CONTENTS. Afiction, a Letter on (rev. James Hervey), lvi. 371. Apocrypha: a Dialogue on (rev. K. Trimmer), XXXV. 40. Athanasian Creed, liii. 323. Bethlehem (Rae Wilson), xxxix. 108. Bible God's Word (rev. H. N. Beaver), xlv. 196. II. Taxgatherers (Morier), l. 285. Blosset, Sir R. H., chief-justice of Bengal, xxxvii. 68. Chillingworth, rev. W. chancellor of Sarum, xxxviii. 84: con- Cowper, William, bishop of Galloway, xlv. 198. Douglas, John, bishop of Salisbury, lvi. 375. Featley, Dr. Daniel, xlviii. 246. Frith, John, xli. 133 : concluded, xlii. 146. XXXV. 37. Neile, rev. John, B.D., xxxiv. 19. Peterson, William, D.D. dean of Exeter, xxxvi. 51. Sandford, Daniel, D.D. bishop of Edinburgh, liii. 324. Symeon, bishop of Jerusalem (rev. R. W. Evans), liv. 342: British Church, History of: the Reformation, xl. 117: ditto, Re- formation to the Restoration, xlv. 193: ditto, Restoration to sign of Preaching, xxxvi. 63; Completeness of Scripture, xxxix. 111. Dodsworth, rev. W., the Resurrection and the East, rev. J., Spiritual Growth, iii. 320. xlviii. 255. Horne, bishop, Boasted Independence, xxxviii. 95. Horne, rev. T. II., Revelation, lv, 367. Ignatius, St., Faith and Love, lvi. 383. Jebb, bishop, the Christian Warfare, xxxvii. 79; the Preaching of a Minister of Christ, xli. 143; True Devotion, xlix. 271. Jerram, Rev. C., the Burial Service, xlii. 159. Johnson, T., Faith, xlv. 207. Knox, A., Esq., Christ Crucified, xxxiv. 31; the Services of Latimer, bishop, Office of the Ministry, xxxv. 47; Commission of Preacher3, xlii. 159 ; Prayer, xliv. 191 ; the Fathers, xlii. 158. Leighton, archbishop, Riches, liii. 335. Mackenzie, Miss M. J., Ingratitude, xlvi. 223 ; Wealth, xlvii. 239. Marsden, rev. J. B., Love to God, xlvii. 239; Christ's Kingdom, xlix. 271; the Second Advent, liii. 334. Mason, rev. J., To-day, liii. 335. Mede, rev. Joseph, Peace and Joy, xl. 127 ; True Belies, xlvi. 223. More, Mrs. H., the Patient Newton, rev. John, Sin, 1. 287; Temptation, liii. 335. Noel, hon, and rev. G. T., Salvation, xliii. 175. Paley, archdeacon, Falsehood, xliv. 191; Nature viewed with reference to God, liv. 351; Prayer, lvi. 383. Pascal, Fear, lii. 319. Pearson, rev. J. N., Christian Principles, l. 287. Poole, rev. G. A., Memory vivid at the Day of Judgment, Xxxv. 47. Porteus, bishop, Humility, xxxiii. 15. Quarles, Francis, Charity, xlv. 207; Lawful Actions, I. 287; Charity, liii. 335; Wisdom and Innocence, lv. 367. Reynolds, bishop, Judgments, 1. 287. Richmond, rev. L., Per- sonal Application of Scripture, xxxvii. 79 ; Romaine, rev. W. Independence, xlv. 207. Sandford, Mrs. John, Religious Gossip, xlvi. 223; learenly Joys, xli. 143. Scougal, rev. H., the Lord's Supper, xliii. 175. Secker, abp., Use of Means, lvii. 399. Sherlock, bishop, Worldly Prosperity, liii. 335. Shuttleworth, rev. Dr., Saving Faith, xli. 143. Simeon, rev. C., Affliction, xliv. 191. Skel- ton, rev. P., Principles, xlv. 207. South, Dr. Robert, Prayer, xxxvi. 63. Southey, Robert, Esq., Feeling, liii. 334. Stewart, rev. J. H., Baptism, xlviii. 254. Stillingfieet, bishop, Apos- tolical Succession, xlvi. 223. Sumner, bishop J. B., the Gospel Man's Guide, xlv. 207; Persecution, l. 287, Taylor, bishop Jeremy, Slander, xxxviii. 95; Prayer, xl. 127; Diligence, xlvii. 239; the Wise Merchant, xliv. 271; the Lord's-Day, liii. 335; Converse with God, lv. 367; Prayer, lvii. 399. Tertullian, Human Wisdom, liii. 335. Townson, rev. T., Self-denial, liii. 335. Van Mildert, bishop, Mystery, xl. 127. Pride, lii. 319; Pharisaism, liv. 351, Watson, bishop, Di- ginnings of Sin, lii. 319. Wilson, bishop Daniel, Regenera- tion, xxxix. 111. Young, dean, Self-esteem, liv. 362. CABINET:-- Select Theological Extracts from the following Ambrose, St., Tears, xliv. 191. Anderson, rev. Robert, the Prayers of the Church, xlvii. 239. Andrews, bishop Lancelot, the Saviour's Passion, lvi. 283. Barrow, Dr. Isaac, Power of the Holy Spirit, xxxiv. 31; the Comfort of the Holy Ghost, liii. 334. Basil, St., Charity, lvii. 399. Beachcroft, rev. R. P., Joys of a Religious Life, xl. 126. Benson, rev. C., the Lord's Day, xxxix. 111. Beres- ford, archbishop, Religious Education, xliv. 191. Bowdler, J. Esq., Trust in God, xxxviii. 95; Happiness of the Chris- tian, xl. 127. Boyle, hon. Robert, the Bible, lvii. 399. Bradley, rev. Charles, Test of a Ministry, xxxiii. 15; Spi- ritual Mind, xxxiv. 31; Danger of the Ark, xxxvi. 62; Pre- paring Christ's Way, xxxviii. 95; Forgiveness, x). 126. Butler, bishop, the Gospel a Trust, liii. 334. Chrysostom, St., Prayer, liv. 351. Clement, St., Love, lv. 367. Coverdale, bishop, the Scriptures, xlvi. 223; Knowledge Growth in Grace, xliii. 175. Dehon, bishop, the Destroyer of Death, xxxiii. 15; the De- Chapel-rates and Church-rates, xlvi. 210. Grey, Esq.), xl. 116. 1. 285; Whit-Sunday, li. 301; Trinity-Sunday, lii. 327. Conversion of Modern Infidels, No. II. Dr. Bateman, xxxix. 90. Liturgical Hints — (continued). No. IX. Septuagesima Sunday, xxxv. 46. X. Sexagesima Sunday, xxxvi, 62. XI. Quinquagesima Sunday, Ash-Wednesday, xxxvii. XII. First Sunday in Lent, xxxviii. 93. XIII. Second ditto, xxxix. 10. XVII. Sunday next before Easter, Good-Friday, xliii. 173. XIX. First Sunday after Easter, xlv. 206. XXII. Fourth ditto, xlviii. 253. XXIII. Pifth ditto, xlix. 270. XXIV, Sunday after Ascension, I. 285. XXVI. Trinity Sunday, lii. 317. XXVII. First Sunday after Trinity, liii. 333. XXVIII. Second ditto, liv. 349. XXX. Fourth ditto, lvi. 382. XXXI. Fifth ditto, lvii. 397. B.D.), iv. 355; and lvi. 374. Devout Man, the (bishop Hall), xxxviii. 91. (by the rev. Robert Eden, M.A., Camberwell), xxxiii. I. Address to Servants, xxxvi. 49. M.A., vicar of Deane), xxxix. 97. M.A., Hartley), xliii. 161. xlvi. 209. xlviii. 241. Bowman, M.A., Deane), xlix. 257. li. 289. a Spirit of Covetousness (by the rev. Edward Scobell, M.A.). liv. 337. The same (concluded), lv. 353. Consistency of Conduct, a Test of Christian Character (by the rev. John Ayre, M.A.), lvi. 369. tament, xli. 140. Forms of Prayer: a Dialogue on, lvii. 387. Gipsies in Russia and Spain, xxxvi. 54. George the Third, Reign of (Miss H, More), xli. 142. Many are called, but few chosen (bishop Latimer), xlviii. 244. Martyrs' Field, at Canterbury, lvi. 372. Memoir of a Faithful Servant, xxxyiii. 86; and xl. 114. Aqueducts, xlix. 272. Beveridge, bishop (Swartz), xliji. 176; Bible, Division of, into Chapters and Verses (Prideaux), xxxvi. 64; Birds, Migration of (Richardson), xliii. 176; Burning Bush (rey, G, Towns- Charities of London, xxxviii. 96; Christian Equanimity (War- wick), xlvii. 240; Collects, Antiquity of (Palmer), lvi. 384 ; Constantine (Jortin), liv. 352; Convents in Hanover, xxxiv. 32; Cumberland (bishop), xly. 208, Ditton, Humphrey, Esq. (rev. T. Sims), xl. 128; Domestic Chaplains (Herbert), xxxiv. 32; Drunkenness (Sir M. Hale), Eastern Houses, xliv. 192; Education (rev. C. Jerram), xlv. 208; Existence of God (Dr. Buckland), xlviii, 256. Faith, lii. 320; French Revolution, Ivi. 384, Galen, Anecdote of (Valpy), lvii. 400; Gipsies, Reformation of, lv. 368; Good Intentions, 1. 288; Good Works (bishop Lati- Esq.), xlvii, 240. 208; Hacket, bishop, xliv. 192; Hall's, bishop, Practice in xliii. 176; Howard's Intrepidity, xliv. 192, Davison), l. 288. and Israel (Rev, J. Davison), xlviii. 256; Justification by Faith (Dr. Redman), xxxvii. 80. 48; ditto (Pearson), xxxix. 112. 400; Make His Paths straight, xlvi, 224; Manna (Burck- hardt), xl. 128. Fitzroy), xxxix. 112; Non-existence of Matter (Hawkins), wegian Clergy (Laing), ly. 368. Prosperity (bishop Horne), xlviii. 256. Infant Baptism (rev. C, Jerram), xli. 130. II. Persecutions at its Institution, xlvii. 231. MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS-(continued). 80; Reflection (S. T. Coleridge), xl. 128; Religious Educa- W. Hull), xli, 144; Rocks, xliv. 192. Scotland, Religious state of in 1544, liii. 336; Scottish Episco- pacy (Adams), xlii. 160; Soldier, Anecdote of a, xxxvi. 64; Spiritual Food, xlii. 160; Superstition, xxxiii. 16; Swedish Church (W. R. Wilson, Esq.), xlvii. 240. xlix, 272; Truth is Power (rev, R. Daly), lvii. 40; Tyre seful Hints, xxxviii. 96, Missionary Exertions in Canada, xxxvii. 75. Money, W. Taylor, Esq.--Observance of the Lord's Day, l. 274. National Church and Clergy, Value of (Quarterly Review), alii. 156. Nazareth, description of, xlvi. 211. Nineveh, description of, liv. 350. Parting Advice to a Young Friend (J. Thornton, Esq.), liv. 348. Passage in the Life of a Country Curate, lvii, 396. Passion Week at Valetta, xliii, 165. Passover, Feast of, xliv. 180. Pentecost, Peast of, li. 303. Persian Entertainments (Morier), xxxviii. 92. Phraseologists (Mrs. H. More), liv. 347. Plurality of Persons in the Godhead, xliv. 184. POETRY:- Address to the New Year (a Layman), xxxiii. 16. Amiction (Herbert), xlii. 160. Ascension (Mrs. West), 1. 287. Ascension (Rev. J. East), li. 304. At the Communion-Table (bishop Heber), liii. 335. Canticles, chap. ii. (John Norris), xl. 128. Christ the Purifier (Montgomery), xxxvii. 80. Christians encouraged (Moravian), xlvii. 240. Confirmation (Edmeston), Ivii. 399. Epitaph in Boninghall Churchyard, xlviii. 255. Epiphany, for the (bishop Jeremy Taylor), xxxiv, 31. Evening (rev. G. Croly), lv. 367. Evening (Thomas Platman), xxxix. 111. Execution of a Murderer (rev. T. E. Hankinson), lvi. 383. Funeral Hymn (G. B.), xl. 127. Good Friday (Keble), xliii. 175. Heaven (bishop Jeremy Taylor), xxxvi. 64. Heavenly Jerusalem (G. B.), xxxviii. 96. Hour of Peace (Gisborne), lv. 368. Humility (Montgomery), xxxv. 47. Hymn (H. C.), x). 128. Lines on Bishop Coverdale's Chair, xxxv. 48. Lines on a Frosty Evening (Ilours of Sorrow), xxxvii. 79. Martyrdom (bishop Heber), xxxiii. 16. Memento Mori (Edmeston), xlix. 272. On a Fair House having a Bad Passage to it (John Day), xlvi. 224. Prayer at Midnight (Hours of Sorrow), xlii. 159. Prayer to the Holy Spirit (G. D.), liii. 335. Progress of Prophecy to the Birth of Christ (archdn. Spencer), lii. 320. Pralm cxxxvii. paraphrased (H, C.), xxxix. 112. Resignation (Norris), xlvii. 240. Rest for the Weary (Hours of Sorrow), xli. 144. Sabbath, for the (Dr. Oke), xxxix. 111. Sabbah, for the (Dr. Hickes), xli. 144, Seasons of Prayer, xlv. 207. Secking the Lord (G. B.), xlviji. 255. Spring Hymn (Delta), xlv. 207. Sundays (Henry Vaughan), xliv. 192. The Call (bishop Heber), xlvi. 224. The fresh green Moss (Miss Browne), xlviii. 255. The Judgment of Solomon (Mrs. Abdy), xxxviii. 95. The Hospital Chaplain (Mrs. Abdy), liv. 352. The New Creation (rev. T. Grinfield), xlix. 271. The Rivulet, lvii. 400. Time misimproved (bishop Middleton), xliv. 192. We walk by Faith (G. B.) liii. 335. Where is it Mothers learn their Love? (rev. S. C. Wilks), xxxiv. 32. Whitsunday (Spirit of thc Island), 11. 304. Recollections of a Country Pastor :- No. VII. The Rector's Return, xxxvii. 66. VIII. Blind Grace Bennett, xlix. 260. IX. The Ostler at the Crown, liv. 347. Red Sea, description of (Crichton), lvii. 391. Abercrombie on the Culture of the Mind, Feb.. ter, Feb. Alston's Specimens of Type-Printing for the Blind, May. Anderson's (rev. R.) Discourse on the Beatitudes, Feb. Ayre's Mystery of Godliness, June. Biddulph's Christian Patriotism, Jan. Blunt's Sermons at Chelsea, May. Chandler's Hymns of the Primitive Church, June. Christison's Biographical Sketch of the late Professor Turner, Clarkson's Historical Rescarches, Jan. Corrie's Sermon on the Church of Rome, Feb. Cumming on the Church of Scotland, May. Dale's Sermon on the Death of Professor Turner, M.D., June. Dealtry's Sermon on the Death of the Rev. C. Simeon, Feb. Dissenters Recalled to their Duties and their Interests, March. Dodd's View of the Evidence afforded by St. Peter's Life and Ministry to the Truth of the Christian Revelation, June, Duncan's Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons, April. Ecclesiastical Legislation, by Clericus Anglicanus, Jan. Elucidations of Scripture (1st and 20 series), March. Griffith on Confirmation, April. Hawk's History of the Church in Virginia, April. Healy on the Established Church, Feb. Jones's Book of the Young, June. Kidd's Reflections on Unitarianism, June. Lathbury's History of Episcopacy, April. M'Caul's Translation of Kimchi's Commentary upon the Prophecies of Zechariah, June. Melvill's Sermons at Cambridge, 1837, May. Newland on the Scripture Lessons for the Irish Schools, March. O'Croly's Address to the Roman Catholics, Feb. Pearson on the Duties of Children, March. Pinder's Candidate for the Ministry, May. Remarks on the System of Lay Teaching, by a Clergyman, Jan. Ross's Lectures on the History of Moses, May. Sacred Poetry, by a Layman, Jan. Shuttleworth on the Voluntary Principle, Feb. Syria, the Holy Land, &c., Feb. Walford's Manner of Prayer, May. Watkins on the Established Church, Varch, White's Selborne, edited by Bennett, Jan. White's (rev. H.) Meditations and Addresses, May. Richmond's (rev. L.) Rules for the Redemption of Time, &c. Sabbath among Watermen (rev. J. Davies), xlvii. 227. Sacrifices, Legal, Inefficacy of (rev. T. White), xliii. 166. Scriptures, Hints on Searching (by the rev.C. W. Lloyd), xxxiii. 4. SERMONS by the following Divines :- Abdy, rev. J. C., M.A, (St. John's, Southwark), Attachment to Blunt, rev. Henry, M.A., (Streatham), the Gains of Death, liii. 328. • The words February, March, &c., refer to the Monthly Sup- Davies, rev. J., B.D. (Chichester), the Importance of a Timely Attention to Eternal Things, xxxviii. 88. Geneste, rev. Maximilian, M.A. (West Cowes), the Wedding Garment, XXXV. 41. alted, 1. 280. Jacob, rev. Philip, M.A. (prebendary of Winchester), the Con- version of St. Paul, xlv. 200. Lane, rev. Charlton, M.A. (Kennington), the True God of the Le Bas, rev. Charles Webb, M.A. (East India Coll., Herts), the Scriptures unsealed, xxxiv. 24. Argument for Self-consecration, xxxix. 104. Mackenzie, rev. W. B. (Bristol), Insincerity in Religion, xlix. Marriott, rev. Harvey (Claverton), the Right View of Christ's Minchin, rev. C. H., M.A. (Dublin), the Value of the Liturgy, Xxxvii. 72. of Salvation, xlviii. 248. Noel, hon. and rev. Gerard T. (prebendary of Winchester), the Message of Reconciliation, xli. 136. Pearson, the very rev. Hugh, D. D. (dcan of Salisbury), Earnest Pursuit of a Joyful Resurrection, lv. 360. Encouragement to Future Trust, xxxiii. 9. End of Christ's Death, xlii. 152. Porter, rev. Charles, B.D. (Stamford Baron), the Working of Divine Grace in the Soul, xlvii. 233. Preston, rev. M. M., M.A. (Cheshunt), Christ the Believer's Advocate with the Father, xxxvi. 56. Christian Liberality, xlvi. 216. Stainforth, rev. Francis John (Camberwell), the Expediency of Sumner, right rev. John Bird, D.D. (lord bishop of Chester), the Family of Lazarus, xl. 120. No. I. Abraham at Gerar (by the rev. John Menzies, B.D., wherever we find the “reasonable soul and THE VISIBLE CHURCH OF A NATION THE flesh” united, there, we pronounce, is a true CHURCH OF THE SCRIPTURES. man : and, just similarly, where we find the BY THE Rev. ROBERT Eden, M.A., CAMBERWELL. truth taught in God's Scriptures (which is the In deciding between the claims of disputing substance) professed by a body of men this parties, that which would seem to give us the is the form), there we are entitled to say is most assistance in coming to a decision is a true Church. This holds good where a often the very thing which embarrasses our Church is either planted, or continued, or judgment. We are so well read in the argu- restored. If it be national, it is a company of ments of all the disputants, each of whom has people professing the truth of God in a whole some degree of truth on his side, and always land : such were the Churches of Judea, Samuch plausibility, that the mind becomes maria, and Galilee, with those of Asia. If it pre-occupied, and feels the greatest difficulty be parochial, it is a company of persons proin giving its final sentence. We have all fessing apostolic truth in a town, or in such felt this upon different occasions, and have a district as, for purposes of convenience, we secretly wished that it had been possible for form into a parish : of this description seem us never to have heard of the reasons for or to have been the believing companies at Lystra, against any one opinion, but to have come Iconium, and Antioch, cities where the apostle fresh, as it were from some other planet, to is said (Acts, xiv. 23) to have ordained elders the consideration of the subject before us, in every Church. If it be domestic, it is a society and, without any force being employed from of persons professing the truth of God in a without, to have derived our own unbidden family : such was the Church in Philemon's impression. In no instance would it be more house, in the households of Narcissus and safe to trust to this first impression, than in Aristobulus (Rom. xvi. 10, 11), and in that reading the Bible, with a view to ascertain of Aquila and Priscilla (1 Cor. xvi. 19). In the scriptural idea of a Church. Any person each of these instances we have a collection who in this way should begin at the books of of persons, of whom nothing more appears Moses, and carry his reading down to the than that they professed the truth of Christ ; end of the Revelation, would, in my opinion, they gave out to themselves, and before the leave off fully satisfied that the Church which world, that they believed all the articles of God designed to be upon the earth was one of the Christian faith ; that they were subjects the most large and comprehensive nature. God of Christ's empire, and looking for salvation has deposited his truth with mankind; and through him. Whatever they may have been wherever men are united together in the pro- in their individual and component members fession of that truth according to the Scrip- — whether they all consisted of genuine distures, there is a true, visible Church. It is with ciples, or whether some were unsound in the religious body as with the natural body creed or practice- of this we know nothing; in this respect. Wherever we find the true all we know is, that the professing adherents substance and form of a man, that is to say, to Christ, in each nation, parish, and family, VOL. II.-NO. XXXIII. B |