Now when a man ruthlessly asserts that Endless suffering is the Penalty which God has written in connection with His Law as the reward of every transgression, (which is a daring, a sacreligious, a wicked declaration,) he at the same time, by a palpable inference, avows the appalling sentiment of Universal Endless Woe. Unquestionably, if that penalty is the imperative demand of God's [we cannot say Justice,] Implacability and Wrath, that is the direct, the only conclusion. For, as we have amply seen, so far from any human creature being good enough for heaven, ALL are sinful, and were the premise of the Infinite Penalty true, the whole universal family of mankind have incurred that dreadful doom. And with the abundant Bible testimony to the Inevitableness of Divine Punishments, which arises, assuring us so solemnly that 'God will BY NO MEANS clear the Guilty,' that He never shifts the due responsibity of Guilt, but fixes 'the righteousness of the righteous upon HIM, and the wickedness of the wicked upon HIM,' one must be blind not to see that this awful idea is plainly involved in that presumptuous proposition. But we need not here exhibit but one argument to demonstrate the falsity of the principle of the Infinite Penalty, and that is to show that the Scriptures derive precisely the opposite conclusion from the fact of man's universal sinfulness, from the one which that unfounded principle involves.

COMPLETION OF THE ARGUMENT.

Shall the Universal Sinfulness of Man result in Universal or Partial Endless Misery, or in Co-Extensive Redemption and Holiness?

ANSWER.

'As in Adam ALL DIE, [the spiritual mortality which came upon him in the day of his disobedience,]} even so, in Christ, shall ALL be made Alive.'-1 Cor. xv. 22.

'ALL were dead, and he died for ALL.'-2 Cor. v. 14. 'By the offence of one, judgment came upon ALL MEN to condemnation; even so, by the righteousness of one, the free gift came upon ALL MEN to justification of life.'Rom. v. 18.

'ALL we like sheep have gone astray; we are turned EVERY ONE to his own way; and the Lord hath lain upon him the iniquity of us ALL, and by his stripes we are healed.'-Isa. liii. 6.

'God hath concluded ALL in unbelief, that he might have Mercy upon ALL.'-Rom. xi. 32.

"The Scripture hath concluded ALL under Sin, and there is neither Male nor Female but are ALL in Christ Jesus, and Heirs of THE PROMISE.'-Gal. iii. 21, 25.

'ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of God,BEING JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS GRACE, Through the REDEMPTION THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS.'--Rom. iii. 22.

'Therefore, by the deeds of the law, shall NO FLESH be justified in His sight, [because all have broken the law;] for by the law is the knowledge of Sin. But Now, the righteousness of God WITHOUT THE LAW is manifested, being witnessed [prophesied of] by the law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ UNTO ALL, and upon all them that believe; IS NO DIFFERENCE. For All have sinned,' &c.--Rom. iii. 20,

FOR THERE

"He comes to exchange all sin for holiness,
And death for immortality, man's soul
For God's own Spirit,-all ill for all good.
All men have sinned,—and as for All he died,
All shall be Saved. O, not a single soul
Less than the countless ALL, can satisfy
The infinite triumph which to him belongs,
Who ministered and suffered !"-FESTUS.

PROPOSITION FOURTEENTH.

The Eternal Happiness of Mankind is predicated in the Scriptures upon the Effectual, Impartial GRACE of God, because Salvation is not of Merit.

PROOFS.

'I DO NOT FRUSTRATE THE GRACE OF GOD.'-ST. PAUL. 'We believe that through THE GRACE of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, We shall be Saved.'---Acts xv. 11.

"The Law was given by Moses, but by Jesus Christ came GRACE and TRUTH.'---John i. 17.

'By [eternal, partial election? or by belief? or by good works?] GRACE are Ye Saved, through Faith, and that, not of Yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.'---Eph. ii. 7.

"The kindness and love of God our Saviour toward Man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY [Grace,] He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit, which He shed on us ABUNDANTLY through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that, being justified BY HIS GRACE, we should be Heirs, according to the Hope of Eternal Life.'---Tit. iii. 4--8

'Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, NOT ACCORDING TO OUR WORKS, but according to His own PURPOSE and GRACE, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, but Now is made manifest, by the appearing of Jesus Christ our Saviour, who hath ABOLISHED DEATH, and brought LIFE and Immortality to light through the Gospel.2 Tim. i. 8--10.

'It is NOT of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth Mercy, [GRACE].'---Rom. ix. 16.

'Even as David also describeth the blessedness of a man to whom God imputeth [bestoweth] righteousness WITHOUT WORKS.'---Rom. iv. 16.

'If righteousness came by [obedience to] the Law, THEN CHRIST IS DEAD IN VAIN,' [for millions, perhaps might remain sinful during their whole existence. ]---Gal. ii. 21.

'If BY GRACE, then it is no more of works; but if it be of works, then it is no more Grace.'---Rom. xi. 6.

'Our Father hath loved us, and given unto us Everlasting Consolation and Good Hope through GRACE.'---2 Thes. ii. 16. 'According to His ABUNDANT GRACE, He hath begotten us unto a Living Hope.'---1 Pet. i. 3.

"Praise to the Goodness of the Lord,
Who rules His People by His Word,
And there reveals a Plan of Grace,
Encircling All the Human Race."

COMPLETION OF THE ARGUMENT.

Shall the Grace of God prove Effectual and Sufficient for the Salvation of All, or shall it be Partially Bestowed?

ANSWER.

"Ye Knew the Grace of God IN TRUTH.'-PAUL.

'The GRACE OF GOD bringeth Salvation to ALL MEN.* ---Titus ii. 11.

'BY THE GRACE OF GOD, he tasted death for EVERY MAN.'---Heb. ii. 9.

'Where Sin abounded, GRACE did much more abound.'--Rom. v. 20.

(xi. 32.

"That He might have Mercy (GRACE) upon ALL.---Rom 'As Sin hath reigned unto death, Even so might GRACE reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord.'---Rom. v. 21.

All have sinned and come short of the glory of God, but are justified Freely by His GRACE.'---Rom. iii. 24.

It is EXCLUDed.

'Where is boasting then? By what law? Of works? NAY, but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is He the God of the Jews only, and not the God of the Gentiles? [Is He a Respector of Nations, any more than of Persons?] Yes, He is the Lord of the Gentiles also: Seeing it is one God which shall judge the Circumcision BY faith, and the Uncircumcision THROUGH faith.'-Rom. iii. 20--30.

'God is able to make All Grace abound toward You, that Ye shall have All Sufficiency in All Things.'—2 Cor. ix. &

The New and Better Covenant of God's Universal Grace, is called emphatically, 'THE Gospel of the Grace of God," in contradistinction from all empty, Partialistic, narrow, faith-and-work systems of human devisings; while, at the same time, it does not weaken but strengthen the force of the great truth, which itself, as well as all nature, reason, experience, and even pagan philosophy, teaches, that good

works are necessary and indispensable to the happiness and salvation of this life, even without reference to the existence of a future one. This doctrine of the Divine Grace, does not proclaim impunity or pardon to the transgressor, but simply teaches that, separate from the inequalities of time, and beyond and independent of the doings of this life, and the dispensation of Rewards and Punishments, there comes a period when the Reign of Love shall have overcome and over-abounded the whole extent of Evil, and transformed the universal mass of soul into its own beautiful likeness.--Is it not evident that if the Grace of God is sufficient for the resurrection of one dead soul to the divine life, especially the very 'chief,' that it is also adequate to the regeneration indefinite number, and even of all that are created? It is indeed almost marvellous that men should limit the extent and nature of the Grace of God, in the face of so much testimony as is contained in the New Testament to its amplitude and gloriousness. So many expressions like these, the Manifold Grace of God,' 'the Exceeding Grace of God,' 'the Abundant' and 'the Exceeding Abundant Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,' 'the Riches,' 'the Exceeding Riches,' and 'the Unsearchable Riches of His Grace,' the Grace by which we are 'Freely justified,' and which superabounds the blight of Sin, &c., such expressions, I say, so frequently occurring,ought to make us believe and think more worthily of the Divine character and Purposes.

of

any

"When humbly I recall,

The tokens of His favour,
And see in him of All,
The Father, Friend, and Saviour,-
I feel that He,
Whose love to me,
Thus far hath not abated,
Will never let,

His Grace forget,

A soul His Pow'r created.
Thus in the stilly night,

Ere slumber's chain hath bound me,

Remembrance brings the light,

Of Love Divine around me."-Rev. A. C. THOMAS.