nezzar's tree. It is the visible greatness of the PROFESSING church.

The fourth parable, under the symbol of a woman, still sets before us the PROFESSING church,—she is leavening the world. How well her influence over the nations has answered to the scriptural character of leaven, the present state of such countries as South America and the Indies may decide.

APPENDIX-C.

GEORGE FOX.

The following quotations from George Fox's Journal, show the germ of the doctrines which were afterwards systematized in the writings of his successors.—

"As I went towards Nottingham on a first day in the morning, "with friends to a meeting there, when I came on the top of a "hill in sight of the town, I espied the great steeple-house; and "the Lord said unto me, Thou must go cry against yonder "great idol, and against the worshippers therein." I said "nothing of this to the friends, but went with them to the meet

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ing, where the mighty power of the Lord God was amongst us; "in which I left friends sitting in the meeting, and went to the steeple-house. When I came there all the people looked like "fallow ground, and the priest, like a great lump of earth, stood "in his pulpit above: he took for his text these words of Peter, "We have also a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do 'well, that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your ( hearts.' He told the people that this was the scriptures, by

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"which they were to try all doctrines, religions, and opinions. "Now the Lord's power was so mighty upon me, and so strong

in me, that I could not hold; but was made to cry out, 'Oh! "no; it is not the scriptures;' and told them it was the Holy "Spirit, by which the holy men of God gave forth the scriptures, whereby opinions, religions, and judgments were to be tried ; "for it led into all truth, and so gave the knowledge of all truth." (p. 24.)

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REMARKS.

As if purposely to refute such an interpretation as that given by G. Fox, it is added in the next verse, “For no prophecy OF THE SCRIPTURE is of any private setting forth, but" &c.-That is," the prophecy of the scripture is not set forth upon the authority of individuals, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." The use of the word vote "interpretation" is illustrated by the following passages :-

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"Mark iv, 34.-"He expounded all things to His disciples."

Acts xix, 39.-"It shall be determined in a lawful assembly."

The verb vw is the word used in these passages.

"The Lord God opened to me by his invisible power, how "every man was enlightened by the divine light of Christ.' I saw it shine through all, and that they that believed in it came "out of condemnation to the light of life, and became the children "of it; but they that hated it, and did not believe in it, were con

demned by it, though they made a profession of Christ. This "I saw in the pure openings of the light without the help of any "man; neither did I then know where to find it in the scriptures; "though afterwards, searching the scriptures, I found it." (p. 20.)

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"And their looking for Christ's coming outwardly to set up His kingdom, was like the Pharisees, Lo here,' and 'Lo there.' "But Christ was come, and had set up his kingdom above six"teen hundred years ago (according to Nebuchadnezzar's dream "and Daniel's prophecy) and he had dashed to pieces the four "monarchies, the great image, with its head of gold, breast and "arms of silver, belly and thighs of brass, legs of iron, and feet "part of iron part of clay; and they were all blown away with "God's wind, as the chaff in the summer threshing-floor." (p. 331.)

If Nebuchadnezzar's dream has been fulfilled, then the "Times of the Gentiles" have ended. Jerusalem would be no longer trodden down; the vision of the Antient of Days, Dan vii, and all the rest of that chapter would have been fulfilled; and consequently the words which our ord applies to Himself from Dan. vii, 13, when standing before the High Priest,-" Verily I say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven," would have received their final accomplishment.

APPENDIX.-D.

RE-TRANSLATIONS.

The following texts literally translated throw light upon some of the subjects referred to in the preceding Chapters. Rom. iii, 21. "But now the righteousness of God without law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ towards all ;—and upon all

them that believe." "Towards" shews its aspect or tendency and belongs to all mankind, upon applies only to these who believe.

So also in Chap. v. "Therefore as by the offence of one, judgment came towards all men, leading towards condemnation, even so by the righteousness of one, the free gift came towards all men, leading towards justification of life."

2 Cor. v, 9. "Wherefore we labour that whether present or absent we may be well pleasing unto Him." A believer labours not for acceptance, for he is accepted in the Beloved, but that he may be well pleasing unto His heavenly Father, who, bye and bye, will praise and reward His children according to the faithfulness of their service; but where there is a willing mind it is accepted, "according to what a man hath, and not according to that he hath not."

"2 Cor. v, 15. "Because we thus judge that if one died "on behalf of all, then have the whole died, (vicariously "in Him.) And that He died for all with this object, "that they who live, (by virtue of this vicarious death and "resurrection,) might no longer live unto themselves but “unto Him who died and rose again for them."

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This passage appears to refer exclusively to the death "and resurrection of the Church in Christ.

They have “died (aπεdavov) in Him-they are a new creation'

(kain krɩols) in Him. Therefore the responsibility "rests on them, of living as those who have died and "risen. It is, I think, in reference to this new Creation'

"in Christ, that Baptism is termed the laver of regenera"tion, because it is the sign of death and resurrection in "Jesus." ("Christian Witness," July, 1834, p. 359.)

1 Pet. iii, 21. "The Ark-wherein few, that is eight souls were saved by means of water; similarly typical whereunto now doth Baptism (not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God) save us also, by means of the resurrection of Jesus Christ."

The meaning of aνTITUTOç is not antitypical, (the same word is used Heb. ix, 24. "The holy places made with hands, the figures of the true.") but correspondingly or similarly typical, (See Schleusner);-and hence we learn that the flood in the days of Noah, was a type of the manner whereby salvation was to be brought to those who should believe. The waters were the destruction of a sinful and unbelieving world; but to Noah and to those with him, they were salvation in bearing them safe out of "the old world" into "the world, which now is." As the representative of His Church, Jesus hath passed through the waters, they have flowed over His head ;-but He hath risen above them, having endured the wrath of God instead of His people, that they might not have to endure it themselves.

J. B. Rowe, Printer, Plymouth.