. CII. Devout Breathing for a Godlike Mind. EHOVAH, just and true", In right'oufnefs: Fill me with love divine, 2 On thee my hopes depend: Let me by faith furvey 3 Joy in a future ftate, Which for thy faints doth wait, May I be faithfuls found, 4 Lord Jefus, quickly' come; Let me, when time's no more', And with thee evermore (m) Rev. xv. 3. (p) Heb. xii. 2. (s) Col. iii. 4.-1 (n) Tit. iii. 3.--Phil. ii. 5. (0) Pfal. xvi. 11. (f) Rev. x. 6. I CIII. The Heart fixed on GOD and looking forward to Manfions of Glory. Y heart it is fixed',and nothing can move", II whom I love: from His name is far fweeter than honey to me, 2 For riches, and all terrestrial things, 3 II II II To fly away fwiftly do make themfelves wings; But Chrift, throughout life and in death doth remain My helper, by whom I fhall heavena obtain. And O, when I come to that thrice happy place, What charms fhall I meet in the fmiles of his face? No tongue can describe, no nor heart can conceive The joy which I there fhall for ever receive! 4 Meantime, O my God, while I fojourn below, Make this earthend veffel with love to o'erflow, That like my Redeemer, my life here may fhine, Prepar'd for bright manfions of glory divine. I CIV. Devout Breathings for Heaven. IR'D with the facred flames of Jefu's love 10 F My heart alpires to be with God above! 10 What can it be that makes my fpirit rife, (t) Pfal. lvii. 7.-cviii. ì. (w) Pfal.xix. 10.-cxix. 103. (z) Heb. xiii. 6, 7, 8. (c) Pfal. xxxix. 12. (e) John xiv. 2. (f) (u) Acts ii. 25. (x) Prov. viii. 19. (a) Heb. ix. 24. Pet. i. 17. I John iv. 19, 10 • 10 (v) Col. iii. 2. (y) Prov.xxii. 5. (b) 1 Cor. ii. 9. (d) 2 Cor. iv. 7. 2 I wait to hear a whisper, "come away;' (g) 1 Cor. xiii. 12.—1 John iii. 2. (b) Hag. ii. 7. As Dr. Samuel Clarke well obferves in his Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity, "We have no clear precept or example in Scripture for putting up Prayers and Doxologies directly and exprefsly to the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit is no where exprefsly ftyled God;" and to me, as well as this learned Author, it appears to be for this reafon : "The Holy Spirit is not jelf-exifient, but derives his being from the Father, (by the Son) as from the Supreme Caufe. The Father alone is felf-exiftent, underived, unoriginated, independent, made of none, begotten of none. proceeding from none. The Father is the fole origin of all power and authority, and is the author and principle of what oever is done by the Son or by the Spirit. The Father alone is in the highest, ftri&t, and proper fenfe, abfolutely Supreme over all. The Father alone is, abfolutely (peaking, the God of the Universe, and the God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift. Though the Scripture ftyles the Father God, and the Son God; yet it at the fame time always declares there is but ONE GOD;" and it is for this plain reafon, "because there is in the Monarchy of the Univerfe but One Authority, criginal in the Father, derivative in the Son; therefore the One God (abfolutely speaking) always fignifies him in whom the power or authority is original and underived. The Holy Spirit, whatever his metaphyfical nature, Effence, or Subftance be, and whatever divine power or dignity is afcribed to him in Scripture; yet in this he is evidently fubordinate to the Father, that he derives his being and powers from the Father,the Father nothing from him: through the whole difpenfation of the Gofpel he always acts by the will of the Father, is given and fent by him, intercedes to him; and as he is fubordinate to the Father, fo he is alfo in Scripture reprefented as fubordinate to the Son, both by nature and by the will of the Father, excepting only that he is defcribed as being the Conductor and Guide of our Lord during his ftate of humiliation here upon earth. Upon thefe grounds, abfolute Supreme Honour is due to the Father fingly, as being alone the Supreme and Original Author of all Being and Power. For the fame reafon, all CV. On Hearing of the Deceafe of a Chriftian Friend. 'A' ND has our FRIEND, fo late deceas'd, From ev'ry malady releas'd, To be opprefs'd' no more by fears? F (i) Rev. vii. 16, 17.-xxi. 4. prayers and praifes ought primarily or ultimately to be directed to the Father, as the original and primary author of all good. And upon the fame account, whatever honour is paid to the Son who redeemed, or to the Holy Spirit who fanctifies us, must always be understood as tending finally to the bonour and glory of the Father, by whofe good pleasure the Son redeemed, and the Holy Ghoft fanctifies us: For the great economy, or the whole difpenfation of God towards mankind in Christ, confifts and terminates in this; that as all authority and power is originally in the Father, and from him derived to the Son, and exercifed according to the influences of the Holy Spirit; and all communications from God to the Creature are conveyed through the interceffion of the Son, an by the infpiration and fanctification of the Holy Spirit: So on the contrary, all returns from the creature of prayer and praifes, of reconciliation and abedience, of honour and duty to God, are made in and by the guidance and affiftance of the Holy Spirit, through the mediation of the Son, to the Supreme Father and Author of all things." Having therefore, in the words of this fore-mentioned author, frankly declared in what manner I wish the few DoxoLGGIES that I have written to be understood, I think the advice given by the ingenious Dr. Bennet cannot, but in this place, be worthy of recommendation. He faith, that n› man's words ought to be frained to an ill fenfe when they are capable of a good one. To all who use this moderation, it is obvious that I intend that all the prayers, praife, honour, and adoration which I have in any wife offered either to the SON or to the Holy SPIRIT, is to be underflood as redounding ultimately to the glory of GOD the FATHER, See alfo a learned Ejay on the Doctrine of the Trinity, by Richard Claridge. § The Perfon whofe death caufed me to write thefe verfes, was the late BARBARA COATES of Hudfwell. For fome years I knew her to be woman of a very excellent fpirit, and much devoted to God. She left this earthly stage at the noon of life, but leit no room for any one to doubt of her being numbered with the juft: of whom it is faid, Bleed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, faith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow 1hem. 2 Yes, with joy the fpirit's fled 3 There fweetly they their time employ,- 4 Their pure celeftial tongues difplay 5 How long, O Lord, muft I remain, Thofe heav'nly climes, when fhall I gain? 6 Thy will be done, I murmur not; CVI. On the AFRICAN Slave-Trade. HAT cruel monsters are the human race, 10 W While they refift the overtures of grace? 10 As if with hell' there was agreement made, 10 ΙΟ (j) Ifa. xxxv. 10. (h) Rev. v. 9, 13. (1) Phil. ii. 9, 10, 11.-Rev. xix. 12, 16. (m) 2 Cor. v. 1.-2 Pet. i. 14. (n) Matt. vi. 1o.-Lukexi. 2. (0) Rev.i. i-xxii. 6. (p) Prov. xii. 10.-Lam. iv. 3. (q) Ats vii. 51.2 Tim. iii. 8.-Jude 4. (r) Ifa. xxviii. 15, . 18. -- See the accounts of the evidences on the Slave-Trade, as laid before the House of Commons. |