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"His perorations are now abruptly fine.'-Page 229. Take the following as an example, from a Sermon that has been quoted in a preceding part of this work. And now, brethren,' emphatically exclaimed the preacher, before the Missionary Society, when I look round on this vast assembly, I behold as it were the camp of Israel, under the command of a greater than Joshua, carrying the ark of the covenant into the possession of the Gentiles. I behold the cloud of glory, rising in awful majesty over your heads. I behold the waving incense ascending from your altars, and entering into the holy of holies. I behold not the standard of the tribes of Israel, but the blood-stained banner of the cross unfurled. The weapons of your warfare are not carnal, yet like those of Joshua, mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds, casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, until your obedience be fulfilled, And all nations, kindreds, and tongues, bow down before the God of Israel: saying with one heart and one voice-The Lord he is God! The Lord he is God! Nay more, standing upon the eminence erected by the spirit of prophecy, visions of glory present themselves to view. I hear the song of the redeemed-Worthy is the lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by his blood, out of every kindred and tongue and nation and people, and hath made us kings and priests unto our God; and we shall reign on the earth. I hear the chorus of thousands of thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousands of angels→

Worthy is the lamb that was slain, to receive power and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. I hear the voice of every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, saying,-Blessing and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the lamb, for ever. And the four living creatures say, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fall down, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever. The Universe is his Temple, consecrated by his special presence, and bright with his glory! Amen. Amen. The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are answered.'

ROBERT WINTER, D. D.

ONLY read the deep and sad confessions of Toplady, and of Milner, touching this thing, remembered of omissions which they could not have supplied.'— Page 241.

'For the first four years after I was in orders, I dwelt chiefly on the general outlines of the Gospel, in the usual course of my public ministry. I preached of little else but of justification by faith, only, in the righteousness and atonement of Christ; and of that personal holiness without which no man shall see the Lord! My reasons for thus narrowing the Truths of God, were (with humility and repentance I desire to speak it,) these two: -First, I thought those points were sufficient to convey as clear an idea as was absolutely necessary of Salvation; and, secondly, I was partly afraid to go any further.' TOPLADY.

Now, those who know any thing of the ministerial character of this eminently distinguished Preacher of the Gospel, as some thousands still do, are satisfied that, before the close of his career, he saw the necessity of earnestly, distinctly, and unyieldingly contending for the faith once delivered to the saints;' and that he long did so contend for it, with all his ability and might. Speaking of the late Reverend Richard Cecil,

and in reference to this, Had Mr. Cecil,' observes the Editor of the Gospel Magazine, 'been enabled to have taken for his model, and to have trodden in the footsteps of, that valiant Man of God (Augustus Toplady) whom he succeeded in his first entrance on the ministry, he would not have been exposed to that darkness and uncertainty of his future felicity, as he had to undergo during the whole course of his ministry. He was always afraid to lean his whole weight upon the arm of Omnipotence, respecting his eternal concern, and cautioned his hearers from being presumptuous;' and hence, out of his numerous attendants, perhaps not ten of his congregation know in whom they have believed so as to say that God will preserve them, body and soul, blameless unto the Coming of the Lord Jesus! Such things are; and such things will always be, from a contracted view of the Covenant of Grace.'

Recording the death of Mr. Cecil, it is observed, notwithstanding, by the Gospel Magazine, that he was truly a man of exemplary goodness;' and one who also stood high in eminence. We have contemplated him,' officially considered, above thirty-two years, and knew him well; perhaps, none better. We looked upon him, during that period, with admiration, and the greatest respect for his excellencies. We loved him for his honesty, his firmness, and his integrity. He never aimed at little objects for he had a capacious soul. He scorned those paltry, pitiful tricks, so prevalent among public religious men, to obtain the evanid applause of the multitude. He passed through this world as a pilgrim and a stranger, seeking a better country! As a minister, he was indefatigable at his post.

He

formed a plan of preaching,' however, and he acted upon it, which in his conscience, we believe, he thought most useful to convey every necessary idea of the whole counsel of God; insomuch, that certain peculiar doctrines might be dispensed with. Herein, our readers may remember, we materially differed. Here, we made our stand; and (in conjunction with one of the most eminent Ministers then in the Church of England, now in Heaven,) we withstood him, openly, in the spirit of candour, of meekness, and of brotherly affection. We took for our motto- Amicus Socrates, amicus Plato, sed magis Amica Veritas!'

That Mr. Cecil, indeed, thought his plan of preaching most useful to convey every necessary idea of the whole counsel of God' is now rendered indisputable by the testimony of his Widow on the point. When he entered on his Ministry at St. John's,' says Mrs. Cecil, in her Memoir of him, he had a difficult and arduous path to tread. He had to preach to a People inimical to the Spirit of the Gospel, on the one hand; and to make his way through the Prejudices of the Religious part of his Auditory, on the other-who, not comprehending his aim, were ready to pronounce on his plan, as shunning to declare the whole counsel of God. Yet he was wisely following the example of his [Divine] Master, in delivering the truth, as they who heard were able to bear it; and thus forming a lodgment in their minds, and preparing them for the full display of the Doctrines of the Gospel.' 'Persons are often led to approve or disapprove from results, either as they are successful, or unsuccessful, rather than from abstract views: the result, in the instance of St. John's