against the Holy Ghost, and preserved also from wilful and presumptuous sins, as herein scripturally proved, which no man can truly deny who reads the same. Yet as all the election are liable to be tempted, and most of us are tempted, to the commission of the above said awful sins, and fear at times, by infirmity, we may so sin; let us all pray, in the Holy Ghost, unto the Father, in and through the one only Mediator, Jesus Christ, as David prayed: "Keep back thy servant, also, from presumptuous sins, let them not have dominion over us; then shall we be upright, and we shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of our witnesses; of how much sorer pun- Now all these persons, we say, as we are opposed to the assertions of Onesimus, instead of having pardon of sins, have evident tokens of perdition, and sooner or later, before or at temporal death, after their wilful presumptuous sins, shall, as the Holy Ghost declares, "have a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation," which shall devour them as God's adversaries. Therefore, although the whole election of God are preserved from committing the sin mouth and the meditation of our AN OLD WATCHMAN ON FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE LATE REV. WILLIAM HUNT INGTON. Messrs. Editors, IT has often been my wish to see more of the works of that blessed man of God, the late Rev. William Huntington, in your periodical, than there has been; for as there is still as much hatred and bitterness manifested by the generality of professors against him as ever, and it may be, that by prejudice many are kept from the perusal of his works; do pray let fall some handfulls of dear Huntington, that so their prejudices may be removed. I was once one of these deeply prejudiced beings, and thought and said nothing should induce me to hear him; but as the Lord would have it, he came to open Gideon Chapel, Bristol, with Mr. Turner, now of Sunderland: I was joined to a Baptist congregation there, and heard that dear Huntington was not to be admitted into one of their pulpits in the city, and I too determined not to hear him, through the false misrepresentation of these hypocrites. But my best of friends had willed it otherwise. Mr. H.'s Every Divine Law was brought into the room I was sitting in and read; to tell all I felt on hearing it is impossible, however my soul cleaved to him from that hour. I herewith send you a few selections from his writings, and trust their insertion will prove a blessing; when these are expended I shall be happy to furnish a further supply. ANNA. Let no business, no sleepy devil, no sleep, no slumber, no folding of the hands to sleep, make thee neglect constant prayer to God. If Satan can stuff your head but once with the hurry and confusion of business, so as to render you unfit, incapable, and of course remiss in this, he will prepare thee a double dose of opium for the next morning. All the devil's labour and toil is, to stop up the intercourse between God and us, and to interrupt and cut off all communion and fellowship with him. Remember the obscure saying of a wise penman of holy writ, "The conies are a feeble folk :" saints are meant: yet make they their houses in the rock," Prov. xxx. 26; but if the hole into the rock be stopped, in vain the coney runs from the dog. Experience will teach you how to apply it. Thou art now in the banqueting house, in perfect friendship, and in sweet union with the best beloved; and his voice to us at such times is, Eat, O friends; drink, yea drink abundantly, O beloved." This is the language of the heavenly wooer in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. But look up and see; what is that which hangs over thy head? "His banner over me is love." True; but come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not see it. Weaning days are terrible days to the little heirs of promise; and days of absence and spiritual desertion, are no less dismal to a wife of youth: but the God of Israel, the Saviour, is verily a God that hideth himself; and when he does so, who then can behold him? At these times his wonders in the land are obscured, and his commandment is hid. Give thy mind to reading divine things, meditate on them, and with all simplicity crave God's help, guidance and assistance, through a Redeemer. Then watch the displays of his power, and acknowledge his care, and the bounties of his hand. Nothing ennobles the mind, enriches the soul, or fortifies the man, like a hope or trust in God through Jesus Christ. Paul gloried in his infirmities, trials and afflictions: well he might. There were many good men in the east among Job's friends, “but none, (says God,) like my servant Job:" nor were there any tried like him. If we share in Christ's sufferings, we shall share in his consolations. If we suffer, we shall also reign. If he chastens us, we are sons; if he purifies us, we are his treasure. POETRY. STANZAS. CHRIST is the comfort of our heart, His sacrifice and death; When through the Spirit we believe, Our life-day is a heaven below And though we live and move on earth, Then, like a seraph's lyre, our heart Our heart's devotions raise : Oh! who can estimate the love Which burns within the heart, Towards Jesus, when these heavenly frames To think that all this heavenly bliss, But changeable as April days And where bright sunshine lately beamed, Thus these calm feelings pass away When Jesus hides his face, And sin and Satan so intrude, JOSEPHUS. PRAYER FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE AND That I may flee from earthly joys, Jesus hath kindly spoke and said, Come, cast on me thy every care; They have a hope who love the Lord, But every cross in mercy send. This world's a rough and thorny path, The christian's scene of strife and war; But Christ has said, I'll be to thee Thy ever bright and Morning Star. Lord, let me know my sinful heart, Where kindred mortals all must lie, And when that dreadful day appears, And thou in awful power shalt stand, I would that all dear to me now, May there be found at thy right-hand. And then with rapturous songs we 'll sing, J. J. STANZAS ON SOLOMON'S SONG, BY AN OLD AUTHOR. I. "My Beloved is like a roe, or young hart." -CHAP. II. 9. Он, my beloved Lord, To me thy grace afford: The flames of thy sweet love to me, Give me but leave to love thee, Let me be bold to let thee know, My God, my heart is thine; 'Tis thine, it is not mine: Let me but love, and call thee so, It's all the bliss 1 know. Thou art a pleasant roe, Whose flesh and blood for sinners' need Thou art a loving hart, Killed with a murd'ring dart; A murd'ring dart that drew a flood Oh, let that blood me purge, II. "He standeth behind our wall, he lo ks forth out at the windows, he shews himself through the lattices."—CHAP. II. 9. HE shews himself in cloudy leams. Why doth my love immure his face, And shroud himself behind our wall? The lattices eclipse his grace, And windows interrupt his call. Is it because the visive powers Of mortals can't endure his sight; Or to distinguish these dark hours, From those that shine in perfect light? Whate'er it be, 't is just that he Should now and then withdraw his face; And 't is rich grace to let me see, The least glance in the darkest place. Behind our wall, is not so far, That I should think him wholly gone; These lattices and windows are Helps to discern he 'll come anon. A clearer sight, Oh, that I could Obtain; a sight that doth excel: There is no fear that e'er I should Admire too much, or love too well. III. "His banner over me was love."CHAP. II. 4. WHAT victories I ever got, What lusts I 've overcome, To my own strength ascribe I not, My banner was his love to me, Do but, O Christ, oh, do but say Love armour is of proof. Love me, my God, I need no more; I perish if thou lov'st me not, Here 's sin, the world, the devil and death, I'm almost beaten out of breath, (Some help!) they vex me so. Oh, do but love me, and I shall Will break their hearts, and rout them all, IV. "His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me."-CHAP. II. 6. My aching head and heart, Thou hast a hand to stay; In both thy hands, O Christ, Castles and towers are No safeguard in my case; Nor all the ocean's oaken walls, With me have any place. Only his circling arms, As with a wall of fire, Defend me from the dreadful harms, Which sin and hell conspire. Besides the help that 's in 't, The love that streams this way, Conveys more spirits to my heart, Than fear can take away. It is, Oh, let it be The great support I find, That when I faint for want of thee, Thou hast me in thy mind. THE SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE, AND ZION'S CASKET. "For there are Three that bear record in heaven the FATHER, the WORD, and the HOLY GHOST: and these Three are One."-1 John v. 7. "Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.-Jude 3. "Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience."-1 Tim. iii. 6. SUPPLEMENT, 1844. THE COSPEL PULPIT. A FEW REMARKS ON JEREMIAH Xii. 5. The Substance of a Discourse delivered by a Young Disciple to a small number in a Private Room, and written by request. 66 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee; then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, wherein thou trusted. they have wearied thee; how wilt thou do in the swellings of Jordan." THE prophet, in the beginning of this chapter, is complaining under the dispensations of God with the righteous; how hard their lot was in comparison to the ungodly; that whatever the wicked put their hand to prospered, while on the other hand, every thing the child of God puts his hand to is blighted. Which apparent discouragement stirs up the old man of sin to fight, murmur, to discontent and self-pity. Like poor Asaph, "I was envious when I saw the prosperity of the wicked, until I went into the sanctuary of the Lord, then understood I their end." But these internal enemies rising up, discover to the poor soul that he is in possession of the company of two armies : What shall we see in the Supplement, 1844.] Shulamite, but as it were the company of two armies." The one is under the direction of " the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience." This is the captain to which every man and woman in this world, by nature, is yielding obedience; the which if they follow to the hour of their death, will lead them to an everlasting gulf of misery, where hope never comes. The other is a little army, rising up one by one, under the great captain of our salvation, King Jesus, which though small is mighty through faith. But there is a possibility, and it is too frequently the case now-a-day, for an army to rise up, and appear to show itself opposed to Satan, but all the while is confederate with him in some hellish design, to lead the soul blindfolded to hell, with a form of godliness, but denying the power. Such a spirit as this is only discovered by the light of God's truth. The apostle Paul sets forth a true warfare in these words, |