believing implicitly whatever they declare, and executing un- reservedly whatever they enjoin If we do not thus
obey the truth, we shall indeed be in a worse state than the heathens; our baptism will be no baptism; and the unbaptized pagans, who walk according to the light they have, will rise up in judgment against us for abusing the privileges which they perhaps would have improved with joy and gratitude0.]
3. Promote the knowledge of them in the world —
[If God had imparted to us a secret whereby we could heal all manner of diseases ; and our own interest, as well as that of others, would be greatly promoted by disclosing it to the whole world ; should we not gladly made it known ? Shall we then withhold from the Gentile world the advantages we enjoy ; more especially when God has commanded us to com- municate as freely as we have received ? Should we not con- tribute, by pecuniary aid, or by our prayers at least, to send the Gospel to the heathen, that they may be partakers with us in all the blessings of salvation ?
But there are, alas ! heathens, baptized heathens, at home also ; and to those we should labour to make known the Gospel of Christ. We should bring them under the sound of the Gospel — we should disperse among them books suited to their states and capacities — we should provide instruction for the rising generation — we should especially teach our own children and servants — and labour, " by turning men from dark- ness unto light, to turn them also from the power of Satan unto God."]
c Rom. ii. 25—27.