ence in that glass, and under the workings of the law; for that is the eternal rule of righteousness. The poor sinner will never see nor feel his scanty covering, till he sees the commandment to be exceeding broad.

This quotation disannuls all that Timothy has enforced before, and makes a law-work absolutely necessary. I have got the name of an Antinomian, and of being led by a bad spirit: and I should think that both the charges were just, if I had been given up of God, or left to myself to publish to the church and world at large, such a piece of deception and confusion as this,

Quot. Even the common light of the gospel brings the natural man a light others have not, who never heard of it.

Answ. It does not appear so by this Lookingglass; for the Author has not common light, nor any light at all, neither into the law, nor the gospel. Nor did it appear so in the Saviour's days; for God hid these things from the wise and prudent, cast them into a deep sleep, closed their eyes and made their ears heavy; and for judgment Christ came into this world, that those that see might be made blind.

Quot. It is a great thing to be satisfied the light we have received by the Gospel, is of a saving nature, such as no hypocrite in the world ever had.

Answ. I would be glad to know what light this is which no hypocrite ever had. Saul saw the

safety of David, and his own future ruin; he knew when God was with him, and when he left him. Balaam saw the Almighty, and knew the knowledge of God: he saw the destruction of Amalek, the valour of Israel, the glorious rise of the future star of Jacob, and the afflictions of Eber. And others are allowed to have all knowledge, and understand all mysteries, and yet these persons were nothing. And these things are ten times more than ever Timothy saw; for he is like the untimely fruit of a woman, which never saw light.

Quot. Let it be observed, this is not a gift for a moment, but of an everlasting nature: the understanding will never be dark, as it was before this change; nor the soul be ever in a state of condemnation again.

Answ. This light in the understanding sets the sinner out of the reach of condemnation; though God says, the lamp of the wicked shall be put out, and the light of his fire shall not shine, And as for Timothy's Christian, as here described, he is no child of God, nor any thing like one. There is not one mark, criterion, or characteristic, in this piece, but the Bible will furnish us with the same, as being found upon ancient hypocrites; say, not one. What, therefore, is to secure this Christian from condemnation? Repentance, faith, pardon, justification, and reconciliation, are neither insisted on, described, nor applied to him; nor will

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Timothy ever be able to describe these things, unless God shall give him grace.

I should like to see Timothy's testimony, or a treatise of his conversion: I think it would exercise every faculty of the curious; confound the judgment of the critical reviewers; and exhibit such a medley, as would afford a merry Christmas to the melancholy.

Quot. That divine work which is wrought in the poor soul, may be called that which is born of the Spirit; the real effects of the creating power of the Holy Ghost upon the soul.

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Answ. This would puzzle the wise. Here is mention made of a divine work: this work is wrought; this work, wrought, has produced a, 'that;' and the mysterious, that,' is what is born of the Spirit; and this curious, that,' which is said to be born, is the real effects of creating power. If the Spirit operates upon a soul he regenerates and renews it, and such a soul is said to be born again; if the Spirit puts forth a creating power, a new creature would most likely be formed by such a power; such are said to be created anew, in Christ Jesus, unto good works; such a renewed person, united to the Saviour by the bond of covenant love, is said to be in Christ, and a new creature in Christ Jesus. But we must go to Timothy for an explanation,

Quot. It is a superior work to that which restrains a man from sin; for, by this, a man is

possessed of a new nature. This seed will remain to the end: it is a plant of the Father's planting.

Answ. This work which is superior to that which restrains a man from sin, possesses the man with a new nature. One would have thought it would have been sufficient to make the man a new creature. However, this new nature is called a seed, and this seed is called a plant; not to take notice of any difference between seeds and plants. But how this work is performed, and what are the sinner's sensations under it, we are not informed; and what this new nature is, whether human or divine, that we must find out; and whether this seed be the word, the Spirit, grace, or the change itself, we are left in the dark, In the former Quotation, this seed is called a work wrought, and real effects; and the work itself is called, 'that,' which is born. So this work has produced a birth, and this birth has produced a work, for it is the work that is born. This part of the timorous soul's guide is enough to perplex, entangle, confuse, confound, and mislead, the whole family of wisdom. And dreadful must the case of that timorous soul be, who has no better guide than this glass! Such authors, and such productions as these, load the Christian religion and name with reproach. Pray, what could a man of wisdom, much less a novice, or green disciple, make of such a pedigree and genealogy of the new creature, as this, which is to be found in the

fifty-third page of this glass; That divine work, which is wrought, which is, 'that,' which is born, which is real effects, which is creating power, which is a superior work, which is a new nature, which is a seed, which is a plant?' God saves us by the washing of regeneration; which consists in purging stubbornness and rebellion from the will; gross darkness from the understanding; carnality and enmity from the mind, corrupt and vile affections from the heart; insensibility, guilt, and dead works, from the conscience. And to regenerate or renew a man by the Holy Ghost, is to produce submission and resignation in his will; to enlighten his understanding with the light of life, to see and feel the spirituality of the law, and his lost estate; to see salvation in the Saviour, and to have the knowledge of it by the forgiveness of sins; to influence his mind with faith, and entertain it with heavenly things; to shed abroad God's love in the heart; and to give him the enjoyment of a purged and pure conscience, and the voice or witness of the Spirit bearing witness therein and thereto that such a soul is justified by his faith, and is a child of God by adoption and grace. I would advise thee, professor, whoever thou art, who art admiring thyself in this glass; and thou timorous soul, whoever thou art, who art seeking directions from this guide; to throw away this false mirror and deceitful guide. And thou, Timothy, the founder and manufacturer of this glass, come thou, in company with thy Christian, and