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six minutes he continued his supplication solemn and savoury manner. We then too solemn prayer for blessings on each other,‹ been acquainted for forty years, and were one another again in this world. The visit le lasting impression on my heart, of the beauty almost matured."

INFINITE EVIL OF SIN.

1. Is not the whole that is meant by the infi sin, that, on account of the Object against、 committed, it is so great an evil as to involve ces without end.-2. Is not the whole that is the infinite value of Christ's sufferings, that, o of the dignity of the sufferer, they also involv consequences without end.-3. Is not the firs questions consistent with different degrees of consequently of punishment in the sinner; and t with a finite degree of suffering in the Saviour.not the merit of obedience sink, and the deme obedience rise, according to the excellency of ject.

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come?' The preacher described the Sadducean character, said the young man; but this did not touch me. I thought myself as good a christian as any man in England. From this he went to that of the Pharisees. He described their exterior decency, but observed that the poison of the viper rankled in their hearts. This rather shook me. At length he abruptly broke off, paused for a few moments, and burst into a flood of tears. Then lifting up his hands and eyes, he exclaimed, "Oh, my hearers, the wrath's to come! .. the wrath's to come!" -The issue was, that Robinson soon after made a public profession of religion, and in a little time became a very considerable preacher.

Mr. Fuller adds, that these circumstances were mentioned to him by Mr. Robinson himself; and the reader will recollect, that he was pastor of the baptist congregation at Cambridge, and the author of several ingenious and learned publications.

THE FINAL CONSUMMATION OF ALL THINGS.

Replies to some objections of Rev. John Newton, St. Mary Woolnoth,

I HAVE received a letter, says Mr. Fuller, from Father Newton, very highly approving of The Gospel its own Witness; and understanding that a second edition of the work was now at press, he proposes a few emendations. The worst of it is, that advice offered by such venerable men as him, and Dr. John Erskine, and with such a degree of friendship, can hardly be refused; and yet if one were to follow every body's counsel, I might alter all that I have written. His objections however are confined to a few expressions in pp. 300-303, of the first edition.

I have said, "It is not improbable that the earth thus purified, [by the general conflagration] may ever continue the resort, if not the frequent abode, of those who are redeemed from it. Places, where some of the most interesting events have transpired, when visited at some distance of time, often become in the present state of things a considerable source of delight. Such was Bethel to Jacob, and Tabor, no doubt, to the three disciples; and if any remains of our present sensations should attend us in a state of immortality, a review of the scenes of our Lord's birth, life, agony, and crucifixion, as well as of many other events, may furnish a source of everlasting enjoyment."

On this statement, accompanied with some other remarks, Mr. Newton asks

1. "Why may not a new heaven and a new earth,' be expounded figuratively, as in other places; and be referred to the kingdom of God upon earth, the gospel state?"-I answer, No: the new heaven and new earth are represented as following the general conflagration. 2 Pet. iii. 12, 13. The heavens being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat: nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.' In the Revelation, this state is also represented as following the last judgment. 'I saw a new heaven, and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away. And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.' Chap. xxi. 1, 2.

2. "May we not pray that the will of God may be done upon earth as in heaven,' without looking so far forward as the final consummation of all things?"—We may in some degree, but not fully, or without having a reference to the final state of things. When we pray to be made like Christ ourselves, we always look forward to the time when we shall be perfected, as the period in which our request shall be fully answered. So it is in this case,

and as this does not hinder our praying for progressive sanctity in the use of all the means of grace, so neither does the other hinder our praying for the success of Christ's kingdom. In both cases we cannot pray for the ultimate end, without praying for all the means by which it is effected.

3. "Does not the desire of revisiting the spots and scenes of past transactions, belong to our present situation and conformation. Will it not, like many of our human and social feelings, have no farther influence upon the soul, when freed from the body, and from the earth?"-It may be so and I think I shall alter this a little, as well as add something on the second question.

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4. Suppose we had a desire to visit these places after the conflagration, how shall we find them? We cannot now ascertain where Eden was, and many other things; owing perhaps to the alteration made in the earth by the flood. But the alteration produced by the final conflagration, will probably be much greater."-Perhaps we may then be better geographers than we are now. Many places are at present wisely concealed from us, to prevent abuse from superstition, of which we shall then be in no danger.

Such would be my answers to Mr. Newton, if he were a brother; but he is a father, and so full of love and kindness that I know not what to do with him.

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