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says, and Miscellanies; including Essays already published in the Christian Magazine. Selected and arranged by Rev. Ebenezer Mason. New York. 4 vols.

Lectures on Christian Theology. By George Christian Knapp. Translated by Leonard Woods, jr. Abbot Resident, Andover Seminary. 2 vols.

Dr. Gregory's edition of the works of Robert Hall. New York. 3 vols.

BIBLICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL.

Questions and Notes, critical and practical, on the book of Genesis. By George Bush. New York. pp. 467.

Mauser, Commentar. üb. das Buch Josua. Stuttgard.

Paulus, exegetisches Handbuch uber die drei ersten Evangelien. Heidel berg.

The Prophetic blessings of Jacob and Moses respecting the twelve tribes of Israel, explained and vindicated. London.

Second edition of Gibbs's Manual Hebrew and English Lexicon. New Haven.

A series of Sermons on the xxxiii, chapter of Deuteronomy. By Wm. Parkinson, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, New York. 1st vol. pp. 554. It is proposed to publish in London, a condensation of all the English Commentaries on the Old and New Testament.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.

Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of Elias Hicks. Written by himself. 2d edition. pp. 451. New York.

A general view of the progress of Ethical Philosophy, chiefly during the 17th and 18th centuries. By Sir James Mackintosh. Philadelphia. pp. 304. A short view of the whole Scripture History, with a continuation of the Jewish affairs from the Old Testament to the time of Christ, and an account of the chief prophecies relating to him. By Dr. Watts. Revised and enlarged by Rev. R. S. Shimeall. New York. pp. 506. With a chart.

The Life of Wicliff. By Charles Webb Le Bas. London.
Reminiscences of the Rev. Robert Hall. By J. Greene. London.

Origines Hebrææ, or the Antiquities of the Hebrew Republic. By Thomas Lewis. London.

Memoirs and Confessions of Francis Volkmar Reinhard, S. T. D. Court Preacher at Dresden. Translated from the German, by Oliver A. Taylor, Re. sident Licentiate at Andover Seminary.

SERMONS AND ADDRESSES.

The Pleasures of Luxury unfavourable to the exercise of Christian Benevolence. Preached in the South Church, Boston. By Rev. John J. C. Hopkins, Religion the only safe-guard of National Prosperity. Preached in Trinity Church, Boston. By Rev. John H. Hopkins.

Spruce Street Lectures. No. 3. The Use of the Means of Grace. By Rev. Dr. S. B. How, of Carlisle. No. 4. On Church Discipline. By Rev. Alexander M'Farlane, of Carlisle. Philadelphia.

Baccalaureate Address, pronounced on the Sixth Anniversary Commencement of the University of Nashville, October 5th, 1831. By Philip Lindsly, Pp. 38.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Essay on the application of Abstract Reasoning to the Christian Doctrine. By the author of the Natural History of Enthusiasm. Boston. pp. 163. Saturday Evening. By the same author. Boston. pp. 340.

Works of Paley, in 1 vol. Philadelphia.

Family Library, No. 27. Palestine, or the Holy Land. By Rev. Michael Russell, LL. D.

The Book of Private Devotion. A series of Prayers and Meditations chiefly taken from the Works of Hannah More. New York.

Moral and Religious Gleanings; or Interesting Stories. Compiled from various authors. By Thomas Latimer. Philadelphia.

On Political Economy, in connexion with the moral state and moral prospects of Society. By Dr. Chalmers. pp. 566. Glasgow.

The Seven Apocalyptic Churches. By Charles Macfarlane. With etchings. London.

A Treatise on the Happiness arising from the exercise of the Christian Faith. By O. Blewett, Esq. London.

The Christian Philosopher. By Wm. Martin. London.

The Records of a Good Man's Life. By Rev. Charles B. Tayler, author of *May you like it.' London.

Christian Library. The Travels of True Godliness. By the Rev. Benjamin Heatch. Revised and improved, with Notes and a Memoir, by Howard Malcom. Boston.

Remarks on the Moral and Religious Character of the United States of America, supported by numerous extracts from the best authorities. London.

Hints, designed to aid Christians in their efforts to convert men to God. [By Rev. Dr. Skinner and Rev. E. Beecher.] 2d ed. Philadelphia. pp. 36. Burder's Village Sermons, in 1 vol. New York.

A Guide for Young Disciples of the Holy Saviour, in their way to immortality, forming a sequel to Persuasives to Early Piety. By J. G. Pike. New York.

The Listener. By Caroline Fry. Philadelphia. 2 vols.

Sturm's Reflections, in 1 vol. Philadelphia.

Considerations for Young Men. By the author of "Advice to a Young Christian."

The Pilgrim's Progress, with a Life of Bunyan, by Robert Southey, Illustrated with Engravings. Boston.

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BIBLICAL REPERTORY

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THEOLOGICAL REVIEW.

JULY, 1832.

ART. I.-CHRISTIAN OBLIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THE CONVERSION OF THE WORLD.

No creature of God was made for itself alone. The flower of the field, the oak of the forest, the sun in the firmament, and "the cattle upon a thousand hills," were all formed that they might be instrumental in promoting the welfare and comfort of each other. To suppose, then, that MAN, who occupies so conspicuous a place in this great system; man, who is endowed with a rational as well as an active nature; who is made capable of acting upon a plan, and living to an end, was made, or is at liberty to act for himself alone; to make, each one, his own enjoyment and glory the ultimate purpose of his being;-would be to adopt a sentiment as unreasonable as it is degrading. The powers which God has given us; the relations which we bear to him; the benevolent activity of which we are obviously capable; and the rich and unremitting goodness of which we are the subjects, and of which we have ever been the subjects since we had a being;-all demonstrate that intellectual and moral action is our appropriate sphere; and that either indolence, or a course of action which does not embrace the good of VOL. IV. No. III.—2 Q

our species, and accord with the will of Him who sent us into the world, is alike unworthy of our character, and injurious to our happiness.

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But when we contemplate man as bound, not merely by the obligations which result from the relations which he bears to God as Creator and Benefactor, but also by the still more tender and powerful ties of redeeming mercy and love;his obligations rise to the highest degree of endearing force. Accordingly, the Apostle Paul, speaking by the Holy Ghost, declares None of us," that is, "none of us Christians liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live we live unto the Lord, or whether we die we die unto the Lord; whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's." And again; "know ye not," says the same inspired Apostle, that ye are not your own? for ye are bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God's."

Those, therefore, who profess and call themselves Christians, make a most solemn and responsible profession. Such, indeed, as content themselves with a mere nominal relation to the Saviour, and who, provided they can maintain a fair religious character in the eyes of the world, desire nothing more, make their profession an easy thing. But to those who honestly make the Bible their test of character; who live with a reference to the all-seeing eye of God; who expect soon to stand before the judgment seat of Christ; and who remember that, "if any man have not the spirit of Christ he is none of his;" to these, a profession of discipleship is as solemn and momentous in its import, as in the consequences which it draws in its train.

Christianity finds every descendant of Adam an "alien from the commonwealth of Israel, and a stranger from the covenants of promise." But every one who is now a Christian has undergone a great revolution in his views, tastes, affections and enjoyments. He has been "washed, and justified, and sanctified, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our God." He has cordially repented of sin; renounced the world as a portion; turned his back on his former idols, master, and hopes; embraced the Lord Jesus Christ as "the Lord his righteousness, and the Lord his strength;" and "yielded himself to God," on his own gracious and humbling terms, "as one alive from the dead." And, as every real Christian, in embracing the salvation offered in the Gospel, has made

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