ing affirms he saw a book made of the inward bark, written about a thousand years since. Such another was brought to the Count of St. Amant, Governor of Arras, 1662, for which there were given 8,000 ducats by the Emperor. Other papyraceous trees are mentioned by travellers, especially in Hispaniola, Java, &c. whose inward bark not only exceeds our largest paper for breadth and length, and may be written on both sides, but is comparable to our best vellum. Bellonius says, that the Grecians made bottles of Tilia, which they finely rosined within side. It makes pumps for ships, and lattices for windows. Shoemakers use dressers of the plank to cut leather on, as not so hard as to turn the edge of their knives."—EVELYN:

The Lime Tree is of the Class Polyandria Monogynia, there being in every flower numerous Stamina and one Pistil. The flowers begin to open in May, and are in full blow in July. They are great favourites with the bees.

"It was customary with the ancients to crown themselves with garlands of roses and other flowers, during their convivial entertainments, and these were artfully bound together with strips of the inner rind of the Lime Tree."-Hunter.

"On fait des cordes avec l'écorce des jeunes Tilleuls; ces cordes ont la propriété de se conserver plusieurs années dans l'eau sans se pourrir, et de fermer exactment les joints qu'elles remplissent. On fait aussi avec cette écorce de grosses toiles. Dans le temps de la Ligue, chaque parti, maitre d'un village, plantoit un Tilleul dans la place principale: si l'on étoit chassé du village, le parti vainqueur abattoit le Tilleul de l'ennemi, et en replantoit un autre."-GEN LIS.

ON THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.

ON THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.

THE righteousness of God is displayed in the perfect equity of his moral government; and although amidst the manifold changes and fluctuating uncertainties of this sublunary scene, the nature of that government be very imperfectly apprehended; although circumstances of prosperity and adversity, riches and poverty, 'exemptions from calamity and deep afflictions, may often appear to take place fortuitously, so that, as the wise man expresses it, none can judge of the love or ha

tred of the God of providence by the aspect of exter nal circumstances, because "all things happen alike to all," and "one event befalls both the righteous and the wicked," (Eccles. ix. 1, 2;) yet that word (to which the Christian does well to take heed as to a light that shineth in a dark place,) the Scripture of truth does expressly declare, that however "clouds and darkness may be round about him, righteousness and judgment are the establishment of his throne, (Psalm xcvii. 2;) it declares that a day of retribution and of recompense is assuredly approaching, when he will judge the world in righteousness, and when every one shall receive according "to the things done in the body, whether they be good or whether they be bad:"-it says, " he that pursueth evil, pursueth to his own death." While it speaks the words of comfort and encouragement to those who follow after righteousness, it exhorts the meek of the earth, those who have wrought his judgment, still to "seek righteousness, to seek meekness," saying, "it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger," (Zeph, ii. 8;) and pronouncing a blessing on such as hunger and thirst after righteousness, assures them, "they shall be filled." "The Lord is righteous in all his ways," and the same resplendent attribute which, issuing forth in flames of wrath to guard the requisitions of his holy law, sets in array all the terrors of the Lord against the transgressors of that law, sheds ineffable glory over the gospel of his grace, and becomes the security and defence of his believing people-around them it is a “wall of fire," and "the glory in the midst" of them. If with his adversaries he does in righteousness "judge and make war," (Rev. xix. 11,) so is he with his ser vants to strengthen in help and uphold them with the right hand of his righteousness. Thus saith the Lord, "let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; but let him that glorifieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me,

that I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judg ment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things do I delight, saith the Lord," (Jer. ix. 23, 24.) Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? "God forbid," said the apostle, "for in that case, how should God judge the world?" Neither is God unrighteous in making known the riches of his glory in the vessels of his mercy which he had afore prepared unto glory, for he is just while he is the justifier of those who believe in Jesus. "A JUST GOD and yet a SAVIOUR," is the peculiar and glorious distinction of that blessed and Holy One, who says, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth." In him is all righteousness and strength, and in him, and him alone shall his true Israel "be justified and shall glory, (Is. xlv. 25;) therefore it is the glorious gospel of God's blessed Son, the ministration of that Spirit who giveth life, is called "the ministration of righteousness," for most eminently is the righteousness of God illustrated in the way by which he hath chosen to extend his mercy unto man. The total destruction of a world of guilty creatures would not have so magnified the law and rendered it honourable, nor have so perfectly and fully unveiled the glory of his righteousness as the exhibition of the great Law giver himself stooping down to become the law fulfiller; the Judge taking the place of the criminal-He who denounced the curse, the awful consequences entailed on disobedience, leaving the throne of his glory (“Wonder O heavens, and be astonished O earth,") taking upon him the nature that hath sinned, that he might himself undergo the sentence he had pronounced upon the guilty, and thus making reconciliation for iniquity, bring in everlasting righteousness and deliver those who were appointed to die; for God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.

When the question is put in the words of the admiring prophet, "Who is this that cometh from Edom, with