Let every one of us, therefore, put away the idolatry of his heart-whatever it is. In the heart the idol is enthroned and worfhipped.-Let us then reject every species of idolatry, make our hearts temples of the Holy Ghoft, and put our truft only in the God of our falvation. END OF THE HINTS. A CREED. - I BELIEVE in God, the Creator and Preserver of all things infinite in power-wisdom-justice mercy, and goodness-the difpofer of all events, and the great fource of every thing we enjoy here, or hope for hereafter. I believe in Jefus Chrift the fon of God, and Saviour of the world-in the hiftory of his life, contained in the scriptures-in the atonement he made by his death for fin, on the conditions of faith and obedience-in his refurrection from the dead, which affures us of a future life-in his mediation, at the right hand of God, which carries all our petitions to his throne-and in his finally coming to judge the world. I believe alfo in the holy Spirit of God-in its influencing the prophets of the Old Testament, and the writers of the New-and in its affifting all well-difpofed Chriftians in the confcientious DIS CHARGE OF A GOOD LIFE. N. B. When we pray to God indefinitely, we mean the awful word to include the three powers of the Trinity. 4 POSTSCRIPT. THE author cannot close these three volumes without an apology for introducing the fame fubject fometimes in different discourses. Topics of the first importance in religion-as the evidences of Christianity-miracles-prophecies-the atonement of Chrift-faith and works-the promises and threatenings of the gofpel, &c. the author took frequent occafion to inculcate from the pulpit. These topics, therefore, naturally, more or lefs, fall in with the fubjects of different discourses. The author however believes, that although the fame fubject may be introduced, a different light is generally thrown upon it. In the Hints likewife, two or three may be taken from the fame text, but the fubject is always treated under a different view. FINIS. Page Line ERRAT A. 26, 3, for your thoughts, read the thoughts 101, II, for neighbour, r. neighbours 171, 3, for received it, acquiefced in it? 260, 22, for with; man r. with man, 272, 3, for confider next these, r. confider next those 276, 4, for chief prieft, r. chief priests 284, 24, for father r. farther 306, 1, for A he found r. As he found 307, 10, for walk r. walks 315, 12, for the of oppofer, r. the oppofer of 323, 2, for fingle fraud. r. fimple fraud. 329, 6, for infallible r. infallibly 417, 13, for truft in them. r. truft in it. This Note was omitted in its proper place, p. 255. Some people object to any idea of a covenant with God. But it feems to be a mere ftrife of words. Conditions are certainly offered by our Almighty Father to all Chriftians, and conditions are required from them. This reciprocation may innocently, I think, be called a covenant. No good Chriftian can fuppofe it means to detract from God's free grace-or that we fet up any claim of merit to balance on our fide-or that man has any leading part in making a covenant with God. All these are very offenfive ideas. But, confidering the astonishing condefcenfion, which attended every part of the redemption of mankind, the idea of a covenant is furely not in the least out of character with every part of that amazing plan. As to the critical meaning of the word Alanan, it might perhaps be rendered more literllay, than by the word covenant: but the tranflators of the New Teftament, who were good scholars, and, I believe, good divines, could find no better word to exprefs its meaning. See Gal. iii. 17: and Hebrews pallim. |