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ple, thou hast covered all their Sin; Thou hast taken away all thy wrath.'---Ps. lxxxv. 2.

'I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgresrions for mine own sake, and will not remember thysins.'---Is.xliii.25. All the Kindreds of the Earth shall be Blessed, by being turned away Every One from his iniquities.---Acts iii. 26. 'Him that Quickeneth ÁLL THINGS.'---1 Tim. vi. 13.

Paul expected that Every Man shall be presented Perfect in Christ Jesus through the Gospel.---Col. ï. 28.

'Thy Salvation which Thou hast prepared before the face of ALL PEOPLE.'---Luke ii. 31.

'The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth, and ALL FLESH shall see the Salvation of our God.' ---Luke iii. 6.

'Other sheep I have, which are not of this, (the elect believers') Fold. Them also must I bring, and They shall hear my voice; AND THERE SHALL BE ONE FOLD, AND ONE SHEPHERD.'---John x. 16.

'This is the Covenant I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord; I will Put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will Write them, and their Sins and Iniquities will I Remember no more.'---Heb. x. 16, 17.

'It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell, to reconcile All Things to himself, and in the body of his flesh to present You ('that were sometimes Alienated, and Enemies in your minds by wicked works,') holy, and unblamable, and unreprovable in His sight.'---Col. i. 19, 21. "The fall of Israel shall be the Riches of THE WORLD.' --Rom. xi. 12.

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'We trust in the Living God as the Saviour of ALL MEN, especially of those that believe.'---1 Tim. iv, 10. 'Christ, THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD.'---John iv. 42. "Our Father who art in heaven, Mat. vi. 13.

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Deliver Us from Evil.'

"Each of the Pow'rs of the Grace Divine,
Hath had its dispensation,-hath it now;
The Father by His Prophets, and the Son
In his own days, by his own deeds,-and now,

The Spirit, by the ministry of Christ; [see 2 Cor. 3. 8. &c.]
And thus, by Law, by Gospel, and by Grace,

The scheme of God's Salvation is complete.

Salvation then is threefold in God's Plan,
So under one or other, All may come :
By Will of God alone,-by Faith in Christ,
And by Repentance, or Good Works, or Grace."

BAILEY.

We have an extract to insert here from a discourse by Wesley, on Gen. iii. 15, which is strongly confirmative both of our argument, and of that good man's leaning to Universalism: "Can the Creator despise the work of His own hands? Surely, that is impossible. Hath He not, then, provided a Remedy for all these Evils? Yes, verily He hath! And a sufficient [effectual] remedy, every way adequate to the Disease, He hath fulfilled His word; He hath given 'the Seed of the woman to Bruise the serpent's head.' Here is a remedy for all our guilt; he bore all our sins in his body on the tree;' and 'if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous.'--Behold, then, both the Justice and Mercy of God! His Justice in punishing sin, and His Mercy in providing a Universal Remedy, for Universal Evil. In appointing the second Adam to die for all who had died in the first, so that, 'As in Adam all died, so in Christ all should be made alive;' that 'as by one man's offence, judgment came upon all to condemnation, so by the righteousness of one, the free gift might come upon all unto justification of life.' And it should be particularly observed, that, 'where sin abounded, grace does much more abound. For 'not as the condemnation so is the free gift;' but we may gain even infinitely more than we have lost."

"Time there hath been when only God was All,
And it shall be again. The hour is nam'd
When seraph, cherub, angel, saint, man, fiend,
Made pure, and unbelievably uplift

Above their present state,-drawn up to God,
Like dew into the air,-shall All be heav'n;
All souls shall be in God, and shall be God,
And nothing but God be."-FESTUS.

PROPOSITION TWENTIETH.

Salvation is Especially for SINNERS, and not for the Unsinful, if there be such, for they would not Require Redemption; but the farthest Estranged from holiness, most Need Salvation, and will as surely Obtain it.

PROOFS.

"They that be whole NEED NOT a Physician, but they that are SICK. But go Ye, [ye who despise and limit the graciousness of the Lord,] and learn what that meaneth,—I will have MERCY, and NOT Sacrifice; for I am not come to call the Righteous [there is none righteous,'] BUT SINNERS to Repentance.'---Mat. ix. 12, 13; Mark ii; Luke v. "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of All acceptation that Jesus Christ came into the world TO SAVE SINNERS,' even the chief.'---1 Tim. i. 15.

THE NEEDY shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of THE POOR shall not perish forever.'---Ps. ix. 16.

I will Seek that which was Lost, and Bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was Sick.'---Ezek. xxxiv. 16.

Thou, O God, hast prepared Thy Goodness for THE POOR.'-Ps. lxviii. 10.

"The Son of Man is come to Save [not the already saved, not those who should save themselves,---these are the positions of Partialism; but] THAT WHICH WAS LOST.'---Luke xix. 10.

'When the Pharisee saw it, he spake to himself, -- She is a Sinner. And Jesus answering, said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee.---And he saith, Master, ---There was a certain creditor which had two debtsay on.--ors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them Tell me therefore which of them will love him most? Simon answered, I suppose that he to whom he forgave

BOTH.

most.---And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. To whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.'--Luke vii. 39---47.

'When they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more. But they likewise received every man a penny.--And when they had received it, they murmured against the Good man of the house, saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.---But he answered one of them and said, Friend I do thee no wrong; did'st thou not agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy way; I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am Good? So the Last shall be [as the] First, and the First [as the] Last,' FOR MANY [the Mass, MANKIND,] ARE CALLED, BUT FEW, [the Elect, as a pledge of the rest, and not for their exclusive or more ample fruition,] ARE CHOSEN.'---Mat. xx. 9--16.

'He shall Judge THE POOR of the People, He shall Save the Children of THE NEEDY; -- the Souls of THE NEEDY He shall save; He shall redeem their soul from [an endless hell?] deceit and violence.'---Ps. lxxii. 4, 13, 14.

'He will regard the prayer of THE DESTITUTE,-Ps. cii. 2. 'Though the Lord be High, yet He hath respect unto the lowly.'---Ps. cxxxviii. 6.

Wo unto them that decree unrighteous Decrees, [does. it not seem that this was especially fore-spoken against the framers and abettors of the 'Westminster Catechism?'] and that write Grievousness which they have prescribed. To turn aside THE NEEDY from judgment, and to take away the } right from THE POOR of the People, that the afflicted may be their prey.'-Is. x. 1, 2.

"Whil'st far and wide Thy scatter'd sheep,

Great Shepherd! in the desert stray,
Thy love by some is thought to sleep,
Unheedful of the wanderer's way.

But Truth declares, they shall be found,
Wherever now they darkly roam,
Thy voice shall through the desert sound,
And summon every wanderer home.
Upon the darker ways of sin,

Instead of Terror's sword and flame,
Shall Love descend, for love can win,
Far more than terror can reclaim.
And they shall turn their wand'ring feet,
By Grace redeem'd, by Love controll'd,
Till All at last in Eden meet,

One, happy, Universal Fold.”

PROPOSITION TWENTY-FIRST.

The Salvation through CHRIST shall be CO-EXTENSIVE with the Condemnation introduced by ADAM.

PROOFS.

'AS, 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. Rom. iii. 23--27, to same effect.

'AS Sin hath reigned unto Death, EVEN SO might Grace reign, through Righteousness, unto Eternal Life.'Rom. v. 21.

'AS in Adam All Die, EVEN SO, through Christ, shall All be made Alive.'---1 Cor. xv. 22.

'AS the Gentiles in times past have not believed, yet have now obtained Mercy through their unbelief; EVEN SO, have the Jews also now not believed, that through the Gerrtiles' Mercy they ALSO may obtain Mercy. For God hath concluded them ALL [both Jews and Gentiles,] in Unbelief that He might have Mercy upon ALL.---O, the depth of the Riches !---Rom. xi. 30--33.

AS we have borne the image of the Earthy, we shall ALSO bear the image of the Heavenly.'---1 Cor. xv. 49. 'AS by one man's Disobedience Mankind [v. 12, 18, &c.] were made Sinners, SO, by the Obedience of one, Mankind shall be made Righteous.'--Rom. v. 19.

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