know what, the cities of refuge were under the law: if you had lived in those days, and had accidentally killed a person, you would not stand still debating with yourselves, What had I best do? Shall I attempt to escape, or no? Perhaps my strength may not hold out, and I may faint before I get half way there; or, perhaps, I may lose my way, or may stumble and fall, and so the avenger of blood

would you have? God bids you believé,

and that is a warrant sufficient."

The Question answered: Did the Lord Jesus Christ die as a represen→ tative for no man? or for all mankind in general? or only for a distinct number? being the substance of a Letter to a Minister of the Gospel. Button & Son, London.

SHOULD not the title have been, "The Questions answered?" for there are three.

inconsistency of the supposition, for no man," with the scripture doc"that Christ died as a representative trine of substitution, with right reason, and with certain consequences resulting from it.

To the second question he also replies in the negative, by stating,

that if Christ died for all mankind in general," then the Spirit must be sent to all, unless it can be proved that men in a state of nature can repent and believe, without divine influence.

He then concludes in favour of "Christ having died only for a distinct number," even the elect; and so answers the third question in the affirmative. And to the objection, neral address, on this ground, he respecting the impropriety of a gemakes three replies: 1. It is the Lord's appointed means of awaken ing his people to a sense of their danger. 2. Men are not addressed

as elect, or non-elect, but as sinners. 3. To show the exceeding depth of depravity into which human nature is sunk.

The author adds-" Finally, to close the dispute about general and particular redemption, and to set the matter at rest for ever, I will endeavour to draw the whole of the argument into a focus, derived from premises already established-that the Lord Jesus Christ did not die for all mankind, as their representative and substitute, to redeem and save them all. Had he represented and redeemed them all, he must have sent his Spirit to regenerate them all, or he would have proved unfaithful, which can never be admitted; and, therefore, he did not die as the representative of all mankind."

That the writer has taken pains to convince the minister to whom the letter is addressed, we have no doubt; but whether his good intention will prove successful, or whether he "has set the matter at rest for ever," may remain doubtful.

community of Christians is equally constituted and governed according to the word of God, cannot be grantcd. The union of the civil and ecclesiastical authorities in the church, is considered an invasion of Christ's prerogative; and the ground on which some Christians have dissented from the Episcopal and Presbyterian forms of church government, whether existing in the established churches of Rome, of England, or of Scotland; is the opinion that every distinct assembly of Christians composes a church of Christ; possessing an unalienable right to choose their own officers, and to regulate all their own concerns.

After this statement, the writer proceeds to discuss the two following topics:-1. The ADAPTATION Of the CONSTITUTION of our churches to PROMOTE the kingdom of Christ. 2. Enquire whether the PRIVILEGES arising from the CONSTITUTION of our CHURCHES have been IMPROVED to the best advantage.

This tract thus concludes:

"Is the number of our churches increased, in proportion to the opportunities afforded us of propagating our principles? According to Maitland's History

of London, there were more meetingdenomination, in London and Southwark, than there are at the present time, notwithstanding the population is so greatly increased. What is the reason they have been diminished, instead of increased? Probably because our ministers and our churches, till within a few

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past years, were more concerned to keep than to preach the gospel in the regions up respectable congregations at home, beyond them.' The spirit which led Andrew to go first to his own brother Simon; and the woman of Samaria to call

The Constitution of the Baptist Churches, adapted to promote the purity and extension of the King-houses in the year 1738, belonging to our dom of Christ. An introductory Address, delivered at the Ordination of a Minister; with an Appendix, containing Lists of the Baptist Meeting-houses in London, in the years 1738 and 1816. By Joseph Ivimey. Button & Son, Price 4d. THE divine axiom of our Lord, "My kingdom is not of this world," Mr. Ivimey considers as clearly describing the Christian church, in its nature, origin, government, subjects, laws, and privileges; and that what-her townsfolk to believe in the Saviour, ever principles, therefore, are at variance with its spiritual nature, its divine origin, its government by Christ as the only head and lawgiver, its subjects as real believers, its laws, as contained in the scriptures alone, and its privileges, as comprehending all the blessings of life and godliness, are according to the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

And while in every section, into which the church is divided, there are to be found real Christians, is cheerfully admitted; that every

was but little expressed for many years, nor was this disposition fully manifest until the commencement of our Mis sionary Society: since that time, exertions have been made to carry the gospel to the heathen, and the re-action of these attempts have been felt at home in our village preaching, In the country our churches have, by these means, been considerably increased; and in London, though there are fewer places of worship, yet the size of some of our congre gations, and the number of our members, have been for several years on the ad vance; to say nothing of those baptized

The Miraculous Cure of Two Blind Beggars, by the Great Physician of Soul and Body, considered and improved. pp. 8.

out the successive centuries of the Christian æra. The first of these Lectures will be delivered on Tuesday evening, March 25, at half past six o'clock. Subjeet The Doctrine of a Providence stated. The second Lecture in April will respect The munifestations of Providence to the Primitive Church.

The above Lectures are intended chiefly to communicate information to young people, and to direct their inquiries.

In the Press.

Mr. Allen's Translation of Dr. Out

ram's valuable Dissertations on Sacrifices. It is expected to appear about the end of this month, or early in April.

WHILE the devices of Satan are very many, we rejoice to observe, that the modes of attack upon his kingdom are also exceedingly numerous and whether it be in the form of a volume requiring lengthened application, or in the modest mien of the present tract, the perusal of which demands but a few minutes, we congratulate those who thus come to the help of the Lord against the mighty. From a full conviction that these minor publicaA new and greatly enlarged edition tions have already been attended of the Rev. Rowland's Hill's celebrated with the most beneficial effects, we Village Dialogues, which will be pubcheerfully announce this improve-lished in numbers; the first of which ment of the Miraculous Cure, &c. as a commendable addition to that useful and benevolent class of exertion, which, by its widely extended, though humble operation, we doubt not will be, ultimately, found to have contributed, in no inconsider-the Liberty of the Pulpit defended, in able proportion, to the universal influence of divine truth.

NOTICE.

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Just published,

Ecclesiastical Claims investigated, and

five essays. 1. The uninterrupted succession-2. Ordination-3. The Spiritual Gifts and Power of the Clergy4. Learning-5. Ministerial Qualifications. By Daniel Isaac, price 4s.

A Reply to a Letter from a Rector to his Curate, on the subject of the Bible Society. By a Deacon of the Church of England. Price 2s. 6d.

To the Self-Righteous-To the Neg ligent and Dilatory-To Apostates and Backsliders. By the Rev. S. Thornton, 1 vol. 12mo.

THE Annual Sermon, recommending the useful purposes of the Society for the Relief of the necesSerious Warnings, addressed to vasitous Widows and Children of Pro-rious classes of persons, viz. To the Lotestant Dissenters, will be preached vers of Vain Pleasure-To the Profane by the Rev. William Newman, of and Profligate-To the Worldly-minded Stepney Green, on Wednesday, the Second of April next, at the Old Jewry Chapel, removed to Jewin Street, Aldersgate Street; Service to begin at 12 o'clock. After which, the Subscribers and Friends to this useful Institution, will dine together at the New London Tavern, Cheapside: Dinner to be upon Table at 4 o'clock.

A Defence of the Wesleyan Methodist Missions in the West Indies; including a refutation of the charges in Mr, the Slave Trade," &c. and in other publiMarryat's" Thoughts on the Abolition of cations; with facts and anecdotes illustrative of the moral state of the slaves, and of the operation of missions. By

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. Richard Watson, one of the Secretaries

The Rev. Francis Augustus Cox, A.M. proposes to deliver a series of Lectures at his own place, Mare-street, Hackney, on the last Tuesday in every month, on ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, with a particular view to a copious and distinct illustration of the interference of Providence in the affairs of the church, through

to the Committee for the management of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries.

The Darkness of Superstition receding before the Light of Revelation: an authentic Narrative of the recent Conver sion of twelve Roman Catholics, named HART, in the Province of Connaught, through reading the Irish Testament, By a Clergyman of the Established Church, in Ireland.

Missionary Retrospect and Foreign Intelligence.