name of the Messiah, the Mediator between God and man; having now, since the birth of Seth, and especially of Enos, clearer views of the promised seed, and of the use of his name in their addresses to God.

But it appears to me more probable that the passage refers to the origin of preaching the gospel, or public instructions, as the learned Ainsworth and others intimate. Mr. Smith, in his Essay on the Sunday-Sabbath, printed 1694, and dedicated to Queen Mary, cites great and approved authorities for rendering these words, as they also occur in Gen. xii. 8, to preach in or of the Name of Jehovah.' So Malicendo: Prædicavit DE nomine Jehova, He preached of the name of God.' - So Piscator: Charah, clamare, to call to God, is to pray; to call to men, is to preach;' and from Charah seems to be derived κηρύσσειν, to preach or proclaim *.'

The grand object of the patriarchal preachers was Jesus Christ, who is often called in Scripture "The Name of the Lord +.-"The Name of the Lord is a strong tower."-"In his Name shall the Gentiles trust"-"The Name of the Lord is great in might" and, "Let him that walketh in darkness trust in the Name of the Lord." This is "the name above every name"-" How excellent is thy name in all the earth!"

It is pleasant to think that, from the earliest ages this blessed name was proclaimed to sinners of mankind; for the very life, substance, and spirit of revelation is, and always was, "Jesus Christ and him crucified." "To him all the prophets gave testi. mony." All who have known this Name have put their trust in him; and it has been as ointment poured forth to believers under every dispensation. Let us exult then in this saving Name, and sing with the royal poet, "I will extol thee, my God, O King; and I will bless thy Name for ever and ever"; and "blessed be his glorious Name for ever and ever!" and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and Amen. CLERICUS.

See Preliminary Discourse to Elihu, by Dr. Hodges, p. ii. + See Hora Solitariæ, vol. i. p. 194.

PART OF THE WILL

OF THE LATE REV. MR. BOSTON,
Author of the Fourfold State, &c. &c.

IN the name of the Three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, one undivided self-existent and eternal Jehovah. Amen. -I, J. B. of

, being, through rich mercy and free grace, enabled to sit at the feet of Jesus Christ, clothed with hie

righteousness, in my right mind and memory, and of sound judgment respecting my eternal state, and those truths which are essential to salvation; considering the mortality of this life, knowing 'tis appointed for men once to die, and not knowing how soon it may be my Heavenly Father's will to reinove me out of this time-state, and rank my immortal spirit among "the spirits of just men made perfect," do hereby make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and in forin following; that is to say, First, I commit my immortal soul to him, with reverence and humility be it spoken, - to him who is my everlasting light, my God and my glory; to him who is my head guardian, and has promised to be my guide even unto death; to him who ordained me to eternal life from before the foundation of the world; to him who hath shined into my heart, has given me the light, and the knowledge, and the glory of himself in the face of Jesus Christ; to him who hath caused me to pass from death to life, and promised I shall never more come into condemnation; to him who has promised never more to leave nor forsake me, and to this end has implanted his fear in my heart, and will not let me depart from him; to him who hath loved me with an everlasting love, and with lovingkindness hath drawn me; to him who passed by me when I lay in the open field (viz. a state of nature) exposed to the just vengeance of a broken law, polluted in my sins and in my blood, who, when he saw me in this ruined state and condition, looked upon me in his own appointed time with a look of love, complacency, and delight, and said unto me live! yea he said unto me live; to him who has promised my "bread shall be given, and my water be made sure," and that, as my day is so shall my strength be;" to him who will not suffer me to be tempted above that he will enable me to bear up under, but, blessed be his holy name, has promised, with every temptation to make a way for my escape, and that all things shall work together for my good, and has given me a full persuasion," that neither life nor death, principalities nor powers, things present nor things to come, shall ever separate me from his eternal love in Christ Jesus;" this is my God, my strength, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my buckler, the horn of my salvation, and my high tower; and this is the God whom I adore:-and Secondly, I commit my body to him who is "the resurrection and the life," knowing that at the last day he will raise it up and fashion it like unto his own most glorious body, and re-unite it to my glorified soul, and will condescend to take me into a more close union with himself than I have ever yet experienced, where I shall behold him as he is, and see him face to face; for the arrival of which most glorious time my soul often pants as do the harts for the water-brook, and am ready to say" Come Lord Jesus come quickly." To this glorious personage 1 desire to ascribe equal honour, power, and praise with him who ordain

ed me to eternal life before the foundation of the world; for, blessed be his glorious name, he has paid my ransom-price, and become my surety of the better testament, and fulfilled the law which I, through sin, have broken; he has magnified the law and made it honourable, and brought in an everlasting righte ousness, and has imputed that righteousness to me, and taken all my iniquities upon himself; by which means I stand as com plete before the throne of his glory in my covenant-head, as if had never sinned; for which i humbly pray I may be kept humble while in this time-state, knowing that a man's pride shall bring him low; but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit, &c. &c.

MISSIONARY RECANTATION,

The following Declaration, voluntarily made by an Evangelical Clergyman of the Church of England, in the near views of death and eternity, does much honour to his integrity and candour; and was com municated by him to the Editor, with a particular Request that it may be inserted in this Work,"

"A CLERGYMAN, the author of a pamphlet, the outlines of which were written about the time that the Missionary Society was formed (though published after that event) after fourteen weeks illness, in the supposed prospect of dissolution, bewailing his short comings, it was powerfully brought to his mind, with much sorrow, that he had not been in union with his brethren in promoting the Missionary Cause; but the consideration of his having, nine years since, indirectly at least, opposed the business, as being then " being then" unseasonable," caused unspeakable regret. Now, as before he never thought he had done any thing but what was his duty, this unexpected convic tion is manifestly from God; therefore he retracts any and every thing which seems to oppose the Missionary Cause in his publication, or separate pieces inserted in any Magazine; wishing he had been contented with the first part of his work, viz. "The Duty and Obligation of Ministers and People to endeavour to spread the Gospel throughout the Kingdom," without touching on Foreign Missions, which indeed was not as opposing Missions absolutely, but only in the then" present juncture.' However, the cause is the most glorious of any, and too sacred to be thought lightly of. He therefore expresses his sorrow for any inadvertent opposition, asking pardon of God for the same; and hereby charges his Son to pay to the Treasurer of the London Missionary Society 201. out of the first dividends he shall receive of his Father's estate, as a token of his love to the cause, and to the members

of the Society, and desires that this declaration may be published in the Evangelical Magazine for an admonition to others who are luke warm in, or disaffected to, the Missionary cause."

P. S. Since the above was sent to press, another Letter has been received, together with the money promised; which the writer, on second thoughts, wished to be paid in his lifetime.

BIBLICAL CRITICISM.

And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the Mount Horeb. - Exod. xxxiii. 6.

THE denunciation of divine anger was the reason why "the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments." A similar indication of fear is observable in the general practice of the Romans: a day was fixed for the trial of the accused person; in the mean time he changed his dress, "laid aside every kind of ornament," let his hair and beard grow; and in this mean garb, went round and solicited the favour of the people. S. B.

St. Albans.

ANECDOTES.

CHRISTIAN BENEVOLENCE.

A MINISTER being in London with a case from the country, solicited a mite from a lady, whom I shall call Mrs. X. After hearing the particulars of the case, Mrs. X. very handsomely gave a 5. note for it; presenting the minister with another note of the same value, to be distributed among the poor of his flock; and a 27. note for a suffering individual. He was preparing to return suitable thanks, when he was prevented by Mrs. X.'s desiring him to accept of a 101. note for his wife. Such benevolence from a stranger, such unexpected favours, so overpowered his feelings, that he could only express his acknowledgments by grateful flowing tears. Mrs. X. then crowned the whole by saying, "Sir, the distribution of my little donations will occasion you some trouble; to compensate which, permit me to beg your acceptance of this trifle." Upon examination, he found it to be another 57. note, -The sensations of our country friend, at the close of this remarkable interview, can be much better conceived than ex pressed. VERITAS.

MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PREVALEBIT.

UPON the trial of the six students, who were expelled from Oxford University, on the 8th of March, 1768, Dr. Dixon, who was Principal of Edmund-Hall, took out his PocketBible, in order to produce texts of Scripture in defence of the tenets which those young men were accused of holding (But what is one Methodist among a host of divines 1) Dr. Nowell perceiving his intention, cried out, " Put up your BiNote. ble; put up your Bible, Doctor: no Bibles here!" Nothing but truth will stand the test of the word of God!

AWFUL FACT,

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ACAD,

THREE or four years ago, there having been a great deal of rain in hay-time, a certain woman in a hay-field threw a quantity of wet hay upon an hedge: being asked why she did so, she replied," to shame God Almighty!"Awful blasphemy! yet, under the influence of vexation or disappointment, such is always the language of an unregenerate heart, though there are few so daring as thus deliberately to cry shaine on God Most High, who performeth all things for us" in mercy and love.

ACAD.

QUERIES,

DID the Second Commandment prohibit the Jews from the use of images, likenesses, &c. for curiosity, ormument, and pleasure, or only from a religious use of them in the way vorship?

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IF Faith and Repentance be the duties of man (as I admit they are) how can that Idea be reconciled with those passages of Scripture, which speak of them as graces, or the gifts of God, Acts v. 31, and Eplies. ii, 8.?

Sir,

To the Editor.

IN the course of Providence, I am called to minister to a congregation where there are many too fond of fancifully in terpreting texts of sacred writ: and being very desirous of giving no turn to passages which I think was not intended by the sacred Spirit, I should be glad to see inserted in your va luable Magazine some General Directions how we may best understand the mind of God in his word, particularly in the more obscure and intricate parts of it; and whether Dr. Owen's Piece on the subject, may be generally attended to with safety?

Sir, yours,

DOCILIS