But is there not Bumething more than
lireHtbinj; through every page? Il is here the K
live mind is struck vviih aWe, ae under the impu
ble sh^de nl' some asjiiriog ^rove, or under the r
• iouie religious edilice. Thua, angels which apfiM
te holy men Ot old, etrurh the heholders IHIb 8 A)
for whi^h Ihey coulil not well accoiint. There*! —
SijfiieTlilfiu' ill their voire, in tlieir uir, in ihcir gfslare,
nhich spoke more than hnrnaa. What lof&CW'tf
phrage in some! what majeetlc Bimjilicil; vt etpn»
■ion in other paaaagee ! How unparaHHcd! RoW-faA-
mitabte bj mortel pen 1 Tlnia he whose nsme ia saMf
" the WortI of God," In bis exalted atate, is laonA-
riouB than the kings of the earth ; and, even in Us 1^
tnili'ition, there was something exceedingly m^eitk^
which poured contempt upon princes. ' '

Be not ashamed of the scriptures. They are Ar
poirer. of nod to saWation, to every one thnt befr
ti-lh. O blessed wnrd ! thou converte^t the mmA;
thou enli^tenest the eyes; thou rejulcest Ihe heutp
thou gi vest wisdom unto the simple; and light mit
llie blind ; and life unto the dead I — Peruse the writ
tures; your corruptions shall he morlitied; yonrgM"
crs shnll be vivified; your thoughts, ymir words, ymr
acli'ti):!, shall be sanctified, be purified, be rectified.'-'
'i'Jir^ will atlevinfe your eorrows in adrersity ; «■*
i'l 'roujieriiy heighten 50UT tiwjwswve^Ss, tt^re.. nMn*
lit'iilea have fouoi Vite Kvet\*3ViB%,-



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6 ye ivho hare received the irufh, in the Tore
thereof! who hiive his Messed word sweeter iti .11 lio-
ney to jour mouth ! give glory to that God, who,
when the human race were wandering in unceri.iinty
and error, was pleased to make such a revelation of
himself; — a revelation even dropt, where we h.ive no-
tices conveyed to us, more true and certain than from
the famed deadly oracle of Delphos, or liodona.
