is a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of the Father," Phil. ii. 9, 10, 11. To this Almighty Person he was enabled to look; he "looked unto him and was lightened, and his face was not ashamed." See Psalm xxxiv. 5.

"Though the Son of God is such a merciful and incomparable Saviour, such is the native pride of the human heart, and the enmity of the mind against salvation by grace, that not one of the children of Adam will go to him for mercy until pressing necessity brings them. It is only the needy and defenceless that gladly" embrace the rock for want of a shelter." The poor in spirit, who are too much impoverished to bring money in their sacks; and the weak, who cannot bring in their basket, a price through the labour of their hands, therefore they gratefully receive the corn of heaven, "without money, and without price.”

"3. He believed the glorious person he had just been reviling, the only sure hiding-place and safe retreat from the impending storm of a violated law, and the unutterable pain of the wrath to come, and that he would afford shelter and protection to all who trusted in his blood and righteousness. To this end, he earnestly applied to him for mercy, crying, "Lord, remember me." He was well convinced that he should be for ever secured from all danger in the protecting arms of his invincible power and love.”

A Defence and Explication of the Sinlessness, Immortality, and Incorruptibility of the Humanity of the Son of God. A Letter to the Editor of the Morning Watch, or Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. By Robert Harkness Carne, A. B. late of Exeter College, Oxford; and now Minister of High Street Chapel, Exeter. Palmer, Paternoster Row.

The expectation and pleasure excited in our mind, when we were informed, that the important and delicate subject of this letter had been taken up by this able divine, have not been disappointed by an examination of its contents. If the novelty of some of his views, should, for a time, increase the fury of the flame, we feel confident that as a whole this work will impede its progress, and become a powerful agent in its final extinction.

In some future number we shall return again to this letter; which, we think, ought to be in the hand of every minister and every critical reader of the new testament.

Memoirs of the Life and Character of Mrs. Susanna Pearson, (Author of Essays and Letters, &c.) with a Selection of Lectures from this Spiritual Correspondence. By George Pearson. Palmer, Wightman, and Cramp, Paternoster Row.

Mrs. Pearson was a disciple of the old school; and the doctrines of high Calvinism, as they are now sneeringly called, were the articles of her creed. But unlike many of her brethren and sisters in the modern school, she did not wear this golden chain for interest, singularity, pleasure, or ambition; but for ornament, happiness, security, and glory. Her compositions possess simplicity, perspicuity, and suavity; with a fulness of doctrinal and experimental truths that will richly repay the reader for his labour.

POETRY.

LINES WRITTEN BY A BACKSLIDER,

CONTAINING A PARAPHRASE ON THE THIRD CHAPTER OF JOB.

WHAT can I sing, while burden'd with my sin?
How can I sing, since I am dead within?
No cheerful subject animates my tongue;
No praises are the burden of my song:
No!-Angels chaunt the glories of their king,
And saints, redeemed from sin, their tribute bring;
But I, a wretched worm, polluted-vile-
(For sin does all my thoughts and words defile)
With Job will leave my couch to mourn in dust;
Like him will cry, "Oh! let that day be curs'd
"When I was born. Oh! let it perish quite !
"May darkness cover it! And let the night
"In which they said a man-child is conceiv'd,
"Not in the months, or years, be e'er received.
"Let midnight shades eradicate the day,
"And chase the golden sun-beams far away;
"And let that night, with tenfold darkness stain'd
"Forgotten be, as when rude chaos reign'd.
"Let not one cheerful voice with songs intrude-
"But lost in the most dreary solitude;
"Let all who feel their madd'ning anguish burn,
"Unite with me, and curse it in their turn,
"Because it did not close my mother's womb.
"Why died I not? Nor found the peaceful tomb?
"Why was I nourished by my mother's breast?
"For then I should have slept, and been at rest
"With kings and counsellors, who in their pride,
"Built drear mausoleums against they died:
"With princes, who have hoarded up their gold,
"With heaps of silver treasure yet untold.
"Or, as a hidden and untimely birth,
"Return to my primeval parent, earth.

"There none are by the wicked more oppress'd,
"And there the weary pilgrim is at rest:
"Together there the prisoners find relief,
"Th' oppressor's voice no longer causes grief:
"The small, the great, the master, and the slave,-
"All lie without distinction in the grave.

"Why is light given to the man who would
"Die, and leave all his misery if he could?
"Who earnestly keeps constant watch for death,
"As men seek treasure in the mines beneath.
"Who would rejoice if this last refuge found,
"Made him a sleeping tenant of the ground.
"Why is light given to the man whose ways
"Are hid in an impenetrable maze?
"Who fast in his contracted sphere is wedged,
"And all his path by God himself is hedg'd?
"My sighing cometh too, before I eat,
"My tears like pouring waters downward beat,
"Because the thing which I so greatly fear'd
"Now in my way its awful form has rear'd."

But it was sin, of which I was afraid,
Of which I often to myself have said,
As David fear'd the threat'ning hand of Saul,
By this vile sin I fear I soon shall fall.

Had patient Job just cause to sorrow thus,
And imprecate his birth with such a curse?
'Tis true, he had his earthly comforts lost,
And disappointment had his prospects cross'd—
But was this all that made his spirit mourn,
And curse the day and night when he was born?
No!-God in darkness had his servant left;
He, of his charming presence was bereft;
'Tis here I join him, and together walk,
We the same language understand and talk.
If only earthly blessings we had lost-

If only our fond, foolish schemes, were cross'd-
This we could bear; the presence of the Lord
Does in our various trials peace afford.

But, if amidst our miserable lot,

We are by God apparently forgot;

Our inmost soul is filled with black despair,

1 Sam. xxvii. 1.

Which spreads its dread and pois'nous influence there :
At last to reach the finish of the strife

Our souls choose strangling, more than such a life.
O Lord, return! no longer seem to frown,
But turn the floods which do my spirit drown.
Wert thou to slay me, I must own thee just ;
I to thee cling, and on thee still will trust.
Return those happy seasons once again,

That I, through darkness, may no more complain;
When thy bright candle shone around my head,
And on it all its balmly influence shed:

That I no more may mourn an absent God,

But see thee, if 'tis only in thy rod-
And be assured thou art my Father still
Defending me, thy child, from every ill,
And leading, both to know, and do thy will.

Job vii. 15.

Job xiii. 15.

EPHRAIM.

THE

Spiritual Magazine;

OR,

SAINTS' TREASURY.

"There are Three that bear record in heaven; the FATHER, the WORD, and the HOLY GHOST: and these Three are One."

'Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints."

1 John v. 7.

Jude 3.

AUGUST, 1829.

(For the Spiritual Magazine.)

CIRCULAR LETTER, BY THE SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK ASSOCIATION OF BAPTIST CHURCHES,

ON THE POWER OF GODLINESS.

Beloved in the Lord in the common faith,

THE Communion of saints is one of the best privileges which the redeemed are called to enjoy on this side the celestial world; and it is important and useful for the churches to avail themselves of every means for promoting it in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Separated by distance, our personal intercourse can be but seldom and limited; our communion must therefore chiefly consist in the sympathy that arises from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, who animates and actuates the Head and members of the mystical body. Quickened, drawn, and sealed by him, we can and do maintain in Jesus a spiritual and heartfelt fellowship with his elect, however divided and apart; a fellowship that makes their interests and burdens our own, and excites a desire for the period when we shall be perfected in one. Hope anticipates the state where local separations shall cease, and every difference of judgment and feeling shall be swallowed up in the vision of God, and the perfection of love. Happy consummation! when the churches of the saints of every age and every tongue shall meet in one assembly, shining gloriously in the likeness of our lovely and matchless Immanuel, and the exceeding purity of his righteousness, and shall agree to crown him Lord of all! Spirit will mingle with spirit in unutterable communion, and their joy will be one, as they shall contemplate and realize their union in Jesus, who is, and ever will be, their life, their glory, and their all!

And doubtless it is desirable to cultivate a fellowship on earth, as closely resembling that which we hope for, as the imperfections and disadvantages of our present state will admit of. This is one end of our Association. May the Lord the Spirit descend more plentifully upon us, and make us one in heart!

"O may we find the ancient way,

Our wondering foes to move;
And force the heathen world to say,

See how these christians love."

Can this end be better promoted than by seeking each other's spiritual welfare in simplicity and singleness of heart; by combining our zeal, influence, gifts, graces, and labours, in spreading the doctrines of sovereign and distinguishing grace and salvation; and by stirring up each other's minds by way of remembrance, lest we lose that which we have, and some man "take our crown?" With this end in view, in connexion with the spiritual edification of the churches, and the honour of Zion's anointed Head, permit us, this year, to address a few reflections to your consideration on THE POWER OF GODLINESS.

On a subject of such vital interest, we would write with an affectionate and jealous solicitude, earnestly requesting the Lord to impart a spiritual and divine savour to every line of our epistle. It is only by his Spirit this power is given and known, and by his teaching alone that we can speak or write of it to edification.

The power of godliness is a spiritual, supernatural, and eternal life communicated to the soul of a vessel of mercy, by the quickening energy and indwelling of the Holy Spirit; accompanied with the knowledge and enjoyment of God and his salvation in Christ Jesus; a ready, grateful, and affectionate obedience to his will; and the hope and foretaste of the inheritance reserved in heaven for the heirs of life. In other words, it is the divine nature and effectual working of divine power in the heart, producing spiritual affections and a holy walk and conversation; by enabling us to live by faith in Jesus for righteous→ ness, pardon, peace, sanctification, and every mercy, gift, and blessing ensured to the elect by the covenant of the adorable Trinity. The peculiarity of this grace is implied in such expressions as these:"If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature," "We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works."-"The law of the mind.' "The hidden man of the heart.". "The faith of God's elect." "Christ in you the hope of glory." "The Spirit of God dwelling in us."-"The anointing of the Holy One which teacheth all things.' "The savour of the knowledge of Christ;" and "the kingdom of God, which is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost."

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The apostle Paul, in his epistle to Timothy, has distinguished between the form and power of godliness, and by the injunction which he has given with the distinction, has shewn how much ministers, churches, and believers are concerned in knowing one from the other. He informs Timothy of the degeneracy and apostacy of the perilous