and pretended rational Christians of all denominations, God knows that without them we can have no hope of reclaiming either Papist, Calvinist, or Arminian, who, if they differ in some points from the established Church, differ far more from those I have been speaking of. "Shall we then, I must next ask, in hopes of preserving the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, and righteousness of Life, follow the Evangelical Preachers into the depths of Calvinism? This End, desirable as it must seem, could never, I apprehend, be answered by so doing. Certain I am, that if the Mysteries of the established religion have tended to alienate those who call themselves rational Christians, much more would the mysteries of Calvinism have this effect. I will venture to say, the gloomy doctrine of arbitrary reprobation, and the extra vagant depreciation of moral righteousness, will for ever alarm the rational Christian, more than the Church doctrines of atonement by the blood of Christ, or even the Trinity in Unity. Concessions, therefore, on the part of the Church, give no hope of conciliation: what we would concede to one, would more than ever alienate the other. Steadiness and firmness alone in adhering to those principles in which we agree with either, may afford us the happy prospect of reclaiming both." The duty of stedfastness is thus aptly and beautifully recommended by the example of our revered sovereign. "Reflect, I beseech you, for a moment, on the unexampled popularity of that exalted Personage, whom by the laws established at the Reformation, we are sworn to regard as the visi, ble head of the National Church. In the whole list of English Sovereigns, few ever reigned so long, and none surely in the whole list so worthily. None were ever exposed to ruder demands, none had ever to combat greater licentiousness of opinion. Yet let me ask, is His popularity the fruit of any undue concession? Has He, to conciliate the favour of the multitude, ever abandoned one Article of his Creed, or violated one Principle of the established Faith? Has it not been most especially owing to the unshaken manliness of his charecter, to his most magnanimous resolution, to his almost heroic fortitude in all trying occasions, that the hearts of all his subjects are so entirely devoted to him. In sickness and in health; in peace and in war; in times of public tranquillity, or even public commotions, no Sovereign ever, I think, received such strong and unfeigned marks of affection and respect from all denominations of people. For, let me say it to their praise, no one body of Dissenters at all respectable, has ever been backward to manifest its attachment "Horribile decretum" is Calvin's own expression. Inst. p. 608. when when his Person has been threatened, his Government traduced, or his Life in danger. "Let this then stand as a criterion of the good sense and good principles, the wishes and intentions of the bulk of the Nation; not of the Clergy only, but very particularly of the Laity. With the encouragement of such an Example, an Example so approved by all ranks of people; and placed moreover under the immediate government and inspection of a Prelate, not more distinguished by the Eminence of his High station, than the Confidence of such a Sovereign; let us be careful beyond all things to keep the form of sound words" committed to us; to "continue perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judg ment;" to be "instant to preach the Gospel in season and out of season," not in "the spirit of Fear, but of Power and confidence, of Love, and a sound Mind." POETRY. Lines on the Author's Birth-Day. OD of my life, to thee I pay G My vows upon my natal day. Accept the breathings they impart, Its humble gratitude would shew, And bless the hand from whence they flow. : If, as from year to year my time, And for thy Holy Spirit pray: Search me, O God, and know my heart; And give me strength with sin to strive. JULIUS. August 6, 1866. BELSHAZZAR. BELSHAZZAR. 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