is self-evident, that it was, and is the fear of hell, and not the love of God, which produced these hypocritical ceremonies.

How feelingly, how ardently did our high and mighty Redeemer, the author of all our mercies and benefits, labour for the salvation of the implacable Jews, who treated him with sovereign contempt. Who can read his lamentation over Jerusalem without shedding a tear? My heart palpitates at the recollection of it, and shudders at the dreadful accomplishment of the awful prophecy, which the reader will see briefly exhibited in the first department of this performance. I will take the liberty, with the above prophecy, to subjoin the entry of Christ into Jerusalem. When I compare the triumphant and magnificent entries of the victorious Roman emperors nto Rome, and the simple entry of Christ into Jerusalem, the former appears like the -xhibition of a puppet-shew when compar

"And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethpage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples. Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which, at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat; loose him, and bring him hither. And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, because the Lord hath need of him. And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? and they said, The Lord hath need of him. And they brought him to Jesus and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. And, as he went they spread their clothes in the way. And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice,

for all the mighty works that they had seen ; saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered, and said unto them, I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry

, out. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thiñe eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one

: stone upon another: because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.” Luke xix. St. Matthew also expresses the sympa*thetic commisseration of our gracious Redeemer on beholding the obduracy of the Jewish nation.

“0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not !" Matt. xxiii. 37.

Nothing in the world can more forcibly demonstrate the impartiality of Jehovah, than the above prophecy, and its accomplishment. It shews, that the favorite people of God had a day, and a very long day of probation ; that although the spirit of God strove with them long, it did not always so strive ; that the divine justice, though slow was sure ; that the heathens participated the blessings the Jews by their obduracy forfeited ; finally, that God will not continue to be imposed upon by Jew or gentile. If he has done this in the

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green tree, what will he not do to the dry tree? Hence, when God bears and forbears with the ingratitude and rebellion of nations and individuals, for a number of years, if he sees no signs of repentance, he gives them up to hardness of heart, by taking the light of his holy spirit entirely from them; than which a greater punishment cannot possibly be. Reader, permit me here to observe, that your eyes which now read these strictures, (which are intended for your happiness and God's glory) and which in a short time will be set in death, and this labour of my hand, which must soon be inactive in the grave, will all be in vain, if you do not apply them to your own case! You have seen, how God gave the Jews a day of visitation, and that they abused instead of improving that gracious day; the dreadful result of which may be seen in the first department of this work. How then can you expect to escape, if you neglect so great

Svation, and if you prove so ungrateful to

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