I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and that God did raise up such in the church as we see it in the word.

This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in various localities, and in each central locality the Christians resident therein composed but one body: Scripture is perfectly clear on that head.

Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty not to commit sin.

The presence of the Holy Spirit isthe keystone of all our hopes.

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.

The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me.