reformation and virtue of man, be, in fact, attained by any other means, the benevolent author of it will not be offended, but rejoice at it, and say, 'He that is not against us, is on our part,' Mark ix. 40."

(23) P. 446.—At the close of his Commentary on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, Mr. Belsham has exhibited, in a condensed form, his views of the evidence and authority of Christianity. Having given a summary of the contents of the Epistle, he adds—" When we take all these things into consideration, it seems almost impossible to avoid coming to the following conclusions:-First, that this Epistle is genuine; that it was written by Paul himself, and not by an impostor assuming his name: and therefore, Secondly, that the facts stated in this Epistle are true, and consequently that the Christian Religion is of divine original; that the Apostle Paul was fully authorised and amply qualified to publish this heavenly doctrine to the world, that he justly challenges the most serious and attentive regard to his instructions, and that they who reject his testimony, reject it at their peril."-In this statement, faith in Christianity is identified with the intellectual act, that assents to the inference from a logical deduction. First, we have the genuineness of the book established-then, as a consequence, the truth of the facts contained in it-then, as another, the inspiration of the Apostle-lastly, as a result of the whole, the divinity of the religion and the danger of rejecting it. The whole process is external: Faith is founded on authority and enforced by fear. We are so differently constituted, that it is impossible for one man to say, how the same statement may affect another; but I find it difficult to conceive, how such an argument could reach the moral and spiritual in man. The views of Watts, Cudworth, Baxter, and even

of Owen, when reduced to their essence-seeking the true source of faith in inward feeling and conviction, which external facts only serve to call forth-seem to me to imply a profounder and more experimental acquaintance with human nature.

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