house of Israel; but should be preached to all the world; and that many should repent, believe and be saved. But still it remains an unalterable truth, that, though, "he that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; yet he that believeth not shall be damned" In the second Pslam, after the promise was made to Christ, that he should have the heathen for his inheritance, it is added, (verse 9,) "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pecies like a potter's vessel." Therefore the exhortation is, "kiss the son lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his anger is kindled but a little." No doubt but Mr. H's friends could evade the force of these additional words;* but what would it avail? as they will still speak destruction to the enemies of Christ, whatever may be said to the contrary.

Mr. H. pursuing his subject, next proceeds to "show that God promised and swore by himself, that in the reign of Christ, all the children of men should turn to the Lord and be saved." Pslam XXII. 27, 28. "All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him. Isa. XI. 4, 5 "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see (it) together." And chap. LII. 10. "The Lord hath made hare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of God"

These passages speak the same things. as those quoted before, and might have been brought forward with them; and they all in a sublime, and di

*For it is a lamentable fact, that every threatening must be so modified as to speak smooth things. But every promise must not only have its fuil extent; but must be stretched beyond all bounds, to make it speak universal salvation.

vinely elegant manner, set forth the glory of the Redeemer's kingdom in the latter day. They foretell the universal spread of the gospel, and its blessed effects wherever it goes; that all the kingdoms of the earth should turn to the Lord and worship him.— The import is, that multitudes of all nations should repent and be saved. These passages neither exfress nor mean, that every individual of all nations should return and worship God in heart. It is said, when Herod had heard of the birth of the Saviour. "he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him." But it is evident, that this event was the joy of many in Jerusalem and elsewhere. All, in numerous instances, in and out of Scripture is necessarily understood in a limited sense.

So with respect to these prophesies, all the ends of the earth, as nations, and I believe without exception, shall receive the gospel, as do England and America, and others at the present time; and we believe it will be received in greater purity, and vast numbers shall be converted to God in every nation but not every individual; and the good work is already begun, and fast going on, and noue can hinder.

But granting for the present, that the foregoing prophesies, and many others of like nature, must be understood in their greatest extent; and the time is yet to come, for certainly it is otherwise at the present, when every individual of all nations of the earth shall turn to the Lord, and be truly pious;-what will that avail with respect to those, who shall have died in their sins? Should the passages prove undeniably, that every person now on earth, or shall hereafter be upon earth, should finally turn to the Lord and be saved; it would not alter the condition of those, who have already died in their sins, nor in

any way have a bearing upon the salvation of all men. We have no doubt, that all who repent and turn to the Lord, will be saved. This is not the dispute; but the question is, shall they who die in their sins be saved.

But the following passages require more particular attention. Isa. XLV. 23, 24. "I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth (in) righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall (one) say, "In the Lord have I righteousuess and strength." Phil. II. 9, 11. "Wherefore God hath highly exalted him. and given him a name, which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things on earth, and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." p. 55.

With respect to the first of these passages, I shall notice, that in the 22 verse, the ends of the earth are called upon to look to the Lord, and be saved; implying that they could not be saved without looking to the Lord. And to excite attention and interest it is added, "I have sworn by myselfthat unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear." The whole universe shall submit to the most high. Some [or one] shall say, "In the LORD have I righteousness and strength." Here Mr. H. leaves the passage; but it follows by the prophet, "Even to him," that is to the LORD, "shall men come," that is, some shall come. * Now

* Should it be objected, that the words one, and men, are not in the text, but are added by their translators, it might be asked, how would you supply those vacancies ? The word all would not do:

we may pronounce those happy, who have righ teousness and strength in the Lord. But by the very words of the text, it appears, that they are only a part that shall be thus happy, while a very different character and portion is allotted to the rest. "And all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed." verse 25. Hence it appears, that some, instead of trusting in the Lord, are his enemies, and are offended at him. These shall be ashamed, or wretched. By the same word the final wretchedness of the wicked is expressed in Dan. XII. 2, "And many that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to everlasting shame and contempt." See also Isa.

LXVI. 5.

It is very apparent, that the predictions now noticed in Isaiah, have respect to the final judgment, when every man's true character shall be known, and to that solemn day, the apostle applies it in Rom. XIV. 10, 12. "We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then, every one of us shall give account of himself to God." To which may be added, "That every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." 2 Cor. V. 10.

The words quoted from the epistle to the Phillipians undoubtedly respect the same awful scene, when the whole earth shall be assembled before God, and every creature of the human race, shall either willingly, and with great rejoicing bow to the for what follows clearly shows, that some should be incensed against him," and should "be ashamed."

all glorious Saviour, or be obliged to submit to the arm of his justice. This distinction between the friends and enemies of God, in time, at the judg ment, and in eternity, is abundant in the Scriptures, and will be noticed in a future part of this work.

In connection with the above passages, Mr. H. quotes 1 Cor. XII. 3. No man can say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Ghost;" and then observes, that "the amount of the foregoing prophecy is, that all in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, shall confess that Jesus is Lord by the Holy Ghost," p. 55. But merely to say that "Jesus is Lord," cannot be the meaning of the apostie, nor merely to be unwillingly constrained to acknowledge the character of Christ, for devils have been obliged to do this; but the apostle would communicate the idea, that none could truly and from the heart acknowledge the real character of the Messiah, and that he was Lord and Christ, but by the influence of the Spirit God.