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contained in it,) we have brought the decision on the subject before us to a short issue; by reducing infidels of every description to the alternative, either of denying the divinity of the standard appealed to, or of admitting the conclusion which has here been determined by it. In this case it will not be found sufficient to set aside certain obnoxious texts, chapters, or even whole Gospels; the doctrine of atonement being so intimately blended with the general tenor of divine Revelation, that they who object to it, must go one step further; and by a sweeping clause discard at once the whole evidence of Scripture. For, as the great scheme of Redemption was laid in the divine councils before the world began; so since the fall, if the Bible be a consistent book, there has been but one covenant, the everlasting Gospel of peace; but one Mediator, whose priesthood is unchangeable; one faith, by which man can be saved; one hope of eternal life through Jesus Christ; "who of God is made unto us Wisdom, and Righteousness, and Sanctification and Redemption;""to whom be glory for ever."

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To conclude; if, whilst others of my brethren have been laudably engaged in reforming the lives, and regulating the conduct of their fellow Christians by handling practical subjects, I have judged it more suitable to lay before them a conneeted series of Discourses on one great and fundamental doctrine; from the consideration that some circumstances have led me to trace our common faith to the fountain head, more than many others have been induced to do; and to study and contemplate some of the abstruser points of religion, more perhaps than most of my brethren under different circumstances have deemed necessary; I trust that my present undertaking will not, by a candid Public, be imputed to an affectation of displaying deep reading, but to the wish of contributing, in the way I judged myself best qualified, to the support of a cause, in which I am professionally engaged, and to which I am most cordially attached.

Whilst in return for any satisfaction the reader may derive from the perusal of my pages, and from this humble though earnest

nest endeavour to maintain "the faith
once delivered to the Saints;" all I re-
quest of him is, to unite his prayers with
mine, that God of his mercy would bring
this mysterious subject of Atonement home
to the heart of every Christian Professor;
that dwelling with fervent gratitude, on
the great theme of redeeming love, his life
may bear uniform testimony to the sound-
ness of his faith. At the same time may it
be God's will, so to open the eyes of unbe-
lievers of every description, that they may
see the wondrous truths of his Law ;-
that all blindness, hardness of heart, and
contempt of his word being taken away,
"the earth (in the strong language of the
prophet) may be full of the knowledge of
the Lord, as the waters cover the sea."

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