frequently that opportunity is afforded, the better; for I am persuaded that the assembling of ourselves together to glorify GOD, thus testifying openly our belief, and making our public confession (Rom. x. 10; Jam. v. 16), is one of the most imperative duties of the Christian professor; and why, is evident from the Apostle Paul's words (Heb. x. 25), that we may (by our example and mutual presence) exhort one another, confirming our mutual faith, provoking each other unto love and good works. But the Christian believer, he will not need to be here informed, that if he aspire to be of God's peculiar people (Tit. ii. 14), he must be, not alone willing, in every good work; but that he must be zealous in his Master's service, and that he must exclaim with David (Ps. lxxxiv. 1, 2.), "How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and flesh crieth out for the living GOD."

"As pants the hart for cooling streams, when heated in the chase,
So longs my soul for thee, O GOD! and for thy dwelling place.'
For thee, my GOD, the living GOD! my thirsty soul doth pine;
Oh! when shall I behold thy face, thou Majesty Divine !"

But to recur, my friends, to our point in proof: It may appear, that instead of showing that there is but one catholic (or universal, which is the meaning of the word Catholic,) apostolic church, I have exhibited many. Truly have I done this; and might have instanced as many more of which we read in Scripture. What shall we say then? Why this as all these

various churches, not only of communities at large, but also of merely the households of the godly, held fellowship with the apostles (whose creed we also hold)-as, I say, they, being many, were one together in Christian concord and community of faith; so we, the church of God, whether in England, Ireland, Scotland, or in whatever parts of the world God's people congregate by twos or threes, are ONE with that universal ароstolic church, and Christ is one with us: ALWAYS PROVIDED we hold to HIS conditions, on which alone he has promised to be with us to the end of the world, as we read in Mat. xxviii. 19, 20. "Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER I have commanded." (Observe the conditions to which the promised blessing is annexed.) "And lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." Yes, my brethren, these are the conditions; and unless we do set ourselves implicitly to honour and hold His commands, we have no more claim to catholicity (which term must include apostolical religion) than the pagans of China, or the savages of Otaheite.]

X. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.

Mat. xxviii. 19. Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. Mark, xvi. 16. He that believeth and is bap

tized, shall be saved; and he that believeth not shall be damned.

Rom. vi. 3. Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death? Therefore are we buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so should we walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. 1 Cor. xii. 12, 13. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one spirit are we all baptized into one body; and have been all made to drink into one spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. 27. Now ye (that have been baptized) are the body of Christ, and members in particular. Gal. iii. 27, 28, 29. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

XI. I look for the resurrection of the dead.

See Proofs, No. VII. Job, xix. 25, 26, 27. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though, after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I shall see GOD. Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

John, xi. 25. Jesus saith unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. Believest thou

this?

1 Cor. xv. 51. We shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass that which is written (Isa. xxv. 8), Death is swallowed up in victory! Oh! Death, where is thy sting? Oh ! Grave, where is thy victory?

XII. And the life of the world to come.

John, v. 28. (Jesus speaks.) The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth: they that have done good, to the resurrection of life: and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Isa. lxv. 17. Behold I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind: but be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create. lxvi. 21-24. And I will take of them (the gentiles) for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. For, as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new

moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh.

Dan. vii. 18. The saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. xii. 2, 3. Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.

2 Peter, iii. 10-13. But the day of the LORD will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat; the earth also, and the works that are therein, shall be burned up. Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteous

ness.

John, ii. 25. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

2 Tim. iv. 8. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the LORD, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all that love his appearing. 1 Cor. ii. 9. But as it is written (Isa. xliv. 4), Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love HIM.