God's word, confirmed to Aaron and his sons, that they should hold this typical priesthood, and confirmed to the church, that they should have an everlasting priesthood.

5th. It was called an everlasting priesthood, because it was to remain eternally with the church. 1st. Typically: 2nd. Really in Christ himself, who is called in Psal. 110, A priest forever' and because, 'HE ever liveth to make intercession.'

6th. In this official character of the priesthood, the laws regulating the particular duties of the office, were not seperate from, but essentially connected with the office of this typical priesthood.

7th. In the laws regulating the ordination, and duties of the High priest, we have an awful warning of the danger, of any person taking this office' unto himself, such as independants-self called ministers &c. No man taketh this office unto himself, except he that is called, as was Aaron.'

SEVENTH COVENANT.

Of this covenant we have a full account in the 1st. and 2nd. books of Samuel. The book of Psal. &c. The peculiarities of this revelation of the covenant of grace are:

1st. That it was a sovereign act of God to appoint Christ his king in the holy hill of Zion' or David aking to typify him.

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2nd. The temporal throne and sceptre were promised to David; as a representation of the throne and sceptre which eternally belonged to Christ..

3rd. This covenant might be broken by David, or any of his typical successors, but could not by the great antitype.

4th. It was all promises and commands. Its blessings were temporal and spiritual, there was promised a throne, a sceptre, a kingdom, all of which were to be typical, until the coming of the root, and offspring of David.

5th. There was no particular necessity for any separate seal to this revelation of the covenant of grace, seeing that circumcision, and the passover,. were the seals of all the itens contained in this covenant.

6th. This continues eternally. The sceptre was held by typical kings, until the coming of Christ; when he lifted the falling sceptre of David, never to return it to any typical king, but hold it himself and reign forever.*

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We have now travelled through Mr. C's covenants, and had he taken a little more leisure, and read his Bible with more attention, he might have greatly increased the size of his book with His seven are but a brief specimen of his power of invention, hundreds might have been added upon the same principle, nay thousands; at least a distinct covenant for every period in the scriptures, because he evidently suppo

* It is evident to the reader, that we have attempted to make some amendments on Mr. C's covenants, and we think have succeeded in reducing their number to two. We confined ourselves to his plan. We give him the honor, of inventing at least 5 out of the 7. Mr. C. will pardon me, for prefering the scripture view of the subject to his.

ses that every distinct revelation, was a distinct Covenant, how far he has succeeded I shall let readers judge for themselves.

It is also evident that he possesses equal ingenuity for creating conditions, that he does covenants, he makes every if, that he finds in the scriptures, a condition, but not having as great a supply of if's on hand, as he had of covenants, some of these had to come out unconditional.

From this proposition, as now established, we shall draw a few conclusions, we think now proved.

FIRST INFERENCE.

That variations in the external circumstances of a covenant never affect its being, as a contract, and that the only difference between the old and New testament covenants, was, in the dispensation; and therefore there was but one covenant, under both dispensations.

SECOND COVENANT.

That the relation between Abraham and the church, was only Spiritual, that in this sense alone, a seed was promised to him, and that with him, God made but one covenant, although he frequently renewed the same.

THIRD INFERENCE.

That the church is one, in all ages of the world, the covenant one, and the Lord one. Any righteous engagement of the church, is binding upon herself in any future period; the circumstances, or