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thought of any such thing, No, blessed be God, there is no eternal destruction for the children of men. Will you say, "He uses particularly, the ward everlasting?" If you will read, you will find that many of those things which are called everlasting had their whole existence in time. The land of Canaan, was an everlasting possession to the house of Israel. The covenant of Levi was everlasting, but they were not ENDLESS. Everlasting means duration for a long time. There is nothing said here about a future state of existence. You can examine this, and make the subject familiar to yourselves. Do not believe those who tell you that it is dangerous. to do this. It is dangerous only to BIGOTRY.There is no danger in inquiring after the truth. Those who disobey God's commandments, who abuse his word, who trample his precepts under their feet, shall meet with trouble and sorrow, and then this passage is fulfilled. "All transgressions and disobedience must meet with a due recompense of reward." This we know by experience; and we need not go into eternity for it. It occurs in the present time. Those who do well are blessed, and those who do evil are cursed. Those who believe the truth, DO enter into rest, but those who worship. the BEAST and his IMAGE, are wretched and miserable. But, my dear friends, when you hear the word of God, you will treasure it up and obey it-make it dear to your souls, follow the religion of Christ Jesus, and you will be blessed in the same.

SERMON XI.*

JEREMIAH III. 15.

AND I WILL GIVE YOU PASTORS ACCORDING TO MINE HEART, WHICH SHALL FEED YOU, WITH KNOW

LEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.

In this text is contained a divine promise that the gospel shall be preached to men; and by this promise we are informed that our heavenly Father, in the gift of this ministry, would not make it subject to the wisdom of the world which cometh to naught,, but would regulate it according to his own wisdom, as in the text, "I will give you pastors according to mine heart." Thus it is understood that the ministry which God appoints, is appointed not only by his wisdom, but is endowed with that wisdom, that temper, and that grace which is according to the will and disposition of God: "I will give you, pastors according to mine heart." According to the text read for consideration, the ministry itself, and its pastors, being appointed after God's own heart, shall feed the people with knowledge and understanding. It implies that the pastors should preach those things which they know to be true, and which the people can understand; for we learn from the text, that they shall be endowed with understanding and with knowledge; and, being thus, endued, they must know that they never feed the people with understanding, unless they preach to them what they can understand.

This discourse was preached in the Saloon of Washington-Hall, to an audience of about 7000 persons.

Now, in the first place, my friendly hearers, when God appoints pastors to the people according to his heart, they are educated by his wisdom, they are actuated by his will, and they are employed entirely in the promulgation of that which is consistent with the mind of Him that sent them. When the wisdom of the world appoints a ministry, it appoints a ministry according to its own heart, and its own wisdom. If any church appoints a ministry, it appoints it according to its own heart, and according to its own interests. Thus we may say, (and I hope without giving offence) that if any particular theological school appoints a ministry and sends forth ministers, both the ministry and the ministers will be according to the wisdom, the will, and disposition of that theological school. Such a school as the theological institution at Jerusalem, where Gamaliel was the doctor or teacher, would furnish such a ministry, and such a minister as Saul of Tarsus, the person who was an enemy to Jesus Christ, an enemy to the Gospel, an enemy to all that named the name of Christ; and yet Saul was faithful to the theological school that appointed him, and endeavored to promote the honor, dignity and authority of those that sent him forth. None but God himself, through the mediation of his blessed Son Jesus, could make such a minister as St. Paul, who was converted from the school and doctrine in which he had been educated, and was adopted as the child of Jesus Christ; adopted into the school of our great Redeemer; and as before, he had no other interest but the interest of the church that appointed him, so now, he has no other interest but the interest of the Almighty who converted him and appointed him to the labors of the Gospel, whereby he now becomes a disciple of the

meek and lowly Jesus. He has no interest to promote or serve but the interest of the crucified Redeemer; and being brought into his service, he boldly proclaims the gospel of the Son of God. I would add, it is very practicable and possible, from motives which have a peculiar influence on the human mind, for an individual to appoint himself to the work of the ministry, and set himself up as a teacher; and he will tell you it is dangerous not to believe, and not to receive his preaching as truth, because he is a minister after God's heart. How shall we know whether he is or not? Remember the words of our Lord Jesus Christ: "He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory." My friends, you may always know a false teacher from a true one. It is the easiest thing in the world. How will you know him? He will always set himself up above God. He will always represent himself to be more lovely, if possible, than he will allow our Saviour to be. He will tell you how much he would do to save you. He would lay down his life to save one poor soul; but he will not allow the Redeemer, who did lay down his life for us, the power of saving you. Now which is best, the preacher or his Master? Why, according to his own account, the preacher. Yes; he is the best himself; because, in the room of being in the cause of his divine Master, he is in his own cause; and instead of endeavoring to get people to love the Lord Jesus Christ, he is interested in making them love himself; for he is holding himself up as being more interested in their salvation, than he will allow the Redeemer to be. My hearers, there is no difficulty in determining this question-in distinguishing a minister of the Lord, from a minister of the wisdom of this world. The minister of this world's wisdom, has

not the cause of God, nor of our Redeemer to promote. Mankind, in their carnal hearts, have not the interest of the gospel to promote. They will persuade you to believe, that in God's hands you are not safe; that all God has done, that all Jesus Christ has done for you, will not secure you; but if you will subscribe to their creed, you will be secure. Now, really, these people stand directly between God and the human family; and they try to direct all our attention to themselves, and not to God.

I will name a few things, which I humbly ask you to hear, and charitably to consider; for I call God to witness, I feel no enmity towards any name, denomination, or sect under heaven; but I have a certain object in view, which comes in contact with their errors. I shall lay before you some of them. I shall present to your notice certain things preached and held up as doctrine in the Christian church, and as the doctrine of

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not undertake to prove them false; but will only ask, Do those who preach them know them to be true? I will ask, at the same time, this question, Do they understand them? and are the people capable of understanding them?-and if we are convinced, that no man can understand such doctrines, then we know that they never could give people knowledge.

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In the first place, What is so difficult to believe, as what is called in orthodox divinity, an indispensable article of the Christian faith, namely, The fall of man through Adam's transgression, the consequence of which extends to all posterity? The of fence of Adam was not visited upon himself alone; but all the generations that existed or shall exist, are made liable, not only to all the miseries of this

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