January 23,she sent for the writer to do you good." The 26th af of this, who had but just left the forded an opportunity, when she reroom. On her approach, she em-quested her neighbours might be braced her in the most affecting called: three of the family attended, manner, and said "O my dear, I when she embraced each of them, want to tell you how happy I am; nor forgot any one in the house, exI am sure all is well-how I wish horting all according to their dif you enjoyed what I do; pray do ferent character, and charged every not grieve for me, I am secure for one to meet her in heaven, and to éternity-walk in her steps as far as she had followed the Saviour, for he was a good and a gracious God, and never failed those who ventured on him: she continued-"I have had all that was good for me on earth, and now I am going to the full enjoyment of bliss in heaven, where I shall see the King in his beauty, Mr. Forster too, and Mr. Cecil, and Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: O who could have thought I should die so happy? what a miracle! "More happy, but not more secure, The glorified spirits in heaven." So delightful and rapturous was her frame throughout this day, that it was feared she would exhaust herself too much, her weakness was so great: she said, "I can never say enough of the mercy afforded; how Sweet on his faithfulness to rest, And trust his firm decrees; Sweet to be passive in his hand, And know no will but his.' And this is what he enables me to do His goodness, how amazing great! And what a condescending God!' I want to tell every one the blessedness of having the mind staid upon God. This heavenly calm within my breast, Is the dear pledge of glorious rest.' ་ Give my Christian love to Messrs. Ivimey, Ralph, and Townsends; tell them to cry aloud, and spare not;' and tell saints and sinners the preciousness of an interest in a faithful God: O tell them particularly to warn poor formalists; what should I do now without real religion? O how awful to have the form of godliness, and be destitute of its power! but the foundation of my hope is in a Saviour's blood. None but Christ,' said poor Lambert at the stake: 'None but Christ,' said Richard Cecil; and none but Christ says Jane Deborah Offty.” She frequently said, "The fear of death is all taken away." On January 24 and 25, she was 80 weak as to be unable to converse; but on recovering from a fainting fit in which it was feared she would die, she said "If I live to be able, I will tell you something Jesns can make a dying bed and how soft are mine! I have been Who sair'd with the Saviour beneath!' Oh how I wish you would sing that hymn-Glory, glory!" but no one being able, she sang the first, sixth, and last verses of Hymn 30, Book ii. "Come we that love the Lord," &c. repeating most joyfully 'We're marching through Immanuel's ground, To fairer worlds on high."" concluding with, I'll praise my Maker while I've breath.” "O," said she, "I shall soon sing in heaven' Worthy the Lamb to receive riches, and power, and honour, and glory, and blessing;' and why me, dear Lord? O, why me? Is it possible-what shall I? I shall-his precious blood was shed for me! Jesus Christ is ever flowing, and overflowing; a friend in health and in sickness, in prosperity and adversity, in the hour of death and the day of judgment." She enjoyed much from meditating on the great and precious promises, particularly the benedictions in Matt. v. John, vi. 37; Rev. xxii. 17, &c. for many times together would she repeat these texts, as well as she was able to articulate, and conclude by saying "The scriptures cannot be broken -O mercy of mercies! A debtor to mercy alone, She said, Christ was her prophet, would not be alarmed at it; and "When you hear my heart-strings break, Then with an animation, and sweet- say, January 29, she said to me, "O, dear, I am so happy; you never saw me so-I never was so before. On January 27, she said, "I am so bad, so very bad-so heart-sickbut what is that? O to be with Him, (pointing upwards) to see Himmy and never, never, never sin any more:" she soon after became delirious; but recovering herself, she broke a long silence by shouting Happy, happy, happy! Hallelujah, Hallelujah! Victory, victory, thro lay a very long time insensible; but when again collected and able to speak, she said the blood of the Lamb!" She then 66 "Death cannot make our souls afraid, If God be with us there;" 66 aloud -"Justification - sanctification-glorification - -glory, glory!" then laying silent for a while, she said, "what a mercy to be acquainted with a throne of grace, for when strength and heart fail”here her power of speech was for a time suspended, and even refused to utter "all is well," which she many times attempted; at length she said very plain, "There is none in all the heavens-there is none in all the earth, I so love, so admire, so adore, as the dear Saviour; and all the preparation I know for death is to feel my need of him: aud that I certainly do, for no one knows but myself and the dear Saviour how guilty, how helpless, and how de-flight in the fifty-fifth year of her praved I am; and none but Jesus age. She is now, doubtless, as she can save me, and he can save me to often expressed it, the uttermost." January 29, she was delirious until the evening, when she came to herself, and asked for some part of the family before mentioned; when they came in she exclaimed, "Come and see a poor sinner die in the Lord! He is good to the last; the waters of Jordan are parting, and am going over dry-shod." She apprehended her countenance might be unpleasant through the violence of convulsions, and begged they Dying is only like walking home." She soon after this went off again, but was once more sensible; and said very distinctly, but with a long pause, Chained, foe." After this Friday morning, January 30, in anshe spoke but once, which was on swer to my asking her if she was happy; she replied "Yes, dear !” otherwise she was quite speechless from January 29, until February 1, when her happy spirit took its "Where she would see, & hear, & know, All she desir'd and wish'd below." A funeral sermon was preached at Eagle-street meeting by the Rev. J. Ivimey, her pastor, from Psalm cxlvii. 11. She was buried in a handsome family vault in the burying-ground of Bloomsbury parish, at the back of the Foundling-hospital; and left, by her Will, a small annual sum to the Rector to keep the tomb constantly in good repair. 148 Review. Serious Remarks on the different Represen- | tations of Evangelical Doctrine by the professed Friends of the Gospel. By John Ryland, D. D. pp. 38. Ir is well known that a difference of opinion exists among ministers of evangelical sentiments, as to the manner in which the unregenerate are to be addressed in the ministry of the Gospel; though they are perfectly agreed respecting the peculiar tenets of Calvinism. Whilst disputes upon the "Modern Question" have been carried on, a third party have made their appearance, who professing to hold the doctrines of grace more clearly, have seemed to deny their practical tendency in the lives of believers. The distinguishing feature of their creed is "Union with Christ." It appeared to us, however, that no evidence of union is required by their system, unless a strong persuasion that so it is might be called by that name. Hence personal sanctification is rendered unnecessary, and obedience to the law of God is not obligatory; men may sin without remorse, believe without evidence, and be saved without holiness; presumption is substituted for faith, and speculation for obedience. There is certainly nothing in this system to prevent men from "turning the grace of God into lasciviousness;" or from sinning that grace may abound. Consequences these that discover the source from whence they flow; and which prove, that whatever high sounding epithets may be affixed to such sentiments, that they are not "doctrines according to godliness." The pamphlet before us, which is designed to expose these abuses of the doctrines of grace, though written with considerable ability, is not, we fear, sufficiently perspicuous to arrest the progress of Antinomianism in our churches. There are many serious persons who love to hear of a finished salvation, who are incapable of detecting the sophistical inferences which "men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth" will draw from such sentiments. These would understand a discourse the design of which was to prove, that the person who does not bring forth "the fruits of righteousness," can have no evidence of either his calling or election being sure; and that those whose faith does not purify the heart, are not believers but hypocrites; nor such as made free by the Son of God; but those who, while they boast of liberty, are the subjects of bondage and the slaves of sin. We can only give a few extracts from this sensible pamphlet. are "Truth is ever consistent with itself: but error must needs be otherwise.Thus, it is a mode of expression nowhere countenanced in Scripture, to say, 'That our sins are forgiven before they are committed; yet the same persons are fond of affirming, 'That all sins are for. given, whether past, present, or to come, who, nevertheless, strongly imply, that 'no sin can be committed by any one after he is a believer.' For surely, if the believer, as they also affirm, has nothing to do with the law, in any form or sense whatever, it must be impossible that he should have any sin to be forgiven." We recommend to the notice of our readers the following description of the absurdities which those embrace, who object to the law of God as the rule of life to believers. his need of Christ, or of his obligations to "As no one can be properly aware of him, unless he understands what is the duty required of man, and what is to be considered as sin; so, if even true Chris tians have defective or erroneous ideas of the law, they must have also a very defective and imperfect sense of the riches of pardoning mercy. "The less I see of the evil of sin, the less shall I admire the grace of God in the pardon of sin, or the efficacy of the consistent with the divine perfections. blood of Christ in rendering its pardon It is, therefore, indispensably necessary, that ministers should preach the LAW, in subserviency to the GoSFEL; nor can any man give a just representation of the gospel, unless he faithfully explains the extent, spirituality, and righteous seve C Fity of the divine law; and demonstrates its equity and excellence. If the law was not holy, just, and good, how came it to pass, that the incarnate Son of God delighted to obey it? If even its penal sanction was not too righteous to be abated, the infliction of the curse on the surety, whose dignity and excellence were superlatively great, must have been far more shocking than its falling on the original offenders. "If any one should imagine that the law of God demands less of men, in consequence of the fall, and the present depravity of mankind, then there is so much the less sin to be charged upon them, and so much the less to be atoned for and forgiven; and, consequently, our obligations to Christ and to free grace are proportionably the less." We wish the worthy author would take up his pen again, and make a more direct attack upon those who preach the doctrine of imputed sanctification, and others of a similar tendency. He may be the honoured instrument of doing much good to those "who are not yet entangled fast in the toils of error." Reflections on the primary Causes of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, &c. pp. 64, 12mo. Williams. A SERIOUS pamphlet, written by a man of good sense, and extensive information, who appears to be well affected towards the Christian religion. Antibiblion, or the Papal Tocsin. Price Four-pence, or 25 Copies for Six Shillings, No. I. contains news from Rome and Poland; with a correct Latin copy and translation of the present Pope's first bull against Bible Societies, and notes by Scrutator. No. II. A free exposure of the sophistry by which the Pope's first bull is defended, with further proofs of Papal intolerance. No. V. Protestant Resolutions on the Roman Catholic claims; with Luther's letters to Wm. Wilberthree letters by Melancthon; and force, Esq. M. P. No. VI. Roman Catholic principles, exemplified in the republication and solemn sanction of the persecuting Bible-annotations, originally printed by Queen Mary's priests, at Rheims; three more letters by Melancthon; and new proofs of Papal folly and violence. No. VII. A further account of the Roman Catholic Bible, published last year at Dublin, by Coyne, Parliament-street, under the express sanction of the Titular Archbishop ; proval of the notes in the Rhemish Dr. Troy's declaration of the disapTestament, with Mr. Coyne's letter in reply, &c. We think that all true Protestants must feel much obliged to the editor for these little pamphlets, in which many important facts are clearly stated, and several official documents from Rome are placed in their proper light. We concur with him generally in the reasonings which he has built on these facts and documents; though we can by no means agree with Fabricius, their separation from the Church of when speaking of Dissenters, and England: page 108, he says, "To that pure church do they owe the liberty they enjoy." Their obligations to the state are very considerable, and always readily acknowledged; but their obligations to the episcopal church, as by law established, are not quite so clear. Scripture Portraits; or, Biographical Memoirs of the most distinguished Cha racters in the Old Testament, &c. By the Rev. Robert Stevenson, of Castle Hedingham. 2 vols. 12mo. 1817. No. III. Another bull, or Papal WHATEVER is at once designed brief, against Bible Societies, ad- and adapted to promote a more di dressed to the Archbishop of Mohi-ligent attention to the Holy ScripJeff, the 3d of September, 1816, with tures, must be entitled to our warmest commendation. We wish all our juvenile readers to know by experience, that the Bible is the most entertaining, as well as the most useful book, that is now in circu notes and observations. No. IV. Further notes and observations on the bull of September 3, 1816, and an edict of the Hungarian Government, in unison with the Pope's two bulls. lation. In this work the author makes no pretensions to critical disquisition, profound research, or elaborate argumentation. The title-pageannounces, that it is " adapted to juvenile readers." up and call them blessed."-No. 50. The Birth of Moses. Vol. I. p. 176. "In the early part of his reign, Solomon showed the most filial duty and respect for his royal mother; for, upon her coming into the court where he was, he immediately rises from his chair of state, and meets her, and bows to her, and sets her on his right hand. This is a most pleasing picture of filial respect; for with all his royalty, he did not for get that he was a son. Let young per sons, from this instance, be ambitious of shewing those attentions to their parents which love and duty call for; more especially if those parents have been earnestly solicitous concerning their best interests, and have shewn them, both by precept and example, the way to peace, comfort, and usefulness here, and glory hereafter."-Vol. II. p. 80. : Many of these short pieces are far from being finished portraits, some of them can scarcely be called sketches; and some of them, perhaps, the critic would not allow to be complete outlines. We consider, however, that Mr. Stevenson may justly claim much more than the praise of good intention. He has written a work, (and he intimates an intention to do more,) which will allure many a youthful mind, we trust, to a happy acquaintance with the oracles of truth and wisdom. The sentiments are decidedly evangelical, while We are glad to learn from the "the author flatters himself that it concluding pages, that the worthy will not be discovered from any author intends to delineate the internal evidence to what denomi- principal characters of the New nation of professing Christians he Testament also, and to review the belongs." The style is neat through- parables, the miracles, and the proout, often elegant, but not too re-phecies of the New Testament, in "And fined; and the addresses to young four additional volumes. persons appear to proceed from the should he even be interrupted in heart of the writer-free and fami- the progress of his plan, and the diliar, breathing warm and affection-recting rod fall from his hand by the ate concern for their present and arrest of a messenger who will admit everlasting welfare. The poetical of no refusal; he will not have reamottos are very appropriate, instruc- son for regret, if, from contemplating tive, and judiciously employed. We these illustrious characters in this can promise our young friends, that lower world, he should be introducthey will find in this work a garlanded to a personal acquaintance with of beauteous flowers-a basket of them in the regions of immortality." the richest fruits-a string of pearls Vol. II. page 271. of inestimable value. The following specimens of the author's manner may suffice: "Had an Egyptian Princess so much compassion as to say, concerning a poor little outcast, Take this child, and nurse it for me? Surely, then, young people of both sexes should consider how many poor, forlorn, uneducated children there are, who are born for immortality, whose parents cannot give them instruction, and are not at all sensible of its infinite importance. Let them regard these interesting young creatures, who perishing daily for lack of knowledge, and listen to the voice of God, who says, Take these children, and bring them up for me.' The institution of Sunday Schools will afford the most ample field for such benevolent exertions; and they may hope that many of them will rise are LITERARY INTELLIGENCE, Just Published, A Third Edition of a Collection of. Hymns, designed as a New Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. By the Rev. James Upton.-It has been strongly recommended to J. U. to omit the intended Appendix, and print the third Edition without any Addition, as it would be attended with considerable inconvenience, where they have been introduced. A Reply to the Rev. J. Kinghorn; being a further Vindication of the Prac tice of Free Communion. By the Rev. Robert Hall, A. M. The second Edition of Dr. Ryland's Memoirs of the late Rev. A. Fuller. |