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99 99 99 99 99          ,to ,miss ,k4   
and ,miss ,m4      ,dear ,friends1      
,grace and ,peace be with you3--,i      
received your kind present of the       
,bundle of ,pens1 and beg your          
acceptance of my thanks for the same2 ,i
  really stood in need them1 and ,i     
suppose you thought so by the badness   
of my writing1 or my reluctance in      
sending out more ,sermoms from the      
,press4  ,the ,pens were very good1 and 
,i hope to use them for the ,glory  of  
,god only1--whilst laying before me they
 led me to reflect on the  passage ,i   
selected for a ,text preached from on   
the following ,sunday  morning1 and ,i  
now send you the outlines of the        
,discourse4  ,this  ,sermon will no     
doubt meet with the same reception that 
others have2  some bless1 some curse1   
some believe the things that are spoken1

  and some believe not1 but to the great
 ,head of the ,church1 ,i humbly  commit
 my feeble attempt to shew forth his    
praise1 praying you may be  able to     
ascertain your personal interest in the 
,book of ,life1 where the  names of the 
elect are enrolled1 and remain1         
,your obliged ,servant in ,christ       
,jesus1                                 
,picture3 ,signature of ,j4 ,church     
,a ,sermon4                        ,,ii4
 ,,corinthians1 ,chap4 iii4  ,verses #b 
#c4        ,ye are our ,epistle written 
in our hearts1 known and read of all    
men4  ,for as much as ye are manifestly 
declared to be the ,epistle      of     
,christ ministered by us1 written1 not  
with ink1 but with the      spirit of   
the ,living ,god1--not in tables of     
stone1 but in fleshy      tables of the 
heart4    ,,the ,epistle out of which   
this ,text is selected1 was with the one
  proceeding it1 written to the ,church 
of ,jesus at ,corinth2 many of the      
,lord's elect people were in this place1

 and the ,apostle ,paul was sent  here  
to proclaim the glad tidings of         
salvation2 the ,lord was graciously     
with him1 and gave testimony to the word
 of his grace1 those who received  the  
truth1 being knit together in spirit1   
formed themselves into a body4  ,among  
them the ,apostle abode two years and   
then departed4  ,soon after his         
departure he heard of their dissentions2
 defections in doctrines and            
ordinances1 luxury1 intemperance1       
uncleanness1 and abuses of their        
religious liberties1 litigious law suits
 and irregularities in their  public    
assemblies1 he writes this ,epistle to  
correct them1 to warn1  instruct1 and   
direct in all important subjects4       
,false teachers made sad  work among    
them likewise2 endeavouring to set their
 minds against the  ,apostle to bring   
him into contempt that his ministry     
might lose its  efficacy1 and also to   
misrepresent his doctrine1 as tending to
  licentiousness1 whereas there was     

nothing but the violation of law and    
conscience1 the effect of their ministry
 and which is to be seen to this  day   
amongst most teachers of the law such as
 direct their hearers to the  law       
instead of ,jesus1 as the law           
fulfiller3--these in general are full of
  wrath1 bitterness1 pride1 and carnal  
enmity1 and though great advocates  for 
holiness and good works never perform   
any without making it well  known1 that 
they may have to plead in the last      
day3--8,lord1 ,lord1 have we  not done  
many wonderful works80  ,however the    
,apostle in this second  epistle        
triumphs1 that his ministry is a sweet  
savour to ,god2 to some it  would       
terminate in their present salvation1 to
 others add to their  condemnation for  
rejecting it4  ,then he levels his      
artillery at those  false apostles1 who 
had formed themselves into a body and   
gave letters of  recommendation to one  
another to the ,churches where they     
went1 they could  go no where without   

these letters4  ,but ,paul and every    
true ,apostle  needed not such          
recommendation4    8,do we begin again  
to commend ourselves to you1 or need we1
 as some  others1 epistles of           
commendation to you1 or letters of      
commendation from  you80  ,no1 ye are   
our epistles2 you were written on our   
hearts1 we  travailed in spirit for your
 conversion1 and all could see the      
change  made in you1 it was so clearly  
manifested to be the writing of ,christ1
  which we preach2 the impressions made 
on you could not be erased from the     
mind1 and which will be seen in the last
 great day4  ,so runs the ,text  which  
we will proceed to notice in the        
following order3 first1 the  writing2   
secondly1 the means2 thirdly1 its       
publicity3 8,ye are our  epistles       
written in our hearts1 known and read of
 all men40  ,we shall  first consider   
the writing4  ,first1 the writing3 ,our 
covenant1 ,god has  promised that he    
will write his laws on the hearts of his

 people2 that he  will write on them his
 new name and the city of ,god4  ,these 
blessings in  the heart are the writings
 he himself will own it is his own image
 and  the superscription to this image  
all the elect people of ,god are        
divinely  predestinated2 there never was
 but one image in which the great       
,jehovah  expressed his delight1 namely1
 8,behold1 my servant whom ,i uphold1   
mine  elect in whom my soul delighteth40
  ,this is the image and all others he  
will surely despise3 this image is the  
pattern model exemplar1 it is  ,christ's
 holy nature and as the elect head of   
his family1 possessing all  divine and  
human excellencies1 graces and          
qualifications2 these  excellencies     
shining in the human nature even in the 
seven-fold  operations of the holy      
spirit that was upon him1 this was the  
image in  which ,god made man3 8in the  
image of ,god made he man40  ,in this he
  delighted even from eternity1 for     
,adam was formed the shadow of him that 

was to come1 from this image ,adam fell1
 and to this we are brought again  by   
the renewing influences of the ,holy    
,ghost3 hence the ,apostle says1 we  all
 with open face beholding as in a glass1
 the glory of the ,lord are  changed    
into the same image1 this image the     
,apostle declares is wisdom1            
righteousness and true holiness1 it is  
an experimental knowledge of ,jesus  and
 a covenant ,god in him4  ,our dear     
,lord is called wisdom4  ,god made man  
and endued him with wisdom and we are   
made wise unto salvation1 through  faith
 in ,christ ,jesus1 this image is love2 
the ,saviour is love also2 ,adam  had   
it1 and it is shed abroad in our hearts 
by the ,holy ,ghost given to  us2 this  
image is righteousness3 this is another 
name our ,lord bears2 in  righteousness 
the first ,adam was created and our     
privilege is to know  that in the ,lord 
we have righteousness and strength2 this
 image is true  holiness1 it is the holy
 spirit that makes a man holy a spirit  

of light1  life and love1 this holy     
spirit breathed into ,adam the breath of
  life1--rested on the ,redeemer and    
takes up its abode in every believer's  
heart--all holiness besides this is     
false--this is writing on us1 this is   
stamping the image of ,jesus3 love to   
this image wherever we see it1          
evidences we are passed from death unto 
life2--this image which ,christ  bears1 
he stamped on the hearts of his         
,apostles2 the church being  converted  
through their ministry having this image
 communicated to their  souls1 are      
called their children1 for this the     
,apostles travailed in  spirit till     
,christ was formed in them the hope of  
glory4  ,second1 the  writing in my     
,text is not only the image of ,god1 but
 also the words of  truth which these   
men preached1--hence ,paul says in the  
,text1 this writing  was ministered by  
us1 these words are of ,divine          
,authority1 they were  first received of
 the ,father1 by the ,lord ,jesus in the

 everlasting  ,covenant2 during our     
,lord's ,ministry upon the earth they   
were applied to  the hearts of the      
,apostles2 hence the ,redeemer says1 in 
,john xvii4  8,i  have given them the   
words thou gavest me1 and they have     
believed thou  didst send me40  ,the    
,saviour received the ,father's ,mind   
and ,will  concerning the elect and     
their salvation2 this was written on his
 heart1  then copied off in the word1   
and afterwards wrote on the hearts of   
,god's  ,ministers1 and through them    
conveyed to the hearts of ,god's elect  
with  power3--the ,will of the ,father  
is made known to ,christ as             
,mediator1--the  ,saviour makes it known
 in his word by his spirit1 and         
ministers to ,god's  children4  ,thus it
 appears1 what is in ,christ's human    
nature1 is to be  found in all his      
people1 and what the ,father has made   
known to him1 he  has kindly revealed to
 us1--this appears the sense of the     
writing in the  ,text1 the love of ,god 

shed abroad in the heart1 and the word  
having an  abiding place in the soul1   
producing its glorious fruits to his    
honor2  these are the laws written      
within1 not on tables of stone1 which   
could  receive no lively impression1 but
 on the new hearts1 ,god has promised to
  give his people3--,i come secondly1 to
 shew the means1 8written by us40       
,those who receive the truth in the love
 of it are compared to epistles or      
letters wrote which contain the mind and
 will of ,god1 and it is evident  there 
must be pen1 paper1 and ink4  ,to this  
the ,apostle alludes2 here the  minister
 is compared to a pen1 to shew their    
meaness1 their entire  dependance1 and  
that they cannot act to any good purpose
 only as they are  led2 as pens1 they   
must be shaped1 formed1 cut on purpose1 
simple means1  yet accomplishing great  
ends1 no merit due1 yet useful1         
pleasant1 and  prized as it suits the   
purpose1 hard or soft1 giving broad or  
fine  strokes1 often wants nibbing or   

mending1 used to write on various       
subjects1 charges1 sentences1           
consolations1 love1 promises1 and       
pardons3--this is a fit emblem of the   
ministers of the gospel in their        
different gifts1 as called and qualified
 by the ,great ,head of the church4     
,some of the most simple1 mean1 and     
obscure characters have been employed   
in this service of ,jesus in the great  
work of the ministry4  ,elisha1 from    
following the plough1 ,david1 the sheep1
 and ,amos from the herds1 ,peter1  and 
the other ,apostles from their          
fishing-boats1 ,john ,bunyan from       
mending  kettles1 and ,william          
,huntington from the coal barge3 and    
,paul declares  that ,god has chosen the
 base things to confound the wise1 that 
no flesh  should glory in his presence4 
,such ministers are cut and formed for  
the  work2 cut also from the from of    
,godliness1 from fleshly confidences1   
from  dependance1 or any thing short of 
the ,almighty minister in the ,church4  

,by trials1 by divine light1 life and   
love1 by knowledge and wisdom they  are 
formed and furnished in heart1 head1 and
 tongue4  ,hence ,paul says1  ,god has  
made us ministers of the ,new           
,testament1 and spiritual counsel in    
the heart of such men1 is as deep water1
 and men of understanding shall  draw it
 out4  ,this makes their tongue like the
 pen of a ready writer1  whilst their   
hearts teach their mouths and adds      
learning to their lips2  by such means  
the spirit has accomplished the external
 designs of  ,jehovah1 in bringing souls
 to the knowledge of a dear ,saviour2   
hence the  ,prophet predicts the        
glorious effects of converting grace3   
they shall  beat their swords into      
plough-shares1 and their spears into    
pruning  hooks2--this may be seen in    
,paul1 and many others who have been    
persecutors1 whose hearts and tongues   
have been afterwards used in  turning up
 the ground of sinner's hearts1 and     
employed in ,god's vintage4  ,no merit  

is due to the greatest preacher in the  
world1 for he is nothing  but as he is  
made1 used and guided any more than a   
pen2 hence the  acknowledgement of one  
minister1 for all ,i laboured more      
abundantly than  they all1 yet not ,i   
but the grace ,god2 we must speak as the
 spirit of ,god  gives us utterance1 and
 as we are led into the truths of ,god's
 most holy  word1 nor can we go but as  
we are led2--whence the promise1 he     
shall guide  you into all truths2 all   
means must be used by the minister2 it  
is the  spirit alone can bless in public
 and private2 ,god giveth the increase1 
as  pens differ1 so do the ministers of 
,god in their knowledge and ability1    
having different gifts1 some give broad1
 others fine strokes1 some cry an  alarm
 in ,god's holy mountains1 others speak 
more comfortably4  8,he that  believeth 
not shall be damned10 8except a man be  
born again he cannot  enter into the    
kingdom of ,god30 these are broad       
strokes indeed2 others  are commanded to

 cry unto her that her iniquity is      
pardoned1 to shew the  richess of grace 
and mercy in the salvation of the soul1 
the covenant  love1 ancient counsels1   
the glorious end of the law1 and the    
unspeakable  efficacy of the blood of   
the lamb3--some are capacitated to      
explain  mysterious passages in the     
word2 mysterious experience of grace and
  providence2 such are sons of          
consolation1 all these worketh that one1
 and  the self-same spirit that divideth
 to every man severally as he will4  ,as
  pens1 we often want mending1 we are   
apt to get dull when ,god is pleased  to
 cut us1 that we may be the more useful 
to others2 if we are afflicted1  it is  
for your consolation2 this appears hard 
to us1--but faith bows with  adoring    
submission1 when the head fall into the 
water4  ,the ,prophet cut  down a stick 
and cast it into the water also1 which  
brought it up again2  so the ,lord      
appoints that his ministers should dive 
deep into  tribulations to bring out his

 dear elect people4  ,these pens are    
used to  write charges and sentences4   
,so ,peter charged the blood of ,christ 
to the  consciences of his hearers2 and 
,paul declares if the ,gospel be hid1 be
 it  hid to them that are lost4  ,the   
,saviour said whatsoever they bind on   
earth should be bound in heaven4  ,pens 
are used to write on subjects of        
consolation1 pardons1 and promises1 and 
these glad tidings we are to  proclaim  
to the broken and contrite hearts of    
,god's people2 these must be  held in   
his hands and used at his pleasure to   
accomplish his good will of  purpose and
 promise4  ,these must in time be wore  
out and laid aside1  affecting thought1 
yet glorious prospect4  ,your ,fathers1 
where are they1  and do the ,prophets   
live for ever8  ,death worketh in us1   
but life in you1  as candles that waste 
away their bodies in giving light to    
others4  ,this  the ,prophet saw in the 
vision of ,cherubims1 when they stood   
they let down  their wings4  ,i have    

often admired the wisdom of ,god in the 
qualifications of his dear ministers4   
,let not one minister envy1 oppose  or  
speak against another1 every one will   
and must do his own work2 they  can     
never do the work of another4  ,here ,i 
must introduce a beautiful  though      
simple1 yet just and candid remark of   
,mr4 ,huntington1 in his book  called   
the ,qualifications of a ,minister1 page
 #caf4  8,the ,lord's army in  ,london  
is marshalled in three ranks2 there are 
some professing nobility  and gentry2   
these being learned1 ,god sends         
gentlemen of eminent learning  to preach
 to them3--the second rank consists     
chiefly of mechanics of good  education1
 and ,god sends mechanics to preach to  
them3 the third  battallion consists of 
servants1 journeyman1 a great number of 
old chair  women1 together with some    
scavengers1 lamp-lighters1 and hod-men40
  ,now1  you and ,i must be standard    
bearers to this battallion of light     
infantry1  and we are protected by the  

same laws1 fight under the same banner1 
and  are no less beloved of the same    
king2 our temporal pay may be less1 put 
perhaps our spiritual pay is more4  8,ye
 are our epistle written on our         
hearts10 the paper on which these things
 are written4  ,christ and his  word are
 the writing2 the ,apostle says it is   
the heart2 ,i will write my  laws on    
their hearts2--hence the prayer1 ,lord  
have mercy upon us and write  all these 
thy laws on our hearts we beseech thee8 
,the first law wrote on  the heart is   
the moral law2 this is sent home to shew
 us our sin and  danger1 to point out   
our state1 and make us feel our guilt4  
,by the law  is the knowledge of sin2 ,i
 had not known it but for the law2 under
 this  tuition we are1 till ,jesus      
proclaims liberty from its curse and    
bondage1  then we are at liberty to     
serve him as sons and not as slaves1 in 
imputed  righteousness1 in the spirit of
 holiness and in filial fear4  ,this is 
the  design of the liberty of the       

,gospel3 ,christ formed in the          
heart--faith  wrought1 there embracing  
the atonement1 purifying the conscience1
 whilst  a good hope through grace leads
 and animates us with the purity of mind
  and conduct2 this is the writing on   
the heart1 not merely in the head or    
outward conduct4  ,a man may have clear 
notions and a moral conduct1 and  yet   
nothing of this writing on the heart1   
because destitute of the new  heart     
itself4  ,this new heart are the        
faculties of the soul under the  divine 
influence of the holy spirit4  ,this is 
the paper or parchment2 the             
understanding is enlightened1 the will  
bent on ,god-ward1 the affections  led  
to ,jesus1 the thoughts occupied about  
divine things1 and the  conscience      
renewed quickened and made tender4  ,on 
this heart these  impressions are made  
for ever1 the ink used1 is the gracious 
influence of  the spirit2--not literal  
ink1 or the ink of human eloquence1 nor 
merely  moving the passions or affecting

 the body2 but1 the sacred powerful     
workings of the ,holy ,ghost2 hence the 
,apostle calls it the demonstration  of 
the spirit2 the ,saviour calls it       
shewing the things that are his3 this   
is done in such power as proves it the  
work of ,god4  ,all other religion  but 
that which is attended with this power  
will fall to nothing like the  lamps of 
the foolish virgins4  ,this accounts for
 the apostacy of many who  have run well
 for a time and then stopped for ever2  
what the spirit wrote  on us can never  
be broken1 or washed off1 or erased1 it 
may at times be  hid from the possessor 
and from others1 but it will be seen    
again when  the ,saviour shines1 for it 
is in his light we are light2 the hand  
that  begun this letter will also finish
 it3 hence the ,apostle says1 he was    
confident1 that he who had begun the    
good work would finish it4  ,our        
spiritual ,zerubabel whose hands begun  
to build1 his hands will also  finish   
it4  ,god's yea and amen in the eternal 

covenant is manifested in  the hearts of
 all ,god's elect people3 hence he      
says2--yea1 ,i have loved  thee2 this   
shed abroad in the heart is the spirit's
 amen2 the believer is  thus fitted for 
glory by a principle of love to and     
delight in ,god1  ,father1 ,son and     
,spirit4  ,this letter must be sealed2  
the seal upon this  letter is the secret
 yet assuring influences of the spirit3 
hence the  ,apostle says1 after that ye 
believed ye were sealed with the holy   
spirit  of promise2 the church is called
 a fountain sealed1 and ,god seals his  
law1 his new covenant blessings2 #ast   
among his disciples2 this sealing is    
intended to shew that what passes       
between ,god and the soul is kept a     
secret from others3--#bnd4 the security 
of these blessings1 none can rob us  of 
them1 they are secured to us3--#crd the 
assurance of interest in these  mercies2
 this secret of the ,lord is with them  
that fear him1 and he will  shew them   
his covenant the work of ,god on the    

heart1 agreeing with the  word1 the     
spirit blesses us with a holy confidence
 that our experience is  genuine1 that  
,jesus is ours1 and we are his1 that we 
are interested in  the promises of a    
faithful ,god1 and we believe and are   
sure1 that when  he shall appear1 we    
shall be like him1 for we shall see him 
as he is4  ,this is the seal1 the       
secret1 the hidden1 the deep the sure   
things of  ,god2 this makes known to us 
his love1 it is his own mark1--his own  
seal1--our security from the vengeance  
of the ,almighty1 when his  desolating  
judgment go through the land1--our      
security from eternal death1  and       
secures our redemption from the grave4  
,grieve not1 the holy spirit  whereby ye
 are sealed unto the day of             
redemption2--truly dreadful and         
presumptuous1 are those who attempt to  
imitate this seal of the spirit2        
particularly a certain pretended        
,prophetess who attempts to seal those  
who embrace her lies1 by writing certain

 words1 and assuring her deluded        
followers they are to be made heirs of  
,god1 and joint-heirs of ,christ2       
whereas the ,lord's elect ,have been    
made so from all eternity1 and it is    
the blessed work of the holy spirit to  
assure the conscience of its  eternal   
security in ,christ4--,not written on a 
piece of paper which may be  lost1      
stolen1 worn out1 or burnt1 but the seal
 of the spirit will stand  for ever4    
8,when the last fire burns all things   
here1      ,these letters shall securely
 stand1      ,and in the ,lamb's fair   
book appear1      ,wrote by the ,eternal
 ,father's hand40    ,we notice the     
direction on it1 to our ,lord ,jesus    
,christ1 the ,covenant  ,elect ,head1   
the ,redeemer and ,saviour of poor lost 
sinners1 whose ,i am by  gift1 by       
purchase1 by power1 by conquest1 and    
dedication1 first presented  to him by  
the adorable ,father in the counsels of 
peace2 then by the  eternal spirit at my
 conversion1 and having his image       

written on my soul4  ,i am directed to  
him as my owner1 my portion1 my master1 
my eternal  all1--from him ,i derived my
 spiritual life2 to him ,i am devoted1  
,i am his  sole property and shall be to
 him a praise1 a glory and honour       
according  as he purposed from all      
eternity that ,i should be to the praise
 and glory  of his own grace1 formed for
 himself1 to shew forth his praise1 this
 is  the direction written by the       
spirit1 and as the soul now rises often 
to  him in sweet affection1 so it will  
at death1 when the writing is  finished1
 and to all eternity rivers of love1    
joy1 and satisfaction will  flow from   
him to his dear elect1 so it will       
sweetly return to him again4            
8,the place from whence the rivers flow1
      ,thither they return again40      
,those who will carry these letters home
 and deliver them to whom they are      
directed1 are doubtless the elect       
angels1--these attend the church of ,god
  individually from the moment of their 

birth1 till their glorification4  ,the  
promise of the ,father to ,jesus1 as the
 head belongs to the body1 he  shall    
give his angels charge concerning thee  
to keep thee in all thy  ways4  ,at our 
conversion they rejoice1--on the        
ministry of the gospel they             
attend1--round the dying beds of ,god's 
people they wait1--till they perform    
the last act of friendship to their     
souls1 by conducting them through  into 
the hands and glory of their ,lord4     
8,it came to pass the beggar died  and  
was carried by angels into ,abraham's   
,bosom40  ,they will doubtless be       
employed in the resurrection of the     
body1 hence the command1 8gather the    
wheat into my barns40        8,they     
leave the dust1 and on the wing1        
,rise to the middle air2      ,in       
shining garments meet their ,king1      
,and now adore him there4      ,o may my
 humble spirit stand1      ,amongst them
 cloth'd in white2      ,the meanest    
place at his right hand1      ,is       

infinite delight40    ,third4  ,its     
publicity1--known and read of all men4  
,ye who have been  called out of        
darkness into marvellous light by our   
ministry1 and show  forth his praises   
who has called you by a separation from 
the world1 by a  change of principle and
 practice4  ,you have been observed1 and
 thousands  have seen the change1 and   
wondered at the cause2 they knew what   
you once  were2 they see what you now   
are2 they gaze1 they are astonished1 and
  obliged to acknowledge the            
change2--many hate it1 though they      
cannot but  own it is the finger of     
,god4  ,the ,deist ridicules this work  
as  enthusiasm2--the ,libertine as mere 
bigotry2--he learned consider it as     
foolishness2--the ,pharisee considers   
the principles which produce these      
effects as antinomian1 though they have 
produced such glorious  consequences and
 it is very remarkable that in all ages 
the great work of  the ,holy ,ghost has 
been the subject of ridicule of its     

professed  votaries4  ,and even in the  
present day some have called it mental  
intoxication4  ,but this work upon the  
soul produces in its happy  possessor   
the faith of ,god's elect2 a good hope  
through grace1--fervent  love to        
,god1--unfeigned humility and gospel    
charity or love to the  household of    
faith1--it reclaims it converts1--it    
turns a man's feet to  ,god's           
testimonies enables him to deal justly  
with ,god1 by making use of  the work of
 ,christ1--to deal justly with man in   
all his outward actions1  and whilst his
 faith receives the ,saviour's obedience
 as the end of the  law1 he loves that  
law of ,ten commandments after the      
inward man1 7for by  faith1 love and    
obedience in the spirit every law of    
,god is fulfilled in  him71 and by him  
receiving the atonement in his          
conscience1 the  ceremonial law is      
fulfilled in its design1 embracing the  
obedience of  ,christ1 the moral law is 
fulfilled in him2 the laws of faith1    

love1  liberty1 kindness and peace are  
all manifested to him1 and he loves them
  all4  ,great peace are they which love
 thy law1 and nothing shall offend      
them4  ,he feels himself bound by the   
law of love to walk in all holy         
obedience to the laws of ,christ1 even  
the preceptive parts of the ,new        
,testament2 thus he loves and obeys     
every law of ,god1 nor is he1 nor can   
he be against one law of ,god that is   
revealed in ,god's most holy word4      
,this is the doctrine ,paul preached1   
and these are the sentiments ,god has   
been pleased to reveal to my soul1 and  
enabled me to preach constantly  and    
faithfully1 and this every real believer
 must confess1 that ever  heard me      
unprejudiced3 does not this give the lye
 to all those preachers  in ,town and   
,country who have falsely reported that 
,i am an antinomian in  principle1 and  
are continually maintaining antinomian  
sentiments2 but ,i  bless ,god none can 
prove me an antinomian1 either in       

principle or  practice2 but it is a     
lamentable truth constantly seen1 viz4  
that those  who belie a man's           
principles1 will not scruple to belie a 
man's practice4  ,mark this ye enemies  
in black2 perhaps ,god has enable me to 
perform as  many1 and more good works1  
than those who oppose me1 though they   
talk  more about them than ,i do4  ,mr4 
,evans in his ,sketch of all            
,denominations  has given us an account 
of the sect called antinomians2 but let 
any  impartial ,christian read that     
account and the above description of a  
believer1 and then charge me with       
antinomianism if they dare4  ,the best  
description ,i ever read of an          
antinomian1 was written by the late ,mr4
  ,huntington1 in his ,sermon3--8,moses 
unveiled in the face of ,christ20 which 
was afterwards printed in that best of  
,periodical ,publications1 the  ,gospel 
,magazine1 for the ,month of ,november  
#agih1 and which ,i take the  liberty to
 present to my readers4        ,a       

,description of an ,antinomian4         
,a real ,antinomian in the sight of     
,god1 is one who holds the truth in     
unrighteousness1 who has ,gospel notions
 in his head but no grace in      his   
heart3 he is one that makes a profession
 of ,christ ,jesus1 but was      never  
purged by his blood1 renewed by his     
spirit1 nor saved by his      power4    
,with him carnal ease passes for ,gospel
 peace2 a natural      assent of the    
mind for faith2 insensibility for       
liberty2 and      daring presumption for
 the grace of assurance4  ,he is alive  
without the law1 the sentence of the    
moral law having never been      sent   
home to him4  ,the law of faith was     
never sealed on him2      the law of    
truth was never received by him2 nor the
 law of      liberty proclaimed to      
him4--,he was never arraigned at1 nor   
taken      from1 the throne of          
judgment--,he was never justified at the
      throne of grace1 nor acquitted at 
the bar of equity4--,the      tremendous

 attribute of righteousness was never   
seen or felt by      him2 the           
righteousness of the law was never      
fulfilled in him2 the      righteousness
 of the law was never fulfilled by him2 
the      righteousness of faith was     
never imputed to him2 nor the fruits    
of righteousness brought forth by him4  
,he is an enemy to the power      of    
,god1 to the experience of the just and 
to every minister of the      spirit2   
and is in union with none but           
hypocrites1 whose uniting ties      are 
the gall of bitterness and the bonds of 
iniquity4  ,he is one      that often   
changes his opinions1 but was never     
changed in heart2 he      turns to many 
sects and parties1 but never turns to   
,god4  ,in word he      is false to     
,satan1 in heart he is false to ,god3   
false to ,satan by      uttering truth1 
and false to ,god by a false profession4
  ,he is a      false reprover in the   
world1 and in the household of faith a  
false      brother4  ,he is a child of  

,satan in the congregation of           
dissemblers1      and a bastard in the  
congregation of the righteous4  ,by     
mouth he      contends for a covenant   
that cannot save him1 and in heart he   
hates      the covenant that can4  ,his 
head is at mount ,calvary1 his heart and
      soul at mount ,sinia4  ,he is a   
pharisee at ,horeb1 and a hypocrite in  
,zion2 he is a transgressor of the law  
of works1 and a rebel to the      law of
 faith2 a sinner by the ministry of the 
letter1 and an      unbeliever by the   
ministry of the spirit4  ,as a wicked   
servant he      is cursed by the eternal
 law2 and as an infidel he is damned    
by the everlasting gospel3 and this is a
 real antinomian in the sight      of   
,god4    8,the ,apostle of old was      
charged with saying let us do evil that 
good may  come30 this he calls a        
slanderous report invented and          
circulated by those  preachers and      
people who are all zealous for that law 
which forbids their  lies4  8,thou shalt

 not bear false witness against thy     
neighbour40  ,i  thought it necessary to
 discuss this point1 to contradict the  
fiery  flying serpents of infamous lies1
 that many holy kind of people have     
industriously circulated with great     
care1 pains1 and expence2 is not the    
accusation of worldly men1 which they   
bring against professors too true8  they
 will not swear it is true1 but they    
will lie4  ,the doctrines the  ,lord has
 taught me he has blessed with power to 
many souls2 the change  has been seen1  
nor could it be denied they have been   
read of others4  ,the  world has seen   
the glorious effects of sovereign grace2
 the church has  admired and blessed    
,god for it2 angels have united in the  
joy4  ,these  letters have been read by 
ministers who have been obliged to      
acknowledge  them genuine1 even the     
writing of ,god's ,spirit2 and in fact1 
none can  read the hand writing on the  
wall of the heart1 but spiritual        
,daniels2  others see the effect only in

 the outward conduct1 but these see the 
work  itself4        8,great is the     
work1 my neighbours cried1      ,and    
owned the power divine1      ,great is  
the work1 my heart replied1      ,but be
 the glory thine40    ,these letters    
will be read1 in the last great         
day2--they will appear in  his          
image2--awake up in his likeness1 and be
 satisfied with his smiles4  ,the image 
in which the person dies1 he will rise  
in at the last great  day1--whether the 
image of ,god or ,satan2 thousands will 
rise in the image  of the devil1 just as
 they died in a state of enmity against 
the ,most  ,high ,god2--these are the   
rest of the dead that lived not again   
till the  thousand years are expired1   
then ,satan and all the wicked will be  
released from their prison2 come upon   
the breadth of the earth2--compass  the 
beloved city1 and foolishly suppose they
 can take possession of it4  ,satan who 
begun this work by deceiving1 will end  
it in deceiving1 and  this will be the  

last act of his deception2 the image of 
the devil will  be found on all his     
children2 an image ,god hates1 will     
reject and punish  but those who bear   
the image of the heavenly ,adam2 those  
who love this  image1 will be seen1     
known1 and acknowledged2--the adorable  
,father will  acknowledge the object of 
his choice1 the ,saviour2--the purchase 
of his  own blood1 the holy spirit2--the
 work of his own hand1 the ministers of 
the gospel will see and rejoice in the  
characters they were useful to1  the    
whole election of grace will be received
 with the joyful welcome1  8,come ye    
blessed20 the ungodly will see them     
exalted1 and be obliged to  say1 8,oh we
 fools30--counted their life madness1   
and their end without  honour4  ,but now
 they are numbered with the saints1 and 
their lot is with  the children of ,god2
 thus they will be known and read of all
 men4  ,amen4                           
99 99 99 99 99    ,,finis4              
99 99 99 99 99          ,,postscript4   

,,the ,author begs leave inform the     
,religious ,public1 that he is happy he 
has an opportunity of contradicting the 
7,ipswich tidings7 lately  published in 
a scurrilous ,pamphlet3 as three        
respectable persons waited  on the      
,accuser1 and he promptly denied what   
had been published and  widely          
insinuated4  ,shortly after1 three other
 ,gentlemen went to  ,ipswich1 but could
 not see him1 only1 they were allowed to
 converse  with him1 through the medium 
of his ,father1 who shewed him what had 
been printed2 and his last confession   
before the three last witnesses3  when  
he ,,declared that he knew nothing of   
the ,,former1 but that his  ,,last      
confession was the ,,truth4  ,the       
,author laments that his former  friends
 should be so imposed upon1--that so    
much discord1 and a  separation should  
take place1 through artful and malicious
 characters1  merely to gain an end4    
,but such have their reward4  ,likewise 
it is  necessary to declare1 that the   

,gentlemen1 before whom the former      
confession was made1 were not the       
authors of that confession1 as has  been
 most grossly insinuated in the town    
where they reside4  ,and as to  an      
investigation1 law-suits1 and clearing  
up of characters1 the  accused has no   
objection to this1 upon condition that  
every one of his  opponents will first  
set him the ,,example1 but till then1 he
 shall  certainly take the sacred       
scriptures for his rule of conduct1 and 
pray  for more of that charity which    
endureth all things4                    
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