liever's rule, seeing he that believes has life, and shall never die; and as many as walk according to this rule, mercy on them, and peace, and upon the Israel of God? Is there any thing that the law requires which the promise does not give? Is there any thing by God's commanding will required, that his will of promise, called the good pleasure of his will, does not work in us? Does God's willingness to shew his wrath on the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, as revealed in thick darkness, bring any better tidings to sinners' ears than the good-will of him that dwelt in the bush; and who has since proclaimed from heaven, by his angels, glory to himself in the highest, on earth peace, and good-will towards men in the law of faith? The law of faith respects all, implies all, includes all, and fulfils all. There is nothing revealed in the law that faith is not obedient to; there is nothing required in the law that the law of faith doth not furnish the believer with. God's will of commandments reveals him "willing to shew his wrath, and make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath," Rom. ix. 22. "But this is the will of him that sent me," says the Saviour, "that whosoever seeth the Son, and believeth on him, might not perish, but have everlasting life,” for it is not the will of our Father, which is in heaven, that one of these little ones, in faith, should perish. Here is God's will, and my rule; and it may truly

be called the believer's only rule of life, for life everlasting accompanies this rule, and all who walk according to it.

We have got some in our day who say the law is not a rule of life. For my part, I know ⚫ not how such men read their Bibles: I read that, ' without holiness, no man shall see the Lord.' Query; But does holiness come by the law? Are we sanctified thereby? Those who stick to the law are clean in their own eyes; but are they washed from their filthiness? They justify themselves; but, are they just before God? Can they be holy without being sanctified by the Holy Ghost?" And he that ministereth the Spirit, doth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" Is not the Holy Ghost the Spirit of promise? Does he go forth from Mount Sinai, or Mount Zion? Does he come by the law, or by the gospel? Are any cleansed but by the Saviour's blood? Is there any heart purified but by faith? Is it not by the exceeding great and precious promises that we are made partakers of the divine nature? Are not the sons of God made partakers of the Spirit of Adoption? Does not God chasten such for their profit, that they may be partakers of his holiness? And does not this all come from the ministration of the Spirit, which exceeds in glory? "For the ministration of death had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth; for if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious,"

These are some of the weighty sentences which have at different times been thrown out against me, and the doctrine that God himself hath taught me. And it is evident they have confuted nothing, cleared nothing; nor hath any thing been established by this buffoonery, nor ever will; for Truth hath declared, that those who turn aside to vain jangling, desiring to be teachers of the law, know not what they say, nor whereof they affirm; and this chain of quotations is a sufficient proof of it. I shall now leave the priest, and speak to the people; or, drop a word to the reader.

Courteous and Christian Reader,

I LITTLE thought that, for dropping a single sentence from the pulpit, I should have been loaded with so much reproach, and have been led forth into so long a controversy; but we read of some who make a man an offender for a word, even when the poor and needy speaketh right. But, blessed be God, all that has been written or said has never in the least brought my mind over to long for Padan-aram, the land of Egypt, or for a second journey through the Wilderness of Sin. My face is still toward Mount Gilead; the land of Canaan; and Mount Zion, so beautiful for situation, hence called the joy of the whole earth: for I am persuaded that these are still in my road; knowing that those who are saved shall view the house of Isaac, see the land that is very far off,

and inquire the way to Zion with their faces thi therward.

I have as yet seen nothing in the writings, nor heard any thing from the pulpit, nor seen any thing in the life of my opponents, that has in the least influenced my mind to incline toward the yoke of bondage, but quite the reverse; and I bless God that he has not in the least permitted my soul to wander from the truth, in order to follow them in stumbling upon the dark mountains; but, contrariwise, all that they have said has drove me closer to Christ, and farther and farther into the mystery of faith. And I do in reality believe, that this controversy has been intended, under God, to make me search the covenant of grace more closely, and to bring forth those truths which are so contrary to flesh and blood, and so despicable in the eyes of the unconverted. And I must confess that I am greatly indebted to my numerous opposers for their close pursuit of me; for, had they let me alone, I never had, in this my pilgrimage, seen the beauty of the everlasting covenant, as I now see it; nor the rich displays of grace, as they now appear, especially in the muddy glass of my opponents' ignorance.

The law of God, so often mentioned in holy writ, as written on the hearts of his chosen people, is the covenant of grace, the mystery of faith, the new covenant, or the everlasting gospel, which is so little understood in this our day; and all the happy partakers thereof are under the grace of

God, which shall reign, through righteousness, to eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.

There are five things, reader, which will make thee and me fruitful, and acceptable, even when it shall be made manifest that the kingdom of God is not in word; and these are, an union with the true and living Vine; a confidence in the blood and righteousness of the Saviour; the dominion of grace reigning through righteousness; the promise of God that we shall bring forth fruit in old age; and the certainty of the Holy Ghost abiding with us for ever.

Also, take no heed, reader, unto all the words that are spoken, for a vain jangler utters diverse vanities: but search the Scriptures for thyself; and they will inform thee concerning the two covenants, that of grace, and that of works; God's will of commandments, and his will of promise. God's will is man's rule: the former is a rule for the servant, and the slave; the latter is a rule for the son, and the heir. The servant must work and walk by the former, in order to get his wages, which is reckoned of debt; for it is the will of God that he should do those things, if he will enter into life. The latter is God's good will to the son; and the penitent son that obeyed, and went into the vineyard, did the will of his Father, Matt. xxi. 31. "For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, which is in heaven," saith Christ, "the same is my mother, and sister, and brother."