[All kinds of iniquity would be renounced, and all heavenly graces be kept in exercise. There would be no public wars, no private animosities, no wants which would not be relieved as soon as they were known. Evil tempers would be banished : the pains arising from discontent or malice would be forgotten. Peace and love and joy would univer- sally abound. Surely we should then have a heaven upon earth. Let the Gospel be viewed in this light. Let us con- ceive the whole world changed like the converts ou the day of Pentecost ; and then we shall indeed confess its excellence, and pray that " the knowledge of the Lord may cover the earth as the waters cover the sea."]
Tit. iii. 4 — 7. After that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, hut according to his mercy he saved us, hy the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour ; that being justijiea hy his grace, we shoidd be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
THE doctrine of the Trinity must be acknowledged to be deeply mysterious, and utterly surpassing our weak comprehensions. Yet is it so clearly laid down in the sacred writings, that we cannot entertain a doubt of its truth. Indeed, without admitting a Trinity of Persons in the Godhead, the Scriptures are altogether inexplicable. What interpretation can we put on those words which are appointed to be used at the admission of persons into the Christian Church ? — they are to be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Here are evidently three distinct Persons, all placed upon the same level, and all receiving the same divine honour : to suppose either of them a creature, is to suppose that a creature may have divine honours paid to him ; when we are expressly told that God is. a jealous God, and that he will not give his glory to another : and therefore, while we affirm that there is but one God, we cannot but acknowledge that there