could not fall in with their doctrine; and what does all this condemning one another prove, only the imperfections of all, and the badnefs of the human heart? You will not think evil of me, kind reader, if I exhort you not to feel too hard against what you may find to be your duty to acknowledge. It grieved Peter, when his Lord afked him the third time, if he loved him, as he had denied him thrice. There are many univerfalifts now who have frequent occafion to confefs how hard they have been against the doctrine, and how much they have spoken unadvisedly with their lips against what they now rejoice to believe is truth, and humbly adore the Savior of finners for opening their eyes to behold fuch unfpeakable beauties. If you attend to the exhortation, to grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord Jefus Christ, undoubtedly you may see more of the riches of his goodness than you now do. The prophet Ezekiel's knowledge of the holy waters was progreffive, and obtained by degrees: When he was firft led into the waters, they were only to his ancles; but he went ftill further, and they were to his knees; he went ftill further, and they were to his loins; he went fur. ther, and the waters were risen, waters for men to fwim in, a river that no man could pafs. Had the prophet refufed to travel

in these waters, after he firft entered them, he would not have known nor believed them to be fo multitudinous as they were. A foul, in the earliest moments of heavenly love, is first unfpeakably charmed with the untold beauties and graces of his Redeemer; next, wife, children, father, mother, brothers, fifters, all friends, directly enemies, and finally all mankind are embraced in the extended arms of heavenly love and divine benevolence.

I close this work, humbly hoping and expecting the glorious increase and extenfive growth of what I have, (though feebly) contended for, viz. the holiness and happiness of mankind. I look, with ftrong expectation, for that period, when all fin, and every degree of unreconciliation will be deftroyed, by the divine pow er of that love which is ftronger than death, which many waters cannot quench, nor the floods drown; in which alone I put my truft, and in which my hope is anchored for all mankind; earnestly praying, that the defire of the righteous may not be cut off.

The fulness of times will come, and the times of the reftitution of all things will be accomplished. Then thall truth be victorious, and all error flee to eternal night. Then fhall univerfal fongs of honor be fung to the praife of him who liveth for.

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ever and ever. All death, forrow and crying, fhall be done away; pains and diforders fhall be no more felt, temptations no more trouble the lovers of God, nor fin poifon the human heart. bleffed hand of the once crucified fhall wipe tears from off all faces. O, tranfporting thought! Then fhall the bleffed Savior fee of the travail of his foul, and be fatisfied, when, through his mediation, univerfal nature fhall be brought in perfect union with truth and holinefs, and the fpirit of God fills all rational beings. 'Then fhall the law of the fpirit of life in Chrift Jefus, which maketh free from the law of fin, become the governing principle. of the whole man once made fubject to vanity, once enthraled in darknefs, fin and mifery; but then, delivered from the bondage of corruption, and restored to perfect reconciliation to God, in the heav enly Adam. Then fhall the great object of the Savior's miffion be accomplished. Then fhall the queftion be asked, O death, where is thy fting? But death shall not be, to give the answer. And, O grave, where is thy victory? But the boater fhall be filent. The Son fhall deliver up the kingdom to God the Father; the eter nal radiance fhall smile, and GOD shall be ALL in ALL.

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