to the end of their day of initial falvation, generally called "the day of grace :" If you confider thefe things, I fay, you will fee, that all the fcriptures, which compofe my fcales, and fome hundreds more, which I omit for brevity's fake, agree as perfectly as the different parts of a good piece of mufic. We now and then find, it is true, a folo in the bible; I mean a paffage, that difplays only the powerful voice of free-grace, or of free-will. Hence Zelotes and Honeftus conclude, that there is no harmony, but in the fingle part of the truth which they admire; fuppofing that the accents of free-grace and free-will justly mixed together, form an enthufiaftical or heretical noise, and not an evangelical, divine concert. Thus much by way of introduction. FIRST SCALE. Scriptures that display the glory of CHRIST, the importance of PRIMARY CAUSES, the excellence of ORIGINAL MERIT, and the power of FREE-GRACE. 1. Jefus faith unto him, I am the wAY, &c. no man cometh to the Father but by me. I am the DOOR by me if any man enter in he shall be saved. John xiv.-6. x. 9. 1. Other FOUNDATION can no man lay, than that is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST.-I lay in Sion a chief corner-ftone, &c. he that believeth on him fhall not be confounded. 1 Cor. iii. 11. 11 Pet. ii. 6. I 1. God SECOND SCALE. Scriptures that display the glory of OBEDIENCE, the importance of SECONDARY CAUSES, the excellence of DERIVED WORTHINESS, and the power of FREE-WILL. 2. Chrift, in his fermon upon the mount, frongly rerommends the obedience of faith as The strait GATE, and the narrow WAY, which lead unto LIFE. Mat. vii. 13. 2. Not laying again the FOUNDATION of REPENTANCE.-Charge the rich that they DO GOOD, &c. laying up in store for themfelves a good FOUNDATION against the time to come. Heb. vi. 1.-1 Tim. vi. 17. 2. Let r. God forbid that I fhould GLORY fave in the crofs of CHRIST-He that GLORIETH, let him GLORY in THE LORD. Gal, vi. 14. 1 Cor. i. 31. 1. My foul fhall be joyful in MY GOD, for he hath clothed me with the garments of falvation, If. Ixi. 10. My fpirit hath rejoiced in God MY SAVIOur. Lukei. 47: 1. PUT YE ON the Lord Jefus Chrift. He hath covered me with the ROBE of righteousness, as a bride adorneth herself with her JEWELS. Rom. xiii. 14.If. lxi 10. 1. CHRIST is made unto us of God righteousness. I Cor. i. 30. 3. Let every man prove his owN WORK, and then shall he have xaugnua, GLORYING in HIMSELF alone, and not in another. Gal. vi. 4. [It is the fame word in the original.] 2. This is our rejoicing the teftimony of OUR CON: SCIENCE, that in fimplicity, and GODLY SINCERITY, &c. we have had our converfation in the world, and to you-wards. 2. Cor. i, 12. 2. I caufed the widow's heart to fing for joy. I PUT ON righteonfness, and it covered me: my judgment was a ROBE and a DIADEM. I was eyes to the blind, &c. Job xxix. 14, 15. 2. The righteousness of the RIGHTEOUS fhall be upon him, and the wickednefs of the WICKED shall be upon him. Ez. xviii. 20. 2. Take heed to thyself and to thy doctrine, &c. for in DOING this thou fhalt both fave thy felf, and them that hear thee. 1 Tim. iv. 16. 22. 1. Look unto me. If. xlv 1. Confider the highpriest of our profeffion Jefus Chrift. Heb. iii. 1. 1. Jefus was made a SURETY of a better teftament. Heb. vii. 22. [Note: It is not faid, that Jefus is the SURETY of disobedient believers; but of THAT TESTAMENT, which cuts off the entail of their heavenly inheritance. See Eph. v. 5. 1. Who his own SELF, BARE OUR SINS in his own body on the tree. 1. God has made him [Chrift] to be fin FOR US, who knew no fin, that we might be made the righteoufnefs of God IN HIM. 2. Cor. v. 21. 2. That wE, being DEAD TO SIN, fhould live unto righteoufaefs. 1Pet. ii. 24. 2. Be not deceived: God is not mocked: for, WHATSOEVER a man sow ETH, THAT fhall he also REAP. For he that foweth to his flesh, fhall, &c. reap 'deftruction. Gal. vi. 7, 8. 2. He judged the caufe of the poor and needy, then it was well with him: Was not this to KNOW ME? faith the Lord. Jer. xii. 16. 2. TEACHING them To OBSERVE ALL THINGS, whatsoever I have coмMANDED you. Mat. xxviii. 29. 2. As he REASONED Of righteoufnefs, [or JUSTICE] TEMPERANCE, and the JUDGMENT to come, Felix trembled. Acts xxiv. 1. We❘ 25. 2. And 2. And yet when the Apofthe exhorts these very Corinthians to relieve the poor, he uses a variety of motives, befides that of Chrift's CROSS. 1. We preach CHRIST CRUCIFIED, unto the Jews a ftumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishnefs, but unto them that are called [and obey the call-Other Churches had Chrift, the power of God, and the wisdom of GodFor I determined not to know ANY THING among you [Corinthians] fave Jefus Christ, and HIM CRUCIFIED. I Cor. i. 23, 24.-ii, 2. 1. He that HATH THE SON hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God HATH NOT LIFE. I John, v. 12. 1. He that ACKNOWLEDGETH the Son, HATH the Father alfo. ii. 23. abundantly given, 2 Cor. viii. 2-He had boasted of their forwardness: Their charity would make others praife God, and pray for them: - He THAT SOWETH bountifully SHALL REAP bountifully, &c. 2 Cor. vi. 3, 6, 12, 14. 2. There is no PEACE to the wicked-He that will love LIFE, &c. let him DO GOOD, seek PEACE, and purfue it. If. lvii, 21. Pf. xxxiv. 14. 2. Beloved, &c. He that DOETH GOOD is of God: he that DOETH EVIL HATH NOT SEEN GOD. 3 John II. 2. Whofoever TRANSGRESSETH, HATH I John, God. 2 John 9. 1. CHRIST is our LIFE. Col. iii. 4 1. JESUS CHRIST, who is OUR HOPE. Tim. i. 1. 1. I have laid help upon ON that is mighty.With NOT 2. To be fpiritually minded is LIFE. Rom. vii. 6. 2. What is OUR HOPE? &c. Are not even YE, [THESSALONIANS ] I Thef. ii. 19. 2. I [PAUL] can do ALL THINGS thro' Chrift, who Without me ye can do No- | who ftrengtheneth me. THING. Pf. lxxxix. 19.- | Phil. iv, 13. 1. I AM the light of the world. John viii. 12. 1. If God be for us, WHO can be against us?— 2. WE ARE LABOURERS together WITH GOD.-As A WISE MASTER-BUILDER I have laid the foundation. 1 Cor. iii. 9, 10. 2. I[Paul] LABOURED MORE abundantly than they all [the apoftles.] 1 Cor. 15, 10. 2. Ye have not many FATHERS: for in Christ Jefus I HAVE BEGOTTEN you thro' the gofpel. Cor. iv. 15. I 2. Whofo KEEPETH the law is a WISE SUN. Prov. xxviii, 7. 2. FIVE VIRGINS were WISE. Matt. xxv. 2. 2. A good MAN out of the good treasure of the heart, [an honeft and good heart] bringeth forth good things. Matt. xii, 35. Luke viii, 15. 2. They shall walk with me in white, for [or rather, ots BECAUSE THEY ARE WORTHY. Rev. iii, 4. 2. YE ARE the light of the world. Mat. v. 14. 2. Hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: WHO is he that condemn-Far be it from God that eth? It is CHRIST that DIED, yea rather that is rifen again, who is even at he fhould do wickedness, &c. for the work of a man fhall he render unto D him, |