leprous; and where they were not found, they absolved him from the charge of leprosy. So the apostles have laid down, with the utmost clearness, the marks whereby the believing and the unbelieving, the penitent and the impenitent, may be discerned and distinguished; and according to what they have declared, shall every case be decided in the day of judgment: those whom they have pronounced forgiven, shall be forgiven, and those to whom they have assigned a sentence of condemnation, shall assuredly be condemned. This was the power which they exercised, and this power still resides in those who, as God's ambassadors, are authorised by him to declare his will to men; so far as they judge according to the written word, the sins of men, as remitted or retained by them, shall be remitted or retained in heaven. God's judgment shall stand; and his final sentence shall be in exact accordance with his written word. Our one inquiry therefore must be, what saith the Scripture? for assuredly those whom the Scripture acquits, shall be acquitted; and those whom the Scripture condemns, shall be condemned. To the word therefore and to the testimony -whoever they be, that speak not according to this word, there is no light in them. R. LINES FROM YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS. Where is tomorrow? In another world; Our mountain hopes. The spider's most attenuated web Is cord, is cable, to man's slender tie On earthly bliss; it breaks at every breeze. If time past And time possest both pain us, what can please? Time used. CONTENTS. 57 109 Extract from Payson's Memoir -Buddicom's four sermons on the aspect of the FRIENDLY VISITOR. PUBLISHED IN MONTHLY NUMBERS, DURING THE YEAR 1832. BY THE REV. WILLIAM CARUS WILSON, M. A. RECTOR OF WHITTINGTON; AND CHAPLAIN TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX, VOL. XIV. "Much good may be done this way to considerable numbers at once, in an acceptable manner, at a trifling expense."-ARCHBISHOP SECKER. KIRKBY LONSDALE: PRINTED AND SOLD BY A. FOSTER. Of whom may be had single numbers to make sets complete. SOLD BY L. B. SEELEY AND SONS, FLEET STREET, LONDON AND BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. PRICE ONE SHILLING AND FOURPENCE. The Profits are devoted to charitable purposes |