Yet "The soul that sinneth, it shall die. (Ezekiel xviii. 4.)

"For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wrath for the spirit shall fail before me, and the souls which I have made"-" They are dead they shall not live, they are deceased, they shall not rise."—(Isaiah lvii. 16; xxvi. 14.)

"And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."—(John iii. 19.)

"For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved."(John iii. 20.)

"For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"-(2 Corinthians vi. 14.)

87. "Yet ye say, the way of the Lord is not equal." "Are not my ways equal? Are not your ways unequal?" -Ezekiel xviii. 25 and 29.)

89. "A view of all Religions in the World," by Alexander Ross, 4th Edition, p. 239. Revolution of Empires," p. 133.

90, 91, 92. Ibid, pp. 113, 134.

"A Survey of the

109.Speaker, Sequel," p. 133. Treatise on Toleration," p. 116.

110. "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us❞—***** « not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith towards God, of the doctrine of Baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgement."(Hebrews vi. 1, 2.)

Taken in the most favourable light, the founder of the Christian faith stands pre-eminently in our scale; we acknowledge, "How beautiful are the feet of them that

preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things:"-(Romans x. 15.)

"How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with Power," and he was filled with Wisdom :" "who went about doing good," "for God was with him."-(Acts x. 38. Luke ii. 40.)

Whose birth was proclaimed with "Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth peace, good-will towards men." -(Ibid. 14.)

The invitation of whose life was, " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for 1 am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."-(Matthew xi. 28 to 30.)

Who bequeathed it at his death, when he said, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.”—(John xiv. 27.)

"Leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps who did not sin, neither was guile found in hig mouth who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to Him that judgeth righteously." (1 Peter ii. 21 to 23.)

"So is every one that is born of the spirit." (John iii. 8.)

"Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and thingswh rewith one may edify another." -(Romans xiv. 19.)

"With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, for bearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."—(Ephesians iv. 2, 3.)

The Rev. Editor of The Shepherd" holds that "The

same spirit which raises up, also destroys; hence Judaism was transformed to Christianity, and Christianity must evaporate into universalism," and that " Universalism is the doctrine of universal life."-The Shepherd, p. 242.)

111. From the Author of "The Religious Standard of all Nations: the Laws of Nature and Revelation, defined and illustrated," &c. then of Bristol: to the Author of "The Universal Church," and "Religious and Civil Union," on 27th February, 1811.

115, 116. Accommodated to the present purpose from the Rev. Dr. Samuel Clarke, on the Trinity.

117. From the same Author. See Introduction, pp. 1, 17, 18, 29, 31.

118. "Do not deprive yourselves of useful subjects; useful in your manufactures, your marine, and the cultivation of your lands: of what importance is it, that their Creed be somewhat different from yours? you want their labour, and not their Catechism."-(Commentary on Crimes and Punishments, p. 12.)

"A Bishop of Varmie, in Poland, had an Anabaptist for his farmer, and a Socinian for his steward. It was proposed, that he should discharge and persecute.”—“ He answered, they would be eternally damned in the other world; but in this they were very necessary to him.'"(Voltaire on Toleration, p. 23.)

119. "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done, is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It has been already of old time which was before us. There is no rememberance of former things: neither shall there be iny rememberance of things that are to come, with those that shall come after."-(Ecclesiastes i. 9 to 11.) "That

which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requireth that which is past "(Ecclesiastes iii. 15.)

"I know that whatsoever God doeth it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it."-(Ibid iii. 14.)

"Thy dominion endureth throughout all generations." (Psalm cxlv. 13.)

127. No man hath seen God at any time."(1 John iv. 12.)

"Ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape." (John v. 37.)

129. The fruit of the Spirit is love, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, against which there is no law."—(Galatians v, 22, 23.)

"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." (Matthew vii. 20.)

"For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth; proving what is acceptable unto the Lord."-(Ephesians v. 9, 10.)

130. Others suppose the Mosaic history of the creation and the fall of man to be Oriental ornaments, or a mere allegory, because the literal sense of those three chapters of Genesis do not agree with their theories."(Dr. Watts on the right use of Reason, p. 174.)

132. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

And God said,
And God saw

let there be light; and there was light. the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness." "And God saw every thing that He had made and behold it was very good."--(Genesis i. 1, 2, 3, 4, 31.)

"The Weekly Herald" on the 18th of September, 1836, announced a Rev. Doctor of Divinity as publicly declaring, "That we must have a new interpretation of the first chapter of Genesis" the editor expressed" wonder that it has been refused so long, for the new interpretation is more calculated to strengthen than to weaken the cause of religion ;" and also announced, that this clergyman" is supported by many of his order.”

An interpretation of part of the first chapter of Genesis, as given in this Synopsis, being so much as seemed systematically necessary, had been published, in a small degree, in the treatise on "Religious and Civil Union," upward of a quarter of a century on that record of the history "The Universal Church of Nature," rests, as a basis of scriptural illustration: and more especially on the first injunction of that revelation.

133. Genesis viii, 22.

134. Given in a Note on the Ruins: or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires, p. 262, as repeated" continually in the passages that are preserved respecting him in the Sad-der, and the Zendavesta," which books are "among the Parses, &c." "as the Bhagvat Geeta, the EzourVedam, the Bagavadam, &c." in Indostan; what "the Old and New Testament are in Christendom," and "the Koran in Turkey," p. 279.

136. Psalms of David xix. 4.

137. Micah vi. 8.

138. Matthew xix. part of 19.

"The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely, this, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”- "For