upon it, in a conference with the ters to their lectureships, from Commons, and at the same time which they bad been suspended by laid before them such propositions the Dean and Archdeacon of Canas their Lordships had agreed on; terbury, and opposed a rigour for which thanks were returned in which he felt to be uncharitable. a set speech by Sir Dudley Digges. At the same time, to show that he The Bishop of London, Dr. did not act rashly, he issued an Laud, gaining more and more an injunction to the parishioners of ascendant in church-matters, a Crayford, to kneel at the celebracourse was pursued tending to tion of the Lord's Supper. He widen the breach between the two entered into his rest on the fourth parties, by insisting on the observ- of August, 1633, at the age of ance of forms to which many of the seventy one, and was buried, by his clergy could not conscientiously own direction, in Trinity Church, accede. Abbot used his remaining Guildford; having always enterinfluence to soften this repulsive tained an amiable regard for the conduct, and in 1632 published his place of his nativity, where also he • Judgment of bowing at the name built an hospital in 1619, which he of Jesus.' He restored two minis liberally endowed. PRAISE FOR DELIVERANCE. MR. Epitor,—The following lines were composed as a grateful tribute of praise to Almighty God for his singular deliverance of one of the daughters of affiction, from a long series of persecution and trial, under which she might with great propriety adopt the Psalmists language, “ All thy waves and storms are gone over me.” From these severe afflictions she has mercifully been delivered, and now desires from her own experience, to encourage others to place their trust and dependance on the power, grace, and faithfulness of a covenant-keeping God. Thick clouds arose; a mighty storm Came on ; with tempest dark and drear; Wave after wave in awful form, Proclaim'd impending danger near : By human aid my bark to save; But could not shun the angry wave. Nor hope of potent help was nigh, Nor means to gain the peaceful shore, But what proceeded from on high. I thought upon his saving pow'r, He heard me in the trying hour. And still controuls the angry tide; And bade my anxious fears subside. Wing'd to my breast its ready way: The ocean calm, the zephyrs play. My voice, to celebrate His fame; To Him, from whom deliv'rance came. In hymns of praise devoutly join; J.A. “O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness." Psalm cvii. To God who reigns enthron'd on high, Let men their grateful voices raise : Ye blest, who dwell beyond the sky, Join in the sacred theme of praise. At his command the wat'ry deep, Swells high as heav'n its foaming wave; Then down again its billows sweep, Expanding wide a wat’ry grave. Once as my bark did smoothly glide, Heedless of danger hid below; On life's uncertain, dang'rous tide, Devoid of care or human woe, THE BENEFIT OF SANCTIFIED AFFLICTION, How various are the instruments, young woman, truly prepossessing and how extensively diversified are in her person, and of manners very the means, which a God infinite in pleasing. Her natural endowments wisdom and boundless in mercy were far superior to those of the employs in bringing sinners to the generality of young persons born in knowledge of himself! And how humble life, and were attended with mysterious and wonderful are those an innate modesty of demeanour, dispensations by which he sepa strikingly apparent in the whole of rates, sanctifies, and “ maketh meet her conducta She was blessed also his people for the inheritance of with an amiable temper, and with the saints in light.” dispositions naturally kind and This remark may be illustrated affectionate ; qualities which secured by the history and experience of in no small degree the esteem and Mary L; a history which also regard of those around her. Her affords an additional, though hum- filial regard and dutiful obedience ble exemplification of the truth, that to her mother--her sincere affechowever incapable we now are tion for her brothers and sistersof comprehending the ways of the her habitual readiness to serve and Lord, since “ we know but in part, oblige her friends and neighbours, and see through a glass darkly:" were traits in the character of Mary, yet, when through grace we are of so high a standard, as seldom to made partakers of “ the glory to be witnessed in the ordinary walks be revealed,” we “shall know of life. Nor is this an ideal picture, even as we are known ;” and shall a coloured overdrawn representaretrace with adoring gratitude the tion: the loveliness of her characsteps by which we were gradually ter, and the propriety of her conduct led forward; survey with thank- were almost proverbial in the fulness the painful, but necessary neighbourhood where she resided ; dealings with which we were ex- and it will, perhaps, convey a more ercised; and contemplate with ad- just and correct idea of her venera. miring praise, the wisdom and tion for her mother, than I am mercy that attended us throughout competent to delineate, to add in the whole of our pilgrimage to the the words of Mrs. L , that she heavenly Canaan. never remembered having had occaMary L. was born of parents, sion to correct her daughter, or to who might be classed among the repeat a command a second time. decent and industrious poor, She continued at home, assisting although in after life, and while her mother and family till her she still was of tender age, her marriage, which took place at rather father unhappily contracted disso. an early period of life, with a young lute habits, which occasioned much man engaged in the sea service. distress in the family. Her mother Soon after their union, her husto obtain subsistence for her chil. band was ordered abroad, and Mary dren, was accustomed to go out as (as we shall still designate her) from a nurse; but her very contracted a desire to assist her now widowed means precluded her obtaining for mother, and to provide decently for the younger branches, the least berself by adding to the small instruction in reading. Mary was stipend her husband was enabled to one of this number, which will allow her, engaged in the service account for her growing up in much of a respectable family ; during her ignorance. She was however, a continuance in which, she conducted JULY 1829. 2 K herself in a manner so uniformly Throughout the whole of her illness, consistent, as gave entire satisfaction which continued for several months, to her master and mistress. Her this friend was a constant visitor at residence however in this situation Mary's dwelling, aiming in simple received a painful interruption by dependance on the promise of eternal an afflictive visitation in the person truth, to impart that instruction in of her mother, who had been com- divine things, which she so greatly pelled to retire from her usual needed. Other followers of the occupation, by a severe inflamation Lord Jesus would also occasionally in the right hand, and which, not- call, and converse with her on these withstanding immediate medical important topics; and the seed thus aid, increased so rapidly, that a sown was not in vain, the truths mortification actually took place. made known to her by those who Both duty and affection immediately watched for her soul, appear to summoned Mary to the sick room have been owned and blessed by the of her parent; and after the Spirit of God to her salvation, so lapse of some months, under the that her case affords encouragement distinguished blessing of God on to those who visit the chambers of the skilful treatment adopted, the the sick, and the beds of the dying, hand was preserved, although for to persevere in making known ever afterwards entirely useless, and to their fellow.sinners salvation for a long time the poor woman through a crucified Redeemer. was obliged to have it strapped to This portion of her life contains a board. Mary cheerfully shared much that commends itself to our with an elder sister, the fatigue and admiration and esteem, and furnishes confinement attendant on the situa- to children and servants particution of her afflicted parent, and it larly, an example worthy their obserwas most delightful to observe the vance and imitation. Such would do strong filial affection, and sympa- well to inquire, How far their conthizing tenderness of this young duct towards their parents, and woman, so strikingly conspicuous those whom they are bound to serve to every visitor. As soon as faithfully, answers to that displayed Mrs. L- was recovered so as by her. But whilst we admire her to dispense with the assistance of character, and point out what comMary, she returned to her former mends itself to our approbation; situation where she was gladly whilst we notice with sincere pleawelcomed, but the natural delicacy sure her strict moral conduct; her of her constitution had received so uprightness and honesty; her freesevere a shock from close confine- dom from gross outward transgres. ment, anxiety of mind, want of rest, sions; her affection for her surviving and hard fare, that having taken parent, and conscientious regard to cold on entering again on her the interests of those with whom she services to this family, and symp. dwelt; let us not lose sight of this toms appearing, indicative of ap- important truth, which I am anxious proaching consumption, she was should be impressed upon the mind once more compelled to return to of every reader ; that Mary was all her mother's dwelling. this, and might have been much It was under these truly painful more, and yet « a child of wrath," and trying circumstances that " alienated from God,” a stranger first became acquainted with her, to her own character, as pourtrayed and in common with other Christian in the scriptures of truth, “ living friends, to whom her situation, with without God in the world.” Eph. that of her poor mother, was made ii. 3. Col. i. 23. Yes! Mary was known, found real pleasure in “born in sin and shapen in iniquity.". administering to their necessities. She was a sinner in the sight of God; for “ALL have sinned and liverance from eternal death. My come short of his glory;" and the dear reader, let me persuade sentence of inflexible justice is,' the thee to examine thyself, as to soul that sinneth, it shall die. Psalm what thou knowest feelingly, and li. 5. Rom. iii. 23. Ezek. xviii. 4. experimentally of these things ? 2 Thess, i. 9. Rev. xxi. 8. This Art thou disposed to cry “ Peace, is the language of “ the High and peace, to thy soul,” and to conHoly One, who inhabiteth eternity," clude thou art in a state of favour and heaven and earth shall pass and reconciliation with God, because away, rather than one jot or tittle of thou hast, it may be, been preserved his word fail of its accomplishment. from gross and open violations of Mary was ignorant of these the divine law, and because thy momentous truths ; or if she had conduct has been outwardly moral, ever heard them, she, like multi- in the sight of men ; and therefore tudes of her fellow creatures expe. all will be well at last ? O! be not rienced not their power. 1 Thess. deceived. Attend seriously to the i. 4. Consequently she was yet in experience of Mary; and be assured, her sins; and had she continued in that unless thine in some measure this state she must have perished accords with her's, thou art yet everlastingly. But whilst those who “ without God and without hope," cared for her soul, held it a para. “dead in trespasses and sins,” « in mount duty to declare to her, her the gall of bitterness and in the state by nature and practice, as bond of iniquity.” revealed in the word of God; and Little did Mary or her mother to point out to her the consequences imagine, that in attending a sick of sin, and tell her of her inability parent her own health would be to procure, or purchase salvation by undermined, and still less was it her own merits, duties, or sufferings ; expected that the sickness of the they were commissioned to declare mother would occasion the death forgiveness of sin to all those that of a child; yet such was the case ! with hearty repentance and true He“ who ordereth all things after faith turn unto God;' they were the counsel of his own will,” was privileged to acquaint her with the pleased through the concurrence of wonderful love of God, in giving apparently natural causes, to exhibit his only, his well-beloved Son to the power and riches of his grace die for sinners, that “whosoever in the salvation of this poor young believeth in him should not perish woman. The mother shall be but have everlasting life;" and were spared, the daughter removed ! encouraged to point out the way The one, least likely in human of salvation through a crucified estimation, shall be taken in the Saviour and direct her to Him, morning of her days, and in the even Jesus, who delivereth us from bloom of youth ; the other, appa“the wrath to come,” and, “who rently on the verge of eternity, and is made unto his people, wisdom, between whom and death there righteousness, sanctification, and appeared to be but a step, “shall redemption.” John iii. 16. 1 Cor. be left !” How far are “ His i. 30. To such declarations Mary thoughts above our thoughts, and listened with increasing attention His ways above our ways !” « How and interest ; on them she delighted unsearchable are His judgments to dwell; and while contemplating and His ways past finding out!” them was led to renounce her own “ Deep in unfathomable mines, righteousness, and depend on the Of never failing skill, righteousness of the Lord Jesus He treasures up his bright designs Christ, as the sole ground of hope And works his sovereign will." for acceptance with God, and de Alpha. DANGERS AND DUTIES: SIR, -Having been recently pre variety, and so many modifications, sent on an occasion where several that there must ever be danger of ministers were considering their multitudes being seduced from the duty under existing circumstances, purity of the faith; that many inand how they might more effectually dividuals, eminent for their intellecpreserve their people in the Pro- tual attainments, had still remained testant faith, I have thought it attached to Roinish principles, and might answer some good end if I continued in conformity with Rocould forward a few of the leading mish practices; that while on the observations to the Christian Guar- one hand there was a most intimate dian; at the same time premising connexion between Romanism and that I can only give a very imper- Infidelity, (the one reciprocally profect outline of the interesting con- moting the other, multitudes of versation, and that the statements Romanists being Infidels, and many made will necessarily be arranged Infidels when alarmed by conin a very different order from that science at a dying hour, or in other in which they were delivered. perilous circumstances, seeking The inquiry was generally allowed safety in Popery) so on the other to be accompanied with some diffi- hand, Popery has by its deceivculty, and considerable difference ableness of unrighteousness, conof opinion was entertained as to the trived to found its main corruptions magnitude of the existing danger. on unquestionable scriptural truths; It was contended by some that and while virtually acknowledging Popery is the religion of a dark age: an atonement, a Mediator, a Judg. that the progress of intellectual ment to come, &c. has succeeded in light must eventually banish the rendering all these void, by introleading tenets of Romanism from ducing other sacrifices, other interthe earth; that in this country cessors, a purgatory which sball especially, there was no danger deliver from punishment, &c. and of its ever again prevailing, that that thus by its deceitful operation it none who are acquainted with the perverts every thing which is good, history of Popery, or with the pro- encourages deceit, opens the door to phetical parts of scripture, ever licentiousness, and is emphatically turned Papists; that no instance the great Antichrist; professedly accould be assigned of any well knowledging that Jesus is the Christ, instructed Protestant, of any one but practically and by implication really attached to his Protestant overturning all the foundations of pastor, going over to Popery, and faith, undermining the one sacrifice that therefore so long as history of Christ, rejecting the Holy Spirit as and prophecy were fairly stated-s0 the one author of grace, overthrowlong as the principles of Protes- ing the Holy Scriptures as the tantism were correctly explained, foundation of faith, and leading its and ministers attended diligently votaries to repose on masses, conto the pastoral care, so long there fessions, penance, indulgences, tracould be no danger of their people ditions, &c. . being seduced from the Protestant It was therefore maintained that faith. the danger is now imminent, that It was on the contrary maintained, a great contest is rapidly approachthat the corruptions of Popery are ing, that Popery and Infidelity have so exactly suited to the depraved combined against Protestantism, affections of the human heart, and that under the specious pleas of that its system admits of so much liberality, &c. the barriers have been |